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If Trump University still existed I would protest there.

It can be hard to keep straight all of the alarming instances of politicization/weaponization of the Justice Department since January 20th. I created a detailed Timeline, with Audrey Balliette. We also link to all the publicly available documents. Read the 25+ entries here: #Democracy

Secretary of Defense Hegseth says he doesn’t know if Russia invaded Ukraine. This you?

Stand with Ukraine. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

Democracies stand with Ukraine.

On behalf of many Americans, don’t thank us we THANK YOU Ukraine for your work.

WTF just happened today? ⚡️ Day 1500: "Flawed democracy."

I hope Zelensky has a nice visit tomorrow. If he hasn't seen The Princess Bride before, I hope he does before sitting down for a Diet Coke with Agent Orange.

🗓️ Today in one sentence for Thursday, February 27, 2025. Trump, Day 1500: "Flawed democracy." whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2025/02/27/d...

“OPM does not have any authority whatsoever, under any statute in the history of the universe to hire and fire employees within another agency." - US District Judge William Alsup says in ruling from the bench that the mass firing of probationary employees ordered by OPM was likely unlawful.

If you need more serious law nerds in your feed, follow @justsecurity.org ...their website has a handy Trump Admin Litigation Tracker and links to their podcast. www.justsecurity.org/about-us/

LOL #swasticar

"Grok, generate a story about an unqualified and disoriented manager with fragile masculinity" ...Shared by an ER doctor friend who is part of Disaster Medical Assistance Team (folks we shouldn't accidentally fire) who got this email. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Traumatizing Federal Employees is the purpose of this administration, in their own out loud words. Hear Russell Vought the Director of Office of Management and Budget, Project 2025 author... youtu.be/oBH9TmeJN_M?...

USA currently

After we let Russia occupy part of your country and steal your resources, we will occupy the other part and do the same. Quite the starting point for the Americans.

"rapid safety upgrades" (programming with AI?) and a plan to “surge” more air traffic controllers into the system isn't inspiring a lot of confidence. Maybe I stick with road trips for a while. PS, Musk roles at both SpaceX and FAA are clearly a conflict of interest 🤬

You can send less money to Elon's treasury (a soft tax strike) by increasing contributions to pre-tax savings plans at work (eg 401k, 403b, 457 plans). Be careful so you don't miss out on matching contributions. A lot of workplace savings plans have a financial advisor you can talk to for help.

Everyone: Remember to revisit your IRS withholdings (W4) if you plan to itemize. You might be donating more than usual to charity this year. Be sure to set your deductions on the W4 correctly so you DON'T OVERPAY TAXES each paycheck. Who knows how well staffed the IRS will be come refund time?

a very sexy first post on bsky