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If you worked in federal government tech, we would like to hear from you. The Better Government Lab is joining with the Federation of American Scientists and the Beeck Center to try to captures the lessons learned and skills lost with the purge of digital talent from govt.
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Introducing Digital Service Retros: Back to the (Digital) Future
We're launching a national series of digital service retrospectives to capture hard-won lessons, surface what worked, be clear-eyed about what didn’t, and bring digital service experts together to ima...
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January 30, 2026 at 2:12 PM
If you worked in federal government tech, we would like to hear from you. The Better Government Lab is joining with the Federation of American Scientists and the Beeck Center to try to captures the lessons learned and skills lost with the purge of digital talent from govt.
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"These brave CBP agents were..." Vance shook his head ruefully "...forced the eat some neighborhood pets to stay alive."
"VP JD Vance relayed a 'crazy' story on X about protesters mobbing immigration and Border Patrol officers at a Minneapolis restaurant following Alex Pretti’s killing. But Minneapolis police and the restaurant manager both disputed key parts of the vice president’s account."
by @politico.com
by @politico.com
‘A number of crazy stories’
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January 30, 2026 at 2:15 PM
"These brave CBP agents were..." Vance shook his head ruefully "...forced the eat some neighborhood pets to stay alive."
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New at Can We Still Govern: Here is one thing I wish more people understood about government. There is a lot of rent-seeking by private vendors in our social safety net. Trump's policies will make this worse.
@lukef.bsky.social breaks it down. 🧵
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@lukef.bsky.social breaks it down. 🧵
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The Means-Testing Industrial Complex
The vendors getting rich from putting administrative burdens on the poor
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January 29, 2026 at 2:07 PM
New at Can We Still Govern: Here is one thing I wish more people understood about government. There is a lot of rent-seeking by private vendors in our social safety net. Trump's policies will make this worse.
@lukef.bsky.social breaks it down. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-means-...
@lukef.bsky.social breaks it down. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-means-...
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So the pressure shifts from criticism to intimidation, from debate to punishment.
This is about silencing journalists before they can tell the story.
This is about silencing journalists before they can tell the story.
January 30, 2026 at 1:52 PM
So the pressure shifts from criticism to intimidation, from debate to punishment.
This is about silencing journalists before they can tell the story.
This is about silencing journalists before they can tell the story.
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🚨 BREAKING: Don Lemon was arrested in LA following a protest connected to a disrupted church service in Minnesota.
This is an assault on independent journalism. Think about it. The right has tightened its grip on large chunks of mainstream media, but it can’t fully control independent voices.
This is an assault on independent journalism. Think about it. The right has tightened its grip on large chunks of mainstream media, but it can’t fully control independent voices.
January 30, 2026 at 1:52 PM
🚨 BREAKING: Don Lemon was arrested in LA following a protest connected to a disrupted church service in Minnesota.
This is an assault on independent journalism. Think about it. The right has tightened its grip on large chunks of mainstream media, but it can’t fully control independent voices.
This is an assault on independent journalism. Think about it. The right has tightened its grip on large chunks of mainstream media, but it can’t fully control independent voices.
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This isn't about immigration policy; it's about the militarization of our public spaces. ICE turning our blocks into patrol zones makes everyone feel like a suspect, not a citizen. #ICEoffOurStreets
January 30, 2026 at 2:03 AM
This isn't about immigration policy; it's about the militarization of our public spaces. ICE turning our blocks into patrol zones makes everyone feel like a suspect, not a citizen. #ICEoffOurStreets
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This make you uncomfortable? Good! Because this isn’t history, it’s reality and what ICE has normalized.
January 30, 2026 at 6:00 AM
This make you uncomfortable? Good! Because this isn’t history, it’s reality and what ICE has normalized.
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The Whitehouse.......
January 30, 2026 at 10:43 AM
The Whitehouse.......
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THIS 👇 IS TRUE......
January 30, 2026 at 10:55 AM
THIS 👇 IS TRUE......
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Buy Greenland!
Hire my son-in-law! 🤓
Hire my son-in-law! 🤓
Also: Ronald Lauder is the "Cosmetics Billionaire Convinced Trump That the U.S. Should Buy Greenland" (NY Times, 2022)
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January 30, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Buy Greenland!
Hire my son-in-law! 🤓
Hire my son-in-law! 🤓
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January 30, 2026 at 12:22 PM
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The UAE provided Russia with the identities of US intelligence officers.
Is the UAE really a superb ally?
The United Arab Emirates assists in Russian sanctions evasion, helps China technologically, and harbors serious criminals.
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January 30, 2026 at 9:18 AM
The UAE provided Russia with the identities of US intelligence officers.
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In Chile under Augusto Pinochet, political dissidents killed by security forces were labeled extremists or terrorists. The government praised the military and dismissed killings as unavoidable even when victims were unarmed or already detained.
Must we go on?
Must we go on?
January 30, 2026 at 12:14 PM
In Chile under Augusto Pinochet, political dissidents killed by security forces were labeled extremists or terrorists. The government praised the military and dismissed killings as unavoidable even when victims were unarmed or already detained.
Must we go on?
Must we go on?
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In the Soviet Union, state media portrayed people killed by security forces as saboteurs or traitors. Trials (if they happened at all) were propaganda tools. The goal wasn’t justice; it was to make the public accept the killing as necessary.
January 30, 2026 at 12:14 PM
In the Soviet Union, state media portrayed people killed by security forces as saboteurs or traitors. Trials (if they happened at all) were propaganda tools. The goal wasn’t justice; it was to make the public accept the killing as necessary.
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And this is not new. In Nazi Germany, after police or SS killings, the regime routinely branded victims as criminals, agitators, or enemies of the state then praised officers for “restoring order.” Evidence was selectively released or outright fabricated to justify violence after the fact.
January 30, 2026 at 12:14 PM
And this is not new. In Nazi Germany, after police or SS killings, the regime routinely branded victims as criminals, agitators, or enemies of the state then praised officers for “restoring order.” Evidence was selectively released or outright fabricated to justify violence after the fact.
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This is how authoritarian narratives work you smear the victim, praise the armed agent, and ignore the killing. No video justifies an execution. No insult erases due process. This is propaganda, not accountability.
January 30, 2026 at 12:14 PM
This is how authoritarian narratives work you smear the victim, praise the armed agent, and ignore the killing. No video justifies an execution. No insult erases due process. This is propaganda, not accountability.
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Russian forces shelled Kherson around 12:00, hitting public transport carrying civilians, according to local officials. The driver was killed and five people were injured with wounds of varying severity. #Ukraine
January 30, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Russian forces shelled Kherson around 12:00, hitting public transport carrying civilians, according to local officials. The driver was killed and five people were injured with wounds of varying severity. #Ukraine
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Wow, someone was allowed to mention the Network State in the New York Times opinion section. I believe this is a first.
Trump Is Not a Nationalist. He’s Something Worse.
gift link:
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Trump Is Not a Nationalist. He’s Something Worse.
gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/o...
January 30, 2026 at 1:55 AM
Wow, someone was allowed to mention the Network State in the New York Times opinion section. I believe this is a first.
Trump Is Not a Nationalist. He’s Something Worse.
gift link:
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Trump Is Not a Nationalist. He’s Something Worse.
gift link:
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Tonight I watched Prime Minister Mark Carney take the actual Heated Rivalry Canada fleece from Hudson Williams, slip it on and say: “This is true soft power.”
January 30, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Tonight I watched Prime Minister Mark Carney take the actual Heated Rivalry Canada fleece from Hudson Williams, slip it on and say: “This is true soft power.”
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Breaking Bloomberg:
Trump just sued the IRS and Treasury Department for $10 billion over the unauthorized disclosure of his tax returns to the press during his first term in office — potentially putting American taxpayers on the hook for a massive payout. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump just sued the IRS and Treasury Department for $10 billion over the unauthorized disclosure of his tax returns to the press during his first term in office — potentially putting American taxpayers on the hook for a massive payout. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump Sues IRS, Treasury for $10 Billion Over Tax-Return Leaks
President Donald Trump sued the US Treasury and Internal Revenue Service for at least $10 billion over an unauthorized disclosure of his tax returns to the press during his first term in office, poten...
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January 30, 2026 at 1:25 AM
Breaking Bloomberg:
Trump just sued the IRS and Treasury Department for $10 billion over the unauthorized disclosure of his tax returns to the press during his first term in office — potentially putting American taxpayers on the hook for a massive payout. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump just sued the IRS and Treasury Department for $10 billion over the unauthorized disclosure of his tax returns to the press during his first term in office — potentially putting American taxpayers on the hook for a massive payout. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Fact check on Trump world and guns at protests. Shocker, they’re a mess.
📌 Trump officials denounce guns at ICE protests after defending armed protesters in 2020.
So which is it, do we lose the 2nd Amendment the moment we use the 1st? Or do only certain people lose rights? 🤷🏽♂️
📌 Trump officials denounce guns at ICE protests after defending armed protesters in 2020.
So which is it, do we lose the 2nd Amendment the moment we use the 1st? Or do only certain people lose rights? 🤷🏽♂️
January 29, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Fact check on Trump world and guns at protests. Shocker, they’re a mess.
📌 Trump officials denounce guns at ICE protests after defending armed protesters in 2020.
So which is it, do we lose the 2nd Amendment the moment we use the 1st? Or do only certain people lose rights? 🤷🏽♂️
📌 Trump officials denounce guns at ICE protests after defending armed protesters in 2020.
So which is it, do we lose the 2nd Amendment the moment we use the 1st? Or do only certain people lose rights? 🤷🏽♂️
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📌After his regime's murder of innocent people, Trump immediately moved onto raiding a Georgia election facility to make good and damn sure everybody knows just how big a murdering fascist he really is.
January 29, 2026 at 11:16 PM
📌After his regime's murder of innocent people, Trump immediately moved onto raiding a Georgia election facility to make good and damn sure everybody knows just how big a murdering fascist he really is.
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Republicans: “Trust me, bro.”
Democrats: “We’re reining them in.”
Are Democrats giving up their leverage yet again? Negotiate now while the pressure is still on‼️
Democrats: “We’re reining them in.”
Are Democrats giving up their leverage yet again? Negotiate now while the pressure is still on‼️
January 30, 2026 at 1:25 AM
Republicans: “Trust me, bro.”
Democrats: “We’re reining them in.”
Are Democrats giving up their leverage yet again? Negotiate now while the pressure is still on‼️
Democrats: “We’re reining them in.”
Are Democrats giving up their leverage yet again? Negotiate now while the pressure is still on‼️