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youranoncentral.bsky.social
In defense of Ukraine Anonymous has released 10TB of leaked data on all businesses operating in Russia, all Kremlin assets in the West, pro-Russian officials, Donald Trump, and more. 🇺🇦 #OpRussia
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April 15, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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youranoncentral.bsky.social
Jennifer Vasquez Sura who's husband Kilmar Abrego Garcia was abducted by the Trump regime and human trafficked to a concentration camp in El Salvador: “I will not stop fighting until I see my husband alive.”
April 16, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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youranoncentral.bsky.social
Musk’s DOGE involved in what appears to be a foreign espionage operation and data theft. They also have death threatened US federal whistleblowers and disabled security systems, deliberately allowing Russian IPs to access sensitive US federal government systems.

www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data The IT team met to discuss insider threats - namely, the DOGE engineers, whose activities it had little insight into or control over. "We had no idea what they did," he explained. Those conversations are reflected in his official disclosure. They eventually launched a formal breach investigation, according to the disclosure, and prepared a request for assistance from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). However, those efforts were disrupted without an explanation, Berulis said. That was deeply troubling to Berulis, who felt he needed help to try to get to the bottom of what happened and determine what new vulnerabilities might be exploited as a result. In the days after Berulis and his colleagues prepared a request for CISAs help investigating the breach, Berulis found a printed letter in an envelope taped to his door, which included threatening language, sensitive personal information and overhead pictures of him walking his dog, according to the cover letter attached to his official disclosure. It's unclear who sent it, but the letter made specific reference to his decision to report the breach. Law enforcement is investigating the letter. While investigating the data taken from the agency, Berulis tried to determine its ultimate destination. But whoever had exfiltrated it had disguised its destination too, according to the disclosure. DOGE staffers had permission to access the system, but removing data is another matter. Berulis says someone appeared to be doing something called DNS tunneling to prevent the data exfiltration from being detected. He came to that conclusion, outlined in his disclosure, after he saw a traffic spike in DNS requests parallel to the data being exfiltrated, a spike 1,000 times the normal number of requests. When someone uses this kind of technique, they set up a domain name that pings the target system with questions or queries. But they configure the compromised server so that it answers those DNS queries by sending out packets of data, allowing the attacker to steal information that has been broken down into smaller chunks. "We've seen Russian threat actors do things like this on U.S. government systems," said one threat intelligence researcher who requested anonymity because they weren't authorized to speak publicly by their employer. That analyst, who has extensive experience hunting nation-state-sponsored hackers, reviewed the whistleblower's technical claims. Within minutes after DOGE accessed the NLRB's systems, someone with an IP address in Russia started trying to log in, according to Berulis' disclosure. The attempts were "near real-time," according to the disclosure. Those attempts were blocked, but they were especially alarming. Whoever was attempting to log in was using one of the newly created DOGE accounts - and the person had the correct username and password, according to Berulis. While it's possible the user was disguising their location, it's highly unlikely they'd appear to be coming from Russia if they wanted to avoid suspicion, cybersecurity experts interviewed by NPR explained. On their own, a few failed login attempts from a Russian IP address aren't a smoking gun, those cybersecurity experts interviewed by NPR said. But given the overall picture of activity, it's a concerning sign that foreign adversaries may already be searching for ways into government systems that DOGE engineers may have left exposed. "When you move fast and break stuff, the opportunity to ride the coattails of authorized access is ridiculously easy to achieve," said Handorf. What he means is that if DOGE engineers left access points to the network open, it would be very easy for spies or criminals to break in and steal data behind DOGE. He said he could also see foreign adversaries trying to recruit or pay DOGE team members for access to sensitive data. "It would not surprise me if DOGE is accidentally compromised."
April 16, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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altnps.bsky.social
The incompetence of this Administration never ceases to amaze. Waltz and other NSC members used Gmail to conduct official government business, with Waltz’s staff even sharing information about sensitive military positions and advanced weapon systems tied to an ongoing conflict.
April 2, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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youranoncentral.bsky.social
This is the difference between practising medicine in the US and practising it in Canada or anywhere the government isn’t pushing autogenocide on its citizens. #3E #EndAutogenocide canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/03/25/i...
I traded my U.S. medical career for life in Canada. Here’s how the…
The differences hit me immediately, and are profound.
canadahealthwatch.ca
April 2, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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youranoncentral.bsky.social
US MAGA Republicans are quoting Hitler's chief propagandist for the Nazi Party, and Reich Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels. #3E
April 2, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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chrislhayes.bsky.social
Can’t help but feel that if President Bernie Sanders pulled this move the entirety of American business would try to get him pushed out of office immediately.
April 2, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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johnsipher.bsky.social
So embarrassing.

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Waltz and staff used Gmail for government communications, officials say
Trump’s national security adviser is trying to manage his way out of a crisis. But new revelations about his team’s operational security are piling up in the inbox.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 1, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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50501movement.bsky.social
🚨 We are mobilizing for a NEW national day of protest— March 4th Against Monarchy!

Find organizing resources and more at linktr.ee/fiftyfiftyon....

@polrev.bsky.social @altnps.bsky.social #NoKings #50501movement #FiftyFiftyOne
February 20, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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petebuttigieg.bsky.social
Whatever else emerges in time about the Delta crash in Canada, one thing is certain: the importance & amazing professionalism of flight attendants who safely evacuated the plane in a matter of seconds.
February 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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mcuban.bsky.social
theintercept.com/2025/02/17/e...
This Is the Way to Stop Elon Musk
Senate Democrats have the power to block federal contracts to Tesla and SpaceX. It’s the path to pushing Musk out of politics.
theintercept.com
February 18, 2025 at 3:07 AM
nickistephens.bsky.social
@schwarzenegger.bsky.social I could really use one of your inspirational speeches right now.
February 14, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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petebuttigieg.bsky.social
The CFPB is one of the American people’s best defenses against waste, fraud, and abuse.

Demolishing it will, of course, lead to more waste, fraud, and abuse.
February 11, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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davidcorn.bsky.social
Democratic senators will hold the Senate floor all night long in opposition to the nomination of Russ Vought, an organizer of Project 2025, to head the OMB.
February 5, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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gobluerev.bsky.social
February 5, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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stephenking.bsky.social
We're living George Orwell's 1984: IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH.
February 4, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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gobluerev.bsky.social
February 4, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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mcuban.bsky.social
Anyone out there ever work in Treasury Payments? I'm curious if this is actually the case:

The Secure Payment System (SPS) employs a strict separation of duties as a core security measure.

The point of the ? Is to know how many people are required to approve a payment and where are they located
February 5, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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gobluerev.bsky.social
February 2, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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ojelibom.bsky.social
We also need to do this:
February 3, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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astrokatie.com
this hurts worse than the tariffs 😭
February 2, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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krassenstein.bsky.social
February 2, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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astrokatie.com
The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH**

* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
Egg prices are soaring again. Here’s why and what to expect
Bird flu has killed millions of hens in recent weeks, shrinking the supply of eggs and hiking up prices at grocery stores.
www.kcur.org
January 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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gobluerev.bsky.social
They are trying to whitewash Jan 6. Do not let them.
January 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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mcuban.bsky.social
This is the SEMINAL POLITICAL PODCAST of 2025. Podcasts like this are EXACTLY how young men will consume and understand politics.

Dem strategists should study every single second of it and recognize this is their new reality for reaching young men. Guaranteed.

youtu.be/W17FWAOC8oc?...
TRUMP IS BACK: Heil Elon, Fauci Guilty, & 2 Genders Forever?
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January 22, 2025 at 11:41 PM