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What a strong democracy we're having
So you can just say you work at DOGE and pillage anything from our documents you want. The law truly doesn't exist anymore! Cool!
3 men claiming to be from DOGE show up at San Francisco City Hall, demand records
San Francisco city officials are investigating after three men who claimed to be from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) showed up at City Hall on Friday demanding records from offices bef...
www.cbsnews.com
February 15, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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It's getting tiring to keep saying this, but for posterity's sake I will: any previous administration would have been instantly sunk by this. Before January 20, 2017, this would have been the most stunning corruption scandal in the history of the American justice system. Now, it's...a Thursday.
Wow. The NYT reports that Acting Deputy AG Emil Bove coached Mayor Eric Adams' attorneys on what to argue in order to get the charges dismissed (namely, that the charges were interfering with the mayor's ability to cooperate with Trump's immigration crackdown): www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/n...
February 14, 2025 at 2:00 AM
It's getting tiring to keep saying this, but for posterity's sake I will: any previous administration would have been instantly sunk by this. Before January 20, 2017, this would have been the most stunning corruption scandal in the history of the American justice system. Now, it's...a Thursday.
What a strong democracy we're having
FEMA yanks back $80 million that New York City meant to cover hotel costs for migrants
Officials say the Federal Emergency Management Agency has yanked back more than $80 million from New York City.
apnews.com
February 13, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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What a strong democracy we're having
Trump to Curb Enforcement of Antibribery Law
The president plans to sign an executive order that says the use of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act has hurt American competitiveness.
www.wsj.com
February 11, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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I love how the Republicans spent years telling us we can't unskew the Supreme Court because that would break down our institutions, and now that they're in power they're just ignoring the entire judiciary
MAGA is musing about simply dissolving all federal courts that get in their way.
February 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I love how the Republicans spent years telling us we can't unskew the Supreme Court because that would break down our institutions, and now that they're in power they're just ignoring the entire judiciary
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NEW: The Trump administration is not backing down in its effort to slash spending and reshape the federal government, despite multiple court orders explicitly restraining the president’s sweeping actions.
By Jake Pearson and @anjeanette-damon.bsky.social
By Jake Pearson and @anjeanette-damon.bsky.social
The Courts Blocked Trump’s Federal Funding Freeze. Agencies Are Withholding Money Anyway.
Agencies continue to suspend funding, despite multiple court orders blocking the federal freeze. Experts say the Trump administration’s actions set the stage for challenges to Congress’ authority —…
propub.li
February 10, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Federal Financial Watchdog Ordered to Cease Activity (Gift Article)
In an email to staff of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the agency’s acting director ordered workers to cease “all supervision and examination activity.”
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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Disturbing ties between Kash Patel and SHEIN — a PRC company implicated in forced labor in Xinjiang. He has millions in shares and won’t divest.
Especially concerning amid reports that DOJ/FBI is going to reduce focus on PRC influence efforts in the US.
Full detail below from Roger Sollenberger:
Especially concerning amid reports that DOJ/FBI is going to reduce focus on PRC influence efforts in the US.
Full detail below from Roger Sollenberger:
February 7, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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What a strong democracy we're having
White House Says Musk Will Police His Own Conflicts of Interest
The White House said Elon Musk, the billionaire leading President Donald Trump’s government cost-cutting efforts, will determine if there are conflicts of interest between his work reviewing federal...
www.bloomberg.com
February 6, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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wapo.st
February 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Trump on American citizens: "If we could these animals out of our country and put them in a different country under the supervision of somebody that made a relatively small fee to maintain these people ... we don't want these people in our country."
February 5, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Trump personally ordered firings of special counsel prosecutors
Exclusive: move to purge those who worked for Jack Smith came from Trump, sources say, in show of unchecked power
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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Elon Musk’s Blitz Shakes U.S. Government as He Sweeps Through Agencies (Gift Article)
The billionaire is creating major upheaval as his team sweeps through agencies, in what has been an extraordinary flexing of power by a private individual.
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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BRENNAN: I'm sorry, can I follow up on what you just said. You want to authorize "purging" of State Department personnel?
REP. BRIAN MAST: DEI has been a priority over, let's say, diplomacy
REP. BRIAN MAST: DEI has been a priority over, let's say, diplomacy
February 4, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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An entire US agency was abolished this weekend without congressional authorization.
The main office of the US Agency for International Development in Washington was unexpectedly closed Monday and workers were emailed shortly after midnight that they should not come in, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.
USAID workers at Washington HQ told to stay home on Monday in unexpected, early-morning email | CNN Politics
The main office of the US Agency for International Development in Washington was unexpectedly closed Monday and workers were emailed shortly after midnight that they should not come in, according to m...
www.cnn.com
February 3, 2025 at 12:38 PM
An entire US agency was abolished this weekend without congressional authorization.
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Members of Congress say they were just denied entry to USAID headquarters on orders of Elon Musk and DOGE and were told to contact the State Department for any further information.
February 3, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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This piece contains a sentence you rarely see in most coverage of Trump/Musk's purported firings of career civil servants:
"None of the due process provisions that protect federal civil service employees appear to have been followed here."
"None of the due process provisions that protect federal civil service employees appear to have been followed here."
NEW: The Trump administration is going after Department of Education employees for attending diversity training sessions that were held during his first term talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-i...
Trump II Punishes Fed Workers For Attending Trump I Diversity Training
In an ironic twist, the Trump administration appears to be punishing Department...
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 3, 2025 at 11:16 PM
This piece contains a sentence you rarely see in most coverage of Trump/Musk's purported firings of career civil servants:
"None of the due process provisions that protect federal civil service employees appear to have been followed here."
"None of the due process provisions that protect federal civil service employees appear to have been followed here."
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So Mexico is sending extra troops to the border, as it regularly has in the past, and Trump agreed to shoulder a heavier burden in stopping the flow of American semi-automatic weapons into Mexico. How exactly did Mexico fold to Trump here?
https://newrepublic.com/post/191067/trump-victory-lap-mexi…
https://newrepublic.com/post/191067/trump-victory-lap-mexi…
Trump’s Victory Lap on Mexico Tariffs Is a Giant Farce
Donald Trump is trying to claim he achieved a major victory with his threats to impose tariffs on Mexico. There’s just one glaring problem.
buff.ly
February 3, 2025 at 10:35 PM
So Mexico is sending extra troops to the border, as it regularly has in the past, and Trump agreed to shoulder a heavier burden in stopping the flow of American semi-automatic weapons into Mexico. How exactly did Mexico fold to Trump here?
https://newrepublic.com/post/191067/trump-victory-lap-mexi…
https://newrepublic.com/post/191067/trump-victory-lap-mexi…
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funny you should mention this, because Elon Musk is on Twitter retweeting posts claiming that he WAS elected
February 3, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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What a strong democracy we're having
Prosecuting people who “target” DOGE? What sort of crackhead behavior is this and how is this attorney still holding a law license
February 3, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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What a strong democracy we're having
February 3, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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What a strong democracy we're having
Kyrsten Sinema’s next gig: Working for crypto
The former senator is joining an advisory council to one of the largest crypto exchanges, alongside a senior adviser to Trump.
www.politico.com
February 3, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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The richest man in the world has taken over the US government and his first order of business is taking revenge for the fall of apartheid in South Africa www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump says he is cutting off funding to South Africa over land ‘confiscations’
Government of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is ‘treating certain classes of people very badly’, Trump claims as he demands ‘full investigation’ of situation
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2025 at 6:01 AM
The richest man in the world has taken over the US government and his first order of business is taking revenge for the fall of apartheid in South Africa www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Opinion | Does Trump’s Cabinet Look Like a Meritocracy to You?
Affirmative action for the MAGA movement isn’t an upgrade over D.E.I.
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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Donald Trump to tap health industry executive for top White House budget job
Appointment would deal a blow to Robert Kennedy’s hopes of overhauling the sector
on.ft.com
February 2, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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