@nrfriskvla.bsky.social
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Huh, that’s weird, I just developed a policy that says I don’t have to pay federal income tax, I’ll be sure to tell that to the IRS when they show up
To be really clear: The reason members of Congress can't just walk right in is because of the guns. Armed DHS personnel won't allow entry. In other words, DHS is using armed force to *break* laws.
Democrats need to wrap their minds around that. Accept that the frog is boiled.
Democrats need to wrap their minds around that. Accept that the frog is boiled.
June 19, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Huh, that’s weird, I just developed a policy that says I don’t have to pay federal income tax, I’ll be sure to tell that to the IRS when they show up
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Sen. John Barrasso leaves the door open to patriotic Americans tarring and feathering him
Sen. John Barrasso leaves the door open to voting to support the suspension of Habeas Corpus
May 11, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Sen. John Barrasso leaves the door open to patriotic Americans tarring and feathering him
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"Within minutes after DOGE accessed the NLRB's systems, someone with an IP address in Russia started trying to log in. The attempts were 'near real-time'...
"Whoever was attempting to log in was using one of the newly created DOGE accounts..."
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
"Whoever was attempting to log in was using one of the newly created DOGE accounts..."
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 6:32 PM
"Within minutes after DOGE accessed the NLRB's systems, someone with an IP address in Russia started trying to log in. The attempts were 'near real-time'...
"Whoever was attempting to log in was using one of the newly created DOGE accounts..."
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
"Whoever was attempting to log in was using one of the newly created DOGE accounts..."
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
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“So, back to where it always was,” said one Indiana field office employee. “What a waste of our time.”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Social Security abandons DOGE-led phone service cuts amid chaos, backlash
The shift amounts to a wholesale retreat by Musk’s team and the Social Security leadership in their bid to dramatically curtail telephone access to services.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
“So, back to where it always was,” said one Indiana field office employee. “What a waste of our time.”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Firing a DOJ lawyer for admitting a government error when the lawyer’s duty to the court requires exactly that admission is about as wrong as anything can be.
Only in the lawless, topsy-turvy world of Trump and Vance is such absurdity imaginable.
Yet here we are!
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
Only in the lawless, topsy-turvy world of Trump and Vance is such absurdity imaginable.
Yet here we are!
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
Justice Department Lawyers Are Struggling to Defend Trump’s Policies in Court
Inside the department’s civil division, litigators are squeezed between judges demanding answers and bosses’ instructions to protect the Trump agenda at all costs.
www.nytimes.com
April 8, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Firing a DOJ lawyer for admitting a government error when the lawyer’s duty to the court requires exactly that admission is about as wrong as anything can be.
Only in the lawless, topsy-turvy world of Trump and Vance is such absurdity imaginable.
Yet here we are!
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
Only in the lawless, topsy-turvy world of Trump and Vance is such absurdity imaginable.
Yet here we are!
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
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NEW: An unsigned interagency agreement calls for the Dept of Labor to reimburse the US DOGE Service up to **$1.3 million** for work done by four DOGE affiliates over 18 months.
Musk has previously stated that DOGE staffers would cost taxpayers nothing.
from me and @timmarchman.bsky.social:
Musk has previously stated that DOGE staffers would cost taxpayers nothing.
from me and @timmarchman.bsky.social:
US DOGE Service Agreement With Department of Labor Shows $1.3 Million Fee—and Details Its Mission
The unsigned agreement between the US DOGE Service and the Department of Labor provides significant insight into DOGE's work with federal agencies.
www.wired.com
April 9, 2025 at 7:24 PM
NEW: An unsigned interagency agreement calls for the Dept of Labor to reimburse the US DOGE Service up to **$1.3 million** for work done by four DOGE affiliates over 18 months.
Musk has previously stated that DOGE staffers would cost taxpayers nothing.
from me and @timmarchman.bsky.social:
Musk has previously stated that DOGE staffers would cost taxpayers nothing.
from me and @timmarchman.bsky.social:
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Scoop: The White House is choosing to censor some White House pool reports.
Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/white-hous...
Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/white-hous...
The Pool Filter
Some White House pool reports are no longer making it to the official distribution list, Status has learned—an unsettling development in the Trump administration's escalating war on the press.
www.status.news
April 10, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Scoop: The White House is choosing to censor some White House pool reports.
Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/white-hous...
Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/white-hous...
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In a related move, the Justice Department barred its lawyers from attending American Bar Association events, intensifying the Trump administration’s ongoing conflict with the legal profession over the issue of client representation.
April 10, 2025 at 2:57 AM
In a related move, the Justice Department barred its lawyers from attending American Bar Association events, intensifying the Trump administration’s ongoing conflict with the legal profession over the issue of client representation.
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The House passed legislation to prohibit federal district judges from issuing nationwide injunctions, marking a significant step in an escalating Republican campaign targeting judges who have blocked some of Trump’s executive orders.
April 10, 2025 at 2:57 AM
The House passed legislation to prohibit federal district judges from issuing nationwide injunctions, marking a significant step in an escalating Republican campaign targeting judges who have blocked some of Trump’s executive orders.
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The SEC is the only agency that could get to the bottom of who did these trades — and they would have to want to know.
Alright, I think people knew of the tariff pause and traded it beforehand.
You can see before Trump posted "buy" on Truth Social, traders opened $QQQ $TQQQ and $SPY calls
RIGHT BEFORE THE NEWS, someone opened $SPY 509 calls, expiring TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Those calls are up 2100% in one hour.
You can see before Trump posted "buy" on Truth Social, traders opened $QQQ $TQQQ and $SPY calls
RIGHT BEFORE THE NEWS, someone opened $SPY 509 calls, expiring TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Those calls are up 2100% in one hour.
April 9, 2025 at 6:38 PM
The SEC is the only agency that could get to the bottom of who did these trades — and they would have to want to know.
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Maine is pulling more than its fair share of the heavy lifting here
The State of Maine sued the Agriculture Department on Monday, arguing that the agency violated the law when it froze funding to Maine last week and that the freeze threatened school meal programs.
Maine Sues U.S.D.A. Over Title IX Funding for School Lunches
The federal lawsuit is the latest escalation of Gov. Janet Mills’s standoff with the Trump administration over the issue of transgender athletes.
www.nytimes.com
April 8, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Maine is pulling more than its fair share of the heavy lifting here
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Surprise, surprise.
readsludge.com/2025/04/07/m...
readsludge.com/2025/04/07/m...
April 8, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Surprise, surprise.
readsludge.com/2025/04/07/m...
readsludge.com/2025/04/07/m...
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"Trump administration orders half of national forests open for logging...
"An emergency order removes protections covering more than half the land managed by the U.S. Forest Service..."
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
"An emergency order removes protections covering more than half the land managed by the U.S. Forest Service..."
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Trump administration orders half of national forests open for logging
An emergency order removes protections covering over half the land managed by the U.S. Forest Service as the president aims to boost timber production.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 8, 2025 at 7:27 PM
"Trump administration orders half of national forests open for logging...
"An emergency order removes protections covering more than half the land managed by the U.S. Forest Service..."
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
"An emergency order removes protections covering more than half the land managed by the U.S. Forest Service..."
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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Former Skadden associate: The Administration cannot pick and choose who gets representation. It cannot use executive power to scare lawyers out of advocacy.
“I will not allow my fear to manifest as silence. I choose courage.”
“I will not allow my fear to manifest as silence. I choose courage.”
April 8, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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Most interesting thing in this exchange: Navarro claims the idiotic tariff formula was developed by CEA.
But I'm hearing indirectly that CEA instead blames Navarro for creating formula.
If you know actual origins, please reach out. Signal: crampell.13
But I'm hearing indirectly that CEA instead blames Navarro for creating formula.
If you know actual origins, please reach out. Signal: crampell.13
April 7, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Most interesting thing in this exchange: Navarro claims the idiotic tariff formula was developed by CEA.
But I'm hearing indirectly that CEA instead blames Navarro for creating formula.
If you know actual origins, please reach out. Signal: crampell.13
But I'm hearing indirectly that CEA instead blames Navarro for creating formula.
If you know actual origins, please reach out. Signal: crampell.13