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bradmossesq.bsky.social
Not the banner you want seeing over this article from … checks notes … 8 days ago
January 30, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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heidireports.bsky.social
What role would this aviation safety committee have had in reviewing a tragedy like this?

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Trump fires heads of TSA, Coast Guard and guts key aviation safety advisory committee
President Donald Trump moved quickly to remake the Department of Homeland Security Tuesday, firing the heads of the Transportation Security Administration and Coast Guard before their terms are up and...
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January 30, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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anneapplebaum.bsky.social
Humanitarian workers across Ukraine were told to stop working today after the Trump administration froze (Congressionally approved) foreign aid

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NEWSFLASH: Trump foreign aid freeze blow to Ukraine civil society
The sudden policy change under the new administration is likely to be felt more strongly in Ukraine than anywhere else in the world.
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January 28, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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BREAKING: A coalition of nonprofits, public health leaders and small businesses sue over the Trump administration's decision to halt all agency grants and loans, arguing that the pause violates the Constitution and federal law.
Nonprofits Sue Trump Administration Over Federal Grants Freeze
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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joshuajfriedman.com
NEW: House Dems are holding an “emergency virtual caucus meeting” at 1 pm over the “Illegal Republican Funding Freeze,” per a notice that just went out to members (via John Bresnahan)
January 28, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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samsteindc.bsky.social
Two parties running at different speeds.

Senate Dems are holding a press conference today to condemn the pardoning of J6ers. That was done a week ago.

Unclear if there is a presser today to go after the OMB's power play to take over all federal grant money.
January 28, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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muellershewrote.com
Please remember that this administration is not “the government.” They are not governing. The government is not the bad guy. Trump and the oligarchs are the bad guys. They are dismantling “the government.”
January 28, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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jbendery.bsky.social
“He says he’s going after grants, loans and federal financial assistance, and he calls it three out of ten trillion dollars, so theoretically he’s pausing like a third of government funding ― which is illegal and massive." www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
Trump Orders Freeze On All Federal Grants And Loans
Democrats warned that Trump’s latest order could harm programs used by millions of Americans, including early childhood programs, and food and rent assistance.
www.huffpost.com
January 28, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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whstancil.bsky.social
I don’t know what to do other than shout “please recognize that impoundment is a constitutional crisis” through every platform I have and hope that Dems and media actually react instead of treating it as just another funny little Trump thing
The US is in crisis. Will you notice?
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January 28, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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fredb123.bsky.social

The MAGA Grandma has refused the pardon, realizes she was in a cult, speaks out now against Trump…DEMOCRATS—-WHAT YOU WAITING FOR. WE NEED SPECTACLE. Invite her to Washington and parade her around as a champion of patriotism, having seen the errors of her ways and now stands tall. D’s come on.
January 24, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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pbump.com
Trump's anti-DEI push isn't about "DEI". It's about backstopping a sense among White Republicans that they are disadvantaged — and about entrenching the advantages they already have.
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Opinion | Trump’s DEI push doesn’t level the playing field. It digs trenches.
The new president has quickly rolled back decades of efforts to combat systemic discrimination.
wapo.st
January 24, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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matthewcort.land
There are federal employees working remotely as a reasonable accommodation on the basis of disability. I’m deeply worried about them.
marisakabas.bsky.social Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · Jan 23
NEW: The US Office of Personnel Management has issued a memo to all federal agencies to terminate remote work and submit a plan by *tomorrow* for full compliance.

Full text:
MEMORANDUM TO: Heads and Acting Heads of Departments and Agencies FROM: Charles Ezell, Acting Director, U.S. Office of Personnel Management DATE: January 22, 2025 RE: Guidance on Presidential Memorandum Return to In-Person Work. The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is providing the following guidance to agencies regarding President Trump’s Presidential Memorandum (PM), Return to In-Person Work. I. Authority OPM is issuing this guidance under the Telework Enhancement Act of 2010, which requires agencies to consult with OPM in developing telework policies1 and tasks OPM with providing policy and policy guidance,2 as well assisting agencies with establishing teleworking goals.3 This guidance also implements OPM Director’s statutory duties to “secur[e] accuracy, uniformity, and justice in the functions of the Office” and “execut[e], administer[], and enforc[e] . . .the civil service rules and regulations of the President and the Office and the laws governing the civil service.”4 II. Background President Trump was elected with the mandate to increase the efficiency and accountability of the federal workforce. A glaring roadblock is that most federal offices presently are virtually abandoned. The vast majority of federal office workers have not returned to in-person work, even though the COVID-19 pandemic ended years ago.5 Many federal office workers never show up to the federal worksite at all.6 Federal office buildings sit mostly empty, particularly Washington, D.C.-area agency headquarters offices, devastating the local economy and serving as a national embarrassment.7 Virtually unrestricted telework has led to poorer government services and made it more difficult to supervise and train government workers.8 Fairness requires that federal office employees show up to the worksite each day like most other American workers. In addition, during the Biden Administration, federal unions attempted to abuse the collective-bargaining process to guarantee full-time telework into the indefinite future and forestall any requirement to return to the office.9 The President’s PM directs agency heads to “take all necessary steps to terminate remote work arrangements and require employees to return to work in-person at their respective duty stations on a full-time basis” “as soon as practicable.” It allows agency heads to “make exemptions they deem necessary” and directs that the directive “be implemented consistent with applicable law.” The PM reflects a simple reality. The only way to get employees back to the office is to adopt a centralized policy requiring return-to-work for all agencies across the federal government.10 Seeking to cajole individual agencies to try to get employees to return to the worksite has not succeeded.11 III. Steps for Agencies to Return to Workers to the Office In light of the PM, agencies should take the following steps to return workers to the office. No later than 5:00 pm EST on Friday, January 24, 2025: 1. The agency head or acting agency head should revise their agency’s telework policy issued under 5 U.S.C. § 6502(a)(1)(A) to state that eligible employees must work full time at their respective duty stations unless excused due to a disability, qualifying medical condition, or other compelling reason certified by the agency head and the employee’s supervisor. 2. The agency head or acting agency head should email all employees notifying them of President Trump’s PM Return to In-Person Work, attach a copy of the PM, and notify employees of the agency’s intention to fully comply with the PM. (A copy of the PM is attached as Appendix 1). 3. The agency should notify OPM of the agency’s Telework Managing Officer, and assign that individual responsibility for complying with the guidance herein. Agencies should advise OPM of the date that the agency will be in full compliance with the new telework policy. If an employee’s official duty station is more than 50 miles from any existing agency office, the agency should take steps to move the employee’s duty station to the most appropriate agency office based on the employee’s duties and job function. OPM recommends that agencies set a target date of approximately 30 days for full compliance with the PM, subject to any exclusions granted by the agency and any collective bargaining obligations. Please send all reports requested by this document to tracking@opm.gov. Do not hesitate to contact OPM if you have any questions regarding these matters by email to tracking@opm.gov. cc: Chief Human Capital Officers (CHCOs), Deputy CHCOs, and Human Resources Directors Appendix 1: President Trump’s Presidential Memorandum Return to In-Person Work. Heads of all departments and agencies in the executive branch of Government shall, as soon as practicable, take all necessary steps to terminate remote work arrangements and require employees to return to work in-person at their respective duty stations on a full-time basis, provided that the department and agency heads shall make exemptions they deem necessary. This memorandum shall be implemented consistent with applicable law.
January 23, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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kagrox.bsky.social
Do you think Trump will visit any of these Russian buyers in their high-rise condos (with plenty of windows) once he has cashed their checks and then stolen back their kids’ citizenship papers? www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/lo...
Russians are giving birth to dual-citizens at Trump's US properties
While President Trump cracks down on the children of undocumented migrants, wealthy Russians are using his properties to secure dual-citizenship for their babies.
www.standard.co.uk
January 23, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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kyledcheney.bsky.social
NEW: Judge CHUTKAN is now weighing in on Trump's mass dismissal of Jan. 6 cases, saying it "cannot whitewash the blood, feces, and terror that the mob left in its wake." www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
January 22, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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atrupar.com
Chris Murphy: "Political violence in this country just become mainstream. It is now a fact of life in America. If you commit an act of horrific violence in the name of the POTUS, that president will make sure you get away with it. That is fundamentally un-American."
January 22, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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calltoactivism.bsky.social
HELL YEAH! Congressman Jim McGovern TORE Speaker Mike Johnson a new for saying it wasn’t “his place” to question Trump’s January 6 pardon.

“Not your place?? WHO THE HELL’S PLACE IS IT?” He said.

“How about you stand with the officers who protected you and not a reality show wannabe dictator.” 💙
January 23, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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peterbakernyt.bsky.social
Murkowski becomes the first Senate Republican to say she will vote against Hegseth. "I cannot in good conscience support his nomination for Secretary of Defense." Hegseth can afford to lose two more but not three. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...
Update from Karoun Demirjian
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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bgrueskin.bsky.social
This is not some disgruntled ex-employee speaking off the record.

This is David Maraniss, a Pulitzer-winning reporter and author who’s now an associate editor at the Washington Post, where he’s been affiliated for more than 40 years.
davidmaraniss.bsky.social David Maraniss @davidmaraniss.bsky.social · Jan 23
The Washington Post editorial this morning essentially equating Biden's questionable pardons with Trump's outrageous Jan. 6 pardons was unconscionable. The newspaper I've been part of for 48 years has utterly lost its soul.
January 23, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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peterbakernyt.bsky.social
Judge temporarily blocks Trump order to end automatic citizenship to babies born on US soil, his first setback as he tries to upend immigration law. "This is a blatantly unconstitutional order." @mikebaker.bsky.social @schwartzesque.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/u...
Judge Blocks Trump’s Plan to End Birthright Citizenship
A federal judge in Seattle has issued a temporary order halting the president’s plan.
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2025 at 6:40 PM