According to a draft of the memorandum obtained by The Washington Post, DOGE software engineer Gavin Kliger is set to work at the IRS for 120 days, though the tax agency and the White House can renew his deployment for the same duration. His primary goal at the IRS is to provide engineering assistance and IT modernization consulting.
Gavin Kliger posted on substack two days ago that he joined DOGE because he was inspired by a nazi. Now he has access to some of the most sensitive taxpayer data at the IRS.
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A Statement From the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Throughout our history, the Kennedy Center has enjoyed strong support from members of congress and their staffs—Republicans, Democrats, and Independents. Since our doors opened in1971, we have had a collaborative relationship with every presidential administration. Since that time, the Kennedy Center has had a bi-partisan board of trustees that has supported the arts in a non-partisan fashion.
While we are a living memorial to President Kennedy, we are also a unique public-private partnership. The Center is supported by federal annual appropriations for the upkeep and maintenance of the building as a federal memorial, or approximately 16% of the total operating budget. Support for the Center’s artistic programming comes from ticket sales, donations, rental income, and other revenue sources.
The Kennedy Center is aware of the post made recently by POTUS on social media. We have received no official communications from the White House regarding changes to our board of trustees. We are aware that some members of our board have received termination notices from the administration.
Per the Center’s governance established by Congress in 1958, the chair of the board of trustees is appointed by the Center’s board members. There is nothing in the Center’s statute that would prevent a new administration from replacing board members; however, this would be the first time such action has been taken with the Kennedy Center’s board.
The Kennedy Center has issued a statement in response to Trump’s deranged post about making himself the chairman.
“There is nothing in the Center’s statute that would prevent a new administration from replacing board members; however, this would be the first time such action has been taken.”
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State run media for the younger generations that don’t know any better ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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While Bluesky is a great alternative to X, I’d also recommend Mastodon. it is also open source and was incorporated as a gGmbH (a German form of non-profit LLC) in 2021.
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Tigase Web Client
Given the current climate of things, I’ve made time to dust off some decentralized social media platform and messaging protocols.
I use tigase.im as an XMPP program which offers end to end encryption and is not owned by anyone.
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