JOW
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Mom of two adults, married a long time, lawyer, blue dot in a red county in a red state, musician, collector
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🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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Pritzker: "He promised he was gonna lower costs & make us safer. He's done none of it. I realize he's only been in office 2 weeks, but it's gotten worse, not better. You think grocery prices have gone down? No, they've gone up bc of what he's threatening or what he's already put in place"
February 1, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Pritzker: "He promised he was gonna lower costs & make us safer. He's done none of it. I realize he's only been in office 2 weeks, but it's gotten worse, not better. You think grocery prices have gone down? No, they've gone up bc of what he's threatening or what he's already put in place"
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Having watched with growing alarm the developments of the last 24 and 36 hours in Washington, I thought I’d take a stab at how the US media would cover this story if it was happening in a foreign country. Here’s that story that should be written this weekend: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-s-jun...
Musk's Junta Establishes Him as Head of Government
Imagining how we'd cover overseas what's happening to the U.S. right now
www.doomsdayscenario.co
February 1, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Having watched with growing alarm the developments of the last 24 and 36 hours in Washington, I thought I’d take a stab at how the US media would cover this story if it was happening in a foreign country. Here’s that story that should be written this weekend: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-s-jun...
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Though the Justice Dept has deleted information about its Jan 6 prosecutions from its website, a federal judge has issued an order listing and chronicling all of the cases and prison terms
Here:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Here:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com
February 1, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Though the Justice Dept has deleted information about its Jan 6 prosecutions from its website, a federal judge has issued an order listing and chronicling all of the cases and prison terms
Here:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Here:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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TikTok isn't gathering an ounce of the information that employees of Elon Musk seem to have access to now in our federal government. From personnel to treasury records things are getting very dangerous. Where is the outrage? My latest Substack open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...
February 1, 2025 at 8:08 PM
TikTok isn't gathering an ounce of the information that employees of Elon Musk seem to have access to now in our federal government. From personnel to treasury records things are getting very dangerous. Where is the outrage? My latest Substack open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...
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Gaza internal checkpoint to be staffed by US private armed contractors
Deployment of special forces veterans is unprecedented and poses risk that Americans could be drawn into fighting
From someone who saw US contractors in Iraq, this is a recipe for disaster.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Deployment of special forces veterans is unprecedented and poses risk that Americans could be drawn into fighting
From someone who saw US contractors in Iraq, this is a recipe for disaster.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Gaza internal checkpoint to be staffed by US private armed contractors
Deployment of special forces veterans is unprecedented and poses risk that Americans could be drawn into fighting
www.theguardian.com
February 1, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Gaza internal checkpoint to be staffed by US private armed contractors
Deployment of special forces veterans is unprecedented and poses risk that Americans could be drawn into fighting
From someone who saw US contractors in Iraq, this is a recipe for disaster.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Deployment of special forces veterans is unprecedented and poses risk that Americans could be drawn into fighting
From someone who saw US contractors in Iraq, this is a recipe for disaster.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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Trump administration directs 70% cut to internal OPM staffing, programs
federalnewsnetwork.com/management/2...
federalnewsnetwork.com/management/2...
January 31, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Trump administration directs 70% cut to internal OPM staffing, programs
federalnewsnetwork.com/management/2...
federalnewsnetwork.com/management/2...
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I hope people see how truly alarming this is:
1. Musk's team, who may not even be US govt employees yet, have complete access to OPM's databases of PII on federal employees and have locked out career employees
2. Musk's people trying to do same with THE US TREASURY MASTER PAYMENT SYSTEM 🚨
1. Musk's team, who may not even be US govt employees yet, have complete access to OPM's databases of PII on federal employees and have locked out career employees
2. Musk's people trying to do same with THE US TREASURY MASTER PAYMENT SYSTEM 🚨
New - Elon Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say
Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.
www.reuters.com
January 31, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I hope people see how truly alarming this is:
1. Musk's team, who may not even be US govt employees yet, have complete access to OPM's databases of PII on federal employees and have locked out career employees
2. Musk's people trying to do same with THE US TREASURY MASTER PAYMENT SYSTEM 🚨
1. Musk's team, who may not even be US govt employees yet, have complete access to OPM's databases of PII on federal employees and have locked out career employees
2. Musk's people trying to do same with THE US TREASURY MASTER PAYMENT SYSTEM 🚨
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Democrats shld make clear to voters that this gives Musk's private sector employees the power to stop checks to any individual recipient in the US (Soc Sec, vets benefits, Medicare) as well as examine their private financial info. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Senior U.S. official to exit after rift with Musk allies over payment system
A top Treasury career staffer, David A. Lebryk, announced his retirement. Surrogates of Musk’s DOGE effort had sought access to sensitive payment systems.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 31, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Democrats shld make clear to voters that this gives Musk's private sector employees the power to stop checks to any individual recipient in the US (Soc Sec, vets benefits, Medicare) as well as examine their private financial info. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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This. All of this.
January 30, 2025 at 6:58 PM
This. All of this.
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Medicaid didn't go offline because it was too "woke."
School lunch programs weren't put at risk because of immigrants.
Funding for cancer research wasn't on the chopping block because of trans people.
All of this (and more) was jeopardized because of one person: Donald Trump.
School lunch programs weren't put at risk because of immigrants.
Funding for cancer research wasn't on the chopping block because of trans people.
All of this (and more) was jeopardized because of one person: Donald Trump.
January 29, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Medicaid didn't go offline because it was too "woke."
School lunch programs weren't put at risk because of immigrants.
Funding for cancer research wasn't on the chopping block because of trans people.
All of this (and more) was jeopardized because of one person: Donald Trump.
School lunch programs weren't put at risk because of immigrants.
Funding for cancer research wasn't on the chopping block because of trans people.
All of this (and more) was jeopardized because of one person: Donald Trump.
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Recommended daily allowance for bacteria and brain worm.
January 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Recommended daily allowance for bacteria and brain worm.
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This says it all.
January 29, 2025 at 2:36 AM
This says it all.
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Wow. 🔥🔥🔥
This new bombshell Oxfam report is exactly what billionaires don’t want us to know:
Apparently 60% of global billionaire wealth comes not from entrepreneurship…
…but from inheritance, corruption, cronyism & monopolies.
Share the truth:
This new bombshell Oxfam report is exactly what billionaires don’t want us to know:
Apparently 60% of global billionaire wealth comes not from entrepreneurship…
…but from inheritance, corruption, cronyism & monopolies.
Share the truth:
The Report That Musk, Zuck & Bezos DON'T Want You to See
A scathing OXFAM report exposes how billionaires really "earn" their wealth.
www.tealandorangereport.com
January 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Wow. 🔥🔥🔥
This new bombshell Oxfam report is exactly what billionaires don’t want us to know:
Apparently 60% of global billionaire wealth comes not from entrepreneurship…
…but from inheritance, corruption, cronyism & monopolies.
Share the truth:
This new bombshell Oxfam report is exactly what billionaires don’t want us to know:
Apparently 60% of global billionaire wealth comes not from entrepreneurship…
…but from inheritance, corruption, cronyism & monopolies.
Share the truth:
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Insanity: The deportation flights Trump used military jets for—that Mexico refused to accept—cost the U.S. up to $852,000 per flight to attempt to deport just 80 migrants at a time.
To compare, flights directly chartered by Immigration and Customs Enforcement cost just $8,577.
To compare, flights directly chartered by Immigration and Customs Enforcement cost just $8,577.
January 25, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Insanity: The deportation flights Trump used military jets for—that Mexico refused to accept—cost the U.S. up to $852,000 per flight to attempt to deport just 80 migrants at a time.
To compare, flights directly chartered by Immigration and Customs Enforcement cost just $8,577.
To compare, flights directly chartered by Immigration and Customs Enforcement cost just $8,577.
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The felons first week in office & Project 2025......
January 26, 2025 at 12:15 AM
The felons first week in office & Project 2025......
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ADA investigations & cases currently paused as per new administration.
Federal employees hired under accessibility programs are to be put on paid leave & then laid off.
The CDC, NIH and FDA are barred from communicating information to the public.
Will the ADA be next? 🧵
Federal employees hired under accessibility programs are to be put on paid leave & then laid off.
The CDC, NIH and FDA are barred from communicating information to the public.
Will the ADA be next? 🧵
January 23, 2025 at 5:23 AM
ADA investigations & cases currently paused as per new administration.
Federal employees hired under accessibility programs are to be put on paid leave & then laid off.
The CDC, NIH and FDA are barred from communicating information to the public.
Will the ADA be next? 🧵
Federal employees hired under accessibility programs are to be put on paid leave & then laid off.
The CDC, NIH and FDA are barred from communicating information to the public.
Will the ADA be next? 🧵
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A man accused of assaulting law-enforcement officers and tossing an explosive device into a Capitol tunnel on Jan. 6 was rearrested on gun charges just days after receiving a pardon from President Donald Trump.
Pardoned Jan. 6 Rioter Already Rearrested on Gun Charges
A Jan. 6 rioter charged with lobbing an explosive device at police was arrested shortly after having his case dismissed under Trump's mass pardon.
www.rollingstone.com
January 23, 2025 at 2:52 AM
A man accused of assaulting law-enforcement officers and tossing an explosive device into a Capitol tunnel on Jan. 6 was rearrested on gun charges just days after receiving a pardon from President Donald Trump.
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I don't think we can share the side-by-side of Elon Musk doing the Nazi salute next to Nazis doing the Nazi salute enough.
January 22, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I don't think we can share the side-by-side of Elon Musk doing the Nazi salute next to Nazis doing the Nazi salute enough.