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“Operation Whirlwind” What’s Happening Now? In 2025, Operation Whirlwind was launched under Interim U.S. Attorney Ed Martin to investigate alleged threats against employees of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

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THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center say results of a Phase I trial of an mRNA vaccine aimed at preventing pancreatic cancer show promise. The vaccine PREVENTED the cancer from coming back in patients who had already received treatment for MORE THAN three years. 🧪🧵⬇️

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DID YOU KNOW: As Trump/Musk fire anyone in the fed government that participated in diversity, equity & inclusion, he just nominated Kimberly Richey for Asst Sec Office of Civil Rights at the Dept of Education. During Trump's 1st term, she ESTABLISHED the DEI office people are now being fired from.

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🚨 Scoop: Treasury Dept agrees to block DOGE access to personal taxpayer data at IRS 🚨 IRS was preparing to try to reject this request, but was able to negotiate with the Trump admin to narrow access. Now DOGE will get the same access as academic researchers and some IT professionals, per sources.

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This is a concentration camp. They are describing a concentration camp.

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🗣️ @aoc.bsky.social out fighting for the people & federal workers: “Every day our job is to wake up and say ‘what can I do today?’ — There is no act too small. Every action matters.” 🇺🇸

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Stop calling these acts of deliberate malicious destruction mistakes — if you close your eyes and fire machine gun spray ceaselessly into a crowd claiming you just want to scare some of them off, it’s not a mistake that there are casualties.

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REVEALED: we identified the operator of an overtly racist X account, "GlomarResponder," as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.

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Here at the Health & Human Services (HHS) rally in Washington, DC, to support our federal workers! Interesting chant from the crowd. “Hey, hey, RFK! We remember JFK!” Rep. Jamie Raskin spoke first and compared JFK’s championing of science & human rights to RFK’s anti-science stance.

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This is a cross agency issue. LES is being fucked with as we speak. This is wage theft.

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URGENT: The folks at Americans for Financial Reform are looking for stories from people who’ve been helped by CFPB. Please read this call to action and share far and wide! 🚨 Let’s save CFPB 🚨 Pass it on.

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We are in increasingly difficult times. If you find that you need help, please reach out. Your voice & light are essential. The Trevor Project: Call 866-488-7386, Text "START" to 678678 Desi LGBTQ+ Helpline for South Asians: 908-367-3374 The Trans Lifeline: 877-565-8860

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The Health Resources and Services Administration at HHS provides funding for HIV/AIDs care, maternal health, and community health centers. Today some employees arrived at work to find their access revoked. Terminated without even being notified. Total number affected unknown. @alt-hhs.bsky.social

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It starts! Anyone from DHS who wants help with their polygraph examinations, just reach out. I have 25+ years experience representing both polygraphers & polygraphees. And if you want to be a #whistleblower, we're here for you too! @wbaidlaw.bsky.social news.bgov.com/bloomberg-go...

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Imagine being rich enough to do anything you want and choosing to take food and medicine from starving children to give yourself even more money.

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💥ATTENTION FEDS💥 All the termination letters going out that we've seen use "inadequate performance" as the reason for termination. SAVE YOUR PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS. Tell your friends who aren't on bluesky! Probationary employees can't be fired for "poor performance" if their performance is not poor

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NEW: A letter from an anonymous federal worker. Please read and share: www.muellershewrote.com/p/letter-fro...

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1/29: First plane crash in 16 years in DC 1/31: Crash in Philly 2/5: Delta flight struck in Seattle 2/6: Flight wrecks in Alaska 2/10: Crash in Scottsdale 2/12: Military jet crashes in San Diego 2/16: Crash in Covington, GA 7 crashes since the WH congratulated itself for “restoring aviation safety”

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This cartoon by @mluckovich.bsky.social is getting banned on Twitter. Because of course it is.

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I just got a report that a terminated employee from another agency got their job back after replying to the termination email with their good perf appraisal. If you are still connected, might as well try. It makes for good documentation if nothing else. Let me know. So far only this one anecdote.

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Our union told us the same recently - this is an excellent point.

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🚨 PLANE CRASH IN GEORGIA Two people are dead after a small aircraft took a fatal plunge from the sky roughly 20 minutes after takeoff from Georgia's Covington Municipal Airport on Saturday night. The cause of the crash will be investigated.

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If Apple owned a large dance venue, do you think they would call it The Mac Arena???

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At some point very soon, republicans in Congress will have to choose between pleasing Trump to avoid being primaried, and helping their constituents to avoid being primaried.

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