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"Shutting off their devices whether done intentionally or not marked an alarming new step, 2 people said.The US attorneys are responsible for the fedl response to threats, including coordinating with state & local law enforcement & signing off on court filings." news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and...
Remaining Biden US Attorneys Said to Have Devices Deactivated
As many as 22 remaining Biden-appointed US attorneys had their government-issued devices deactivated Friday without being told they’ve been fired or provided an explanation, said three people familiar...
news.bloomberglaw.com
February 16, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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WASH POST: “Musk’s DOGE is seeking access to a heavily-guarded IRS system that includes detailed financial info about every taxpayer, business and nonprofit in 🇺🇸 — sparking alarm within the tax agency.”

Alarmed yet?
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
February 17, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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These absolute morons are going to destroy the United States.

If you’re in favor of the US leaving NATO, you either don’t want the US to succeed, or you don’t know wtf NATO does.

Worth noting that Mike Lee voted to expand NATO in 2022.
February 17, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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JUST IN: A federal judge in Washington state, who blocked Trump's executive order re: transgender health care, says it is unconstitutional in multiple ways, including usurping Congress' power of the purse storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 17, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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Have you heard about the SAVE Act? It's the newest effort at voter suppression by the House GOP & it's important for all of us. If you're a married woman or someone who doesn't have their birth certificate/passport handy, you're especially going to want to see this. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
February 17, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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Area free speech absolutist says journalists he doesnt like should face a “long prison sentence”
February 17, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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UPDATE: We’re t-minus 30 minutes to midnight and the DOGE team has yet to bring the receipts.
February 17, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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Musk and his army of dipshits on Twitter keep pointing to Bill Clinton’s federal worker reduction in the 1990s to defend Trump. The difference? Congress passed a law that Clinton signed, he didn’t just get the nearest billionaire to illegally start dismantling the government based on his whims.
February 17, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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Absolutely worth your time to read this
February 1, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Excellent @hcrichardson.bsky.social explainer on inspectors general. Why would a corrupt wannabe king want them out of the way? And why would his party of and for the rich support his brazen corruption? heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-25...
January 25, 2025
We have all earned a break for this week, but as some of you have heard me say, I write these letters with an eye to what a graduate student will need to know in 150 years.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
January 26, 2025 at 12:51 PM