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Note to federal employees: you can ignore Elon’s BS email www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

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Watch Rob Shriver, Managing Director of Civil Service Strong & Good Government Initiatives at Democracy Forward speak with @wbaltv11.bsky.social. Our team is working to ensure federal employees have the resources they need to navigate this difficult time. Visit civilservicestrong.org to learn more.

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wtop.com/government/2... Good news!

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This is the simple truth: citizens will always have the power to shape the future of their country. Trump’s actions are designed to make people feel powerless and overwhelmed. He wants you to tune out—a natural reaction to chaos.

submitted 13 days ago • 71 comments

Meanwhile, while Elon and team are searching for more DEI websites they can disable and contracts with words they don't like in their title (e.g. "Trans", "Diversity"), the House is planning to give the top 1% most wealthy people a huge tax break while likely forcing Medicaid to be cut.

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This says it all

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Trump has granted Musk even more power to reshape the federal government by signing an executive order requiring agencies to cooperate with Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” to reduce their workforces and limit hiring replacements.

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FYI

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Trump, Elon, and their allies are calling all spending they don't like "fraud." Spending on things like consumer protection, Social Security, and medicine for sick kids. But just calling something "fraud" doesn't make it so. Here are the actual facts 🧵⤵️

submitted 15 days ago • 60 comments

Federal Workers Can Defeat Elon Musk’s Coup. Here’s How. jacobin.com/2025/02/musk...

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When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.

submitted 15 days ago • 638 comments

What the actual *?! The White House has designated Mr. Musk’s office, the United States DOGE Service, as an entity protected from public records requests and most judicial intervention until at least 2034, by classifying its documents as presidential records.

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Government funding runs out on March 14. Republicans can’t pass a bill alone, so Democrats have real leverage here. We’re calling on Democrats to commit to withholding their votes and insist on an end to the Trump-Musk coup rampaging across the government.

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Elon is using his billions to smear USAID and its life-saving work. We need to use our networks to get the truth out. Please share: youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8?...

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Purging dissent in the security services and giving loyalists power is something we instantly recognize in other contexts.

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We need to call out the blatant lie being pushed by the Trump administration—that Elon’s staffers have only “read-only” access. It has been confirmed across departments that they have “administrative” access to computer systems.

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On Jan. 23, Maryland’s newly elected U.S. Senator Angela Alsobrooks was among 20 Democrats to vote to confirm John Ratcliffe as Director of the CIA. https://buff.ly/42AFA7I

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Musk’s team—Christopher Young, Nikhil Rajpal, and Gavin Kliger—is currently at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). This move comes just months after Musk posted “Delete CFPB” on his X social media platform.

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New: We spoke to government IT employees/contractors about DOGE. Their warnings were dire. The people who maintain the systems that keep the country working are terrified. "This is the largest data breach and the largest IT security breach in our country’s history—at least that’s publicly known."

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Wired’s coverage these last two weeks has been exceptional. Truly the best kind of reporting. A worthy place for your subscription dollars.

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Liberty Reservoir Eldersburg, Maryland 11/9/24

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