Eileen E. Schell

Any experts on how this might violate the law or customary limits on military intervention into domestic matters?

Photos: ‘Distress flag’ towers over Yosemite to protest cuts as crowds view firefall Saturday’s protest sought to bring attention to the thousands of federal job cuts made by President Donald Trump’s administration this month.

Good for these federal workers, concerned about the sabotage of a functioning, safe park, for us and for nature. www.sfchronicle.com/outdoors/art...

That’s the ticket. Show up in court, with your Bar licenses on the line, and answer a judge’s pointed and specific questions on how this deal went down.

Federal judge blocks Musk’s DOGE from access to Treasury Department material The judge also ordered Musk and his team to “immediately destroy any and all copies of material downloaded from Treasury Department’s records and systems, if any.”

A federal judge issued an emergency order early Saturday prohibiting Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service from accessing personal and financial data on millions of Americans kept at the Treasury Department, noting the possibility for irreparable harm.

I know! But one way to suppress the story about farmers being harmed by the attempt to shutter USAID!

Facebook took down my post today from the Oklahoma Farm Report about the USAID situation. I was reprimanded for circulating "spam" and "harmful content". Ooooohhhh scary Oklahoma Farm Report! Here's the link and a brief blurb from it:

www.oklahomafarmreport.com/okfr/2025/02...

Shuttering of USAID could mean the end of millions in income for Midwest farm operations Frozen by Elon Musk’s DOGE personnel, the USAID program purchased $70 million in commodities in 2024 from Minnesota vendors.

Hmmmmm.....
www.startribune.com/usaid-shutte...

Legislation to be introduced to stop unlawful DOGE take-over in the Treasury Dept.
www.c-span.org/video/?c5152...

Opinion | How Trump’s Deportation Plans Could Blow Up the Food System and Increase Migrant Labor Instead of cutting back on undocumented immigrants, the new administration will be forced to provide more visas to keep food flowing to stores.

Let's keep this one on the table. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Government Takeover Engineers between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk’s companies, are playing a key role as he seizes control of federal infrastructure.

www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

Several conversations today w people in the key executive departments. And while the particulars are hard to pin down my impression is that the Musk take over stuff is considerably worse than is being presented in the press. By this I don’t necessarily things they *done* yet but the level of …

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Know your immigration rights. You have guaranteed rights under the U.S. Constitution, regardless of your immigration status.

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AAUP's Statement "Against Anticipatory Obedience" is important and much-needed for all of my academic friends in this moment. www.aaup.org/report/again...

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Wait... What? Folks In Red States Google Searched 'How To Change My Vote' In Droves After Trump's Victory Iowa had the highest number of people searching how to change their votes.

Hmmmmmm......https://www.theroot.com/folks-in-red-states-google-searched-how-to-change-my-vo-1851696397