@monicahildegard.bsky.social
Attorney, amateur violist, writer, yoga teacher, Catholic, animal lover
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Amid growing concerns over Big Tech firms aligning with Trump administration policies, people are starting to move their digital lives to services based overseas. Here's what you need to know.
How to Avoid US-Based Digital Services—and Why You Might Want To
Amid growing concerns over Big Tech firms aligning with Trump administration policies, people are starting to move their digital lives to services based overseas. Here's what you need to know.
wrd.cm
March 24, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Amid growing concerns over Big Tech firms aligning with Trump administration policies, people are starting to move their digital lives to services based overseas. Here's what you need to know.
What is even going on!?
Elon Musk said his “DOGE team” of government efficiency enforcers is shutting down payments to federal contractor, suggesting that the world’s richest man may have access to sensitive systems used at the Treasury Department.
Musk Says DOGE Is Halting Treasury Payments to US Contractors
Elon Musk said his “DOGE team” of government efficiency enforcers is shutting down payments to federal contractors, suggesting that the world’s richest man may have access to sensitive systems used at...
www.bloomberg.com
February 3, 2025 at 2:09 AM
What is even going on!?
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The Trump administration removed two top USAID security officials over the weekend after they tried to stop representatives from Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency from gaining access to restricted parts of the building reut.rs/4hmspfa
More USAID staff ousted after Trump administration dismantles aid agency
Two officials were removed for trying to prevent DOGE access to restricted areas.
reut.rs
February 3, 2025 at 2:01 AM
The Trump administration removed two top USAID security officials over the weekend after they tried to stop representatives from Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency from gaining access to restricted parts of the building reut.rs/4hmspfa
So basically, it’s ok to disobey orders you don’t agree with….Trump
Trump signs executive order to reinstate troops who were booted for refusing COVID vaccines
Trump signs executive order to reinstate troops who were booted for refusing COVID vaccines
President Donald Trump signed a flurry of executive orders focused on the military Monday evening, including to reinstate troops booted for refusing COVID-19 vaccines, assess transgender forces and further outline rollbacks in diversity programs, just as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth began his first day on the job.
www.live5news.com
January 28, 2025 at 12:05 PM
So basically, it’s ok to disobey orders you don’t agree with….Trump
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“They also bizarrely stripped immigration enforcement power from the governor and gave it to the commissioner of agriculture,” DeSantis said.
DeSantis now in open feud with Florida GOP leaders over immigration laws
A dispute between Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Republican leaders of the Legislature over conflicting views of an immigration crackdown escalated Monday after the governor labeled as “bizarre” lawmakers’...
www.rawstory.com
January 28, 2025 at 11:45 AM
“They also bizarrely stripped immigration enforcement power from the governor and gave it to the commissioner of agriculture,” DeSantis said.
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This order is going to affect communities the length and breadth of the country. Be careful what you wish for, Mr. President."
'Careful what you wish for': Trump warned he could burn own voters in latest push
The Trump administration on Monday night announced a total pause in federal grants and loans in an order that seems to usurp the United States Congress's constitutional powers to control public spendi...
www.rawstory.com
January 28, 2025 at 11:57 AM
This order is going to affect communities the length and breadth of the country. Be careful what you wish for, Mr. President."
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Food for thought.
January 18, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Food for thought.
A lot of Republicans are truly nuts. Even the ones who wrote for The NY Times. FFS!
I hope that the meteor really destroys everything. I don’t want future archaeologists to know we were saying stuff like this
January 19, 2025 at 3:37 PM
A lot of Republicans are truly nuts. Even the ones who wrote for The NY Times. FFS!
Happy birthday to Michelle Obama!
January 19, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Happy birthday to Michelle Obama!
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A lesson from the TikTok Affair should be that bipartisan efforts to preserve U.S. national security are vulnerable to the incoming president getting bought off and switching sides for his own personal and political benefit. Not great!
January 19, 2025 at 2:24 PM
A lesson from the TikTok Affair should be that bipartisan efforts to preserve U.S. national security are vulnerable to the incoming president getting bought off and switching sides for his own personal and political benefit. Not great!
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When times feel a bit grim, I like to think about the 14th Century, which featured The Great Famine (1315-1317), The Black Death (1347-1351), The Great Schism (1378) and The Hundred Years' War (1337-1453). That always cheers me up
January 15, 2025 at 5:28 PM
When times feel a bit grim, I like to think about the 14th Century, which featured The Great Famine (1315-1317), The Black Death (1347-1351), The Great Schism (1378) and The Hundred Years' War (1337-1453). That always cheers me up
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Remember that the witnesses to and victims of Hegseth’s misconduct were not anonymous, but offered to meet in person with Republican senators (anything but anonymous) who offered zero meetings, and now call these real people anonymous.
Pete Hegseth Had a One-Word Plan to Dodge Senators’ Toughest Questions
He found a familiar scapegoat.
slate.com
January 15, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Remember that the witnesses to and victims of Hegseth’s misconduct were not anonymous, but offered to meet in person with Republican senators (anything but anonymous) who offered zero meetings, and now call these real people anonymous.