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The US has an education crisis and MAGA didn’t just fall behind, they missed the bus.

Education Department employees placed on leave for attending diversity training Several employees began receiving leave notices late Friday.

WOW: Some federal employees at the Education Department have been placed on administrative leave for previously attending a diversity training. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

This image is a screenshot of a tweet from the account "BrooklynDad_Defiant!" discussing former President Donald Trump's criticism of a trade deal. The tweet points out the irony that Trump criticized the deal despite having signed it himself. Below the tweet, there's an excerpt from a source explaining that the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) was negotiated and signed by the Trump administration, along with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto. The text highlights that the agreement came into effect on July 1, 2020.

I may need to scream.

Governor JB Pritzker signs order banning January 6 convicts from State Government Employment.

Senior FBI leaders ordered to retire, resign or be fired by Monday | CNN Politics At least six senior FBI leaders have been ordered to retire, resign or be fired by Monday, according to sources briefed on the matter, extending a purge that began last week at the Justice Department ...

NEW: At least 6 senior FBI officials have been ordered to resign or be fired by Monday. They include those that oversee cyber, national security and criminal investigations. www.cnn.com/2025/01/30/p...

I weep for our nation.

REPORTER: Can you guarantee that those tariffs won't increase prices for Americans, including at the gas pump and grocery store?

LEAVITT: I think Americans who are concerned about increased prices should look at what President Trump did during his first term

As a casual non-white observer, it’s so bizarre to see folks work so hard to try to prove their superiority over someone like me when they could spend that time actually bettering their own lives and…I don’t know, be happy instead of miserable fucks.

I’m sorry, @axios.com, but:

Why aren’t you reporting real news instead of this spoon-fed shit from mendacious propagandists who work for a convicted felon?

Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.

This is a hostile takeover of the federal government by a private citizen of unlimited means with no restrictions and no transparency. Welcome to the Deep State www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...

Every whale I spoke to said, “You humans who voted for Trump are clueless!” Their problem isn’t windmills, it’s getting sliced up by oil tankers, starving from disappearing krill, and choking on plastic and oil spills. They’re smart creatures. Maybe listen to them for once. Goodnight!

Former Secretary of Transportation--who was not on The Real World or Road Rules--weighs in on the President's efforts to blame the fatal air traffic accident on DEI.

Donald Trump Sparks Backlash After Blaming 'Diversity' Initiatives For Deadly DC Airline Crash This is who he is.

After a deadly inflight collision at DCA Wednesday night, Donald Trump tried to blame "diversity" initiatives within the FAA for the crash.

Trump suggests his plan for Gaza Strip is to ‘clean out the whole thing’ | CNN Politics President Donald Trump indicated Saturday that he had spoken with the king of Jordan about potentially building housing and moving more than 1 million Palestinians from Gaza to neighboring countries, ...

I vaguely recall that there’s a specific term for “cleaning out” a geographic area of members of a particular ethnic group. Could someone help me remember what it is?

ICYMI, this is what’s coming unless there is coordinated action taken against it — now. At the rate the Rule of Law is being destroyed there’s no reason the richest man and actual President won’t use the military to create the fascist “Technate of America” his Nazi grandpa Joshua Haldeman wanted.

Let Denmark cook.

Let me say this in no uncertain terms: the President’s actions today are illegal.
 
Cutting off people from healthcare, childcare, and other services is cruel.

The State of Illinois will fight this unlawful order with everything we have.

Federal workers have filed a lawsuit to stop the federal government’s HR office from emailing all civilian staff simultaneously, citing privacy violations.

Sen Tim Kaine (D-VA) speech about Trump Admin. "buyout" idea for federal workers

"He's tricked hundreds of people with that offer. If you accept that offer and resign, he'll stiff you just like he stiffed the contractors. He doesn't have any authority to do this. Do not be fooled by this guy"

NEW: THREAD: I have the verbiage from the resignation and severance email sent to federal workers using the HR@opm.gov email address. SUBJECT: Fork in the Road

"During the first week of his administration, President Trump issued a number of directives concerning the federal workforce. 1/

#Fact:

Trump's budget proposal cuts $1.4 BILLION from the VA.

This will devastate healthcare services for our beloved veterans!

It’s time to raise our voices to halt this attack on those who sacrificed and fought for our country!

Save veterans' healthcare!

Elon Musk Lackeys Have Taken Over the Office of Personnel Management Sources tell WIRED that the OPM’s top layers of management now include individuals linked to xAI, Neuralink, the Boring Company, and Palantir. One expert found the takeover reminiscent of Stalin.

NEW: OPM — the US govt's HR department — is now being run exclusively by Big Tech lackies, mostly from Elon Musk companies. Reporting directly to the chief of staff is a kid who just graduated high school & was recently a camp counsellor before interning at Neuralink.

From @telliotter.bsky.social: