Trekking Pilgrim

Surprisingly, we find ourselves thanking a Trump appointee—so thank you, Judge. Judge Carl Nichols of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia announced after a hearing that he would issue a temporary restraining order to halt the imminent administrative leave of 2,200 USAID employees.

Since "Chiefs" is itself a racist name, I'd just as soon they not pretend 🙄

Sadly true

People of color have the right to assembly too, don't they?! I didn't realize that was only for white Christian men

A memo listing all of the clubs eliminated by USMA.

The United States Military Academy has just eliminated all Cadet clubs and activities for POC. Most of these have existed for decades like the Society of Black Engineers. They were there when I was a Cadet in 1987. All of the religious ones remain. This isn’t DEI. It’s white Christian Nationalism.

Murphy: "We need to act like a real opposition party in the middle of a constitutional and democracy crisis. That means we should not be moving forward nominees or legislation in the Senate. Ds should not be giving votes to nominee or legislation in the Senate until Rs get serious about this crisis"

Republicans ran into the room to SHEILD Elon Musk from having to come and speak to Congress. They want their billionaire takeover done behind closed doors. The people deserve transparency. No one elected Elon Musk.

MI state Capitol today

Despite 90 day waiver for PEPFAR HIV meds funding was granted after uproar from Trumps EO, Musk/Trump closing USAID, all staff leave Friday.
NO staff & infrastructure to make it work. Musk is cutting millions of black South Africans from HIV meds because racist genocide. Evil bastard!!

the professor in my real estate law class had to use the wayback machine for HUD pages on disability accommodations in housing for this week's unit on fair housing. grim.

NEW: DoJ employees asked for guarantees in writing for the deferred resignation Fork in the Road plan. They were sent this. It strips the signer of the right to sue, and also says if you commit a felony, you’re not eligible for federal employment. Oh, the irony.

You’re going to see some news articles saying THOUSANDS of feds are resigning. Um. Ya. We do data. We know what 1% of 3 million looks like. And it's a damn sight smaller than 10%. Keep it up people! As Trump installs his amoral henchmen the American people need us more than ever. Hold the line.

This is awful. At my agency we have employees in their “probation” period who have actually been with us for years. Many start as fellows or contractors before converting to FTE. This isn’t firing 22 year olds fresh out of school - this is removing valuable, long-term employees.

Rosa Parks' birthday is today. Her life reminds us that simple acts of courage can make an oversized difference.

Doing nothing produces nothing. Pick a lane.

They're literally outside the Treasury Dept demanding to be let in. I'm curious what else you think they can do?

Yeah, I'll pull up some references. They're not sitting on my phone though!

That's like me saying "you can't accept the moneychangers were being assholes so you made up a reason..." I'm not saying that. There are a number of things going on- because that's always how scripture works. 🙄 Ad hominem attacks don't help.

Approximately 20 members of Elon Musk’s staff have begun working within the Education Department. They have gained access to multiple sensitive internal systems, including a financial aid dataset containing the personal information of millions of students enrolled in the federal student aid program.

Those are my friends and former colleagues. Some in Kyiv. Some in the Middle East. Some in cartel territory in Latin America 🤬🤬🤬

Pretty sure the tariffs announcement was meant to distract us from the dismantling of the government. Mexico and Canada decided not to play along.

A group of uncleared, unvetted, civilians have gained access to all of my federal records including military personnel, retirement and disability. They are reportedly feeding them into AI. I want them arrested and charged with federal crimes.

Right fucking now!

How is this even a discussion?

Yeo, there are. Interpretation is an ongoing process.

Watching the FireAid concerts for the LA fires , I was struck by how many Canadians took the stage in support. And I’ll never forget those yellow Canadian Super Scooper planes saving the day.

We are hearing from CDC sources that the communication pause has been indefinitely extended.

Communication is KEY to public health. In addition to not being able to share information with the public, there is no communication with state and local officials, who are vital public health partners.

...when Jews & early Christians were being pitted against each other. But I'm not willing to argue that Jesus wasn't critical of the religious leaders of his day. All evidence to the contrary.

Yes re Jer. (Symbols are always complex & multi-valent) And the robbers also gather in the den. It's the money changers & sellers that Jesus is angry with -- as part of a whole system he's critical of. I'm all for pushing back against the anti-Semitic interpretations- even those built in to the text

Federal Workers Block Doors of Admin Building Over Elon Musk Data Breach - DCMediaGroup Nearly 100 Federal employees took part in a protest now into its second day of a takeover by Elon Musk surrogates of the high administration arm of the Federal government. Photo: DCMediaGroup Washingt...

Workers in DC are fighting to block Musk's minions.

"About 100 Federal employees and supporters...blocked the doors to...‘data miners’....The small group of young men eventually left without entering after the protesters would not let them near the front doors." dcmediagroup.us/2025/02/02/f...

religion is free from or has the monopoly on abuse of power. Christians painting all Jewish leaders as corrupt is evil. So is Christians pretending that the critiques of Scripture don't apply to us - admonitions against abuse if power is a Biblical lesson we really need.

"Den of thieves" is one clue. The need to regulate abuse indicates abuse was happening. Yes, way too many Christians have used this and other Biblical stories for their anti-Semitic purposes, which is despicable. It's also, always, been a weird take since everyone in the story is Jewish. No culture/

Those too!