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Is DOGE Digging Around in Student Data?

Elon Musk’s government efficiency office may have access to sensitive student information, raising alarms about privacy and threatening to throw the federal aid system into crisis. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/419JDqD
DOGE’s access to Education Department data raises concerns
Elon Musk’s government efficiency office may have access to sensitive student information, raising alarms about privacy and threatening to throw the federal aid system into crisis.
bit.ly
February 10, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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And there it is — next shoe dropping. Steal the bank, control the military and then silence the media
Trump megadonor Steve Wynn has filed a petition asking the Supreme Court to overturn the landmark 1964 decision in New York Times v. Sullivan, which protects the media's ability to aggressively cover public officials. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
February 7, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Operation ICE Ride-Along isn’t going as planned. 🔥

Fox News tagged along with ICE, hoping for an exclusive look at “dangerous criminals.” Instead, they got a whole lot of nothing. No threats, no big arrests—just a community that wasn’t having it. The narrative is falling apart.
February 7, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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I can't lie, this is so soothing right now
Asteroid's chances of hitting Earth have nearly doubled in a week, ESA scientist warns
An steroid up to 300ft wide now has a 2.2% chance of colliding into Earth. It could prompt a space mission to intercept it.
uk.news.yahoo.com
February 7, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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Here’s what we did today
February 7, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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“The point is not a policy fight, it’s an execution. They are killing one agency to terrify a thousand others.” Susan B. Glasser writes about Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s takeover of the White House, and the dismantling of the U.S.A.I.D.
Elon Musk’s Revolutionary Terror
The evisceration of U.S.A.I.D. isn’t a policy fight—it’s an execution designed to strike fear in our own government.
www.newyorker.com
February 7, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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Ketchup On Walls Alert: HIGH
February 7, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.
February 7, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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Another DOGE grunt is embroiled in controversy having been caught sharing content from white supremacists and misogynists.
Elon Musk Staffer Caught Reposting White Supremacist Nick Fuentes
Gavin Klinger is the second staffer at the agency called out for controversial social media comments.
www.thedailybeast.com
February 7, 2025 at 10:19 PM
I rename them all The Mumps: that’s the musk/trump + anti-science peeps who took over the country. It’s the perfect name for the unvaxxed disease they are and they spread. They’re all the Mumps.
February 4, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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If you want to see the opposite of “obeying in advance,” here it is. Remarkable bravery by Reverend Budde.
Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"
January 21, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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A poem for my last day working at the writing center for the semester (by Joseph Fasano)
November 23, 2024 at 2:09 AM