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The Trump administration is: breaking the law by not spending appropriated money from Congress breaking the law by ignoring a court order lying about it killing people *silencing public employees who are pointing all of this out

submitted 15 hours ago • 104 comments

Farmers are weighing in against the DOGE wrecking ball. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/c...

submitted 2 days ago • 31 comments

This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source. Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.

submitted 7 days ago • 2171 comments

Easy way to support a federal employee, give OPM what they’ve asked for (sort of).

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

Worst. Episode. EVER.

submitted 10 days ago • 896 comments

Daily🧵of cartoons: when you get to the end, click on Continue Thread. If you save a cartoon, keep caption w/ artist's name & handle. Previous 🧵s under Feeds tab of my profile. I heard that papers are cancelling Doonesbury. So here's a Sunday strip from the great Garry Trudeau gocomics.com

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submitted 12 days ago • 83 comments

This should also be a lesson about the dangers of self-censorship. When The Washington Post, with it's global reputation on the line, caves so quickly, imagine how many smaller outlets are doing so as well.

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

“Masculine Energy.”

submitted 14 days ago • 9 comments

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submitted 14 days ago • 3 comments

Despite disagreeing with his policy approach, I felt at least he arguably had an approach, and this was a small note of optimism for me as a State Department employee. Not anymore.

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

Two coders have already infiltrated the DOGE website and left their own messages on it at the time of 404’s reporting on Thursday evening: “THis is a joke of a .gov site,” said one, and “THESE ‘EXPERTS’ LEFT THEIR DATABASE OPEN -roro” said another.

submitted 16 days ago • 47 comments

Just saw this, but it's very relevant and puts the tariff nonsense into perspective.

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

Heads up: The co-author of Project 2025 just issued a directive to halt almost ALL activity out of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Russ Vought instructed employees to "cease all supervision and examination activity" and pause all pending investigations. www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

submitted 22 days ago • 341 comments

Our executive branch is attacking its own workforce. Since the creation of the civil service commission of 1883, Federal employees have served presidential administrations without regard to political affiliation, because our oath is to the Constitution, not to the President.

submitted 22 days ago • 1 comment

Trump should obviously be impeached. Either he has lost control, or he is using his power to do obviously illegal things. snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...

submitted 24 days ago • 107 comments

A great artist.

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

Don’t mess with @ellenlweintraub.bsky.social

submitted 25 days ago • 344 comments

This is a good start, but just the beginning. Consider supporting these organizations if you are able. I’ve started a monthly contribution to Public Citizen, spearheading 5 lawsuits against the Trump administration. www.justsecurity.org/107087/track...

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submitted 25 days ago • 603 comments

Thank you Senator for standing up while others our staying silent. Trump not only doesn't respect laws, his actions demonstrate his intent to be our last president, by crippling or shuttering democratic systems and institutions.

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

This isn’t going to go well. #TrumpsTariffs

submitted 29 days ago • 49 comments

I'm a federal employee. We made an oath to protect the Constitution. And, yes, we can hold the line.

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

Thank you Congressman for leading on this. It is not just illegal, it also threatens our security.

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

Are you better off then you were 10 days ago?

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

Respectfully, to every Democrat in the Congress: Do not do anything to pass any legislation or confirm a nominee. Please stop acting like we have a functioning government. You must lead the resistance. We are your army. You have the power.

submitted 28 days ago • 12 comments

usaid.gov is gone, or at least offline. For someone who works in information, and helped coordinate the usaid.gov platform in 2011, this is alarming and sad.

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

Does it count to suggest that white men may have been given promotions and opportunities for reasons other than merit? Just asking.

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

They are trying to overwhelm us with all these EOs. Do what you need to do to stay out of freeze mode the best that you can. Connect with people. Connect with yourself. We're gonna fight.

submitted 33 days ago • 23 comments

Feds, if your consciences tell you something is wrong there are options, as AOC points out. The first step may be simply, slow down. Then, think. And finally, act collectively.

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

Exactly!

submitted 33 days ago • 147 comments

We're now judging everything on whether it makes us stronger, safer, or more prosperous. From this perspective, who cares if HIV and malaria spikes, right?

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

The Trump administration has instructed organizations in other countries to stop disbursing HIV medications purchased with U.S. aid, even if the drugs have already been obtained and are sitting in local clinics. Because cruelty is the fucking point.

submitted 34 days ago • 434 comments

A recent leaked House Republican plan calls for $2.5 TRILLION in mandatory spending cuts. They want to pay for tax cuts for billionaires by gutting health care and food for at-risk seniors and children. 🚨I need your help to spread the word! 🚨

submitted 34 days ago • 56 comments

“I was treated like a celebrity for having stormed the Capitol building. Not just from the inmates, but from the staff as well. The first thing a correctional officer said to me when I reported in the booking was, 'Let's go, Brandon.'“

submitted 37 days ago • 25 comments

No exceptions. No excuses. Disability rights are human rights. ⚖️🌍💙

submitted 39 days ago • 8 comments

In only a week, Trump has made clear that he wants to be our last president. Every move is out of the autocracy playbook, designed to make people act out of fear and self preservation: purges, silencing communications, naming enemies, etc etc.

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

I think we’ll be seeing a lot of violations in the coming days, canceling contracts and grants, dismissals, destruction of federal records, and probably worse. But Trump is bound by law, and will pardon anyone who is.

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

I've been wondering, who is going to stand in opposition to all this hatred? Respect.

submitted 40 days ago • 0 comments

This just one of the examples of the new McCarthyism and Nixon's enemies list combined and it has a broad sweep. By personal observations of the last two days, federal employees--my colleagues--aren't feeling courage to say no to anything right yet. Will it be too late when they do?

submitted 40 days ago • 0 comments

It's normal for a new administration to ask appointee ambassadors to resign. It's quite another thing to ask that of career diplomats, who have served Republican and Democratic administrations.

submitted 43 days ago • 0 comments

It's a goal of mine to help make this the most famous, well-known and UNDERSTOOD quote about cities in history. Please share it as much as you can. #InducedDemand

submitted 45 days ago • 49 comments

Whatever one thinks of the TikTok ban, this is pure authoritarianism: 1. The Leader suspends a law he has no legal power to suspend. 2. The Leader orchestrates new ownership of a major media platform he will now control. 3. The major media platform commits to be a mouthpiece uplifting the Leader.

submitted 43 days ago • 10 comments