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This is 100% like something you'd see in our annual Information Assurance training -- see as in you fail if you say you would reply to this email.

That's an awful lot of programs cutting graduate admissions in the biomedical sciences.

Medicaid is not for sale. NASA is not for sale. The Post Office is not for sale. America is not for sale. We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.

GOV. MILLS: “.. Maine may be one of the first states to undergo an investigation by his Administration, but we won’t be the last. .. “.. But you must ask yourself: who and what will he target next, and what will he do? Will it be you?” www.pressherald.com/2025/02/21/r...

Here’s what is going on. When you start firing the military’s top lawyers, that means you are getting ready to order the military to do unlawful things. Trump replaces those JAGs with men who will justify any future unlawful and unethical actions that he wants the military to do.

#TodayInPyongyang

Elon Musk's private security detail has been deputized as Federal Marshalls and can carry firearms on Federal property. What could possibly go wrong? www.cnn.com/2025/02/20/p...

1/US demands Ukrainian minerals or face cutoff from Starlink. It is the most venal form of economic coercion. And it will only accelerate the backlash to US tech platforms. Now Starlink = AWS = Facebook for friends and foes alike. www.reuters.com/business/us-...

What an ____!

“S&P 500 Consumer Discretionary sector has wiped out all gains since the end of November.” (via Kevin Gordon)

@sbagen.bsky.social makes an important point about the scope of judicial review. A lot of folks have asked me about how standing and jurisdiction impede judicial review for federal workers. This is a great article to understand those issues.

news.gallup.com/poll/656891/...

Going great here. "Americans’ inflation expectations for the year ahead surged this month to the highest level since November 2023, according to the University of Michigan’s latest consumer survey. And consumer sentiment plunged." www.cnn.com/2025/02/20/i...

BREAKING: The Trump administration has announced that it will kill Medicare coverage of most telehealth services on April 1st.

A four-year-old boy named "Dominic" surprised his mother by bringing a baby deer home after returning from the woods in the backyard because he considered the deer his friend, and the mother took a picture of them. This happened in Virginia

“In one window visible from a sidewalk below the hotel, a woman clawed at a latchless glass pane in an attempt to escape. When she noticed journalists below, she held up a piece of paper that read “Afghan.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/w...

ALERT: The @friendsofusaid.bsky.social Instagram and YouTube channel were blocked! They hope to get back online but if you're on Insta guess what, big brains FORGOT TO TAKE DOWN THE USAID OIG PAGE! See what we REALLY were doing to end waste, fraud and abuse! #SaveUSAID lnk.bio/usaid.oig

Your good new story for the day. I just received a message from a landlord in Florida. He has lost over $30,000 in rentals since Canadians began the boycott. Canadians are doing their part. LET'S TAKE THE BOYCOTT INTERNATIONAL. We invite allied nations to boycott all things American.

Canada has never been more united

These are Fort Campbell-based 101st Airborne Division soldiers escorting the Little Rock Nine in 1957. Fort Campbell is erasing *its own* history.

A new Florida law provides for any law enforcement officer who assists in the arrest of a person in the state illegally to receive a $1,000 bonus. It turns out you can act as a bounty hunter even while wearing the uniform of the state. @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social:

This one makes me the maddest. I never thought of us as the greatest stewards of the natural world but at least we were trying. So many species are already on the brink. They will not survive the atrocities that will undoubtedly be committed by Conscienceless destructors at will.

Yeah this is what fascists and dictators have said in the past. If Republicans want us to accept Trump as a King above the law they should just admit it.

“CISA will pause all elections security activities until the completion of this review,” Bean added. The agency is also cutting off funding for these activities” electionlawblog.org?p=148644

Florida adopted a new law this week mandates the death penalty for undocumented defendants convicted of capital crimes, despite legal precedents against automatic death sentences. boltsmag.org/florida...

Good question.

“.. In my 20-year law enforcement career, this is one of the most horrific crimes I have ever investigated,” Captain Swift said at a news conference on Friday.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/n....

Where law ends, tyranny begins.

I’m having great difficulty right now seeing how our political system doesn’t devolve into violence.

“The Maryland National Guard must decline events which celebrates individuals based all or in part on immutable characteristics,” the memo said. Douglass was an abolitionist, suffragist, orator and author. That’s what we celebrate him. Let’s be clear: This bars celebrating him because he was Black.

Just a coincidence.

At the direction of RFK Jr., America’s newly confirmed secretary of Health and Human Services, the CDC has suddenly fired nearly 1,300 employees in a single day. 10% of America’s vital team of health experts — considered global leaders in disease control — have been axed. Although HHS…

I fear they’re coming for ALL school vaccine mandates next. Including measles, mumps and rubella.

This is a $45,408,138 grant, set to run from 2019 to 2030, to study methods for helping students with disabilities achieve their post-high school goals. It was just arbitrarily cancelled. This is too expensive but SpaceX funtime isn't and god forbid we tax billionaires. ies.ed.gov/use-work/eva...

Federal employees caught up in probation period firings - we got you! #AltGov #protectfederalworkers democracyforward.org/updates/fede...

Musk has wielded the power of an official who would need to be formally appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate, but he hasn’t gone through that constitutionally required process, the states argued. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

I’m going to continue to work until my computer access is revoked,” Lennox said. “Then I’m going to volunteer. I’m going to keep working as best I can to support the veterans. That’s what I’m here for.” taskandpurpose.com/news/veteran...

It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too. EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them. Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)

REPOST if you support our federal workforce and know how dedicated they are to their jobs. Show them you appreciate them!

Completely. Fucking. Nuts. And it’s going to backfire, big time.

It gives me no pleasure to say she was right.

For a US audience, Hegseth is doing muscle porn, for an international audience he is the first SecDef to ever saw the US is too weak to face Russia. What a disaster.

NEW: My office is hearing that DOGE is now at the IRS. That means Musk's henchmen are in a position to dig through a trove of data about every taxpayer in America. And if your refund is delayed, they could very well be the reason.

RFK Jr. confirmed. There goes the health of our nation.