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Cheryl Thomas's avatar

I wish there were a reaction option other than "like" for this content. I appreciate being informed, but I don’t "like" the content at all - it's terrible!

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MissNumbersNinja's avatar

I've had that same dilemma and they way I think of it is, when I click "like" I am expressing that I like Chris's reporting.

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MissNumbersNinja's avatar

And yeah, there should be emojis for reacting to the events described in the posts. I'd be clicking the middle finger emoji often.

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Eileen G's avatar

Is the general population paying ANY attention to this? I shared this post and I share many Substack authors’ articles on Facebook. I feel like my posts get buried and no one sees them because of some algorithm that hides the truth. (I do only post to my 238 “Friends”) I feel like the average American has completely tuned out. I can’t stop thinking about all of the fired inspector generals and how many billions of dollars those oversight positions have saved for the American taxpayer. I think I read about all the different inspector generals that have been fired from an article by Jen Rubin of The Contrarian. I’ve been reading several Substack authors. I’m starting to forget who is posting what and where I’m reading certain information from because of the fire hose coming at us.

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Fabbi's avatar

Facebook suppresses them and has been for a few months now. May have to get on Bluesky or post as IG stories.

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Julie Meyer's avatar

It may be true that that platform penalizes links that take people off of FB. One idea I seem to see people using recently (since the election?) is to post a photo of whatever, and then share your link in their own comment to the picture. Not sure if it is real or did work at one point and now or soon won't (bc META's algorithms are always "learning"... but try it?

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Joseph Jeremiah Coon's avatar

The average American has been tuned out for decades. It is insane to trust absolute strangers with signing 1,000 page contracts in YOUR name.

The onus isn’t just n us to prove there is corruption to convince you to stop funding these things. The onus is on YOU to prove there isn’t corruption to justify taking our money for things we neither approve of or trust strangers to handle.

If you want these programs and you want to employee these drains on the economy, do it in YOUR state. This protects OUR taxes from stupid programs, and it protects YOUR stupid programs from being defunded by the federal government.

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Eileen G's avatar

Holy Crap. That’s why we have Congress to represent the liberal consensus. Check out Heather Cox Richardson. She really spells out how $50 trillion went from the bottom 90% to the top 1% since 1981 through 2021. And how this was born out from the fear of tax payer dollars funding social services for not just white racists. Also Robert Reich and The Common Good. God help those red states when the next climate change crisis wipes out their infrastructure and there’s no FEMA.

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Joseph Jeremiah Coon's avatar

Pay attention, child. I do not care whose words you subscribe to, WORDS do not prove anything.

ACTIONS and EXAMPLES prove things.

Take poverty and crime, for example. NOT ONE Democrat city has solved either either have they created a powerful and consistent educational system. They have the most wealth, and in many cases, the WORST results. MOST of the oppressed blacks in America LIVE in cities that DEMOCRATS have ruled over for decades, and you treat them worse than you did before Republicans freed them from your slavery.

You people REALLY need to stop calling yourselves the “party of science.”

Don’t worry about RED STATES when they MAY have some trials and tribulations from natural disasters when BLUE CITIES are CONSTANTLY oppressing its citizens. Clean your house before worrying about someone else’s, tyrant.

So sit the fuck down, and shut the fuck up. I’ve lost all patience for your racism and fascism.

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Eileen G's avatar

Oh Lordy Child🤣

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Joseph Jeremiah Coon's avatar

You kids tend to be speechless in the face of facts. I’m used to it.

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Zach's avatar

To the last sentence, my first reaction is if people die maybe America will take this seriously, but that's immediately followed by the thought that's already happened with their reproductive health care laws and it hasn't mattered :(

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Joseph Jeremiah Coon's avatar

If you think wasting money on scams is important, run the scams in YOUR state. Stop dragging the rest of us down.

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Lucinda Stone's avatar

So much for the good employment and economy numbers. People out of work don’t spend money.

It’s sad all around…

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Dana Shilling's avatar

The economy depends on people spending all the money they have, and then buying more stuff on credit. Businesses, used to be allowed to do pretty much whatever they want, will not enjoy not only having their supply chains blown up but their customer base disappear. Trump doesn't care about voters being angry at him, but business, including major donors, will be angry. And the small circle of billionaires around Trump are just waiting for the moment to stab him in the back and then bump each other off.

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Joseph Jeremiah Coon's avatar

Less government waste means less taxes means more disposable income for everyone. Stop dragging adults down with your stupid ideas.

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Joseph Jeremiah Coon's avatar

People employed by the government do not PRODUCE anything of value. Spend YOUR own money however you wish, and stop dragging adults down with you.

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Fabbi's avatar

🎯

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Rosalind 🍁's avatar

Probationary employees would be ones hired during Biden’s term so is this just another act of removing everything “tainted” by Biden? I imagine probationers would be replacing a backlog of experienced workers who retired or perhaps died during the pandemic, leaving the workforce dangerously lean. These workers are all being sacrificed to pay for the billionaires’ tax cuts and I hope they and their family and friends all realize that.

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Shirley Peck's avatar

I’m sad about all these people losing their jobs! And at the same time I worry, Who’s going to take care of business? Who is going to take care of us?

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ASM's avatar

Hard not to be sad for the folks losing their jobs.

I offer up this short Zen story: a woman walks up to offer prayers at a temple and sees a bucket with a broom in it near the offertory. “Oh, someone needs to put those away.” Next day, similar encounter, similar thoughts. Third time, similar encounter, similar thoughts. At the next encounter, she realizes: “Oh, I’m someone.” And takes the bucket and brooms and puts them away.

It’s up to us, the ones who care.

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Joseph Jeremiah Coon's avatar

People in the actual economy lose their job all the time. Why would people who don’t contribute to the economy with productive jobs be treated special?

What did y’all say about coal miners that lost their jobs?

“LEARN TO CODE.”

They can also pick fruit for $5 an hour like your slaves used to before we sent them back to their countries.

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Joseph Jeremiah Coon's avatar

Hire them in YOUR state.

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Robert Riggs's avatar

What an awful time for any one's passport to expire or get lost! Other such already very slow but required government services will be similarly affected.

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Jos1463's avatar

Hope the workers who are left are able to explain to exasperated “customers” they are short staffed due to “government efficiency cuts to the workforce”. That shouldn’t be perceived as disloyal to the bosses while still getting the message across

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MissNumbersNinja's avatar

This is down right bee-czar, and such a calamity. My heart goes out to the people affected by this.

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christopher o'loughlin's avatar

Chris,

Amazing reporting truth to power with evidence. Proud to subscriber supporting honesty, courage and hope. We are in this together. Peace.

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Erudite's avatar

Reality check - Elon Musk role/hate - it’s part of the ruse/con - the “DOGE tax cuts were predetermined in P2025 planning - They couldn’t say this was all planning before the election - it had to be identified as “waste, fraud & abuse” to sell it to the maggots - Musk was told he was to pretend he was a genius that uncovered it all overnight - Musk was told he would be venerated as a genius - but everyone that gets involved with trump ends up bankrupt & indicted - its all part of the con - the hate is directed towards Musk - Musk isn’t so smart huh - bahahaha

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Paul's avatar

America to Musk and Trump, you first!

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Melissa Mulvihill's avatar

Have come to rely on your reporting. Goes well with Legum, the Contrarian. Appreciate your work.

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David Stewart's avatar

Of course, many (most?) probationary employees would have backfilled vacancies created by retirees and other losses. Failing to backfill also disrupts transfer of knowledge and expertise. No trainees means more gaps and faster dumbing-down as retirement, death, and illness will continue (even escalate given termination of national disease prevention efforts by SecHHS).

But... DOGE is proposing AI to properly automate collection activities. Would AI determine what amounts shall be stripped from our bank accounts? Highly likely. Arbitration might also end as AI would never make a mistake... uh... so... we're saved? Right? Lift shorts. Manually insert data.

Bend over and brace for impact.

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DirtyBird's avatar

I hate it

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Aimee Liu's avatar

MAGA= MADA= Make America Die Again

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Kylee's avatar

Just felt the same when I responded with ❤️, I so appreciate the reporting, the content of what is being reported is what is horrid

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