@thisguyjeff.bsky.social
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This isn't some fictional zombie apocalypse series you can watch, turn off, and walk away from into the radiant light of day.
This is a coordinated group of actual human beings living among you, with dangerous agendas they will not abandon unless opposed.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/its-time-t...
This is a coordinated group of actual human beings living among you, with dangerous agendas they will not abandon unless opposed.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/its-time-t...
It's Time to Pick a Hill Worth Dying On
If your eyes are clear and open right now you can see it, can’t you?
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
March 7, 2025 at 11:51 PM
This isn't some fictional zombie apocalypse series you can watch, turn off, and walk away from into the radiant light of day.
This is a coordinated group of actual human beings living among you, with dangerous agendas they will not abandon unless opposed.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/its-time-t...
This is a coordinated group of actual human beings living among you, with dangerous agendas they will not abandon unless opposed.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/its-time-t...
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they have no idea they're playing with fire here
March 7, 2025 at 6:49 PM
they have no idea they're playing with fire here
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Canadian PM Justin Trudeau:
"Today, the United States launched a trade war against Canada - their closest partner and ally, their closest friend. At the same time, they're talking about working positively with Russia, appeasing Vladimir Putin - a lying murderous dictator. Make that makes sense."
"Today, the United States launched a trade war against Canada - their closest partner and ally, their closest friend. At the same time, they're talking about working positively with Russia, appeasing Vladimir Putin - a lying murderous dictator. Make that makes sense."
March 4, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Canadian PM Justin Trudeau:
"Today, the United States launched a trade war against Canada - their closest partner and ally, their closest friend. At the same time, they're talking about working positively with Russia, appeasing Vladimir Putin - a lying murderous dictator. Make that makes sense."
"Today, the United States launched a trade war against Canada - their closest partner and ally, their closest friend. At the same time, they're talking about working positively with Russia, appeasing Vladimir Putin - a lying murderous dictator. Make that makes sense."
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Trudeau: I want to speak first directly to the American people… your government has chosen to do this to you. Your government has chosen to put American jobs at risk. They have chosen to raise costs for American consumers on everyday essential items…
March 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Trudeau: I want to speak first directly to the American people… your government has chosen to do this to you. Your government has chosen to put American jobs at risk. They have chosen to raise costs for American consumers on everyday essential items…
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Every American I’ve heard from is embarrassed, including a lot of veterans, by this draft-dodging commander in chief who wants to sell us out to Putin and be Putin’s puppet.
March 1, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Every American I’ve heard from is embarrassed, including a lot of veterans, by this draft-dodging commander in chief who wants to sell us out to Putin and be Putin’s puppet.
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Pritzker: "We're talking about the death of a constitutional republic. That's what happened in Germany in 1933, 1934. And we're seeing today that we've got an administration in Washington that's ignoring court orders."
February 25, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Pritzker: "We're talking about the death of a constitutional republic. That's what happened in Germany in 1933, 1934. And we're seeing today that we've got an administration in Washington that's ignoring court orders."
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New — HHS just got another email with guidance stating that they aren’t required to respond to the 5 bullets email, but if they do they should follow specific guidelines including:
“Assume that what you write will be read by malign foreign actors and tailor your response accordingly.”
“Assume that what you write will be read by malign foreign actors and tailor your response accordingly.”
February 24, 2025 at 10:16 PM
New — HHS just got another email with guidance stating that they aren’t required to respond to the 5 bullets email, but if they do they should follow specific guidelines including:
“Assume that what you write will be read by malign foreign actors and tailor your response accordingly.”
“Assume that what you write will be read by malign foreign actors and tailor your response accordingly.”
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There are a few places in this country that serve as testing grounds for conservative tactics, places where you can see the future before it arrives elsewhere. Coeur D'Alene, Idaho is one of those places -- I've written about it before
This video should scare the absolute shit out of everyone
This video should scare the absolute shit out of everyone
There's going to be news about a woman illegally detained and being forcely removed from a Coeur d'Alene Idaho Town Hall meeting taking place at the high school by men that would not identify themselves wearing plain clothes because she opposed the republican viewpoints.
youtube.com/shorts/hhJdH...
youtube.com/shorts/hhJdH...
KCRCC Town Hall in Coeur d'Alene Idaho woman illegally detained
YouTube video by Devin Prewett
youtube.com
February 23, 2025 at 3:39 AM
There are a few places in this country that serve as testing grounds for conservative tactics, places where you can see the future before it arrives elsewhere. Coeur D'Alene, Idaho is one of those places -- I've written about it before
This video should scare the absolute shit out of everyone
This video should scare the absolute shit out of everyone
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Please!! Help us get the word out!!! Very little media coverage weekday or weekend! We have some reporters come by but this is our second protest in a week! #IndivisibleRI rally was today at RI State House!
@hcrichardson.bsky.social @altnps.bsky.social @marisakabas.bsky.social
@hcrichardson.bsky.social @altnps.bsky.social @marisakabas.bsky.social
When you watch local TV news tonight, you might not learn that this happening at the RI State House right now.
February 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Please!! Help us get the word out!!! Very little media coverage weekday or weekend! We have some reporters come by but this is our second protest in a week! #IndivisibleRI rally was today at RI State House!
@hcrichardson.bsky.social @altnps.bsky.social @marisakabas.bsky.social
@hcrichardson.bsky.social @altnps.bsky.social @marisakabas.bsky.social
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I criticize @moulton.house.gov a lot but I also will always have his back when he stands up firmly to Trump & Musk.
Thank you, @sethmoulton.bsky.social for your unequivocal condemnation of last night’s firings in military leadership.
Now, what are you going to do about this?
#MaPoli #MA6
Thank you, @sethmoulton.bsky.social for your unequivocal condemnation of last night’s firings in military leadership.
Now, what are you going to do about this?
#MaPoli #MA6
February 22, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I criticize @moulton.house.gov a lot but I also will always have his back when he stands up firmly to Trump & Musk.
Thank you, @sethmoulton.bsky.social for your unequivocal condemnation of last night’s firings in military leadership.
Now, what are you going to do about this?
#MaPoli #MA6
Thank you, @sethmoulton.bsky.social for your unequivocal condemnation of last night’s firings in military leadership.
Now, what are you going to do about this?
#MaPoli #MA6
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I hope our members of Congress show half the courage those brave military families showed yesterday when they protested and booed Hegseth.
I hope you are taking note, @moulton.house.gov.
I hope you are taking note, @moulton.house.gov.
📌I was the managing editor at Stars and Stripes and can tell you that Pete Hegseth is the first SecDef I am aware of to be openly booed by military families on a military base.
📌This is the most significant pushback I have seen to this administration's racist, hostile initiatives.
📌This is the most significant pushback I have seen to this administration's racist, hostile initiatives.
Hegseth’s rough start: Pentagon chief faces protest at U.S. base abroad
The question isn’t why the defense secretary faced pushback at U.S. European Command headquarters; the question is whether he’ll see more protests soon.
www.msnbc.com
February 13, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I hope our members of Congress show half the courage those brave military families showed yesterday when they protested and booed Hegseth.
I hope you are taking note, @moulton.house.gov.
I hope you are taking note, @moulton.house.gov.
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#GeorgiaProtests, Tbilisi. 🇬🇪
Day 72 of continuous protest.
1000s on the streets of the Georgia capital again last night.
The protestors chatting: "We don't want oligarchy, we demand democracy.”
A message for the whole Western world.
(🎥 Mariam Nikuradze, OC Media)
Day 72 of continuous protest.
1000s on the streets of the Georgia capital again last night.
The protestors chatting: "We don't want oligarchy, we demand democracy.”
A message for the whole Western world.
(🎥 Mariam Nikuradze, OC Media)
February 8, 2025 at 1:05 PM
#GeorgiaProtests, Tbilisi. 🇬🇪
Day 72 of continuous protest.
1000s on the streets of the Georgia capital again last night.
The protestors chatting: "We don't want oligarchy, we demand democracy.”
A message for the whole Western world.
(🎥 Mariam Nikuradze, OC Media)
Day 72 of continuous protest.
1000s on the streets of the Georgia capital again last night.
The protestors chatting: "We don't want oligarchy, we demand democracy.”
A message for the whole Western world.
(🎥 Mariam Nikuradze, OC Media)
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New: We spoke to government IT employees/contractors about DOGE. Their warnings were dire. The people who maintain the systems that keep the country working are terrified. "This is the largest data breach and the largest IT security breach in our country’s history—at least that’s publicly known."
The Government’s Computing Experts Say They Are Terrified
Four IT professionals lay out just how destructive Elon Musk’s incursion into the U.S. government could be.
www.theatlantic.com
February 7, 2025 at 2:14 PM
New: We spoke to government IT employees/contractors about DOGE. Their warnings were dire. The people who maintain the systems that keep the country working are terrified. "This is the largest data breach and the largest IT security breach in our country’s history—at least that’s publicly known."
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⚠️ Effective Monday 2/10/25, NIH indirect rate capped at 15%. Applies to existing & future grants.
—> Deep budget cuts & program closures coming to a university near you.
Is this the break the glass moment for university administrators who have been silent so far about the attack on science?
—> Deep budget cuts & program closures coming to a university near you.
Is this the break the glass moment for university administrators who have been silent so far about the attack on science?
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
grants.nih.gov
February 7, 2025 at 11:33 PM
⚠️ Effective Monday 2/10/25, NIH indirect rate capped at 15%. Applies to existing & future grants.
—> Deep budget cuts & program closures coming to a university near you.
Is this the break the glass moment for university administrators who have been silent so far about the attack on science?
—> Deep budget cuts & program closures coming to a university near you.
Is this the break the glass moment for university administrators who have been silent so far about the attack on science?
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NEW: An internal email obtained by WIRED from a threat intelligence team monitoring US Treasury systems advised labeling DOGE operatives an "insider threat," adding that it recommended suspending their access "immediately."
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February 7, 2025 at 7:57 PM
NEW: An internal email obtained by WIRED from a threat intelligence team monitoring US Treasury systems advised labeling DOGE operatives an "insider threat," adding that it recommended suspending their access "immediately."
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FEDERAL WORKER AT A VIRGINIA TOWN HALL: “And to top it all off one of Musk’s top lieutenants and his wife and young child have shacked up on the 6th floor.” 🤔
Full: www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2r7Y3V7/
Full: www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2r7Y3V7/
February 5, 2025 at 11:13 PM
FEDERAL WORKER AT A VIRGINIA TOWN HALL: “And to top it all off one of Musk’s top lieutenants and his wife and young child have shacked up on the 6th floor.” 🤔
Full: www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2r7Y3V7/
Full: www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2r7Y3V7/
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“…you must be aware that it is not a
crime for anyone — whether WIRED journalists, X posters, or otherwise — to identify individuals openly conducting government work that is of the utmost public concern.”
crime for anyone — whether WIRED journalists, X posters, or otherwise — to identify individuals openly conducting government work that is of the utmost public concern.”
![February 4, 2025
Edward R. Martin, Jr.
U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia
Patrick Henry Building
601 D Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20530
Transmitted via email
Re: Threats to prosecute critics of DOGE
Dear Interim U.S. Attorney for D.C. Edward R. Martin, Jr.:
We write to raise serious concerns about your recent public statements threatening to prosecute those who
"target" or "impede" Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) within the Executive Office of the President. We request that you publicly commit to abide by the First Amendment, which your office is sworn to uphold and Musk himself claims to champion, in any DOGE-related investigations or prosecutions you may pursue.
On Monday, you tweeted a letter to Musk asking him to use the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia to protect DOGE staff and their work and directing him to refer "any questionable conduct or details that [Musk] find[s] or notice[s]" to your office.' In the letter, you assert that "actions in any way that impact [DOGE's] work may break numerous laws," and that you commit to the pursuit of
"all legal action against anyone who impedes [Musk's) work or threatens [Musk's] people." You also state that you will "protect DOGE and other workers no matter what," citing past protests in Washington, D.C., which you refer to as riots.
As you know, DOGE, or the United States DOGE Service as it is formally known, is a government entity established within the Executive Office of the President; by executive order, DOGE is supposed to access only "unclassified agency records." The day before your letter, WIRED reported about and named six young engineers working for DOGE — Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran. The experience and qualifications of public employees is of significant public interest.
Following this news report, a user on X — the social media platform owned by Mr. Musk — made a post also naming th…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:o4pdps2jkn7uhrdgadni7djk/bafkreibo4srxmqoq44eo4bp5wyc26moq2mvevrpvyul5eibwjeh6l6acia@jpeg)
![X has since suspended the account of the user who posted the names.
As an experienced attorney holding such an important public position, you must be aware that it is not a crime for anyone — whether WIRED journalists, X posters, or otherwise — to identify individuals openly conducting government work that is of the utmost public concern. The Supreme Court has repeatedly held that the First Amendment protects the right to publish newsworthy information that the publisher lawfully obtains, including names far more sensitive than those of government personnel.' Musk himself has publicly touted DOGE's engineers while citing "media reports" regarding them.
Nor is it a crime to harshly criticize government employees and officials, even if transparency and criticism "impede" their work? Moreover, while certain true threats are unprotected and may be criminally punished, they are limited to serious expression[s]' conveying that a speaker means to
'commit an act of unlawful violence."$ Hyperbolic speech, even using threatening language, is entitled to full First Amendment protection.'
You must also surely be aware that the First Amendment protects Americans' right to peaceably assemble, especially to protest government actions.' The First Amendment severely constrains the government's ability to limit protests in public forums, such as the public streets of Washington, D.C." The government also cannot ban or restrict future protests based on unlawful conduct alleged to have occurred at past protests. 2
Threatening to prosecute First Amendment speech and activity is not only at odds with the U.S.
Constitution, it is also entirely inconsistent with Musk's own stated principles and the right of the American people to know what the government is up to. Musk describes himself as a free speech absolutist and has proposed a massive declassification of government records, opining that all government records should be public by default. '3 Just three months ago, Musk publicly posted…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:o4pdps2jkn7uhrdgadni7djk/bafkreigtzd6v5yrwc6ikbo6jmt77r4yc5oikqeop4g3a6qswpxbhjtzxuq@jpeg)
![government employees with whom he disagrees on X.' If it is Musk's intention for the U.S. Attorney's Office to censor the press and public from identifying and discussing those conducting DOGE's work on his behalf, that would be incredibly hypocritical.
It is also vital that the U.S. Attorney's Office maintain the highest ethical standards and avoid even the appearance of impropriety. Rule 3.1 of the Rules of Professional Conduct for the Washington, D.C. Bar, of which you are a member, states: "A lawyer shall not bring or defend a proceeding, or assert or controvert an issue therein, unless there is a basis in law and fact for doing so that is not frivolous."Is Under Rule 3.8, prosecutors are additionally prohibited from filing in court or maintaining a charge "that the prosecutor knows is not supported by probable cause."l6 The same rule provides that "[i]n exercising discretion to investigate or to prosecute," prosecutors shall not "improperly favor or invidiously discriminate against any person."17
Threatening to file frivolous charges against Americans and vaguely insinuating that wide swaths of constitutionally-protected speech and activity could invite criminal investigations and prosecutions may already violate these and other rules of professional conduct. Actually doing so almost certainly would.
Additionally, publicly offering the Office of the U.S. Attorney's services to Musk in the context of his asserting that protected expression is a criminal act is unbecoming of your public office and your duties as a public servant. Your oath is to the U.S. Constitution - including the First Amendment - not to President Donald Trump, Musk, or DOGE's desire to operate in secrecy and without criticism.
We request that you immediately (a) identify the specific "targeting" of DOGE staff your letter to Musk was referring to and what specific laws you contend it violated, (b) publicly commit to not investigate or prosecute journalists or others for reporting on or publish…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:o4pdps2jkn7uhrdgadni7djk/bafkreihjaig2236xfdb6rhe5u5644xzvjc5p2lva7fkj6rc3z3sthfswbi@jpeg)
February 6, 2025 at 3:42 AM
“…you must be aware that it is not a
crime for anyone — whether WIRED journalists, X posters, or otherwise — to identify individuals openly conducting government work that is of the utmost public concern.”
crime for anyone — whether WIRED journalists, X posters, or otherwise — to identify individuals openly conducting government work that is of the utmost public concern.”
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Democrat Senators wrote a letter to WH Chief of Staff Susie Wiles:
“We want answers from Elon Musk and DOGE. There is real concern they’ve put national security at risk by accessing classified materials without the proper clearance or knowledge to protect against their misuse.”
-Senator Mark Kelly
“We want answers from Elon Musk and DOGE. There is real concern they’ve put national security at risk by accessing classified materials without the proper clearance or knowledge to protect against their misuse.”
-Senator Mark Kelly
February 5, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Democrat Senators wrote a letter to WH Chief of Staff Susie Wiles:
“We want answers from Elon Musk and DOGE. There is real concern they’ve put national security at risk by accessing classified materials without the proper clearance or knowledge to protect against their misuse.”
-Senator Mark Kelly
“We want answers from Elon Musk and DOGE. There is real concern they’ve put national security at risk by accessing classified materials without the proper clearance or knowledge to protect against their misuse.”
-Senator Mark Kelly
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OPINION | Snap out of it America. All the warning lights are flashing, writes @djrothkopf.bsky.social.
Yes, It’s a Coup and Yes, It’s Targeting You
January 6 was nothing compared to the current mob of thugs intent on tearing apart our country’s very system of government.
www.thedailybeast.com
February 4, 2025 at 4:33 PM
OPINION | Snap out of it America. All the warning lights are flashing, writes @djrothkopf.bsky.social.
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NEW — DOJ fired the Special Counsel prosecutors last week hours after Trump ordered it from the White House @theguardian.com exclusive www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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 4, 2025 at 2:24 PM
NEW — DOJ fired the Special Counsel prosecutors last week hours after Trump ordered it from the White House @theguardian.com exclusive www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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FBI is pushing back on Trump's purge of investigators who worked on January 6th cases. #January6th #FBI #TrumpPurge
www.cnn.com/2025/02/02/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/02/02/p...
‘Time for me to dig in’: Justice Department puts pressure on FBI agents who worked on January 6 cases | CNN Politics
The fate of thousands of FBI officials remains in the balance as the Justice Department is demanding they fill out a questionnaire about any involvement in investigating the January 6, 2021, US Capito...
www.cnn.com
February 3, 2025 at 9:32 PM
FBI is pushing back on Trump's purge of investigators who worked on January 6th cases. #January6th #FBI #TrumpPurge
www.cnn.com/2025/02/02/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/02/02/p...
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Collins: Is there a tangible concession in your view?
Davidson: Yeah, absolutely. It’s a commitment from Trudeau to help with fentanyl
Collins: He announced that plan six weeks ago.
Davidson: Well, at least he's reiterated it
Davidson: Yeah, absolutely. It’s a commitment from Trudeau to help with fentanyl
Collins: He announced that plan six weeks ago.
Davidson: Well, at least he's reiterated it
February 4, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Collins: Is there a tangible concession in your view?
Davidson: Yeah, absolutely. It’s a commitment from Trudeau to help with fentanyl
Collins: He announced that plan six weeks ago.
Davidson: Well, at least he's reiterated it
Davidson: Yeah, absolutely. It’s a commitment from Trudeau to help with fentanyl
Collins: He announced that plan six weeks ago.
Davidson: Well, at least he's reiterated it
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I said this yesterday, I’ll say it again more firmly: this 50 states protest is either being organized by people who have no concept of safety or it is a honeypot. You’re the one who has to decide, but I would absolutely not bring children and I would absolutely think twice about going myself.
February 4, 2025 at 3:06 AM
I said this yesterday, I’ll say it again more firmly: this 50 states protest is either being organized by people who have no concept of safety or it is a honeypot. You’re the one who has to decide, but I would absolutely not bring children and I would absolutely think twice about going myself.