America is to going to hell in a hand basket, and the cracks in its foundation are glaring. As Linkin Park’s Burn It Down echoes, “We’re building it up to break it back down,” the cycle of destruction and collapse feels all too familiar. Institutions meant to uphold democracy are being dismantled, only to be rebuilt on even shakier ground. Power is concentrated in the hands of a few, while the vulnerable are left to fend for themselves. Like the song’s imagery of betrayal and downfall, the current political landscape mirrors a system that prioritizes control and greed over people. The flames of collapse are fanned, and the question remains—what will rise from the ashes?
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“He Was Forging His Own Hero’s Journey When He Was Tragically Killed in Eastern Europe”
How the son of a CIA deputy director set out to backpack around the world and to save the planet — but ended up in the Russian army and died in the war in Ukraine
“He Was Forging His Own Hero’s Journey When He Was Tragically Killed in Eastern Europe” (archived)
Anduril Takes Over $22B IVAS Combat VR Headset Project for US Army
Read More »Palmer Luckey has his revenge.
Less than a decade after, as he puts it, “getting run out of Silicon Valley by backstabbing snakes,” things are coming full circle for the Anduril founder who maintains a revenge folder.
Anduril Takes Over $22B IVAS Combat VR Headset Project for US Army
Armed Communist at Trump Protest
I suppose that Miles hasn’t heard the quote, “if you go far enough left, you get your guns back.” I am waiting for a response from him regarding my comment. 🤭 I’ve been following Miles since I was a libertarian, but I rarely leave comments on his videos.
Read More »Inside Palantir’s Expanding Influence Operation
Data-mining company Palantir is poised to turbocharge its sales to the U.S. military under President Donald Trump, amid signs that his administration plans to loosen the hold of traditional defense contractors and tap Palantir executives for key government positions.
DOGE Sets Its Sights on Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid
The Republican record on Social Security: Getting worse all the time
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Social Security at Risk? The Impact of Trump and Musk’s Reforms
Cutting Social Security Disability Benefits Can Backfire Horribly
FAIRNESS OF REAGAN’S CUTOFFS OF DISABILITY AID QUESTIONED
The US Treasury Claimed DOGE Technologist Didn’t Have ‘Write Access’ When He Actually Did
Elon Musk’s DOGE Allies Search Medicare Agency Payment Systems For Fraud
Elon Musk’s DOGE Allies Search Medicare Agency Payment Systems For Fraud
Representatives of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency have been working at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, where they have gotten access to key payment and contracting systems, according to people familiar with the matter.
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CMS in particular is a highly politically and economically sensitive agency. It is the nerve center of much of the nation’s complex healthcare economy, with outlays of about $1.5 trillion in fiscal 2024, or about 22% of the federal total. With around 6,710 employees, it oversees Medicare, the health coverage program for older and disabled Americans and Medicaid, for lower-income enrollees, among other areas. Many veteran CMS staffers have worked there for decades.
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Dr. Mehmet Oz, the high-profile physician and former television host, has been nominated to lead CMS, but hasn’t yet been confirmed by the Senate. Several CMS officials who are expected to work under Oz have already taken over at the agency.
Elon Musk’s DOGE Allies Search Medicare Agency Payment Systems For Fraud
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‘It’s a Coup’: Musk’s DOGE Granted Access to Treasury System That Pays Out Social Security
As Elon Musk Begins Shutting Down Payments to Federal Contractors, a Strange Money Trail Emerges to His Operatives Inside the U.S. Treasury’s Payment System
Elon Musk is the billionaire CEO of the publicly-traded EV company, Tesla. As such, under corporate law, he owes a Duty of Loyalty to Tesla. Notwithstanding this well-established law, Musk is engaged in an array of other corporate endeavors outside of Tesla, including being the CEO of SpaceX, a private rocket company.
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‘It’s a Coup’: Musk’s DOGE Granted Access to Treasury System That Pays Out Social Security
Elon Musk and his team at the Department of Government Efficiency—or DOGE—have been granted access to a sensitive Treasury Department payment system that contains the personal information of every American who receives tax refunds, Medicare, Social Security, and other payments from the government.
‘It’s a Coup’: Musk’s DOGE Granted Access to Treasury System That Pays Out Social Security
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