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🚨 LAYOFF ALERT - 🇺🇸

The Trump administration laid off nearly the entire DHS civil rights branch, affecting over 100 employees. Staff were given 60 days to find another job in the administration or face termination in May. The administration shut down the immigration ombudsman office.
March 21, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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To date, 127 legal cases have been filed against the Trump administration's actions since President Trump took office. The cases challenge an enormous range of subjects.
Trump calls for the impeachment of a judge, as lawsuits pile up
To date, 127 legal cases have been filed against the Trump administration's actions since President Trump took office. The cases challenge an enormous range of subjects.
www.npr.org
March 19, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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The decision by U.S. District Judge Ana C. Reyes blocks the Department of Defense from carrying through with a policy directive designed to remove transgender servicemembers from the military.
Federal judge blocks Trump effort to ban transgender troops from military service
The decision by U.S. District Judge Ana C. Reyes blocks the Department of Defense from carrying through with a policy directive designed to remove transgender servicemembers from the military.
www.npr.org
March 19, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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In pictures: Hollywood legend Gene Hackman on the silver screen
In pictures: Hollywood legend Gene Hackman on the silver screen
Hollywood legend Gene Hackman, his wife and their dog have been found dead at their home in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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February 27, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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February 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Elon’s mass harassment email to all federal employees underscores the importance of having unions to represent workers against abusive management.
February 23, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Been focused on other things so I just learned that Amazon is going to prevent you from downloading your purchased ebooks after next week 😧 WTF??? Guess I've got some downloading to do....
February 22, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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Deep dive into Trump plan to fire DEI positions: first put them on administrative leave (abusing that power), then say they are no longer needed, and subject them to firing via Reduction in Force
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
Records show how DOGE planned Trump’s DEI purge — and who gets fired next
A DOGE team plans to fire federal workers who are not in DEI roles and employees in offices that protect equal rights, internal documents show.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 15, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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UPDATE: President Trump fired two Democratic EEOC commissioners and an NLRB board member, hobbling two independent agencies that are tasked with enforcing worker protections.
Trump fires EEOC and labor board officials, setting up legal fight
President Trump fired two Democratic EEOC commissioners and an NLRB board member, hobbling two independent agencies that are tasked with enforcing worker protections.
www.npr.org
January 28, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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Trump is offering all federal workers a buyout with seven months’ pay to shrink the government—but that’s not the whole story. Reports reveal some employees are being pressured to resign or face termination under the guise of organizational restructuring. In short: take the buyout or be fired.
January 28, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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Trump announces 'retaliatory measures' after Colombia refuses to accept deported migrant flight
Trump announces 'retaliatory measures' after Colombia refuses to accept deported migrant flight
Donald Trump says he will retaliate with "urgent and decisive" measures after Colombia turned away two US military planes carrying deported migrants.
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January 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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If you are looking for some escapism during these crazy times, grab a book!! Audiobooks count!! 📚🎧
Some of my favorites🖤 Check out @tananarivedue.bsky.social The Reformatory! It’s chefs kiss! 😘 🤌🏾
January 21, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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Back on the grind tomorrow
January 20, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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In a statement released Monday, President Biden said the pardons "should not be mistaken as an acknowledgment that any individual engaged in any wrongdoing." President-elect Trump has criticized many of the officials Biden pardoned.
Biden pardons Fauci, Milley and members of Jan. 6 panel
In a statement released Monday, President Biden said the pardons "should not be mistaken as an acknowledgment that any individual engaged in any wrongdoing." President-elect Trump has criticized many ...
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January 20, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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As the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wisely said, "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." Today and every day, I pledge to never silence my voice in the fight for what is right, and I will continue to march in the path he forged toward justice.
January 20, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Cecile Richards, the former president of Planned Parenthood and feminist activist, died Monday of an aggressive brain cancer. She was 67.
Cecile Richards, former Planned Parenthood president and feminist activist, has died
Richards died Monday of an aggressive brain cancer. She was 67.
19thnews.org
January 20, 2025 at 2:47 PM