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How it’s going in DC: Frank Schuler was a leading promoter of a tax deduction derided as a scam by prosecutors, senators and the IRS. Now he’s a senior adviser to the General Services Administration, which manages the federal government’s property. @peterelkind.bsky.social

submitted 4 days ago • 10 comments

Marocco has leadership roles at both the State Dept. and USAID — two agencies that sidelined him during the first Trump administration after he was accused of undermining U.S. foreign policy. This time, he answers to few besides Trump himself. By @annamaria.bsky.social and Brett Murphy

submitted 2 days ago • 18 comments

Well you really have to take the 60 seconds to listen so you can understand the people Trump has selected for leadership. This the director of Trump’s National Economic Council. WATCH, then READ @jonathanvlast.bsky.social’s brilliant backstory on Hassett. www.thebulwark.com/p/meet-kevin...

submitted 3 days ago • 96 comments

Federal workers, we recognize that this is an unpredictable time. Our team is actively pairing your tips with reporters on this list and across our newsroom to make sure you're speaking to someone with the right expertise. How to get in touch:

submitted 5 days ago • 31 comments

In addition to being brave and the right thing to do, Sassoon’s letter points out that the Emperor has no clothes — it demolishes the utterly fatuous, transparently corrupt excuses for dismissing the Adams case.

submitted 9 days ago • 79 comments

WATCH: EPA employees expressed a mixture of fear, resignation and quiet defiance as they faced the painful decision to stay or go. “We feel terrorized,” said one of the more than 20 current EPA employees who talked to ProPublica. 📽️ @carissaqmb.bsky.social

submitted 12 days ago • 39 comments

SCOOP: The US Treasury claimed a DOGE's Marco Elez didn’t have ‘write access,’ when he actually did. Sources tell WIRED that his ability to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending was rescinded, days after officials said it didn't exist.

submitted 16 days ago • 1142 comments

NEW: More than 300 career employees at the EPA have left. Those who remain face a painful decision: resign or work for an administration that plans to radically reshape the EPA while reversing environmental protections. By @fastlerner.bsky.social & @pratheekrebala.bsky.social

submitted 16 days ago • 57 comments

NASA workers were told to "drop everything" and spend their time scrubbing mentions of women in leadership, indigenous people, and environmental justice from the web: www.404media.co/nasa-dei-dro...

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Federal employees have received a copy of the deferred resignation agreement. Contains a lot of brow-raising lines such as, "Employee waives any claim that could be brought on Employee’s behalf by another entity, including Employee’s labor union." Full text shared with me:

submitted 19 days ago • 291 comments

The ordinary questions you might ask: Is Elon Musk a government employee? Are his lieutenants? Does he personally hold a security clearance and do his “lieutenants”? Have they all undergone a background check? Are they subject to foreign influence? Have they ever done a sieg heil on stage?

submitted 21 days ago • 231 comments

If you’re a federal employee, you should know this is a lie. Congress hasn’t appropriated these monies and so it’s literally not there to be spent. Also, federal agencies are limited by law to a max $25K payout in the case of restructuring.

submitted 25 days ago • 178 comments

Border czar Tom Homan is on CNN complaining that Chicago is “very well educated” and people “know their rights” too well for ICE to be able to enforce mass deportations. Good work, neighbors.

submitted 25 days ago • 280 comments

Not to get all political on you but actually I do think you should be talking to people you know about this

submitted 26 days ago • 462 comments

Thread 👇👇

submitted 26 days ago • 6 comments

Devastating for scientists and their research, and everyone who benefits from that research. I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.

submitted 31 days ago • 835 comments

I'm a black trans woman fighting poverty and homelessness. To support myself, I set up a patreon where you can get access to all my recipes, poetry, artwork and photography for just £5. Something new EVERY SINGLE DAY. You won't regret it. http://patreon.com/fightingpride93

submitted 579 days ago • 63 comments

i recall a time when using a private email server was the single greatest scandal in american history. i guess today’s it’s just tuesday www.politico.com/news/2024/12...

submitted 65 days ago • 634 comments

40 years old.Just saw Goonies for the first time. Let's just say i think I would've loved it back then as a kid. Now, not so much. Loud obnoxious screaming kids the whole movie.

submitted 65 days ago • 0 comments

“This is an enormous heist. They’re just backing the truck up to the government in front of all of us. A massive bailout to the crypto world,” says @chrislhayes.bsky.social on the GOP crypto bill.

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BlueSky is trying to monetize so let's show them some numbers: Reskeet this if you refuse to pay for BlueSky+ until trust & safety decides to prioritize marginalized users. That's $96 / year of lost revenue for each reskeet...

submitted 75 days ago • 194 comments