That’s crazy. I wonder what happened in January

Emerging from the darkness of this era will require us to acknowledge that the previous status quo, including many institutions that may have served us well in another era, have been failing for my entire lifetime.

“Alligator Alcatraz” will begin operations on Wednesday.

This is your reminder that a prison without due process is a concentration camp.

These two psychos have access to all your personal data, by the way.

Chris Murphy: "Why did Trump choose these 3 countries to go for his first major foreign trip? It's not because these are our most important allies or the most important countries in the world. It's because these are the 3 countries willing to pay him off ... this is the definition of corruption."

Openly soliciting bribes in the White House during a televised meeting with a foreign leader

Trump’s DOJ says DOGE isn’t an agency—just “advice.”

They axed workers, killed contracts, gutted programs.
Now they want SCOTUS to block watchdogs from seeing how.

This isn’t secrecy.
It’s sabotage—wrapped in a loophole.

Golden Dome is a missile defense fantasy so staggeringly unworkable it makes Fyre Festival look like a military success. It will never work. It will never be built. But Elon Musk and defense companies will make billions.

The absolute disgrace taking place today in front of cameras in the White House is yet another reminder that for all the talk of Joe Biden's failures, the people who failed America the most are our citizens. Empowering this guy (again) was a foreseeable disaster we'll be lucky to survive.

Seems like a good day to remind everyone that Auschwitz — a complex of over 40 concentration and extermination camps — was not located in Nazi Germany either.

He’s threatening media companies who are critical of him.

He’s talking about sending Americans to foreign prisons.

He’s signing executive orders to investigate former staff members who spoke out against him.

He’s defying the Supreme Court.

Don’t you see what’s happening here?

If Stephen Miller can lie about Abrego Garcia and his case on national TV, he can do it in federal court under oath. Judge Xinis should demand his appearance, question him under oath, then jail him for Contempt when he commits Perjury.

This lawless administration has to be subjected to rule of law.

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This video shows the fire damage inside the Pennsylvania Governor’s mansion.

Governor Shapiro’s reaction to the arson attack is on my timeline.

i'm holding your hands, gently

april 7 is the start of national library week. get your library card. write your library board. check out 10 books. use your library. do it.

The Institute for Museum and Library Services Was Just Gutted DOGE fired all IMLS employees and closed down their emails. It is assumed all funding for 2025 coming from the federal agency will not be happening.

DOGE has just completely gutted the IMLS, firing all staff, closing down their email addresses, and leaving any funding for 2025 in question.

bookriot.com/imls-gutted/

Dear IMLS Grantee, This letter provides notice that the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is terminating your federal grant effective April 1, 2025, through the termination clause in your Award Agreement. This grant is unfortunately inconsistent with IMLS’ priorities. Independently and secondly, the President’s March 14, 2025 executive order mandates that the IMLS eliminate all non-statutorily required activities and functions. See Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy, E.O. 14238 (Mar. 14, 2025). Therefore, the IMLS hereby terminates your grant in its entirety effective April 1, 2025. Please remember that your obligations under the Grant Agreement continue to apply. Additionally, an audit may be conducted by IMLS after the termination of the agreement. Please contact grant-notices@imls.gov with only urgent questions. We wish you well. Sincerely, Keith Sonderling Acting Director ksonderling@imls.gov 955 L’Enfant Plaza SW #4000, Washington, DC 20024

I've obtained a copy of the letter sent by IMLS Acting Director Keith Sonderling to state library grantees letting them know their funding was being pulled, effective immediately:

FOLKS: I've been told that Florida Dems and Wisconsin Dems DESPERATELY need volunteers to help phone back!

I'm placing the links for BOTH below. Can you please repost this like crazy to help get the word out?

Please and thank you! 🙏💪

To: ALL IMLS Employees From: Director of Human Resources Re: Administrative Leave for IMLS Employees This is to inform you that you are being placed on administrative leave (i.e., non-duty paid status) starting Monday, March 31, 2025, up to a period of 90-days. You will be on administrative leave with full pay and benefits. This administrative leave is not being done for any disciplinary purpose. While you are on administrative leave, you are not permitted on IMLS premises. I regret that such directions are necessary, but we must safeguard legitimate IMILS interests and systems. If you wish to enter IMLS premises for official IMLS business, you must first contact me to arrange your visit. While you are on administrative leave, OHR will handle your time and attendance. Your email will be suspended. You can reach me at my desk number, 202-653-4728, or via email: adotson@imls.gov Please understand that this action is not punitive but rather is taken to facilitate the work and operations of the agency. Your pay and benefits will not be affected and will continue during this period. Please contact me if you have any questions about this letter. Sincerely, Antoine L. Dotson Antoine L. Dotson Director of Human Resources

This is the email just received by IMLS staffers placing them on paid administrative leave for up to 90 days.

“Please understand that this action is not punitive but rather is taken to facilitate the work and operations of the agency.”

Here’s a photo of two of the three DOGE mercenaries at IMLS. The shorter one has been ID’d as Nate Cavanaugh. I’ve confirmed Gavin Hamrick was on the premises as well.

that Noem video reinforces my belief that there is a streak of sexualized sadism on the US right that goes back to lynching imagery but began in its most recent form with the enthusiasm for torture during the Bush years.

A worker making $50,000 a year contributes to Social Security with 100% of their income.

A CEO making $20 million a year contributes to Social Security with less than 1% of their income.

Who agrees it’s time to scrap the cap?

Covie @covie_93 Follow Imagine calling yourself the master race and have to resort to erasing the achievements of minorities to make yourself feel better

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NEW — Keith Sonderling, Trump’s Deputy Secretary of Labor, has been named the Acting Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), an agency source tells me. He’ll arrive tomorrow at their office with DOGE and their security detail.

Trump signed an executive order to dismantle seven federal agencies: the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, the U.S. Agency for Global Media, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, the Institute of Museum and Library Services,

Elon Musk Shared, Then Deleted X Post Absolving Hitler, Stalin and Mao of Genocide The post falsely claimed that Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler and Mao Zedong were not responsible for the murders of millions of people, but rather public sector workers were.

Elon Musk Shared, Then Removed a Post Absolving Dictators for Genocide www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/t...

Trump Admin Nixed Contract Helping Kidnapped Ukrainian Kids: Sources The fate of abducted Ukrainian children is a white-hot issue for peace negotiations—and it looks like the State Department may have just undercut the cause.

SCOOP --> Trump's State Department quietly terminated a contract that was in the process of transferring evidence of Russian abductions of Ukrainian kids to European law enforcement, two sources familiar with the situation tell me.

Details here:
newrepublic.com/article/1927...

DOGE Makes Its Latest Errors Harder to Find Elon Musk’s group obscured the details of some new claims on its website, despite promises of transparency. But The Times was still able to detect another batch of mistakes.

NEW: DOGE backtracks on promises of transparency, making its new errors harder to find.

(We found more anyway)

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/u...

Have the DOGE boys gotten around to cancelling

a) a single weapons contract or
b) a single Elon Musk contract?