Tolly Gibbs
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Michele (@democraticwarrior)
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July 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Wild story: the acting Social Security chief was warned that terminating data collection contracts with Maine would increase fraud. But he responded that it didn't matter because it was more important to punish Maine's governor for disagreeing with Trump. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
April 2, 2025 at 5:08 PM
🚨 CBS News has received an internal NSA bulletin from Feb 2025 warning staff NOT to use Signal app for sensitive info, citing vulnerabilities to Russian hackers. These docs were sent pre-Houthi chat scandal with Jeffrey Goldberg.
NSA warned of vulnerabilities in Signal app a month before Houthi strike chat
The National Security Agency sent a bulletin in February warning of Russian hackers trying to access encrypted conversations on Signal.
www.cbsnews.com
March 26, 2025 at 12:42 AM
COMING ATTRACTIONS: At 1:30 ET, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals will hear argument on whether to stay Judge Boasberg’s temporary restraining order barring removals of alleged members of Tren de Aragua under the Alien Enemies Act.
@rparloff.bsky.social explains: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
@rparloff.bsky.social explains: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
The Upcoming Court of Appeals Argument in the Alien Enemies Act Case
The discussion will revolve around jurisdiction, not contempt.
www.lawfaremedia.org
March 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
U.K. tourist Becky Burke finally returned home to Wales on Tuesday after spending 19 days in a U.S. ICE detention facility. Her parents relayed their daughter’s description of her release from ICE, saying how she was taken in “leg chains, waist chains and handcuffs,” which left her “traumatized.”
U.K. Tourist Returns Home in Chains Like ‘Hannibal Lecter’
Becky Burke was released in chains and handcuffs after spending 19 days in an ICE detention facility
www.thedailybeast.com
March 21, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Elon Musk, the world's richest man and a top adviser to US President Donald Trump, was issued a summons in connection with the Securities and Exchange Commission's lawsuit against him, a court filing showed reut.rs/4hnCjfT
Elon Musk issued summons in SEC case over Twitter stake disclosure
Elon Musk, the world's richest man and a top adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump, was issued a summons in connection with the Securities and Exchange Commission's lawsuit against him, a court filing on Thursday showed.
reut.rs
March 21, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Sen Amy Klobuchar, MN:
People need to understand what this budget the Republicans have proposed for the long term would mean in their everyday lives.
So what are they using the defunded Medicaid money for?
They're using it to give tax cuts to a bunch of billionaires.
#SaveMedicaid
People need to understand what this budget the Republicans have proposed for the long term would mean in their everyday lives.
So what are they using the defunded Medicaid money for?
They're using it to give tax cuts to a bunch of billionaires.
#SaveMedicaid
March 19, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I am enjoying Blue Sky more and more every day! I still have to go to Facebook. I hate it. But it has a purpose. But coming to Blue Sky and reading here, I feel heard and seen. And magnified!
March 18, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I am enjoying Blue Sky more and more every day! I still have to go to Facebook. I hate it. But it has a purpose. But coming to Blue Sky and reading here, I feel heard and seen. And magnified!
Trump’s administration just makes shit up as it goes along, just like he does.
NEW: ICE tells Judge Boasberg that it understood Trump's Tren de Aragua proclamation to take effect only once it was posted to the White House website, at ~3:53 p.m. on March 15, despite being signed the previous day. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
March 18, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Reposted by Tolly Gibbs
Every person on Bluesky should know:
* Every post on Bluesky is PUBLIC forever
* Every post on Bluesky is archived by ICE, NSA, and many other agencies
* Even if you delete a post, it’s already been captured
* Judges don’t care if you were “kidding” or being ironic
www.404media.co/the-200-site...
* Every post on Bluesky is PUBLIC forever
* Every post on Bluesky is archived by ICE, NSA, and many other agencies
* Even if you delete a post, it’s already been captured
* Judges don’t care if you were “kidding” or being ironic
www.404media.co/the-200-site...
March 16, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Every person on Bluesky should know:
* Every post on Bluesky is PUBLIC forever
* Every post on Bluesky is archived by ICE, NSA, and many other agencies
* Even if you delete a post, it’s already been captured
* Judges don’t care if you were “kidding” or being ironic
www.404media.co/the-200-site...
* Every post on Bluesky is PUBLIC forever
* Every post on Bluesky is archived by ICE, NSA, and many other agencies
* Even if you delete a post, it’s already been captured
* Judges don’t care if you were “kidding” or being ironic
www.404media.co/the-200-site...
March 12, 2025 at 9:55 AM
The Go-Go’s debut studio album “Beauty And The Beat” hits #1 — 43 years ago today
“I do remember, in the very early punk days,” said Belinda Carlisle, “going to [Jane Wiedlin’s] apartment and she was writing songs with masking tape on the frets of her guitar. ‘Our Lips Are Sealed’ was one of them
“I do remember, in the very early punk days,” said Belinda Carlisle, “going to [Jane Wiedlin’s] apartment and she was writing songs with masking tape on the frets of her guitar. ‘Our Lips Are Sealed’ was one of them
March 7, 2025 at 3:15 AM
SCOOP: In 2020 and 2021, Jay Bhattacharya, Trump's pick to head NIH, advised a South African group that claimed there was no Covid pandemic and pushed a conspiracy theory about efforts to combat Covid.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Trump's NIH pick collaborated with a South African group that claimed there was no Covid pandemic
Jay Bhattacharya helped legitimize a skeptic who pushed a conspiracy theory about the disease.
www.motherjones.com
March 7, 2025 at 3:13 AM
NEW: The National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods is (or was) an advisory committee housed within the USDA which provides outside expert advice to advance food safety across the US and across different levels of govt. It was ordered disbanded this afternoon.
March 7, 2025 at 3:00 AM
BREAKING: The IRS is drafting plans to cut as much as half of its 90,000-person workforce, AP sources say.
The IRS is drafting plans to cut as much as half of its 90,000-person workforce, AP sources say
The IRS is drafting plans to try to cut its workforce of roughly 90,000 people in half through a mix of layoffs, attrition and incentivized buyouts, according to two people familiar with the situation...
apnews.com
March 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Trudeau: "Every country is very aware that if the American government is willing to do this to their own closest ally, neighbor, and friend, everyone is vulnerable to a trade war."
March 5, 2025 at 2:43 AM
BREAKING: Novel Alphacoronavirus Jumps from Rats to Human in South Korea Infant Infected.
March 1, 2025 at 3:52 AM