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Here's a copy of the email being sent to federal employees. In case anyone is wondering, the sender is [email protected]. Do with that what you will.

The Elon regime is effectively about making the lives of hundreds of thousands of government employees miserable. Not even so they quit, tho that too, but first and foremost out of an ideological commitment to hating public sector workers & public services.

Jimmy Carter library abruptly cancels three upcoming book talks on civil rights history, homelessness, and climate change. It appears this is related to the new requirement to get approval from DC for all events. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/a...

“New Social Security chief was being investigated when Musk team tapped him” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Trump was willing to stand up there for a few minutes to pretend to care about black history, but hugging the guy was a deal breaker.

Something is shifting. They are still breaking things and stealing things. And they will keep trying to break and to steal. But the propaganda magic around the oligarchical coup is fading. (1/2)

"Six weeks ago, we had the strongest economy, employment, and stock market in history. ..All gone in 30 days."

In 2016, in an immigration tribunal, I was branded a terrorist and national security risk *because of the colour of my skin.* Make no mistake. ANYONE who peddles the narrative of "but immigration causes crime" is a RACIST. No ifs, no buts.

WYOMING: “Thank you, Madam chairman.” “I prefer ‘Mister’ chairman.” “Well you all voted preferred pronouns cannot be compelled speech.”

"We don't work for DOGE. We have always worked for you." Yes!

these clowns are genuinely not prepared for the violent backlash that's coming their way once the cascading failures from destroying government agencies and the social safety net start to manifest in concussive, very unsubtle waves

At 3am, Republicans had an opportunity to keep their promise to our nation’s veterans and pass legislation to guarantee no cuts or delays to health care benefits we secured for toxic-exposed service members. They voted it down.

🚨BREAKING: Federal Court GRANTS sweeping nationwide injunction against Trump DEI executive orders finding that they violate First and Fifth Amendments to the Constitution. A huge victory for @democracyforward.org and its clients. A stinging loss for Trump. Visit www.democracydocket.com for details.

FOLLOWUP: SECDEF Hegseth also firing the CNO, the USAF Vice-Chief, and somewhat unusually and ominously to do in the same breath, the senior JAGs of the Army, Navy, and USAF

Fresh out of prison after Trump’s pardon, Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was arrested today for assaulting a woman protesting his event.

this has been very clear for a very long time and I've long wondered why so many people didn't see it. I think it's because it seems so absurd that someone would think like this. But plenty have throughout history! And plenty of people (too many!) have supported them!

Net Approval of Trump's Handling of the Economy: January 26: +4% February 18: -8% - Ipsos -

"The crowd again started shouting 'tax Elon,' 'tax the wealthy,” “tax the rich' and 'tax the billionaires.'" The county went 68% for Trump www.lagrandeobserver.com/news/local/r...

This x10000000000 “In other words: We, the opposition, are the majority. Take heart.” www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-a...

So. It has officially happened. I have been officially let go from my position at CDC. I wasn’t a probationary employee. I had stellar performance reviews every year. I’ll be ok. But please understand that many worked HARD to get into these positions and were doing great public health work.

NEW: DOJ lawyers were so embarrassed by judge Reyes they went full Karen and are asking to speak to the manager. They filed a letter with the chief judge of the DC circuit complaining about Judge Reyes.

the stock market is now below where it was when Joe Biden left office

A heartfelt thank you to former Senators Joe Manchin and Kristen Sinema for repeatedly blocking popular policies to preserve “norms” and protect “the rights of the minority” We couldn’t have gotten here without you

lol what It’s about 160 million in 24 hours at peak. It’s a few dozen in a few minutes at a polling place. This not strenuous for a computer.

“We’ll see you in court.” Gov. Janet Mills is a badass for this.

My local grocery store (Russ's Market) is price gouging eggs. A dozen eggs is $5 at walmart. The local? 7.99. What was the national average that day? 7.99 I live in a place that is regularly way under the national average on prices.

Musk shadowbanned her.

Final drain removed. 1 month later.

Elon Musk and Republicans are trying to buy a seat on Wisconsin’s Supreme Court for Brad Schimel & end its 4-3 liberal majority. The election is April 1, & donating to Judge Susan Crawford or volunteering is one of the best ways you can help fight back against far-right oligarchy right now

This is bonkers to me because the most basic of accounting education should prevent you from falling for atrumps bs.

The case for X being a 1A state actor now is at least colorable. It is controlled by a government official, who uses it for government business, with no real boundary in practice between the government and his private interest in it. It is little different from if a .gov website allowed comments.

All of this. They took an oath to defend the Constitution. Your elected officials are oath-bound to defend the republic with their lives. This clown country doesn’t truly hold elected officials to that standard, so we get the weak-assed clowns who can’t do it.

New in PN: AOC shows how to fight back and stand strong "Prominent figures standing up can undermine the climate of fear that MAGA relies on to impose terror. AOC’s work on behalf of her constituents and refusal to be intimidated are models of resistance other Democrats would do well to imitate."

Impacts of the USAID Stop Work Orders A 2024 study looked into the impact of U.S. foreign aid. Every dollar spent on aid returns an average of $8 in exports. It benefits people in the US before delivery and in the development phase when countries strike up partnerships.

you could screen Idiocracy every single day in this WH and they would still experience it as a tribute concert

EXCLUSIVE: A federal worker at the EPA sent an incredible email to Administrator Lee Zeldin. He's refused to stay silent, and has asked me to share the email - and his name - with the public. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/exclusive-...

⚡️63% of Ukrainians approve Zelensky as president, poll shows.

We finally have an actual 1A question about social media and I’m wondering where the Twitter Files dupes are?

Canadians are now referring to the United States as the 11th province

Musk absolutely wants to make it to illegal to criticize his shit-box products in the U.S., too - this woman in China was forced to pay TESLA after faulty brakes almost killed her family. Stop the rabid dog. apnews.com/article/tesl...

Over on X, simple tweets by my colleague Greg Bluestein of the Atlanta Journal Constitution have been blocked. They were nothing but video of a town hall held by Rep. Rich McCormick R-GA where he was asked questions about DOGE

Holy shit! You’ve got to see this town hall. Republicans are starting to get torn apart by their own constituents. Rep. Rich McCormick: “You don’t think I’m going to stand up for you?” Woman in the crowd: “You need to stand up.” Another woman: “Don’t bend over.” 🔥

A five-alarm fire for LGBTQ Iowans: Iowa House Judiciary Committee chair Steven Holt introduced a bill today w/many discriminatory provisions including removing gender identity from Iowa's civil rights act. www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/... (my post in progress but won't be done tonight)

Senate Republicans just launched an all-night voting spree to rip apart Medicaid and starve kids—all so they can hand more cash to billionaires like Elon Musk. They’re doing this while most people aren’t watching. Absolutely disgraceful.

Laid-off IRS employee said he had voted for Trump: "I thought that someone with his business acumen would have come in with a fine-tooth comb and actually found it instead of coming in with a wrecking ball and destroying people’s lives for no reason." www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/p...