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ATTN FEDERAL WORKERS: I’ll say this again: download all your SF-50s, performance evals, and your eOPF. Now. Print hard copies. And make sure you file an informal grievance with your supervisor within 15 days of any adverse action. Here is a template: www.muellershewrote.com/p/informal-g...

The DOGE website is reportedly hosted on non-government servers, not secured against database attacks and can be easily defaced, 404 reports www.404media.co/anyone-can-p...

When someone expresses genuine regret voting for Trump, the best thing we can do is welcome them into the fold. We're not gonna get anywhere with ridiculous gatekeeping and pettiness. Let's offer folks an off-ramp into the coalition of reasonable adults.

NEW: WIRED has identified a DOGE engineer who now has access to the NOAA, the scientific agency that monitors and models oceans and atmosphere to predicting changes in climate, weather. NOAA workers were ordered to give him access to all Google sites by eod today.

Democratic senators will hold the Senate floor all night long in opposition to the nomination of Russ Vought, an organizer of Project 2025, to head the OMB.

“The social-media grounds are shifting. In recent weeks, there have been major developments at platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok. Meanwhile, more and more experts are raising alarm bells about the harms of social media on society and our mental health.”

Kash Patel told @amyklobuchar.com he did not recall saying Trump has “every right to tell the world that in 2020, 2016, and every other election in between was rigged by our government because they were.” Here’s the clip:

"The buck stops here"- Harry Truman "I don't take any responsibility at all."- DJT

Patel includes in his enemies list no members of what he calls the “fake news mafia press corps.” Perhaps somebody tipped him that journalists prize such designations more highly than the Pulitzer.

"NPR has identified dozens of defendants with prior convictions or pending charges for crimes including rape, sexual abuse of a minor, domestic violence, manslaughter, production of child sexual abuse material and drug trafficking." www.npr.org/2025/01/30/n...

Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet: www.404media.co/declassified...

cost per migrant on a military deportation flight from texas to guatemala: $4,675 cost of one-way first class ticket on american airlines from texas to guatemala: $853 -reuters

Blaming persecuted minorities and political opponents is the demagogue’s crutch in times of adversity, but it’s especially unpersuasive here with the United States coming off a fairly sterling sixteen year streak of aviation safety.

Traitors.

The combined net worth of Trump's small circle of inauguration attendees yesterday is over $1 trillion. Remember that when Trump said "I am your voice," this is who he was talking to.

Pete Hegseth, President Trump’s pick to run the Pentagon, regularly abused alcohol to the point that he passed out at family gatherings, according to an ex-relative’s account of his behavior

They hold all the levers now @jesseduquette.bsky.social

Inks shot of a pretty complex official ‘Demons’ shirt I drew up a few years ago. Love this film and there was so much to draw from, but I tried to get most of my favorite scenes and characters in. I get artistically greedy with this stuff. #horror #horrorart #demons #horrorillustration #horrofilm

Members of Congress should not be paid during a government shutdown.

The richest person in the world has turned his wealth into raw power. That's what oligarchy looks like.

"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all." Arthur C. Clarke

THIS is how it’s done, folks.

@wefail.bsky.social

Wash those hands, peeps! #science #health

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And the new era begins. My Substack is alive again, and here's my first post paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-fraudu...

funny how some people say the arts don't matter, then spend their downtime listening to music, watching movies, reading, writing, visiting museums, and even making art. imagine a world without art. sounds empty. sounds boring. sounds lame as hell.

syria, south korea and french govts all falling in a week.

The sad irony of what the Morning Joe Show did to @davidfrum.bsky.social is that I've experienced the exact same thing on Newsmax. Except they said it to my face, and let me respond. MSNBC needs to bring David back to respond, not just talk bad about him when he can't reply. Shameful.

Anyone check this out yet? #thething #johncarpenter

"Should we be able to check the weather or hurricane forecasts for free, or only if some Trump loyalist gets to make a profit?" Read @brianbeutler.bsky.social on Elon Musk and the new age of Robber Barons and right wing oligarchy that Trump is bringing: www.offmessage.net/p/the-new-gi...

romania’s top court annulling the country’s presidential election after massive russian influence operation uncovered russia successfully destabilizing an important nato ally