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Luigi Mangione’s bizarre social media ramblings

United Healthcare murder suspect Luigi Mangione has espoused a hodgepodge of unintelligent political views on social media, with posts ranging from calls to ban sex toys in Japan to modern-day America and Rome. Ranging from comparisons of collapse to condemnation of woke discrimination and DEI practices. The tech-savvy 26-year-old seems to have opinions from all […]

Elon Musk joins Trump allies in House GOP pressure campaign over social media bill

President-elect Trump's allies are pressuring House leaders to pass legislation overhauling how social media companies treat users under 18, with two weeks remaining in this Congress. Therefore, time is limited. Elon Musk is one of the people in President Trump's orbit pushing the bill, and his company X is participating in discussions about amendments to […]

House Republican eyes Medicare, Social Security for DOGE cuts

Rep. Mark Alford (R-Missouri) has cited Medicare and Social Security as potential focus areas for President-elect Trump's new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Alford is asked about possibilities DOGE's cost-cutting recommendations appeared on Fox Business Network's “Morning with Maria” Monday. In response, he noted that Republican lawmakers recently met with Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, […]

‘We’re Not Touching’ Social Security in Proposed Cuts to Government Spending

President-elect Donald Trump said Sunday on NBC's “Meet the Press” that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) will not cut Social Security. Host Kristen Welker said, “The president-elect will challenge billionaire CEO Elon Musk of Tesla and SpaceX to control government spending, along with businessman Vivek Ramaswami, one of Trump's former chief rivals.'' “We're ordering […]

Australia’s social media ban is a flawed approach to protecting children

The Australian Parliament has just passed groundbreaking law It bans children under 16 from using social media platforms and marks a major change in the government's approach to young people's online safety. The bill passed with bipartisan support, but faced significant opposition from some members of the centre-right coalition and independents. The law aims to […]

We Need to Allow Young Workers to Opt in to Personal Account Outside Social Security

On Friday's WBUR's “Here and Now” broadcast, Outstanding Government Efficiency (DOGE), caucus co-chairman Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas) called for raising the retirement age to fix Social Security. He argued that it was not necessary. “We need to allow new workers in this country to opt in to their own accounts,” and “perhaps the portion provided […]

Not Going to Be Part of ‘Fake Position for Fake People’ to Cut Social Security

On Friday's broadcast of NewsNation's “The Hill,” Rep. Sidney Kamlager-Daub (D-Calif.) said she doesn't want anything to do with the Department of Government Efficiency because “it doesn't do bad things.” “This is because it is a false position for the impostors who are trying to do so,” he said. Cut programs that Americans need. “But […]