Lin Woodson

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🔊 Listen Now: A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data All Things Considered on NPR One | 7:13

Happy Friday everyone. Thanks for reading NPR.org this week.

Wanted to take a second to also remind you: I interviewed whistleblower Dan Berulis to accompany my lengthy written story on NLRB. Hear from him in his own words:

one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5355...

🧵 THREAD: A federal whistleblower just dropped one of the most disturbing cybersecurity disclosures I’ve ever read.

He's saying DOGE came in, data went out, and Russians started attempting logins with new valid DOGE passwords

Media's coverage wasn't detailed enough so I dug into his testimony:

Criminals deserve due process because due process is literally how we determine whether someone is, *in fact*, a criminal

The FDA fired its tobacco enforcers. Now it wants them back. The agency asked laid-off workers to return after gutting the office that penalizes stores for selling tobacco to minors.

The FDA is asking laid-off employees to temporarily return after mass cuts decimated the agency’s ability to penalize stores that sell cigarettes and vapes to minors.

These are MAGA's concentration camps. Do not look away. #CECOT where Trump is forcibly and illegally sending people with no criminal record or due process after abducting them from the streets of this country. All are being held indefinitely without charges.
Wake up.
#fascisminamerica

From the.wellness.therapist Fun fact: There are more people with measles in Texas than there are transgender athletes in the entire nation. Yet the same people fueling panic over trans kids in sports stay silent on an actual public health crisis...It’s not about fairness or safety.

Don't Defund My School Learn, organize, and defeat school vouchers in Texas.

Greg Abbott admitted he’s trying to defund our schools with a private school voucher. If his voucher passes, Texas public schools will face more closures, teacher layoffs, and program cuts. See how much money Abbott could take from YOUR public school: dontdefundmyschool.com

Bishop Mariann Budde tells NPR 'I won't apologize' for sermon addressing Trump The Episcopal bishop of Washington spoke with NPR to discuss her sermon addressing President Trump and why she asked him to have mercy.

NPR Exclusive: The Episcopal bishop of Washington spoke with NPR to discuss her sermon addressing President Trump and why she asked him to have mercy.

Bishop confronts Trump during sermon at inaugural prayer service At a sermon preached to President Trump at Washington National Cathedral, Bishop Mariann Budde asked him to "have mercy" on people who are "scared," including LGBTQ children.

"Millions have put their trust in you. And as you told the nation yesterday, you have felt the providential hand of a loving God. In the name of our God, I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now," said Budde
www.npr.org/2025/01/21/n...

I just made a donation directly to her fund at the diocese: edow.org/give/

Trump rolls back bedrock 1960s-era civil rights measure The move abolishes decades of government practices on diversity and equal opportunity.

Trump just revoked the Equal Employment Opportunity executive order of 1965, rolling back 60 years of progress on civil rights.

The order had prohibited employment discrimination in federal hiring based on race, religion, and gender.

52 years ago, Roe v. Wade secured the reproductive rights women fought for. In 2022, Dobbs overturned it & 22 states restricted our freedoms.

2 days ago, Trump took down reproductiverights.gov. But @reprocaucus.bsky.social will continue to share abortion resources. Your body, your choice!

Chris Murphy details that Trump pardoned David Dempsey, a guy who beat cops and even other rioters on January 6

The “free speech defenders,” ladies and gentlemen.

SHARE WIDELY.
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.

With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.

You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.

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As ICE begins its inhumane raids across the country, it is important to learn about your rights. These are your friends & neighbors. Help. Share these resources far & wide to help keep families safe and together. There are no sidelines to stand on in the fight against fascism.

#ice #trump #iceraids

Ways to show support for Bishop Marianne Budde. She spoke truth to power. May we all be so brave in the times to come.
#BishopBudde #IDissent
edow.org/give/

People need to revisit the 900 page project 2025 template to understand what’s happening.

No executive order has the power or the right to tell you who you are. F*ck that noise. Surround yourself with love, and when you’re ready, get back in this fight.

We need you. 🫶🏽

Trump’s Inauguration Ratings Down Bigly From Biden’s The television ratings for President Donald Trump's second inauguration are in, and they dropped 27% from President Joe Biden's in 2021 and were nearly 20% lower than Trump's first swearing-in in 2017...

The television ratings for Donald Trump's second inauguration dropped 27% from Joe Biden's in 2021 and were nearly 20% lower than Trump's first swearing-in in 2017.

Ok, I thought for sure this had to be an urban legend, but it's true. Maybe that explains why he thinks the 14th Amendment doesn't guarantee birthright citizenship

abovethelaw.com/2024/05/trum...

A stained glass representation of Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde. The text reads "Be merciful to the stranger For we were all once strangers in this land"

The gospel according to Saint Mariann

But some people are just too old and frail to handle cold weather.

Can someone explain why TikTok is a bigger national security concern than a social media platform run by a South African technofeudal oligarch actively interfering in our elections and sabotaging our national interests here and abroad?

Come laugh at me this Friday at Stomping Ground Comedy.

GOP introduces bill to let people sue trans folks for using the bathroom - LGBTQ Nation The bill was introduced by a woman who said she'd rather have a dead child than a trans one.

GOP introduces bill to let people sue trans folks for using the bathroom. The bill was introduced by a woman who said she'd rather have a dead child than a trans one. www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/01/gop-...