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Paula Smyth
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shanley.com
here is some research about the Network State and how it operates (with a lot of details that are missing from mainstream coverage).
What Is The Network State — Venture Capital Status
www.vcinfodocs.com
April 18, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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annabower.bsky.social
NEW: Fourth Circuit shoots down the Trump administration’s efforts to appeal Judge Xinis’s order requiring it to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

“We shall not micromanage the efforts of a fine district judge attempting to implement the Supreme Court’s recent decision.”
April 17, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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jfhatfield.bsky.social
I have a whole substack dedicated to explaining the New Right, including Curtis Yarvin. If you're interested in learning more, I recommend starting here:

jfhatfield.substack.com/p/explaining...
Explaining the New Right, Part 1
Curtis Yarvin's RAGE
jfhatfield.substack.com
April 17, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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jennycohn.bsky.social
Balaji Srinivasan suggests giving Elon Musk “control of a huge swath of land surrounding Starbase, Texas” & designate that land as “a military base or … similar, so that [Musk] can fence it off & determine at his sole discretion who can enter.” Then replicate in other states w/ other Tech Bros. 1/
March 16, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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declassifyuap.bsky.social
Good site for folks to acquaint themselves with (and then get sick): theplotagainstamerica.com
The Plot Against America
The richest men in the country are in the final stages of a 40-year plan to kill America and crown themselves kings.
theplotagainstamerica.com
April 13, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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gratefulmamaof2.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
He’s anti-democracy and pro-Trump: the obscure ‘dark enlightenment’ blogger influencing the next US administration
Key figures in the incoming administration follow Curtis Yarvin, who’s pushing for an autocratic takeover of the US
www.theguardian.com
April 13, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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reenlightenment-en.bsky.social
If you want to know more, I released a video on the topic 2 weeks ago.
The terrifying plan of a billionaire to own the US & the world. Europe is next.
YouTube video by RE-enlightenment
youtu.be
April 10, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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drkarlauthor.bsky.social
April 15, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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bcfinucane.bsky.social
Could be a few legal issues with this pitch from Erik Prince.

“The proposal, exclusively obtained by POLITICO, says it would target ‘criminal illegal aliens’ and would attempt to skirt U.S. immigration laws by designating part of the prison…as American territory.”

www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
Military contractors pitch unprecedented prison plan for detained immigrants
Erik Prince wants to cut a deal to skirt immigration laws and transport detainees from the US to El Salvador
www.politico.com
April 11, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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lizagoitein.bsky.social
What’s this new executive order directing the Department of Defense to take over huge amounts of public land on the border? Simple: it’s yet another abuse of emergency powers—this one seemingly designed to make an end-run around the Posse Comitatus Act. 1/17 www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Military Mission for Sealing the Southern Border of the United States and Repelling Invasions
NATIONAL SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM/NSPM-4 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE               THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR               THE
www.whitehouse.gov
April 12, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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dljohnston.bsky.social
A friend wrote this on that topic www.abc.net.au/religion/tru...
Did the United States just engage in human trafficking? - ABC Religion & Ethics
The deportation of 261 people to a prison in El Salvador meets all the criteria that the international community has used to denounce other regimes for “state-sponsored trafficking”. Why are Trump’s E...
www.abc.net.au
April 12, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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drsuziederkins.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/o...
Opinion | Unmarked Vans. Secret Lists. Public Denunciations. America’s Police State Has Arrived. (Gift Article)
Those of us who’ve seen secret police in action can’t shake a feeling of dreadful familiarity.
www.nytimes.com
April 2, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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rgoodlaw.bsky.social
I did a deep dive into the criminal laws and past criminal cases that are most relevant to "Signal Gate."

Focus your mind on this:

Special prosecutor criminal case against former head of CIA John Deutch for "gross negligence" in use of his personal home computer for national defense information.
Signal Gate: The Criminal Law Precedents That Are Most Relevant
A range of federal laws, including the Espionage Act and laws against the destruction of government records, could apply in Signal Gate.
www.justsecurity.org
March 25, 2025 at 8:30 PM
paulasmyth.bsky.social
Unfathomable incompetence!
March 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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howlofminerva.bsky.social
-from the March 17 Minute Order.

It's the same public access line used Saturday.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/69741...
J.G.G. v. TRUMP, 1:25-cv-00766 - CourtListener.com
Docket for J.G.G. v. TRUMP, 1:25-cv-00766 — Brought to you by Free Law Project, a non-profit dedicated to creating high quality open legal information.
www.courtlistener.com
March 17, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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bbkogan.bsky.social
OMB director Russ Vought has officially begun carrying out his section of Project 2025.

Technical thread to follow, but it’s really important - this is a major path through which the Trump administration will illegally impound funding, refusing to carry out some of our spending laws.
Delegation of Apportionment Authority I hereby delegate to the Program Associate Directors the authorities delegated by the President to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget for apportioning funds pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1513(b). This delegation supersedes any previous delegation of such authority and will remain in place until revised or revoked. The Program Associate Directors may re-delegate this authority as necessary in writing. This delegation does not limit the authority of the Director to exercise the delegated authority. Russell T. Vought, Director, Office of Management and Budget. Externally, the Director must ensure that OMB has sufficient visibility into the deep caverns of agency decision-making. One indispensable statutory tool to that end is to ensure that policy officials- the Program Associate Directors (PADs) managing the vast Resource Management Offices (RMOs)-personally sign what are known as the apportionments. In 1870, Congress passed the Anti-Deficiency Act® to prevent the common agency practice of spending down all appropriated funding, creating artificial funding shortfalls that Congress would have to fill. The law mandated that all funding be allotted or "apportioned" in installments. This process, whereby agencies come to OMB for allotments of appropriated funding, is essential to the effective financial stewardship of taxpayer dollars. OMB can then direct on behalf of a President the amount, duration, and purpose of any apportioned funding to ensure against waste, fraud, and abuse and ensure consistency with the President's agenda and applicable laws. The vast majority of these apportionments were signed by career officials- the Deputy Associate Directors (DADs)-until the Trump Administration placed this responsibility in the hands of the PADs and thereby opened wide vistas of oversight that had escaped the attention of policy officials. The Biden Administration subsequently reversed this decision. No Director should be chosen who is unwilling to restore apportionment decision-making to the PADs' personal review, who is not aggressive in wielding the tool on behalf of the President's agenda, or who is unable to defend the power against attacks from Congress.
February 21, 2025 at 8:20 PM
paulasmyth.bsky.social
Of course!
nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · Feb 13
Tesla, whose chief executive, Elon Musk, has been advising President Trump on how to cut government spending, is likely to receive a lucrative contract to supply armored versions of its Cybertruck pickup to the State Department, according to public documents.
State Dept. Plans $400 Million Purchase of Armored Tesla Cybertrucks
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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joshuajfriedman.com
NEW: DOJ says it accidentally mischaracterized Marko Elez's role at Treasury: he wasn't an SGE but a "Special Advisor for
Information Technology and Modernization" in the office of the chief of staff," a "temporary transitional Schedule C position." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
DEFENDANTS' NOTICE OF CORRECTION At the hearing on February 5, 2025, held the same day that Plaintiffs' motion for temporary restraining order was filed in the above-captioned case, counsel for Defendants made a factual representation in good faith on the basis of information provided by Defendants that requires correction. With the benefit of more time to investigate the facts over the weekend, Defendants came to understand that Marko Elez, who, at the time of the hearing was employed by the Department of the Treasury, had not, in fact, been designated by the Treasury Department as a Special Government Employee (SGE), as counsel stated at the February 5 hearing. Mr. Elez, was, however, a Treasury Department employee. Treasury hired Mr. Elez as Special Advisor for Information Technology and Modernization, Departmental Offices, Office of the Chief of Staff, under Treasury's authority to establish temporary transitional Schedule C positions. See 5 C.F.R. § 213.3302. Although Mr. Elez could have been designated as an SGE because he was slated to perform temporary duties either on a full-time or intermittent basis for not more than 130 days, the Treasury department Ethics office did not designate Mr. Elez as a Special Government Employee, meaning that he in fact had to comply with additional ethics requirements that are not required for SGE positions. Defendants will provide a declaration to substantiate these facts together with their opposition to Plaintiffs' motion for preliminary injunction, due Wednesday, February 12, 2025. Defendants apologize to the Court for the inadvertent representation, which —while incorrect— was made based on information provided to counsel immediately prior to the hearing. Defendants also wish to notify the Court that, as stated in the Declaration of Thomas Krause, Jr., filed yesterday, in State of New York v. U.S. Department of the Treasury, Case No. 25 Civ. 01144 (JAV) (S.D.N.Y.), Mr. Elez resigned from Treasury on February 6, 2025, and he returned all Treasury and BFS equipment and credentials the same day. See Exhibit 1, 1 11. Moreover, in that case, on February 8, the Court entered a temporary restraining order restricting who may access Treasury systems. See Ex. 2. Those restrictions are in addition to those imposed by this Court's Order entered February 6. Dated: February 10, 2025 Respectfully submitted, BRETT A. SHUMATE Acting Assistant Attorney General Civil Division MARCIA BERMAN Assistant Director, Federal Programs Branch /s/ Bradley P. Humphreys BRADLEY P. HUMPHREYS
February 11, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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wajali.bsky.social
Let the Broligarchy fight. Divide and conquer.
axios.com Axios @axios.com · Feb 10
BREAKING: Elon Musk has offered to buy the nonprofit that controls OpenAI for $97.4 billion, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Elon Musk reportedly makes $97.4 billion offer for control of OpenAI
It's a huge gambit, amid pending litigation between the two sides.
www.axios.com
February 10, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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joncooper-us.bsky.social
Hungarians who lived through Viktor Orbán’s 2010 authoritarian power grab warn Americans: Act now, before it’s too late.
Their democracy died. They have lessons for America about Trump’s power grab.
Hungarians who lived through Viktor Orbán’s 2010 power grab warn Americans: Act now, before it’s too late.
www.vox.com
February 5, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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girlsreallyrule.bsky.social
Last week, regional managers for the General Services Administration, or GSA, received a message from the agency’s Washington headquarters to begin terminating leases on all of the roughly 7,500 federal offices nationwide. apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump and Musk demand termination of federal office leases through General Services Administration
One of the next moves in President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s effort to fire government employees and curtail operations is using the agency that manages federal employee worksites around the countr...
apnews.com
February 4, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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joshtpm.bsky.social
New Exclusive building on Wired's reporting: Musk operatives have already pushed live to production extensive code changes to the Treasury Department payment system which makes 95% of fed govs payments. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/musk-...
Musk Cronies Dive Into Treasury Dept Payments Code Base
Overnight Wired reported that contrary to published reports that DOGE operatives at...
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
paulasmyth.bsky.social
We all need to be reposting this!
February 4, 2025 at 12:55 PM