A federal judge signaled that he will require Elon Musk’s team to begin preserving any documents that could potentially be subject to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. This move is part of an effort to overturn a
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These are OUR National Parks folks! None of these hard worker park service folks should lose their jobs! The National Park Service receives 3.3 billion in funding and brings in 55 billion! That’s a profit! And what a great service they provide! Man I wish Teddy Roosevelt was here. He’d punch Trump.
I hope this is for more than DOGE - for the National Archives, the military, and other agencies too. Stupid Trump’s stupid minions seem to be purging documents that don’t accord with their ideas of what history should look like. I feel the burning of the library of Alexandria.
Trump administration executive order that blocked individuals from submitting FOIA requests related to DOGE. We have hundreds of outstanding requests, we are eagerly anticipating this ruling.
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A people's revolution.The only way to defeat fascism is by fighting back by any means necessary. It's times like these our capitalist imperialist fascist state shows us all exactly who they are. Both political parties are there to opress us & keep this empire alive.
It isn't, unfortunately. The same billionaire cabal of oligarchs currently running amok spent in excess of sixty billion dollars on this election cycle, mostly on voter suppression
The more I learn about Russia's interference, and Elon's as well, the more I'm beginning to feel like it's not true that a third of us just didn't show up at one of the most polarizing elections.
Heads up! DOGE emails if you wish to subscribe them to any magazines, send them your shopping list, articles in Elon’s businesses failing, Trump’s criminal acts, your thoughts on their performance, movie scripts etc…
@altnps.bsky.social can y'all categorize your posts, or at least the call to action/protest posts? I've missed a couple due to the sheer amount of information and work y'all are putting in. Thank you for considering ✊🏻
Most of the internal staff of agencies are still anti-DOGE, and they're the ones with the incentive to comply as quickly as possible to get documentation of all of this legally out before it's blocked or destroyed. That's my initial thinking.
Trump referred to those “Second Amendment people”. I think SCOTUS will soon become very interested in the “well ordered militia” phrase as the basis for restricting gun ownership
Now who’s gonna take your guns away? How ironic it would be if the same people who stormed the capitol last time ended up being the ones who felt betrayed enough to do it for the right reasons again. Wishful thinking I know, but good luck to anyone trying to curb gun ownership in this country.
I am very much looking forward to him starting to restrict gun ownership. I know a bunch of fellows that will go berserk. And these are not your usual "libtards".
So, if an agency or person refuses to comply with a FOIA request they open themselves and their agency to lawsuits, which can result in very heavy penalties and fines for each failure to comply. From what I'l looking at, those lawsuits would fall under the civil court
If I'm right this would be very interesting because that means it woukd not fall under the justice department, which handles criminal matters and which Trump control. Civil courts are usually local courts, so you would have state judges not federal judges reviewing the cases.
You all keep plugging away!
Thank you for your information and fighting spirit! It very well may be on our park rangers’ backs to keep America alive!
PLEASE keep up the resistance!
Making calls to get people out to vote in special elections in two weeks is effective action too!
Lots of people are pissed off… even senior citizens in Florida in strong republican districts!
Help make calls NOW!
Two more house seats would actively HElP!
A teacher and a doctor are running 👍
The justice system is broken in America. It’s high time to start citizen arresting these people. I wish people would remember, we hold the power. Unfortunately I guess we’re all too divided over stupid shit like race, skin color, bank balances, etc. pisses me off people still stay divided.
The divide was intentionally done and cultivated over the last decade. This is exactly what 47 and PuPu wanted this whole time- a huge divide so they could do whatever they wanted because there’s not enough people to stop them.
It’s been cultivated for longer than a decade. It’s been forever. A tale old as time. This is why things have to get worse before they will get better for us in America. People out there still believe “it only happens to the bad people and wont happen to me” 🤦♂️
Precisely. This has been the Zionists plan all along. Russia was promised a piece of the pie here in the West, I'm betting. Trump is playing both sides.
It sometimes takes forever to wait for a FOIA request. I used to file them and then just request with the departments at the county I lived in, to go thru their files. I'd photograph what I needed. They hated me, but I won my cases.
Things like this is why Musk made so many orders and directives through DOGE only verbal because they’re afraid of leaving a paper trail revealing their corruption 🫠
Someone will take a deal and flip on him if it comes to that. Jail time is absolutely a tool the court has at its disposal should they find Elon and staff In Contempt. And they’ll pick a young one with a life to preserve and work him till he breaks.
Thankful we have a multitude of screenshots of his 100+ tweets per day! He can’t help but toot his own horn *somehow* and pride cometh before the call.
Has anyone actually confirmed they’ve followed previous court orders to do similar things? I see a lot of posts about the orders but none following up assure they’re actually doing it.
No one's going to hold Trump - or, probably, even Musk, in contempt (sadly). But the courts could definitely hold the Admin's lawyers themselves in contempt (to the extent they make bad faith arguments), as well as folks at the various agencies who aren't taking necessary action to obey court orders
What good would that do? They not going to hold anyone accountable because trump will immediately pardon anyone who’s held accountable while doing his bidding. This entire thing has shown us just how weak the constitution is because the forefathers never imagined anything like this 🤦🏻♀️
You do what you can - and having a judge hold lawyers in contempt may well attract the attention of State Bars. And if a lawyer gets sanctioned/disbarred by his State Bar, there's nothing Cheeto could do about it. It's hard not to fall into defeatism but I think it's a mistake to do so.
I hope this order includes all inputs into the AI system being used to target damaging cuts at "enemies". I imagine someone has actually typed out "how to inflict maximum pecuniary damage on democratic areas"
Good! “A federal judge signaled that he will require Elon Musk’s team to begin preserving any documents that could potentially be subject to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.”
MAGA causes its victims to be dysregulated, it is their kings’ goal. People can’t listen when dysregulated. We must help them calm, deescalate them, before they can listen to reason and logic.
Dysregulated means a process in the body that is not controlled in the way it should be. So, yes, in a nut shell freaked the fuck out but dysregulated takes fewer characters 🤷🏽♀️
Wonder if they're going to hold him in contempt when he just doesn't anyways? Cause I'm getting tired of this and want them to just light this candle already.
f47 did because f47 doesn’t want to do the work of president. It’s all just theater keeping us distracted and disinformed while they rob us blind, which is all they care about. Their crash and burn will be epic.
I canceled my Amazon account, quit Facebook, stopped shopping at Target and Wal-Mart and quit all Coke products right after the election. It was hard at first. I won't willingly give my business to any company that supports Trump the Chump.
I have too ! Except coke didn't realize lol. Stopped mcdonalds though that was fun. Just bluesky for me and honestly it's way nicer here. Social air is cleaner than I've felt in 15 years lol.
The Judges must give clear instructions as to who is responsible for monitoring the documents are preserved and consequences if they are not. Otherwise it falls on deaf ears.
Heads up! DOGE emails if you wish to subscribe them to any magazines, send them your shopping list, articles in Elon’s businesses failing, Trump’s criminal acts, your thoughts on their performance, movie scripts etc…
Heads up! DOGE emails if you wish to subscribe them to any magazines, send them your shopping list, articles in Elon’s businesses failing, Trump’s criminal acts, your thoughts on their performance, movie scripts etc…
Heads up! DOGE emails if you wish to subscribe them to any magazines, send them your shopping list, articles in Elon’s businesses failing, Trump’s criminal acts, your thoughts on their performance, movie scripts etc…
…even private contractors have to preserve documents…
But pushing past that, it’s inconceivable that a man who attends cabinet meetings as the head of a “department” is not a government agency. I mean, DOGE employees are in employee registries.
Well, to be fair, DOGE isn't actually a "government agency" - it's just a bunch of random douche bags working for Musk who are rampaging all over DC...
Sure, but, again, they're not an actual agency. Which has to be, you now, created by Congress... That they ignore the laws doesn't mean the laws aren't there.... 😒
Cancel your Amazon account. Stop shopping at Whole Foods. Stop doordash. Keep boycotting target. It is going to be hard but we will survive if
we stick together
Remember during Dad's divorce, stepmonster shredded all her records. Pretty sure that was per her lawyer. Because once it's gone, it's gone. Likely it is already too late. Much of the data that is negative to their cause/misinformation was/is a top priority to be disappeared.
In a bizarre turn of events, Trump is claiming the Senate doesn't have advise and consent.
I seem to recall the GOP Senate refusing to do confirmations in an election year when it was a dem pick, but it was okay weeks before an election for them.
If the Canadians can band together to boycott American products, surely we Americans can band together to boycott the companies that seek to enshrine our oppression and stoke the entitlement of the billionaire bro club.
Americans should work with allies to economically pressure red states by aligning tariffs with consumer boycotts. A coordinated financial response will send a powerful message.
“I will not back down. I will not bow or scrape. I will never obey.” – Marc Elias
Canadians didn't have a leader. It just kind of organically happened. A fee people chatting decided it was a good idea and posted, and it was reposted over and over, until it became a worldwide movement. Don't sit there waiting for a leader be the leader. Get involved, find a local organization
I’m starting a Google doc (or other platform if anyone has suggestions) to walk people through the process of submitting Freedom of Information requests. First up will be federal, Texas, Louisiana, and the northeastern states. Drop a comment if you need me to do one for your state.
Begin...now??? There's a good chance that lots of information has been altered or removed since this all started. And WHY is the judge even allowing this?? The demand should be for him to stop, since he is NOT and elected official!!
You seem to be under the mistaken impression that the administration respects protocols. This is about breaking everything to divvy it up amongst private interests to extort the people.
I have a feeling we have a lot of documents that are gone forever. I bet when these kids had full access to our systems Elon made them highlight and delete large chunks of data.
They don't seem like the kind that has foresight or bother to take any time to think on something before just jumping in.
I was in the courtroom and can confirm. Judge was interested in avoiding a finding of bad faith and asked the government atty. to tell the White House to preserve docs “starting now.”
Can the judges call the seargent in arms to remove them if they disobey court orders? I can't believe how poorly designed our government is. There seems to be no fail safe for if the executive branch refuses to comply.
Unfortunately, there is no enforcement mechanism for courts' orders. They cannot directly order any police force or marshalls or anyone else to arrest anyone for contempt of court if they are not already in the courtroom.
At that level of government, the only way that the system works is for people to act in good faith. As soon as a president or his administration says we're not complying, there's nothing anyone can do. Instant dictatorship.
Given Musk’s conviction that obedience to the law is for “little people,” not him, who will enforce this? I mean, it’s a lovely intention, but so was “liberty and justice for all.”
Wait- the judge expects Musk’s team to preserve the docs? Isn’t that like giving matches to a bunch of pyromaniacs telling them to be sure to enjoy the forest?
Documentation should have been required for DOGE to justify their numbers. Of course, then it would have taken him and Trump too long to prove their claims. And the last 40 days would be pretty uneventful.
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But he is not going to comply
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/03/04/special-election-to-decide-minnesota-house-control
A people's revolution.The only way to defeat fascism is by fighting back by any means necessary. It's times like these our capitalist imperialist fascist state shows us all exactly who they are. Both political parties are there to opress us & keep this empire alive.
So...
Hope. I guess.
They can certainly have my guns.
Cum 'n git 'em.
Plus also I'd rather them put their bodies on the line instead of the people who knew the assignment and passed in the first place
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Thank you for your information and fighting spirit! It very well may be on our park rangers’ backs to keep America alive!
PLEASE keep up the resistance!
Let's start being exhausted from being at so many protests.
That's when you know you are heading the call.
There is no "moment in time" or clear Rubicon event.
It's right now, all around us.
We have to stop "being ready" and start being active.
Democracy has a language all of its own, and it's crying out in pain and fear.
We have to just look for it, not wait for clear marching orders.
The orders are clear. Get out there.
Protest. Protest. Protest.
Anywhere. Everywhere. Now.
Lots of people are pissed off… even senior citizens in Florida in strong republican districts!
Help make calls NOW!
Two more house seats would actively HElP!
A teacher and a doctor are running 👍
Attend, protest, march, listen, speak, sign up, vote, canvas, phone bank, town hall.
Something. Anything.
Just fucking do something.
We are the embers that will light the flames of Democracy.
Be visible. Normalize the fight.
You WILL inspire others.
if not THE pivot point
There are total 4 screenshots.
Often smart, often nice, but always wussy.
*checks notes*
Hint: it is All Of The Documents.
👀
Not sure it’s going to be enough (the order from the judge that is), but we appreciate this insider info.
Criminals don't follow court orders.
Sigh.
jtc
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But pushing past that, it’s inconceivable that a man who attends cabinet meetings as the head of a “department” is not a government agency. I mean, DOGE employees are in employee registries.
How are they not a government agency?!
Dear god. Are these kids actually being paid??
They are definitely government employees, it’s who pays them.
we stick together
whole foods hurt most but I found another family owned market that is similar
I seem to recall the GOP Senate refusing to do confirmations in an election year when it was a dem pick, but it was okay weeks before an election for them.
Check and Mate, Senators.
“I will not back down. I will not bow or scrape. I will never obey.” – Marc Elias
RESIST!!!
If only we had effective leadership to unite us for a common cause we could effectuate change.
One message, one step forward leads to the next
Does that mean they have free rein to destroy things up till that ruling?
They don't seem like the kind that has foresight or bother to take any time to think on something before just jumping in.