Maria Nuttwrench
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Ed Martin's latest target: Wikipedia.
The interim U.S. attorney and pro-Trump bulldog has sent a letter seeming to threaten the Wikimedia Foundation's tax-exempt status over allegations that it is "spreading propaganda." Our story: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
The interim U.S. attorney and pro-Trump bulldog has sent a letter seeming to threaten the Wikimedia Foundation's tax-exempt status over allegations that it is "spreading propaganda." Our story: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Wikipedia’s nonprofit status questioned by D.C. U.S. attorney
Ed Martin sent a letter to the Wikimedia Foundation accusing it of spreading propaganda
www.washingtonpost.com
April 25, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Ed Martin's latest target: Wikipedia.
The interim U.S. attorney and pro-Trump bulldog has sent a letter seeming to threaten the Wikimedia Foundation's tax-exempt status over allegations that it is "spreading propaganda." Our story: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
The interim U.S. attorney and pro-Trump bulldog has sent a letter seeming to threaten the Wikimedia Foundation's tax-exempt status over allegations that it is "spreading propaganda." Our story: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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The Justice Department will again allow federal investigators to pursue communications from media outlets in the course of government leak investigations, rescinding a Biden-era policy, according to a memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi obtained by CNN.
Attorney General Bondi rescinds Biden-era protections for journalists in leak investigations | CNN Politics
The Justice Department will again allow federal investigators to pursue communications from media outlets in the course of government leak investigations, rescinding a Biden-era policy, according to a...
www.cnn.com
April 25, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The Justice Department will again allow federal investigators to pursue communications from media outlets in the course of government leak investigations, rescinding a Biden-era policy, according to a memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi obtained by CNN.
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Actblue is being targeted by Trump
April 25, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Actblue is being targeted by Trump
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The FBI arrested Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan out of Milwaukee on charges of obstruction. Patel wrote on X, "We believe Judge Dugan intentionally misdirected federal agents away from the subject to be arrested in her courthouse…”
Remember her name, Judge Hannah Dugan, hero.
Remember her name, Judge Hannah Dugan, hero.
Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan arrested by federal authorities at Courthouse
Brady McCarron, spokesman for U.S. Marshals Service in Washington, D.C., confirmed Dugan was arrested at about 8 a.m. at the Milwaukee County Courthouse and is in federal custody.
www.jsonline.com
April 25, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The FBI arrested Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan out of Milwaukee on charges of obstruction. Patel wrote on X, "We believe Judge Dugan intentionally misdirected federal agents away from the subject to be arrested in her courthouse…”
Remember her name, Judge Hannah Dugan, hero.
Remember her name, Judge Hannah Dugan, hero.
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“He is one of the top five, probably, most targeted people in the world for espionage.”
That seems accurate!
That seems accurate!
Hesgeth used his personal phone to log into a 4th-tier sports betting site -- and to relay real-time information about U.S. airstrikes.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...
Hegseth’s Personal Phone Use Created Vulnerabilities, Analysts Say
The phone number used in the Signal chat could also be found in a variety of places, including on social media and a fantasy sports site.
www.nytimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 1:49 PM
“He is one of the top five, probably, most targeted people in the world for espionage.”
That seems accurate!
That seems accurate!
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Walz: "This is how government is supposed to work. It's not supposed to be one old man in the Oval Office sending out middle of the night tweets that shock markets into free fall. It's not supposed to be a bunch of 20 somethings unelected and firing everyone. It's not supposed to be chaos."
April 24, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Walz: "This is how government is supposed to work. It's not supposed to be one old man in the Oval Office sending out middle of the night tweets that shock markets into free fall. It's not supposed to be a bunch of 20 somethings unelected and firing everyone. It's not supposed to be chaos."
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The most disturbing 16 minutes of a very disturbing week so far. It brings it all into focus. The DC clowns are a distraction, brologarchs are the more dangerous enemy within. #handsoff our data now.
Palantir just officially got the IRS contract to create "fully operational mapping of IRS infrastructure."
The same tech being used for the military 'kill chain' is going to be analyzing your financial information.
Here's our video on Palantir from last week: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ95...
The same tech being used for the military 'kill chain' is going to be analyzing your financial information.
Here's our video on Palantir from last week: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ95...
Palantir: The New Deep State
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
www.youtube.com
April 23, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The most disturbing 16 minutes of a very disturbing week so far. It brings it all into focus. The DC clowns are a distraction, brologarchs are the more dangerous enemy within. #handsoff our data now.
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Just of four of today's headlines.
Make no mistake: This is not, at its core, about illegal immigration or border enforcement.
This is the federal government conducting a deliberate and nationwide campaign of white supremacist terror.
Make no mistake: This is not, at its core, about illegal immigration or border enforcement.
This is the federal government conducting a deliberate and nationwide campaign of white supremacist terror.
April 20, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Just of four of today's headlines.
Make no mistake: This is not, at its core, about illegal immigration or border enforcement.
This is the federal government conducting a deliberate and nationwide campaign of white supremacist terror.
Make no mistake: This is not, at its core, about illegal immigration or border enforcement.
This is the federal government conducting a deliberate and nationwide campaign of white supremacist terror.
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Breaking News: The head of the IRS is being ousted after a power struggle between the Treasury secretary and Elon Musk, people briefed on the change said.
Head of I.R.S. Being Ousted Amid Treasury’s Power Struggle With Elon Musk
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent complained to President Trump that the acting commissioner had been installed without his knowledge.
www.nytimes.com
April 18, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Breaking News: The head of the IRS is being ousted after a power struggle between the Treasury secretary and Elon Musk, people briefed on the change said.
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Lots of history in Boston
April 18, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Lots of history in Boston
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The only appropriate response to this is impeachment and removal from office. Every moment the political press spends spinning out theories about 2026 and immigration polling is a minute they are not spending asking Republicans in Congress about their plans to enforce the rule of law
April 18, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The only appropriate response to this is impeachment and removal from office. Every moment the political press spends spinning out theories about 2026 and immigration polling is a minute they are not spending asking Republicans in Congress about their plans to enforce the rule of law
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With these posts, they’ve made it essentially inarguable that they’re deliberately defying the Supreme Court.
April 18, 2025 at 3:44 PM
With these posts, they’ve made it essentially inarguable that they’re deliberately defying the Supreme Court.
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The U.S. is his personal piggy bank, his personal law firm, his personal travel service to MMA and golf outings. Shove this "we need a businessman" shit up your ass. Not only is running a country NOT a business, he sucks at business anyway. How the hell is he allowed to use the DoJ for this??
America should not be required to pay for his rape.
April 18, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The U.S. is his personal piggy bank, his personal law firm, his personal travel service to MMA and golf outings. Shove this "we need a businessman" shit up your ass. Not only is running a country NOT a business, he sucks at business anyway. How the hell is he allowed to use the DoJ for this??
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"A current IRS employee who spoke to CNN on the condition of anonymity echoed a similar sentiment sentiment:
'You gotta be sh*tting me'...”
www.cnn.com/2025/04/15/p...
'You gotta be sh*tting me'...”
www.cnn.com/2025/04/15/p...
Trump to name Hunter Biden whistleblower as acting IRS commissioner, sources say | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump is set name Gary Shapley, the former IRS criminal investigator who alleged that the Justice Department slow-walked the investigation of Hunter Biden, as acting commissioner of t...
www.cnn.com
April 16, 2025 at 5:02 PM
"A current IRS employee who spoke to CNN on the condition of anonymity echoed a similar sentiment sentiment:
'You gotta be sh*tting me'...”
www.cnn.com/2025/04/15/p...
'You gotta be sh*tting me'...”
www.cnn.com/2025/04/15/p...
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As with social security, they're now breaking student loans, as well:
"Colleges nationwide complained of similar problems accessing student records and of getting a boilerplate message confirming the problems but providing no other information..."
www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
"Colleges nationwide complained of similar problems accessing student records and of getting a boilerplate message confirming the problems but providing no other information..."
www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
College financial aid hit with glitches, delays due to federal staffing cuts
Cracks are starting to appear in the federal financial aid apparatus after the Trump administration imposed sweeping staff cuts at the Education Department last month.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 16, 2025 at 5:16 PM
As with social security, they're now breaking student loans, as well:
"Colleges nationwide complained of similar problems accessing student records and of getting a boilerplate message confirming the problems but providing no other information..."
www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
"Colleges nationwide complained of similar problems accessing student records and of getting a boilerplate message confirming the problems but providing no other information..."
www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
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"Christians who sought asylum from persecution by the Taliban are being told they must leave immediately or be deported.
"The news came in an email to a group living legally in north Raleigh... Apostles Church in Raleigh had welcomed them after the Taliban took over...
www.wral.com/story/they-f...
"The news came in an email to a group living legally in north Raleigh... Apostles Church in Raleigh had welcomed them after the Taliban took over...
www.wral.com/story/they-f...
Afghani asylum seekers, members of Raleigh church, given a week to leave the U.S.
Apostles Church in Raleigh has welcomed about 25 people who came to the U.S. after the Taliban took over.
www.wral.com
April 16, 2025 at 6:42 PM
"Christians who sought asylum from persecution by the Taliban are being told they must leave immediately or be deported.
"The news came in an email to a group living legally in north Raleigh... Apostles Church in Raleigh had welcomed them after the Taliban took over...
www.wral.com/story/they-f...
"The news came in an email to a group living legally in north Raleigh... Apostles Church in Raleigh had welcomed them after the Taliban took over...
www.wral.com/story/they-f...
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SCOOP: sources tell me that the State Dept plans to eliminate its only office to counter foreign disinformation, as soon as today, delivering a win to foreign governments like Russia, Iran, and China—and the office's mostly conservative critics.
www.technologyreview.com/2025/04/16/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2025/04/16/1...
US office that counters foreign disinformation is being eliminated, say officials
Conservative critics have long accused the department of helping to censor the American right.
www.technologyreview.com
April 16, 2025 at 2:31 PM
SCOOP: sources tell me that the State Dept plans to eliminate its only office to counter foreign disinformation, as soon as today, delivering a win to foreign governments like Russia, Iran, and China—and the office's mostly conservative critics.
www.technologyreview.com/2025/04/16/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2025/04/16/1...
Concerning
Oh dear you’re going to want to read this. Looks like DOGErs were caught exfiltrating NLRB data, likely on unions, for private (seemingly Elony) use. This is must read. What we’ve all suspected. But now details. www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data
A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.
www.npr.org
April 15, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Concerning
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A 14-year-old American boy and his two friends were gunned down by Israeli soldiers Sunday night.
Their largely American village in the West Bank is wondering why Trump and the U.S. government have said so little about the killing of one of its citizens.
Their largely American village in the West Bank is wondering why Trump and the U.S. government have said so little about the killing of one of its citizens.
American teen was killed by Israeli soldiers in the West Bank. The U.S. has said little about it.
“We have a U.S. citizen, a child, who was murdered in cold blood,” one official told NBC News. “Why should we not be treated equally as any other American?”
nbcnews.to
April 15, 2025 at 4:20 AM
A 14-year-old American boy and his two friends were gunned down by Israeli soldiers Sunday night.
Their largely American village in the West Bank is wondering why Trump and the U.S. government have said so little about the killing of one of its citizens.
Their largely American village in the West Bank is wondering why Trump and the U.S. government have said so little about the killing of one of its citizens.
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They’ll do it in a few high profile cases to set examples. People will say, “No way this holds up in court.” Maybe. But we now know the plan: they’ll do it first, then dare the courts to stop them. And this too will be very difficult for courts to undo. This is end of democracy stuff.
Team Trump Is Gaming Out How to Ship U.S. Citizens to El Salvador
Donald Trump’s administration is talking internally about denaturalizing American citizens — and potentially sending some to El Salvador.
www.rollingstone.com
April 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
They’ll do it in a few high profile cases to set examples. People will say, “No way this holds up in court.” Maybe. But we now know the plan: they’ll do it first, then dare the courts to stop them. And this too will be very difficult for courts to undo. This is end of democracy stuff.
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This is what its like to work in the Trump administration now. When a career official objected to declaring that living immigrants were dead on legal and ethical grounds, security guards went to his office and told him to leave.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump administration overrode Social Security staff to list immigrants as dead
A senior executive who objected was marched out of his office and put on leave, while earlier warnings about the agency’s deaths database were ignored.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 12, 2025 at 12:06 PM
This is what its like to work in the Trump administration now. When a career official objected to declaring that living immigrants were dead on legal and ethical grounds, security guards went to his office and told him to leave.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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SCOOP: The Social Security Administration (SSA) will be shifting its public communication exclusively to X, sources tell WIRED. This comes as agency plans to cut its regional office workforce by roughly 90 percent.
The Social Security Administration Is Gutting Regional Staff and Shifting All Public Communications to X
The SSA's shift to Elon Musk's X comes as the agency plans to cut its regional office workforce by roughly 90 percent, WIRED has learned.
www.wired.com
April 11, 2025 at 5:40 PM
SCOOP: The Social Security Administration (SSA) will be shifting its public communication exclusively to X, sources tell WIRED. This comes as agency plans to cut its regional office workforce by roughly 90 percent.
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Head of US military base in Greenland fired after JD Vance visit
Head of US military base in Greenland fired after JD Vance visit
Col Susannah Meyers removed amid reports she distanced base from Vance’s criticism of Denmark’s oversight of territory
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The head of the US military base in Greenland, a Danish territory coveted by Donald Trump, has been fired for criticising Washington’s agenda for the island.
Col Susannah Meyers, who had served as commander of the Pituffik space base since July, was removed amid reports she had distanced herself and the base from JD Vance’s criticism of Denmark and its oversight of the territory during the US vice-president’s visit to the base two weeks ago. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
April 11, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Head of US military base in Greenland fired after JD Vance visit
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Trump signed an executive order calling for the DOJ to investigate Chris Krebs, who headed the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA).
All Krebs did was tell the truth about the 2020 election, including that voting machines didn’t flip votes.
For that, he was fired and now investigated.
All Krebs did was tell the truth about the 2020 election, including that voting machines didn’t flip votes.
For that, he was fired and now investigated.
April 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Trump signed an executive order calling for the DOJ to investigate Chris Krebs, who headed the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA).
All Krebs did was tell the truth about the 2020 election, including that voting machines didn’t flip votes.
For that, he was fired and now investigated.
All Krebs did was tell the truth about the 2020 election, including that voting machines didn’t flip votes.
For that, he was fired and now investigated.
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Trump's DOJ is scaling back cryptocurrency fraud prosecutions and disbanding the Biden-era National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team: wapo.st/4i8orXg
April 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Trump's DOJ is scaling back cryptocurrency fraud prosecutions and disbanding the Biden-era National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team: wapo.st/4i8orXg