lynoxnorman.bsky.social - Profile | ThreadSky | a Reddit-style client for Bluesky

Musk gives all federal workers 48 hours to explain what they did last week The deadline to reply is Monday at 11:59 p.m., although the email did not include Musk’s social media threat about those who fail to respond.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

“Consistent with President @realDonaldTrump’s instructions, all federal employees will shortly receive an email requesting to understand what they got done last week. Failure to respond will be taken as a resignation,” Musk wrote. Over 3 million people are employed by the federal government

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Federal employees have staged protests outside the federal buildings that Mr. Musk’s aides have penetrated and joined federal worker unions in droves. They have sent emails to hundreds of colleagues, blasting the new administration at the risk of their own livelihoods and careers.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

NYT: Germany is holding federal elections this month and the threat of a fascist resurgence is knocking on the nation’s door. The AfD is projected to become the second-largest party in the German parliament.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

A senior Pentagon official, Darin Selnick, said in a statement late Friday that the Trump administration intends to cull its workforce by between 5 and 8 percent. With more than 900,000 civilian employees in the Defense Department, tens of thousands of people could be forced out eventually.

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

NEW: Enrique Tarrio, the former Proud Boys leader granted clemency by President Trump, was arrested outside the U.S. Capitol and charged with allegedly assaulting a female protester. Trump previously cut short Tarrio's sentence for seditious conspiracy related to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

submitted 2 days ago • 108 comments

Enrique Tarrio, the former Proud Boys leader granted clemency by President Donald Trump last month, was arrested outside the U.S. Capitol Friday and charged with allegedly assaulting a female protester.

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

“Normally, courts are aided in their decision-making through our system of adversarial testing," Judge Ho wrote, “which can be particularly helpful in cases presenting unusual fact patterns or in case of great public importance.”

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

NYT: A federal judge on Friday deferred ruling on the Justice Department’s request to drop the corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams of New York City, and appointed an outside lawyer to present independent arguments on the motion, which was otherwise unopposed. #NYC #EricAdams

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Trump's policies are at risk of head-on collisions www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Governor Kathy Hochul is set to announce that she won't remove Mayor Eric Adams from office “right now,” though she will impose strict “guardrails” on his administration, a source said.

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

NYT: Many of Hochul’s proposals would require legislative approval from the City Council and the State Legislature, and they are likely to set off a fight with allies of Adams in Albany, or with lawmakers wary of letting the state take a greater role than it already has in the city’s affairs.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Trump claims expanded power over independent agencies www.npr.org/2025/02/19/n...

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Senate GOP foreign policy hawks are tepidly responding to Pres Trump's shocking comments about Ukraine Sen Tillis (fresh off his Ukraine trip): "That invasion was the responsibility of one human being on the face of this planet: Vladimir Putin." Sen Graham says he blames “Putin above all others”

submitted 4 days ago • 8 comments

The number of detainees in ICE custody without a criminal conviction or pending criminal charges increased by more than 1,800 in the first two weeks of February, representing 41% of the 4,422 total new detainees in that period, according to new data obtained by NBC News. nbcnews.to/41ntY6Y

submitted 4 days ago • 29 comments

Hear from fired federal workers in their own words.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

NEW: The hiring freeze ordered last month by President Trump continues to stall onboarding of firefighters and could have deadly consequences as the national wildfire response operates at a "diminished capacity," a federal firefighting captain tells me. www.nbcnews.com/weather/wild...

submitted 5 days ago • 10 comments

Foreign service worker says pregnant wife faces 'life-threatening' complications amid USAID shutdown www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

“The Associated Press just refuses to go with what the law is,” Trump said, an apparent reference to his executive order renaming the Gulf. No law prevents the AP from choosing the style it deems fit.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Jury finds rapper A$AP Rocky not guilty in gun assault trial www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Breaking News: Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s former president, was charged with overseeing a vast scheme to overturn the 2022 election he lost.

submitted 5 days ago • 475 comments

NEW 👀: As predicted, Judge Ho has ordered a hearing for 2 p.m. this Wednesday to explore why the DOJ has moved to dismiss the charges against NYC Mayor Eric Adams. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/n...

submitted 6 days ago • 427 comments

“Donald Trump wants [The Constitution] re-written and he’s re-writing it live every day through the actions of the fake agency called DOGE” @michaelsteele.bsky.social puts into perspective how political party labels “don’t mean jack” right now.

submitted 7 days ago • 59 comments

Others were stunned to find themselves included in the probationary category, including a federal nurse with more than five years of government employment who recently moved under military orders with her spouse — and had to switch agencies as a result. Now she’s out of a job.

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

“It’s our anthem. It’s our flag. It belongs to us,” said Shawn Morris, the president of the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, D.C. “We wanted to take it back.” Mr. Morris said he was deeply troubled by Mr. Trump’s moves to push transgender people out of the military and to erase any mention of them…

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

NYT: Many protesters opposed to Mr. Trump’s agenda embraced symbols of patriotism, waving flags... The members of an a cappella group sang the national anthem by the Capitol Reflecting Pool. The audience burst into applause after the final line: “And the home of the brave.”

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

WAPO: The Social Security Administration’s records include all Social Security numbers, comprehensive medical records for those who have applied for disability benefits, bank information, earnings records and more, Altman said. “There is no way to overstate how serious a breach this is,” she said.

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

Nearly 1,000 people marched in the snow from the State House in Boston to City Hall, chanting “Elon Musk has got to go” and “No kings on Presidents Day!” The temperature was below freezing with wind chills in the teens.

submitted 6 days ago • 14 comments

BREAKING: Multiple people are injured in Delta jet incident at Toronto Pearson airport www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

submitted 6 days ago • 27 comments

NYT: 4 Top Officials Expected to Resign Over Adams’s Cooperation with Trump

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Eric Adams line prosecutor Hagan Scotten, resigning rather than filing "dismissal-with-leverage" motion: "I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me." Via @NYTimes.com https://buff.ly/4hVJGLX

submitted 9 days ago • 45 comments

I'm hearing now that every technologist CFPB hired to investigate Big Tech was fired this evening. That's somewhere between 70-100 people. wired.com/story/dozens-of-cfpb-workers-terminated-in-after-hours-firing-blitz/

submitted 10 days ago • 488 comments

Trump administration tells federal agencies to fire probationary employees Employees who have probationary status have typically been with the federal government for only one or two years — before all their civil service protections have kicked in.

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

S_onewall www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/n...

submitted 10 days ago • 4 comments

“The rebellion at Stonewall would not have happened without trans people. To attempt to erase their existence is utterly shameful.”

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

BREAKING: Then-acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York says Adams’s attorneys offered a quid pro quo if indictment was dismissed.

submitted 10 days ago • 26 comments

NEW: At least three more DOJ Public Integrity Unit senior officials have resigned after meeting with Emil Bove on the Eric Adams case. Five in Public Integrity overall. That’s six officials who resigned, triple the number that happened during the Saturday Night Massacre.

submitted 10 days ago • 480 comments

Carrie Coon On ‘The Gilded Age’ Scoring Season 3 At HBO: “The Gays Saved It”

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

NYT: The White House has designated Musk’s office as an entity insulated from public records requests or most judicial intervention until at least 2034, by declaring the documents it produces and receives presidential records.

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Breaking News: Senator Tina Smith of Minnesota will not seek re-election in 2026, creating another open seat for Democrats to defend.

submitted 10 days ago • 30 comments

Mitch McConnell broke ranks on yet another of Trump's Cabinet nominees, joining all Democrats in opposition. McConnell, a childhood polio survivor, said Kennedy had a "record of trafficking in dangerous conspiracy theories and eroding trust in public health institutions."

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Senate votes to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

NYT: Trump often pulls numbers out of thin air and makes sweeping claims without regard to factual foundations. Likewise, Trump, the first felon ever elected president, regularly accuses anyone he disfavors of corruption and even criminality without proof. He cites conspiracy theories…

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

Been on this DOJ beat for a minute now. Can’t recall any other presser where line agents in raid jackets just stood in the background for the cameras. You’d see leadership figures in suits, and they’d typically have speaking roles. Agents just standing there in jackets like background actors is new.

submitted 11 days ago • 172 comments

The White House has designated Mr. Musk’s office, United States DOGE Service, as an entity insulated from public records requests or most judicial intervention until at least 2034 (Important reporting here by NYT Minho Kim) www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/u...

submitted 11 days ago • 173 comments

White House says judges balking at Trump’s actions are provoking a ‘constitutional crisis’

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

NYT: A trade group that represents X and other financial technology firms sued the consumer bureau... challenging its authority to set rules governing the industry. The trade group’s lawyers invoked Trump, complaining the consumer bureau had moved forward with the rule before he took office.

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

With Attack on Consumer Bureau, Musk Removes Obstacle to His ‘X Money’ Vision

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

NPR: Inflation saw a surprising increase last month, as the price of groceries, gasoline and shelter all climbed.

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments