@scottceier.bsky.social
Decades Ago, Columbia Refused to Pay Trump $400 Million www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/n...
Decades Ago, Columbia Refused to Pay Trump $400 Million
A quarter-century ago, the university was looking to expand. It considered, and rejected, property owned by Donald Trump. He did not forget it.
www.nytimes.com
March 22, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Decades Ago, Columbia Refused to Pay Trump $400 Million www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/n...
Tim Walz says he and Harris were too ‘safe’ during 2024 presidential campaign
Tim Walz says he and Harris were too ‘safe’ during 2024 presidential campaign
Former vice-presidential candidate claims pair should have held more in-person events around the US
Tim Walz has said he and Kamala Harris were too “safe” during their 2024 election campaign, with the former vice-presidential candidate claiming they…
www.theguardian.com
March 8, 2025 at 7:28 PM
The FAA is close to canceling a $2.4 billion contract with Verizon to overhaul the communications system that serves as the backbone of the nation’s air traffic control and is awarding the work to Musk’s Starlink. Follow the money and see where it goes.
February 28, 2025 at 11:08 AM
February 28, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Thailand deports dozens of Uyghurs to China despite torture fears
Thailand deports dozens of Uyghurs to China despite torture fears
Rights experts say group, who have been detained for more than 10 years, face risk of disappearance and imprisonment
Dozens of Uyghurs have been deported from Thailand to China in the face of warnings from human rights experts that there is a high risk…
www.theguardian.com
February 28, 2025 at 11:06 AM
I can't think of a faster way to undermine the country than simultaneously firing government workers, cutting scientific research, rolling back protections on public health & environment, & cutting essential services. It's like the US was defeated in war and is being occupied by a hostile enemy.
February 28, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Keir Starmer to carry out largest cut to UK overseas aid in history
Keir Starmer to carry out largest cut to UK overseas aid in history
NGOs accuse prime minister of following US by accepting ‘false choice’ of cutting aid to fund defence
Sir Keir Starmer is to take UK overseas aid to its lowest level as a percentage of national income since records began, even if he manages to halve the…
www.theguardian.com
February 28, 2025 at 11:02 AM
When we asked audiences whether different actors are more likely to bring people together or divide us, social media (-13) was seen as a net negative. But journalists (-29) & politicians (-55) were perceived as more divisive than anyone else
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/what-do-peop...
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/what-do-peop...
February 28, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Reposted
President Donald Trump abruptly fired Air Force Gen. CQ Brown as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Friday, sidelining a history-making fighter pilot and respected officer as part of a campaign to rid the military of leaders who support diversity and equity in the ranks.
Trump fires Gen. CQ Brown as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
President Donald Trump abruptly fired Air Force Gen. CQ Brown as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Friday, sidelining a history-making fighter pilot and respected officer as part of a campaign…
buff.ly
February 22, 2025 at 12:51 AM
President Donald Trump abruptly fired Air Force Gen. CQ Brown as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Friday, sidelining a history-making fighter pilot and respected officer as part of a campaign to rid the military of leaders who support diversity and equity in the ranks.
Reposted
Musk’s staffers are heading to the Pentagon, while Trump continues his attempted purge of Washington. He recently announced on Truth Social that he is appointing himself as head of the Kennedy Center and plans to remove multiple members from its board of trustees.
February 7, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Musk’s staffers are heading to the Pentagon, while Trump continues his attempted purge of Washington. He recently announced on Truth Social that he is appointing himself as head of the Kennedy Center and plans to remove multiple members from its board of trustees.
Reposted
NEW: It's not just coders.
DOGE is filled with lawyers, elite attorneys with conservative credentials.
We have new names:
www.propublica.org/article/elon...
DOGE is filled with lawyers, elite attorneys with conservative credentials.
We have new names:
www.propublica.org/article/elon...
The Elite Lawyers Working for Elon Musk’s DOGE Include Former Supreme Court Clerks
Much attention has been paid to the young Silicon Valley engineers working for Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, but the group has also hired high-powered legal talent.
www.propublica.org
February 7, 2025 at 10:30 PM
NEW: It's not just coders.
DOGE is filled with lawyers, elite attorneys with conservative credentials.
We have new names:
www.propublica.org/article/elon...
DOGE is filled with lawyers, elite attorneys with conservative credentials.
We have new names:
www.propublica.org/article/elon...
Reposted
President Donald Trump signed an order to impose stiff tariffs on imports from Mexico, Canada and China — fulfilling one of his post-campaign commitments to voters that also carries the risk of sparking higher inflation and disrupting businesses across North America.
Trump imposes promised tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China, raising risk of higher inflation
Trump declared an economic emergency in order to place duties of 10 percent on all imports from China and 25 percent on imports from Mexico and Canada — America’s largest trading partners — except…
buff.ly
February 1, 2025 at 11:20 PM
President Donald Trump signed an order to impose stiff tariffs on imports from Mexico, Canada and China — fulfilling one of his post-campaign commitments to voters that also carries the risk of sparking higher inflation and disrupting businesses across North America.
Reposted
If you are a federal worker being offered a buyout, I would advise against taking it.
Of course, this is a personal decision for everyone and it’s your choice.
But these offers are a rush job. The legality is questionable and this admin does not keep to its word.
They aren’t firing for a reason.
Of course, this is a personal decision for everyone and it’s your choice.
But these offers are a rush job. The legality is questionable and this admin does not keep to its word.
They aren’t firing for a reason.
January 30, 2025 at 6:02 PM
If you are a federal worker being offered a buyout, I would advise against taking it.
Of course, this is a personal decision for everyone and it’s your choice.
But these offers are a rush job. The legality is questionable and this admin does not keep to its word.
They aren’t firing for a reason.
Of course, this is a personal decision for everyone and it’s your choice.
But these offers are a rush job. The legality is questionable and this admin does not keep to its word.
They aren’t firing for a reason.
Reposted
ATTN: THREAD: The loyalty interviews have begun in DC. As someone who has direct experience with this, I have a couple of recommendations for all federal workers. Please share this widely, and with any federal government employee you know. 1/
January 13, 2025 at 5:38 PM
ATTN: THREAD: The loyalty interviews have begun in DC. As someone who has direct experience with this, I have a couple of recommendations for all federal workers. Please share this widely, and with any federal government employee you know. 1/
Reposted
Yesterday, ICE raided a business in New Jersey and detained both citizens and non-citizens — without a warrant. They even detained a U.S. military veteran.
Nobody is safe.
Nobody is safe.
Newark business "raided" by ICE agents, mayor says, multiple people detained
Immigration agents "raided" a business in Newark on Thursday, according to the city's mayor.
www.cbsnews.com
January 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Yesterday, ICE raided a business in New Jersey and detained both citizens and non-citizens — without a warrant. They even detained a U.S. military veteran.
Nobody is safe.
Nobody is safe.
Reposted
Reposted
Trump orders immediate closure of all US federal diversity offices
Trump orders immediate closure of all US federal diversity offices
Staff placed on paid administrative leave as president repeals executive orders promoting LGBTQ equality
US federal employees working in diversity offices must be put on paid leave by Wednesday evening as the new administration of Donald Trump has…
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Trump orders immediate closure of all US federal diversity offices
Reposted
We obtained audio recordings and logs from each hearing of a sexual assault case that has spanned 10 years.
Nearly every time the defense attorney asked to delay the trial, a judge agreed.
By @kylehopkinsak.bsky.social
Design/development @lucaswaldron.bsky.social & @zisiga.bsky.social
Nearly every time the defense attorney asked to delay the trial, a judge agreed.
By @kylehopkinsak.bsky.social
Design/development @lucaswaldron.bsky.social & @zisiga.bsky.social
A “Horrendous” Alaska Sexual Assault Case, Delayed for a Decade
Four different judges have agreed to delay the trial more than 70 times in total. We pieced together a timeline of the delays using audio recordings and logs from every hearing.
propub.li
January 19, 2025 at 7:00 PM
We obtained audio recordings and logs from each hearing of a sexual assault case that has spanned 10 years.
Nearly every time the defense attorney asked to delay the trial, a judge agreed.
By @kylehopkinsak.bsky.social
Design/development @lucaswaldron.bsky.social & @zisiga.bsky.social
Nearly every time the defense attorney asked to delay the trial, a judge agreed.
By @kylehopkinsak.bsky.social
Design/development @lucaswaldron.bsky.social & @zisiga.bsky.social
Reposted
This is important.
Shitler will force some sort of extra-legal executive order that SCOTUS will allow because fuck precedent.
Idiots will cheer him for saving Tik Tok, and not nearly enough people will recognize the precedent and the power he just grabbed for himself.
Shitler will force some sort of extra-legal executive order that SCOTUS will allow because fuck precedent.
Idiots will cheer him for saving Tik Tok, and not nearly enough people will recognize the precedent and the power he just grabbed for himself.
I’m trying, and I hope other people will try, to hold onto the simple notion that a US president cannot simply declare a federal law that was passed last year and literally upheld this week to be a nullity—even if it’s a not-so-hot law. The Congress is the body that can amend or repeal federal laws.
January 19, 2025 at 7:19 PM
This is important.
Shitler will force some sort of extra-legal executive order that SCOTUS will allow because fuck precedent.
Idiots will cheer him for saving Tik Tok, and not nearly enough people will recognize the precedent and the power he just grabbed for himself.
Shitler will force some sort of extra-legal executive order that SCOTUS will allow because fuck precedent.
Idiots will cheer him for saving Tik Tok, and not nearly enough people will recognize the precedent and the power he just grabbed for himself.
Reposted
Let's just keep the David Lynch love going for as long as possible thank you
January 17, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Let's just keep the David Lynch love going for as long as possible thank you
With the ongoing wildfires devastating our community, the WGAE has created a Los Angeles Wildfire Support landing page with information on emergency financial assistance and resources including shelters, supply distribution, animal boarding and more. wgaea.st/wildfire-resources
LA Wildfires: Find Support, Show Support | Press Room
With the ongoing wildfires devastating our community, the WGAE has created a Los Angeles Wildfire Support landing page with information on emergency financial assistance and resources and launched a…
www.wgaeast.org
January 15, 2025 at 10:17 AM
After Trump proposed a TikTok ban in 2020, billionaire TikTok investor Jeff Yass gave millions to anti-Biden campaigns. Trump later announced his support for a deal in which U.S. firms would buy stakes in ByteDance, with Yass’ partner among the proposed members of a new board.
(Published 2022)
(Published 2022)
Meet the Billionaire and Rising GOP Mega-Donor Who’s Gaming the Tax System
Susquehanna founder and TikTok investor Jeff Yass has avoided $1 billion in taxes while largely escaping public scrutiny. He’s now pouring his money into campaigns to cut taxes and support election…
propub.li
January 15, 2025 at 10:14 AM