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BREAKING NEWS: The White House has begun the process of looking for a new secretary of defense, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly.
The White House has begun process of looking for new secretary of defense
The White House has begun the process of looking for a new secretary of defense, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly.
www.npr.org
April 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
BREAKING NEWS: The White House has begun the process of looking for a new secretary of defense, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly.
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I can’t breathe
March 20, 2025 at 1:44 AM
I can’t breathe
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A friend of my compared gutting of federal agencies to a wrecking a car: if you remove 30% of the parts of the car, it does not go 30% slower. It stops working.
March 20, 2025 at 12:45 AM
A friend of my compared gutting of federal agencies to a wrecking a car: if you remove 30% of the parts of the car, it does not go 30% slower. It stops working.
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As discussed on today's @openargs.bsky.social, routinized acceptance of government claims that a non-citizen is a "Hamas supporter" for 1A protected speech will inevitably have direct consequences for the rest of us. Find your line and hold it
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March 14, 2025 at 6:41 PM
As discussed on today's @openargs.bsky.social, routinized acceptance of government claims that a non-citizen is a "Hamas supporter" for 1A protected speech will inevitably have direct consequences for the rest of us. Find your line and hold it
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Civil servant source says DOGE has made agencies much less efficient: "Work has ground down to a stunning degree and management is spending a significant amount of time responding & preparing to respond to the chaos incited by the never ending barrage of EOs & accompanying memos"
Many make no sense🧵
Many make no sense🧵
March 6, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Civil servant source says DOGE has made agencies much less efficient: "Work has ground down to a stunning degree and management is spending a significant amount of time responding & preparing to respond to the chaos incited by the never ending barrage of EOs & accompanying memos"
Many make no sense🧵
Many make no sense🧵
@thedailyshow.com Have Jon bring this one up...
I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
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March 2, 2025 at 2:34 AM
@thedailyshow.com Have Jon bring this one up...
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How it started/How it's going
February 28, 2025 at 11:57 AM
How it started/How it's going
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A new document undercuts Trump admin's denials about $400 million Tesla deal
www.npr.org/2025/02/24/n...
www.npr.org/2025/02/24/n...
A new document undercuts Trump admin's denials about $400 million Tesla deal
The State Department claimed a plan to buy thousands of armored Teslas was left over from the Biden administration. A document obtained by NPR shows the Biden plan was far smaller.
www.npr.org
February 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM
A new document undercuts Trump admin's denials about $400 million Tesla deal
www.npr.org/2025/02/24/n...
www.npr.org/2025/02/24/n...
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important to note that the position the AP is taking isn't petty and they explain it well: They acknowledge the Mt. McKinley change because the executive branch has controlling authority over that name.
February 14, 2025 at 11:37 PM
important to note that the position the AP is taking isn't petty and they explain it well: They acknowledge the Mt. McKinley change because the executive branch has controlling authority over that name.
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“When the president does it, that means it’s not illegal” — Richard Nixon, 1977
“He who saves his country does not violate any law” — Donald Trump, 2025
“He who saves his country does not violate any law” — Donald Trump, 2025
February 15, 2025 at 9:57 PM
“When the president does it, that means it’s not illegal” — Richard Nixon, 1977
“He who saves his country does not violate any law” — Donald Trump, 2025
“He who saves his country does not violate any law” — Donald Trump, 2025
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is the goal merit or is the goal segregation?
Pete Hegseth's DOD has decided to recruit at an NRA event rather than a Black Engineering event.
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www.military.com/daily-news/2...
February 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
is the goal merit or is the goal segregation?
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SCOOP: A US Treasury threat intelligence analysis has designated DOGE staff an ‘insider threat'. An internal email reviewed by WIRED calls DOGE staff's access to federal payments systems “the single biggest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.”
A US Treasury Threat Intelligence Analysis Designates DOGE Staff as ‘Insider Threat’
An internal email reviewed by WIRED calls DOGE staff's access to federal payments systems “the single biggest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.”
wrd.cm
February 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM
SCOOP: A US Treasury threat intelligence analysis has designated DOGE staff an ‘insider threat'. An internal email reviewed by WIRED calls DOGE staff's access to federal payments systems “the single biggest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.”
Does maga know what money laundering actually is?
February 7, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Does maga know what money laundering actually is?
Is there a source that aggregates and fact checks Elon musk's Twitter?
February 6, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Is there a source that aggregates and fact checks Elon musk's Twitter?
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A reminder that on this site folks may be aware that Trump got basically nothing new or substantive from Mexico or Canada but over on the other place, and out in parts of the real world, the GOP are successfully and ruthlessly spinning these as wins. They are messaging masters, Dems aren’t. Sorry 🤷🏽♂️
February 3, 2025 at 10:11 PM
A reminder that on this site folks may be aware that Trump got basically nothing new or substantive from Mexico or Canada but over on the other place, and out in parts of the real world, the GOP are successfully and ruthlessly spinning these as wins. They are messaging masters, Dems aren’t. Sorry 🤷🏽♂️
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The Trump Playbook:
1. Manufacture a crisis.
2. Hype it up.
3. Pretend you solved it.
4. Declare yourself the victor.
5. Repeat.
Basically has our allies asking, “what bone do we throw this crazy idiot so he can parade around beating his chest saying he won?”
It’s all a farce.
(via Ana Navarro)
1. Manufacture a crisis.
2. Hype it up.
3. Pretend you solved it.
4. Declare yourself the victor.
5. Repeat.
Basically has our allies asking, “what bone do we throw this crazy idiot so he can parade around beating his chest saying he won?”
It’s all a farce.
(via Ana Navarro)
February 4, 2025 at 11:19 AM
The Trump Playbook:
1. Manufacture a crisis.
2. Hype it up.
3. Pretend you solved it.
4. Declare yourself the victor.
5. Repeat.
Basically has our allies asking, “what bone do we throw this crazy idiot so he can parade around beating his chest saying he won?”
It’s all a farce.
(via Ana Navarro)
1. Manufacture a crisis.
2. Hype it up.
3. Pretend you solved it.
4. Declare yourself the victor.
5. Repeat.
Basically has our allies asking, “what bone do we throw this crazy idiot so he can parade around beating his chest saying he won?”
It’s all a farce.
(via Ana Navarro)
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This is a crisis response app. If a diplomat is in danger, for any reason, this sends their whereabouts to diplomatic security in country and DC
USAID employees overseas are no longer able to access their government security app, which gives them this error code (images provided to me by USAID worker)
February 3, 2025 at 5:21 PM
This is a crisis response app. If a diplomat is in danger, for any reason, this sends their whereabouts to diplomatic security in country and DC
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When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.
February 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.
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The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
End of Term Web Archive – Preserving the Transition of a Nation | Internet Archive Blogs
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February 1, 2025 at 12:58 AM
The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
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This is grossly irresponsible reporting by the AP. What’s being offered is not a buyout. The deal is if you agree to resign in September you can continue working remotely until then. There is no buyout or severance.
January 29, 2025 at 11:55 AM
This is grossly irresponsible reporting by the AP. What’s being offered is not a buyout. The deal is if you agree to resign in September you can continue working remotely until then. There is no buyout or severance.
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if you cared about morale and recruitment you would not alienate a group that disproportionately enlists into the military, but if you are a white nationalist…
Pete Hegseth ordered the cancellation of celebrations for Martin Luther King Jr. Day and removes Black History Month from any mention by the DoD.
Pentagon agency pauses celebrations for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Black History Month and more
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January 30, 2025 at 2:32 AM
if you cared about morale and recruitment you would not alienate a group that disproportionately enlists into the military, but if you are a white nationalist…
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FAA says a military helicopter collided with the American Airlines passenger jet from Wichita near DCA.
There must be immediate hearings on how the federal government/Department of Defense allowed this to happen and if removal of safety protocols and recent personnel changes led to this incident.
There must be immediate hearings on how the federal government/Department of Defense allowed this to happen and if removal of safety protocols and recent personnel changes led to this incident.
January 30, 2025 at 3:02 AM
FAA says a military helicopter collided with the American Airlines passenger jet from Wichita near DCA.
There must be immediate hearings on how the federal government/Department of Defense allowed this to happen and if removal of safety protocols and recent personnel changes led to this incident.
There must be immediate hearings on how the federal government/Department of Defense allowed this to happen and if removal of safety protocols and recent personnel changes led to this incident.
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DO NOT SPREAD THESE KINDS OF MESSAGES AND SHUT THEM DOWN WHEN YOU SEE OTHERS SHARING THEM
Please. On behalf of the entire immigrant community, but also myself and every member of our staff. There is nothing Trump could do that is worse than what these rumors are doing
Please. On behalf of the entire immigrant community, but also myself and every member of our staff. There is nothing Trump could do that is worse than what these rumors are doing
January 28, 2025 at 8:40 PM
DO NOT SPREAD THESE KINDS OF MESSAGES AND SHUT THEM DOWN WHEN YOU SEE OTHERS SHARING THEM
Please. On behalf of the entire immigrant community, but also myself and every member of our staff. There is nothing Trump could do that is worse than what these rumors are doing
Please. On behalf of the entire immigrant community, but also myself and every member of our staff. There is nothing Trump could do that is worse than what these rumors are doing
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PROP - PR Over Policy.
Don't confuse them.
He is flooding the zone. He knows that media will cover everything he does. Getting people upset. Which helps give him more coverage of the upset people. All just talking about him.
Dems need to be strategic.
Don't confuse them.
He is flooding the zone. He knows that media will cover everything he does. Getting people upset. Which helps give him more coverage of the upset people. All just talking about him.
Dems need to be strategic.
January 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
PROP - PR Over Policy.
Don't confuse them.
He is flooding the zone. He knows that media will cover everything he does. Getting people upset. Which helps give him more coverage of the upset people. All just talking about him.
Dems need to be strategic.
Don't confuse them.
He is flooding the zone. He knows that media will cover everything he does. Getting people upset. Which helps give him more coverage of the upset people. All just talking about him.
Dems need to be strategic.
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I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion
The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 28, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.