Ruth Anne Resnicow

One thing I was disappointed you missed today was the use of "it" to describe people. This is the first step in getting people to hate "the others."

Curious How Trump’s Cost Cutting Could Affect Your National Park Visit? You Might Not Get a Straight Answer. National Park Service staff have received talking points ordering them to describe layoffs as “workforce management actions” and to reassure visitors that changes resulting from the cuts won’t impede…

“We have a duty to tell the public what’s going on,” one park ranger said. “If that’s saying, ‘We just don’t have the staff to stay open and that’s what these firings are doing,’ I think the people have a right to know.”

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This gets better and better.

Donny doesn’t want to hear about your devastating storms, he’s too busy golfing the Commander-in-Cheat had a Very Special weekend

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Who's really running DOGE?

The White House says an obscure bureaucrat, Amy Gleason, has been administrator since day one.

“I don’t know who Amy Gleason even is,” said one person who’s worked closely with DOGE’s leadership.

Or Steve Davis, who appears to be administering day-to-day operations?

I'm *entitled* to SSI because I've paid into my policy all my life; like any insurance, you pay for it til you need it.

We CANNOT go back to the days of elderly people eating dog food because that's all they can afford.

Next on the block will be HUD, leaving disabled & elderly persons homeless.

@asfried.bsky.social IKYMI

The Office That Investigates Disparities in Veterans’ Care Is Being “Liquidated” The closure effectively hobbles the VA’s efforts to investigate and eliminate long-standing racial inequities that the department itself has acknowledged. “The consequences will be dire, wide-reaching...

NEW: The closure effectively hobbles the VA’s efforts to investigate and eliminate long-standing racial inequities that the department itself has acknowledged.

“The consequences will be dire, wide-reaching and deadly,” an advocate for Black veterans said.

By @vernalcoleman.bsky.social

@uwsinga.bsky.social

Anonymous has entered the fight against fascism. They already took X down three times today. This should be fun to watch play out…

That is exactly true.

A ginger and white cat underneath a car

A cat poking through a lamp shade which makes the cat look like she is wearing a tutu or dress

Ballerina. 🩰

YouTube video by ProPublica When an Untrue Stat Shapes Federal Policy

Listen to our Editor-in-Chief @sengelberg.bsky.social break down the source for the claim that only 6% of federal employees are working full time in their offices, and why the untrue statistic matters.

📽️: @carissaqmb.bsky.social

The FAA approved another launch before the last crash investigation was completed — and it ended in another disaster.

Why is SpaceX getting a free pass from DOGE cuts? 🤔

which fucking imbecile is running this country? your guess is as good as anyone’s

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More waste, fraud, and abuse from Elon Musk.

Why isn't DOGE cutting gov't funding for this unproductive company?

The military is plans to scrub photos of the Enola Gay, one of the bombers that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan, from its website as part of its purge of diversity content.

It's among more than 26,000 images that the Pentagon plans to delete.

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If you or anyone you know was among those axed by DOGE at the CFPB or any other federal agency, don't hesitate to reach out to @propublica.org 👇

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Hello #federalemployees. @propublica.org wants to hear your stories.

Great job alert: ProPublica is hiring a computational journalist, "someone who will use technology and data to identify and unlock stories that would otherwise be out of reach."

Salary: $120K-$140K
Remote: ✅

Come join us!

Donny’s tariffs are already a fucktacular shit-show tariffs are paused! no, they’re on! no, wait—

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I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.

18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.

We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org

The Trump Administration Keeps Citing an Untrue Stat as It Targets Federal Workers A “survey of our niche audience for our niche audience” was the source for the claim that only 6% of federal employees are working full time in their offices. The number isn’t true. Why do…

The Trump administration keeps reciting the statistic that only 6% of federal employees are working full time in their offices.

That’s astoundingly low — and completely untrue.

Here’s how an online survey was taken out of context to perpetuate a myth:

DOGE’s Millions: As Musk and Trump Gut Government, Their Ax-Cutting Agency Gets Cash Infusion The Department of Government Efficiency is funded — and acts — like a federal agency. But the White House has shielded DOGE from the rules that govern such agencies, ProPublica found as it examines…

If DOGE is a federal agency, it can’t shield its records from the public.

If it’s not an agency, then its tens of millions of dollars in funding weren’t legally allocated and should be returned, some contend.

Congress should dress like Zelensky to the State of The Union

That's why FOTUS ran in his place.

I'm watching Euro news and they're calling Zelenskyy one of the greatest leaders since 1945 and they are calling Trump and Vance The Jerry Springer show.