USAID.gov is down. Why is this concerning? Trump has no legal authority to eliminate a congressionally funded independent agency. The work of USAID is vital, and if this can happen to them, it can happen to any of us.
The logic of the coup that is going on now. And how to resist it.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
🚨 Two USAID security officials placed on leave after refusing DOGE personnel access to agency systems, despite threats by DOGE personnel to involve law enforcement. (CNN)
Dear Leaders of the Free World,
Fight him at every turn.
Make his life miserable.
Expose his ignorance and sociopathy.
Oppose and condemn and marginalize him.
The decent people of this nation are not with him.
We stand with you.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/dear-world...
the point is not that it's fast -- the point it that it's systematic.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/o...
When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.
We're all going to get really tired of saying fuck around and find out. But I get the sense that we'll be finding out every fucking day of 2025.
Do something Democrats! Are you just going to sit by and let a foreign actor destroy our country from within?
In other news: the party that has been using THEIR constitutional right of free speech to lie to you throughout the election has now decided YOU don't have that right.
Nobody could have foreseen that this is what would happen if you elected a fascist. (Except everybody who has read a history book).
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I want to share with you some thoughts about the second horrific week of Trump II.
It’s even worse than I’d imagined. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-fuking...
At OPM, Musk’s staffers won’t leave—they work around the clock and have even installed sofa beds in the office. Our access to data systems has been restricted, raising serious concerns about cybersecurity and a complete lack of oversight. We are keeping our heads down and documenting everything.
The men carrying out Musk's coup are Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran.
Make them famous. And, eventually, when possible, arrest them and charge them with multiple felonies. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
So the world's richest man spends a fortune backing Trump and is given the go-ahead to...
-Run an "efficiency" agency despite having billions in govt contracts
-Replace civil servants with his own cronies
-Gain access to sensitive Treasury payment systems
See the problem?
The Trump administration has placed two top security chiefs at the U.S. Agency for International Development on leave after they resisted turning over classified material in restricted areas to Elon Musk’s staffers. America, please stand with us—we are fighting to defend this country!
Tonight's moon 💗
