Most people don’t know this, but @PBS is part of the backbone of America’s emergency alert system.
• Helps push IPAWS alerts (AMBER, weather, etc.)
• Broadcast-based = works when cell towers go down
• Trusted info during crises
#PBS #EmergencyManagement #IPAWS #PublicSafety #Infrastructure

A card reads: "These Words Are Disappearing in the New Trump Administration." A long list of words follows, including: biologically female; biologically male; BIPOC; Black; breastfeed + people; clean energy; climate crisis; climate science; commercial sex worker; community diversity; community equity; confirmation bias; cultural competence; cultural differences; cultural heritage; cultural sensitivity; culturally appropriate; culturally responsive; DEI; equity; feminism; genders.

Agencies within the Trump administration have flagged hundreds of words to limit or avoid, according to a compilation of government documents. These terms appeared in government memos, in official and unofficial agency guidance and in other documents. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Reading about the insane numbers of books that ordinary working people used to read a hundred years ago feels like seeing pictures of the Pacific Ocean back when it teemed with whales. Hard to comprehend what we’ve lost.

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Wildfires in the Carolinas Prompt Evacuations Gusty winds combined with dry air and unusually high temperatures were fueling the rapid spread of fires on Saturday.

Brush fires fueled by gusty winds and dry conditions broke out on Saturday in North and South Carolina, prompting the authorities to order evacuations in several communities.

We’re in this mess in large part bc the average American is uninformed about fundamentals of civics, history, basic biology, economics, etc, and media and the internet are not meeting the moment.

Is anyone organizing teach-ins or similar for the general public, whether irl or online?

NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.

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:
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He’s crazy! Lord help us!

But this far the villain thing hasn’t worked. They’ve been exposed as ,,, neighbors.

I hope the next step is reinstating these people. It’s too much to expect Congress to do it’s job.

This is beyond stupid and cruel. It really breaks my heart for these people.

this week's cover is on point

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I’m concerned as well. Beyond concerned.

One of the measures you can take now is refusing to buy from Walmart, target or Amazon
More actions to print off and consider

Richest guy in the world is doing this

NEW — In an alarming email last night reviewed by me, Coast Guard members learned that 1,135 members' direct deposit account routing information was compromised due to a data breach from unauthorized access.

It was only discovered because an officer “reported anomalous activity” on their account.

Democracy Playbook 2025 Norm Eisen and Jonathan Katz provide actionable steps for democratic actors in the U.S. and globally to strengthen democratic institutions and resist illiberal forces.

The Trump admin has fired key watchdogs across the fed govt

Removing them makes it harder to hold the admin accountable to ethics & anti-corruption laws

But other guardrails exist—as I explain in our Democracy Playbook 2025👇-TN
www.brookings.edu/articles/dem...

I see quite a few disbarments in the future for these new “Justice” Department leaders.

There’s a Term for What Trump and Musk Are Doing How regime change happens in America

The Department of Government Efficiency isn't interested in efficiency. Or transparency, or cutting costs. It's real goal is to destroy the federal civil service. In other words, regime change. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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“I understand my duty as a prosecutor to mean enforcing the law impartially, and that includes prosecuting a validly returned indictment regardless whether its dismissal would be politically advantageous, to the defendant or to those who appointed me.” - Former Acting USA, SDNY Danielle Sassoon.

For Stunned Federal Workers, Sleeplessness, Anger and Tears One thing lost in the Trump administration’s war on the federal bureaucracy is the collective voice of the employees. But some have begun to speak out.

For Stunned Federal Workers, Sleeplessness, Anger and Tears www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/u...

Elon Musk Hollows Government So Trump Can Refill It From Marc | In more than 30 lawsuits filed against the new administration, the government has not won one on the merits.

We cannot ignore how shockingly abnormal it is for a private citizen — who himself has contracts with the federal government — to dispatch a private army of executives, data experts and recent high schoolers to dictate policies to federal agencies. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/elon...

What a clown! Talk about “unelected” people being a threat to our Democracy. He left out that the third branch is Judiciary. The GOP Congress has abdicated their role. Why is he so desperate to get into Treasury?

“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”

― Former President Theodore Roosevelt, May 1918

Musk’s DOGE Teen Was Fired By Cybersecurity Firm for Leaking Company Secrets Edward Coristine posted online that he had retained access to the firm’s servers. Now he has access to sensitive government information.

🚨BIG SCOOP: Musk’s DOGE Teen Was Fired By Cybersecurity Firm for Leaking Company Secrets

Edward Coristine posted online that he had retained access to the firm’s servers. Now he has access to sensitive government information.

🎁 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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