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Leaders of the Social Security Administration had just opened an investigation into a career employee they believed was improperly sharing information with Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team when President Donald Trump elevated the employee this week to acting commissioner.
New Social Security chief was being investigated when Musk team tapped him
Data analyst Leland Dudek was suspected of sharing unauthorized access to information with the U.S. DOGE Service. Now he’s the acting Social Security commissioner.
wapo.st
February 22, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Leaders of the Social Security Administration had just opened an investigation into a career employee they believed was improperly sharing information with Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team when President Donald Trump elevated the employee this week to acting commissioner.
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Musk’s DOGE Teen Was Fired By Cybersecurity Firm for Leaking Company Secrets
Edward Coristine posted online that he had retained access to the firm’s servers. Now he has access to sensitive government information.
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February 7, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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NEW: NOAA employees were ordered to give an engineer from Elon Musk's DOGE task force access to all of the agency's Google sites by the end of business Wednesday.
Nothing in the engineer's background suggests any special expertise relevant to his new role.
Nothing in the engineer's background suggests any special expertise relevant to his new role.
This DOGE Engineer Has Access to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Sources tell WIRED that NOAA employees were ordered to give an engineer from Elon Musk's DOGE task force access to all NOAA Google sites by the end of business Wednesday.
wrd.cm
February 5, 2025 at 8:24 PM
NEW: NOAA employees were ordered to give an engineer from Elon Musk's DOGE task force access to all of the agency's Google sites by the end of business Wednesday.
Nothing in the engineer's background suggests any special expertise relevant to his new role.
Nothing in the engineer's background suggests any special expertise relevant to his new role.
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If they succeed in breaking USAID, Trump and Musk will likely kill millions of people. If you think that’s hyperbole, you don’t know what USAID does.
The main office of the US Agency for International Development in Washington was unexpectedly closed Monday and workers were emailed shortly after midnight that they should not come in, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.
USAID workers at Washington HQ told to stay home on Monday in unexpected, early-morning email | CNN Politics
The main office of the US Agency for International Development in Washington was unexpectedly closed Monday and workers were emailed shortly after midnight that they should not come in, according to m...
www.cnn.com
February 3, 2025 at 12:17 PM
If they succeed in breaking USAID, Trump and Musk will likely kill millions of people. If you think that’s hyperbole, you don’t know what USAID does.
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A new strain of avian influenza has been identified for the first time in the United States, raising concerns that the virus is transforming in a way that could eventually cause wider outbreaks among humans.
Rare bird flu strain found in California raises potential of wider spread
First U.S. detection of virulent H5N9 strain, at a California duck farm, draws scrutiny as evidence of genetic reassortment that could trigger human outbreaks.
wapo.st
January 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
A new strain of avian influenza has been identified for the first time in the United States, raising concerns that the virus is transforming in a way that could eventually cause wider outbreaks among humans.
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#ICYMI: ProPublica identified 17 people who each shielded at least $1 billion in capital gains from the so-called Net Investment Income Tax. Together, this small group, by collectively exempting more than $35 billion, saved about $1.3 billion in taxes.
How Billionaires Sidestepped a Tax Aimed at the Rich
Wall Street financiers were a clear target of the tax, but some, on questionable legal grounds, have claimed their outsized profits were exempt, sometimes avoiding hundreds of millions in taxes.
propub.li
December 22, 2024 at 6:00 PM
#ICYMI: ProPublica identified 17 people who each shielded at least $1 billion in capital gains from the so-called Net Investment Income Tax. Together, this small group, by collectively exempting more than $35 billion, saved about $1.3 billion in taxes.
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As climate shocks worsen, insurers are deserting homeowners in a shift that could have profound consequences.
Insurers Are Dropping Homeowners as Climate Shocks Worsen
Without insurance, it’s impossible to get a mortgage; without a mortgage, most Americans can’t buy a home.
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2024 at 2:00 AM
As climate shocks worsen, insurers are deserting homeowners in a shift that could have profound consequences.
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Senator Kyrsten Sinema, with the help of her buddy Joe Manchin, took one final chance to help out Republicans and give them control of the NLRB.
Sinema Finally Shows Up to Work to Deal One Last Blow to Labor Rights
Senator Kyrsten Sinema, with the help of her buddy Joe Manchin, took one final chance to help out Republicans and give them control of the NLRB.
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December 12, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Senator Kyrsten Sinema, with the help of her buddy Joe Manchin, took one final chance to help out Republicans and give them control of the NLRB.
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So the Teamsters playing footsie with Trump wasn't so smart?
What a huge loss for labor. Democrats had an opportunity to lock in a majority on the NLRB till 2026 ... and Manchin + Sinema just sabotaged them. Now Trump can immediately stack the board with union-loathing conservatives who'll undo four years of progress. www.axios.com/2024/12/11/s...
Schumer torpedoed by Manchin and Sinema on crucial NLRB vote
The vote to move forward on Lauren McFerran's nomination failed 49-50.
www.axios.com
December 11, 2024 at 8:06 PM
So the Teamsters playing footsie with Trump wasn't so smart?
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Breaking News: A Wisconsin judge struck down parts of a law that stripped government workers in the state of collective bargaining rights and set off protests.
Wisconsin Judge Strikes Down Limits on Public Sector Unions
The 2011 law stripped most government workers in the state of collective bargaining rights and set off protests that lasted weeks.
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2024 at 10:00 PM
Breaking News: A Wisconsin judge struck down parts of a law that stripped government workers in the state of collective bargaining rights and set off protests.
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throwback from december 2020: michael flynn and roger stone show off their pardons
December 2, 2024 at 8:47 PM
throwback from december 2020: michael flynn and roger stone show off their pardons
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It’s a good time to remember that Trump pardoned and commuted the sentences of 143 people, including Steve Bannon and Jeanine Pirro’s ex-husband
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
Full list of Trump's last-minute pardons and commuted sentences
The list, made public early Wednesday morning, included his former chief strategist and longtime ally Steve Bannon.
www.nbcnews.com
December 2, 2024 at 1:50 AM
It’s a good time to remember that Trump pardoned and commuted the sentences of 143 people, including Steve Bannon and Jeanine Pirro’s ex-husband
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
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Read this story - which is bonkers in places - about Patel from my colleague @epcalabro.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
The Man Who Will Do Anything for Trump
Why Kash Patel is exactly the kind of person who would serve in a second Trump administration
www.theatlantic.com
December 1, 2024 at 5:29 AM
Read this story - which is bonkers in places - about Patel from my colleague @epcalabro.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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While Russia wields imperial dreams and nuclear threats, the world suffocates — both under the weight of war and the smog of neglect.
Opinion: Nuclear escalation fears can't override Ukraine's right to defend itself
Following Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 U.S. presidential election, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a Democratic congresswoman from New York, publicly appealed to those who had voted for both her and T...
kyivindependent.com
November 27, 2024 at 6:06 PM
While Russia wields imperial dreams and nuclear threats, the world suffocates — both under the weight of war and the smog of neglect.
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World will be ‘unable to cope’ with volume of plastic waste in 10 years, warns expert
World will be ‘unable to cope’ with volume of plastic waste in 10 years, warns expert
Countries must curb production now and tackle plastic’s full life cycle, says Norwegian minister Anne Beathe Tvinnereim ahead of key UN talks this week
The world will be “unable to cope” with the sheer volume of plastic waste a decade from now unless…
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2024 at 9:03 AM
World will be ‘unable to cope’ with volume of plastic waste in 10 years, warns expert
It’s gonna be fire .. literally burn off your face fire. #hotsaucelover
November 19, 2024 at 9:29 PM
It’s gonna be fire .. literally burn off your face fire. #hotsaucelover
Crozet tunnel .. definitely worth exploring!
November 19, 2024 at 1:37 AM
Crozet tunnel .. definitely worth exploring!