Chevy Chase YIMBY

It most certainly is!

A Five Guys ad, photoshopped to include the words "AND A PHONE. CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU"

We do like to talk a big game about resisting the illegal takeover of the CFPB, but, fair's fair, we've already started planning the logo for Elon's replacement plan.

The importance of being litigious Lawsuits matter — even when they might not "win." Also: Explaining SCOTUS's Friday evening ruling about the Office of Special Counsel. And: Other SCOTUS decisions.

The reality of litigation challenging the Trump administration is that it isn’t all going to win.

That’s OK.

I explain at Law Dork:

Recommend feds rewatch this given tonight's latest missive. Stay strong.

Are you bored tonight? Send your five accomplishments, maybe your shopping list, or your five thoughts on Elon from the past week to OPM at HR@opm.gov.

It’d be a real shame if hr@opm.gov got a lot of emails about what everyday Americans accomplished last week

Musk or Us Congressional Recess Toolkit REACH OUT TO INDIVISIBLE ON REGISTER YOUR EVENT ON MOBILIZE NOW Members of the House of Representatives will be back on your home turf from Friday, February 14th, through Sunday, February 23rd, a...

I really just cannot brag enough about how good this new @indivisible.org resource on next week's congressional recess is. If you're looking for practical ideas about what you can actually do in this moment, check it out: indivisi.org/muskorus

The Acting President discusses affairs of state, while the young boy and the old man share their boredom.

Probationary employees with less than 1 year of service at CFPB have received termination notices, but they are so hastily done that they don't have people's names, job titles, or other information.

They literally say "I am removing you from your position of [JobTitle]... effective [EffectiveDate]"

I came to ask this same thing. I hope @nedzeppelin.bsky.social is doing okay. I remember he was dealing with health issues. Plese let us know how you are doing, Adam!

I appreciate having something other than the end of our democracy to think about.

Here at DOGE, We’ve Streamlined Every Aspect of America’s Collapse "Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave representatives of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency access to the federal payment system la...

"I promise, America will soon be the Cybertruck of countries—uglier than you could have imagined, built for rich chuds, borderline inoperable, and on fire."

Just grateful that aftercare can be offered.

Judge further pauses Trump's 'Fork in the Road' resignation offer to federal employees A federal judge in Boston extended his pause on the Trump administration's "Fork in the Road" offer to federal employees until he issues a subsequent decision.

Update: A federal judge in Boston extended his pause on the Trump administration's "Fork in the Road" offer to federal employees until he issues a subsequent decision.

Federal Financial Watchdog Ordered to Cease Activity In an email to staff of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the agency’s acting director ordered workers to cease “all supervision and examination activity.”

Employees of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau were instructed to cease “all supervision and examination activity” and “all stakeholder engagement,” effectively stopping the agency’s operations www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/u... @rmac.bsky.social @stacycowley.bsky.social

Elon Musk’s DOGE has swept into 15 federal agencies. Here’s what to know. Internal email lists and other documents and interviews provide the widest view so far of who is working in DOGE — and officials inside other agencies with Musk connections.

@washingtonpost.com is tracking who DOGE staffers are and which agencies they’re going to www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

MCPS might as well will call it now. Closed Tuesday, Closed Wednesday, Delay Thursday.

I personally know multiple people who have been fired in the past couple of weeks. Hard-working civil servants who were just doing their jobs. It is terrifying that our best hope is the courts -- not only for federal employees, but for all Americans.

This is supremely fucked up. I mean, I read about this earlier, but to see it in writing is devastating.

Great piece by @elienyc.bsky.social. Our institutions won’t save us. Only we can do that. Twas always thus, and always thus will be. Make sure to read the entite thing here: www.thenation.com/article/poli...

One can only hope!

PI - preliminary injunction

YouTube video by cmaninos The Simpsons - Mr. Burns and Smithers run the plant themselves.wmv

Trump, when he makes himself chairman of the Kennedy Center: youtu.be/TEIqTBasNrQ?...

If you are a federal employee working in anything related to climate, environment, or disasters, I'm @zoeschlanger.99 on Signal and would like to hear from you.

How Elon Musk forked up his mass resignation plan Incompetence and desperation are a bad combination.

New — I did a brief history of the ‘Fork in the Road’ email to show how Musk screwed up by treating federal workers like fucking idiots, and how the pressure to resign is about breaking morale more than culling the workforce.

Here at DOGE, We’ve Streamlined Every Aspect of America’s Collapse "Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave representatives of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency access to the federal payment system la...

"We're hustling to streamline how Americans’ privacy is violated by putting every US citizen’s Social Security number on a public Google Sheet administered by the 19-year-old who programmed Grok’s sense of humor."

YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show Don't Believe Him | The Ezra Klein Show

This @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social piece video what is happening--and how we should react--really well:

Don't Believe Him | The Ezra Klein Show
youtu.be/K8QLgLfqh6s
This is really, really good.

Need way more context here. Basically applies to everything right now.

If you are a federal government employee and you receive an email that the Fork in the Road deadline has been paused, please share it with me. I’ll keep you anonymous. Contact in bio. I’m interested in the language they use. They’ve been ordered to notify you.