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2025-03-15 22:58:00

“Silenced…
Some of VOA’s local-language radio stations have stopped broadcasting news reports and switched over to music to fill the airtime, according to listeners.”
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/15/media/voice-of-america-trump-cuts?cid=ios_app

2025-03-06 15:31:34

💉
Via Kyle Griffin:
The American Medical Association is urging the public to get vaccinated against the measles:
"Measles is extremely contagious and can cause life-threatening illness. There is no cure or specific antiviral treatment for measles. Vaccination remains the best defense against measles infection."

2025-02-26 00:38:21

#WompWomp
"House GOP pulls budget resolution, signaling Republicans lack votes"
“Their effort, however, appears to have failed, an embarrassing development for Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and his leadership team as they look to enact #Trump ’s domestic policy priorities.”
https://trib.al/570jhWW

2025-02-25 23:03:42

Keep ‘em coming
“For #Trump, 3 court losses in 90 minutes” #WompWomp
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/25/politics/trump-court-losses-immigration-spending-freeze?cid=ios_app

2025-02-25 23:02:33

How #Trump Shifts the Costs of Climate Change Onto Individuals —
“The change would effectively transfer financial responsibility from oil drillers, auto manufacturers and others and leave Americans to face greater direct costs as warming continues.” #ClimateCrisis
ProPublica https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-climate-change-social-cost-of-carbon-executive-order

2025-02-25 23:01:19

Via Hugo Lowell:
New: #Trump's memo targeting the law firm representing Special Counsel #JackSmith is out -- orders the suspension of any security clearances held by Peter Koski and other lawyers at Covington & Burling, and directs agencies essentially to stop using the firm as outside counsel

2025-02-25 22:47:30

Keep ‘em coming
“Teachers union files lawsuit over Trump’s crackdown on race, #DEI in schools
 A new lawsuit accuses #Trump Education Dept of trying to rewrite civil rights law when it threatened to pull federal school funding over mentions of race.” #UnionStrong
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/02/25/trump-schools-lawsuit-dei-race/

2025-02-25 22:45:49

H/t: Maddow
"Donald Trump Jr. made $813,000 in 2024 as a director of Trump Media & Technology Group—roughly a quarter of the company’s annual revenue—despite attending just two of the board’s five meetings, according to a filing made with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday."
https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacheverson/2025/02/25/trump-media-truth-social-donald-trump-jr-board-meetings-revenue/

2025-02-25 22:17:46

Keep ‘em coming
Voter Suppression Laws Remain Blocked in #Arizona -
NEW: In a victory, the 9th Circuit upholds a ruling that blocked provisions of two Arizona laws seeking documentary proof of citizenship to vote in presidential elections. The court called the challenged provisions “unlawful measures of voter suppression.” https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/voter-suppression-laws-remain-blocked-in-arizona/

2025-02-25 22:09:28

“ #Israel confirmed it is conducting strikes in southern #Syria, as the new Syrian government calls for the full withdrawal of Israeli forces from Syrian territory.”
https://abcnews.link/mD7PZib

2025-02-25 22:05:52

“More than 700 National Park Service employees have submitted resignations as part of Elon #Musk’s “fork in the road” offer, according to an internal agency memo. The plan would diminish staffing ahead of the busy summer tourism season...”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/us/politics/national-park-service-federal-workers-quit.html

2025-02-25 22:01:15

SCREAMING right now. 🤦🏻‍♀️
Via Brad Moss:
The most powerful and most-watched cable network in US is Fox
At no pt does Fox ever make adjustments out of concerns that Dems "cannot get a fair shake from the network".
Grow a spine, media execs
‪Jonathan V. Last‬:
MSNBC worries about perception that they’re not fair to R’s while Fox eats an $800m libel settlement to preserve its ability to lie about Ds.
That’s the asymmetry that gives illiberalism a structural advantage. https://open.substack.com/pub/readtpa/p/that-feels-indefensible-msnbcs-new
https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/114/066/771/464/962/991/original/93fa5a6445e15bf8.png

2025-02-25 21:29:19

✔️
Via Rupar:
Pritzker: "We're talking about the death of a constitutional republic. That's what happened in Germany in 1933, 1934. And we're seeing today that we've got an administration in Washington that's ignoring court orders."

2025-02-25 20:27:50

“Some of Mr. #Musk’s top advisers are more seasoned. Senior players include […] Amy Gleason, a former U.S. Digital Service official who has been helping at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.” https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/us/politics/musk-doge-aides.html
Via Anna Bower:
https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/114/066/392/001/737/533/original/745d4c6c7542da36.png

2025-02-25 20:20:39

Greene apparently doesn’t want her own paycheck
Via ‪Acyn‬:
Greene: Those are not real jobs producing federal revenue. Federal employees do not deserve their jobs. Federal employees do not deserve their paycheck

2025-02-25 20:15:54

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4/ To answer your questions:
https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/contempt_of_court
And then I found this:
"The president can pardon someone held in criminal contempt in federal court. However, they cannot pardon someone held in civil contempt. "

2025-02-25 19:08:47

Keep ‘em coming
“A federal judge is ordering the #Trump administration to dole out millions of dollars to multiple nonprofits groups, determining the Trump administration violated the terms of a temporary restraining order issued two weeks ago regarding freezing foreign aid.”
https://abcnews.link/Y59lu91

2025-02-25 19:06:40

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2/ Link:
A federal judge in Seattle blocks Trump’s effort to halt the refugee admissions system https://apnews.com/article/trump-refugee-seattle-ruling-lawsuit-eef485154e2a3f008a01d6790ce0ee06

2025-02-25 18:56:52

Keep 'em coming
Via Kyle Cheney:
BREAKING: A federal judge just blocked Donald #Trump's executive order pausing the US Refugee Admissions Program saying it appeared to "cross the line" into "nullification of congressional will."

2025-02-25 18:46:31

Dictator on, er, FROM, Day One. #1A
"Fresh off a legal victory allowing it to ban AP from WH events, #Trump WH announced the admin— not an independent group of journalists — will determine which outlets have access to the president as part of a pool allowed into the Oval Office, aboard Air Force One and into other otherwise closed meetings and events."
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/25/trump-white-house-press-pool-access-00206001

2025-02-25 18:43:22

That’s some “promise” #CrueltyIsThePoint #Trump
Via ‪Acyn:
Reporter: Migrants who were in Guantanamo Bay say they were shackled and placed in cages and say they were not treated as human beings. Any response to those conditions?
Leavitt: It’s a promise the President campaigned on

2025-02-25 18:39:41

Keep ‘em coming
“GenBioPro, the largest manufacturer of abortion pills in the U.S., is seeking to join a legal fight over access to the medication with the #Trump
Administration. The move was a significant offensive action on an issue seen as a vanguard in the fight over access to #abortion.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/us/politics/abortion-pill-trump-administration-lawsuit.html

2025-02-25 18:36:26

Via Klasfeld:
News:
Judge Ali granted a motion to enforce his TRO compelling the #Trump admin to unfreeze foreign assistance spending.
The govt must pay all invoices and letters of credit drawdown requests by 11:59 pm tomorrow (Weds) and provide any directives related to compliance with his TRO by noon tomorrow.

2025-02-25 18:13:18

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@nprofile…4yw8 It's never been about saving money.

2025-02-25 17:56:20

Here we go again
“A Southwest Airlines plane and a private jet experienced a close call at Chicago Midway International Airport on Tuesday morning in which the flight crew had to perform a go-around to prevent a potential incident.”
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/25/us/chicago-midway-airport-near-miss-planes?cid=ios_app

2025-02-25 17:39:52

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3/ Joyce Vance reacts:
We are just about at the point where a court orders the government do something & the government refuses to do it, which is practically what this amounts to. Either the courts find an effective mechanism to force compliance, or Trump steamrolls right over them.

2025-02-25 17:16:55

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2/ More
Cheney:
This continues to be going exceptionally badly for DOJ, which can't seem to give a straight answer to the judge's questions here: "We’re now 12 days in ... You can’t answer me whether any funds that you kind of acknowledged are covered by the court’s order have been unfrozen?"

2025-02-25 17:16:19

🧵 1/… Via Kyle Cheney:
HAPPENING NOW: Fed judge who ordered unfreezing of #USAID contract spending is voicing frustration as #Trump admin lawyer repeatedly refuses to say whether they have actually taken any steps to implement his 12-day-old order.
Judge: "I don’t know why I can’t get a straight answer from you. Are you aware of an unfreezing of the disbursement of funds for those contracts and agreements that were frozen before Feb. 13?"
DOJ lawyer: "I’m not in a position to answer that."

2025-02-25 16:21:45

💪🏼
“More than 20 civil service employees resigned Tues from billionaire #Musk’s DOGE [sic], saying they were refusing to use their technical expertise to “dismantle critical public services.”
“We swore to serve American people & uphold our oath to Constitution across presidential administrations,” the 21 staffers wrote in a joint resignation letter, a copy of which was obtained by AP. “However, it has become clear that we can no longer honor those commitments.” https://apnews.com/article/doge-elon-musk-federal-government-resignations-usds-6b7e9b7022e6d89d69305e9510f2a43c

2025-02-25 16:11:07

“Rep. Warren Davidson of Ohio on Tuesday became the latest Republican to oppose Speaker Mike Johnson‘s budget plan, further imperiling the House GOP’s plans for #Trump agenda.
Johnson can afford minimal defections, Davidson joins Reps. Thomas Massie of KY & Victoria Spartz of IN in publicly opposing the fiscal blueprint GOP leaders want to pass.. Rep. Tim Burchett of TN has also said he is leaning against supporting it” https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/25/warren-davidson-house-budget-republicans-00205937

2025-02-25 16:09:07

No, actually, he did not. Tony Schwartz did.
Via ‪Aaron Rupar‬:
Asked about #Trump calling #Zelenskyy a dictator, Mike Johnson says, "He is a great dealmaker, as everyone will have to acknowledge whether they like it or not. He wrote the book The Art of the Deal, right?"

2025-02-25 15:37:31

“Loving peaceful patriotic hostages”
Via ‪Kyle Cheney‬:
When the FBI searched #Jan6 defendant Jeremy Brown's home, they discovered illegal grenades, a sawed-off shotgun and classified information he retained after leaving the army.
Today, DOJ says Donald #Trump's pardon for J6 issues covers all of that.

2025-02-25 15:34:07

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@nprofile…qvg2 I tried to convince them. Not an easy nut to crack

2025-02-25 15:32:05

Keep ‘em coming
NBC News: Gail Schechter, a former Veterans Affairs employee who was terminated for what the agency called "poor performance," sued the department in federal court asking for her job back.
"Defendant's motives in terminating her employment had nothing to do with her skills, ability, or efforts."

2025-02-25 15:31:29

Hi Trump
“On Tuesday, a survey from the Conference Board showed that consumer confidence fell sharply in February and #inflation expectations rose as Americans fretted about the surging price of eggs and the potential impact of #tariffs.
“This is the kind of thing that can unnerve a policymaker,” Jonathan Pingle, who used to work at the Fed and is now chief economist at UBS, said about the overarching trend in inflation expectations” https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/business/inflation-fed-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

2025-02-25 15:17:06

Welp.
#Trump allies circulate mass deportation plan calling for “processing camps” and a private citizen “army” https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/25/documents-military-contractors-mass-deportations-022648

2025-02-25 15:15:54

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@nprofile…qvg2 She won’t, at least not unless Bsky gets really bad. I’m in touch with her staff.

2025-02-25 15:10:42

👀👀“ #SCOTUS on Tuesday threw out Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip’s murder conviction because a key witness lied in court and prosecutors withheld information about him.
The decision, a rare victory for a death row inmate at the conservative court, means prosecutors now have to decide whether to put Glossip on trial again. The court was divided 5-3 on throwing out Glossip's conviction, w Justice Gorsuch not participating”
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-throws-oklahoma-death-row-inmates-conviction-rcna181230

2025-02-25 14:40:17

AFP:
Beijing says its defence spending 'entirely necessary' after Putin backs Trump's suggestion that Russia, US and China cut their defence budgets in half
NYT:
Britain said it would increase military spending, a landmark lift ahead of a meeting between Trump and Prime Minister Keir Starmer

2025-02-25 14:31:00

“The acting commissioner of the IRS will announce he is stepping down as early as Tuesday, according to four people familiar with the matter who said the departure is driven in part over his distress about the chaos inflicted on the government by #Musk ’s U.S. DOGE [sic] Service.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/02/24/irs-commissioner-steps-down-musk-doge/

2025-02-25 14:27:57

Via Brad Moss:
Late last night, our amazing legal team, led by the likes of Norm Eisen & Mark Zaid, moved for a preliminary injunction against the FBI. This was an extensive effort as we fight to protect the anonymity of FBI personnel who lawfully did their job.

2025-02-25 14:26:13

💸
Via Bloomberg:
Bitcoin tumbled below $90,000 to hit the lowest level since mid-November, as the rally that followed Donald #Trump’s election to the White House reverses under the weight of his trade tariffs and a string of industry setbacks

2025-02-25 03:07:02

Keep ‘em coming
Via Kyle Cheney:
NEW LAWSUIT: An employee of the VA since 2006, who took law classes at night to get a promotion to the general counsel's office in 2024, was fired as a "probationary" employee because of her recent job change.
She is asking a court for her job back.
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.277745/gov.uscourts.dcd.277745.1.0.pdf

2025-02-25 02:30:26

I hope you were just watching Maddow. She just kicked MSNBC‘s ass right through the screen. Talk about grace, strength, and courage emphatically bursting through our TVs and into her boss’s faces! Standing O.

2025-02-25 00:28:42

“NY AG office announced that DoorDash would pay $16.8 mil in restitution to Dashers. The $ will be spread among as many as 63K workers, & though many will receive amounts in the low 1000s, some will receive as much as $14K, said a spox for AG Letitia James.
DoorDash agreed to similar settlements of $2.5 mil in DC in 2020, and $11.25 mil in Illinois last yr”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/nyregion/new-york-doordash-tip-settlement.html

2025-02-25 00:03:05

Damn.
“Joann, the fabrics and crafts retailer that has supplied quilters, seamstresses and school projects for 80 years, announced that it would close down all of its stores in the latest chapter of financial tumult for the company.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/business/joann-stores-closing.html

2025-02-24 23:59:26

Now we see what they've been doing with those damn emails.
Via Brad Moss:
FFS stop running the government off a damn AI algorithm
‪NBC News‬:
UPDATE: Responses to the Elon #Musk-directed email to government employees about what work they accomplished over the past week are expected to be fed into an artificial intelligence system to determine whether those jobs are necessary or not, sources say.

2025-02-24 23:50:58

Ann Telnaes, ladies and gents:
https://anntelnaes.substack.com/p/trump-responds-to-musk-email

2025-02-24 23:37:46

Keep 'em coming
Via Kyle Cheney:
Ann Selzer/Gannett fired back at #Trump for his lawsuit accusing the Des Moines Register of election interference, calling Trump a "sore winner" and calling his lawsuit a "tortured" and "frivolous" attempt to chill press freedom.
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.iasd.89411/gov.uscourts.iasd.89411.35.0.pdf

2025-02-24 22:08:29

*double take*
“A US resolution that calls for a 'swift end' to the war between #Russia and #Ukraine but does not fault Moscow for the conflict has been passed by the UN Security Council” — Financial Times

2025-02-24 21:35:52

Via Joyce Vance:
How it started (Obama)
How it’s going (#Trump)
https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/114/061/004/900/743/125/original/337ed80d98b68ed9.jpeg
https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/114/061/005/832/045/971/original/99957b713b881fc2.jpeg

2025-02-24 20:56:45

🤨
Delta Flight Makes Emergency Landing After ‘Possible Smoke’ in Plane, F.A.A. Says - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/us/delta-atlanta-flight-haze.html

2025-02-24 20:08:17

I won't link to WaPo on this one, but it's theirs.
Anything that's humane, count Trump out:
" #Trump admin has rescinded Biden-era regulation that sought to ensure American allies don’t use U.S.-made weapons in violation of international humanitarian law, current and former officials said Monday."

2025-02-24 19:30:28

Via WaPo:
#RIP Clint Hill, the Secret Service agent who dove onto President John F. Kennedy’s uncovered limousine in Dallas in a heroic attempt to shield him from the fatal gunshots Lee Harvey Oswald fired, died Feb. 21. He was 93.

2025-02-24 19:28:19

Keep 'em coming
Via Kyle Cheney:
JUST IN: Judge Lamberth has expanded his block on the #Trump administration's effort to relocate some #transgender inmates to men's prisons.
(There are about 16 transgender inmates in women's facilities nationwide, per DOJ) #LGBTQ
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.276959/gov.uscourts.dcd.276959.55.0.pdf

2025-02-24 18:55:19

“Concerns.” 🙄
“ #Trump admin has halted efforts to place migrants in tent structures built at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, amid concerns that the emerging facilities don’t meet detention standards because they lack air conditioning or electricity.”
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/24/politics/guantanamo-tents-migrants-housing-paused?cid=ios_app

2025-02-24 18:49:10

Keep 'em coming
Via Rupar:
#Macron, with #Trump scowling next to him, says "the aggressor is #Russia"
Macron corrects Trump after he claims "Europe is loaning the money to Ukraine. They get their money back."

2025-02-24 17:54:05

Via Charlie Angus:
My reflection on the 3rd anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine.
Trump has revealed himself as a Kremlin stooge.
27% of Canadians now believe we have an enemy regime on our border.
Canadians and Ukrainians are tied together, closer than ever.
Slava Ukraini
"Is Trump just a gangster kissing the ring of a superior gangster?
Is he a Kremlin stooge?
Is he a traitor to his own nation?
All of the above"
#Ukraine #Canada
https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/canada-and-ukraine

2025-02-24 17:49:55

Can they make this more obvious? JHC.
Via ‪Keith Olbermann‬:
BREAKING: MSNBC racist purge escalates. Ayman Mohyeldin, Katie Phang and Jonathan Capehart ousted along with Joy Reid and Alex Wagner

2025-02-24 17:47:12

I hope you can see this.
NEVER tell me that protests aren't effective. Each one makes us stronger. Each one encourages more. Each one draws attention to what matters. Each one can pressure those who need a push.
#Tesla
https://bsky.app/profile/maddow.msnbc.com/post/3liwvlkuc522e

2025-02-24 17:05:34

The #UN General Assembly has passed a resolution condemning #Russia ’s invasion of #Ukraine. The resolution was co-sponsored by Kyiv and EU nations, despite the US voting against it and urging other states to do so — Financial Times

2025-02-24 17:04:22

“A former leader of Reform #UK in Wales agreed to receive money to make statements “benefiting” the Russian narrative on #Ukraine while serving as an MEP, a court has been told.” #Russia
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/feb/24/former-brexit-party-mep-nathan-gill-in-court-bribery-charges

2025-02-24 17:02:45

Via Kyle Cheney:
NEW: Donald #Trump personally made the call to restrict AP's access to the White House press pool, the White House acknowledged in court papers today.
It sets the stage for the AP's emergency bid to restore access. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/24/trump-white-house-associated-press-lawsuit-00205723

2025-02-24 16:05:59

“Lester Holt, the anchor and managing editor of “NBC Nightly News” for a decade, announced Monday that he is stepping down from the long-running broadcast at the beginning of the summer.
Holt will continue to be a fixture at the network with a full-time role at “Dateline,” where he has been the principal anchor for almost 15 years, according to a memo”
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/lester-holt-anchor-nbc-nightly-news-rcna193445

2025-02-24 15:39:21

😢 #RIP Roberta Flack, the Grammy-winning singer and pianist whose intimate vocal and musical style on “Killing Me Softly with His Song,” “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” and other hits made her one of the top recordings artists of the 1970s and an influential performer long after, died Monday. She was 88 https://apnews.com/article/roberta-flack-dies-61ad9755cc7b4f37b29884adc49c9340

2025-02-24 15:15:34

Via Kyle Cheney:
JUST IN: The White House argues against the AP's legal action over its exclusion from the press pool. saying the wire service still has general access to the WH and is not entitled to anything more.
Notes that this is a call made by #Trump himself. https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25542455/whresponse.pdf

2025-02-24 15:06:08

#Breaking:
#SCOTUS declined to consider overturning a 25-year-old precedent that upheld "buffer zone" laws — limiting how close protesters can get to #abortion clinic entrances.
It's a serious setback for abortion opponents.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-rejects-challenges-abortion-clinic-buffer-zone-laws-rest-rcna180658

2025-02-24 15:01:31

Keep ‘em coming
Via Kyle Cheney:
NEW: A federal judge has barred DOGE [sic] from accessing personal info of government employees and student loan recipients, a significant new restriction on the #Musk group's access to sensitive government databases. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/24/judge-blocks-opm-education-dept-from-sharing-info-with-doge-00205699

2025-02-24 14:59:59

Keep ‘em coming
“Attorneys for the federal workers said Monday in the lawsuit that billionaire #Trump adviser Elon #Musk violated the law with his weekend demand that employees explain their accomplishments or risk being fired.”
https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-2-24-2025#00000195-386c-da26-a3d5-b87c3e300000

2025-02-24 14:44:10

“Starbucks announced Monday it will lay off over 1,000 workers and cut complex and unpopular drinks from its menu in an effort to turn around lagging sales and revamp the coffee chain.
..cutting some Frappuccino blended drinks, Royal English Breakfast Latte and White Hot Chocolate as part of its effort to simplify operations and shrink its menu”. https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/24/business/starbucks-white-hot-chocolate-layoff-workers?cid=ios_app

2025-02-24 14:25:52

Aww damn. We were both involved with the improv group “Off the Wall” w Robin Williams back in the day. What a talent.
#RIP Lynne Marie Stewart, Miss Yvonne on ‘Pee-wee’s Playhouse,’ Dies at 78…more recently had a recurring role in “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.” https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/arts/television/lynne-marie-stewart-dead.html

2025-02-24 14:20:43

Delete your accounts
“NEW: #Meta decided to stop working with U.S. fact-checkers at the same time as it’s revamping a program to pay bonuses to creators with high engagement numbers, potentially pouring accelerant on the kind of false posts the company once policed”
https://www.propublica.org/article/facebook-meta-abandons-fact-checking-boosts-viral-content

2025-02-24 14:13:36

Keep ‘em coming
Via Kyle Griffin:
BREAKING: A federal judge has just blocked the Department of Education and OPM from sharing sensitive data with DOGE. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mdd.576070/gov.uscourts.mdd.576070.38.0.pdf

2025-02-24 01:48:04

Oy. #ClusterFox
Via Kyle Griffin:
#Trump just announced Fox host Dan Bongino as his pick for deputy FBI director.
Yes. Dan Bongino.

2025-02-23 21:34:55

#ProLifeMyAss
#Trump administration is firing 2,000 #USAID workers and putting thousands of others on leave
https://apnews.com/article/usaid-trump-musk-foreign-aid-firings-a3af8ce6ef17878b718c8e2ed3bf98e4?taid=67bb93bbc84f110001399cd1&utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter

2025-02-23 20:53:04

Bloomberg:
The AfD nearly doubled its support since 2021 to 20.2%, is still likely to be kept out of power since all other parties have ruled out forming a coalition with them. #Germany

2025-02-23 20:51:41

“Some Agencies Urge Staff Not to Comply With #Musk’s Ultimatum
The F.B.I. director, Kash Patel, the director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, and others told employees not to respond to a directive from Mr. Musk to summarize their accomplishments.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/us/politics/elon-musk-email-federal-workers.html

2025-02-23 18:50:07

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2/ “It’s the constant Hitler salutes,” DeCarlo told me, as passing motorists on the busy commercial strip honked their support in the background. “My family is half Italian and half Jewish, and we were told to remember — to remember what happens when they come for marginalized people. It’s really hard to turn away from."

2025-02-23 18:49:19

"I went to a #TeslaTakedown protest near Philly yesterday to report on a grassroots revolution: thousands of Americans mad as hell at an unelected billionaire oligarchy - and unwilling to take it anymore
How taking down Tesla can save our democracy."
If Will Bunch wrote it, you should read it.©
🧵 1/...
https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/tesla-protest-philadelphia-elon-musk-20250223.html

2025-02-23 18:38:41

Pope Francis in critical condition with early kidney failure but remains alert— Totonto Star

2025-02-23 18:04:58

Yet another #recall
“Frozen shakes sold to nursing homes, hospitals and other institutions have been recalled after the drinks were tied to a yearslong deadly listeria outbreak, the FDA said on Friday.”
- The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/us/shake-recall-listeria-nursing-homes.html

2025-02-23 17:39:14

Via Bloomberg:
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the US dropped its demand for Kyiv to commit to paying $500 billion as part of talks to give Washington a cut of the country’s mineral wealth. #Ukraine

2025-02-23 17:01:38

DW News— Exit polls in the German election put the conservative CDU/CSU bloc with 29% of the vote, followed by the far-right AfD in second place with 19.5% #Germany

2025-02-23 15:45:15

Via AOC:
It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office.
Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.
Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.

2025-02-23 15:33:37

Do it.
Via Kyle Griffin:
The president of the American Federation of Government Employees, Everett Kelley, threatens to sue over Elon #Musk's email to federal employees: "AFGE will challenge any unlawful terminations of our members and federal employees across the country."

2025-02-23 15:26:50

#Doonesbury #Trump #comics
Entire strip here:
https://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/2025/02/23
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2025-02-23 15:21:00

Ukrainian President Volodymyr #Zelenskyy said he would "immediately" quit as Ukraine's president in exchange for the country gaining #NATO membership —DW News

2025-02-23 14:47:11

🧵 https://mastodon.social/@SeanCasten/114053732888005030

2025-02-23 02:28:42

Bloomberg: The #UK will unveil new sanctions on Monday to "turn the screws" on #Russia as it marks three years since Moscow's invasion of #Ukraine, the Foreign Secretary said.

2025-02-23 02:27:17

Bloomberg: The #Trump administration told Mexican officials to impose duties on Chinese imports to avoid US #tariffs.

2025-02-23 02:26:43

Bloomberg: #Trump is not considering reducing US military presence in NATO-ally #Poland, Polish President Andrzej Duda said after the two leaders held talks in Washington.

2025-02-23 02:05:00

👀Via Bloomberg:
“Justice Department supervisors are directing employees to hold off on replying to the federal government-wide directive to describe recent job achievements — an Elon #Musk order that DOJ staff worry will trigger ethics violations.”

2025-02-23 01:44:01

*blink*
“ #Trump's newly-confirmed FBI director, #KashPatel, is expected to take on another top law enforcement role in the administration as head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives..
Patel's appointment could be made official as soon as next week with a swearing-in ceremony” https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/fbi-director-kash-patel-named-atf-chief-rcna193332

2025-02-22 23:06:17

⚫️Donated to AOC
⚫️Shared mocking memes of Trump
⚫️Shared mocking memes of Musk
⚫️Exposed MAGA lies on social media
⚫️Protested my ass off at a Tesla dealership
“Federal workers began receiving emails Saturday asking them to explain what work they did last week, as #Musk announced that “failure to respond will be taken as a resignation.”
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/22/politics/elon-musk-employees-emails?Date=20250222&Profile=CNN+Breaking+News&utm_content=1740265078&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

2025-02-22 22:54:13

I love when it rains here. The view through our living room transom. #PortMoody #BC #Canada
https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/114/049/997/315/923/100/original/3d223a08b4b8e1d6.jpeg

2025-02-22 21:46:09

Keep 'em coming
Via Kyle Griffin:
A federal judge has extended the order keeping Elon #Musk's DOGE [sic] out of Treasury Department payment systems, ruling that the #Trump admin's process for granting access to the sensitive data was so flawed and haphazard that it was likely illegal.

2025-02-22 20:06:17

Bloomberg:
#Poland is paying for and will continue to finance #Ukraine’s access to Elon #Musk’s Starlink satellite internet system, according to Deputy Prime Minister Krzysztof Gawkowski.

2025-02-22 19:49:19

💪🏼🩷 #Canada
Via Acyn:
Canadian MP Charlie Angus:
#Zelenskyy has shown the world what democracy means. Donald #Trump is a convicted felon and a sexual pervert. These two men shouldn’t even be mentioned in the same sentence.

2025-02-22 18:27:30

Welp.
Aaron Rupar reporting yet another Nazi salute at CPAC.

2025-02-22 18:16:00

I thought he was improving
👀 AFP— Pope's condition remains 'critical': Vatican