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"The ideal candidates for any federal job will be those who can explain in 200 words — and without the help of artificial intelligence — which of the president’s executive orders or policies are most relevant to them and why. They can choose more than one."
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In Trump’s ‘Patriotic’ Hiring Plan, Experts See a Politicized Federal Work Force (Gift Article)
Political appointments inherently take into consideration loyalty to the president or the party. But expanding those types of questions to the career civil service is a significant departure.
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June 10, 2025 at 7:38 PM
"The ideal candidates for any federal job will be those who can explain in 200 words — and without the help of artificial intelligence — which of the president’s executive orders or policies are most relevant to them and why. They can choose more than one."
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The shooter is the son of current and long time Leon County Sheriff. The same county and sheriff that is currently holding a US citizen without charges for ICE www.npr.org/2025/04/17/n...
Gunman kills 2, wounds 6 others during a shooting at Florida State University
Authorities are investigating a shooting at Florida State University that killed two people and wounded six others. The suspect is hospitalized and is the son of a Leon County sheriff's deputy.
www.npr.org
April 17, 2025 at 9:55 PM
The shooter is the son of current and long time Leon County Sheriff. The same county and sheriff that is currently holding a US citizen without charges for ICE www.npr.org/2025/04/17/n...
A citizen, with a US birth certificate. Detained in a traffic stop as a PASSENGER. He's being jailed, not allowed to see his mom, awaiting ICE because of his name? Ethnicity? First language? Not "American" enough to be treated as a citizen unless proven otherwise? georgiarecorder.com/2025/04/17/g...
U.S.-born man from Georgia held for ICE under Florida’s new anti-immigration law • Georgia Recorder
Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez, a 20-year-old U.S. citizen, was being held in the Leon County Jail Thursday, charged with illegally entering Florida as an “unauthorized alien” — even as a supporter waved his U.S. birth certificate in court. The man, who was arrested Wednesday after a traffic stop in which he was a passenger on his […]
georgiarecorder.com
April 17, 2025 at 9:40 PM
A citizen, with a US birth certificate. Detained in a traffic stop as a PASSENGER. He's being jailed, not allowed to see his mom, awaiting ICE because of his name? Ethnicity? First language? Not "American" enough to be treated as a citizen unless proven otherwise? georgiarecorder.com/2025/04/17/g...
It's not about legality. It's not about following the rules. It is racism and xenophobia - full stop. apnews.com/article/livi...
Social Security lists thousands of living immigrants as dead to prompt them to leave, AP sources say
The Trump administration has moved to classify more than 6,000 living immigrants as dead. Two people familiar with the situation told The Associated Press on Thursday that the immigrants' Social Secur...
apnews.com
April 11, 2025 at 8:52 PM
It's not about legality. It's not about following the rules. It is racism and xenophobia - full stop. apnews.com/article/livi...
They keep saying the quiet parts out loud www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
ICE says its job is to stop illegal ‘ideas’ crossing the border in since-deleted X post
The agency said the post was put up in error.
www.politico.com
April 11, 2025 at 11:09 AM
They keep saying the quiet parts out loud www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
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Jenner & Block and WilmerHale wrote entire summary judgment motions today explaining how the executive orders are baseless...
and he just tweeted it out.
and he just tweeted it out.
Trump: "Have you noticed that lots of law firms have been signing up with Trump? $100 million. Another $100 million for -- ah -- damages that they've done ... they give me a lot of money considering they've done nothing wrong."
April 9, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Jenner & Block and WilmerHale wrote entire summary judgment motions today explaining how the executive orders are baseless...
and he just tweeted it out.
and he just tweeted it out.
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Charlie and the Tariff factory:
April 5, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Charlie and the Tariff factory:
this is so sad and infuriating and terrifying www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/u...
How Colleges Are Surveilling Students Now (Gift Article)
Colleges are using surveillance videos and search warrants to investigate students involved in pro-Palestinian protests. Experts say it’s a new frontier in campus security that could threaten civil li...
www.nytimes.com
March 31, 2025 at 12:05 AM
this is so sad and infuriating and terrifying www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/u...
And another one - no due process, no warning, the thinnest of excuses. "The Trump administration is targeting students with legal status and ripping people out of their communities without due process," www.cbsnews.com/amp/boston/n...
Tufts University student taken into immigration custody by federal agents in Massachusetts
Tufts University international graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk was taken into custody by federal authorities Tuesday.
www.cbsnews.com
March 27, 2025 at 5:45 AM
And another one - no due process, no warning, the thinnest of excuses. "The Trump administration is targeting students with legal status and ripping people out of their communities without due process," www.cbsnews.com/amp/boston/n...
Legal permanent resident, no criminal record, living here since age 7 - They claim the reason is to support the US foreign policy goal of stopping spread of anti-Semitism - but when's the last time you've seen neo-nazis and white supremacists be deported?
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/n...
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Judge Orders Attempts to Deport Yunseo Chung Must Be Stopped (Gift Article)
The administration has been seeking to arrest and deport Yunseo Chung, who immigrated from South Korea as a child, after she participated in pro-Palestinian demonstrations.
www.nytimes.com
March 26, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Legal permanent resident, no criminal record, living here since age 7 - They claim the reason is to support the US foreign policy goal of stopping spread of anti-Semitism - but when's the last time you've seen neo-nazis and white supremacists be deported?
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/n...
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🚨🚨🚨 deported despite a valid visa and a court order to hold. A green card won't protect you. A valid visa won't protect you. The courts can't protect you. How long until citizenship can't protect you if you are not the right kind of American? www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/u...
Brown University Professor and Doctor Is Deported to Lebanon Despite a Judge’s Order (Gift Article)
Dr. Rasha Alawieh, a kidney transplant specialist and Brown University professor who had a valid visa, was expelled in apparent defiance of a court order.
www.nytimes.com
March 17, 2025 at 1:22 AM
🚨🚨🚨 deported despite a valid visa and a court order to hold. A green card won't protect you. A valid visa won't protect you. The courts can't protect you. How long until citizenship can't protect you if you are not the right kind of American? www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/u...
Amidst all the chaos and firings here's one thing that I want to highlight - they are deleting and removing critical healthcare data and research that will have widespread repercussions www.healthcaredive.com/news/top-3-i...
The top 3 impacts of Trump’s health data purge
Interrupted access to health-related data has already led to worse outcomes and could undermine faith in the U.S. healthcare system, experts say.
www.healthcaredive.com
March 9, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Amidst all the chaos and firings here's one thing that I want to highlight - they are deleting and removing critical healthcare data and research that will have widespread repercussions www.healthcaredive.com/news/top-3-i...
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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
By @jodiscohen.bsky.social and @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
The Department of Education Told Employees to End Support for Transgender Students
The directive, which continues the Trump administration’s efforts to curb transgender rights, could end school-based mental health services and support for homeless students.
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February 8, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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
By @jodiscohen.bsky.social and @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
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Ed Martin, an advocate of Jan. 6 rioters who was in the mob outside the Capitol in 2021, now runs the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington that investigated them.
Ed Martin, Advocate of Jan. 6 Rioters, Is Now Leading U.S. Attorney’s Office
Ed Martin, a loyal Trump soldier, oversees the U.S. attorney’s office, which is likely to help turn the investigative powers of the government on several of the president’s perceived enemies.
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Ed Martin, an advocate of Jan. 6 rioters who was in the mob outside the Capitol in 2021, now runs the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington that investigated them.
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An e-mail seen by NPR says the move is to comply with a presidential order to "restore biological truth" to the government.
NASA instructs employees to remove pronouns from all work communications
An email seen by NPR says the move is to comply with a presidential order to "restore biological truth" to the government.
www.npr.org
February 6, 2025 at 11:09 PM
An e-mail seen by NPR says the move is to comply with a presidential order to "restore biological truth" to the government.
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This is not a U.S. Marshal, Federal Protective Service, or any other federal law enforcement officer. This is a private security guard from Triple Canopy. He has no authority to block members of Congress who have oversight of the EPA from entering the building.
We were just denied entrance into the EPA after asking to meet with a DOGE representative. More to come.
February 6, 2025 at 10:07 PM
This is not a U.S. Marshal, Federal Protective Service, or any other federal law enforcement officer. This is a private security guard from Triple Canopy. He has no authority to block members of Congress who have oversight of the EPA from entering the building.
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In response to a post on X from @maxwellfrost.bsky.social showing the effort to get into the Department of Education building this morning, Elon Musk replied, "No such department exists in the federal government"
February 7, 2025 at 9:19 PM
In response to a post on X from @maxwellfrost.bsky.social showing the effort to get into the Department of Education building this morning, Elon Musk replied, "No such department exists in the federal government"
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Because this is getting downplayed in some of the coverage, the racist staffer DOGE rehired isn’t a case of “stupid things he wrote years ago as a teen.” He posted about how we should “normalize Indian hate” IN SEPTEMBER.
February 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Because this is getting downplayed in some of the coverage, the racist staffer DOGE rehired isn’t a case of “stupid things he wrote years ago as a teen.” He posted about how we should “normalize Indian hate” IN SEPTEMBER.
I can't express how upset I am having been just reminded that Marco Rubio is our fucking secretary of state. I knew it - somewhere in my head - but seeing those words in print in the news really ripped away the fog of disassociation my brain had escaped to
February 8, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I can't express how upset I am having been just reminded that Marco Rubio is our fucking secretary of state. I knew it - somewhere in my head - but seeing those words in print in the news really ripped away the fog of disassociation my brain had escaped to
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New via NYT — The CIA sent the White House an unclassified email listing all employees hired by the spy agency over the last two years to comply with an executive order to shrink the federal work force. One former agency officer called the reporting of names a “counterintelligence disaster.”
February 5, 2025 at 6:27 PM
New via NYT — The CIA sent the White House an unclassified email listing all employees hired by the spy agency over the last two years to comply with an executive order to shrink the federal work force. One former agency officer called the reporting of names a “counterintelligence disaster.”
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The thing I don't understand...
1) Trump did not order USAID disbanded. There was no EO.
2) Even if there was an EO, it does not have the backing of law or Congress.
3) Elon Musk decided he would do this, but he has no official role in govt.
4) All of this is a crime under: 18 U.S.C. § 1361.
1) Trump did not order USAID disbanded. There was no EO.
2) Even if there was an EO, it does not have the backing of law or Congress.
3) Elon Musk decided he would do this, but he has no official role in govt.
4) All of this is a crime under: 18 U.S.C. § 1361.
USAID’s website has been deleted, all that is left is a note saying all personnel are now on administrative leave and personnel outside the US are to be brought home. Completely illegal, no act of congress or even executive order was signed to dismantle the agency
February 5, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The thing I don't understand...
1) Trump did not order USAID disbanded. There was no EO.
2) Even if there was an EO, it does not have the backing of law or Congress.
3) Elon Musk decided he would do this, but he has no official role in govt.
4) All of this is a crime under: 18 U.S.C. § 1361.
1) Trump did not order USAID disbanded. There was no EO.
2) Even if there was an EO, it does not have the backing of law or Congress.
3) Elon Musk decided he would do this, but he has no official role in govt.
4) All of this is a crime under: 18 U.S.C. § 1361.