Tanya W
@twasblue.bsky.social
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Congressman @beyer.house.gov will be going to USAID today with colleagues to shine a light on what is happening there, I think others will join us. Figuring out details now and will share but flagging now for press and public in the area
February 3, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Congressman @beyer.house.gov will be going to USAID today with colleagues to shine a light on what is happening there, I think others will join us. Figuring out details now and will share but flagging now for press and public in the area
So he is fine with people getting injured or worse on their jobs.
BREAKING: Republican Congressman Andy Biggs has introduced a bill to abolish OSHA.
The entire text of the bill reads "The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 is repealed. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is abolished."
The entire text of the bill reads "The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 is repealed. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is abolished."
February 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM
So he is fine with people getting injured or worse on their jobs.
Exactly.
People actually thought that 91-92% of Black women voted for Kamala Harris just because she was also Black, pretty, an AKA, and featured a gorgeous silk press.
The reality is, the majority of Black women have ALWAYS voted in the interests of the entire country, no matter their personal beliefs.
The reality is, the majority of Black women have ALWAYS voted in the interests of the entire country, no matter their personal beliefs.
February 3, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Exactly.
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NEW: The Trump administration is now bragging about hospitals that are preemptively pausing, reviewing, or stopping gender-affirming medical care for those under 19 following Trump's anti-trans executive order relating to health care, asserting, "Promises made, promises kept."
February 3, 2025 at 4:28 PM
NEW: The Trump administration is now bragging about hospitals that are preemptively pausing, reviewing, or stopping gender-affirming medical care for those under 19 following Trump's anti-trans executive order relating to health care, asserting, "Promises made, promises kept."
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"At least 1,000 USAID staff have had our .gov accounts...deactivated and wiped overnight with no advance communications," USAID worker tells me. "This includes colleagues deployed in active war zones like Ukraine and Gaza who rely on USG technology for safety."
bsky.app/profile/kenk...
bsky.app/profile/kenk...
USAID employees overseas are no longer able to access their government security app, which gives them this error code (images provided to me by USAID worker)
February 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM
"At least 1,000 USAID staff have had our .gov accounts...deactivated and wiped overnight with no advance communications," USAID worker tells me. "This includes colleagues deployed in active war zones like Ukraine and Gaza who rely on USG technology for safety."
bsky.app/profile/kenk...
bsky.app/profile/kenk...
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This is a crisis response app. If a diplomat is in danger, for any reason, this sends their whereabouts to diplomatic security in country and DC
USAID employees overseas are no longer able to access their government security app, which gives them this error code (images provided to me by USAID worker)
February 3, 2025 at 5:21 PM
This is a crisis response app. If a diplomat is in danger, for any reason, this sends their whereabouts to diplomatic security in country and DC
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NEWS
Hawaii Senator Brian Schatz says he’s putting a blanket hold on all of President Trump’s State Department nominees until USAID is back up and running.
Hawaii Senator Brian Schatz says he’s putting a blanket hold on all of President Trump’s State Department nominees until USAID is back up and running.
Exclusive | Democratic Senator Says He Will Block Trump Nominees Until USAID Is Back
The move would require Senate Majority Leader John Thune to use precious floor time to advance the president’s nominees through the confirmation process.
bit.ly
February 3, 2025 at 5:10 PM
NEWS
Hawaii Senator Brian Schatz says he’s putting a blanket hold on all of President Trump’s State Department nominees until USAID is back up and running.
Hawaii Senator Brian Schatz says he’s putting a blanket hold on all of President Trump’s State Department nominees until USAID is back up and running.
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Rubio's state dept appointee is a white supremacist and a misogynist. I remember not too long ago when a Republican who said this would be disqualified from high profile federal jobs forever.
February 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Rubio's state dept appointee is a white supremacist and a misogynist. I remember not too long ago when a Republican who said this would be disqualified from high profile federal jobs forever.
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It’s really frustrating to me how conservatives have bastardized terms and concepts like “woke,” “doxxing,” “critical race theory,” “gender ideology,” etc, and then they get granted authority over what these words connote and denote. A lot of media launders their agenda and lacks truthful context
February 3, 2025 at 4:10 PM
It’s really frustrating to me how conservatives have bastardized terms and concepts like “woke,” “doxxing,” “critical race theory,” “gender ideology,” etc, and then they get granted authority over what these words connote and denote. A lot of media launders their agenda and lacks truthful context
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This is what we want! Go pound on the doors. Show them denying entry to members of Congress!
February 3, 2025 at 5:48 PM
This is what we want! Go pound on the doors. Show them denying entry to members of Congress!
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The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
End of Term Web Archive – Preserving the Transition of a Nation | Internet Archive Blogs
blog.archive.org
February 1, 2025 at 12:58 AM
The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
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Thank you, Senator! Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden demanded answers from Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent after reports surfaced that personnel affiliated with Elon Musk have sought access to a highly sensitive Treasury Department payment system.
February 1, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Thank you, Senator! Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden demanded answers from Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent after reports surfaced that personnel affiliated with Elon Musk have sought access to a highly sensitive Treasury Department payment system.
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"Billionaire Elon Musk spent at least $288 million to help elect President Donald Trump and other Republican candidates, according to a Washington Post analysis of new Federal Election Commission filings that offered an end-of-year snapshot of what was spent during the 2024 election cycle."
Elon Musk donated $288 million in 2024 election, final tally shows
The official count of Musk’s donations further cemented him as the country’s largest -— and most prominent — donor.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 1, 2025 at 4:17 AM
"Billionaire Elon Musk spent at least $288 million to help elect President Donald Trump and other Republican candidates, according to a Washington Post analysis of new Federal Election Commission filings that offered an end-of-year snapshot of what was spent during the 2024 election cycle."
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1/ Danger afoot
First Trump pardons those who attack law enforcement in his name
Now: FBI DC Field Office person "relayed to a colleague that supervisors had told agents to prepare for the White House to PUBLICLY RELEASE the names of the agents who worked on the two Trump criminal cases on Monday"
First Trump pardons those who attack law enforcement in his name
Now: FBI DC Field Office person "relayed to a colleague that supervisors had told agents to prepare for the White House to PUBLICLY RELEASE the names of the agents who worked on the two Trump criminal cases on Monday"
Justice Department orders FBI purge, review of staff who touched Trump cases
Leaders appointed by the Trump administration are identifying potentially hundreds of FBI agents for possible termination, said people familiar with the plan.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 1, 2025 at 4:46 AM
1/ Danger afoot
First Trump pardons those who attack law enforcement in his name
Now: FBI DC Field Office person "relayed to a colleague that supervisors had told agents to prepare for the White House to PUBLICLY RELEASE the names of the agents who worked on the two Trump criminal cases on Monday"
First Trump pardons those who attack law enforcement in his name
Now: FBI DC Field Office person "relayed to a colleague that supervisors had told agents to prepare for the White House to PUBLICLY RELEASE the names of the agents who worked on the two Trump criminal cases on Monday"
Incredibly selfish, inhumane
The New York Times now reports that Mayor Eric Adams' defense attorney is trying to get DOJ to drop the federal corruption case against Adams by suggesting Adams will only go along with Trump's plans for mass deportations if the case is dropped. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/29/u...
February 1, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Incredibly selfish, inhumane
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New - Elon Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say
Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.
www.reuters.com
January 31, 2025 at 8:07 PM
New - Elon Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
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So if I’m understanding today correctly, the world’s richest person Elon Musk, whom no one elected, is taking over federal payment systems and employee data while the federal employees who investigate and prosecute public corruption are being fired en masse.
January 31, 2025 at 8:26 PM
So if I’m understanding today correctly, the world’s richest person Elon Musk, whom no one elected, is taking over federal payment systems and employee data while the federal employees who investigate and prosecute public corruption are being fired en masse.
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I spoke to former Treasury and OMB officials, and they said Elon Musk accessing government payment systems could give him the power to selectively turn off payments. They described what this really means in very clarifying terms. See below:
newrepublic.com/article/1910...
newrepublic.com/article/1910...
January 31, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I spoke to former Treasury and OMB officials, and they said Elon Musk accessing government payment systems could give him the power to selectively turn off payments. They described what this really means in very clarifying terms. See below:
newrepublic.com/article/1910...
newrepublic.com/article/1910...
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Unelected agents of a oligarch have seized core services of the state without legal sanction or authorization; yes, that's a coup
it's not hyperbolic to say we're witnessing a coup.
Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say
Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.
www.reuters.com
January 31, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Unelected agents of a oligarch have seized core services of the state without legal sanction or authorization; yes, that's a coup
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The hits keep on coming www.hrdive.com/news/eeoc-te...
EEOC tells its workers to halt LGBTQ+ discrimination claim processing
The news comes just days after the Trump administration’s controversial purge of Democratic officials at the commission.
www.hrdive.com
February 1, 2025 at 12:24 AM
The hits keep on coming www.hrdive.com/news/eeoc-te...
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Frustrated there's not more I can do directly, but for now I can just try to document reality. Elon is bringing his Twitter destruction playbook to the US government, and it's impossible to explain just how serious and bad this is.
www.techdirt.com/2025/01/31/e...
www.techdirt.com/2025/01/31/e...
Elon’s Twitter Destruction Playbook Hits The US Government, And It’s Even More Dangerous
Remember how Elon Musk destroyed Twitter by ripping apart its infrastructure without understanding it? Now imagine that same playbook applied to the federal government. It’s happening, and th…
www.techdirt.com
February 1, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Frustrated there's not more I can do directly, but for now I can just try to document reality. Elon is bringing his Twitter destruction playbook to the US government, and it's impossible to explain just how serious and bad this is.
www.techdirt.com/2025/01/31/e...
www.techdirt.com/2025/01/31/e...
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On the bright side, this excellent from the CA Dept of Education: "our offer is this: *nothing.*"
February 1, 2025 at 2:11 AM
On the bright side, this excellent from the CA Dept of Education: "our offer is this: *nothing.*"
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This is a hostile takeover of the federal government by a private citizen of unlimited means with no restrictions and no transparency. Welcome to the Deep State www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say
Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.
www.reuters.com
January 31, 2025 at 8:43 PM
This is a hostile takeover of the federal government by a private citizen of unlimited means with no restrictions and no transparency. Welcome to the Deep State www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
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they are stealing data from the american people and depriving us of the transparency that we are entitled to by law. none of this is legal and not a single federal employee has any reason to comply.
February 1, 2025 at 12:02 AM
they are stealing data from the american people and depriving us of the transparency that we are entitled to by law. none of this is legal and not a single federal employee has any reason to comply.