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I wouldn’t think “moved to root out diversity initiatives” is a useful phrase for journalism at all, but using it as a euphemism for a purge of high ranking black officers is downright Orwellian.

submitted 20 hours ago • 146 comments

What a disgrace. Bezos and the newspaper he has destroyed should be grateful that anyone thinks it’s still worthwhile to buy ad space from them. This is how democracy dies.

submitted 6 days ago • 869 comments

Perhaps it's crap like this that explains why 1/3 of NY Times subscribers don't pay for their news. They just want games, puzzles, sports and recipes. Support pro-democracy independent media. www.democracydocket.com/me-subscribe...

submitted 7 days ago • 495 comments

Trump: "Like on tractors that can handle anything from hurricanes to lightning to anything. They use magnets. It's a new theory -- magnets. They're gonna lift the planes up. And it doesn't work."

submitted 10 days ago • 1003 comments

“Majestic”?!

submitted 10 days ago • 502 comments

🔥 Fox’s @jessicatarlov.bsky.social says with tens of billions of dollars in federal contracts, Elon should practice what he preaches

submitted 10 days ago • 27 comments

Four FEMA officials were fired for not following illegal orders to withhold spending. The White House is saying of judicial decisions: "These unlawful injunctions are a continuation of the weaponization of justice against President Trump." These are not warning signs. This is happening now.

submitted 11 days ago • 58 comments

Entering Ceaușescu territory. "The new board members include a litany of Trump loyalists, including ...Susie Wiles; Dan Scavino, a longtime Trump aide; and Usha Vance, the wife of Vice President JD Vance." Only a matter of time before he will be awarded some major prize in cultural achievement.

submitted 10 days ago • 11 comments

If this is a direct quote, it's one of the most irresponsible and reckless things a SECDEF has ever said

submitted 10 days ago • 562 comments

When the cuts hit home... GOP Sen. Katie Britt raises a warning flag on NIH cuts, calling for a "smart, targeted approach is needed in order to not hinder life-saving, groundbreaking research." U of Alabama gets substantial NIH money and it creates jobs. www.al.com/news/2025/02...

submitted 13 days ago • 72 comments

Some personal/professional news

submitted 13 days ago • 32 comments

SCOOP: Inside DOGE's takeover of CFPB What went down over the past five days based on emails and other documents and interviews W/ @reporterev.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

submitted 13 days ago • 56 comments

This is a new, open dataset on 40 years of Federalist Society events, including titles, dates, locations, sponsors, topics, and speakers. There couldn't be a better moment for scholars to pick this up and run with it.

submitted 16 days ago • 15 comments

Not exaggerating when I say I would like a personal, handwritten apology from every pundit who barfed out a dozen "the left wants to change the way you talk!" op-eds based on non-mandatory guidelines in obscure PDFs.

submitted 13 days ago • 724 comments

I’ve said we should watch the things trump does that will hurt members of Congress that actually have to run for reelection. There will be lots of examples to come.

submitted 13 days ago • 72 comments

My latest from inside NIH as well as universities that get its funding. I think it is important to say clearly what moves like this will actually do to people.

submitted 13 days ago • 15 comments

Nugget from Corinne Ramey's profile of Emil Bove, ex-Trump lawyer turned DOJ acting No. 2: "He personally called FBI supervisors in several cities to make sure they were enforcing Trump’s immigration agenda and posting pictures of their work on social media." Via @WSJ.com

submitted 13 days ago • 8 comments

this is a level of word-hunting so comically extreme that it can only be found in the most absurd satires imaginable

submitted 13 days ago • 12 comments

Trump's big goal is to redirect the bureaucracy by aligning it with his aims, not to reduce it. Though on a micro level, it might not always play out that way—it'll be interesting to see if they really do try to eliminate the Cold War broadcasting apparatus, as opposed to giving it a MAGA makeover.

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

Hi Bluesky! Glad to be here.

submitted 13 days ago • 18404 comments

Banned words include "female" and "women," but not "male" or "men."

submitted 19 days ago • 20 comments

DOOCY: Do the DOGE engineers have read only access to these systems? LEAVITT: Yes DOOCY: So they are not allowed to write new code? LEAVITT: No

submitted 17 days ago • 474 comments

Tired: NYT: Young Musk Fans Learn American Civics, Hands-On Wired: Wired: Those Little Rat Fucks Are Still In The Walls

submitted 17 days ago • 51 comments

The United States Military Academy has just eliminated all Cadet clubs and activities for POC. Most of these have existed for decades like the Society of Black Engineers. They were there when I was a Cadet in 1987. All of the religious ones remain. This isn’t DEI. It’s white Christian Nationalism.

submitted 18 days ago • 2838 comments

Murphy: "The reality is this could get dystopian very quickly. If you were to start speaking ill of Elon Musk on social media, Musk might be able to stop or delay your tax refund, or your mom's Social Security benefit, in part because we have no window into what's happening at Treasury right now."

submitted 17 days ago • 248 comments

Exactly right. They want to destroy and delay.

submitted 18 days ago • 30 comments

The timing of Trump announcing the tariffs makes me wonder how many of his friends and relatives shorted the stock market on Friday?

submitted 20 days ago • 10 comments

Reminder that Trump can commit virtually any crime as president right now and be protected by the Supreme Court's immunity decision. No incentive to follow the law - he can openly tell people to violate it and promise to pardon them from federal charges.

submitted 20 days ago • 96 comments

New State Department appointee's message to Black Americans (including a Republican Senator, Trump appointee and former head of Heritage)

submitted 20 days ago • 62 comments

Protest at the Treasury in DC Tuesday 5PM. Pass it on.

submitted 20 days ago • 33 comments

hello! just putting this here. please share in your signal groups and slacks. www.propublica.org/tips/#signal

submitted 20 days ago • 23 comments

Will MAGA voters realize tariffs are taxes that we pay and that prices of goods will rise? Will they blame wokeness and DEI? It's so painful to see my country destroy itself.

submitted 21 days ago • 117 comments

Trumpism operating as intended. www.live5news.com/2025/01/31/s...

submitted 21 days ago • 74 comments

Who Can Stop Elon’s ‘Team’ Wilding Its Way Through the Federal Government? talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/who-c...

submitted 22 days ago • 44 comments

The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) page on the Department of Housing and Urban Development's website has been removed.

submitted 21 days ago • 41 comments

This

submitted 22 days ago • 16 comments

All The Best Character Witnesses www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

submitted 22 days ago • 143 comments

www.civilservicestrong.org THIS:

submitted 21 days ago • 68 comments

Behind the chaos, a brilliant and savvy plan to end democracy in America.

submitted 21 days ago • 28 comments

I don’t know if this is the plan. But if it is, let me rain on that parade. Elon will never allow Democrats to win the mid-terms. If the plan is not to get him out of our govt systems now, it’s a wrap.

submitted 21 days ago • 300 comments