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New in PN: “It’s 4chan shit" — @cwarzel.bsky.social on the federal government's deranged social media presence
"Now you see Trump administration accounts that look like they’re literally run by Groypers. What Homeland Security is tweeting out isn’t even dog-whistling anymore."
"Now you see Trump administration accounts that look like they’re literally run by Groypers. What Homeland Security is tweeting out isn’t even dog-whistling anymore."
“It’s 4chan s**t": The govt's deranged social media presence
"You see Trump administration accounts that look like they’re literally run by Groypers," Charlie Warzel tells us.
www.publicnotice.co
November 13, 2025 at 1:01 PM
New in PN: “It’s 4chan shit" — @cwarzel.bsky.social on the federal government's deranged social media presence
"Now you see Trump administration accounts that look like they’re literally run by Groypers. What Homeland Security is tweeting out isn’t even dog-whistling anymore."
"Now you see Trump administration accounts that look like they’re literally run by Groypers. What Homeland Security is tweeting out isn’t even dog-whistling anymore."
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Trump is breaking more budget laws than any president in history, by an entire parsec.
The breadth of budget laws broken, how important the laws broken are, the how severe the illegal actions were, etc. No president comes even remotely close.
The breadth of budget laws broken, how important the laws broken are, the how severe the illegal actions were, etc. No president comes even remotely close.
Breaking news: The Trump administration is sending messages to federal staff suggesting only those who are working during the government shutdown will be paid when it ends, despite a 2019 law that guarantees pay to furloughed employees, too.
Administration hints furloughed workers may not be paid after shutdown
Agencies are sending messages indicating that workers who are on the job will be paid when the government reopens — with no mention of those on furlough, despite a 2019 law protecting their wages.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Trump is breaking more budget laws than any president in history, by an entire parsec.
The breadth of budget laws broken, how important the laws broken are, the how severe the illegal actions were, etc. No president comes even remotely close.
The breadth of budget laws broken, how important the laws broken are, the how severe the illegal actions were, etc. No president comes even remotely close.
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Just to give the TL;DR on this one:
*The* main purpose of the EO is to move funding priorities and decisions away from experts and career professionals over to political appointees. With the ultimate power held by Vought / OMB.
*The* main purpose of the EO is to move funding priorities and decisions away from experts and career professionals over to political appointees. With the ultimate power held by Vought / OMB.
This is literally some of the craziest shit I have ever read.
And that's saying a lot.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
And that's saying a lot.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and to improve the process of Federal
www.whitehouse.gov
August 7, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Just to give the TL;DR on this one:
*The* main purpose of the EO is to move funding priorities and decisions away from experts and career professionals over to political appointees. With the ultimate power held by Vought / OMB.
*The* main purpose of the EO is to move funding priorities and decisions away from experts and career professionals over to political appointees. With the ultimate power held by Vought / OMB.
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An #altcitizen if we ever saw one.
At the ICE raid and subsequent community resistance in Paramount, California this morning, this skater kid ate dozens of munitions from Border Patrol agents, walked away slowly and flipped them off.
June 7, 2025 at 11:51 PM
An #altcitizen if we ever saw one.
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“Tasted a little tear gas— tasted like fascism”
June 8, 2025 at 4:40 AM
“Tasted a little tear gas— tasted like fascism”
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This is f*cked up!
Stories of ICE luring immigrants to hearings just to arrest them keep coming—now they’re going after kids.
Martir Garcia Lara, a fourth grader from Southern California, went to a hearing in Houston with his dad. Instead of an update, they were both detained and separated by ICE.
Stories of ICE luring immigrants to hearings just to arrest them keep coming—now they’re going after kids.
Martir Garcia Lara, a fourth grader from Southern California, went to a hearing in Houston with his dad. Instead of an update, they were both detained and separated by ICE.
June 5, 2025 at 9:22 PM
This is f*cked up!
Stories of ICE luring immigrants to hearings just to arrest them keep coming—now they’re going after kids.
Martir Garcia Lara, a fourth grader from Southern California, went to a hearing in Houston with his dad. Instead of an update, they were both detained and separated by ICE.
Stories of ICE luring immigrants to hearings just to arrest them keep coming—now they’re going after kids.
Martir Garcia Lara, a fourth grader from Southern California, went to a hearing in Houston with his dad. Instead of an update, they were both detained and separated by ICE.
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There are 6 Forest Service research stations that also manage research labs, 80 experimental forests, a forest product laboratory, & the International Institute of Tropical Forestry. This is the most extensive natural resource research operation in the world--a hidden crown jewel of our country. 2/
May 31, 2025 at 9:05 PM
There are 6 Forest Service research stations that also manage research labs, 80 experimental forests, a forest product laboratory, & the International Institute of Tropical Forestry. This is the most extensive natural resource research operation in the world--a hidden crown jewel of our country. 2/
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Important dispatch from @michaelrlowry.bsky.social, a meteorologist at the front lines of hurricane season.
I especially appreciate his highlighting that it's not just forecasts - those forecasts only exist when they're embedded in an ecosystem of rigorous observational data and research.
🎁 link
I especially appreciate his highlighting that it's not just forecasts - those forecasts only exist when they're embedded in an ecosystem of rigorous observational data and research.
🎁 link
May 31, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Important dispatch from @michaelrlowry.bsky.social, a meteorologist at the front lines of hurricane season.
I especially appreciate his highlighting that it's not just forecasts - those forecasts only exist when they're embedded in an ecosystem of rigorous observational data and research.
🎁 link
I especially appreciate his highlighting that it's not just forecasts - those forecasts only exist when they're embedded in an ecosystem of rigorous observational data and research.
🎁 link
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In Missouri, overturning the will of voters has almost become the legislature’s main business.
Lawmakers wasted no time moving to undo a constitutional amendment that legalized abortion up to fetal viability.
By @jeremykohler.bsky.social
Lawmakers wasted no time moving to undo a constitutional amendment that legalized abortion up to fetal viability.
By @jeremykohler.bsky.social
Red State Voters Approved Progressive Measures. GOP Lawmakers Are Trying to Undermine Them.
In the wake of ballot measures that increased abortion access and improved sick leave for workers, a coordinated effort is unfolding across the country to restrict direct democracy — and shift power…
www.propublica.org
June 1, 2025 at 1:30 PM
In Missouri, overturning the will of voters has almost become the legislature’s main business.
Lawmakers wasted no time moving to undo a constitutional amendment that legalized abortion up to fetal viability.
By @jeremykohler.bsky.social
Lawmakers wasted no time moving to undo a constitutional amendment that legalized abortion up to fetal viability.
By @jeremykohler.bsky.social
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It would be cool to get a list of all the plants they have on sale at Lowe’s/Home Depot & make a @montereybayaquarium.org seafood-watch-style “best choice/good alternative/avoid” list for creating native gardens. Would need one for each region of course
Don’t reply before you read the whole thread.
Don’t reply before you read the whole thread.
May 31, 2025 at 5:48 PM
It would be cool to get a list of all the plants they have on sale at Lowe’s/Home Depot & make a @montereybayaquarium.org seafood-watch-style “best choice/good alternative/avoid” list for creating native gardens. Would need one for each region of course
Don’t reply before you read the whole thread.
Don’t reply before you read the whole thread.
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No matter how many times we say Fox News isn’t real news, it doesn’t matter—because their viewers believe it is.
Watch: It shows exactly how they’re screwing all of us—you & me—because we’re stuck dealing with people who fall for disinformation. And their own viewers, because they believe the lies.
Watch: It shows exactly how they’re screwing all of us—you & me—because we’re stuck dealing with people who fall for disinformation. And their own viewers, because they believe the lies.
May 11, 2025 at 12:42 AM
No matter how many times we say Fox News isn’t real news, it doesn’t matter—because their viewers believe it is.
Watch: It shows exactly how they’re screwing all of us—you & me—because we’re stuck dealing with people who fall for disinformation. And their own viewers, because they believe the lies.
Watch: It shows exactly how they’re screwing all of us—you & me—because we’re stuck dealing with people who fall for disinformation. And their own viewers, because they believe the lies.
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Donald Trump just ordered the Department of Homeland Security to add 20,000 officers to the country's deportation forces. You can expect more of this—in neighborhoods across America. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
“They’re trying to kidnap someone”
On the scene of a brutal ICE arrest in Worcester, Massachusetts.
www.motherjones.com
May 10, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Donald Trump just ordered the Department of Homeland Security to add 20,000 officers to the country's deportation forces. You can expect more of this—in neighborhoods across America. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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OPINION: Pete Hegseth's book ban at the U.S. Naval Academy takes aim at key texts at the intersection of religion and racial justice.
My book was just banned from the US Naval Academy library
(RNS) — Book bans are an aggressive, systemic form of lying. This one takes aim at key texts at the intersection of religion and racial justice.
religionnews.com
April 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
OPINION: Pete Hegseth's book ban at the U.S. Naval Academy takes aim at key texts at the intersection of religion and racial justice.
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This is why we say we live in a Police State.
“When the range of factors that can get a person arrested stretches from political speech to a paperwork error, we are in territory described by the Russian saying, 'Give us a person and we’ll find the infraction.'"
-M. Gessen
“When the range of factors that can get a person arrested stretches from political speech to a paperwork error, we are in territory described by the Russian saying, 'Give us a person and we’ll find the infraction.'"
-M. Gessen
Opinion | Unmarked Vans. Secret Lists. Public Denunciations. Our Police State Has Arrived.
Those of us who’ve seen secret police in action can’t shake a feeling of dreadful familiarity.
www.nytimes.com
April 9, 2025 at 5:39 PM
This is why we say we live in a Police State.
“When the range of factors that can get a person arrested stretches from political speech to a paperwork error, we are in territory described by the Russian saying, 'Give us a person and we’ll find the infraction.'"
-M. Gessen
“When the range of factors that can get a person arrested stretches from political speech to a paperwork error, we are in territory described by the Russian saying, 'Give us a person and we’ll find the infraction.'"
-M. Gessen