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I didn’t write the headline !
July 20, 2025 at 10:42 PM
I didn’t write the headline !
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#ICYMI: To work on DoD systems, Microsoft used engineers in China to remotely instruct American “escorts,” who often lacked advanced technical expertise.
“If someone ran a script called ‘fix_servers.sh’ but it actually did something malicious, then [escorts] would have no idea."
“If someone ran a script called ‘fix_servers.sh’ but it actually did something malicious, then [escorts] would have no idea."
A Little-Known Microsoft Program Could Expose the Defense Department to Chinese Hackers
The Pentagon bans foreign citizens from accessing highly sensitive data, but Microsoft bypasses this by using engineers in China and elsewhere to remotely instruct American “escorts” who may lack…
www.propublica.org
July 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
#ICYMI: To work on DoD systems, Microsoft used engineers in China to remotely instruct American “escorts,” who often lacked advanced technical expertise.
“If someone ran a script called ‘fix_servers.sh’ but it actually did something malicious, then [escorts] would have no idea."
“If someone ran a script called ‘fix_servers.sh’ but it actually did something malicious, then [escorts] would have no idea."
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really useful disambiguation resource for figuring out which agencies are doing what in these big militarized immigration raids:
calmatters.org/justice/2025...
calmatters.org/justice/2025...
They're not just ICE. Who's carrying out out Southern California immigration raids
The presence of masked federal agents is an unnerving part of life in Southern California this summer. Here's a look at who's carrying out the immigration raids.
calmatters.org
July 20, 2025 at 11:11 PM
really useful disambiguation resource for figuring out which agencies are doing what in these big militarized immigration raids:
calmatters.org/justice/2025...
calmatters.org/justice/2025...
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The party of limited government.
Trump threatens Washington stadium deal unless NFL team readopts Redskins name reut.rs/3IHqDJ3
Trump threatens Washington stadium deal unless NFL team readopts Redskins name
U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Sunday to interfere with a deal to build a new football stadium in Washington, D.C., unless the local NFL team, now known as the Commanders, changes its name back to Redskins.
reut.rs
July 20, 2025 at 11:02 PM
The party of limited government.
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👀Multiple video training session on what to mark for redaction, what not to mark, and how to record things that needed to be flagged.
Video exists of trainers explaining the process of flagging instances of Trump appearing in the files.
Toward the end the trainers were from the DOJ, not the FBI.
Video exists of trainers explaining the process of flagging instances of Trump appearing in the files.
Toward the end the trainers were from the DOJ, not the FBI.
EXCLUSIVE: Not only does an Excel spreadsheet of Trump mentions in the Epstein files exist, but so do training videos explaining how to flag the files for Trump mentions. Plus, the number of people who had access is larger than previously known. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/the-epstei...
The Epstein Cover-Up at the FBI
Inside the chaotic review process of the Epstein and Maxwell files at the Bureau
www.muellershewrote.com
July 20, 2025 at 11:06 PM
👀Multiple video training session on what to mark for redaction, what not to mark, and how to record things that needed to be flagged.
Video exists of trainers explaining the process of flagging instances of Trump appearing in the files.
Toward the end the trainers were from the DOJ, not the FBI.
Video exists of trainers explaining the process of flagging instances of Trump appearing in the files.
Toward the end the trainers were from the DOJ, not the FBI.
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Our latest episode of Organized Money is about the Google and Meta cases, happening simultaneously in the same DC courthouse, and how it could lead to a total transformation of the internet economy. With @balancecraft.bsky.social and Brendan Benedict.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
Antitrust Woodstock: Google and Meta Go to Court
Podcast Episode · Organized Money · 04/24/2025 · 56m
podcasts.apple.com
April 24, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Our latest episode of Organized Money is about the Google and Meta cases, happening simultaneously in the same DC courthouse, and how it could lead to a total transformation of the internet economy. With @balancecraft.bsky.social and Brendan Benedict.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
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“I’ll hook you up to a f—ing polygraph!” Hegseth shouted at Adm. Christopher Grady, the then-acting Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, according to two people familiar with the exchange.
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
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April 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM
“I’ll hook you up to a f—ing polygraph!” Hegseth shouted at Adm. Christopher Grady, the then-acting Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, according to two people familiar with the exchange.
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
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NEW: A coalition of students from more than 15 law schools across the country have signed a pledge not to work for any firm that “gives in to Trump administration demands…”
Signatories include students from Harvard, Georgetown, University of Chicago, UT-Austin…
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Signatories include students from Harvard, Georgetown, University of Chicago, UT-Austin…
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Law Student Firm Pledge
This pledge is being organized by law students collaborating across several law schools to counter the lawlessness of the Trump administration and major firms' cowardice in responding.
We are the fut...
docs.google.com
April 25, 2025 at 1:01 AM
NEW: A coalition of students from more than 15 law schools across the country have signed a pledge not to work for any firm that “gives in to Trump administration demands…”
Signatories include students from Harvard, Georgetown, University of Chicago, UT-Austin…
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Signatories include students from Harvard, Georgetown, University of Chicago, UT-Austin…
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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“They’ve been relentlessly dismantling every single civil rights agency in the federal government, and this could be the last one standing.”
Garza added that she is “prepared to challenge any attempt to illegally remove me as chairwoman.”
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
Garza added that she is “prepared to challenge any attempt to illegally remove me as chairwoman.”
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
Trump is trying to quietly wrest control of a top federal civil rights board
He wants to demote the Democratic chair and replace her with a hand-picked Republican.
www.politico.com
April 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
“They’ve been relentlessly dismantling every single civil rights agency in the federal government, and this could be the last one standing.”
Garza added that she is “prepared to challenge any attempt to illegally remove me as chairwoman.”
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
Garza added that she is “prepared to challenge any attempt to illegally remove me as chairwoman.”
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
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The four law firms that it was announced are now Trump collaborators -- Kirkland & Ellis, Latham & Watkins, Simpson Thacher, and A&O Shearman Sterling -- ALSO agreed today to "Disavow DEI" as part of a settlement with EEOC.
Why would any new associate join such a place? Why would any partner stay?
Why would any new associate join such a place? Why would any partner stay?
April 11, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The four law firms that it was announced are now Trump collaborators -- Kirkland & Ellis, Latham & Watkins, Simpson Thacher, and A&O Shearman Sterling -- ALSO agreed today to "Disavow DEI" as part of a settlement with EEOC.
Why would any new associate join such a place? Why would any partner stay?
Why would any new associate join such a place? Why would any partner stay?
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The cuts "would kill the much-anticipated Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, an observatory seen as on par with [Hubble & JWST] that is already fully assembled and on budget for a launch in two years." Would also apparently close NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Huge, HUGE loss for science.
Hey! It's bad! arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...
2/3 cut in astrophysics
2/3 cut in heliophysics
50% cut in Earth science
30% cut in planetary science
This is just such an incredible self-own, what are we doing?
2/3 cut in astrophysics
2/3 cut in heliophysics
50% cut in Earth science
30% cut in planetary science
This is just such an incredible self-own, what are we doing?
Trump White House budget proposal eviscerates science funding at NASA
“This would decimate American leadership in space.”…
arstechnica.com
April 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The cuts "would kill the much-anticipated Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, an observatory seen as on par with [Hubble & JWST] that is already fully assembled and on budget for a launch in two years." Would also apparently close NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Huge, HUGE loss for science.
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I can't believe Columbia didn't manage to buy Trump off by agreeing to his demands: www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
Oh wait, yes, I can, and I warned this would happen: www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Oh wait, yes, I can, and I warned this would happen: www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
A Warning for Columbia University
Surrendering to the Trump administration’s $400 million ransom demand would be a disaster for higher education and for the United States.
www.theatlantic.com
April 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I can't believe Columbia didn't manage to buy Trump off by agreeing to his demands: www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
Oh wait, yes, I can, and I warned this would happen: www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Oh wait, yes, I can, and I warned this would happen: www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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What if the insider trading the other day didn't come from Trump insiders or even CEOs to whom Bessent blabbed, but instead from RU and Chinese cut-outs benefitting from hacking into the Small WorldTariffFiesta Signal chat?
April 11, 2025 at 8:48 PM
What if the insider trading the other day didn't come from Trump insiders or even CEOs to whom Bessent blabbed, but instead from RU and Chinese cut-outs benefitting from hacking into the Small WorldTariffFiesta Signal chat?
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I'm really trying to figure out how to use Trump's EO purporting to oppose antisemitism against this. Why is the Naval Academy excluded?
Books by racists remain in the Naval Academy library, but books that study or seek to explain racism have been purged.
Indeed, the books that could best explain what Hegseth is doing to the US military will no longer be available to its officers. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/infantiliz...
Indeed, the books that could best explain what Hegseth is doing to the US military will no longer be available to its officers. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/infantiliz...
April 11, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I'm really trying to figure out how to use Trump's EO purporting to oppose antisemitism against this. Why is the Naval Academy excluded?
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#ICYMI: DHS insiders say Trump’s Homeland Security agenda is now a single issue.
“The vibe is: How to use DHS to go after migrants, immigrants. That is the vibe, that is the only vibe. ... It’s wild — it’s as if the rest of the department doesn’t exist.”
By @hannahallam.bsky.social
“The vibe is: How to use DHS to go after migrants, immigrants. That is the vibe, that is the only vibe. ... It’s wild — it’s as if the rest of the department doesn’t exist.”
By @hannahallam.bsky.social
Killing Grants That Have Saved Lives: Trump’s Cuts Signal End to Government Work on Terrorism Prevention
Tens of millions of dollars slated for violence prevention have been cut or are frozen as DOGE steamrolls the national security sector. “This is the government getting out of the terrorism business,”…
propub.li
April 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
#ICYMI: DHS insiders say Trump’s Homeland Security agenda is now a single issue.
“The vibe is: How to use DHS to go after migrants, immigrants. That is the vibe, that is the only vibe. ... It’s wild — it’s as if the rest of the department doesn’t exist.”
By @hannahallam.bsky.social
“The vibe is: How to use DHS to go after migrants, immigrants. That is the vibe, that is the only vibe. ... It’s wild — it’s as if the rest of the department doesn’t exist.”
By @hannahallam.bsky.social
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A look at the new polling from Quinnipiac. Not good for Trump.
April 11, 2025 at 12:13 AM
A look at the new polling from Quinnipiac. Not good for Trump.
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You can watch Rachel's full interview with Nina Olson here: youtu.be/j6czGFHaZng?...
April 11, 2025 at 12:15 AM
You can watch Rachel's full interview with Nina Olson here: youtu.be/j6czGFHaZng?...
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Very manly men, indeed.
The Dept of Labor has been embroiled in how to get a security detail for the Deputy Secretary, a DOGE enforcer named Keith Sonderling. They had to bring in the US Marshals to deputize people to protect him after he reported getting 'weird looks' from Dept staff. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/doge-...
DOGE Playas, their DOGE Enforcer Pals And the Security Detail You Need to Be a True DOGE-Banger
Here is a topic that isn’t as consequential in itself as the...
talkingpointsmemo.com
April 11, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Very manly men, indeed.
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"Trump lieutenants have walked out of meetings and earnestly asked one another if they thought Musk was high..."
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April 11, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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Like hearing bolts crack in a submarine
🇺🇸U.S. 30-YEAR TREASURY YIELDS RISE TO 4.95%, BIGGEST WEEKLY INCREASE SINCE 1982.
April 11, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Like hearing bolts crack in a submarine
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Wow.
This is from a Trump II State Dept appointee, Tibor Nagy, unloading on the DOGE shitshow as a "stage production which combined elements of a tragicomedy with the Twilight Zone." Again, this is a Trump guy talking. www.lubbockonline.com/story/opinio...
This is from a Trump II State Dept appointee, Tibor Nagy, unloading on the DOGE shitshow as a "stage production which combined elements of a tragicomedy with the Twilight Zone." Again, this is a Trump guy talking. www.lubbockonline.com/story/opinio...
April 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Wow.
This is from a Trump II State Dept appointee, Tibor Nagy, unloading on the DOGE shitshow as a "stage production which combined elements of a tragicomedy with the Twilight Zone." Again, this is a Trump guy talking. www.lubbockonline.com/story/opinio...
This is from a Trump II State Dept appointee, Tibor Nagy, unloading on the DOGE shitshow as a "stage production which combined elements of a tragicomedy with the Twilight Zone." Again, this is a Trump guy talking. www.lubbockonline.com/story/opinio...
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"Many are uncomfortable or turned off by directives from Justice Department leaders, including Attorney General Pam Bondi’s demand for “zealous advocacy” of President Donald Trump’s agenda, these people said."
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Many lawyers who argue for Trump at Supreme Court are heading for the exit
At least half of the front-line attorneys in the solicitor general’s office plan to leave as Trump’s emergency requests pile up at the high court, people familiar with the situation said.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 11, 2025 at 1:19 AM
"Many are uncomfortable or turned off by directives from Justice Department leaders, including Attorney General Pam Bondi’s demand for “zealous advocacy” of President Donald Trump’s agenda, these people said."
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...