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A 2nd judge orders thousands of fired federal employees temporarily reinstated A federal judge in Maryland found the Trump administration acted unlawfully in firing thousands of federal employees by not first notifying states.

A federal judge in Maryland found the Trump administration acted unlawfully in firing thousands of federal employees by not first notifying states.

Trump intervention suspected as Andrew Tate, brother Tristan leave Romania for U.S. despite rape charges Four British women who've accused Andrew Tate of rape are "in disbelief and feel retraumatized by the news" that he's been allowed to leave Romania for the U.S.

Donald Trump just helped free Andrew Tate from his rape and human trafficking charges.

Tate has bragged about grabbing women by their necks, breaking their jaws, and said “I am absolutely a misogynist.”

MEMORANDUM FOR THE PENTAGON PRESS ASSOCIATION SUBJECT: New Annual Media Rotation Program for Pentagon Press Corps For over a half-century, the Pentagon Press Corps has benefited from working out of individual office spaces that provide coveted and open access to some of the Department's top military and civilian leaders. Known as the Correspondents' Corridor, this office space loaned to media outlets by the Secretary of Defense stands as a tribute to the importance the Department has long placed on informing the public about the U.S. military and all it does to project peace through strength. It also honors the many correspondents who put their lives on the line, and in many cases died, while covering our finest in battle. In order to broaden access to the limited space of the Correspondents' Corridor to outlets that have not previously enjoyed the privilege and journalistic value of working from physical office space in the Pentagon, beginning February 14, 2025, the Office of the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs will implement a new Annual Media Rotation Program for those dedicated media spaces. Each year, one outlet from each press medium - print, online, television and radio - that has enjoyed working from a physical office in the Pentagon will rotate out of the building to allow a new outlet from the same medium that has not had the unique opportunity to report as a resident member of the Pentagon Press Corps. This year, the following news outlets will begin their rotation by vacating their physical office space effective Friday, February 14, 2025: Print - The New York Times TV - NBC News Radio - National Public Radio Online News - POLITICO In their place, the following outlets from each medium will be invited to move into the Correspondents' Corridor workspaces formerly occupied by the above four outlets. Print - New York Post TV - One America News Network Radio - Breitbart News Network Online News - HuffPost News (aka The Huffington Post)

To be clear, the outlets that vacate the spaces loaned to them by the Secretary will remain as full members of the Pentagon Press Corps. They will continue to enjoy the same media access to the Pentagon and will be able to attend and cover briefings and be considered for travel with civilian and military leaders in the Department as they have previously. The only change will be giving up their physical workspaces in the building to allow new outlets to have their turn to become resident members of the Pentagon Press Corps. Thank you in advance for participating in the Pentagon Press Corps Annual Media Rotation Program. By turning over the office space loaned to you by the Secretary, you will ensure that new outlets will have the same opportunity you have enjoyed covering our nation's finest up close from office spaces inside the walls of the Pentagon. (John Ullyot Acting

NBC News is being kicked out of its space in the Pentagon and replaced by OANN.

Trump moves to strip federal workers of their rights—again. His latest move cancels union agreements made in Biden’s final days, calling them “wasteful.” Workers’ protections, wages, and remote work policies are at risk. This isn’t about efficiency—it’s about control.

hey question, is this bad?

If you don’t hear me frfr when I say that they have added “A” for Accessibility to DEI — it’s “DEIA” in the EOs — and if you don’t really absorb what that means, you’re not keeping pace with what’s happening.

i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country

📌Three soldiers are dead tonight. Their Commander in Chief took no responsibility for it, and didn’t show a shred of empathy.
He is a tiny man, a coward, completely unfit for duty, and an embarrassment to all of us who served.
I spit on him.

Gosh, I remember when we had an actual president instead of a loudmouth bully who won't take responsibility for his actions.

This is a reminder that no one can convince Trump voters to no longer support Trump, better than Trump can.

Trump’s Freeze on Grant Funding Temporarily Halted by Judge A federal judge in Washington has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a new directive to halt payments of federal grants, loans and other assistance to an array of programs acr...

New: A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from enforcing an order to halt payments of federal grants, loans and other assistance

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Trump offers all federal workers a buyout with 7 months' pay in effort to shrink size of government The White House has begun offering buyouts worth seven months of salary to all federal employees who opt to leave their jobs by Feb. 6.

BREAKING: The White House on Tuesday began offering buyouts worth seven months of salary to all federal employees who opt to leave their jobs by Feb. 6 — part of President Donald Trump’s unprecedented overhaul of the U.S. government.

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If you're feeling overwhelmed, it's intentional. They're calling it "flooding the zone." The intent is to overwhelm and exhaust us so we can not effectively resist. Something simple you can do right now now is to make sure to take breaks and rest.

“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”

James Baldwin

Why is this necessary?

An artist (Liberal Jane) drawing of a group of people. The person in the middle holds a sign saying “I don’t know how to convince you to care about other people.”

I can’t even look at the news today but this is about where I’m at.

Artist credit: Liberal Jane

What’s the difference between a gov controlling an algorithm, silently eliminating reach for things it doesn’t like, vs the same gov using its power, to demand that the platform remove the things it doesn’t like.?

In China they are overt. With TikTok in the US, they control silently

It Is MLK Day. Do Not Despair. This Year Especially, We Have Work To Do. With delicious anticipation, we imagined it.

I pray this helps some of you today. We have a duty to Dr. King whose life was taken because he dared demand that this country face itself, to demonstrate that his work & sacrifice was not in vain. Let’s do it together. Please share. And subscribe.
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A heartbreak

Rest in peace Cecile Richards

Cecile Richards, former Planned Parenthood president and feminist activist, has died Richards died Monday of an aggressive brain cancer. She was 67.

“When women are free to make their own decisions about their lives and to follow our dreams, we are unstoppable.”

Cecile was a force of nature. May her memory be a blessing.

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“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”
- Dr. Martin Luther King

Happy Birthday 🥳💐🎂🎉

President Joe Biden just issued last minute preemptive pardons to protect them from Trump:

📌 Liz Cheney

📌 General Mark Milley

📌 Dr. Anthony Fauci

📌 Adam Schiff and Jan. 6 Committee members of Congress and staffers

📌 Police officers who testified before the January 6 Committee

The share of US adults who thought platforms should police false content went *up* between 2018 and 2023, not down. So much for Zuck's "culture shift" www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...