Karen Sullivan
@knmis.bsky.social
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We know it’s tempting to give into cynicism or despair right now. So let us tell you what keeps us going: We are in daily communication with Members of Congress and senior staff who want to see a unified opposition as well. They are fighting on the inside to build that opposition. 🧵
February 14, 2025 at 1:36 PM
We know it’s tempting to give into cynicism or despair right now. So let us tell you what keeps us going: We are in daily communication with Members of Congress and senior staff who want to see a unified opposition as well. They are fighting on the inside to build that opposition. 🧵
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The Trump admin has fired key watchdogs across the fed govt
Removing them makes it harder to hold the admin accountable to ethics & anti-corruption laws
But other guardrails exist—as I explain in our Democracy Playbook 2025👇-TN
www.brookings.edu/articles/dem...
Removing them makes it harder to hold the admin accountable to ethics & anti-corruption laws
But other guardrails exist—as I explain in our Democracy Playbook 2025👇-TN
www.brookings.edu/articles/dem...
Democracy Playbook 2025
Norm Eisen and Jonathan Katz provide actionable steps for democratic actors in the U.S. and globally to strengthen democratic institutions and resist illiberal forces.
www.brookings.edu
February 14, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The Trump admin has fired key watchdogs across the fed govt
Removing them makes it harder to hold the admin accountable to ethics & anti-corruption laws
But other guardrails exist—as I explain in our Democracy Playbook 2025👇-TN
www.brookings.edu/articles/dem...
Removing them makes it harder to hold the admin accountable to ethics & anti-corruption laws
But other guardrails exist—as I explain in our Democracy Playbook 2025👇-TN
www.brookings.edu/articles/dem...
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NEW This may be one of the most important cases.
Doe 1-26 vs. Elon Musk and DOGE
Complaint: "Attempted government takeover" in violation of the Appointments Clause.
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
Doe 1-26 vs. Elon Musk and DOGE
Complaint: "Attempted government takeover" in violation of the Appointments Clause.
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
February 13, 2025 at 4:15 PM
NEW This may be one of the most important cases.
Doe 1-26 vs. Elon Musk and DOGE
Complaint: "Attempted government takeover" in violation of the Appointments Clause.
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
Doe 1-26 vs. Elon Musk and DOGE
Complaint: "Attempted government takeover" in violation of the Appointments Clause.
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
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I'm hearing now that *every* technologist CFPB hired to investigate Big Tech was fired this evening. That's somewhere between 70-100 people.
wired.com/story/dozens-of-cfpb-workers-terminated-in-after-hours-firing-blitz/
wired.com/story/dozens-of-cfpb-workers-terminated-in-after-hours-firing-blitz/
Dozens of CFPB Workers Fired in After-Hours Blitz
Some affected employees of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau were notified with an email that addressed them as [EmployeeFirstName][EmployeeLastName], [Job Title], [Division].
wired.com
February 14, 2025 at 12:51 AM
I'm hearing now that *every* technologist CFPB hired to investigate Big Tech was fired this evening. That's somewhere between 70-100 people.
wired.com/story/dozens-of-cfpb-workers-terminated-in-after-hours-firing-blitz/
wired.com/story/dozens-of-cfpb-workers-terminated-in-after-hours-firing-blitz/
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Elon Musk is trying to shut down the CFPB, the agency that has forced big banks and corporations to return more than $21 BILLION to families they cheated.
February 11, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Elon Musk is trying to shut down the CFPB, the agency that has forced big banks and corporations to return more than $21 BILLION to families they cheated.
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The abrupt change represents “a nuclear bomb on university budgets,” says Morgan Polikoff, an education researcher at the University of Southern California. “I mean, listen, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure this out. They're just trying to hurt universities.”
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NIH slashes overhead payments for research, sparking outrage
Move to cut indirect cost rate to 15% could cost universities billions of dollars
www.science.org
February 8, 2025 at 3:17 AM
The abrupt change represents “a nuclear bomb on university budgets,” says Morgan Polikoff, an education researcher at the University of Southern California. “I mean, listen, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure this out. They're just trying to hurt universities.”
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Take a moment and breathe.
February 8, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Take a moment and breathe.
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Um.
It’s almost like they’re trying to control the news.
It’s almost like they’re trying to control the news.
The Pentagon is doubling the number of media outlets losing their workspaces.
OUT: The New York Times, The Washington Post, NBC, CNN,
Politico, The Hill, The War Zone, and NPR.
IN: New York Post, The Washington Examiner, OANN, Newsmax, The Free Press, The Daily Caller, and Breitbart.
OUT: The New York Times, The Washington Post, NBC, CNN,
Politico, The Hill, The War Zone, and NPR.
IN: New York Post, The Washington Examiner, OANN, Newsmax, The Free Press, The Daily Caller, and Breitbart.
February 8, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Um.
It’s almost like they’re trying to control the news.
It’s almost like they’re trying to control the news.
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The last report for the state university system in Missouri showed $6.5 billion in economic impacts and 69,000 jobs. Trump and Musk are threatening that success. That is the message that needs to be shared in every state.
February 8, 2025 at 3:08 AM
The last report for the state university system in Missouri showed $6.5 billion in economic impacts and 69,000 jobs. Trump and Musk are threatening that success. That is the message that needs to be shared in every state.
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A dozen student groups banned Tuesday had for decades offered a broader vision of the Army’s future.
‘Heartbroken’: West Point Alums, Faculty Grieve Axed Student Groups
A dozen student groups banned Tuesday had for decades offered a broader vision of the Army’s future.
www.huffpost.com
February 7, 2025 at 7:24 PM
A dozen student groups banned Tuesday had for decades offered a broader vision of the Army’s future.
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Put aside the illegality for just one moment
Elon Musk is suggesting deep cuts in government spending-which will devastate the poorest among us
While his companies got $3.3 BILLION from the US
Worse-now he’s looking for tax cuts
When those same companies paid zero federal taxes in 2024
Elon Musk is suggesting deep cuts in government spending-which will devastate the poorest among us
While his companies got $3.3 BILLION from the US
Worse-now he’s looking for tax cuts
When those same companies paid zero federal taxes in 2024
February 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Put aside the illegality for just one moment
Elon Musk is suggesting deep cuts in government spending-which will devastate the poorest among us
While his companies got $3.3 BILLION from the US
Worse-now he’s looking for tax cuts
When those same companies paid zero federal taxes in 2024
Elon Musk is suggesting deep cuts in government spending-which will devastate the poorest among us
While his companies got $3.3 BILLION from the US
Worse-now he’s looking for tax cuts
When those same companies paid zero federal taxes in 2024
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New — The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) was told this week by DOJ that they'd lose their funding if the org didn't remove any mentions of LGBTQIA+ issues from their public materials, I've learned. Staff were told they need to deadname trans kids in their reports to comply.
February 7, 2025 at 3:30 AM
New — The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) was told this week by DOJ that they'd lose their funding if the org didn't remove any mentions of LGBTQIA+ issues from their public materials, I've learned. Staff were told they need to deadname trans kids in their reports to comply.
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“We are witnessing one of the worst and most costly foreign policy blunders in U.S. history.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/o...
Opinion | Samantha Power: Killing U.S.A.I.D. Is a Win for Autocrats Everywhere (Gift Article)
The attacks on the agency are cruel and counterproductive.
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2025 at 3:43 AM
“We are witnessing one of the worst and most costly foreign policy blunders in U.S. history.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/o...
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A federal judge in Seattle accused Donald Trump of ignoring the rule of law for political and personal gain as he declared an executive order that the Republican president signed seeking to curtail birthright citizenship to be unconstitutional reut.rs/3WQ6t3W
US judge accuses Trump of ignoring rule of law to curb birthright citizenship
A federal judge in Seattle on Thursday accused Donald Trump of ignoring the rule of law for political and personal gain as he declared an executive order that the Republican president signed seeking to curtail birthright citizenship to be unconstitutional.
reut.rs
February 7, 2025 at 2:49 AM
A federal judge in Seattle accused Donald Trump of ignoring the rule of law for political and personal gain as he declared an executive order that the Republican president signed seeking to curtail birthright citizenship to be unconstitutional reut.rs/3WQ6t3W
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2.6.25 - What's the Plan - A Weekly Discussion with Indivisible’s Co-Founders
YouTube video by Indivisible
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February 7, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.
February 6, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.
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We’ve also documented how Musk's team are conducting “sneak attack” meetings to discuss civil servants’ code and projects and announcing plans to transform a key federal tech agency into the AI-fueled equivalent of a “startup software company” (complete with a government chatbot). wrd.cm/4jGceuG
Elon Musk’s DOGE Is Working on a Custom Chatbot Called GSAi
The chatbot is part of Elon Musk and President Donald Trump’s ambitions to use AI and other technologies to cut costs and modernize the US government.
wrd.cm
February 7, 2025 at 2:43 AM
We’ve also documented how Musk's team are conducting “sneak attack” meetings to discuss civil servants’ code and projects and announcing plans to transform a key federal tech agency into the AI-fueled equivalent of a “startup software company” (complete with a government chatbot). wrd.cm/4jGceuG
Small but mighty protest at NYC Sen Schumer’s office.
February 6, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Small but mighty protest at NYC Sen Schumer’s office.
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President Trump has ordered agencies to halt funding for many climate and infrastructure projects. That's created uncertainty for communities expecting tens of millions of dollars for everything from solar projects to electric school buses. via @wbur.org
Federally funded climate projects in Mass. face uncertainty under Trump
Uncertainty lingers for many federally-funded climate, energy and environment projects in Massachusetts, as President Trump works to unwind some of the signature initiatives of the Biden era.
www.wbur.org
February 6, 2025 at 3:21 PM
President Trump has ordered agencies to halt funding for many climate and infrastructure projects. That's created uncertainty for communities expecting tens of millions of dollars for everything from solar projects to electric school buses. via @wbur.org
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The world's richest man is taking food and medicine from the world's poorest children
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
Opinion | The World’s Richest Men Take On the World’s Poorest Children
I’ve seen U.S.A.I.D. operate around the world, and it’s not woke — it’s lifesaving.
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2025 at 9:50 AM
The world's richest man is taking food and medicine from the world's poorest children
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
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DEI explained
February 6, 2025 at 11:26 AM
DEI explained
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Support Black candidates and organizations this #BlackHistoryMonth secure.actblue.com/donate/vsaan...
February 6, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Support Black candidates and organizations this #BlackHistoryMonth secure.actblue.com/donate/vsaan...
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Trump Justice Department shutters specialized FBI team combatting foreign election interference threats --> www.cnn.com/politics/liv...
February 6, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Trump Justice Department shutters specialized FBI team combatting foreign election interference threats --> www.cnn.com/politics/liv...
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