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annabower.bsky.social
Who is the Administrator of the United States DOGE service?

No one seems to know.

After a hearing on DOGE access to Treasury payment systems, @tylermcbrien.bsky.social and I asked one of the DOJ attorneys who argued on behalf of the administration.

“I don’t know the answer to that,” he replied.
annabower.bsky.social Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · Feb 14
I’m just out of a hearing in NYC over DOGE’s access to Treasury payment systems.

The judge did not immediately rule on the plaintiff’s request for a preliminary injunction, but she temporarily extended an order that limits access to the system. We’ll discuss live: www.youtube.com/live/rHTeADG...
Lawfare Live: Trials of the Trump Administration, Feb. 14
YouTube video by Lawfare
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February 15, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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February 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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haymarketbooks.org
The Black Antifascist Book Bundle
The Black Antifascist Book Bundle
With the far right on the rise around the world and US conservatives continuing their repressive war on anti-racist teaching, learning, and activism, the links between fascism, white su...
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February 13, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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mehdirhasan.bsky.social
"Posobiec’s history of extreme rhetoric includes promoting the “Pizzagate” conspiracy theory that Democrats were running a satanic child-abuse ring."
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
February 14, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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erininthemorning.com
Getting word that a few hospitals are offering trans care again after the EO was blocked by a federal judge.

Please send the decision to your hospital, and PLEASE send me a message if your hospital has resumed care, as I’m doing a story on this.
erininthemorning.com Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · Feb 13
Incredible news!

The Trump administration's under 19 trans care ban has been BLOCKED in federal court via a bench temporary restraining order.

The administration CANNOT withhold funds from hospitals providing trans youth care.

ACLU statement here:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 13, 2025 CONTACT Gillian Branstetter, gbranstetter@aclu.org Tom Warnke, twarnke@lambdalegal.org BALTIMORE – In a victory for transgender youth, their families, and their medical providers, a federal district court today issued a temporary restraining order blocking enforcement of a Trump administration executive order attempting to shut down access nationwide to gender-affirming medical care for transgender people under 19. The decision by Judge Brendan Hurson was issued from the bench with a written order to come soon. The nationwide restraining order prohibits federal agencies from conditioning or withholding federal funding based on the fact that a healthcare entity or health professional provides gender-affirming medical care to a patient under nineteen. “Good and decent parents of transgender kids should never be in the frightening position of having their child’s prescribed, medically necessary care canceled at the whim and threat of a politician. But that’s exactly what President Trump’s executive order did to PFLAG families with trans youth and young adults nationwide,” said Brian K. Bond (he/him), Chief Executive Officer of PFLAG National. “Today’s decision rights a grievous wrong to our nation's families and children, and PFLAG families will be vigilant to ensure our transgender loved ones receive the healthcare they need—as this legal ruling demands.” “Forcing providers to withhold medically-necessary, evidence-based care not only threatens patient health and well-being, but also undermines the integrity of our healthcare system in its entirety,” said Alex Sheldon (they/them), GLMA executive director. “Today's intervention by the court underscores the cruelty and recklessness that is embedded in this order and affirms our commitment to resist the administration’s extremist agenda that targets trans and non-binary young people and privileges political ideology over medical expertise. We are hopeful that… In the first week after the order was signed, some hospitals across the country — in Massachusetts, Maryland, Washington, Colorado, and Virginia at least — abruptly halted medical care for transgender people under age 19, canceling appointments and turning away patients, including some who had been receiving this care for most of their life. This prompted protests of support for transgender youth and in opposition to the order nationwide. On Feb. 4, a lawsuit was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, Lambda Legal, the ACLU of Maryland, and law firms Jenner & Block and Hogan Lovells on behalf of transgender young adults and adolescents and their families whose health care has been disrupted by President Trump’s order. Also joining the case as plaintiffs are PFLAG National, the nation’s largest organization supporting LGBTQ+ people and their families, with over 550,000 members and supporters and nearly 350 chapters across the country; and GLMA, the country’s largest organization of LGBTQ and allied health professionals. "Across the country, this unlawful order from the president has sown fear among transgender youth and confusion among their providers,” said Joshua Block, senior staff attorney for the ACLU’s LGBTQ & HIV Project. “But today’s decision should restore both their access to healthcare and protections under the Constitution. Providers who’ve suspended healthcare for their transgender patients should be left with no doubt that they can lift those suspensions and continue to provide healthcare and act in their best medical judgment without risking their funding or worse. “The president’s orders sought to take away from transgender young people the very care that they, their families, and their medical providers all agree is best for them – medical care that is evidence-based and well-established. But these decisions are for patients, their families, and their doctors to make, not for politicians or Washington bureaucrats,” said Omar Gonzale…
February 14, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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kylietcheung.bsky.social
Had a wonderful conversation about this wonderful book that you can read now in @jezebeldotcom.bsky.social!
February 12, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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esqueer.net
Reminder that Elon Musk's lawyer is representing Eric Adams.
esqueer.net Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · Sep 26
Elon Musk's lawyer, Alex Spiro is now representing Eric Adams.
February 14, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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npr.org
A coalition of news organizations said in a court filing that video exhibits from a Jan. 6 riot case had "disappeared" from a government platform that provided access to evidence used in court.
Jan. 6 video evidence has 'disappeared' from public access, media coalition says
A coalition of news organizations said in a court filing that video exhibits from a Jan. 6 riot case had "disappeared" from a government platform that provided access to evidence used in court.
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February 11, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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mcuban.bsky.social
Dems should propose a law that immediately requires every fed agency to post on @bsky.app account, every outlay with a detailed description, $, and a link to existing gov sites with in depth details

Rather than trying to keep Elon out, pre-empt him so he cant miss characterize spending.
February 11, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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jamellebouie.net
my view is that as soon as the administration froze disbursement of congressional appropriations we entered constitutional crisis territory
February 11, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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joycewhitevance.bsky.social
We’re done here. Right?
February 11, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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mcuban.bsky.social
Imagine if @aoc @sanders.senate.gov , every dem, SIMULTANEOUSLY held Town Halls where they allowed grant and contract recipients to explain to the country what it is they do and why it's important

Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone

Call it a Day Of Transparency
February 11, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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caitoz.bsky.social
Israel Admits It Violated The Ceasefire And Hamas Did Not

So it’s been established beyond a doubt that Israel is to blame for the precarious state of the ceasefire today. That’s not coming from me, it’s coming from inside the Israeli government and military.

www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/israel-adm...
Israel Admits It Violated The Ceasefire And Hamas Did Not
Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley):
www.caitlinjohnst.one
February 12, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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peggymcdonald.bsky.social
👇🦋💪
February 10, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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boltsmag.org
James Davis, diagnosed with stage-four cancer, is ineligible for medical release in North Carolina due to his conviction. "Cancer’ll kill me in prison," he says, as he faces the reality of dying behind bars.
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Terminally Ill People Languish in North Carolina Prisons, Even After Reforms
State lawmakers expanded the law for people seeking medical release from prison, but eligibility remains limited.
boltsmag.org
February 12, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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maddow.bsky.social
"If the 'DOGE' endeavor is working, why can’t the White House just tell the truth about what it's doing?"

www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
February 6, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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maddow.bsky.social
“'DOGE is not legit,' read one poster on the state Capitol steps in Jefferson City, Missouri... 'Why does Elon have your Social Security info???'...”

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February 6, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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maddow.bsky.social
"The Administration would be allowed to rescind the agreement, or the government could stop paying, and employees who took the resignation package would waive all legal claims... 'It sounded like a commercial for a used car dealership, like, ‘Act now, 1 day only’...”
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Education Department staff warned that Trump buyout offers could be canceled at any time
In a staffwide meeting Wednesday, leaders of the Education Department told employees the Trump administration’s resignation offer comes with major caveats.
www.nbcnews.com
February 6, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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maddow.bsky.social
"Musk's team have already gained entrée to data on federal student aid, including the personal information for millions who receive student loans from the government..."

www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
Elon Musk’s DOGE is feeding sensitive federal data into AI to target cuts
Department of Government Efficiency workers embedded in the Education Department have been processing sensitive agency data using artificial intelligence.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 6, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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maddow.bsky.social
👋 legal profession!

"With the Trump administration warning career lawyers to follow orders even if they have ethical qualms, pressure is building on professional legal associations to take a stance against efforts to upend long-standing norms of public service..."

www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
Government lawyers with ethics concerns look for help amid Trump crackdown
Some lawyers hope that bar associations, which have themselves been targeted by Trump, will come to their aid.
www.nbcnews.com
February 6, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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maddow.bsky.social
"Texas authorities arrested a Jan. 6 rioter recently pardoned by President Trump on Thursday for online solicitation of a minor..."

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February 6, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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loomdoop.bsky.social
Really good explainer on Deepseek.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfUm...
DeepSeek and the end of big tech supremacy
YouTube video by Taylor Lorenz
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January 29, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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abbyvesoulis.bsky.social
Was literally talking to the union representing federal air traffic controllers earlier today about how there’s already a major shortage of air traffic controllers and the resignation offers they all just got from OPM could seriously endanger public safety.
phillewis.bsky.social Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Jan 30
WASHINGTON (AP) — Passenger jet collided with helicopter while landing at Reagan Washington National Airport, FAA says.
January 30, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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jimacosta.bsky.social
Really love this cartoon from the great Michael De Adder. The outpouring of support coming in has been truly amazing! Thanks everybody!
January 29, 2025 at 9:21 PM