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It would disenfranchise millions. It seeks to restrict what ballots states can count. It purports to give DOGE unspecified powers to review state run voter rolls. No wonder vote suppressors and election deniers from coast to coast lavished it with praise. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...
Trump’s Latest Executive Order is a Sham—and a Warning
From Marc | The greatest threat to Donald Trump’s authoritarian dream is not the courts — it is free and fair elections.
www.democracydocket.com
March 29, 2025 at 4:32 AM
What can go wrong?
NEW: Pete Hegseth’s younger brother is serving in a key position inside the Pentagon as a Department of Homeland Security liaison and senior adviser
Phil Hegseth's past experience includes founding his own podcast production company, Embassy and Third, and working on social media and podcasts
Phil Hegseth's past experience includes founding his own podcast production company, Embassy and Third, and working on social media and podcasts
March 29, 2025 at 4:27 AM
What can go wrong?
March 29, 2025 at 4:27 AM
COBOL is a genuinely archaic programming language. But trying to do this in a rush is INSANE. And you can bet a huge, huge number of things are going to break. Even in very simple code bases, understanding the levels of dependencies built up over decades takes a huge amount of time.
BREAKING: DOGE is starting to put together a team to migrate the SSA's computer systems entirely off one of its oldest programming languages in a matter of months, potentially putting the integrity of the system—and the benefits on which tens of millions of Americans rely—at risk.
March 29, 2025 at 4:26 AM
“Thank you again. Thank you again,” he says to John Roberts. Then he awkwardly slaps him on the shoulder and says, “Won’t forget it.” The moment has an almost classic mob boss feel to it in context.
joycevance.substack.com/p/lets-be-ho...
joycevance.substack.com/p/lets-be-ho...
Let's Be Honest About The State Of The Union
It wasn’t necessary to watch all of Trump’s speech last night to understand where we are as a country.
joycevance.substack.com
March 5, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Donald Trump won less than half of the popular vote—which, given the turnout, amounts to less than one-third of registered voters. His margin of victory was the tightest since 2000, the fourth tightest since 1940.
So no, despite everything Trump claims, he does not have a "mandate" for any of this.
So no, despite everything Trump claims, he does not have a "mandate" for any of this.
Donald Trump does not have a "mandate" for any of this
He's hardly the first president to claim he represents the people's will—or God's. But he might be the most brazen.
www.motherjones.com
March 5, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Donald Trump won less than half of the popular vote—which, given the turnout, amounts to less than one-third of registered voters. His margin of victory was the tightest since 2000, the fourth tightest since 1940.
So no, despite everything Trump claims, he does not have a "mandate" for any of this.
So no, despite everything Trump claims, he does not have a "mandate" for any of this.
Donald Trump does not have a "mandate" for any of this
He's hardly the first president to claim he represents the people's will—or God's. But he might be the most brazen.
www.motherjones.com
March 5, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Donald Trump won less than half of the popular vote—which, given the turnout, amounts to less than one-third of registered voters. His margin of victory was the tightest since 2000, the fourth tightest since 1940.
So no, despite everything Trump claims, he does not have a "mandate" for any of this.
So no, despite everything Trump claims, he does not have a "mandate" for any of this.
March 2, 2025 at 10:36 PM
When they try to silence us, we become stronger together. Love for our shared humanity is our guiding light.
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www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Israel cuts off humanitarian supplies to Gaza as it seeks to change ceasefire deal
Netanyahu wants Hamas to allow for release of hostages without troop withdrawal, in plan Israel says came from US
www.theguardian.com
March 2, 2025 at 10:18 PM
To all Republicans in Congress: It’s always right to do the right thing (Rev. Martin Luther King). If Fridays meeting at the WH wasn’t a red-line moment for you, quit your job and let’s get someone to replace you who believes in democracy and the Constitution!!
March 1, 2025 at 11:38 PM
To all Republicans in Congress: It’s always right to do the right thing (Rev. Martin Luther King). If Fridays meeting at the WH wasn’t a red-line moment for you, quit your job and let’s get someone to replace you who believes in democracy and the Constitution!!
In the Oval Office on Friday, Donald Trump and J. D. Vance nakedly sided with Russian aggression and berated Volodymyr Zelensky “with all the finesse of a couple of small-time hoods,” David Remnick writes.
Trump’s Disgrace
David Remnick on the temper of Trump’s Presidency—the threats and firings, the multiple DOGE fiascoes, the proposal to cleanse the Gaza Strip of two million Palestinians, and his showdown with Volodym...
www.newyorker.com
March 1, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Gotta love Vermonters!
This is excellent.
JD Vance is skiing at a Vermont resort this weekend. The resort’s snow reporter took the opportunity to make some good trouble, sending out a message of resistance against an administration “threatening our democracy, our livelihoods, our land”. [kottke.org]
March 1, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Gotta love Vermonters!
Cuz they really don’t give a shit!
House Republicans unfazed by protests in their districts: “We’re moving forward with the cuts”
House Republicans unfazed by protests: ‘We’re moving forward with the cuts’
Many GOP lawmakers insisted their constituents back Musk’s moves.
www.politico.com
February 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Cuz they really don’t give a shit!
When Musk’s role in govt or in FAA oversight was under consideration, perhaps it was fair to say “raising concerns about conflicts.” When he announced SpaceX would redesign the ATC system, that was at least a clear conflict. Now they’re buying SpaceX products to do it, it is just plain corruption.
The FAA has agreed to use SpaceX's Starlink internet system to upgrade the IT networks it uses to manage US airspace, raising new concerns about conflicts of interest for CEO Elon Musk in one of his other roles, that of recommending funding cuts at federal agencies, including the FAA. cnn.it/436qirE
February 26, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Before she was revealed as DOGE acting administrator, @revealnews.org spoke with Amy Gleason in 2022 about her role as the US's primary problem solver during Covid.
That conversation now offers key context to Gleason's questionable work leading DOGE.
That conversation now offers key context to Gleason's questionable work leading DOGE.
The DOGE acting administrator isn’t new to the Trump world
Amy Gleason was a data cruncher and efficiency aficionado in the early Covid response. Now she’s overseeing the gutting of health agencies.
www.motherjones.com
February 26, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The wages of the WHCA’s public silence on the White House’s unlawful retaliation against the AP are even bolder encroachments against the free press’s prerogatives.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announces that the White House Correspondents' Association will no longer choose the pool reporter.
"Moving forward, the White House press pool will be determined by the White House press team."
"Moving forward, the White House press pool will be determined by the White House press team."
February 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Exclusive: Top State Department officials are pushing to release more frozen Ukraine funds, making a list of exemptions to Trump's foreign aid freeze.
State Department officials pushing to release more frozen Ukraine funds
The efforts highlight internal discord inside the Trump administration over how to treat Kyiv.
www.politico.com
February 26, 2025 at 4:25 PM
A group calling itself the 3rd Term Project is calling for a Constitutional Amendment to let Trump have a third term in office. This move is straight out of the authoritarian playbook. We should take it seriously. The man who would be king certainly does. joycevance.substack.com/p/speaking-t...
Speaking Truth to Power: Trump Doesn't Get a Pass
Or a third term
joycevance.substack.com
February 26, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Cal Newport writes about Elon Musk’s “performative gesture of asking millions of federal employees to report what they had accomplished during the preceding week”—and why it isn’t an easy question to answer.
The Hollow Core of Elon Musk’s Productivity Dogma
Silicon Valley has struggled to measure employees’ effectiveness. So how can Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency expect to fix the federal government?
www.newyorker.com
February 26, 2025 at 4:21 PM
February 26, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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The language, as described, is superfluous. It is already constitutional and federal statutory law that the administration must spend the money that Congress appropriates. Congress’s power of the purse fundamental to our system of government. And yet, it’s a red line for Republicans to include it.
NEW: Trump and Musk's slash-and-burn tactics to remake the government have become the key sticking point in talks to prevent a shutdown
Dems are demanding language to make admin spend Congress-directed money.
Republicans say that’s a red line.
Deadline: March 14
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Dems are demanding language to make admin spend Congress-directed money.
Republicans say that’s a red line.
Deadline: March 14
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Trump and Musk's slash-and-burn tactics are a sticking point in talks to prevent a shutdown
Sen. Patty Murray, the top Democratic appropriator, urged Republicans to help stop Trump from usurping Congress’ spending powers and not to “follow Elon towards a shutdown.”
www.nbcnews.com
February 26, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The language, as described, is superfluous. It is already constitutional and federal statutory law that the administration must spend the money that Congress appropriates. Congress’s power of the purse fundamental to our system of government. And yet, it’s a red line for Republicans to include it.
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Breaking News: The Washington Post’s opinion editor is leaving as the newspaper's owner, Jeff Bezos, focuses the section on “personal liberties and free markets.”
Washington Post Opinion Editor Exits as Bezos Steers Pages in New Direction
Jeff Bezos, the owner of The Post, said that the newspaper’s opinion section would focus on “personal liberties and free markets.”
www.nytimes.com
February 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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This Friday—also boycot Facebook and X if you’re still on either!!
February 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This Friday—also boycot Facebook and X if you’re still on either!!