Jennifer Uhl Zwikker
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My first poem in decades. @hcrichardson.bsky.social
March 6, 2025 at 2:13 AM
My first poem in decades. @hcrichardson.bsky.social
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I served the people, not the president as US Attorney. That's the oath. That's the job. That's why you don't put people who haven't worked at the Justice Department in charge of the Department, or people who haven't worked at the FBI in charge of the FBI.
February 24, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I served the people, not the president as US Attorney. That's the oath. That's the job. That's why you don't put people who haven't worked at the Justice Department in charge of the Department, or people who haven't worked at the FBI in charge of the FBI.
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Hampton Dellinger, a government watchdog lawyer whose dismissal by President Trump has been stalled by the courts, announced on Monday that his office would seek to pause the mass firings of some probationary federal workers.
Government Watchdog Moves to Protect Probationary Federal Workers
Hampton Dellinger, the head of the Office of Special Counsel, recommended pausing the mass firings of some probationary federal employees.
www.nytimes.com
February 25, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Hampton Dellinger, a government watchdog lawyer whose dismissal by President Trump has been stalled by the courts, announced on Monday that his office would seek to pause the mass firings of some probationary federal workers.
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<Presses well-worn button on soundboard>
“Well, THIS is illegal”
“Well, THIS is illegal”
Lawyer at Musk’s X warned major ad company: get your clients to spend more on X, or else.
Was a reminder that the ad company’s recently announced merger could be torpedoed, or at least slowed down, by the Trump administration, given Musk’s powerful role in the federal government
Was a reminder that the ad company’s recently announced merger could be torpedoed, or at least slowed down, by the Trump administration, given Musk’s powerful role in the federal government
Exclusive | X Hinted at Possible Deal Trouble in Talks With Ad Giant to Increase Spending
Interpublic Group recently signed an advertising agreement with the social-media platform; other agencies are also in negotiations.
www.wsj.com
February 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
<Presses well-worn button on soundboard>
“Well, THIS is illegal”
“Well, THIS is illegal”
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Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA):
“A program is not waste just because it doesn’t help the richest man in the world. It is not fraud just because he doesn’t like it."
“A program is not waste just because it doesn’t help the richest man in the world. It is not fraud just because he doesn’t like it."
February 23, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA):
“A program is not waste just because it doesn’t help the richest man in the world. It is not fraud just because he doesn’t like it."
“A program is not waste just because it doesn’t help the richest man in the world. It is not fraud just because he doesn’t like it."
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Watch the speech. Tillis criticizes Putin and praises Trump. He says a lot and does nothing. open.substack.com/pub/politics...
Crocodile tears
In Washington, words don't matter, actions do.
open.substack.com
February 21, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Watch the speech. Tillis criticizes Putin and praises Trump. He says a lot and does nothing. open.substack.com/pub/politics...
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We highly recommend y’all crack open a copy of the U.S. Constitution before you break anymore laws…
February 9, 2025 at 8:50 PM
We highly recommend y’all crack open a copy of the U.S. Constitution before you break anymore laws…
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Exclusive: President Trump's nominee as Air Force Secretary, currently a top official at the national spy satellite agency, arranged a multibillion-dollar contract solicitation in a way that favored Elon Musk's SpaceX, according to seven people familiar with the contract reut.rs/4b7MUKt
Exclusive: Trump Air Force nominee arranged satellite contract in manner that favored Musk's SpaceX, sources say
President Donald Trump's nominee as Air Force Secretary, currently a top official at the national spy satellite agency, arranged a multibillion-dollar contract solicitation in a way that favored Elon Musk's SpaceX, according to seven people familiar with the contract.
reut.rs
February 7, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Exclusive: President Trump's nominee as Air Force Secretary, currently a top official at the national spy satellite agency, arranged a multibillion-dollar contract solicitation in a way that favored Elon Musk's SpaceX, according to seven people familiar with the contract reut.rs/4b7MUKt
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Of course it’s a coup. Miss the obvious, lose your republic.
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
Of course it’s a coup
Miss the obvious, lose your republic
open.substack.com
February 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Of course it’s a coup. Miss the obvious, lose your republic.
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
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Maybe worth remembering that Project 2025 calls for flat out eliminating Head Start apnews.com/article/head...
Still locked out of federal funding, several Head Start preschools may need to close temporarily
Leaders of dozens of Head Start preschools said they might need to close temporarily because they remain locked out of their federal funding, a problem that first surfaced last week during President D...
apnews.com
February 5, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Maybe worth remembering that Project 2025 calls for flat out eliminating Head Start apnews.com/article/head...
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Losing NOAA would be devastating. Project 2025 authors want to get rid of it because it monitors climate change, and privatize the information it currently provides for free, so you'll have to buy information about the weather and the winds (imperative for mariners).
I have covered NOAA and it’s work for like 15 years and this is brutal. If you’re there and want to chat or share anything, signal is davelevitan.26
Doge staffers enter Noaa headquarters and incite reports of cuts and threats
Members reportedly sought access to IT systems at agency that Project 2025 has called ‘harmful to US prosperity’
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Losing NOAA would be devastating. Project 2025 authors want to get rid of it because it monitors climate change, and privatize the information it currently provides for free, so you'll have to buy information about the weather and the winds (imperative for mariners).
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Thom Tillis, January 3, 2021: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States"
Thom Tillis, now: "nobody should bellyache" about unconstitutional acts even though what Musk is doing "runs afoul of the Constitution in the strictest sense"
Thom Tillis, now: "nobody should bellyache" about unconstitutional acts even though what Musk is doing "runs afoul of the Constitution in the strictest sense"
I, on the other hand, would prefer members of Congress to bellyache quite a bit about what they believe to be unconstitutional exercises of presidential power vis-a-vis the execution of Congress's spending decisions.
www.notus.org/congress/tru...
www.notus.org/congress/tru...
February 4, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Thom Tillis, January 3, 2021: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States"
Thom Tillis, now: "nobody should bellyache" about unconstitutional acts even though what Musk is doing "runs afoul of the Constitution in the strictest sense"
Thom Tillis, now: "nobody should bellyache" about unconstitutional acts even though what Musk is doing "runs afoul of the Constitution in the strictest sense"
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HB1343 in OK has been introduced. The bill aims to abolish the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, transferring all its duties, powers, responsibilities, and assets to the State Department of Corrections.
#StopHB1343 #DisabilityRights #MentalHealthNotPrisons
#StopHB1343 #DisabilityRights #MentalHealthNotPrisons
February 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
HB1343 in OK has been introduced. The bill aims to abolish the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, transferring all its duties, powers, responsibilities, and assets to the State Department of Corrections.
#StopHB1343 #DisabilityRights #MentalHealthNotPrisons
#StopHB1343 #DisabilityRights #MentalHealthNotPrisons
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The Treasury Department right now. People are turning out against Musk and DOGE staging a takeover of the Treasury’s payment system. This crowd is big. The whole block is packed. “Lock him up,” everyone yells.
February 4, 2025 at 10:43 PM
The Treasury Department right now. People are turning out against Musk and DOGE staging a takeover of the Treasury’s payment system. This crowd is big. The whole block is packed. “Lock him up,” everyone yells.
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“This is how it all starts, and in four years, the whole country may look very different. Authoritarianism is not something that happens overnight. It is the process of crossing one red line after another over time, without meeting resistance.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
Europeans on democracy’s frontlines offer advice to Americans: never give up
With the new Trump era likely to pose unprecedented challenges the message from Europe’s fragile democracies is: stay united and safeguard your institutions
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2025 at 4:08 AM
“This is how it all starts, and in four years, the whole country may look very different. Authoritarianism is not something that happens overnight. It is the process of crossing one red line after another over time, without meeting resistance.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
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Young people deserve to learn about Black history in accurate, age-appropriate ways – and we shouldn't limit learning to #BlackHistoryMonth.
These resources compiled by #LearningForJustice can help you learn & elevate complex Black history all year long ✨: www.learningforjustice.org/discuss-blac...
These resources compiled by #LearningForJustice can help you learn & elevate complex Black history all year long ✨: www.learningforjustice.org/discuss-blac...
February 3, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Young people deserve to learn about Black history in accurate, age-appropriate ways – and we shouldn't limit learning to #BlackHistoryMonth.
These resources compiled by #LearningForJustice can help you learn & elevate complex Black history all year long ✨: www.learningforjustice.org/discuss-blac...
These resources compiled by #LearningForJustice can help you learn & elevate complex Black history all year long ✨: www.learningforjustice.org/discuss-blac...
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Elon is the illegal immigrant taking your jobs and your 401ks.
February 3, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Elon is the illegal immigrant taking your jobs and your 401ks.
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@charlesgaba.com is a hero and downloaded CDC’s entire website. A small group of us has come together to preserve this critical resource and make it accessible to the scientific community.
More to come. These data are public and they are ours. Deletion disobedience is one way to fight back.
More to come. These data are public and they are ours. Deletion disobedience is one way to fight back.
📣 UPDATE: OK, still working with some others to figure out the best way to present it all, but in the meantime here's the first batch of links to the most-recent archived versions of every page at the CDC prior to the Trump/Musk Purge:
acasignups.net/25/02/02/whi...
acasignups.net/25/02/02/whi...
In which I provide links to archived versions of every CDC.gov page available pre-purge (Part 1 of 15)
As horrific as it is that the Trump/Musk Administration is purging data from federal websites, it's good to know that the Internet Archive has been archiving much of it. However, in addition to the Ar...
acasignups.net
February 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
@charlesgaba.com is a hero and downloaded CDC’s entire website. A small group of us has come together to preserve this critical resource and make it accessible to the scientific community.
More to come. These data are public and they are ours. Deletion disobedience is one way to fight back.
More to come. These data are public and they are ours. Deletion disobedience is one way to fight back.
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"The men appear to have barricaded the entrance to the bank, spray painted the security cameras, and ordered the employees to lie on the floor. We're watching now to see if they do anything wrong."
I'm sorry, but "they took over the whole federal payments system, fired the career staff, and won't let anybody see what they're doing" is not a situation in which you wait for more information. It's a situation in which you assume the worst. There's no explanation for it other than rampant crimes.
February 3, 2025 at 10:31 PM
"The men appear to have barricaded the entrance to the bank, spray painted the security cameras, and ordered the employees to lie on the floor. We're watching now to see if they do anything wrong."
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I'm sorry, but "they took over the whole federal payments system, fired the career staff, and won't let anybody see what they're doing" is not a situation in which you wait for more information. It's a situation in which you assume the worst. There's no explanation for it other than rampant crimes.
February 3, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I'm sorry, but "they took over the whole federal payments system, fired the career staff, and won't let anybody see what they're doing" is not a situation in which you wait for more information. It's a situation in which you assume the worst. There's no explanation for it other than rampant crimes.
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The DEI caused the plane crash narrative is a distraction. The tariffs are a distraction. Whatever insane nonsense Trump spews that the media will chase like cats chasing a laser light is a distraction. The only story that counts right now is the wholesale hijacking of control of the US government.
February 3, 2025 at 6:17 AM
The DEI caused the plane crash narrative is a distraction. The tariffs are a distraction. Whatever insane nonsense Trump spews that the media will chase like cats chasing a laser light is a distraction. The only story that counts right now is the wholesale hijacking of control of the US government.
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Way to go, Trumpers, you killed democracy because you worshipped white supremacy.
What an asinine hill for a country to DEI on.
What an asinine hill for a country to DEI on.
February 3, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Way to go, Trumpers, you killed democracy because you worshipped white supremacy.
What an asinine hill for a country to DEI on.
What an asinine hill for a country to DEI on.