Burningbird
Recent updates to the DOGE.gov ‘savings’ page now list Social Security Administration (SSA) office closures in the following Georgia cities: Columbus Gainesville Vidalia Brunswick Thomasville There is no rhyme or reason for these closures, other than it’s a simple checkbox on a computer screen and a complete lack of concern about the consequences. SSA offices […]
I watched a partial video of a town hall by Roger Marshall, junior senator from Kansas. The topic was the Russian/Ukrainian war, and the Trump/Vance/Zelenskyy debacle on Friday. Here’s how Republicans are spinning what happened with Trump and Vance when they ambushed Zelenskyy. The war did not have a beginning, it just magically happened. If […]
Whatever happened to “Pray for Ukraine”?
Trust. Once won, not easily lost. But once lost, forever gone. In his first month in office, Trump’s greatest harm has been to trust. Our allies are no longer our allies, but our enemies, and trust between us has been shattered. We supported Ukraine…until we didn’t, and somehow Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is the fault […]
Musk, DOGE, and the phantom promise of AI