repeating myself a bit here but trump can issue an executive order but that doesn’t necessarily mean shit if it doesn’t have a firm statutory basis. if congress lays out in law what the duties of a particular official are, then no, the president can’t decide those duties are something else

Trump Vowed to Clean Up Washington, Then His Team Hired a Man Who Pushed a Scam the IRS Called the “Worst of the Worst” Frank Schuler was a leading promoter of a tax deduction derided as a scam by prosecutors, senators and the IRS. Now he’s a senior adviser to the General Services Administration, which manages the fede...

NEW: Frank Schuler was a leading promoter of a tax deduction derided as a scam by prosecutors, senators and the IRS.

Now, under Trump 2.0, he’s a senior adviser to the General Services Administration, which manages the federal government’s property.

By @peterelkind.bsky.social

They don't want to teach history so they can repeat it.

They’re going to make it so only “their people” get SS.

I haven’t heard one single trump voter admit they were wrong. Not one admit they believed lies. Not a single one.

They're trying to silence the media because they don't want you to know what they're doing.

In response to a post on X from @maxwellfrost.bsky.social showing the effort to get into the Department of Education building this morning, Elon Musk replied, "No such department exists in the federal government"

President Trump fired me. Now it will be easier for the government to spy on Americans | Travis LeBlanc These partisan witch-hunts and firings need to stop

Tremendous op ed in The Guardian by Travis LeBlanc, formerly of the Privacy & Civil Liberties Oversight Board: "Trump fired me. Now it will be easier for the government to spy on Americans" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The Elite Lawyers Working for Elon Musk’s DOGE Include Former Supreme Court Clerks Much attention has been paid to the young Silicon Valley engineers working for Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, but the group has also hired high-powered legal talent.

NEW: ProPublica has identified three lawyers with elite establishment credentials who’ve joined the DOGE effort. Two of their names haven’t been previously reported as working for the Elon Musk-led initiative.

Here’s what we know about them:

We've updated our tracker below with these 3 additions.

If you have information about any of the people on this list, or know of other Musk associates who have entered the federal government, reach out on Signal at 917-512-0201.

Hey all, we've gotten a *lot* of tips since this post. Keep 'em coming.

The deep-dive investigations we tend to do will often take longer to source, report, corroborate, fact-check and publish, but our reporters are hard at work following up on leads you’ve sent.

Thanks for your trust in us.

'Unprecedented': White House moves to control science funding worry researchers If the Trump administration continues targeting DEI in science and seeking to slash funding, American science will look fundamentally different.

A very clear statement of what is happening to science right now.

And on the social science side: "This cuts across economics, psychology, sociology. In all these fields, there are whole chunks of the discipline that may just not be possible to carry on anymore."

The US Treasury Claimed DOGE Technologist Didn’t Have ‘Write Access’ When He Actually Did Sources tell WIRED that the ability of DOGE’s Marko Elez to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending was rescinded days after US Treasury and White House officials said it didn’t exist.

This is the most important story in the United States right now.

www.wired.com/story/treasu...

3 cheers for burning white supremacy flags!
And, for punching Nazis, whether figuratively or literally.

Yes, everyone is correct. They're not advocating for a "strict meritocracy." Affirmative action is over. They're now suing over the very presence of Black people and Latinos in elite education and white collar careers.

They're advocating for resegregation. Call it out every time.

February is low vision awareness month!

When you solve for the wrong problem, not only do you not get the solution, you can cause harm. The President wasted water that was being saved for farmers for a PR stunt.

This was harmful, ludicrous, and solved nothing.

Dozens of Clinical Trials Have Been Frozen in Response to Trump’s USAID Order (Gift Article) The stop-work order on U.S.A.I.D.-funded research has left thousands of people with experimental drugs and devices in their bodies, with no access to monitoring or care.

The cruelty is unending.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...

Except the teamsters basically backed trump.

so don’t hold your breath.

Teamsters basically backed trump. They aren’t going to do shit.

Pharmaceuticals... microchips...

Except this video is fake fake fake

Lion cubs generally stay with their mothers. This is true for all cats. Cat species are not like humans.

doddering old fool gets pantsed by Canada and Mexico and Democrats finally wake the fuck up

here's today's post: "doddering old fool gets pantsed by Canada and Mexico" — and Democrats finally wake the fuck up.
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They are under Musk who pretty assuredly is helping Russia & China.

Yes! They have been reporting on clear constitutional breeches as if completely normal.

Thank you for voting NO! to Rfk jr. He’s not qualified to run a small medical non-profit let alone HHS and all entities crucial to our health & public health within it.

No senators should vote for this charlatan ! He’s not qualified !

And it begins.

FBI class action lawsuit against the retaliatory purge.

First Amendment
Violation of Due Process
Rights to Privacy

www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...

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