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Jeff Stein & @JStein WaPo A federal worker sent me audio of a call that HR did today with staff about "deferred resignation" agreements offered by DOGE ... I think this is pretty well understood by now but helps confirm what many suspect The audio goes: Employee: Lets say I accept the agreement tomorrow - you were to rescind the agreement and they were to stop paying me on Friday ... we would have no recourse available? HR official: Yes... as the agreement is outlined that is absolutely correct 11:40 AM • 2/5/25 • 168K Views

If you work for the federal government and are tempted to take Musk’s “buyout” offer please know that you’re never going to see that money.

Opinion | There Is No Going Back (Gift Article) The president’s opponents, whoever they are, cannot expect a return to the Constitution as it was.

.@jamellebouie.net: '“Constitutional crisis” does not even begin to capture the radicalism of what is unfolding in the federal bureaucracy and of what Congress’s decision not to act may liquidate in terms of constitutional meaning.'
Gift link www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...

'It's a bad deal': Union president warns federal workers against accepting offer The offer to federal workers to resign and keep pay and benefits is a "scam," says Randy Erwin of the National Federation of Federal Employees. He warns the public will feel federal workforce cuts.

The offer to federal workers to resign and keep pay and benefits is a "scam," says Randy Erwin of the National Federation of Federal Employees.

RFK’s hearings remove all doubt: He’s not fit to lead a key federal health agency Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s two-day Senate confirmation hearing should remove all doubt: He’s absolutely unfit to head the Department of Health and Human Services.

The New York Post editorial board: “Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s two-day Senate confirmation hearing should remove all doubt: He’s absolutely unfit to head the Department of Health and Human Services.”

nypost.com/2025/02/03/o...

Protect Trans Kids On January 29th, Donald Trump signed an illegal executive order that attempts to ban gender affirming care for youth under the age of 19, an attempt to detransition all trans children in the US. Despi...

NYC Protect Trans Kids rally tomorrow, Monday 2/3 6:30 PM

St. Vartan Park• 1st Avenue &, E 35th St, New York, NY 10016 US

Protesting NYU Langone denying healthcare to a trans kid in response to Trump’s executive order

actionnetwork.org/events/prote...

Elon Musk’s team has gotten access to the Treasury Department’s payments system.

Alternative headline:
"Billionaire Cabinet Pick of Billionaire President Gives Richest Man in the World Control of Your Retirement and Healthcare"
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...

🫡 good job Drizz

As news out of the FBI continues to unfold in the coming hours, a point to keep in mind:

In Team Trump's first week, the focus was on pardoning criminals, including violent felons. In the second week, the focus is on ousting law enforcement. #lawandorder

All U.S. federal government websites are already archived by the End of Term Web Archive Here's all the information you might need. Official website: https://eotarchive.org/ Wikipedia:...

Signal Boost: All U.S. federal government websites are already archived by the End of Term Web Archive

Let people know, download your own copies.
Don't let this digital book burn continue.

#Feds #Health #WHO #CDC #AMA #USPHS #FDA #NIH #NCHS #PCORI

The GOP’s leaked plan for $2.5T in spending cuts would likely target SNAP and children’s nutrition programs, harming millions—kids, seniors, and veterans—so that billionaires can get more tax breaks. We need to call this out and stop it.

🚨 I need your help to spread the word🚨

Trump's Inauguration Donors: Big Oil, Big Pharma, Big Tech, Crypto, and More Donald Trump’s inaugural committee was funded by Amazon, Chevron, Coinbase, Coca-Cola, Comcast, ExxonMobil, GEO Group, Goldman Sachs, and Meta.

Donald Trump’s inauguration was funded by Amazon, Chevron, Coinbase, Coca-Cola, Comcast, ExxonMobil, GEO Group, Goldman Sachs, Johnson & Johnson, and Meta.

The new free speech crisis hiding in plain sight Through litigation and retaliation, the rich and powerful are waging a censorship campaign.

Elon Musk is suing Media Matters for America for publishing a report that showed that ads were next to neo Nazi content on the platform. This story has it all: Musk, free speech, anti-Naziism. It’s mind boggling to me that it gets no attention.

www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/rc...

Trump is proposing a massive detention camp at Guantanamo. Where people will be held indefinitely.

Sounds familiar.

Let your members of Congress know they can't give one cent to funding it.

I am getting spotty reports of hospital systems in blue states cancelling gender affirming care appointments for those under 19 years of age.

If true, this would be a major problem, as systems comply with illegal EOs in advance out of fear of DOJ weaponization.

Please let me know if yours has.

Robert F. Kennedy Is Unfit to Lead U.S. Public Health Agencies Yesterday U.S. Senate hearings began for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)—a massive agency of more than 80,000 federal employees responsible...

"RFK Jr.—a lawyer, not a scientist—has a long history of promoting fringe conspiracy theories, peddling misinformation, and sidelining science." In her blog, UCS’s Darya Minovi explains why RFK Jr. is a dangerous and irresponsible choice to lead HHS.

Btw, @moveon.org is phonebanking tomorrow night to get members in key states to call their senators against RFK Jr. You can sign up here.

Dígale a sus hijos de que si la migra llega a sus escuelas, no tienen que responder a las preguntas - incluso si un adulto les dice que está bien hablar.

CONOZCA SUS DERECHOS: Dígale a sus hijos de que si la migra llega a sus escuelas, no tienen que responder a las preguntas - incluso si un adulto les dice que está bien hablar.

Tulsi Gabbard’s Shady Middle East Dealings Exposed in Damning Report Trump’s pick for director of national intelligence had a particularly controversial trip to the Middle East that even Hezbollah officials flagged.

U.S. intelligence agencies intercepted a call between two Hezbollah officials in which they said that Tulsi Gabbard met with “the boss” or “the big guy.”

Nearly 400 USAID contract employees laid off in wake of Trump's 'stop work' order All departments were affected, including the Office of HIV and AIDs, the Office of Infectious Disease and the Child Health and Immunization Division.

All departments were affected, including offices that address HIV and AIDS, infectious disease and child health.

Elon Musk Lackeys Have Taken Over the Office of Personnel Management Sources tell WIRED that the OPM’s top layers of management now include individuals linked to xAI, Neuralink, the Boring Company, and Palantir. One expert found the takeover reminiscent of Stalin.

Not a great sign when Wired says it won't name at least two fo the people Musk has installed to run the Office of Personnel Management because they may be minors www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

What a lie. Here's the Supreme Court in 2012 making clear that simply being in the country without permission is NOT a crime: "As a general rule, it is not a crime for a removable alien to remain present in the United States."

It's a civil violation, not a crime.

Just the <checks notes> Chair of the House Appropriations Committee going on the record to say that appropriations statutes “are not a law.”

The United States Congress, ladies and gentlemen.

The Historic Preservation Fund (HPF), which funds SHPOs, THPOs, and a slew of grants, was paused with the OMB memo last night. #archaeology #crm #historicpreservation

Federal Judges Already Getting Annoyed With Trump’s Lawless Horseshit The January 6 prosecutions might be over for now, but one judge would not dismiss the case without letting off some steam first.

quiet as its kept, judges don't actually need to entertain the Trump administration's false claims as reality or treat its crackpot legal arguments as supported by literature that does not exist

ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...

75 Years After Auschwitz Liberation, Worry That ‘Never Again’ Is Not Assured (Gift Article) Amid a surge of anti-Semitism and a rise in dehumanizing political rhetoric, there is fear that the horrific lessons of the death camp are being lost.

We're now 80 years from the liberation of Auschwitz, and "Never Again" is not assured.

It doesn't start with killing; it starts with words -- words that dehumanize & marginalize. #HolocauseRemembranceDay #NeverForget
www.nytimes.com/2020/01/25/w...

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It is very easy to call your representatives’ offices. They have to log your calls and the call numbers are meaningful. You don’t even have to try to convince anyone; just call and tell them your concerns. They are there to represent you. Let them know what that means. www.usa.gov/elected-offi...

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They need to hear from you.