@adhume.bsky.social
An important first-person account from someone inside OPM:
I Work in the Office Carrying Out the Government Purge. Here’s What I Want You to Know.
We’re as freaked out and angry as everyone else.
slate.com
February 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Don't Fall for Trump's Strongman Gambit
open.substack.com/pub/messageb...
open.substack.com/pub/messageb...
Don't Fall for Trump's Strongman Gambit
Trump's first two weeks reveal a chaotic and incompetent administration trying to mask weakness.
open.substack.com
February 6, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Don't Fall for Trump's Strongman Gambit
open.substack.com/pub/messageb...
open.substack.com/pub/messageb...
Happy to hear that #Blueskyisforknitters I need knitting to balance the politics.
January 30, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Happy to hear that #Blueskyisforknitters I need knitting to balance the politics.
Advice for the Dems I thought worth sharing. Practical and to the point. open.substack.com/pub/messageb...
How Democrats Can Start Fighting Back
Too many in the party are overcomplicating the simple and unable to muster any opposition to Trump.
open.substack.com
January 29, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Advice for the Dems I thought worth sharing. Practical and to the point. open.substack.com/pub/messageb...
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I spoke to a talented junior scientist who just got a good faculty job offer in the US and they told me “well I wouldn’t move to 1930s Germany either” so that’s how that’s going
January 28, 2025 at 11:57 AM
I spoke to a talented junior scientist who just got a good faculty job offer in the US and they told me “well I wouldn’t move to 1930s Germany either” so that’s how that’s going
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Here's the @statesnewsroom.com report. The reporter interprets the new memo as a list of frozen programs, but in light of OMB's latest statements, combined with the phasing of the cover note, I think that can't be right (perhaps the story will be updated).
Trump administration memo announces abrupt freeze on broad swath of federal payments
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration will temporarily stop payments on multiple federal programs Tuesday evening, cutting off Americans who rely on what could be trillions in funding and likely setti...
www.newsfromthestates.com
January 28, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Here's the @statesnewsroom.com report. The reporter interprets the new memo as a list of frozen programs, but in light of OMB's latest statements, combined with the phasing of the cover note, I think that can't be right (perhaps the story will be updated).