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Indefensible.
Some Voice of America journalists learned they were being placed on leave just as they were about to go on air.
Here’s the backstory on how VOA was already engaged in what employees viewed as self-censorship when it came to questioning Trump admin policies. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/b...
Here’s the backstory on how VOA was already engaged in what employees viewed as self-censorship when it came to questioning Trump admin policies. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/b...
Voice of America Journalists Face Investigations for Trump Comments
The broadcaster placed a longtime journalist on leave amid growing concerns about its editorial independence.
www.nytimes.com
March 15, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Indefensible.
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Having just watched the doc, "Becoming Katharine Graham," I have no doubt she would be proud of Ruth Marcus's courage and eloquence. This would not have happened on Graham's watch.
www.newyorker.com/news/essay/w...
www.newyorker.com/news/essay/w...
Why I Left the Washington Post
Owner Jeff Bezos wants to transform the Opinions section of the paper, where I worked for forty years. After the publisher killed my column disagreeing with that move—it appears here in full—I decided...
www.newyorker.com
March 12, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Having just watched the doc, "Becoming Katharine Graham," I have no doubt she would be proud of Ruth Marcus's courage and eloquence. This would not have happened on Graham's watch.
www.newyorker.com/news/essay/w...
www.newyorker.com/news/essay/w...
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There will be reverberations of this kind of treatment throughout workplaces. It erodes trust in management because it shows that worst case scenarios can happen.
USAID homepage displaying instructions for former staff to retrieve belongings:
-Staff will only be able to retrieve items March 12-14 in 15-minute windows
-Staff must bring their own boxes, bags & tape
-How to remove personnel records & classified docs will be published later
-Staff will only be able to retrieve items March 12-14 in 15-minute windows
-Staff must bring their own boxes, bags & tape
-How to remove personnel records & classified docs will be published later
March 11, 2025 at 7:18 PM
There will be reverberations of this kind of treatment throughout workplaces. It erodes trust in management because it shows that worst case scenarios can happen.
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"As Musk's deputies have gained access to nearly two dozen federal agencies, ethics experts have raised concern about the billionaire running into conflicts of interest, since Musk runs six companies, some of which are under investigation by government authorities."
www.npr.org/2025/02/13/g...
www.npr.org/2025/02/13/g...
Trump administration set to purchase $400 million worth of armored Teslas
That's according to a public State Department procurement document. It comes as ethics experts raise conflict of interest questions about the chief executive of Tesla, Elon Musk, who is a top White Ho...
www.npr.org
February 13, 2025 at 1:59 PM
"As Musk's deputies have gained access to nearly two dozen federal agencies, ethics experts have raised concern about the billionaire running into conflicts of interest, since Musk runs six companies, some of which are under investigation by government authorities."
www.npr.org/2025/02/13/g...
www.npr.org/2025/02/13/g...
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Scoop: On Wednesday, execs from top newsrooms met with the Pentagon to protest Pete Hegseth’s decision to boot a handful of outlets from their workspaces.
Despite hopes for a reversal, the Pentagon on Friday night doubled the number of evictions.
Details in Status: www.status.news/p/purged-fro...
Despite hopes for a reversal, the Pentagon on Friday night doubled the number of evictions.
Details in Status: www.status.news/p/purged-fro...
Purged From the Pentagon
The Trump administration is making it abundantly clear that it views the press as an adversary to be undermined at every opportunity.
www.status.news
February 8, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Scoop: On Wednesday, execs from top newsrooms met with the Pentagon to protest Pete Hegseth’s decision to boot a handful of outlets from their workspaces.
Despite hopes for a reversal, the Pentagon on Friday night doubled the number of evictions.
Details in Status: www.status.news/p/purged-fro...
Despite hopes for a reversal, the Pentagon on Friday night doubled the number of evictions.
Details in Status: www.status.news/p/purged-fro...
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74% of Americans, including 54% of Republicans and 93% of Democrats, disapprove of Trump's pardons for Jan. 6ers convicted of violent crimes. www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...
February 8, 2025 at 12:32 AM
74% of Americans, including 54% of Republicans and 93% of Democrats, disapprove of Trump's pardons for Jan. 6ers convicted of violent crimes. www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...
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A federal judge has just ordered Musk to get out of Treasury’s computers. We are fortunate there are good lawyers representing democracy. Normally that would end the matter, but in this era there are legit questions about compliance & enforcement. We live on the edge of a constitutional crisis.
February 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
A federal judge has just ordered Musk to get out of Treasury’s computers. We are fortunate there are good lawyers representing democracy. Normally that would end the matter, but in this era there are legit questions about compliance & enforcement. We live on the edge of a constitutional crisis.
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The Office of Personnel Management, now overseen by Elon Musk, just issued a memo to all heads of federal agencies ordering a startling change in the status of CIOs.
It signals Musk's potential move to take over the IT of the entire federal government.
It signals Musk's potential move to take over the IT of the entire federal government.
Trump White House moves to allow for a Musk takeover of government IT
The Office of Personnel Management is trying to make it easier to put ideologues and cronies in key tech roles.
www.motherjones.com
February 6, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The Office of Personnel Management, now overseen by Elon Musk, just issued a memo to all heads of federal agencies ordering a startling change in the status of CIOs.
It signals Musk's potential move to take over the IT of the entire federal government.
It signals Musk's potential move to take over the IT of the entire federal government.
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Hey it turns out we're getting rid of the CIA.
"The Central Intelligence Agency offered buyouts to its entire workforce Tuesday, in what officials said is a bid to bring the agency in line with President Trump’s priorities, including targeting drug cartels."
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
"The Central Intelligence Agency offered buyouts to its entire workforce Tuesday, in what officials said is a bid to bring the agency in line with President Trump’s priorities, including targeting drug cartels."
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
The CIA Is About to Get a Trump Makeover
The spy agency’s workforce received a buyout-style offer on Tuesday.
www.wsj.com
February 5, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Hey it turns out we're getting rid of the CIA.
"The Central Intelligence Agency offered buyouts to its entire workforce Tuesday, in what officials said is a bid to bring the agency in line with President Trump’s priorities, including targeting drug cartels."
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
"The Central Intelligence Agency offered buyouts to its entire workforce Tuesday, in what officials said is a bid to bring the agency in line with President Trump’s priorities, including targeting drug cartels."
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
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!!!!
TOMORROW: We’re rallying at the Treasury building with @moveon.org to stop Elon Musk’s hostile takeover and tell this unelected billionaire to get his hands off our money. We hope you can join us if you’re in the D.C. area.
We Choose to Fight: Nobody Elected Elon! · MoveOn
**Rally at the Treasury building to stop Elon Musk’s billionaire takeover.** Nobody elected Elon! We need everyone to fight this hostile takeover at every level—that includes Democrats in Congress, wh...
www.mobilize.us
February 4, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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"The opaque office’s early moves have violated the Privacy Act and cybersecurity laws, according to legal experts, and triggered a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s assault on government bureaucracy."
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
DOGE’s access to federal data is ‘an absolute nightmare,’ legal experts warn
The latest moves at Treasury have already triggered a lawsuit, with a fight over the dissolution of USAID looming.
www.politico.com
February 4, 2025 at 2:42 AM
"The opaque office’s early moves have violated the Privacy Act and cybersecurity laws, according to legal experts, and triggered a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s assault on government bureaucracy."
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
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Musk aides access classified information despite not having sufficient security clearance; USAID security officials placed on leave: AP
apnews.com/article/doge...
apnews.com/article/doge...
February 2, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Musk aides access classified information despite not having sufficient security clearance; USAID security officials placed on leave: AP
apnews.com/article/doge...
apnews.com/article/doge...
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Breaking News: Cecile Richards, a former president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America and one of the country’s most well-known defenders of abortion rights, has died at 67. nyti.ms/40pKWQl
January 20, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Breaking News: Cecile Richards, a former president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America and one of the country’s most well-known defenders of abortion rights, has died at 67. nyti.ms/40pKWQl
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I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget
December 20, 2024 at 1:14 PM
I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget
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Elon Musk weighed in on the German election, saying only the AfD party, a group with neo-Nazi ties, “can save” the country. It was not the first intervention by Musk on behalf of once-fringe anti-immigrant parties in Europe.
Musk Expresses Support for Far-Right Party in Germany’s Election
It was not the first online intervention by Elon Musk, the entrepreneur and adviser to Donald Trump, on behalf of once-fringe anti-immigrant parties in Europe.
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2024 at 6:19 PM
Elon Musk weighed in on the German election, saying only the AfD party, a group with neo-Nazi ties, “can save” the country. It was not the first intervention by Musk on behalf of once-fringe anti-immigrant parties in Europe.
Hey all. I’m not digging all the headlines that say the House vote on the government funding bill is a “blow for Speaker Johnson.” These votes are a blow for me - and everyone else across the nation. Focus please.
December 20, 2024 at 12:11 AM
Hey all. I’m not digging all the headlines that say the House vote on the government funding bill is a “blow for Speaker Johnson.” These votes are a blow for me - and everyone else across the nation. Focus please.
Does anyone else immediately hum Willie Nelson when signing in to this platform?
December 19, 2024 at 3:01 PM
Does anyone else immediately hum Willie Nelson when signing in to this platform?
I think Kaitlan Collins has evolved into one of the best TV interviewers today. It is never about her.
December 19, 2024 at 3:04 AM
I think Kaitlan Collins has evolved into one of the best TV interviewers today. It is never about her.
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A stat that reveals the generational divide—and difference in platform—here:
AOC has 12.8 million followers on X and 8.1 million on Instagram.
Connolly has just over 87,000 followers on both platforms combined.
AOC has 12.8 million followers on X and 8.1 million on Instagram.
Connolly has just over 87,000 followers on both platforms combined.
Gerry Connolly, who is 74 and has cancer, beats AOC in race for key Democratic congressional post
So much for "generational change."
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
So much for "generational change."
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Gerry Connolly beats AOC in race for key Democratic congressional post
So much for generational change.
www.motherjones.com
December 17, 2024 at 8:28 PM
A stat that reveals the generational divide—and difference in platform—here:
AOC has 12.8 million followers on X and 8.1 million on Instagram.
Connolly has just over 87,000 followers on both platforms combined.
AOC has 12.8 million followers on X and 8.1 million on Instagram.
Connolly has just over 87,000 followers on both platforms combined.
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Breaking News: Rupert Murdoch failed in his bid to alter a family trust to consolidate his empire under his son Lachlan and lock in Fox News’s right-wing slant.
Rupert Murdoch Fails in Bid to Change Family Trust
A Nevada commissioner ruled resoundingly against Mr. Murdoch, who was trying to give full control of his empire to his son Lachlan and lock in Fox News’s right-wing editorial slant.
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2024 at 8:21 PM
Breaking News: Rupert Murdoch failed in his bid to alter a family trust to consolidate his empire under his son Lachlan and lock in Fox News’s right-wing slant.
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Just a reminder:
www.pressclubinstitute.org/2024/11/12/h...
www.pressclubinstitute.org/2024/11/12/h...
How newsroom leaders can guide their teams through uncertainty and fear - Journalism Institute
Confront the reality, based on past experience, of an administration that may be hostile to a free and independent press. Tell people you won’t stand down on values.
www.pressclubinstitute.org
December 1, 2024 at 1:09 PM
Just a reminder:
www.pressclubinstitute.org/2024/11/12/h...
www.pressclubinstitute.org/2024/11/12/h...
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For more than six years, Alice Loksha Ngaddah bided her time, waiting for an opportunity to escape her abductors. She had been kidnapped in Nigeria by a splinter group of Boko Haram, one of the world’s deadliest terrorist groups. She described her daring escape and how faith kept her alive.
How a Nigerian Nurse Abducted by Boko Haram Planned Her Escaped
After being abducted by an offshoot of Boko Haram in Nigeria six years ago, a Christian nurse describes her daring escape and how faith kept her alive.
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2024 at 11:03 PM
For more than six years, Alice Loksha Ngaddah bided her time, waiting for an opportunity to escape her abductors. She had been kidnapped in Nigeria by a splinter group of Boko Haram, one of the world’s deadliest terrorist groups. She described her daring escape and how faith kept her alive.
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Enforced return to office leads workers to seek new jobs
Enforced return to office leads workers to seek new jobs
Recruitment group says more applicants are turning down offers that do not include hybrid working
Recruiters have received a surge in job applications from disgruntled workers at companies that are removing employees’ flexibility over where they work…
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2024 at 5:17 PM
Enforced return to office leads workers to seek new jobs
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November 22, 2024 at 4:41 PM
20 FT employees?! Whoa
5. Bluesky's team consists of about 20 full-time employees. That's a million users here per employee now 🤯
Also, we're hiring!
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Also, we're hiring!
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November 20, 2024 at 4:32 AM
20 FT employees?! Whoa