Lisa Tarker

A blessed Passover to all so celebrating.

All who are hungry, come and eat;
all who are needy come and celebrate Passover.
~ from the magid section of the Passover haggadah
Image: "Overflowing Blessings" by Yitzchok Moully

What a day!
#GTID #COYG

#GTID #COYG

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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.

The federal government isn’t a toy for Trump’s billionaire friends. If these reports are true, and Trump is handing over the keys of the government to Elon Musk, he's going to endanger lives and livelihoods.

Musk aides gain access to sensitive Treasury Department payment system The access, granted by Scott Bessent, Trump’s newly confirmed treasury secretary, comes after the ousting of the agency’s top career official.

This really is shaping up to be Trump’s “golden age” for billionaires. Handing the key to the nation’s payment system over to Elon Musk and his cronies — hey, what could possibly go wrong?

This will just lead to rampant corruption and abuse.

Trump firing the head of the CFPB is his latest attack on consumers & his latest gift to his billionaire CEO friends.

The CFPB has returned billions to people who have been victims of financial schemes. We will fight like hell to ensure it can continue to protect working people.

#GTID #COYG

Wishing a blessed Candlemas to those so celebrating.

CBA is accepting applications for its Archaeological Fellowships.
DEADLINE: March 1st
Application form and more information may be found at
www.catholicbiblical.org/archeology

Sad to see Tierney leave...quality player.

Arsenal have submitted an appeal over the red card issued to Myles Lewis-Skelly on Saturday.

#FightFascism

Caroline Kennedy Urges Senators to Reject RFK Jr. for Health Secretary In a harsh letter to lawmakers considering Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination for health secretary, Ms. Kennedy called her cousin a “predator” who led other family members down the path of addiction.

Caroline Kennedy wrote a letter that urges senators to reject her cousin Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nomination for health secretary, calling him a “predator” who is addicted to the attention he gets from airing dangerous views on vaccinations.

Trump ousts at least 15 independent inspectors general in late-night purge The dismissals appeared to violate federal law, which requires Congress to receive 30 days’ notice of any intent to fire a Senate-confirmed inspector general.

It’s against the law to fire Inspectors General without cause and without first notifying Congress.

Trump doesn’t want any nonpartisan, independent IGs to call out corruption and lawbreaking in his Administration.

Are Republicans in Congress going to sit back and allow this abuse of power?

YouTube video by Senator Chris Van Hollen Senator Van Hollen discusses tariffs, affordable housing with HUD nominee Scott Turner

I support targeted tariffs to protect strategic U.S. industries. But it's a simple fact that new, across-the-board tariffs would raise prices for working people.

As I discussed with HUD nominee Scott Turner last week, the consequences for affordable housing costs would be severe⬇️

White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.

This is political vandalism. Taking a wrecking ball to federal agencies does nothing to make government more efficient but it is already doing grave damage to people and programs throughout the country.

Jan 28th
Happy feast day--Memorial St. Thomas Aquinas, patron saint of students, scholars, universities, and theologians!
Image: The Triumph of St. Thomas Aquinas by Benozzo Gozzoli

well played 😂

Wishing a blessed feast day to Ursulines celebrating the memorial of their foundress, Saint Angela Merici.

Icon written by Lewis Williams, OFS

On this anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz (27 January 1945), let us pray the mourner's kaddish for all who perished and have no one to observe their yarhzeit:
www.myjewishlearning.com/article/text...
Image: "Kaddish for the Forgotten" by Aaron Morgan