violetflames
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WHF?!
"On Friday, February 7, 2025, at 11:59 pm (EST) all USAID direct hire personnel will be placed on administrative leave globally, with the exception of designated personnel responsible for mission-critical functions, core leadership and specially designated programs."
"On Friday, February 7, 2025, at 11:59 pm (EST) all USAID direct hire personnel will be placed on administrative leave globally, with the exception of designated personnel responsible for mission-critical functions, core leadership and specially designated programs."
U.S. Agency for International Development
www.usaid.gov
February 5, 2025 at 4:08 AM
WHF?!
"On Friday, February 7, 2025, at 11:59 pm (EST) all USAID direct hire personnel will be placed on administrative leave globally, with the exception of designated personnel responsible for mission-critical functions, core leadership and specially designated programs."
"On Friday, February 7, 2025, at 11:59 pm (EST) all USAID direct hire personnel will be placed on administrative leave globally, with the exception of designated personnel responsible for mission-critical functions, core leadership and specially designated programs."
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Heads up! The @aclu.org Immigrant Rights Project has an EXCELLENT online resource available in multiple languages to walk immigrants or advocates through various scenarios of encounters with immigration officials or police. It includes contact #s for local ACLU offices.
www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
Know Your Rights | Immigrants' Rights | ACLU
Regardless of your immigration status, you have guaranteed rights under the Constitution. Learn more here about your rights as an immigrant, and how to express them.
www.aclu.org
January 24, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Heads up! The @aclu.org Immigrant Rights Project has an EXCELLENT online resource available in multiple languages to walk immigrants or advocates through various scenarios of encounters with immigration officials or police. It includes contact #s for local ACLU offices.
www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
That is the tension at the heart of Trump’s whole strategy: Trump is acting like a king because he is too weak to govern like a president. He is trying to substitute perception for reality. He is hoping that perception then becomes reality. That can only happen if we believe him.
February 5, 2025 at 3:45 AM
That is the tension at the heart of Trump’s whole strategy: Trump is acting like a king because he is too weak to govern like a president. He is trying to substitute perception for reality. He is hoping that perception then becomes reality. That can only happen if we believe him.
Thanks to DrZykeTayler on TikTok for sharing this site, where you can see the status of all the legal challenges against the new Administration.
Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions
A public resource tracking the legal challenges to the Trump administration's executive orders and actions.
www.justsecurity.org
February 5, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Thanks to DrZykeTayler on TikTok for sharing this site, where you can see the status of all the legal challenges against the new Administration.
Speaking of information overload, I've been starting to read WTF Just Happened Today. Last week when there were so many things happening so fast, I found that all of the ones I cared about where listed in this digest. I also don't get as overwhelmed by it as algorithm driven socials like TT & FB.
Political News for Normal People.
Your essential guide to the shock and awe in national politics. A sane, once-a-day newsletter helping normal people make sense of the news.
whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com
February 5, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Speaking of information overload, I've been starting to read WTF Just Happened Today. Last week when there were so many things happening so fast, I found that all of the ones I cared about where listed in this digest. I also don't get as overwhelmed by it as algorithm driven socials like TT & FB.
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That's all for today, I'm going to try to keep things short and sweet for now. Information overwhelm is a thing.
Now time for me to start collecting and adding users from my other socials. Welcome!
Now time for me to start collecting and adding users from my other socials. Welcome!
February 4, 2025 at 2:48 AM
That's all for today, I'm going to try to keep things short and sweet for now. Information overwhelm is a thing.
Now time for me to start collecting and adding users from my other socials. Welcome!
Now time for me to start collecting and adding users from my other socials. Welcome!
USAID is one of the first government programs unconstitutionally dismantled by the new administration.
Learn more and take action here: www.usaidstopwork.com
Learn more and take action here: www.usaidstopwork.com
February 4, 2025 at 2:47 AM
USAID is one of the first government programs unconstitutionally dismantled by the new administration.
Learn more and take action here: www.usaidstopwork.com
Learn more and take action here: www.usaidstopwork.com
Today's word is self-coup aka autocoup".
"a form of coup d'état in which a political leader, having come to power through legal means, stays in power through illegal means... The leader may dissolve or render powerless the national legislature & unlawfully assume extraordinary powers"
"a form of coup d'état in which a political leader, having come to power through legal means, stays in power through illegal means... The leader may dissolve or render powerless the national legislature & unlawfully assume extraordinary powers"
February 4, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Today's word is self-coup aka autocoup".
"a form of coup d'état in which a political leader, having come to power through legal means, stays in power through illegal means... The leader may dissolve or render powerless the national legislature & unlawfully assume extraordinary powers"
"a form of coup d'état in which a political leader, having come to power through legal means, stays in power through illegal means... The leader may dissolve or render powerless the national legislature & unlawfully assume extraordinary powers"
Hello there. I started this account to see if I can move away from FB and TikTok.
Now I see, I will be using it for political content for the foreseeable future.
Cheers!
Now I see, I will be using it for political content for the foreseeable future.
Cheers!
February 4, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Hello there. I started this account to see if I can move away from FB and TikTok.
Now I see, I will be using it for political content for the foreseeable future.
Cheers!
Now I see, I will be using it for political content for the foreseeable future.
Cheers!