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If you are a public servant, or know one, this may be useful. A new organization, the Public Service Alliance, is offering advice on privacy and cybersecurity, physical safety, access to legal counsel and more.
thepublicservicealliance.com/introducing-...
Strengthening America Through Service: Announcing the Public Service Alliance (PSA) - Public Service Alliance
Today, we’re announcing the Public Service Alliance (PSA), a nonpartisan organization dedicated to strengthening America by supporting the people who serve it.  PSA is founded on a simple yet profound...
thepublicservicealliance.com
February 8, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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You snooze. You win.

While you were sleeping, a federal judge issued an emergency TRO:

➖ blocks DOGE from accessing Treasury systems
➖ requires DOGE to "immediately destroy" any material already downloaded

Case brought by attorneys general of 19 states

Added to the Litigation Tracker⬇️
Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions
A public resource tracking the legal challenges to the Trump administration's executive orders and actions.
www.justsecurity.org
February 8, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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The US government has now gutted all of the tools created to fight kleptocracy. It's going to be up to other democracies to save their political and financial systems from anonymous flows of cash.

www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/02/07/w...
Washington Has Given Up the Fight Against Kleptocrats. Here’s What Democracies Should Do - The Moscow Times
Opinion | On Feb. 6, new U.S.
www.themoscowtimes.com
February 8, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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ProPublica has published a report on the death that another Texas woman had died as a result of the state's abortion ban. 35-year-old Porsha Ngumezi died after suffering a miscarriage at 11 weeks. Dozens of doctors have said that her death was preventable.
www.kvue.com/article/news...
'It could have been prevented' | Third Texas woman dies after being denied abortion-related care
The death of 35-year-old Porsha Ngumezi was preventable, according to more than a dozen doctors who reviewed a summary of her case for ProPublica.
www.kvue.com
November 28, 2024 at 10:08 PM
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Your 'moment of doom' for Nov. 18, 2024 ~ Faster than expected.

"If this additional meltwater is included in climate projections, the overturning circulation will weaken faster. It could be 30% weaker by 2040. That’s 20 years earlier than initially projected."

theconversation.com/meltwater-fr...
Meltwater from Greenland and the Arctic is weakening ocean circulation, speeding up warming down south
New research shows melting ice is causing the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) to slow down, with widespread consequences for the world’s climate and ecosystems.
theconversation.com
November 18, 2024 at 12:53 PM
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Please help our very good friend & her children who are recent survivors of domestic violence to be able to get out of the home currently in her abuser’s name

I will give everyone who donates any amount or who helps by boosting & sharing this an immediate follow back

Thank you!🙏
gofund.me/50dd6b3f
November 16, 2024 at 9:13 PM
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I wrote much of what I think about this election before it happened, so I am going to put it all together here. My book, Autocracy Inc, described the network of autocrats who seek to undermine democracy, inside their countries and ours
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/725302...
Autocracy, Inc. by Anne Applebaum: 9780385549936 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the Pulitzer-prize winning author, an alarming account of how autocracies work together to undermine the democratic world, and how we should organize to defeat...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
November 10, 2024 at 12:51 PM