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Trump's pardons cost victims and taxpayers $1.3 billion, House Judiciary Committee Democrats' review says (Scott Macfarlane/CBS News)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trumps-pardons-cost-victims-and-taxpayers-1-3-billion-house-judiciary-committee-democrats-review/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250617/p126#a250617p126

Democrats must organize urgently for the 2026 midterm elections
and avoid a “it can’t happen here” mentality
to stop Donald Trump from staging a full-scale autocratic takeover,
a Hungarian opposition parliamentarian has said.
Katalin Cseh,
a critic of Hungary’s strongman prime minister, Viktor Orbšn,
told a forum on authoritarianism that
the central European country’s experience held vital lessons for Trump’s opponents
in their attempts to resi…

Die ePetition 177441 an den Bundestag aus dem Bereich Datenschutz mit dem Titel
Transparente und faire Bonitätsprüfungen durch eine zentrale Stelle
kann bis zum Montag 28. Juli 2025 01:00 UTC mitgezeichnet werden und lautet
Mit der Petition soll erreicht werden, dass Bonitätsprüfungen transparenter und fairer werden…

Die spinnen, die TechBros.
"OpenAI executives have discussed filing an antitrust complaint with US regulators against Microsoft, the company's largest investor, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday, marking a dramatic escalation in tensions between the two long-term AI partners."

"Musk and his allies systematically built a false narrative of widespread fraud at the Social Security Administration based on misinterpreted data, using their claims to justify an aggressive effort to gain access to personal information on millions of Americans."
Gift link.

Inside DOGE’s Chaotic Takeover of Social Security
The drama offers a case study in how Elon Musk’s team sought to run a critical government agency through misinformation and social media blasts — and how longtime employees responded.

Republicans want to rescind $9.4 billion from NPR, PBS, and global aid.
They want you to think they're saving money—but they JUST passed tax cuts for the wealthy that add $3.4 TRILLION to the deficit.
Every penny they take from us from here on is going straight to the rich.
https://bsk…

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Microsoft: Windows-11-24H2-Update durch Update außer der Reihe ersetzt
Microsoft hat das Patchday-Update für Windows 11 24H2 wegen Kompatibilitätsproblemen gestoppt und ersetzt es nun mit einem ungeplanten Update.

The Bureaucrat and the Billionaire: Inside DOGE's Chaotic Takeover of Social Security (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/us/politics/doge-social-security.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250616/p20#a250616p20

So far the Social Security agency’s core functions — like sending monthly checks to 74 million Americans — have remained largely intact.
But under pressure from Musk’s team, nearly half of the Social Security Administration’s 140 senior executives, and thousands of employees overall, have taken buyouts or retired.
As many as 12 percent of staff members, out of a bureaucracy that numbered around 57,000 people, are expected to depart their jobs as part of DOGE’s cost-cutting plan.

Inside DOGE’s Chaotic Takeover of Social Security
The drama offers a case study in how Elon Musk’s team sought to run a critical government agency through misinformation and social media blasts — and how longtime employees responded.