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@krystalball.bsky.social good morning I came here to find the video that I just watched on secular talk, the one where you outline all of the different agencies investigating must and explain that conflict of interest… I can’t seem to find it and I want to send it to someone.

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

Good to see the NYT using its homepage to maximum effect here. We're in a five-alarm fire and they've realized it. Don't let up.

submitted 12 days ago • 6 comments

This is how a democracy collapses: "A senior official at the Federal Emergency Management Agency instructed subordinates to freeze funding for a wide array of grant programs Monday, just hours after a federal judge ordered the Trump administration — for the second time — to stop such pauses."

submitted 12 days ago • 101 comments

If you work for the federal government and have information about what’s happening at your agency that the public should know about please contact me on Signal at juddlegum.47 or use the QR Code below. I will maintain your anonymity.

submitted 12 days ago • 5 comments

We’re in for weeks of this on end. One of Musk’s tween haxx0rz stumbles into a complicated system they don’t understand, thinks they’ve discovered something earthshattering the veteran dunces never noticed, relays to Musk who also doesn’t understand, and broadcasts it to millions of followers.

submitted 12 days ago • 182 comments

Political journalists need to be prepared to dramatically change their behavior presswatchers.org/2025/02/step...

submitted 12 days ago • 18 comments

submitted 16 days ago • 645 comments

NEWS: Judge Carl Nichols, a Trump appointee, has blocked Secretary Rubio from placing 2,200 USAID employees on leave tonight while legal matters are pending. He may also Rubio to recall 500 placed on leave already. He says it's a "very limited" restraining order.

submitted 16 days ago • 13 comments

WASHINGTON (AP) — Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from placing 2,200 USAID workers on paid leave.

submitted 16 days ago • 10 comments

NEW: The ACLU warns lawmakers that DOGE's 'unchecked' access to government systems could violate federal law. The organization tells WIRED it stands ready to sue for access to government records detailing DOGE's requests for personnel data and attempts to deploy homebrew AI across federal networks.

submitted 16 days ago • 41 comments

Here's what's happened, if you're just tuning in: 1. Musk ally Tom Krause told the Treasury career staff to cut off USAID payments 2. The career staffer resisted, saying doing so is illegal 3. The career staffer was ousted by Trump team 4. Krause has now been installed as head of the payments system

submitted 16 days ago • 80 comments

Sen. Gary Peters + other Dems say Musk/DOGE may be violating the constitution and privacy, national security +ethics laws and ask the DOGE to halt its work until they release more info. HSGAC chair Rand Paul, meanwhile, says he's "all in" on DOGE. www.nextgov.com/digital-gove...

submitted 16 days ago • 4 comments

Scoop by @joemenn.bsky.social: "Security officials in the UK have demanded that Apple create a back door allowing them to retrieve all the content any Apple user worldwide has uploaded to the cloud, people familiar w/ the matter told The Washington Post." www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

submitted 16 days ago • 4 comments

They’ve called armed federal officers to the scene. We aren’t dangerous. We are here to represent our people. To defend public education. This is an authoritarian regime. You cannot block members of Congress from entering the Department of Education.

submitted 16 days ago • 1401 comments

Can’t they just barge in anyway?

submitted 17 days ago • 6 comments

What can ordinary people do to help resist the Trump agenda? I'm compiling a list of lists. Send me your ideas or what you've seen. [email protected].

submitted 17 days ago • 27 comments

@moderation.bsky.app stop marking my legitimate questions to journalists as spam. They aren’t. I’m typing these questions out one at a time. I have the right to ask! Stop censorship.

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments