Beth DaPonte

Trump has delegated authority to Musk to demand that nurses for the Veterans Administration justify their jobs. Actions like this put all current and future care for veterans at risk.
#veterans #VA #Musk

Opinion | The Impossible Math of Philanthropy (Gift Article) There’s a reason so many seemingly well-funded causes fail to move the needle.

This is the best, succinct piece that I've seen on the contemporary role of the philanthropic sector.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/o...

The more Musk is demonized for DOGE, the less attention and rhetoric is spent on the true culprits- Trump and the Republican party. Put the blame where the accountability is.

Elon Musk's X sues Lego, Nestlé and more brands, accusing them of advertising boycott The new defendants added into the legal filing included Lego, Nestlé, Tyson Foods, Abbott Laboratories, Colgate-Palmolive, Pinterest and Shell International.

Muskrat has taken to suing companies for not advertising on Twitter. The shakedowns continue.
www.npr.org/2025/02/01/n...

Exclusive: USDA inspector general escorted out of her office after defying White House Security agents escorted the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Agriculture out of her office on Monday after she refused to comply with her firing by the Trump administration, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

Hero alert! Inspector General Phyllis Fong was standing up for accountability at the USDA and for that, was escorted out of her workplace. #phyllisfong
www.reuters.com/world/us/usd...

Republicans’ beachside budget battles House Republicans are snowbirding from Washington, DC, to Florida’s Miami area this week for their annual policy retreat where they have to figure out how to fund a laundry list of legislative promise...

House Republicans are headed to Miami for their annual policy retreat.

Our expert Noah Daponte-Smith says the goal is to forge a consensus among the Republican factions – with the complication that Johnson basically can't lose any GOP votes.

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