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   Patrick Leavy (patrickleavy@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Jan-2025 22:20:53 JST Patrick Leavy

   • Cory Doctorow

   Holy crap Cory @pluralistic you should run #DOGE instead of nazi-boy 😂

   https://pluralistic.net/2025/01/27/beltway-bandits/

   This is one HELL of a summary ☝️

   But why aren't there people in authority doing this kind of savings overview already?!
   Corruption?

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     Inky says "What the hell?!" (inkyschwartz@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Jan-2025 22:51:57 JST Inky says "What the hell?!"

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     • Cory Doctorow

     @patrickleavy @pluralistic Well David Dayen is the one generating those ideas. @pluralistic is effectively spreading the ideas around.

     Source here: https://prospect.org/economy/2025-01-27-we-found-the-2-trillion-elon-musk-doge/

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     Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Jan-2025 22:52:11 JST Cory Doctorow

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     • David Dayen
     • Inky says "What the hell?!"

     @InkySchwartz @patrickleavy

     David's amazing. He's @ddayen here.

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     RFanciola (rfancio@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Jan-2025 03:26:00 JST RFanciola

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     • Cory Doctorow

     @patrickleavy @pluralistic "Campaigning on cutting fraud and profiteering would be a wildly popular way for Democrats to separate themselves from Republicans. Few Democrats are rising to the occasion, though", ends @pluralistic piece. And this is a big problem, unfortunately.