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The American Federation of Government Employees, which represents 800,000+ federal and D.C. workers (i.e. people directly impacted by a government shutdown), is urging senators to vote no on the House GOP's CR. In other words, AFGE is saying a government shutdown is less bad than this GOP bill.

Oklahoma slept on having an elder eSports team called the OK Boomers

Anything human is anti-fascist.

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A federal judge ordered the administration of US President Donald Trump to restore funding for hundreds of foreign aid contractors who argued that they were negatively impacted by a 90-day blanket freeze, a court filing showed reut.rs/42TA1Bq

Interesting: the State Department’s procurement forecast detailing a $400 million order for "armored Tesla" has now been edited to "armored electric vehicles." The document shows the edit was made tonight at 9:12 p.m. -- after it was highlighted in reports

Taking all the wrong lessons learned.

End-to-end encryption by default means “if you show up with a warrant or a subpoena (to Signal), they have almost nothing about you that they can hand over,” EFF’s @evacide.bsky.social told @cnn.com.

One reason Musk might be so driven to shut down USAID? The agency's inspector general opened a probe into Starlink last year. Now the Trump administration says Musk will self-determine his conflicts of interest. Hello?

Weird cult doing weird culty things

LOL. Chants of "Lock Him UP" ring out about Elon Musk. Complete with drums....

"Let them drink lead."

You are MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. If they threaten you with arrest for trying to access a site you are lawfully entitled to access, YOU MAKE THEM FUCKING ARREST YOU. YOU MAKE THEM SLAP THE CUFFS ON A CONGRESSMAN LIVE ON TV, YOU MAKE THEM FUCKING DO IT.

go.bsky.app/ALbjGXE Here is a list of Indigenous writers and book industry folks. Follow and share.

FBI employees were ordered to answer a list of questions about work they may have done on criminal cases related to the Jan. 6, 2021, US Capitol attack by supporters of Donald Trump, stoking fear among staff about fresh firings reut.rs/40Z3Mj4

Kind of ironic that conspiracy nuts empowered the only person on the planet that actually wants to put microchips in people's brains.

Official previously tasked with investigating Musk's death deathtrap neurolink brainchip was forcibly removed from her office after termination.

Silver linings: As long as the Constitution isn't overthrown, there's a mid-to-high chance that Trump will dupe most of his cabinet and advisors into committing trialable felonies on his behalf again.