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"the #USAID inspector general recently released a report finding that due to the Trump-Musk pause of funding, nearly $500 million in #food assistance was at risk of spoiling... barely 24 hours after the USAID inspector general revealed all this, #Trump fired him...

whole function of I.G.s is to independently document waste, inefficiency, & #corruption inside #government. That’s what the USAID I.G. did"
https://newrepublic.com/article/191578/trump-musk-scandal-usaid-leaked-memo

#Musk #Coup #Trump #GOP #Politics #USPol #US #USA #News #Press
Text from article: In this context, let’s also recall that the USAID inspector general recently released a report finding that due to the Trump-Musk pause of funding, nearly $500 million in food assistance was at risk of spoiling. That revealed an extraordinarily cruel and wanton attitude toward the global poor, and barely 24 hours after the USAID inspector general revealed all this, Trump fired him. It’s hard to adequately capture the absurdity and malevolence on display here. The whole function of I.G.s is to independently document waste, inefficiency, and corruption inside government. That’s what the USAID I.G. did in documenting the mismanagement that put huge stores of taxpayer-purchased food at risk of going to waste. This is exactly what I.G.s are supposed to do. But apparently because it made Trump and Musk look bad, the I.G. got the ax. Here you see Trumpworld believing both that they are politically vulnerable to revelations about the misery they’re inflicting on some of the world’s poorest people—they were clearly stung by the I.G.’s findings—and also that they can unabashedly fire the watchdogs who reveal it. They conspicuously did this right after the revelations hit, suggesting they lean toward feeling they can act with total impunity.

Trump-Musk Scandal at USAID Takes Unnerving Turn With Vile Leaked Memo

Can Trump and his top advisers really just act with total impunity? Or is there, just maybe, a price to be paid for starving poor people and un-indicting a corrupt mayor?
The New Republic
#news #trump #musk #gop #us #politics #press #usa #uspol #food #government #corruption #Coup #usaid

"“This is basically telling #USAID personnel not to tell the #truth about what they have seen,” Jeremy Konyndyk, a former senior USAID official, told me, adding that this functionally commands USAID staff to “get in line with the #propaganda narrative.”

Yet the memo also shows that USAID leaks are infuriating #Trump officials precisely because they are exposing the horrifying consequences of the Trump-Musk efforts to cripple this agency."
https://newrepublic.com/article/191578/trump-musk-scandal-usaid-leaked-memo

#Musk #Trump #News #US #USPol
Text from article: This assistance—which includes aid for lifesaving food, shelter, and medicine—has gotten bogged down as USAID employees and groups that partner with the agency to distribute these things have struggled to access government funding streams halted by Trump. (A judge has ordered the funds to continue.) In one case, Musk claimed that the administration had restarted some disease-prevention funding, but it remains frozen, the Times reported. The directive ordering USAID employees to refrain from discussing this with the press represents an unnerving turn in this saga, given how ugly and blatant it is. “This is basically telling USAID personnel not to tell the truth about what they have seen,” Jeremy Konyndyk, a former senior USAID official, told me, adding that this functionally commands USAID staff to “get in line with the propaganda narrative.” Yet the memo also shows that USAID leaks are infuriating Trump officials precisely because they are exposing the horrifying consequences of the Trump-Musk efforts to cripple this agency.

Trump-Musk Scandal at USAID Takes Unnerving Turn With Vile Leaked Memo

Can Trump and his top advisers really just act with total impunity? Or is there, just maybe, a price to be paid for starving poor people and un-indicting a corrupt mayor?
The New Republic
#news #trump #musk #us #uspol #propaganda #truth #usaid

Did you know the US government has a U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board (since 1979) that exists to help make sure dismissals and such are based on merit (or the lack there of) and “…to protect…against partisan political and other prohibited personnel practices…”?

Well, now you do.

https://www.mspb.gov/

#USpol #coup

U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board

MSPB Mission: To protect the Merit System Principles and promote an effective Federal workforce free of Prohibited Personnel Practices.
www.mspb.gov
#uspol #Coup

"The useful thing to do is to let your bad friend know you’re upset with them. Give them a chance to make amends. That’s what real friends do." #CanPoli #uspol #flagday https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/article-booing-the-american-anthem-its-our-patriotic-duty-right-now/

Booing the American anthem is our patriotic duty right now

We are helping the average American understand that nobody likes them any more
Cathal Kelly (The Globe and Mail)
#canpoli #uspol #flagday

They aren't "illegal immigrants". They're undocumented. That term is dated and dehumanizing.

Besides, they aren't doing anything illegal. It's actually a civil offense.

So, how about we treat them with a little bit of *civility* FFS.

#uspolitics #uspol #Trump #republicans
#trump #uspol #republicans #uspolitics

**HOW TO RESIST**

Memes for sharing. 🧵

->Please see also my flyers for printing. Some of them are wallet-sized for easy distribution.

https://mastodon.world/@jblue/114004558909725221

I created these because I keep seeing the question “what can I do?“ The advice below was condensed and compiled from Robert Reich’s articles and others. They have links to resources that provide more info and context. Please feel free to save and share with others.

#resist #resistance #uspolitics #uspol #fascism
The image features a sunset backdrop with the Statue of Liberty. The bold text emphasizes "RESIST." Below, a list of actions is outlined: -SUPPORT the vulnerable. -SUPPORT journalists, politicians and lawyers fighting the administration. fascist policies and -BOYCOTT brands and companies that donate to Republicans. (goodsuniteus.com). -VOLUNTEER (mobilize.us). -CONTACT your reps in Congress + state AG to block nominations (calls.org). -PARTICIPATE in mutual aid networks to power the resistance when fascism strikes back. -SHOW UP to town halls/ school board meetings to stymie radicals. -DISOBEY if you receive orders to harm others. robertreich.substack.com/p/more-on- what-you-can-do

J blue (@jblue@mastodon.world)

Attached: 1 image **HOW TO RESIST** 🧵 Printable flyers to download and distribute. Scroll down for all. I created these bc I keep seeing the question, “what can I do?“ The advice was compiled from articles by Robert Reich and others.
Mastodon
#fascism #uspol #resistance #uspolitics #resist

I'm so fucking sick of these attacks on human rights.

I propose the following course of action:

We pick a specific target and trash its value.
- Do whatever we can to make it lose money, customers, resources, employees, reputation.
- Do our best to make it toxic waste that investors won't touch.
- We make it easy for anyone to join the carnage.
- We keep hammering it until it dies or we get protections

Then we collectively pick another target and do it again.

And again.

Until the dying screams of US corporations reach the ears of those with the power to call off the attacks on women, minorities, LGBTQ+ people, disabled people, and everyone else this administration is going after.

When they stop, we stop, negotiate, and stand ready to start again if they don't follow through.

I suggest Tesla be the first to burn.

https://electrek.co/2025/02/13/tesla-takeover-protests-pla-at-stores-this-weekend-tesla-takeover/

#ResistEverywhere #CitizenSabotage #HumanRights #USPol #FuckCapitalism #FuckFascism #EatTheRich

Tesla Takeover: protests planned at Tesla stores globally this weekend

Tesla is being targeted by protests organized at its stores around the globe. The demonstrations planned for this Saturday appear...
Fred Lambert (Electrek)
#humanrights #uspol #eattherich #fuckcapitalism #fuckfascism #ResistEverywhere #CitizenSabotage

"It's becoming increasingly clear that the Trump regime is turning away from our allies in order to embrace our enemies. They are dismantling our institutions and rule of law for the sole purpose of protecting and enriching a small cabal of extremely rich, extremely corrupt and extremely anti-american traitors."

— Mary Trump

#StopTrumpNow #TrumpDidThis #RepublicansDidThis #RepublicansOwnThis #GOPKakistocracy #GOPWeirdos #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol
#uspol #trumpdidthis #GOPWeirdos #NoRepublicansEverAgain #republicansdidthis #gopkakistocracy #RepublicansOwnThis #stoptrumpnow

#iReMMO | Élection de Donald #Trump : tournant pour le #MoyenOrient ?

rencontre avec
⦁Sophian Aubin, journaliste à France24
⦁Sylvain Cypel, journaliste et membre d’Orient XXI
⦁Philip Golub, professeur de relations internationales à l’AUP
⦁Rym Momtaz, journaliste et géopolitologue

modération : Pierre-Alain Clément

https://iremmo.org/rencontres/election-de-donald-trump-un-tournant-pour-le-moyen-orient/

#ProcheOrient #Gaza #Palestine #tpo #Israël #USpol #USpolitics #géopolitique #USforeignPolicy #USMiddleEastPolicy @palestine @israel @geopolitics

Élection de Donald Trump: un tournant pour le Moyen-Orient? - iReMMO

L'arrivée de Trump au pouvoir marquera-t-elle des changements dans la politique étrangère des USA au Moyen-Orient ou s'inscrira-t-elle dans la continuité de Biden?
Gianni Giuliani (iReMMO)
#trump #israel #uspol #palestine #gaza #geopolitique #uspolitics #usforeignpolicy #tpo #iremmo #procheorient #usmiddleeastpolicy #moyenorient @palestine @geopolitics group @israel

The law has no power in itself. This power comes from acceptance - and from law enforcement. And the latter is the job of the executive.

But if the executive rejects the idea that it is bound to law itself, then the power of law breaks down and all that is left is the power of the executive. Which is: dictatorship.

The final step would be to break the power of the voter. This is not the first priority, they have four years for this. #trump has announced this also in advance btw.

#uspol
#trump #uspol

Anne Applebaum in The Atlantic about the ongoing coup in the #usa to transform the country into a Putinesque dictatorship.

In my view, it’s based on the destruction of law, of the power of judiciary. This is how the executive will be left with absolute power, by ignoring law. And this is effective because the society is conditioned to think of law as an effective tool of resistance. Just that criminals and fascists don’t accept the law in the first place.

#uspol

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/doge-civil-servant-purge/681671/?gift=UDCAY75CzHyGUPSsXwkpWjX2Dm2fS1nRsiXqR0bVGOM&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

Trump and Musk Are Pushing for Regime Change

How regime change happens in America
Anne Applebaum (The Atlantic)
#usa #uspol

Dems: "We need to rethink our messaging in order to regain the voter's trust."

No. You need to stop coddling and cosying up to far-right sycophants, and let people that actually want to bring about meaningful change, take the wheel of the party. Unlike what you did with Bernie and AOC.

Left-leaning voters don't want a GOP light. They want a Democratic Party that advocates for them, and defends their interests.

#uspol
#uspol

#TheGremlinZoo #USPol #NationalArchives

From WTOPNews.com: White House forcing out top leadership at National Archives in major shakeup

https://wtop.com/government/2025/02/white-house-forcing-out-top-leadership-at-national-archives-in-major-shakeup/

White House forcing out top leadership at National Archives in major shakeup

The Trump administration is forcing out senior leadership at the National Archives and Records Administration in a major shakeup.
CNN (WTOP News)
#uspol #nationalarchives #thegremlinzoo

I'll say it again:

Its looking increasingly like the Court of the Tangerine Tyrant has concluded (at least implicitly) that Nixon's well known comment (in an interview with David Frost) that 'when the president does it, that means that it is not illegal' should be a guide to action(s).

But while Nixon only meant this as a defence for prior actions, the Trump team are taking it as a prescription!

#USPol
#uspol

Before I was fired tonight, I was in charge of information security for VA.gov, which has millions of users per month and stores and processes huge amounts of veterans' personal information. I've been told by people I've worked with that I'm the best at what I do of anyone they've ever worked with. Now there will be _no one_ in charge of information security for VA.gov.
Does this seem like improving government efficiency?
#politics #USPol #DOGE #USDS #VA #infosec
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#politics #uspol #infosec #va #doge #usds

From 2023: While Texas has a long history of repression of LGBTQ+ people, it's also been a hotbed of civil rights activism that inspired nationwide movements and landmark legal decisions granting queer people human rights. https://www.texasobserver.org/before-lawrence-v-texas-book-history-lgbtqia/

#LGBTQIA+ #news #politics #USpol #Texas #history #books #bookstodon #culture #HumanRights

Before 'Lawrence': From Sodomy to Queer Liberation

Wesley G. Phelps’ new history book reveals how gay persecution in the Lone Star State spurred the struggle for LGBTQ+ civil rights nationwide.
Kit O'Connell (The Texas Observer)
#news #lgbtqia #humanrights #politics #history #culture #books #bookstodon #uspol #texas

I know it's unkind to judge a person by their appearance but having the head of #HHS look so ill is a huge red flag. If this is what Make America Healthy Again looks like, I'll take a hard pass.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/rfk-jr-just-kneecapped-cdc-213212470.html

#RFK
#USPol

RFK Jr. Just Kneecapped the CDC on His First Day

The purging of federal workers continues.
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling (Yahoo News)
#uspol #rfk #hhs

Elon Musk’s Man in the Treasury Is Still Holding Down His Day Job as Software CEO

...DOGE’s Tom Krause is “currently” the CEO of the Cloud Software Group...
https://www.wired.com/story/musk-krause-treasury-bfs-conflict-of-interest/

"That role was previously occupied by David Lebryk, who resigned after refusing to allow Musk’s... #DOGE access to sensitive systems w/in the #Treasury Department...

Krause retaining his job in addition to serving in the #government... a massive conflict of interest."

#Musk #Corruption #Coup #USPol #News #US #USA
News headline: Elon Musk’s Man in the Treasury Is Still Holding Down His Day Job as Software CEO An email sent to workers at the US Treasury Department’s Bureau of the Fiscal Service said DOGE’s Tom Krause is “currently” the CEO of the Cloud Software Group. Critics believe this could be a massive conflict of interest. by Vittoria Elliott Politics Feb 14, 2025 11:56 AM
#news #musk #us #usa #uspol #government #corruption #Coup #doge #treasury

US Judge Extends Order to Block #DOGE From Treasury Department Data

A lawyer for the Trump administration couldn’t say whether the #data DOGE accessed had been shared outside the #US Treasury Department.
https://www.wired.com/story/doge-treasury-department-data-access-denied/

"When Vargas asked... the #DOJ attorney representing #Trump... whether any DOGE-accessed information had been shared outside of the #Treasury Department, he said: “The short answer on that is we don’t presently know.”"

#Musk #Coup #Politics #USPol #News #USNews #USA
News headline: US Judge Extends Order to Block DOGE From Treasury Department Data A lawyer for the Trump administration couldn’t say whether the data DOGE accessed had been shared outside the US Treasury Department. by Victoria Bekiempis Politics Feb 14, 2025 4:49 PM
#news #trump #musk #data #us #politics #usa #uspol #Coup #usnews #doj #doge #treasury

Musk Watch: Depress the workforce and increase attrition
https://www.muskwatch.com/i/157114830/depress-the-workforce-and-increase-attrition

"The plan is simple: Browbeat workers into resigning by simultaneously banning remote work and closing federal office buildings, ensuring that many civil servants are truly incapable of performing their jobs. Their intended replacements? AI, of course.

"The end goal is replacing the human workforce with machines""

#ElonMusk #Coup #Musk #Tech #Technology #AI #Government #Politics #US #USA #USNews #USPol #News
Headline and text from article: Headline: ‘Depress the workforce and increase attrition’ Text: How DOGE plans to cull the federal workforce was captured succinctly by a Washington Post report this week. The report cited sources familiar with DOGE who say the outfit wants "to depress workforce morale and increase attrition." The plan is simple: Browbeat workers into resigning by simultaneously banning remote work and closing federal office buildings, ensuring that many civil servants are truly incapable of performing their jobs. Their intended replacements? AI, of course. "The end goal is replacing the human workforce with machines," a U.S. official told the newspaper. "Everything that can be machine-automated will be. And the technocrats will replace the bureaucrats." On Thursday, the Office of Personnel Management advised agencies to fire most "probationary" staff — a group of about 200,000 federal workers who generally have less than one year of service. The final decision is being left to agency heads, but several have already fired probationary staffers.

The Week in Musk: "Some of the things that I say will be incorrect"

"Some of the things that I say will be incorrect," Elon Musk admitted during a bizarre Tuesday press conference on the U.S.
Caleb Ecarma (Musk Watch)
#news #musk #elonmusk #ai #us #politics #usa #tech #uspol #technology #government #Coup #usnews

WTF Was Elon Musk Doing Meeting With India’s Modi?

#ElonMusk appeared to have a conversation with India’s prime minister about how to make himself richer.
https://newrepublic.com/post/191521/elon-musk-meeting-india-narendra-modi

"If the #tech mogul is meeting leaders like #Modi in Washington, D.C., he is effectively acting like a diplomat... but in his own interests rather than those of the country...

Modi is meeting with #Musk before #Trump"

#Coup #Corruption #GOP #Politics #Fascism #News #US #USA #USPol #USNews
News headline: WTF Was Elon Musk Doing Meeting With India’s Modi? Elon Musk appeared to have a conversation with India’s prime minister about how to make himself richer. by Hafiz Rashid February 13, 2025 / 3:23 p.m. ET
#fascism #news #trump #musk #elonmusk #gop #us #politics #usa #tech #uspol #corruption #Coup #usnews #modi

Again, isn't that funding at the discretion of Congress? They can just ignore the order from Trump, surely? (As if ... 😒)

#USPol #COVID #Education
#education #uspol #COVID

Dayton, #Ohio Metro Library removing pride flags, ‘cultural’ displays from public view.

Staff are permitted to have small flags as internal office decorations, “but it need not show to the public or the outside of the building,” the memo says

Library officials declined to comment about the changes to its policies. The Dayton Daily News obtained the memos through a public records request.

There is widespread speculation it is due to the threat of the Trump Admin gutting funding due to his recent DEIA executive orders, and concerns related to grant funding.

The library operates more than a dozen branches

I don't feel bowing down will help matters. Let funding dry up and services start getting affected, so the community feels the pain and blowback. Tell them why it is happening. Why their after-school programs are getting cancelled, etc. Capitulating just doesn't seem like the right way to respond. #USPol .

https://www.daytondailynews.com/local/dayton-metro-library-removing-pride-flags-cultural-displays/YDNPVGKMXVE5LJPEE2JRB2DW2Y/

Free Archive: https://archive.ph/EESfs
#uspol #ohio

VP #JDVance told #Europe leaders on Fri that their biggest #security threat was not military aggression from #Russia or #China, but their own suppression of free speech—including efforts to block #FarRight parties from joining govts.

#MSC #WhiteSupremacy #MaleSupremacy #evangelism #heterosexism #WhiteChristianNationalism #USpol #geopolitics #munich
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/world/europe/vance-europe-immigration-ukraine.html?smid=url-share
#russia #europe #uspol #china #security #geopolitics #Munich #JDVance #farright #WhiteSupremacy #evangelism #whitechristiannationalism #heterosexism #malesupremacy #msc

I don't usually listen to rap but love Macklemore. Indie musicians can say what they want. The algorithm on other social media is hiding it.
#Coup #USPol #billionnaires #Oligarchy #Gaza #protestsong
https://youtu.be/sn9EKC9nqU4

MACKLEMORE - fucked up (official video)

All proceeds to UNRWA USA. Donate Here: https://www.unrwausa.org/Video By: Omar AlaliPerformed By: MacklemoreWritten By: Ben Haggerty Produced By: Macklemore...
YouTube
#uspol #Coup #oligarchy #gaza #billionnaires #protestsong

"I'm one year away from retirement age, which is 65. I worry that he will reduce SS benefits before I reach retirement age, putting me in a predicament of having to continue to work until 67 or even 70."

"Tank the economy because he's too arrogant, or drag us into a war because he can't keep his mouth shut."

"He's already lost my support for attacking fed WKRs who're veterans."

Will buyer's remorse lead to a mvt that eventually calls for Trump's ouster?

#USPol #Trump
https://www.buzzfeed.com/ashleyholt1/maga-voters-share-how-he-could-lose-support

MAGA Voters Shared How Trump Could Lose Their Support

"We didn't vote for my husband to lose his government career and benefits."
Ashley Holt (BuzzFeed)
#trump #uspol

Seems to me like a lot of people who were talking quite a lot about the starvation of #Palestinians in #Gaza and American imperialism have little or nothing to say about the people who will starve due to the abrupt end of #USAID. I’m not actually surprised because of course campists can’t acknowledge both things. They probably didn’t even know what USAID really does. Reactionaries gonna reactionary.

#USPol #USPolitics
#uspol #gaza #palestinians #uspolitics #usaid

- The Judiciary will save us!

- Have you seen the Judiciary lately?

#USpol
#uspol

Someone who knows what they are talking about says it: the world needs to start responding to Trump with the right kind of language.

#uspol
https://theconversation.com/like-dictators-before-him-trump-threatens-international-peace-and-security-248735

Like dictators before him, Trump threatens international peace and security

Canadian leaders must situate Donald Trump’s dangerous rhetoric in the language of international law and state-to-state relations.
The Conversation
#uspol

If our former allies plan to bomb Washington, DC, please just give a little notice so I can evacuate my family.

#StopTrumpNow #TrumpDidThis #RepublicansDidThis #RepublicansOwnThis #GOPKakistocracy #GOPWeirdos #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol
#uspol #trumpdidthis #GOPWeirdos #NoRepublicansEverAgain #republicansdidthis #gopkakistocracy #RepublicansOwnThis #stoptrumpnow

Elizabeth Warren makes the case for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and how much it has returned to Americans from corporations that had cheated them and not followed the law.

Americans should be made aware that anyone trying to do away with this agency does not want to be answerable to the laws that protect Americans from being ripped off! https://youtu.be/dQgbte6EFKI

#USPol #Musk #CFPB #Lawless

- YouTube

Auf YouTube findest du die angesagtesten Videos und Tracks. Außerdem kannst du eigene Inhalte hochladen und mit Freunden oder gleich der ganzen Welt teilen.
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#musk #uspol #CFPB #lawless

“You’re not the President, you need to go away.” And Howdy Doody, the puppet president sitting behind the Resolute Desk, the first to “hold the office” but with someone else speaking in and for “his” office to the press, just sat there as a four year old broke down who he is in 9 words.

The moment he was schooled by someone 74 years his junior, almost three quarters of a century younger:

#USpol #coup
#uspol #Coup

I went on the VisuNews #podcast, hosted by photojournalist Zach D Roberts, to discuss my recent essay on why we need to be more strategic and targeted in our protesting during the #Trump era. https://kitoconnell.com/protesting-empty-buildings-kit-oconnell-visunews-podcast/

#activism #protest #50501 #politics #USpol #news #HumanRights #LGBTQIA+ #Texas #Austin #DonaldTrump #history #journalism

Podcast: Protesting at Empty Buildings (VisuNews) - Kit O'Connell: Approximately 8,000 Words

Photojournalist Zach Roberts interviewed Kit O'Connell about their essay on the need for more strategic protesting during the Trump era.
Kit (Kit O'Connell: Approximately 8,000 Words)
#news #trump #podcast #journalism #lgbtqia #donaldtrump #humanrights #politics #protest #activism #history #uspol #texas #austin

Es ist auch legitim, die Belastung einzuschränken: #USpol, #DEpol #GERpol etc. filtern.
#uspol #depol #gerpol

#uspol #palestine
two demons, one with a smiley mask on labelled Biden-harris, the one without a mask labelled trump
#uspol #palestine

"This isn't just unauthorized access - it's a full-scale redirection of the government's digital nervous system into the hands of an unelected billionaire."

"The existential risks here - financial manipulation, mass data exploitation, and unchecked digital autocracy - are no longer hypothetical. We're watching a truly unprecedented transfer of governmental power to a private entity in real time."

https://davidpepper.substack.com/p/a-digital-coup-a-tech-expert-fills

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#USpol #coup

“A Digital Coup”: A Tech Expert Fills Me In on the DOGE Danger

Insider: “A truly unprecedented transfer of governmental power”
David Pepper (Pepperspectives)
#uspol #Coup

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