Hobbs
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UPDATE: The judge who blocked Trump's spending freeze accused the administration of being "disingenuous" about its intentions and attempting to skirt legal review by rescinding — but still implementing — the OMB spending freeze memo.
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
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February 3, 2025 at 11:47 PM
UPDATE: The judge who blocked Trump's spending freeze accused the administration of being "disingenuous" about its intentions and attempting to skirt legal review by rescinding — but still implementing — the OMB spending freeze memo.
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
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Re-doubling my efforts to be less online and focus on getting news from the sources I trust (Guardian, Mother Jones, Rolling Stone, some others). Trying to focus on the wins and not let myself be overwhelmed. Help the people that I can help.
February 1, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Re-doubling my efforts to be less online and focus on getting news from the sources I trust (Guardian, Mother Jones, Rolling Stone, some others). Trying to focus on the wins and not let myself be overwhelmed. Help the people that I can help.
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Learn, celebrate, honor, respect.
Happy Black History Month, and yeah, we're still doing that.
a drawing of a fist with a purple bracelet around it
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media.tenor.com
February 1, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Learn, celebrate, honor, respect.
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Pahlsson to Snuggerud #Gophers
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media.tenor.com
February 1, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Pahlsson to Snuggerud #Gophers
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Very good advice to find after a day of doomscrolling
January 31, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Very good advice to find after a day of doomscrolling
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just lol at people ready to accept defeat at the hands of the biggest losers in history and give up. have some self-respect. sandal would never. nothing's over yet. nothing is decided. get the hell up.
February 1, 2025 at 2:19 AM
just lol at people ready to accept defeat at the hands of the biggest losers in history and give up. have some self-respect. sandal would never. nothing's over yet. nothing is decided. get the hell up.
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Twitter was a social media website employing 7500 people. The federal government employees ~3 million people and touches every part of your day—roads, planes, schools, healthcare, food safety, Social Security and on and on. We’re going to learn the hard way that we’ve been taking it for granted
"Remember how Elon Musk destroyed Twitter by ripping apart its infrastructure without understanding it? Now imagine that same playbook applied to the federal government. It’s happening, and the stakes are exponentially higher." www.techdirt.com/2025/01/31/e...
Elon’s Twitter Destruction Playbook Hits The US Government, And It’s Even More Dangerous
Remember how Elon Musk destroyed Twitter by ripping apart its infrastructure without understanding it? Now imagine that same playbook applied to the federal government. It’s happening, and th…
www.techdirt.com
February 1, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Twitter was a social media website employing 7500 people. The federal government employees ~3 million people and touches every part of your day—roads, planes, schools, healthcare, food safety, Social Security and on and on. We’re going to learn the hard way that we’ve been taking it for granted
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One problem with the democratic social media presence is every post feels like it was scheduled via HootSuite 48 hours ago
When you’re in line at the supermarket next week and prices have gone up, you’ll know who to blame:
Donald Trump and his tariffs.
Donald Trump and his tariffs.
January 31, 2025 at 11:50 PM
One problem with the democratic social media presence is every post feels like it was scheduled via HootSuite 48 hours ago
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Serious Mad King territory. Trump orders Army Corps of Engineers to drain CA reservoirs storing water for summer-fall use onto already flooded Central Valley farms nowhere near LA, tweets that if only people had listened to him when he wanted to do this last time, no fires
February 1, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Serious Mad King territory. Trump orders Army Corps of Engineers to drain CA reservoirs storing water for summer-fall use onto already flooded Central Valley farms nowhere near LA, tweets that if only people had listened to him when he wanted to do this last time, no fires
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ICE Agent Decides He Wants Kids After Seeing Incredible Love And Devotion Of Parents Begging Him Not To Take Their Child
theonion.com/ice-age...
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January 31, 2025 at 4:00 PM
ICE Agent Decides He Wants Kids After Seeing Incredible Love And Devotion Of Parents Begging Him Not To Take Their Child
theonion.com/ice-age...
theonion.com/ice-age...
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Do Not Comply In Advance: bossy, already a cliche, implies permission to comply later
Fuck You, Make Me: leads by example, directs yelling at opposition instead of allies, easy to chant at a protest or put on a banner
Fuck You, Make Me: leads by example, directs yelling at opposition instead of allies, easy to chant at a protest or put on a banner
January 31, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Do Not Comply In Advance: bossy, already a cliche, implies permission to comply later
Fuck You, Make Me: leads by example, directs yelling at opposition instead of allies, easy to chant at a protest or put on a banner
Fuck You, Make Me: leads by example, directs yelling at opposition instead of allies, easy to chant at a protest or put on a banner
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Musk, who is not a government employee, is committing a shitload of crimes.
State AGs need to act. He’s not immune.
State AGs need to act. He’s not immune.
February 1, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Musk, who is not a government employee, is committing a shitload of crimes.
State AGs need to act. He’s not immune.
State AGs need to act. He’s not immune.
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On #FBI #Purge
Important guidance @justsecurity.org just so happened to publish today:
"Probationary employees may appeal their removal ... if they allege it was based on partisan political reasons."
Resource for employees, public, and reporters covering the issues.
via expert Suzanne Summerlin
Important guidance @justsecurity.org just so happened to publish today:
"Probationary employees may appeal their removal ... if they allege it was based on partisan political reasons."
Resource for employees, public, and reporters covering the issues.
via expert Suzanne Summerlin
Federal Employee Rights: What Probationary Employees Need to Know
Answers to some of the most common questions about federal probationary employment in light of OPM's "Fork in the Road" memo and other changes.
www.justsecurity.org
January 31, 2025 at 11:44 PM
On #FBI #Purge
Important guidance @justsecurity.org just so happened to publish today:
"Probationary employees may appeal their removal ... if they allege it was based on partisan political reasons."
Resource for employees, public, and reporters covering the issues.
via expert Suzanne Summerlin
Important guidance @justsecurity.org just so happened to publish today:
"Probationary employees may appeal their removal ... if they allege it was based on partisan political reasons."
Resource for employees, public, and reporters covering the issues.
via expert Suzanne Summerlin
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again this is a full scale attack on constitutional government
January 31, 2025 at 10:10 PM
again this is a full scale attack on constitutional government
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If you are in danger unless you comply with a regime, you are in danger whether you comply or not
January 31, 2025 at 9:16 PM
If you are in danger unless you comply with a regime, you are in danger whether you comply or not
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BREAKING WAPO:
Interim U.S. Attorney Ed Martin just announced the dismissal of roughly 30 federal prosecutors who worked on Capitol riot cases in the D.C. office over the past four years.
Notifications went out at about 5 p.m. on Friday. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Interim U.S. Attorney Ed Martin just announced the dismissal of roughly 30 federal prosecutors who worked on Capitol riot cases in the D.C. office over the past four years.
Notifications went out at about 5 p.m. on Friday. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Interim U.S. attorney fires more than 2 dozen Jan. 6 prosecutors in D.C.
Interim U.S. Attorney Ed Martin is dismissing more than two dozen federal prosecutors in his D.C. office who worked on Capitol riot cases over the past four years.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 31, 2025 at 11:10 PM
BREAKING WAPO:
Interim U.S. Attorney Ed Martin just announced the dismissal of roughly 30 federal prosecutors who worked on Capitol riot cases in the D.C. office over the past four years.
Notifications went out at about 5 p.m. on Friday. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Interim U.S. Attorney Ed Martin just announced the dismissal of roughly 30 federal prosecutors who worked on Capitol riot cases in the D.C. office over the past four years.
Notifications went out at about 5 p.m. on Friday. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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they are stealing data from the american people and depriving us of the transparency that we are entitled to by law. none of this is legal and not a single federal employee has any reason to comply.
February 1, 2025 at 12:02 AM
they are stealing data from the american people and depriving us of the transparency that we are entitled to by law. none of this is legal and not a single federal employee has any reason to comply.
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every institution or political figure with any power to try and stop the collapse of the US government:
February 1, 2025 at 12:11 AM
every institution or political figure with any power to try and stop the collapse of the US government:
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if a major politician held an emergency rally about the current ongoing coup by the richest man in the world, I think people would go to it. Shit is well and truly fucked. I can think of a couple of people who should do that right now.
January 31, 2025 at 11:00 PM
if a major politician held an emergency rally about the current ongoing coup by the richest man in the world, I think people would go to it. Shit is well and truly fucked. I can think of a couple of people who should do that right now.
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No mystery what we're seeing here:
-Illegally withholding spending/nullifying contracts
-Purges of law enforcement and prosecutors
-Taking bribes for lenient treatment while threatening enemies with persecution
-Pardoning violent/paramilitary allies
-Granting vast powers to an unelected billionaire
-Illegally withholding spending/nullifying contracts
-Purges of law enforcement and prosecutors
-Taking bribes for lenient treatment while threatening enemies with persecution
-Pardoning violent/paramilitary allies
-Granting vast powers to an unelected billionaire
January 31, 2025 at 11:40 PM
No mystery what we're seeing here:
-Illegally withholding spending/nullifying contracts
-Purges of law enforcement and prosecutors
-Taking bribes for lenient treatment while threatening enemies with persecution
-Pardoning violent/paramilitary allies
-Granting vast powers to an unelected billionaire
-Illegally withholding spending/nullifying contracts
-Purges of law enforcement and prosecutors
-Taking bribes for lenient treatment while threatening enemies with persecution
-Pardoning violent/paramilitary allies
-Granting vast powers to an unelected billionaire
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BREAKING NEWS: Allegedly there is another plane crash #Philadelphia #planecrash
January 31, 2025 at 11:44 PM
BREAKING NEWS: Allegedly there is another plane crash #Philadelphia #planecrash
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