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The sleeping giant - demcracy - is awakening
We researched events held across the country yesterday, and can confirm that there were protests in all 50 states against Trump.
Protests Erupted Against Trump In All 50 States Yesterday
Onward.
www.dworkinsubstack.com
February 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The sleeping giant - demcracy - is awakening
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“Patel is among the last people who could or should lead the Bureau. His outrageous and repeated suggestions that the F.B.I. may have been responsible for the January 6th assault on the Capitol and planned it a year in advance are themselves disqualifying.”
www.justsecurity.org/107507/senat...
www.justsecurity.org/107507/senat...
The Senate's Dilemma: Kash Patel and the Purging of the FBI
On Kash Patel's nomination for FBI director in light of DOJ purge of FBI personnel and Patel's new answers to questions for record.
www.justsecurity.org
February 6, 2025 at 4:08 PM
“Patel is among the last people who could or should lead the Bureau. His outrageous and repeated suggestions that the F.B.I. may have been responsible for the January 6th assault on the Capitol and planned it a year in advance are themselves disqualifying.”
www.justsecurity.org/107507/senat...
www.justsecurity.org/107507/senat...
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If every single democratic senator doesn't vote against RFK Jr., I don't know what.
VOTE NO. ALL OF YOU.
VOTE NO. ALL OF YOU.
January 29, 2025 at 6:12 PM
If every single democratic senator doesn't vote against RFK Jr., I don't know what.
VOTE NO. ALL OF YOU.
VOTE NO. ALL OF YOU.
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NEW: The AFGE has advised it's members AGAINST resigning per the hr@opm.gov email until they receive further information and clarification. They also include answers to FAQ in their latest communication:
January 29, 2025 at 7:17 PM
NEW: The AFGE has advised it's members AGAINST resigning per the hr@opm.gov email until they receive further information and clarification. They also include answers to FAQ in their latest communication:
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Please read our op-ed:
#Trump Is Dismantling the System That Guards Against Government Malfeasance in order to undermine the success of whistleblowers
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www.nytimes.com/2025/01/29/o...
#Trump Is Dismantling the System That Guards Against Government Malfeasance in order to undermine the success of whistleblowers
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www.nytimes.com/2025/01/29/o...
Opinion | Trump Takes on Whistle-Blowers
The dismissal of government inspectors general will make it difficult to root out waste and corruption.
www.nytimes.com
January 29, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Please read our op-ed:
#Trump Is Dismantling the System That Guards Against Government Malfeasance in order to undermine the success of whistleblowers
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www.nytimes.com/2025/01/29/o...
#Trump Is Dismantling the System That Guards Against Government Malfeasance in order to undermine the success of whistleblowers
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Target rolls back DEI initiatives, the latest big company to retreat cnb.cx/3POyGEd
Target rolls back DEI initiatives, the latest big company to retreat
Target joins Walmart, Meta, McDonald's and a wave of other major companies pulling back on DEI programs.
cnb.cx
January 24, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Target rolls back DEI initiatives, the latest big company to retreat cnb.cx/3POyGEd
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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
Target rolls back DEI initiatives, the latest big company to retreat
Target joins Walmart, Meta, McDonald's and a wave of other major companies pulling back on DEI programs.
cnb.cx
January 24, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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.
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AP: Pete Hegseth, Trump's Pentagon nominee, tells senator he paid $50,000 to woman who accused him of 2017 sex assault.
January 23, 2025 at 10:04 PM
AP: Pete Hegseth, Trump's Pentagon nominee, tells senator he paid $50,000 to woman who accused him of 2017 sex assault.
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In today's @theatlantic.com Daily, coming shortly, I take a detour through a bestselling 1965 thriller that was way too on the nose about predicting Trump's weirder policies.
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January 23, 2025 at 10:13 PM
In today's @theatlantic.com Daily, coming shortly, I take a detour through a bestselling 1965 thriller that was way too on the nose about predicting Trump's weirder policies.
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Pamela Hemphill, who served 60 days in prison for her role in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, said she did not want a pardon. “Absolutely not,” Hemphill said. “It’s an insult to the Capitol Police.” nyti.ms/4hmt67M
January 23, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Pamela Hemphill, who served 60 days in prison for her role in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, said she did not want a pardon. “Absolutely not,” Hemphill said. “It’s an insult to the Capitol Police.” nyti.ms/4hmt67M
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The fact that this isn’t among the ten worst nominations, or probably among the five worst things that will happen today, is a sign of how terrible things are, because by normal standards this is a scandalously bad appointment.
thehill.com/homenews/med...
thehill.com/homenews/med...
thehill.com
January 23, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The fact that this isn’t among the ten worst nominations, or probably among the five worst things that will happen today, is a sign of how terrible things are, because by normal standards this is a scandalously bad appointment.
thehill.com/homenews/med...
thehill.com/homenews/med...
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If only the Tsar knew
Because I am not a nice person, I have started following some subreddits that collect and revel in maga misery. It seems this hiring freeze has hit quite a few Trump supporters who were set to take low level government jobs in all sorts of departments - eg VA and IRS. They think Trump must not know.
January 23, 2025 at 6:35 PM
If only the Tsar knew
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Many knowledgeable Americans have assured me that you needed a Fairness Doctrine to do this kind of thing
Trump’s FCC chair gets to work on punishing TV news stations accused of bias
Trump’s FCC chair gets to work on punishing TV news stations accused of bias
Chairman Brendan Carr revives bias complaints against CBS, ABC, and NBC stations.
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January 23, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Many knowledgeable Americans have assured me that you needed a Fairness Doctrine to do this kind of thing
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“We will execute drug dealers” and “I have just pardoned the man who made the largest illegal drugs market in world history” seem to be slightly contradictory.
January 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM
“We will execute drug dealers” and “I have just pardoned the man who made the largest illegal drugs market in world history” seem to be slightly contradictory.
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Shutting down medical research — not just within NIH, but everywhere that’s funded by NIH — will have long-term effects on medicine & short-term effects on state, higher education & hospital budgets. This affects all of us, not just researchers.
The assault on NIH is a test for how the national media covers the Trump admin: Trump is shutting down medical research!
That is easy to communicate. Will they treat it as a 5 alarm fire in a way that forces the government to respond, or will they downplay & caveat it?
That is easy to communicate. Will they treat it as a 5 alarm fire in a way that forces the government to respond, or will they downplay & caveat it?
January 23, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Shutting down medical research — not just within NIH, but everywhere that’s funded by NIH — will have long-term effects on medicine & short-term effects on state, higher education & hospital budgets. This affects all of us, not just researchers.
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I hear there are stories coming, but putting the brakes on our country’s world-leading medical research system feels like a five alarm fire and I don’t see a newspaper that even has it on the front page yet
Shutting down medical research — not just within NIH, but everywhere that’s funded by NIH — will have long-term effects on medicine & short-term effects on state, higher education & hospital budgets. This affects all of us, not just researchers.
The assault on NIH is a test for how the national media covers the Trump admin: Trump is shutting down medical research!
That is easy to communicate. Will they treat it as a 5 alarm fire in a way that forces the government to respond, or will they downplay & caveat it?
That is easy to communicate. Will they treat it as a 5 alarm fire in a way that forces the government to respond, or will they downplay & caveat it?
January 23, 2025 at 3:29 AM
I hear there are stories coming, but putting the brakes on our country’s world-leading medical research system feels like a five alarm fire and I don’t see a newspaper that even has it on the front page yet
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Trump tells Sean Hannity "I don't care" about the economy and that Joe Biden's pardons are more important
January 23, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Trump tells Sean Hannity "I don't care" about the economy and that Joe Biden's pardons are more important
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you don't say. already RAISING Rx drug costs. Next up: Higher food prices! hbr.org/2025/01/trum...
Trump’s Trade and Deportation Plans Could Be Disastrous for the U.S. Food Supply
In his first day of office, President Donald Trump made it clear that he intends to follow through on his campaign promise to dramatically increase the deportation of undocumented immigrants and use t...
hbr.org
January 23, 2025 at 5:19 AM
you don't say. already RAISING Rx drug costs. Next up: Higher food prices! hbr.org/2025/01/trum...
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This is as I suspected. Just no way Vance & Bondi would be freelancing in their public proclamations that you can't pardon violent offenders. So that was the provisional plan until Trump switched gears
"F--k it: Release 'em all": Why Trump embraced broad Jan. 6 pardons www.axios.com/2025/01/22/t...
"F--k it: Release 'em all": Why Trump embraced broad Jan. 6 pardons www.axios.com/2025/01/22/t...
"F--k it: Release 'em all": Why Trump embraced broad Jan. 6 pardons
Trump's move to "go big" on the pardons shed light on his unpredictable decision-making process.
www.axios.com
January 23, 2025 at 6:01 AM
This is as I suspected. Just no way Vance & Bondi would be freelancing in their public proclamations that you can't pardon violent offenders. So that was the provisional plan until Trump switched gears
"F--k it: Release 'em all": Why Trump embraced broad Jan. 6 pardons www.axios.com/2025/01/22/t...
"F--k it: Release 'em all": Why Trump embraced broad Jan. 6 pardons www.axios.com/2025/01/22/t...
“There were 138 officers (73 Capitol Police and 65 Metropolitan Police) injured, of whom 15 were hospitalized, some with severe injuries”. How is it possible that everyone in Trumps camp would agree to pardon the people that committed these crimes? It’s so offensive.
January 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
“There were 138 officers (73 Capitol Police and 65 Metropolitan Police) injured, of whom 15 were hospitalized, some with severe injuries”. How is it possible that everyone in Trumps camp would agree to pardon the people that committed these crimes? It’s so offensive.
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Many Americans practice no religion. Whether our collective conscious is religious or secular, however, we must not forget that Trump’s orders on immigration and potentially other matters (e.g. cutting Medicaid that serves the poor) deserve full-throated condemnation.
We should not fall into the trap of assessing President Trump’s executive (dictatorial) decrees as “merely” lawless. Make no mistake, they ate. However, they also violate Americans’ deepest-held beliefs about right and wrong
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
Trump’s Actions Are Not Just Lawless; They Defy Our Deepest Values
Leaders of all faiths publicly implore a man who hawks Bibles to show some human decency in the name of God
open.substack.com
January 23, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Many Americans practice no religion. Whether our collective conscious is religious or secular, however, we must not forget that Trump’s orders on immigration and potentially other matters (e.g. cutting Medicaid that serves the poor) deserve full-throated condemnation.
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So let me get this straight, Rev Lorenzo Sewell gave an over the top prayer at the inauguration, and then literally launched a crypto coin after?
This is just the biggest grift in human history. Ever. OMG
This is just the biggest grift in human history. Ever. OMG
January 23, 2025 at 1:51 PM
So let me get this straight, Rev Lorenzo Sewell gave an over the top prayer at the inauguration, and then literally launched a crypto coin after?
This is just the biggest grift in human history. Ever. OMG
This is just the biggest grift in human history. Ever. OMG
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