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This is not normal! As if federal employees didn’t already feel threatened enough—sure, let the brown shirts have guns; that’ll certainly boost compliance.

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Wondering why there are no study sections and Institute Council meetings? Well, such meetings need to be put on the Federal Register 15 days prior to the meeting. And the Federal Register has not allowed any entries since January 21. This is the reason no grants are being reviewed or approved.

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This is Ivy. She is full of rage. Just because she can fit in your pocket doesn't mean you can let your guard down. Stay vigilant. 12/10

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"The spokesman said the FDA does need to prohibit use of the words gender, inclusion, identity, diversity, inter, intersex, equity, equitable, transgender and trans to comply with the order." www.reuters.com/business/hea...

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The Trump administration is using loopholes to maintain spending freezes despite court orders, with political appointees invoking legal authority to justify the pauses while distancing them from Trump’s directives.

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The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Dorchester has closed until further notice after some workers were let go, officials said.

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Susan Pack's story highlights the ongoing challenges many patients face, but also the incredible progress in melanoma treatment. These advancements are the direct result of investments in melanoma research. Read about Susan's melanoma journey: www.curemelanoma.org/blog/susan-p...

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You’re not safe in Trump’s America.

submitted 4 days ago • 30 comments

This thread is excellent.

submitted 4 days ago • 6 comments

Land of the free or police state? The lines become more blurred every day.

submitted 4 days ago • 48 comments

Want to go visit the national parks this year? Sorry. The reservation system is shut down, EMT personnel are gone, so don't get hurt or lost. No one can clean the bathrooms or cabins, so they'll be closed. Rangers are fired. www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

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@raskin.house.gov: "The whole anti-corruption crusade is an absolute fraud. They started by decimating the ranks of the inspectors general. These are the people whose job is actually, day in and day out, 365 days a year, to ferret out waste, fraud and abuse in the departments and the agencies."

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Trump has issued an executive order directing his administration to examine what he and HHS Secretary RFK Jr. deem a “threat” to young people posed by antidepressants, stimulants, and other common psychiatric drugs. Kennedy, a lawyer, anti-vaxxer, and former heroin addict, believes he…

submitted 5 days ago • 259 comments

If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

submitted 6 days ago • 2287 comments

Last Fall, the Washington Post allowed a right wing group to run a full page ad falsely attacking me for protecting voting rights. Today, Bezos' paper won't accept ads criticizing Elon Musk. Support pro-democracy media. www.democracydocket.com/me-subscribe...

submitted 6 days ago • 637 comments

Not to worry folks, DOGE operatives are now asking for access to your individual tax returns ... www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

submitted 6 days ago • 155 comments

On Friday night, HHS ordered CDC to take down all flu vaccine campaign materials from its website. Materials are starting to come down. For example, a campaign explaining that flu shot can reduce flu severity from "wild to mild" is now offline. Left image is from Friday, right is now Meanwhile...

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"Shutting off their devices whether done intentionally or not marked an alarming new step, 2 people said.The US attorneys are responsible for the fedl response to threats, including coordinating with state & local law enforcement & signing off on court filings." news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and...

submitted 6 days ago • 150 comments

CISA – a federal agency that helps secure elections from foreign threats and disinformation – has placed its employees on administrative leave. The move puts the security and integrity of elections in the U.S. at risk.

submitted 8 days ago • 396 comments

Incompetence in Washington puts every American at risk, no matter how you voted. No one should be happy that the DOGE team - the same folks who randomly published classified U.S. security information online today - wants access to your bank account & Social Security numbers.

submitted 8 days ago • 2697 comments

BREAKING Federal Judge Amy Berman Jackson just issued an order preventing the Trump administration from: 1. Deleting CFPB data 2. Firing CFPB employees 3. Transferring money from CFPB's reserve fund Right after the order was issued, nearly all CFPB employees were placed on administrative leave

submitted 8 days ago • 182 comments

The abrupt terminations of more than 1,000 employees, including new Epidemic Intelligence Officers, across CDC are deeply disturbing. For more than 70 years, EIS officers have served on America’s front line as its disease detectives, ready at a moment’s notice to respond to emerging outbreaks.

submitted 8 days ago • 115 comments

Termination notices going out this afternoon to more than 300 employees of the National Cancer Institute. Access likely ends today. Four weeks paid leave and that’s it. Strong power move for Team Cancer.

submitted 8 days ago • 1088 comments

"DOGE’s database provides details on the National Reconnaissance Office, the federal agency that designs, builds and maintains U.S. intelligence satellites."

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BREAKING: Ranking Member Raskin demands Attorney General Bondi halt illegal intimidation campaign targeting the DOJ’s Public Integrity Office.

submitted 9 days ago • 865 comments

When the metaphor SCREAMS at you to wake the fuck up

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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.

submitted 8 days ago • 96 comments

If you ever felt like you didn't deserve to be in your position, remember there are little privileged boys who can barely code who now run many of our websites and databases.

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When you don’t know what to DO, merely being yourself, speaking and acting within your own integrity, can have a powerful impact. If you need a break from the news to regroup and find your footing again, maybe this episode can help you breathe. jonimiller.substack.com/p/ep-33-mist...

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ABC: “.. Multiple current and former employees described the situation as ‘a national security crisis.’” @abcnewsgo.bsky.social abcnews.go.com/Politics/liv...

submitted 9 days ago • 628 comments

🧵The decision to change “LGBTQ” to “LGB” on the Stonewall National Monument page is yet another example of the Trump administration’s blatant attempts to discriminate against and erase the legacies of transgender and queer Americans.

submitted 9 days ago • 4 comments

👋 Hi Bluesky! We're fighting for safer and more inclusive schools for LGBTQ+ youth. Let's work together to build a brighter future for all students.

submitted 10 days ago • 2 comments

This is absolutely insane. Musk’s DOGE crew just straight up took $80 million from an NYC bank account!

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NEW: Several dozen employees at TTS, the federal government’s key tech agency, were fired this afternoon: www.wired.com/story/doge-t...

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"Kash Patel sought to be immunized because he believed he might incriminate himself if he answered questions truthfully in the Mar-a-Lago case." How's that for an FBI director? Carol Leonnig joins Tim Miller:

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Fun group project: Call your R Representative's office, ask them how much of the Federal budget is Medicaid, ask them how much the bill cuts Medicaid by, then ask them to do the math for you.

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The 25-year-old DOGE goon who resigned over his racist social posts was “mistakenly” and “briefly” given the power to alter a federal payments database.

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The quick shutdown of USAID abandoned patients with experimental devices and drugs in their bodies with no way to remove them in time. How many people are going to die because of the Trump/Musk mismanagement? What’s the DOGE Death Toll? www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...

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Elon Musk to reporter: “We post our actions to the DOGE website. All of our actions are maximally transparent. I don’t know of a case where an organization has been more transparent than the DOGE organization.” Here’s the doge.gov website IN ITS ENTIRETY. It’s literally a blank page!

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“On Friday, Democratic attorneys general went back to court to demand that a federal judge enforce his restraining order that was meant to keep billions of dollars in federal grant funds flowing. They said that the Trump administration had not complied” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/u...

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NEW: The Department of Education told employees late Friday that they must review and terminate all programs, contracts and policies that affirm the existence of transgender people. By @jodiscohen.bsky.social and @jsmithrichards.bsky.social

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"People need to get over their fears and false hopes and start playing offense when the law is on their side." Flood the zone with lawsuits. That and a lot more from Tom Malinowski: www.thebulwark.com/p/five-thing...

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🚨BREAKING: Federal Judge BLOCKS Musk's DOGE from accessing Treasury Department database systems with personally identifiable information or sensitive data. Must destroy any that was downloaded. Follow @democracydocket.com for breaking democracy news. www.democracydocket.com

submitted 15 days ago • 627 comments

Now imagine this happening with your personal data.

submitted 15 days ago • 167 comments

Trump and the GOP are counting on Democrats to play by the old rules while they bulldoze democracy. But the real power of the Senate isn’t just in votes — it’s in procedural warfare: indivisible.org/resource/how...

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Every single Republican Senator just voted for the lead architect of Project 2025 to oversee federal agencies and administer the budget. Every single Democrat voted against it. Trump promised he wouldn't implement Project 2025, but we all knew he was lying. Vought is going to do serious damage.

submitted 16 days ago • 75 comments