Erin Maguire
@erin-maguire.bsky.social
Educator, community leader, seeker of understanding, learner/unlearner, listener, and lover of our earth. My family and friends are my rock. Oh, and I love coffee!
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MSNBC. CNN. NYT. WAPO.
All compromised.
Corporate anything is not your friend.
All compromised.
Corporate anything is not your friend.
February 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
MSNBC. CNN. NYT. WAPO.
All compromised.
Corporate anything is not your friend.
All compromised.
Corporate anything is not your friend.
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Do older Americans know that Elon Musk now controls access to their Social Security and health insurance?
NEW: Sources tell my office that Treasury Secretary Bessent has granted DOGE *full* access to this system. Social Security and Medicare benefits, grants, payments to government contractors, including those that compete directly with Musk's own companies. All of it.
NEWS: Wyden Demands Answers Following Report of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments System
February 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Do older Americans know that Elon Musk now controls access to their Social Security and health insurance?
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Goodbye Target. Hello, Costco.
Shop at COSTCO, folks. The only company that didn't cave and furthermore doubled down on DEI efforts and said it has helped their revenue, their products, their employees, and their customers.
Target rolls back DEI initiatives, the latest big company to retreat cnb.cx/3POyGEd
January 25, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Goodbye Target. Hello, Costco.
Keep paying attention, indeed.
Late last night, Trump fired the independent inspectors general of at least 12 major federal agencies.
Inspectors general are tasked with rooting out fraud, abuse, and corruption.
Trump wants loyalists in these positions — a key tenant of Project 2025.
Keep paying attention. wapo.st/3Cptwvg
Inspectors general are tasked with rooting out fraud, abuse, and corruption.
Trump wants loyalists in these positions — a key tenant of Project 2025.
Keep paying attention. wapo.st/3Cptwvg
Trump ousts at least 12 independent inspectors general in late-night purge
The dismissals appeared to violate federal law, which requires Congress to receive 30 days’ notice of any intent to fire a Senate-confirmed inspector general.
wapo.st
January 26, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Keep paying attention, indeed.
The Secretary’s order to stop all investigations under EEO. No justice for those harmed by employment discrimination. www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov...
www.dol.gov
January 26, 2025 at 2:53 AM
The Secretary’s order to stop all investigations under EEO. No justice for those harmed by employment discrimination. www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov...
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Part of what makes this a confusing political moment is that these acts aren’t partisan in a typical sense. Removing these actors is not good for Dems or bad for GOP, or pro- or anti-immigration. But it is bad and probably illegal. And politics is partisan!
www.govexec.com/workforce/20...
www.govexec.com/workforce/20...
Ousted career execs at DOJ are considering options after being given vague rationale for firings
The dismissals came just hours after Trump's inauguration and raises questions of the president's legal authorities.
www.govexec.com
January 25, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Part of what makes this a confusing political moment is that these acts aren’t partisan in a typical sense. Removing these actors is not good for Dems or bad for GOP, or pro- or anti-immigration. But it is bad and probably illegal. And politics is partisan!
www.govexec.com/workforce/20...
www.govexec.com/workforce/20...
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Trump II has begun. Many people are asking: “What can I do now?”
Here are 10 recommendations. Please let me know your thoughts, and if you have anything else you'd like to add to the list.
Here are 10 recommendations. Please let me know your thoughts, and if you have anything else you'd like to add to the list.
What you can do
Ten ways to resist Trump II
robertreich.substack.com
January 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Trump II has begun. Many people are asking: “What can I do now?”
Here are 10 recommendations. Please let me know your thoughts, and if you have anything else you'd like to add to the list.
Here are 10 recommendations. Please let me know your thoughts, and if you have anything else you'd like to add to the list.
This is a memo from the acting deputy attorney general describing the implementation plan for the executive orders. Worth a read. static.politico.com/66/35/5a5563...
static.politico.com
January 26, 2025 at 2:07 AM
This is a memo from the acting deputy attorney general describing the implementation plan for the executive orders. Worth a read. static.politico.com/66/35/5a5563...
I have been posting primary sources for people to read. It is the best way to understand what is happening. I’ve been asked to start posting them here, happy to do so.
January 26, 2025 at 2:06 AM
I have been posting primary sources for people to read. It is the best way to understand what is happening. I’ve been asked to start posting them here, happy to do so.
"Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly." MLK
January 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
"Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly." MLK
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of convenience and comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy," Martin Luther King, Jr.
January 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of convenience and comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy," Martin Luther King, Jr.
