Trump threatens to put American citizens on deportation flights to a slave prison in El Salvador

Recall issued for nearly all Cybertrucks U.S. safety regulators on Thursday recalled virtually all Cybertrucks on the road, the eighth recall of the Tesla-made vehicles since deliveries to customers began just over a year ago. The Nationa…

#BREAKING: U.S. safety regulators on Thursday recalled virtually all Cybertrucks on the road, the eighth recall of the Tesla-made vehicles since deliveries to customers began just over a year ago. https://ktla.com/news/cybertruck-recall/ 

ICYMI — “The Trump administration has admitted in federal court documents that ‘many’ Venezuelans it accused of being dangerous gang members and deported through presidential wartime powers have no criminal records in the United States.” www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Dictator shit

The co-president says speaking against Putin’s interests is akin to treason.

So I guess that’s where we are now.

Draft executive order set for Thursday calls for closing Education Dept. Education Secretary Linda McMahon has said that congressional approval is needed to close the agency. Deep cuts to the workforce are expected in the short term.

The long-term GOP plan in effect.

Draft executive order set for Thursday calls for closing Education Dept. wapo.st/4kDuWno

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

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

What happened to Little Marco?

El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.

Elon Musk & X @elonmusk Subscribe Consistent with President @realDonaldTrump's instructions, all federal employees will shortly receive an email requesting to understand what they got done last week. Failure to respond will be taken as a resignation.

The latest message from Elon Musk to federal employees.

This comes after President Trump posted that he wanted Elon to get more aggressive.

Crockett: "Down in Alabama, who's broke. Down in Louisiana, who's broke. I can go through pretty much the entire south and tell you that they're broke and rely on a lot of welfare from the government. To be perfectly honest, it is tax dollars from these big blue states...we're in the find out phase"

Maddow: All of this absolutely historically unprecedented. No president has ever come out of the gate with numbers like this ever before. And it is across the board

It looks like Steve Bannon just did a Nazi salute at the end of his CPAC speech.

So if you criticize Elon Musk, Trump’s DOJ will send you this letter. Members of Congress must have the right to forcefully oppose the Trump Administration. I will not be silenced.

Trump is a Russian stooge. Putin may as well written this himself.

And any Republican in Congress who said they support our allies before, but are silent today over this, are worthless.

"They're putting persecuted Christian refugees in camps in the jungle" sounds like something Glenn Beck would accuse the Obama administration of doing and yet now it's a pillar of the Republican agenda.

(d) The Presidential Memorandum of November 13, 1961 (Need for Greater Coordination of Regional and Field Activities of the Government), is hereby revoked. The Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM Director) is directed to initiate the process to withdraw the regulations at title 5, part 960, Code of Federal Regulations, thereby eliminating the Federal Executive Boards. (e) The OPM Director is directed to initiate the process to withdraw the regulations at title 5, part 362, subpart D, Code of Federal Regulations, and to take any other steps necessary to promptly terminate the Presidential Management Fellows Program. On the effective date of the final regulations promulgated by the OPM Director, Executive Order 13318 of November 21, 2003, is revoked and Executive Order 13562 of December 27, 2010, is amended by: (i) striking from section 2 the words "along with the Presidential Management Fellows Program, as modified herein,";

Federal Executive Boards The Federal Executive Boards (FEBs) are the cornerstone of federal presence across the United States of America and its territories. Currently organized into 26 boards, spanning across four regions, and with plans for expansion, FEBs form a bridge between Washington DC and local communities. Focused on streamlining government functions, the FEBs support the majority of federal employees — over 85% — who live and work beyond the nation's capital.

About Us History and Overview Bearing the Presidential Seal, the Presidential Management Fellows (PMF) Program is the Federal Government's premier leadership development program for advanced degree holders across all academic disciplines. Since 1977. the PMF Program has matched outstanding graduate students with exciting Federal opportunities. It has gone through several changes over its 40+ year history, but its essential mission remains the same: to recruit and develop a cadre of future government leaders from all segments of society. The PMF Program creates a lasting bond among Fellows and Alumni, and instills a spirit of public service, which, for Fellows who complete the program successfully, can ultimately encourage and lead to a career in government. The PMF Program was previously founded and called the Presidential Management Intern (PMI) Program. Founding documents of the PMI Program can be found here. For Future Leaders The PMF Program is a unique leadership training ground. You'll perform valuable service to the American people while jump-starting your career, whatever you envision that to be. The 2-year fellowship comes with full salary and benefits, challenging assignments, training and development, mentoring, plus an opportunity to make government work better. Find out more. For Federal Agencies Agencies can hire competitive, qualified, and diverse individuals with a variety of academic backgrounds that have been selected as Finalists. Finalists are pre-qualified at the GS-9 level, although agencies may initially appoint at the GS-9, GS-11, GS-12, or equivalent. Find out more. To learn more, visit the following sections on Policy, Meet the Team, and the PMF Honorary Awards. UPDATED: 01-22-2025

BREAKING: Donald Trump issued an executive order tonight aimed at ending several decades-old and highly successful government programs.

Among the programs Trump says he's ending: The Federal Executive Boards and the Presidential Management Fellows Program.

What do they do, you ask? Key things!

With all due respect, Congressman, he’s not trying to distract from anything here.

He’s a grandiose pathological narcissist. A narcissistic sociopath. A malignant narcissist. A psychopath. A megalomaniac.

This is what he thinks of himself. And what he wants others to think of him.

I.R.S. to Begin Laying Off Roughly 6,000 Employees on Thursday The terminations will target relatively recent hires at the I.R.S., which the Biden administration had attempted to revitalize.

"The layoffs come in the middle of tax filing season. Former IRS officials warned that losing such a large number of employees could disrupt Americans’ ability to easily file taxes this year, even if the layoffs are not supposed to affect those deemed 'critical'...”

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/u...

Top Social Security official exits after clash with Musk’s DOGE over data Yet another top career staffer is leaving the administration amid a disagreement over a request by Elon Musk’s team for sensitive government information.

Just to be clear, because I don’t think the Post story highlights it enough: This was Trump’s day-one pick to lead the Social Security Admin until his nominee got confirmed who RESIGNED a career job rather than do what Musk’s DOGE team wants.

This is Treasury (DOGE) and DOJ (Adams) all over again.

Precisely my expectation:

1. Decimate the ranger personnel.
2. Watch the national parks deteriorate.
3. Declare only privatization can save them.
4. Put hand-picked companies in charge, which will
5. Start selling off land and mineral rights to "save" the parks.

JUST IN: Another medical horror story in an affidavit from a USAID employee stationed overseas. Says his pregnant wife was not medevac-ed for emergency health care because of directives from DC. Took intervention of a U.S. senator to reverse — but was too late. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

Yosemite halts camping reservations, with no timetable for their return Yosemite halts camping reservations, with no timetable for their return at a time when federal employees are being laid off

Want to go visit the national parks this year?
Sorry.
The reservation system is shut down, EMT personnel are gone, so don't get hurt or lost. No one can clean the bathrooms or cabins, so they'll be closed. Rangers are fired.

www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

On the left:

President Trump: "I am pleased to announce that the Great Elon Musk ... will lead the Department of Government Efficiency ('DOGE")"

On the right:

Government declaration (by Joshua Fisher) submitted to Judge Chutkan stating Elon Musk is not the leader of DOGE

Trump Starts Firing FAA Staff Just Weeks After Fatal DC Crash WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has begun firing several hundred Federal Aviation Administration employees, upending staff on a busy air travel weekend and just weeks after a January fatal ...

The Trump administration has begun firing several hundred FAA employees, upending staff on a busy air travel weekend and just weeks after a January fatal mid-air collision

Trump administration pressures Romania to lift restrictions on Tate brothers Tristan and Andrew Tate have been charged with sexual misconduct, organised crime and money laundering

Trump officials are reportedly pushing Romania to let Andrew Tate and his brother leave the country, amid human trafficking and sex crime cases. www.ft.com/content/3f95...

The US health department fired employees Saturday across some of its biggest agencies including Medicare, Medicaid and the FDA.

trib.al/99QFCR9

Some federal employees who accepted Trump’s buyout offer are now being notified that their buyout has been denied, and they are being terminated instead.