Jim Hathaway
@jimhathaway.bsky.social
Citizen. Life-long learner. 25-yr SEO/PPC background. Vietnam vet. Red Sox fan. Plant-based food dude.
"The next day, the agency replaced Russo with Coulter, who was previously a member of the SSA DOGE Team. It is unlikely that the timing was accidental."
How the Social Security Administration is dodging a federal court order
The Trump administration has installed a DOGE operative as the new Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the Social Security Administration (SSA) in an apparent effort to evade a federal court order bloc...
www.muskwatch.com
March 26, 2025 at 12:43 PM
"The next day, the agency replaced Russo with Coulter, who was previously a member of the SSA DOGE Team. It is unlikely that the timing was accidental."
Trump's Assault on Social Security
Trump's Assault on Social Security
The plan to cut America's most successful safety net program
open.substack.com
March 19, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Trump's Assault on Social Security
Noor & Mahmoud: Young Hearts Be Free Tonight, Time is on Your Side
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Noor & Mahmoud: Young Hearts Be Free Tonight, Time is on Your Side
Noor Abdalla, the Pregnant Wife of Illegally-Arrested Columbia U Protest Leader, Mahmoud Khalil, is from Flint. Naturally.
www.michaelmoore.com
March 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Noor & Mahmoud: Young Hearts Be Free Tonight, Time is on Your Side
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www.michaelmoore.com/p/noor-and-m...
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This is madness
Gutted to see the Woodrow Wilson Center included in this. It has been a crucial institution in the production, preservation, and dissemination of knowledge about the history of the U.S. and the world. Its Cold War archives are a priceless teaching and research tool. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/u...
Trump Orders Gutting of 7 Agencies, Including Voice of America’s Parent (Gift Article)
The order targeting the agencies, largely obscure entities that address issues like labor mediation and homelessness prevention, appeared to test the bounds of the president’s power.
www.nytimes.com
March 15, 2025 at 11:25 AM
This is madness
Join Executive Director of Social Security Works Alex Lawson this Saturday March 15th, 10 AM, in Orlando as we rally to stop Elon Musk’s massive cuts to Social Security and Medicare!
www.mobilize.us/savesocialse...
www.mobilize.us/savesocialse...
Orlando, FL Town Hall Rally to Save Social Security and Medicare Now! · Save Social Security and Medicare Now!
Elon Musk and the Republican Project 2025 are coming for your Social Security and Medicare. We know how to stop them!
Save Social Security and Medicare Now PAC is mobilizing Americans to reverse Elon...
www.mobilize.us
March 15, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Join Executive Director of Social Security Works Alex Lawson this Saturday March 15th, 10 AM, in Orlando as we rally to stop Elon Musk’s massive cuts to Social Security and Medicare!
www.mobilize.us/savesocialse...
www.mobilize.us/savesocialse...
"Yenor is just the latest in a string of fringy appointees by DeSantis....These folks make the bar scene from “Star Wars” look normal."
Maxwell: Gov. Ron DeSantis wants Idaho professor Scott Yenor - who finds "independent," career-oriented women “meddlesome and quarrelsome” - to be his latest higher-ed appointee
Columnist Scott Maxwell takes a look at Scott Yenor, the Idaho professor who believes that many “independent,” career-oriented women are “meddlesome and quarrelsome” and show focus more on making b…
www.orlandosentinel.com
February 27, 2025 at 2:39 PM
"Yenor is just the latest in a string of fringy appointees by DeSantis....These folks make the bar scene from “Star Wars” look normal."
"Under claims of ending diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has been slashing through government programs that are popular with Republican voters like farmers, as well as with Democratic voters."
February 26, 2025
This morning, Office of Management and Budget director Russell Vought and Office of Personnel Management acting director Charles Ezell sent a memo to the heads of departments and agencies.
open.substack.com
February 27, 2025 at 1:54 PM
"Under claims of ending diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has been slashing through government programs that are popular with Republican voters like farmers, as well as with Democratic voters."
"According to witnesses, the bear was last seen heading for a nearby Republican town hall."
DOGE Staffer Attempting to Fire Park Ranger is Mauled by Angry Bear
“It’s nice to know that someone appreciates the job I’m doing," the ranger said.
www.borowitzreport.com
February 27, 2025 at 12:50 PM
"According to witnesses, the bear was last seen heading for a nearby Republican town hall."
"Believe me, I understand that my activism is a problem for you. Please know that your inactivism is similarly problematic for me."
Dear Concerned Friend, You're F*ckin' Right I'm Angry. I Wish You Were.
Dear Concerned Friend,
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
February 25, 2025 at 4:34 PM
"Believe me, I understand that my activism is a problem for you. Please know that your inactivism is similarly problematic for me."
"The employees also warned that many of those enlisted by Musk to help him slash the size of the federal government...were political ideologues who did not have the necessary skills or experience for the task ahead of them."
Federal technology staffers resign rather than help Musk and DOGE
Twenty-one civil service employees have resigned from billionaire Trump adviser Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, saying they're refusing to use their technical expertise to “dismantle ...
apnews.com
February 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
"The employees also warned that many of those enlisted by Musk to help him slash the size of the federal government...were political ideologues who did not have the necessary skills or experience for the task ahead of them."
Musk Forms Dept. Of Underaged Clowns Harming Everything (DOUCHE) www.borowitzreport.com/p/musk-forms...
Musk Forms Dept. Of Underaged Clowns Harming Everything (DOUCHE)
He boasted that he was “taking DOGE to the next level.”
www.borowitzreport.com
February 24, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Musk Forms Dept. Of Underaged Clowns Harming Everything (DOUCHE) www.borowitzreport.com/p/musk-forms...
Thousands in Midwestern GOP Districts Attend Sanders' First Stops on Tour to Fight Oligarchy www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...
Thousands in Midwestern GOP Districts Attend Sanders' First Stops on Tour to Fight Oligarchy | Common Dreams
Senator Bernie Sanders is on a mission to fight oligarchy and empower the people. With a powerful message against Trumpism and billionaire influence, he's rallying Americans to stand up for democracy....
www.commondreams.org
February 22, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Thousands in Midwestern GOP Districts Attend Sanders' First Stops on Tour to Fight Oligarchy www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...
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'Parasitic': Steve Bannon blasts Elon Musk’s 'freak experiments' www.alternet.org/parasitic-fo...
'Parasitic': Steve Bannon blasts Elon Musk’s 'freak experiments'
Steve Bannon, President Donald Trump’s former advisor, attacked Trump crony Elon Musk, saying his moves to cut the federal government are disrespectful to the country’s values. The comments were repor...
www.alternet.org
February 18, 2025 at 10:07 PM
'Parasitic': Steve Bannon blasts Elon Musk’s 'freak experiments' www.alternet.org/parasitic-fo...
Putin Agrees to Negotiate with Musk over Ownership of Trump open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...
Putin Agrees to Negotiate with Musk over Ownership of Trump
The negotiations are proving contentious.
open.substack.com
February 18, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Putin Agrees to Negotiate with Musk over Ownership of Trump open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...
A sobering piece from the amazing mind of Steve Schmidt.
Hillbilly snake oil in Munich open.substack.com/pub/stevesch...
Hillbilly snake oil in Munich open.substack.com/pub/stevesch...
Hillbilly snake oil in Munich
JD Vance went for a walk about around Dachau, but he didn’t comprehend the experience.
open.substack.com
February 16, 2025 at 11:31 PM
A sobering piece from the amazing mind of Steve Schmidt.
Hillbilly snake oil in Munich open.substack.com/pub/stevesch...
Hillbilly snake oil in Munich open.substack.com/pub/stevesch...
"Let’s be abundantly clear: Canada and Mexico rolled Trump like a cheap rug. They played to his vanity, his lack of knowledge, and his shallow thinking to make him bark like a dog."
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Greeted as Liberators
What could go wrong?
open.substack.com
February 5, 2025 at 5:48 PM
"Let’s be abundantly clear: Canada and Mexico rolled Trump like a cheap rug. They played to his vanity, his lack of knowledge, and his shallow thinking to make him bark like a dog."
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Opposition is growing against Trump outsourcing executive power to Musk, including the Treasury’s unlawful sharing of Americans’ financial data with “DOGE.” Public Citizen, AFGE, SEIU, and others have sued to stop it.
The Contrarian will continue covering this unprecedented power grab.
The Contrarian will continue covering this unprecedented power grab.
CONSTITUTIONAL STANDOFF
*Special Alert from The Contrarian*
contrarian.substack.com
February 4, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Opposition is growing against Trump outsourcing executive power to Musk, including the Treasury’s unlawful sharing of Americans’ financial data with “DOGE.” Public Citizen, AFGE, SEIU, and others have sued to stop it.
The Contrarian will continue covering this unprecedented power grab.
The Contrarian will continue covering this unprecedented power grab.
"We are seeing purges and secrecy and firings and, yes, law-breaking by a bunch of arrogant young Muskovites, acting at the direction of their Alternative für Deutschland–supporting unelected and unaccountable “special government employee” boss."
Why Elon Will Be Trump’s Undoing
And a request to the DOGE Bros: Please read a f***ing book.
www.thebulwark.com
February 5, 2025 at 2:33 PM
"We are seeing purges and secrecy and firings and, yes, law-breaking by a bunch of arrogant young Muskovites, acting at the direction of their Alternative für Deutschland–supporting unelected and unaccountable “special government employee” boss."
"DOGE was believed to only have access to the systems on a “read-only” level... However, three sources say Elez, who allegedly visited a Kansas City office housing the two payment systems, has been granted administrator-level privileges."
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Musk acolyte, 25, has access to 'nearly all payments made by U.S. government‘
DOGE employee Marko Elez has allegedly been granted administrator-level privileges to read and write code on two highly sensitive payment systems
www.independent.co.uk
February 5, 2025 at 1:25 PM
"DOGE was believed to only have access to the systems on a “read-only” level... However, three sources say Elez, who allegedly visited a Kansas City office housing the two payment systems, has been granted administrator-level privileges."
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Palestinians Propose Taking Ownership of Mar-a-Lago
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Palestinians Propose Taking Ownership of Mar-a-Lago
“Right now, Mar-a-Lago is a mess,” the Palestinian spokesman said.
open.substack.com
February 5, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Palestinians Propose Taking Ownership of Mar-a-Lago
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