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DistrictofAlex @districtofalex.bsky.social · 7h

Sean Duffy, the transportation secretary, threatened on Tuesday to close parts of the national airspace as he warned of “mass chaos” by next week if the government shutdown continued.

Duffy Threatens to Close Parts of Airspace if Shutdown Persists

The secretary of transportation predicted “mass chaos” next week if controllers have to continue to go without pay through a shutdown.

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DistrictofAlex @districtofalex.bsky.social · 13h

MAGA constituency is hurt by this along with everyone else. There couldn't be a more blatant example of corporate interests dictating policy. The only reason to do this is in service to the tax prep giants. Outrageous.
www.propublica.org/article/insi...

Inside TurboTax’s 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans From Filing Their Taxes for Free

Using lobbying, the revolving door and “dark pattern” customer tricks, Intuit fended off the government’s attempts to make tax filing free and easy, and created its multi-billion-dollar franchise.

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DistrictofAlex @districtofalex.bsky.social · 22h

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Abe Newman @abenewman.bsky.social · 1d

1/When @himself.bsky.social and I wrote about the future of US economic coercion we hoped that the tools could be used for global collective goods like climate. Now US “evaluating sanctions on officials sponsoring activist-driven climate policies”’
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US accused of ‘bully-boy’ tactics to sink climate deal

Officials say ‘threats’ used to derail net zero deal for shipping industry ripped up rules of global diplomacy

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DistrictofAlex @districtofalex.bsky.social · 2d

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DistrictofAlex @districtofalex.bsky.social · 6d

Shutdown would end quickly if the nation’s air traffic controllers all walked off the job

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DistrictofAlex @districtofalex.bsky.social · 3d

"The white-supremacist influencer is entering the MAGA mainstream"

We're nearly a decade on from "MAGA is entering the Republican mainstream" headlines. The slide toward right-wing extremism, and our collective lack of will to combat it needs to change.

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DistrictofAlex @districtofalex.bsky.social · 3d

"I think he seriously misunderstands the policies at issue."

a man on a boat looking at an evergreen ship in the water

ALT: a man on a boat looking at an evergreen ship in the water

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DistrictofAlex @districtofalex.bsky.social · 4d

a group of men standing next to each other with the words the wooorst

ALT: a group of men standing next to each other with the words the wooorst

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DistrictofAlex @districtofalex.bsky.social · 4d

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The Sandlot 1993 Benny pickles the beast scene

YouTube video by FilmClips

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Marcus Hutchins @malwaretech.com · 5d

Same country that thinks it's going to deter China through offensive cyber operations, btw.

Maybe the plan is to bamboozle China by having so much insecure infrastructure that they can't decide what to hack.

FCC will vote to scrap telecom cybersecurity requirements

The commission’s Republican chair, who voted against the rules in January, calls them ineffective and illegal.

www.cybersecuritydive.com

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DistrictofAlex @districtofalex.bsky.social · 5d

*taps sign*

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DistrictofAlex @districtofalex.bsky.social · 6d

Amazing content

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DistrictofAlex @districtofalex.bsky.social · 6d

Would certainly appreciate it if you could find a way. Only way to track on X is to have an account and that's a bridge too far for me.

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DistrictofAlex @districtofalex.bsky.social · 6d

Decent enough breakdown, but FWIW, I think it overlooks a much wider Article I crisis that is not captured by "Rescissions"

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Eric Geller @ericjgeller.com · 6d

The Python Software Foundation is forfeiting a $1.5 million NSF grant because it came with Trump administration anti-DEI strings that would have affected PSF's entire portfolio. The grant would have helped fix flaws in major coding languages. cyberscoop.com/python-softw...

Open-source security group pulls out of U.S. grant, citing DEI restrictions

The Python Software Foundation said the grant would have funded automation and structural improvements to a key open-source programming language.

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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 6d

It's not the sort of thing that collapses overnight, but I think that a lot of Americans do not appreciate the impartial application of the rule of law as being integral to their national prosperity.

They're going to miss it when it's gone.

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 6d

Breaking on MSNBC:

Two federal prosecutors have been placed on leave at the direction of the White House after filing a sentencing memo seeking 27 months in prison for a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who brought illegal guns and ammunition to President Obama's house in 2023.