JANE
@jn23750.bsky.social
Wife mom grandma. Democrat. Union household. Sick of what's happening to this country.
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“The thing that I can’t get over is that the actual richest man in the world directed my fucking firing. I make $50k a year and work to keep drinking water safe. The richest man in the world decided that was an expense too great for the American taxpayer.”
Yesterday many thousands of federal employees were terminated. This is a Reddit thread for federal employees that got laid off.
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February 15, 2025 at 11:24 PM
“The thing that I can’t get over is that the actual richest man in the world directed my fucking firing. I make $50k a year and work to keep drinking water safe. The richest man in the world decided that was an expense too great for the American taxpayer.”
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The biggest cage match ever will be between Musk and Trump. Elon will try to implement AI in a manner that automates much of what Trump is now trying to control.
Trump will have no understanding of what is going on and will have to turn to the AI oligarchs to support him in this battle.
Trump will have no understanding of what is going on and will have to turn to the AI oligarchs to support him in this battle.
February 16, 2025 at 12:29 AM
The biggest cage match ever will be between Musk and Trump. Elon will try to implement AI in a manner that automates much of what Trump is now trying to control.
Trump will have no understanding of what is going on and will have to turn to the AI oligarchs to support him in this battle.
Trump will have no understanding of what is going on and will have to turn to the AI oligarchs to support him in this battle.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday that the time has come for the creation of an “armed forces of Europe,” because the U.S. may no longer be counted on to support the continent.
President Zelenskyy calls for ‘armed forces of Europe’ as EU leaders bristle at new US policies on Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the time has come for the creation of an “armed forces of Europe” because the U.S. may no longer be counted on to support Europe.
trib.al
February 16, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday that the time has come for the creation of an “armed forces of Europe,” because the U.S. may no longer be counted on to support the continent.
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⚡️U.S. President Donald Trump's phone call to Russian President Vladimir Putin was a mistake, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said at the Munich Security Conference on Feb. 15.
"There is nothing more dangerous than an empty guarantee," he said.
"There is nothing more dangerous than an empty guarantee," he said.
Trump's call to Putin was a mistake, Polish FM says
U.S. President Donald Trump's phone call to Russian President Vladimir Putin was a mistake, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said at the Munich Security Conference on Feb. 15.
kyivindependent.com
February 15, 2025 at 11:35 PM
⚡️U.S. President Donald Trump's phone call to Russian President Vladimir Putin was a mistake, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said at the Munich Security Conference on Feb. 15.
"There is nothing more dangerous than an empty guarantee," he said.
"There is nothing more dangerous than an empty guarantee," he said.
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🤮 US Secretary of State talks to Russia's Foreign Minister
US Secretary of State talks to Russia’s Foreign Minister
Russia’s Foreign Ministry has said that on 15 February, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio had a telephone conversation with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the initiative of the US side.
www.pravda.com.ua
February 15, 2025 at 11:38 PM
🤮 US Secretary of State talks to Russia's Foreign Minister
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Citizens angry with Elon Musk’s DOGE takeover of Federal government agencies targeted the multiple mega-billionaire’s Tesla dealerships Saturday to tell him they aren’t putting up with his Federal government cuts.
#TeslaTakedown
#Tesla
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#TeslaTakedown
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February 15, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Citizens angry with Elon Musk’s DOGE takeover of Federal government agencies targeted the multiple mega-billionaire’s Tesla dealerships Saturday to tell him they aren’t putting up with his Federal government cuts.
#TeslaTakedown
#Tesla
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#TeslaTakedown
#Tesla
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My office is hearing reports that the Trump administration’s purges include firing veterans who have served our country for years.
Our veterans deserve better.
If you've been impacted, call congress: (202) 224-3121
And share your story:
www.veterans.senate.gov/contact-rank...
Our veterans deserve better.
If you've been impacted, call congress: (202) 224-3121
And share your story:
www.veterans.senate.gov/contact-rank...
Contact Ranking Member
www.veterans.senate.gov
February 15, 2025 at 11:37 PM
My office is hearing reports that the Trump administration’s purges include firing veterans who have served our country for years.
Our veterans deserve better.
If you've been impacted, call congress: (202) 224-3121
And share your story:
www.veterans.senate.gov/contact-rank...
Our veterans deserve better.
If you've been impacted, call congress: (202) 224-3121
And share your story:
www.veterans.senate.gov/contact-rank...
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Two billionaires who have zero concept of what the federal workforce does are breaking the American government—decimating essential services and leaving all of us worse off. Millions of Americans rely on the services: health care, food safety, lifesaving research, and more.
The Trump administration’s move to fire thousands of federal employees could have a swift and severe impact on public services, staffers warned, as a beleaguered workforce struggles to cover for lost colleagues.
Trump’s federal firings imperil government services from cities to farm towns
The cuts were initially poised to affect nuclear defense programs and impact veterans’ mental health care, workers warned.
wapo.st
February 15, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Two billionaires who have zero concept of what the federal workforce does are breaking the American government—decimating essential services and leaving all of us worse off. Millions of Americans rely on the services: health care, food safety, lifesaving research, and more.
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‘TeslaTakeover’ protests are small, but numerous
‘TeslaTakeover’ protests are small, but numerous
Protests taking place at Tesla showrooms across the country are targeting the company because of the government activities of its CEO, Elon Musk.
buff.ly
February 15, 2025 at 11:30 PM
‘TeslaTakeover’ protests are small, but numerous
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Worth a read. The purpose of the Citizenship Clause was *precisely* to prevent spun up theories based on hypothesized social contract, virtue, allegiance, community membership, etc., from being used to deny citizenship. The 14th Amendment means what it says.
My critique of the Randy Barnett/Ilan Wurman constitutional rationale for Trump's order on birthright citizenship: reason.com/volokh/2025/...
Birthright Citizenship - A Response to Barnett and Wurman
In a recent New York Times op ed, legal scholars Randy Barnett and Ilan Wurman offer a partial defense of President Trump's executive order denying
reason.com
February 15, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Worth a read. The purpose of the Citizenship Clause was *precisely* to prevent spun up theories based on hypothesized social contract, virtue, allegiance, community membership, etc., from being used to deny citizenship. The 14th Amendment means what it says.
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“CISA will pause all elections security activities until the completion of this review,” Bean added. The agency is also cutting off funding for these activities” electionlawblog.org?p=148644
"Top US Election Security Watchdog Forced to Stop Election Security Work" #ELB
Eric Geller for Wired: The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has frozen all of its election security work and is reviewing everything it has done to help state and local officials secur...
electionlawblog.org
February 15, 2025 at 11:17 PM
“CISA will pause all elections security activities until the completion of this review,” Bean added. The agency is also cutting off funding for these activities” electionlawblog.org?p=148644
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Musk and DOGE are so dangerous and incompetent they fired more than 300 staff at the NNSA only to have to call them back when they realized they were involved with nuclear security. There is no Oops! with nuclear weapons. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Dismissed Nuclear Bomb Specialists Recalled by Energy Department
The Energy Department is seeking to bring back nuclear energy specialists after abruptly telling hundreds of workers that their jobs were eliminated, according to two people familiar with the matter.
www.bloomberg.com
February 15, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Musk and DOGE are so dangerous and incompetent they fired more than 300 staff at the NNSA only to have to call them back when they realized they were involved with nuclear security. There is no Oops! with nuclear weapons. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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On Trump declaring today that “He who saves his Country does not violate any Law.”
Shades of Lincoln, Nixon, and Bush/Cheney - except those were limited to the context of dealing with national security threats, not what Trump has been up.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/u...
Shades of Lincoln, Nixon, and Bush/Cheney - except those were limited to the context of dealing with national security threats, not what Trump has been up.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/u...
Trump Suggests No Laws Are Broken if He’s ‘Saving His Country’
President Trump shared a quotation on social media, making it clear it was one he wanted people to absorb: “He who saves his Country does not violate any Law.”
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2025 at 11:11 PM
On Trump declaring today that “He who saves his Country does not violate any Law.”
Shades of Lincoln, Nixon, and Bush/Cheney - except those were limited to the context of dealing with national security threats, not what Trump has been up.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/u...
Shades of Lincoln, Nixon, and Bush/Cheney - except those were limited to the context of dealing with national security threats, not what Trump has been up.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/u...
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I’m having great difficulty right now seeing how our political system doesn’t devolve into violence.
February 15, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I’m having great difficulty right now seeing how our political system doesn’t devolve into violence.
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JFC
Elon has already chosen the next election he wants to influence: the Wisconsin Supreme Court race, in six weeks.
“Very important to vote Republican [in this race] to prevent voter fraud,” he tweeted. The conservative candidate applauded him.
Will others mobilize in response? Bolts explain stakes:
“Very important to vote Republican [in this race] to prevent voter fraud,” he tweeted. The conservative candidate applauded him.
Will others mobilize in response? Bolts explain stakes:
A Supreme Court Race May Shuffle the Rules of Wisconsin’s Democracy, Again
Two years after liberals flipped this supreme court, ushering in a new era on election issues from gerrymandering to drop boxes, conservatives hope to win it back in April.
boltsmag.org
February 15, 2025 at 6:01 PM
JFC
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Illuminating piece by Garrett Graff.
"The bizarre executive power-sharing agreement — with Musk operating as an illegitimate head of government and the senile Trump content to serve out his ramblingly incoherent dotage as a ceremonial head of state" @vermontgmg.bsky.social
"The bizarre executive power-sharing agreement — with Musk operating as an illegitimate head of government and the senile Trump content to serve out his ramblingly incoherent dotage as a ceremonial head of state" @vermontgmg.bsky.social
American institutions—from the media to Congress—continue to underreact to the unraveling of our democracy. Overseas our media would not hesitate to call what we’re living through a full-blown autocratic coup. Here's my attempt at the story they should write: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-trump...
Musk, Trump Establish New Era of Kleptocracy in America
A third dispatch comparing how the US media would cover this moment if it was happening overseas
www.doomsdayscenario.co
February 15, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Illuminating piece by Garrett Graff.
"The bizarre executive power-sharing agreement — with Musk operating as an illegitimate head of government and the senile Trump content to serve out his ramblingly incoherent dotage as a ceremonial head of state" @vermontgmg.bsky.social
"The bizarre executive power-sharing agreement — with Musk operating as an illegitimate head of government and the senile Trump content to serve out his ramblingly incoherent dotage as a ceremonial head of state" @vermontgmg.bsky.social
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WSJ Editorial Board:
"None of this reflects well on the Bondi Justice Department. Rather than accept a meeting with the leader of the most important U.S. Attorney’s office, the new AG passed the buck to her acting deputy. That deputy then showed awful political judgment"
www.wsj.com/opinion/dani...
"None of this reflects well on the Bondi Justice Department. Rather than accept a meeting with the leader of the most important U.S. Attorney’s office, the new AG passed the buck to her acting deputy. That deputy then showed awful political judgment"
www.wsj.com/opinion/dani...
Opinion | The Trump Trial of Danielle Sassoon
The young prosecutor behaved well in resigning, not so her bosses at the Justice Department.
www.wsj.com
February 15, 2025 at 10:46 PM
WSJ Editorial Board:
"None of this reflects well on the Bondi Justice Department. Rather than accept a meeting with the leader of the most important U.S. Attorney’s office, the new AG passed the buck to her acting deputy. That deputy then showed awful political judgment"
www.wsj.com/opinion/dani...
"None of this reflects well on the Bondi Justice Department. Rather than accept a meeting with the leader of the most important U.S. Attorney’s office, the new AG passed the buck to her acting deputy. That deputy then showed awful political judgment"
www.wsj.com/opinion/dani...