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No money was actually saved, but at the same time we had truly devastating cuts to scientific research, medicine, and foreign aid. Just reinforces what a tiny fraction of spending those areas always were, with an outsized positive impact.

I keep seeing people say Musk “failed” in his government takeover.

No, he did not fail.

He shut down investigations into his businesses, he garnered huge contracts, and he stole the personal data of everyone in the US.

That’s not a “failure.” This motherfucker won, and won big.

Thank you for devoting so much time on writing this summary and legal commentary!

What are the legal recourses for those interested in a federal government position but find it unfair to be evaluated based on their responses to those essay prompts?

This makes me happy for now, but what other legal courses does DOJ still have? And what is the likelihood and timeline for this to get resolved in the Supreme Court?

Great! What other legal courses does the administration have, and what is the likelihood and timeline for this to get resolved in the Supreme Court?

Really important new resource for federal workers.

workerslegaldefense.org

Will this EO allow them to lay off those federal employees without following the existing RIF procedures? My understanding is that those RIF procedures had been negotiated with the union.

Does this mean that they will now be free to terminate employees from those federal agencies without following the existing RIF procedures that they had negotiated with the union?

Title: Both Liberal and Conservative Judges Rule Against Trump Description: A scatter plot showing the rulings of judges against or in favor of Trump, categorized by ideology using the DIME score. The x-axis represents Judge Ideology (DIME Score), ranging from liberal (-1) to conservative (1), and the y-axis represents the case outcome (against or for Trump). • Blue dots represent liberal judges, purple dots represent moderate judges, and red dots represent conservative judges. • Some judges are labeled, including Rudolph Contreras, Lauren King, John Coughenour, and James Emanuel Boasberg on the liberal to moderate side, and Carl Nichols, Richard J. Leon, and Joseph N. Laplante on the conservative side. • A note mentions that Boasberg, though slightly right-leaning, was initially appointed by George W. Bush. • The visualization suggests that judges from both ideological backgrounds ruled against Trump.

1/🧵 Judges across ideological lines are ruling against Trump at strikingly similar rates (84% liberal, 86% centrist, 82% conservative). This isn't partisan opposition to Trump—it's the judiciary functioning as intended by cutting across partisan lines to uphold the Constitution.

DOGE Debunking - emptywheel Running Xitter threads from Momentum Chaser January 30: Fact Check: No evidence US spent $50 million on condoms for Gaza January 30: FACT FOCUS: No evidence that $50 million was designated by the US t...

Also I just updated my list of DOGE Debunking stories. There have now been at least 23 stories that catch DOGE in lies about savings, etc.

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ICE Prosecutor in Dallas Runs White Supremacist X Account The Observer has identified the operator of “GlomarResponder,” an overtly racist social media account, as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.

REVEALED: we identified the operator of an overtly racist X account, "GlomarResponder," as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.

Right on! I’ve lost many nights’ sleep over worrying that I’m not getting sufficient sleep. Warnings about the detrimental health effects of poor sleep only increase those worries!