Trump Executive Action thread

[Blake]

Tears and disappointment flowed Monday after newly sworn-in President Donald Trump cut off a mobile app that allowed migrants to apply to enter the U.S. legally as asylum-seekers. All pending appointments made with the app have been canceled, too.

The CBP One app was set up under the Biden administration as a way to curb people crossing the southwest border illegally to request asylum. Once it went into effect, it was the only way for people to get an appointment to request asylum....."


https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/trump-shuts-cbp-one-immigration-app-dashing-migrants-hopes-entering-us-rcna188448

You morons cheering have no idea how this is bad.

[Winehole23]

Tears and disappointment flowed Monday after newly sworn-in President Donald Trump cut off a mobile app that allowed migrants to apply to enter the U.S. legally as asylum-seekers. All pending appointments made with the app have been canceled, too.

The CBP One app was set up under the Biden administration as a way to curb people crossing the southwest border illegally to request asylum. Once it went into effect, it was the only way for people to get an appointment to request asylum....."


https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/trump-shuts-cbp-one-immigration-app-dashing-migrants-hopes-entering-us-rcna188448

You morons cheering have no idea how this is bad.they're cheering the badness, this was malicious.

cutting off asylees going the legal route, choosing to take a chance with administrative judges and the US justice system.

[Blake]

" CNN
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Pope Francis has criticized US President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to deport immigrants as a “disgrace.”

The pontiff, speaking during an Italian television interview, was asked about the incoming Trump administration’s plans to expel undocumented immigrants through an aggressive slate of immigration executive orders by the incoming president, who will be inaugurated Monday.

“If it is true, it will be a disgrace, because it makes the poor wretches who have nothing to pay the unpaid bill. It won’t do. This is not the way to solve things,” Francis said during the Sunday interview...."

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/19/world/pope-says-trump-immigrant-deportations-disgrace-intl-latam/index.html

Sorry Pope, it's the protestant evangelicals that run this place.

[Thread]

" CNN
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Pope Francis has criticized US President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to deport immigrants as a “disgrace.”

The pontiff, speaking during an Italian television interview, was asked about the incoming Trump administration’s plans to expel undocumented immigrants through an aggressive slate of immigration executive orders by the incoming president, who will be inaugurated Monday.

“If it is true, it will be a disgrace, because it makes the poor wretches who have nothing to pay the unpaid bill. It won’t do. This is not the way to solve things,” Francis said during the Sunday interview...."

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/19/world/pope-says-trump-immigrant-deportations-disgrace-intl-latam/index.html

Sorry Pope, it's the protestant evangelicals that run this place.

Pope good now. Yesterday, Pope molested every 12 year old little boy not KIA'ed in Ukraine & elsewhere.

[Winehole23]

playing the pedo card is so GOP

[SupremeGuy]

South Texas voted for Trump. You know why? Cause we've seen the bullshit of obama/biden/soros first hand. Generational democrat voters changed.

[ElNono]

South Texas voted for Trump. You know why?

Voting against your own interests is a tried and true Texas tradition, tbh...

[ElNono]

Pope good now. Yesterday, Pope molested every 12 year old little boy not KIA'ed in Ukraine & elsewhere.

Hopefully we don't deport children to the Vatican, tbh... that's be a cruel and unusual punishment...

[Blake]

South Texas voted for Trump. You know why? Cause we've seen the bullshit of obama/biden/soros first hand. Generational democrat voters changed.

What are you talking about? Kamala won Bexar County

[Blake]

Nobody said "pope good now". Pope chastising Trump is funny now.

That's what Team Catholic gets for pushing their hard core zero tolerance abortion stance.

[GAustex]

Got dam Trump sprained his arm opening up Anwar and a 100 other orders

[Blake]

Got dam Trump sprained his arm opening up Anwar and a 100 other orders

Quick name your favorite and why it's important. Go.

[GAustex]

Quick name your favorite and why it's important. Go.

Blow me

[Thread]

South Texas voted for Trump. You know why? Cause we've seen the bullshit of obama/biden/soros first hand. Generational democrat voters changed.

Fuckin' eh!!!

[SupremeGuy]

What are you talking about? Kamala won Bexar CountyNot sure if serious... you don't actually consider San Antonio South Texas right? lol

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Texas_Presidential_Election_Results_2024.svg

[ducks]

Trump
USA USA USA USA USA
Kick ass!

[SupremeGuy]

Quick name your favorite and why it's important. Go.Remain in Mexico. The pardoning of political prisoners. Withdrawing from the Paris money laundering scheme. Ehhh a bunch of stuff.

Which ones do you disagree with and why?

[ducks]

Trump has ordered more water be routed to southern California, which has been grappling with fires and lack of water.

The order is titled "Putting People over Fish: Stopping Radical Environmentalism to Provide Water to Southern California."

It will... "route more water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to other parts of the state for use by the people there who desperately need a reliable water supply. "

[ducks]

Got dam Trump sprained his arm opening up Anwar and a 100 other orders

200
Time to kick ass!
Then get laws passed so he can sign them into law
Lets fucking go
USA!

[ducks]

Trump orders halt on foreign aid for 90 days.

[ducks]

Trump has revoked the security clearance from John Bolton.

Along with the intel officials who spread false info about the Hunter Biden laptop story.

[ducks]

President Trump has just ordered the d*ath penalty is sought in all cases of the m*rder of a law enforcement officer, or a capital crime committed by an illegal alien.

The order also ensures capital punishment is sought after in every case it's legally possible, effectively "restoring" it.

"The Attorney General shall pursue the d*ath penalty for all crimes of a severity demanding its use."


Hang them and put it on cnn !

[ducks]

President Trump just withdrew the United States from WHO, the World Death Organization

Trump just withdrew the United States from the money laundering scheme, the Paris Climate Accord.

Trump announces a FULL PARDON for all J6 political prisoners.

And has directed his ATTORNEY GENERAL to investigate DHS the FBI … including the DOJ for their criminal activities related to J6 persecutions.

Ending the Weaponization of the Federal Government. (a) The Attorney General, in consultation with the heads of all departments and agencief the United States, shall take appropriate action to review the activities of all departments and agencies exercising civil or criminal enforcement authority of the United States, including, but not limited to, the Department of Justice

[Winehole23]

protecting the drug companies' profits from fair pricing for US patients


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[ducks]

President Donald Trump has signed an order effectively restoring "2 genders" to the federal government.

That includes in government bathrooms and on government-related IDs - all confiding to just 2 genders - along with official documents and law interpretations.

[ducks]

President Trump signs an Executive Order, tapping into Alaska’s energy resources to fuel the nation’s growth.

Drill baby dril

[ducks]

President Trump signs an order creating the Department of Government Efficiency.

[ducks]

Trump signs proclamation guaranteeing state protection from the southern border invasion.

[ducks]

Trump has just ordered his administration to ensure all federal buildings respect classic architecture of American heritage.

This will effectively work to ensure federal building designs are more scrutinized and have the "look" of American government buildings.

[ducks]

Trump signs executive order to realign U.S. refugee program with American interests.

[ducks]

Trump just announced he will REINSTATE all members of the military expelled due to the Covid vaccine mandate.

They will receive FULL BACK PAY.

This is HUGE!

[ducks]

President Trump is signing one historic comprehensive executive order after another fundamentally reforming the rogue bureaucracy, vigorously implementing the America First agenda he campaigned, and faithfully executing his righteous mandate from the American People.

[ducks]

President Trump issues directive to stop the weaponization of government against political rivals from the previous administration.

[ducks]

The President has indeed signed 196 executive orders, a remarkable feat by any measure. Yet, let us not be deceived by the sheer number; many of these orders encompass a multitude of actions, each with its own ripple effect. And as we witness this whirlwind of activity, it’s clear he’s not slowing down—after all, the festivities continue, with him dancing the night away, embodying the spirit of a dynamic first day in office.

[ducks]

REPEAT AFTER ME: I support the mass deportations, no amount of emotional propaganda videos will change that.

[ducks]

Here’s what else Trump signed at the arena:

Regulatory freeze: The freeze will prevent bureaucrats from issuing any more regulations until the Trump officials take full control of the government.
Hiring freeze: There will be a freeze on federal hiring, except the military and a number of other categories, until Trump officials are in full control.
Full-time return to work: Federal workers will be required to return to full-time in-person work immediately.
Cost of living: A directive to every federal agency and department to address the cost of living crisis.
Withdrawal from Paris Climate Agreement: This will formalize the US pulling out of the Paris Climate Agreement again. Trump has done this in his first term, but Biden had joined the agreement again. Trump also signed a letter to the United Nations, explaining the withdrawal.
Freedom of speech: Federal government was directed to restore freedom of speech and preventing government censorship of free speech. The First Amendment already guarantees free speech in the US.
Ending weaponization of government: Trump’s directive to the federal government is meant to end weaponization of government against the political adversaries of the previous administration

[ducks]

Here’s what else Trump signed at the arena:

Regulatory freeze: The freeze will prevent bureaucrats from issuing any more regulations until the Trump officials take full control of the government.
Hiring freeze: There will be a freeze on federal hiring, except the military and a number of other categories, until Trump officials are in full control.
Full-time return to work: Federal workers will be required to return to full-time in-person work immediately.
Cost of living: A directive to every federal agency and department to address the cost of living crisis.
Withdrawal from Paris Climate Agreement: This will formalize the US pulling out of the Paris Climate Agreement again. Trump has done this in his first term, but Biden had joined the agreement again. Trump also signed a letter to the United Nations, explaining the withdrawal.
Freedom of speech: Federal government was directed to restore freedom of speech and preventing government censorship of free speech. The First Amendment already guarantees free speech in the US.
Ending weaponization of government: Trump’s directive to the federal government is meant to end weaponization of government against the political adversaries of the previous administration

[baseline bum]

REPEAT AFTER ME: Trump hires illegals

fify

[ducks]

President Trump signs a regulatory FREEZE, preventing bureaucrats from issuing more regulations.

[Tyronn Lue]

ducks took a single article and stretched it out into an entire thread, line by line. Amazing feat.

[ducks]

President Trump signs order mandating federal workers show up in-person for work.

[ducks]

ducks took a single article and stretched it out into an entire thread, line by line. Amazing feat.

Ducks is special !!!!!!!!

[DMX7]

dJ1Yxm_SW6c

[Blake]

The President has indeed signed 196 executive orders, a remarkable feat by any measure. Yet, let us not be deceived by the sheer number; many of these orders encompass a multitude of actions, each with its own ripple effect. And as we witness this whirlwind of activity, it’s clear he’s not slowing down—after all, the festivities continue, with him dancing the night away, embodying the spirit of a dynamic first day in office.

Lol "let us not be deceived".

Suckers.

[Blake]

Ducks is special !!!!!!!!

No doubt

[Blake]

Blow me

Literally every single Trump tard ends up posting this basic type of frat boy response when asked to back up their line of reasoning. The only thing missing was trying to go personal.

[Blake]

Not sure if serious... you don't actually consider San Antonio South Texas right? lol

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Texas_Presidential_Election_Results_2024.svg

Lol yes, anyone half familiar would know it's considered part of South Texas. It's why I asked you. Do you think McAllen and Harlingen are not part of South Texas either?

[Millennial_Messiah]

Lol yes, anyone half familiar would know it's considered part of South Texas. It's why I asked you. Do you think McAllen and Harlingen are not part of South Texas either?

McAllen and Harlingen voted Trump albeit by <10% margins but a massive shift from any election before. Those 4 counties in light blue down south in the valley are all quite low population.

All the decent sized cities in the RGV voted for Trump. 54% of Mexican-Texan voters voted for Trump. Accept it. Cope.

[ElNono]

I always spend the holidays near McAllen, have some family there. Probably one of the poorest regions in America, tbh...

[Blake]

McAllen and Harlingen voted Trump albeit by <10% margins but a massive shift from any election before. Those 4 counties in light blue down south in the valley are all quite low population.

All the decent sized cities in the RGV voted for Trump. 54% of Mexican-Texan voters voted for Trump. Accept it. Cope.

They don't really know exactly what they voted for regarding the border. Neither do you.

[Winehole23]

If 5 justices decide it's ok for DJT to make and break laws by decree and even reinterpret the constitution, then we basically have rule by one person. The only problem at that point is how to figure out to prevent the alternation of power.

[Blake]

If 5 justices decide it's ok for DJT to make and break laws by decree and even reinterpret the constitution, then we basically have rule by one person. The only problem at that point is how to figure out to prevent the alternation of power.

If they have the balls to even attempt to figure that out. Balance of power officially gone.

[Winehole23]

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[Winehole23]

swamp creatures doing what swamp creatures do



But the rescinded order that caught my eye was Executive Order 14006 (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/01/29/2021-02070/reforming-our-incarceration-system-to-eliminate-the-use-of-privately-operated-criminal-detention), which eliminated the use of privately operated criminal detention facilities. Keep in mind that Trump billed this effort primarily as rooting out “diversity, equity, and inclusion” from the government. Bringing back privately operated detention doesn’t serve that purpose at all. It simply enriches the private prison duopoly, GEO Group and CoreCivic. Both company’s (https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/CXW/) stocks (https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/GEO/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9kdWNrZHVja2dvLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAABdo4r3jpwBZQxqQv8DbZvRhin3D BOew2Mw195GUAZdNsEd6sU5Uaem_vbceihX6QecSzjnUvkxxF3 RjnVys_kiYUoblPBGbGMcGC3YR6bfbV8JyGD92oRUy7XMw0k9A w7EHb7ru_grhU5QBvVEwDKsNxtI8TO1NMxSV0CmUioSV) have soared since the election, and now, both stand to gain billions in federal contracts, mostly to detain undocumented immigrants. It’s a big win for GEO Group’s former lobbyist, attorney general nominee Pam Bondi.https://prospect.org/politics/2025-01-21-executive-action-reaction-day-1/

[Tyronn Lue]

Ducks is special !!!!!!!!
Obviously

[Spurs Homer]

How many ANTIFA were pardoned for attacking the capitol and being treasonous insurrectionists?

Did trump have those "false flag" organizers arrested?

Did OJ find the "killers?"

United States of Amerikkka...

[Winehole23]

some people think Trump's EV charging EO is an attempted end around on the law that prevents the president from impounding appropriated funds

if Trump can swipe Congressional funding for whatever he wants, he's not very much like any US president ever.

guess it's up to SCOTUS whether we continue to have checks and balances or whether, Donald Trump, as a little treat, gets whatever he wants.


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[Thread]

some people think Trump's EV charging EO is an attempted end around on the law that prevents the president from impounding appropriated funds

if Trump can swipe Congressional funding for whatever he wants, he's not very much like any US president ever.

guess it's up to SCOTUS whether we continue to have checks and balances or whether, Donald Trump, as a little treat, gets whatever he wants.

Hopin' for the latter here, Winester.

Payback time.

[Winehole23]

Hopin' for the latter here, Winester.

Payback time.payback for what?

[Thread]

How many ANTIFA were pardoned for attacking the capitol and being treasonous insurrectionists?

Did trump have those "false flag" organizers arrested?

Did OJ find the "killers?"

United States of Amerikkka...

And he made good within a few hours of being sworn on that vow to set them free.

He knew.

Now? End that war in Nazi occupied Ukraine before a McDonalds-fest dinner this innin'.

Chop/chop!!!

[Thread]

payback for what?

...for standing down immediately after the 2017 Inauguration. For standing down in Pennsylvania. For standing down in Florida.

Ya's spent all Summer trying to head him off at the pass by shooting him to death.

- "And if you think we're gonna forget about this, you're wrong. This is big time, baby."

- Sutherland - "Stand by Me"

[Winehole23]

Trump EO roundup

h (https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/documents)ttps://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/documents

[Winehole23]

...for standing down immediately after the 2017 Inauguration. For standing down in Pennsylvania. For standing down in Florida.

Ya's spent all Summer trying to head him off at the pass by shooting him to death.

- "And if you think we're gonna forget about this, you're wrong. This is big time, baby."

- Sutherland - "Stand by Me"Nothing happened to Trump after the 2017 inauguration.

Democrats didn't have anything to do with Trump get shot at last year.

Basically, you think there should be death squads because half of America doesn't like Trump and said mean things about him.

[koriwhat]

How many ANTIFA were pardoned for attacking the capitol and being treasonous insurrectionists?

Did trump have those "false flag" organizers arrested?

Did OJ find the "killers?"

United States of Amerikkka...

Lmfao

[Spurs Homer]

Ukraine/Russia war ended yet?
Price of eggs?


suckers!

[Blake]

Ukraine/Russia war ended yet?
Price of eggs?


suckers!

I'd be surprise if our aid to Ukraine didn't come to an end sooner than later

[baseline bum]

At least he can't pardon Ashli Babbitt back. Medic!

[Thread]

Nothing happened to Trump after the 2017 inauguration.

Democrats didn't have anything to do with Trump get shot at last year.

Basically, you think there should be death squads because half of America doesn't like Trump and said mean things about him.

...and stood down in PA., where he was shot. And stood down in Florida where he was shot at. Yes.

[Thread]

At least he can't pardon Ashli Babbitt back. Medic!

...nor the 4 cops:::3 killed themselves, the other 1 died of natural causes.

[Thread]

I'd be surprise if our aid to Ukraine didn't come to an end sooner than later

I'd give my left nut for that to take place ASAP.

[Winehole23]

...and stood down in PA., where he was shot. And stood down in Florida where he was shot at. Yes.the Secret-Service-assassination-attempt hypothesis is kaput kaput kaput except for dead old heads like yours

lol taking that for certain

[Thread]

the Secret-Service-assassination-attempt hypothesis is kaput kaput kaput except for dead old heads like yours

lol taking that for certain

I can stand alone. Makes me nary difference.

[Winehole23]

the idea that zero women and minorities are qualified for jobs absent state and federal civil rights protections is profoundly bigoted

and let's be honest here, what Republicans want to do away with isn't DEI, that's just a code word for civil rights for nonwhites.

there's a good reason women and minorities got "special civil rights" back in the 1960s. they got special civil rights because society at large treated them like second class citizens, denying them access to voting, jobs housing and the ballot box -- and the constitution did not protect them, so Congress stepped in.

anti-woke activism is white backlash and paternalistic chauvinism, pure and simple



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[Winehole23]

not content to undo the legacy of the civil rights movement of the 1960s, Trump is trying to relitigate the Reconstruction (14th Amendment) from the side of the losers -- to roll back the rights people got after the Civil War

[Winehole23]

incredibly radical stuff

[Winehole23]

too on the nose?

https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/our-government/the-constitution/

[Winehole23]

the idea that zero women and minorities are qualified for jobs absent state and federal civil rights protections is profoundly bigoted

and let's be honest here, what Republicans want to do away with isn't DEI, that's just a code word for civil rights for nonwhites.

there's a good reason women and minorities got "special civil rights" back in the 1960s. they got special civil rights because society at large treated them like second class citizens, denying them access to voting, jobs housing and the ballot box -- and the constitution did not protect them, so Congress stepped in.

anti-woke activism is white backlash and paternalistic chauvinism, pure and simple


not content to undo the legacy of the civil rights movement of the 1960s, Trump is trying to relitigate the Reconstruction (14th Amendment) from the side of the losers -- to roll back the rights people got after the Civil War


incredibly radical stuffbelieve them when they say they want to repeal the 20th century

[Winehole23]

Trump's efforts to root DEI out of government and business culture will root out 1960s civil rights and voting rights laws too. What we'll be left with exactly one officially approved antiracism: racist oppression of whites will be zealously prosecuted, no other racisms will be officially recognized.

Sort of an institutionalized white backlash.

[Winehole23]

making plans to retain federal workers who aren't white or AMAB will be prosecuted

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[Winehole23]

the racist dipshittery will amaze

[Thread]

making plans to retain federal workers who aren't white or AMAB will be prosecuted

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Turnabout is fair play, Winester.

Trump ain't fuckin' around this time. He went to the crop as promised. The next 2 years are his free and clear. Who knows after that if the House & Senate will remain in his column. If not, they'll immediately return to the Impeachment Tact.

He's gonna effect as many enemies as he can till they take that House &/or Senate.

[Winehole23]

How many Americans know that the federal civil rights measures of the 1960s didn’t end meritocracy, but a monopoly in which White men were able to avoid competing with Black Americans, women and others?

[Winehole23]

"I SEE BLACK PEOPLE, GAYS AND WOMEN WITH JOBS"

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[Winehole23]

Turnabout is fair play, Winester.

.this isn't turnabout, nothing happened to you.

you're just scared and hurt because the world changed

[Yonivore]

Hopefully we don't deport children to the Vatican, tbh... that's be a cruel and unusual punishment...
Nah, they're getting them from the black market stash of 350,000 children that are missing.

[Thread]

this isn't turnabout, nothing happened to you.

you're just scared and hurt because the world changed


...and better when it's changed back,,,"just for a while turn back the hands of time."

I'm out of time though 4 years from now. Vance won't stand fast (chances at 70/30 he won't) in the ranks even if he follows the old man into the WH.

Watching those 2 at the rally on Monday afternoon does not assure me. He is not vested, not fully, not even close. No.

He'll/Vance most likely return pretty darn close to the fore of what we just got rid of. God sent us Trump, but, with the knowledge of the firm requisite 8 year time limit.

[Yonivore]

I've yet to disagree much with any of his Executive Actions. Let 'em keep coming.

[Winehole23]

the trumphal entry is a sore losers parade, tbh

[Blake]

I've yet to disagree much with any of his Executive Actions. Let 'em keep coming.

Trumptard certification confirmed

[Thread]

I've yet to disagree much with any of his Executive Actions. Let 'em keep coming.

Yep.

[Thread]

the trumphal entry is a sore losers parade, tbh

But we won. He's back in there.

[Winehole23]

putting a freeze on a first rank research institution like the NIH is more or less an own goal


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[Thread]

putting a freeze on a first rank research institution like the NIH is more or less an own goal


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They musta done something wrong.

[Winehole23]

they probably have women and minorities working there

what more proof do you need?

https://www.science.org/content/article/trump-hits-nih-devastating-freezes-meetings-travel-communications-and-hiring (https://www.science.org/content/article/trump-hits-nih-devastating-freezes-meetings-travel-communications-and-hiring)

[Winehole23]

what a boon to China

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[Winehole23]

Stephen Miller is the low key presence behind all this reactionary crap

[Thread]

Stephen Miller is the low key presence behind all this reactionary crap

...aka Luca Brassi.

[SnakeBoy]

US President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an order related to the declassification of files on the assassinations of former president John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr., an aide to Trump said.

[Blake]

US President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an order related to the declassification of files on the assassinations of former president John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr., an aide to Trump said.

Appeasing the billionaires - check
Appeasing the evangelicals - check
Appeasing the tin foil hats - check

[Thread]

US President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an order related to the declassification of files on the assassinations of former president John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr., an aide to Trump said.

I'll believe it when the files///facts are released into the public.

[ChumpDumper]

US President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an order related to the declassification of files on the assassinations of former president John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr., an aide to Trump said.Why didn't he do this the first four years?

Also: "related t:lol."

Added: I didn't see the word "Epstein" in your breathless report.

[Yonivore]

I'll believe it when the files///facts are released into the public.

We'll know in 15 to 45 days. 15 day deadline for the DNI (Hopefully Tulsi Gabbard by that time) to present a plan for release of the JFK files and 45 days for the DNI to present a plan for the release of files related to RFK and MLK.

Relevant language from the EXECUTIVE ORDER (https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/declassification-of-records-concerning-the-assassinations-of-president-john-f-kenned/):


I [President Trump] previously accepted proposed redactions from executive departments and agencies (agencies) in 2017 and 2018, but ordered the continued re-evaluation of those remaining redactions. See Temporary Certification for Certain Records Related to the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, 82 Fed. Reg. 50,307–08 (Oct. 31, 2017); Certification for Certain Records Related to the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, 83 Fed. Reg. 19, 157–58 (Apr. 26, 2018). In the Presidential Memorandum of April 26, 2018, I also ordered agencies to re-review each of those redactions over the next 3 years and disclose information that no longer warrants continued withholding under the standard set forth in section 5(g)(2)(D) of the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992.
Let me interject here; it was Mike Pompeo who proposed the redactions. Anyone hear what happened to Pompeo today?

Trump revokes protections for former Secretary of State Pompeo and top aide threatened by Iran (https://apnews.com/article/trump-pompeo-hook-iran-security-protections-987ca371756f48028ebd34ca7111f1c5)

It's like the fucking christening scene in the Godfather.


I have now determined that the continued redaction and withholding of information from records pertaining to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy is not consistent with the public interest and the release of these records is long overdue. And although no Act of Congress directs the release of information pertaining to the assassinations of Senator Robert F. Kennedy and the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., I have determined that the release of all records in the Federal Government’s possession pertaining to each of those assassinations is also in the public interest.

Sec. 2. Declassification and Disclosure. (a) Within 15 days of the date of this order, the Director of National Intelligence and the Attorney General shall, in coordination with the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and the Counsel to the President, present a plan to the President for the full and complete release of records relating to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

(b) Within 45 days of the date of this order, the Director of National Intelligence and the Attorney General shall, in coordination with the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and the Counsel to the President, review records related to the assassinations of Senator Robert F. Kennedy and the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and present a plan to the President for the full and complete release of these records.

[ChumpDumper]

:lol Yonivore wants Pompeo dead

[Winehole23]

stopping everything the Biden administration was doing across the board is dumb



For all the hype and warnings about how TikTok is clearly a “national security threat” from China, the Trump administration has effectively kneecapped the investigation into one of the most serious cybersecurity breaches in US history — a genuine, proven threat to national security. In what Team Trump probably thinks is a move to “destroy the deep state,” they’ve actually disbanded the government review board tasked with getting to the bottom of this unprecedented hack of our phone system by China.

We’re still nowhere near understanding just how bad the Chinese hack of our phone system was. The incident that was only discovered last fall (https://www.techdirt.com/2024/10/16/wyden-calea-hack-proves-dangers-of-government-mandated-backdoors/) involved the Chinese hacking group Salt Typhoon, which used the US’s CALEA phone wiretapping system as a backdoor to gain incredible, unprecedented access to much of the US’s phone system “for months or longer.”

As details come out, the extent of the hackers’ access has become increasingly alarming. It is reasonable to call it the worst hack in US history (https://www.techdirt.com/2024/12/30/mindlessly-deregulating-u-s-telecom-contributed-to-the-worst-hack-in-u-s-history/).

Soon after it was discovered, Homeland Security tasked the Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB) to lead an investigation into the hack (https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-newscast/2024/10/dhs-cyber-security-safety-review-board-to-examine-salt-typhoon-attack/) to uncover what allowed it to happen and assess how bad it really was. The CSRB was established by Joe Biden to improve the government’s cybersecurity in the face of global cybersecurity attacks on our infrastructure and was made up of a mix of government and private sector cybersecurity experts.

And one of the first things Donald Trump did upon retaking the presidency was to dismantle the board, along with all other DHS Advisory Committees.
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/01/23/trump-disbands-cybersecurity-board-investigating-massive-chinese-phone-system-hack/

[Winehole23]

so anyway, where's the public record for our new fascist parallel government (DOGE)?

aren't US agencies required to keep records?

[Winehole23]

does Trump want to push disabled people out of the public square too?


As a relevant aside, it’s worth noting that “Accessibility” has sneaked in, converting the pejorative use of “DEI” to “DEIA.” Is the Americans with Disabilities Act the next target? https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/01/trump-dei-emails-rubio-federal-employees-narc-snitch.html

[Winehole23]

legal immigrants targeted

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/us/politics/trump-immigrants-deportation.html?unlocked_article_code=1.rk4.jkfQ. TGWT4A93zYdo&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

[Winehole23]

putting a freeze on a first rank research institution like the NIH is more or less an own goal


https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:udjbifbuzxwffgmxj5f3kjie/bafkreif3s72jmgtt4hlyqjx3jmajhdcd5mpxpnkqprjrtn44v mmgcosxha@jpegUS R&D for health sciences is centered here. It's considered tops globally.

Now Trump wants to wreck the NIH and US public health R&D because COVID wrecked him in 2020.

RFK Jr. is just the man for it

[Yonivore]

:lol Yonivore wants Pompeo dead
RFK, Jr. hired his own security. Be like RFK, Jr.

[ChumpDumper]

RFK, Jr. hired his own security. Be like RFK, Jr.

Why do you.want Pompeo dead?

[Winehole23]

Trump is wrecking the people's government and hurting people in government.

Downstream chaos and wreckage will be substantial -- but I guess that's all part of MAGA's war on other Americans



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[Millennial_Messiah]

Why didn't he do this the first four years?


Fear of losing re-election.

Which is why he kept flip flopping in 2020 on the covid issue, unfortunately he was relatively green to politics as a businessman and while flip flopping often works as a CEO well it doesn't work as incumbent POTUS or governor or any other executive. He needed to pick a side and stick to it firmly.

It's also why he waited until his second term to implement some of his hardline issues. He's gonna be on a yacht somewhere in 2029 and playing golf no matter whether his approval rating is 80% or 30% nationwide at the end of 2028, so he doesn't care now.

[z0sa]

Constitution bad now.

[Leetonidas]

This fat orange dipshit is going to burn the entire country down while his conglomerate of ignorant morons cheers the entire way until the erosion is so prevalent that they finally realize their own lives are being fucked over. May take a few months or years but it's going to happen. And all you morons that voted for this dementia ridden imbecile will deserve exactly what you get

[Blake]

so anyway, where's the public record for our new fascist parallel government (DOGE)?

aren't US agencies required to keep records?

DOGE probably concluded it's not efficient to keep records

[Blake]

Constitution bad now.

All of it except muh 2nd amendment

[Blake]

Fear of losing re-election.

Which is why he kept flip flopping in 2020 on the covid issue, unfortunately he was relatively green to politics as a businessman and while flip flopping often works as a CEO well it doesn't work as incumbent POTUS or governor or any other executive. He needed to pick a side and stick to it firmly.

It's also why he waited until his second term to implement some of his hardline issues. He's gonna be on a yacht somewhere in 2029 and playing golf no matter whether his approval rating is 80% or 30% nationwide at the end of 2028, so he doesn't care now.

Nope he'll be pushing for a 3rd term

[Millennial_Messiah]

Nope he'll be pushing for a 3rd term

I'll bet you a half million bucks this doesn't happen.

He can't overturn the 22nd Amendment by executive order.

It's much clearer than even the 14th Amendment is. The 14th Amendment was purposed to give slaves and American Indians citizenship and equal rights and freedom. Anchor babies, not so much, but chalk that up to the authors knee jerking and not seeing far enough into the future. It's a toss up on what SCOTUS decides there.

However, the 22nd Amendment was clear as day as to what its specific purpose was, it was specifically created because your very own FDR was a four term emperor essentially in there with essentially no opposition, he was a dictator, any opposition was immediately crushed by Black Thursday and stock market crash under Hoover fear tactic telegrams and radio propaganda ads.

The 22nd Amendment is succinctly specific and cannot be overturned without 67 yay votes in the senate, 292 yay votes in the House, and 38 yay votes from state legislatures. This would require a lot of Democratic support for Trump and thus it will never happen.

[Winehole23]

Has a very McCarthyish feel plus white backlash.

Trump's government is politically vetted to the max.

DEI basically means, I see women and black people.


The memo (https://chcoc.gov/sites/default/files/OPM%20Memo%20Initial%20Guidance%20Regarding%20DEIA %20Executive%20Orders.pdf) on how to execute Trump’s order shutting down DEIA programs —which was issued by the Office of Personnel Management to all the heads of departments and agencies—illustrates the inherent discriminatory problems with these policies. One section of the memo, for instance, informs the agency heads that all employees of “DEIA offices” must be placed on administrative leave, immediately. But what defines a DEIA office? The memo doesn’t say. Instead, it says that some allegedly DEIA offices are “disguised” with “coded or imprecise language.”

What that means, effectively, is that anybody who is in a DEIA office or looks like they might be can immediately be placed on administrative leave without due process or any other legal determination. That is straight-up employment discrimination. The government itself is saying that it can’t say exactly who it’s going after, but it will know that person when it sees them. It creates two different classes of government employees: one group that the white supremacist government deems worthy, and another group that is deemed suspect, based on as little as an eye test.
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-executive-orders-dei/

[Winehole23]

(I don't know what's up with the -A)

[Blake]

I'll bet you a half million bucks this doesn't happen.

He can't overturn the 22nd Amendment by executive order.

It's much clearer than even the 14th Amendment is. The 14th Amendment was purposed to give slaves and American Indians citizenship and equal rights and freedom. Anchor babies, not so much, but chalk that up to the authors knee jerking and not seeing far enough into the future. It's a toss up on what SCOTUS decides there.

However, the 22nd Amendment was clear as day as to what its specific purpose was, it was specifically created because your very own FDR was a four term emperor essentially in there with essentially no opposition, he was a dictator, any opposition was immediately crushed by Black Thursday and stock market crash under Hoover fear tactic telegrams and radio propaganda ads.

The 22nd Amendment is succinctly specific and cannot be overturned without 67 yay votes in the senate, 292 yay votes in the House, and 38 yay votes from state legislatures. This would require a lot of Democratic support for Trump and thus it will never happen.

He's trying to overturn a whole bunch of other amendments by executive order. If he's successful, I don't see any reason for him to stop before the 22nd amendment.

[Winehole23]

maybe Trump is still cranky about money he was forced to pay to accommodate the public in buildings

maybe Trump didn't want to see any of those ugly cripples and old people in the first place

[Blake]

Here we go:

"...January 23, 2025
Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Andy Ogles introduced a House Joint Resolution to amend the Constitution of the United States to allow a President to be elected for up to but no more than three terms. The language of the proposed amendment reads as follows:...."

http://ogles.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-ogles-proposes-amending-22nd-amendment-allow-trump-serve-third-term

"Master Trump! Look what I proposed for you my lord"

[Winehole23]

Here we go:

"...January 23, 2025
Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Andy Ogles introduced a House Joint Resolution to amend the Constitution of the United States to allow a President to be elected for up to but no more than three terms. The language of the proposed amendment reads as follows:...."

http://ogles.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-ogles-proposes-amending-22nd-amendment-allow-trump-serve-third-term

"Master Trump! Look what I proposed for you my lord"I saw a headline that said there was language in the resolution that excludes Obama, but I didn't follow the link

So, of course they did

[koriwhat]

DEI basically means, I see women and black people.

We already know you're commie-lite bro. :lol

[koriwhat]

LOL At the weak males in here crying over security clearances and intel clearances getting pulled for those cocksucking corrupt ex-gov employees. Cry me a river you fuck face losers!

[Blake]

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[ChumpDumper]

LOL At the weak males in here crying over security clearances and intel clearances getting pulled for those cocksucking corrupt ex-gov employees. Cry me a river you fuck face losers!


Exactly no one here has complained once about that useless virtue signaling.

[koriwhat]

^ The buttfuckers

[ChumpDumper]

^ The buttfuckers

^fantasizing about men here

[Winehole23]

We already know you're commie-lite bro. :lolnice nondenial-denial, dude

[Winehole23]

the flurry of executive actions since the 20th underscores what a weak legislative hand Trump has -- to accomplish his ambitious goals, his best bet might be to break democracy and become a dictator

[Thread]

the flurry of executive actions since the 20th underscores what a weak legislative hand Trump has -- to accomplish his ambitious goals, his best bet might be to break democracy and become a dictator

No need now. He's already accomplished the allowed 2 terms in office.

[Winehole23]

No need now. He's already accomplished the allowed 2 terms in office.He'll go for a third, he can't help it

[Winehole23]

it's kind of glossed over that POTUS is telling DOJ who to investigate for what, but it's amusing that in the case of getting to the bottom of the unjust persecution of Jacob Chansley...

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/DOJ_filing_Jacob_Chansley_aka_QAnon_Shaman_in_Sena te_on_Jan_6.png

... the charging authority was the DOJ of this man...

https://th.bing.com/th?id=OIF.svgoSa%2bsRq8%2fDyZ9Ri5Vkw&w=156&h=180&c=7&r=0&o=5&dpr=1.5&pid=1.7

gov.uscourts.dcd.225845.3.0_9.pdf (https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.225845/gov.uscourts.dcd.225845.3.0_9.pdf)

[Winehole23]

netted out, Ed Martin is investigating the Trump DOJ at Trump's direction

[Winehole23]

this is kinda radical

pausing all federal grants and loans to insure ideological conformity with the incoming president



In a two-page document, Matthew J. Vaeth, the acting director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, instructs federal agencies to “temporarily pause all activities related to obligations or disbursement of all Federal financial assistance.” The memo, a copy of which was obtained by The Washington Post, also calls for each agency to perform a “comprehensive analysis” to ensure its grant and loan programs are consistent with President Donald Trump’s executive orders, which aimed to ban federal diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, and limit clean energy spending, among other measures.https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/white-house-pauses-all-federal-grants-sparking-confusion/ar-AA1xYhWn

[Winehole23]

never seen anything like it

pausing the government while attempting a bunch of power grabs

certainly is historic

[Winehole23]

imagine Biden or Obama had done this

[z0sa]

imagine Biden or Obama had done this

Only democrats have a care about things like morals.

Better adapt, and quick.

[Winehole23]

the memo is gibberish


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[Winehole23]

Only democrats have a care about things like morals.

Better adapt, and quick.yep, but the concern here isn't morals

Trump is literally breaking the government and the constitution he swore to uphold: that's a political sin

[z0sa]

It's fascism. Simply, basic, fascism. There's no real hierarchy in fascism, which is exactly what these orders imply. Only if the Supreme Leader or his inner circle recognize it does it exist as law.

[z0sa]

yep, but the concern here isn't morals

Trump is literally breaking the government and the constitution he swore to uphold: that's a political sin

Call me practical, but the constitution as an overarching political foundation has ceased to exist. Only strength will gain us a victory in the current circumstances. How did Hitler come to power and kill millions upon millions? A lack of opposition.

[Winehole23]

Call me practical, but the constitution as an overarching political foundation has ceased to exist. Only strength will gain us a victory in the current circumstances. How did Hitler come to power and kill millions upon millions? A lack of opposition.well, we'll see

Trump may have stolen a march, but it's not game over yet. the official dipshittery might not have a broad appeal.

[z0sa]

well, we'll see

Trump may have stolen a march, but it's not game over yet. the official dipshittery might not have a broad appeal.

I like to believe what you're preaching. In fact, my brain agrees that this is the truth. My gut feels full of fear, though. Not afraid to hide that fact. I'm sure there's plenty of others like us. Let's not wait til the Gestapo 2.0 prevent us from expressing that.

[Winehole23]

I like to believe what you're preaching. In fact, my brain agrees that this is the truth. My gut feels full of fear, though. Not afraid to hide that fact. I'm sure there's plenty of others like us. Let's not wait til the Gestapo 2.0 prevent us from expressing that.I don't think the American people will sit still. I also don't think there's very much Gestapo 2.0 can do about people organizing to fight Trump.

[Winehole23]

but, like you suggested, the revolution in the form of government is already happening

we've been in a pre-revolutionary state for four years, it's like the Dems had no idea what an attempted coup means

[Winehole23]

freezing tens of billions in federal grants and loans is going to hit Trumplandia hard

better be ready to make some personal sacrifices so Trump can be great

https://files.taxfoundation.org/20170113143138/FedAidtoStates.png

[Yonivore]

Fear of losing re-election.

Which is why he kept flip flopping in 2020 on the covid issue, unfortunately he was relatively green to politics as a businessman and while flip flopping often works as a CEO well it doesn't work as incumbent POTUS or governor or any other executive. He needed to pick a side and stick to it firmly.

It's also why he waited until his second term to implement some of his hardline issues. He's gonna be on a yacht somewhere in 2029 and playing golf no matter whether his approval rating is 80% or 30% nationwide at the end of 2028, so he doesn't care now.
Nah, it's because he still had fucks in his pocket. This time, President Trump is all out of fucks to give.

Wouldn't it be something if California turned red. The man walked into the devastated den of liberal, leftist, progressive Los Angeles and knocked the State (Newsome) and local (Bass) governments off high center. It's been a thing of beauty watching the Current President do, in a week, what Joe Biden wouldn't do in 4 years. Hell, after waiting 4 months, the Army Corps of Engineers hit the ground running in North Caroline, Virginia, and Tennessee.

We haven't had a President this pro-American since James Monroe.

President Vance from 2028 to 2036. Republican Supermajorities in both houses of Congress, beginning in 2026.

[Winehole23]

It's fascism. Simply, basic, fascism. There's no real hierarchy in fascism, which is exactly what these orders imply. Only if the Supreme Leader or his inner circle recognize it does it exist as law.there's a fuhrerprinzip involved for sure. it feels like we're not that far from Trump being declared the embodiment of the law and ruling by decree

[Millennial_Messiah]

Nah, it's because he still had fucks in his pocket. This time, President Trump is all out of fucks to give.

Wouldn't it be something if California turned red. The man walked into the devastated den of liberal, leftist, progressive Los Angeles and knocked the State (Newsome) and local (Bass) governments off high center. It's been a thing of beauty watching the Current President do, in a week, what Joe Biden wouldn't do in 4 years. Hell, after waiting 4 months, the Army Corps of Engineers hit the ground running in North Caroline, Virginia, and Tennessee.

We haven't had a President this pro-American since James Monroe.

President Vance from 2028 to 2036. Republican Supermajorities in both houses of Congress, beginning in 2026.
Eh

60 Senators is on the table in the next 6 years or so if the GOP finally gets its shit together for the first time since forever, but we aren't getting that in 2026. We may flip Georgia and Michigan with competent candidates like Kemp and McClain but that's it. Even Sununu and Youngkin running in their states wouldn't be guaranteed flips considering those are lean blue states.

I think the long term outlook is pretty bright in the Senate if we stop running horrendous candidates like Sam Brown, Kari Lake, Hershel Walker and Dr. Oz. We should definitely win back one or both of each of the 4 Democrat-occupied seats in Arizona and Nevada (but none of those are up again until 2028), win at least one back in Michigan and at least one in Georgia. Beyond that it will be tough because Fetterman and Slotkin are playing the fake moderate game and Murkuntski is still a bitch rino that we'll have to jump through hoops to replace. Tammy Baldwin is a diehard progressive but Wisconsin seems to be the most worrisome swing state for the GOP along with Georgia, as incumbent firebrand Ron Johnson barely survived re-election as an incumbent against an atrocious, far-left opponent with Black Nationalist ties in 2022. Wisconsin is weird.

As far as the House goes it will be tough to get 67% or even 60% again for either side. Perhaps after the GOP gains seats after the 2030 census, things will be looking up there. Redistricting gerrymandering has gotten polarizing on both sides but in Texas the GOP was unnecessarily scared and put up a very defensive map. Meanwhile the Illinois Dems absolutely gerrymandered that state to all hell and it can't be fought over in court because none of those were "woke DEI" districts. I do think SCOTUS will overturn section 2 of VRA pertaining to congress seats some point this year meaning Alabama will be able to draw out one or both blue DEI seats and Louisiana will re-draw out the one DEI district the marxist court forced them to last year. If Georgia had any balls then GA-02 is easily removable as well. The House in 2026 in general is going to be a tight squeeze because you lost 4 seats each in NY and California and you basically have must-hold seats in Colorado's 8th (north of Denver), two NE Pennsylvania freshman reps, NE-02 (Bacon), two seats in AZ and a couple more here and there. They will have flip opportunities like MI-08 but OH-09 has proven tough and stubborn, maybe Ohio can redraw that map in our favor again hopefully. Utah Dems are pushing hard to get a blue seat in Salt Lake City. We'll just have to wait and see.


"If really don't care, Margaret." I think if the American people want more of what this administration is delivering, they'll put conservatives in office. Period.
Yet it remains a divided country. Sure TDS is at its weakest point since before mid 2015, but it'll come back with a vengeance at some point late this year or next, like the Bush-bashing post Katrina.


there's a fuhrerprinzip involved for sure. it feels like we're not that far from Trump being declared the embodiment of the law and ruling by decree

I'd love to see that. Always loved the idea of a benevolent king and/or emperor. Voting is stupid.

[Yonivore]

Eh

60 Senators is on the table in the next 6 years or so if the GOP finally gets its shit together for the first time since forever, but we aren't getting that in 2026. We may flip Georgia and Michigan with competent candidates like Kemp and McClain but that's it. Even Sununu and Youngkin running in their states wouldn't be guaranteed flips considering those are lean blue states.

I think the long term outlook is pretty bright in the Senate if we stop running horrendous candidates like Sam Brown, Kari Lake, Hershel Walker and Dr. Oz. We should definitely win back one or both of each of the 4 Democrat-occupied seats in Arizona and Nevada (but none of those are up again until 2028), win at least one back in Michigan and at least one in Georgia. Beyond that it will be tough because Fetterman and Slotkin are playing the fake moderate game and Murkuntski is still a bitch rino that we'll have to jump through hoops to replace. Tammy Baldwin is a diehard progressive but Wisconsin seems to be the most worrisome swing state for the GOP along with Georgia, as incumbent firebrand Ron Johnson barely survived re-election as an incumbent against an atrocious, far-left opponent with Black Nationalist ties in 2022. Wisconsin is weird.
"I really don't care, Margaret." I think if the American people want more of what this administration is delivering, they'll put conservatives in office. Period.

[ChumpDumper]

Yoni getting pretty delusional over the 2% victory margin.

[Winehole23]

metadata shows original authors of the OMB and OPM memos are not the officers on the masthead, but Project 2025 figures

which isn't illegal, it merely raises another another Trump lie, which isn't illegal either

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GiVCercXQAA5c8D?format=png&name=900x900

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GiVCercXQAE2G8M?format=png&name=900x900

[Winehole23]

does stuff like constitutionality and checks and balances matter anymore?

honestly not sure



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[Winehole23]

I'd love to see that. Always loved the idea of a benevolent king and/or emperor. Voting is stupid.Trump is a malignant dipshit, but I see what you mean. I think there are a lot of people who see it your way.

[Yonivore]

Yoni getting pretty delusional over the 2% victory margin.
I don't think anyone had any idea how successful this President would be, in his first fucking week. I know I didn't.

You keep looking backward, Chump. I'll keep up with the changes.

[Winehole23]

Trump is going to trash the NLRB. He's carrying water for his new billionaire buddies.

Looks like their donations to Trump and their sacks of inaugural cash are having the intended effect.


Hearing from reliable sources that Trump has fired Democratic NLRB member Gwynne Wilcox, an unprecedented move that could bring cases filed by SpaceX, Amazon challenging NLRB constitutionality to SCOTUSBoard members are shielded from presidential removal so this appears illegal


Confirmed from NLRB member Wilcox who was removed by Trump: "I will be pursuing all legal avenues to challenge my removal, which violates long-standing Supreme Court precedent.”https://bsky.app/profile/laurenkaorigurley.bsky.social/post/3lgsoxkduec23

[Winehole23]

With this impoundment crisis, trump is claiming the right to nullify any spending that doesn't jibe with his policy aims and daring SCOTUS to neuter its own authority in deference to him.

One could say "imagine Biden or Obama had done this" --but that's an absurdity. Biden and Obama wouldn't have done it.

Apparently, evil Republican dipshits will wreck a 250 year old republic to get their way.

[Winehole23]

others have pointed this out, but a vague, 2 page memo written by a political hack to shut down most of the US government is calculated to spread confusion and fear in the government

the millions of people who will be directly hurt by the pause are just a bonus for sadistic Republican dipshits

[ChumpDumper]

I don't think anyone had any idea how successful this President would be, in his first fucking week. I know I didn't.

You keep looking backward, Chump. I'll keep up with the changes. :lol "successful"

You really are a cult member now.

[SnakeBoy]

Trump pauses ALL federal grants, loans and other assistance, leaked memo reveals
By KATELYN CARALLE, SENIOR U.S. POLITICAL REPORTER IN WASHINGTON, D.C. and NATASHA ANDERSON
Published: 05:56 EST, 28 January 2025 | Updated: 09:59 EST, 28 January 2025

President Donald Trump is now using the power of the purse to bring diversity, equity and inclusion programs in the federal government to a screeching halt.

The White House budget office ordered federal agencies to freeze 'all activities related to obligation or disbursement of all Federal financial assistance,' which includes grants and loans that do not align with the new administration's priorities.

This is not meant to target any 'assistance provided directly to individuals,' such as Medicare or Social Security.

Rather, the leaked memo from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) details how agencies must now pause all more widely distributed federal grants, loans and financial assistance programs.

In the interim the agencies are tasked with identifying which one Trump would want to slash based on his slew of executive orders signed in his first week back in the Oval Office.

The actions would bring the budget into alignment with the president's push to end the government advancement of 'wokeness,' transgenderism, environmentalism and 'Marxist equity' or so-called diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs.

[ChumpDumper]

Trump pauses ALL federal grants, loans and other assistance, leaked memo reveals
By KATELYN CARALLE, SENIOR U.S. POLITICAL REPORTER IN WASHINGTON, D.C. and NATASHA ANDERSON
Published: 05:56 EST, 28 January 2025 | Updated: 09:59 EST, 28 January 2025

President Donald Trump is now using the power of the purse to bring diversity, equity and inclusion programs in the federal government to a screeching halt.

The White House budget office ordered federal agencies to freeze 'all activities related to obligation or disbursement of all Federal financial assistance,' which includes grants and loans that do not align with the new administration's priorities.

This is not meant to target any 'assistance provided directly to individuals,' such as Medicare or Social Security.

Rather, the leaked memo from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) details how agencies must now pause all more widely distributed federal grants, loans and financial assistance programs.

In the interim the agencies are tasked with identifying which one Trump would want to slash based on his slew of executive orders signed in his first week back in the Oval Office.

The actions would bring the budget into alignment with the president's push to end the government advancement of 'wokeness,' transgenderism, environmentalism and 'Marxist equity' or so-called diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs.

The memo did not exempt disaster aid to areas like Los Angeles and western North Carolina that have been devastated by natural disasters. Trump pledged government support when he visited both places last week.

https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-orders-pause-all-federal-grants-loans-2025-01-28/

Seems pretty stupid. Do you have a personal opinion about this?

[Winehole23]

State portals for Medicaid reportedly shut down

Very harmful and very dumb

https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/donald-trump/2025/01/28/illinois-medicaid-federal-funding-freeze-trump-administration

[TSA]

The memo did not exempt disaster aid to areas like Los Angeles and western North Carolina that have been devastated by natural disasters. Trump pledged government support when he visited both places last week.

https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-orders-pause-all-federal-grants-loans-2025-01-28/

Seems pretty stupid. Do you have a personal opinion about this?Executive order issued Friday by Trump


Sec. 4. Additional Actions to Help Los Angeles Families. (a) Housing Displaced Families. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Secretary of Homeland Security, through the Administrator of FEMA, shall expeditiously provide an Integrated Federal Housing Strategy and Implementation Plan to the Director of OMB and the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs that expedites options for housing relief to survivors displaced by wildfires in California.

(b) Expediting Waste Removal. Within 5 days from the date of this order, to accelerate the rebuilding of areas devastated by the recent Los Angeles wildfires, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Homeland Security, through the Administrator of FEMA, and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall develop and execute a plan to expedite the bulk removal of contaminated and general debris.

(c) Effectively Using Grants to Improve Fire Preparedness. The Secretary of Homeland Security, through the Administrator of FEMA, shall immediately implement a plan to enable the timely and appropriate use of Federal preparedness grants for the City of Los Angeles. As of the date of this order, the city has yet to use the majority of its $213 million allotment that has accrued since fiscal year 2021. These Federal preparedness grants shall not be used to support illegal aliens. The Attorney General, in coordination with the FEMA Administrator, shall investigate the misuse of these grants by the City of Los Angeles and take appropriate action to address such misuse.

Sec. 5. Additional Actions to Help North Carolina Families. (a) Clearing Roads. To accelerate rebuilding and community recovery, the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the Administrator of FEMA, and the Administrator of the Small Business Administration shall immediately take all necessary and appropriate measures, including through direct assistance, loans, and other available means, to expedite roadway clearance or rebuilding, including the section of Interstate 40 in North Carolina that remains closed, and the repair or rebuilding of roads and bridges on private property in areas of North Carolina affected by Hurricane Helene.

(b) Housing Displaced Families. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Secretary of Homeland Security, through the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, shall immediately provide an Integrated Federal Housing Strategy and Implementation Plan to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs that expedites options for housing relief to survivors displaced by Hurricane Helene.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/emergency-measures-to-provide-water-resources-in-california-and-improve-disaster-response-in-certain-areas/

[ChumpDumper]

Executive order issued Friday by Trump


Sec. 4. Additional Actions to Help Los Angeles Families. (a) Housing Displaced Families. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Secretary of Homeland Security, through the Administrator of FEMA, shall expeditiously provide an Integrated Federal Housing Strategy and Implementation Plan to the Director of OMB and the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs that expedites options for housing relief to survivors displaced by wildfires in California.

(b) Expediting Waste Removal. Within 5 days from the date of this order, to accelerate the rebuilding of areas devastated by the recent Los Angeles wildfires, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Homeland Security, through the Administrator of FEMA, and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall develop and execute a plan to expedite the bulk removal of contaminated and general debris.

(c) Effectively Using Grants to Improve Fire Preparedness. The Secretary of Homeland Security, through the Administrator of FEMA, shall immediately implement a plan to enable the timely and appropriate use of Federal preparedness grants for the City of Los Angeles. As of the date of this order, the city has yet to use the majority of its $213 million allotment that has accrued since fiscal year 2021. These Federal preparedness grants shall not be used to support illegal aliens. The Attorney General, in coordination with the FEMA Administrator, shall investigate the misuse of these grants by the City of Los Angeles and take appropriate action to address such misuse.

Sec. 5. Additional Actions to Help North Carolina Families. (a) Clearing Roads. To accelerate rebuilding and community recovery, the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the Administrator of FEMA, and the Administrator of the Small Business Administration shall immediately take all necessary and appropriate measures, including through direct assistance, loans, and other available means, to expedite roadway clearance or rebuilding, including the section of Interstate 40 in North Carolina that remains closed, and the repair or rebuilding of roads and bridges on private property in areas of North Carolina affected by Hurricane Helene.

(b) Housing Displaced Families. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Secretary of Homeland Security, through the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, shall immediately provide an Integrated Federal Housing Strategy and Implementation Plan to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs that expedites options for housing relief to survivors displaced by Hurricane Helene.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/emergency-measures-to-provide-water-resources-in-california-and-improve-disaster-response-in-certain-areas/Hope that covers everything for them. Is medicaid frozen for the poor in affected areas?

[Winehole23]

"What happened last night is the most direct assault on the authority of Congress, I believe, in the history of the United States. It is blatantly unconstitutional," Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) says of Trump's OMB halting all federal grants.

"If this stands, then Congress may as well adjourn."

[Winehole23]

I know it's very quaint to suggest this, but this EO is impeachable per se -- just like the last time Trump tried to impound funds

[Winehole23]

the House appropriations chair just said "appropriations aren't laws"

just wide open Calvinball here


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[Winehole23]

"No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law ..." - U.S. Const., Art. I, sec. 9, cl. 7.

[Winehole23]

Tom Cole isn't a lawyer, but apparently he can't suss out the plain meaning of the constitution he swore to uphold. Doesn't even know what an appropriation is.

Needs a lawyer to baby bird him.

[Winehole23]

Republicans are gonna have to dish a ton of horseshit and act like the dumbest legislators in the world to get this blatantly illegal crap over the goal line.

[Thread]

Republicans are gonna have to dish a ton of horseshit and act like the dumbest legislators in the world to get this blatantly illegal crap over the goal line.

...anything is possible after The Millimeter Miracle.

[Winehole23]

except for downsizing, not terribly popular according to this poll


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[Thread]

except for downsizing, not terribly popular according to this poll


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Oh, them grapes they be so sour.

[Blake]

except for downsizing, not terribly popular according to this poll


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Nobody on team Trumptard is even thinking of asking what the reason is behind ending requirements that govt employees report gifts or investments.

[Winehole23]

Nobody on team Trumptard is even thinking of asking what the reason is behind ending requirements that govt employees report gifts or investments.
All part of the effort to legalize bribery

[Winehole23]

Medicaid portals reportedly down in 50 states

[Winehole23]

DC District Court pauses the funding pause until Monday -- an administrative stay

this will move quickly to SCOTUS

[Winehole23]

Judge AliKhan is going to catch hell from Republicans for doing the careful, prudent thing

[Winehole23]

(oh who am I kidding, Republicans are going to pick on her because she's a woman and has an Arabic name)

[Thread]

DC District Court pauses the funding pause until Monday -- an administrative stay

this will move quickly to SCOTUS

...hope so.

[Winehole23]

really amazing how this all turned out for Elon, and for us


Elon Musk Lackeys Have Taken Over the Office of Personnel Management | WIRED (https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-lackeys-office-personnel-management-opm-neuralink-x-boring-stalin/)


This is a paywalled article (https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-lackeys-office-personnel-management-opm-neuralink-x-boring-stalin/) at Wired. But it makes a pretty good case that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is now basically being run at its highest levels by people installed by and working with Elon Musk. In other words, “DOGE” seems to be calling the shots at OPM, even though it’s run by people who aren’t even federal employees. Most of these people appear to come from Musk’s various companies. Wired declined to publish the names of two of the people because of their age. One graduated from high school last summer.


Some of this is already known. The nominee to run the agency, Scott Kupor, is a partner at the Andreessen/Horowitz VC firm. They’re aligned with Musk politically. So that’s consistent with the rest of the story. But it seems the upper echelons of the agency has already been stocked with a mix of Musk’s people and Republican operatives, notwithstanding the fact that this is a federal agency which is usually made up almost entirely of career staff.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/human-resources/breaking-musk-takeover-of-opm-federal-hr-office/ar-AA1y1LiP

[Winehole23]

starts to get interesting when you get to Dept. of Energy

politico.com/f/?id=00000194-ad9c-de9c-a5b6-efbd29400000 (https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000194-ad9c-de9c-a5b6-efbd29400000)

[Winehole23]

another selling point, I'm sure



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[Winehole23]

"never write down your own illegal bullshit"


NEW: When RI officials sought answers today about the funding freeze, US officials warned them "there would be no communication in writing," per newly filed affidavit from RI Dept of Administration Director Jonathan Womer


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[Blake]

another selling point, I'm sure

Looks like something DOGE should get rid of. Use that money on Mars rocket trips instead

[Winehole23]

backpedaling has commenced

these dipshits either had no idea which stoves they were touching

or they're arsonists who like to cosplay as the fire brigade -- a very common Trump 1.0 motif


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[ChumpDumper]

What an instant cluster fuck.

[Blake]

.

[Winehole23]

20% of Americans are currently on Medicaid

Medicaid is quite popular across the political spectrum



The January 2025 KFF Health Tracking Poll found three-fourths of the public say they have an either “very favorable” (37%) or “somewhat favorable” (40%) view of the program, while one-quarter say they have an unfavorable view. A majority of Democrats (87%), independents (81%), and Republicans (63%) view the program favorably. The share who view the law favorably has remained stable since when the question was first asked in 2017 (https://www.kff.org/affordable-care-act/poll-finding/kaiser-health-tracking-poll-june-2017-aca-replacement-plan-and-medicaid/).https://www.kff.org/medicaid/poll-finding/5-charts-about-public-opinion-on-medicaid/

[Winehole23]

her emails, though

building an email server for government-wide communication has obvious security implications

the communication system will be needed for mass firings and direct, top down intimidation of federal workers by the boss.

Russ Vaught has promised to make federal workers' lives hell, this is one way to do it.



The lawsuit alleges that OPM has not conducted a Privacy Impact Assessment "for this unknown email server or any system which collects or maintains Personally Identifiable Information ('PII') obtained from its use." It also says that OPM has not ensured a review of a PIA by a chief information officer or equivalent official and that it has also not published an assessment or made it available for public review.
"OPM's failure to take these steps constitutes agency action unlawfully withheld or unreasonably delayed in violation of 5 U.S.C. § 706(1)," the lawsuit says.

"Plaintiffs are being materially harmed by this inaction because they are being denied information about how these systems—which will be rich in PII about every employee of the U.S. Executive Branch—are being designed and used."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/lawsuit-accuses-trump-admin-of-funneling-data-to-ex-musk-employee/ar-AA1y3kZM

[Winehole23]

We're finally dismantling the federal government! Sure hope it doesn't serve essential functions that I've taken for granted my (https://bsky.app/profile/internethippo.bsky.social/post/3lgtoafxbvc2x)whole life

[Winehole23]

let's call it what it is: viewpoint discrimination and censorship



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[Blake]

"....President Donald Trump's administration is offering federal workers the chance to take a "deferred resignation," which would mean they agree now to resign but get paid through September.

A senior administration official told NBC News that they expect 5%-10% of the federal workforce to quit, which, they estimate, could lead to around $100 billion in savings....

...Tech billionaire Elon Musk, who is now in charge of Trump's new Department of Government Efficiency, famously sent a similar email to employees shortly after he took over Twitter, which he renamed X, asking them to opt in to keep working at the company.

White House officials wouldn't say whether he was involved in the current effort. But the subject line of the email that will be sent to federal workers is: "Fork in the Road."

It's the same subject line Musk used in that email to Twitter employees. And Musk now has a post pinned on X of an art piece he commissioned called "A Fork in the Road."...."

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-administration-offer-federal-workers-buyouts-resign-rcna189661

1865457111783637448

[Winehole23]

Morrisey supports the freeze


"We don’t have a projection on [the impacts of a freeze], but you’re right that close to 50% of the West Virginia aggregate spending budget is through federal and [Intra Governmental Transactions] transfers of some sort,” Morrisey said. https://westvirginiawatch.com/2025/01/28/morrisey-supports-federal-funding-freeze-in-wv-where-45-of-state-revenue-comes-from-federal-grants/

[Winehole23]

totally worth it to use the n-word freely and bash queers


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[Winehole23]

go for it


Trump press secretary announces that Trump will be issuing an order “ending funding for public schools” if they teach about history in a way he doesn’t like

[Winehole23]

more backpedaling

guess they were afraid of getting bench-slapped






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[Winehole23]

there was no EO, WH is just spouting face-saving bs



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[Winehole23]

"we are rescinding the memo, but not the illegal actions"

[Winehole23]

Calvinball with unwritten executive orders

"you can't stop us if we don't write it down"

[Winehole23]

the judge judged this as a distinction without a difference


"The order has not been issued yet," he added. "But Judge Jack McConnell says the WH press secretary's tweet above provides him with 'sufficient evidence' that a funding pause is still in place, and he'll make a final ruling after papers are filed by both sides."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...on/ar-AA1y5ttf (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/judge-cites-trump-s-press-secretary-in-looming-restraining-order-decision/ar-AA1y5ttf)

[Winehole23]

the new WH spox bollixed it for Trumplandia by disclosing intent in a press conference

[Winehole23]

finger in the air, I would say Trump's executive actions so far have been more disorganized and incompetent than bold, that's encouraging

[Blake]

finger in the air, I would say Trump's executive actions so far have been more disorganized and incompetent than bold, that's encouraging

Just flinging feces at the wall to see what sticks.

If it works take 500% credit for it. If it fails, blame anyone in your visual path and then take credit for fixing it.

[Winehole23]

Just flinging feces at the wall to see what sticks.

If it works take 500% credit for it. If it fails, blame anyone in your visual path and then take credit for fixing it.arsonists cosplaying as the fire brigade

[Thread]

finger in the air, I [would] say Trump's executive actions so far have been more disorganized and incompetent than bold, that's encouraging

I'll just bet you [would].

[Winehole23]

in 20th century conditional tense ( aka "conditionals") mattered more

I know it's quaint

[Winehole23]

subjunctive mood mostly went away too

[Winehole23]

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71NjpyEC9tL._AC_SL1200_.jpg

[Thread]

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71NjpyEC9tL._AC_SL1200_.jpg

It'd be sweet to get that star & that pension.

[Winehole23]

Trump to NSF postdocs: get bent!


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[Winehole23]

vetting the science to conform with the policy of the incoming president

[Winehole23]

.

[Thread]

vetting the science to conform with the policy of the incoming president

Whatever it takes.

[Winehole23]

pausing everything in government to make sure no one in government is doing something the leader disapproves of ain't the American way



These were some of the effects of President Trump’s federal funding freeze on the postdoctoral researchers who rely on grants from the National Science Foundation. Though a judge blocked that suspension on Tuesday before it could take effect, and the administration rescinded the memo that ordered it on Wednesday, on Thursday the NSF’s online payment system was still down, throwing lives into uncertainty. An NSF email seen by STAT suggested salaries had been suspended to “ensure only eligible activities” are funded.


“If the freeze is not stopped, I might lose my house,” said one biologist doing a postdoctoral fellowship in the southeast, who spoke on condition that neither his name nor his state of residence be used, out of fear of retaliation. He said he had enough in his bank account to last until March, but had no idea how long the pay stoppage might last.
https://www.statnews.com/2025/01/30/trump-funding-freeze-national-science-foundation-suspends-salary-payments/

[Winehole23]

aka, socializing the cost of private education


President Donald Trump signed executive orders Wednesday that prioritize school choice funding and seek to end what the administration sees as “radical indoctrination in K-12 schooling.”

https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/01/29/dc/trump-orders-education-department-to-guide-states-on-use-of-federal-funds-for-school-choice/

[Winehole23]

Montgomery County, MD schools to Trump: pound sand


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[Winehole23]

here's a time saver

a litigation tracker

https://www.justsecurity.org/107087/tracker-legal-challenges-trump-administration-actions/

[Yonivore]

here's a time saver

a litigation tracker

https://www.justsecurity.org/107087/tracker-legal-challenges-trump-administration-actions/
Well, you've finally contributed something useful to the forum. I've bookmarked it. Thanks.

[Winehole23]

Well, you've finally contributed something useful to the forum. I've bookmarked it. Thanks.most welcome, I look forward to your first contribution

[SnakeBoy]

Socializing education bad now

[Winehole23]

Socializing education bad nowfor people who can already afford it, obviously wasteful

[ChumpDumper]

Socializing education bad nowFor whom?

Public schools are already available to...the public.

[Winehole23]

obviously, the private schools just raise their prices without accountability of any kind

they're private, the state mustn't intrude!

[Winehole23]

Trump illegally fires NLRB member, breaking a 90 year old Supreme Court precedent

Should he choose not to fill the position, the NLRB can't do anything

Trump is definitely not pro worker


President Donald Trump fired National Labor Relations Board member Gwynne Wilcox in an unprecedented personnel move that prevents the board from deciding cases and appears to violate federal law.

Trump’s partisan purge of Democratic NLRB officials in the late hours of Monday targeted Wilcox, the first Black woman to serve on the board. General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo was terminated as well (https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/trump-ousts-labor-prosecutor-who-pushed-broader-worker-rights).
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/trump-terminates-one-labor-board-democrat-leaving-two-members

[Winehole23]

Elon is reportedly locking OPM civil servants out of computer systems

who gave Elon Musk permission to touch public comms and IT?


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[Winehole23]

this should terrify, tbh

[Winehole23]

incompetent or lying?

why can't it be both?

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[Winehole23]

"DOGE instructed me..."


“DOGE instructed me to violate the due process of our employees by issuing immediate termination notices to a group of employees without due process,” a senior USAID official, Nicholas Gottleib wrote to USAID colleagues, according to a report in the Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/01/30/usaid-trump-purge-foreign-assistance-freeze/) Thursday. “I was notified moments ago that I will be placed on administrative leave, effective immediately. It has been an honor working with you all.”

Aides to Musk “have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees,” Reuters reported (https://www.reuters.com/world/us/musk-aides-lock-government-workers-out-computer-systems-us-agency-sources-say-2025-01-31/) today.

“The highest-ranking career official at the Treasury Department is departing after a clash with …Musk over access to sensitive payment systems,” the Washington Post reported (https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/01/31/elon-musk-treasury-department-payment-systems/) today. “The possibility that government official might try to use the federal payments system…to enact a political agenda is unprecedented.”
https://diplomatic.substack.com/p/the-purge

[Winehole23]

Elon is reportedly locking OPM civil servants out of computer systems

who gave Elon Musk permission to touch public comms and IT?

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/musk-aides-lock-government-workers-out-computer-systems-us-agency-sources-say-2025-01-31/Hello?

[Blake]

Hello?

Who cares as long as the lib tears are flowing

[Thread]

Who cares as long as the lib tears are flowing

Amen.

[Winehole23]

looky, a court order

...for Trumplandia to poop on


https://i.redd.it/7exdjmha2rge1.jpeg

[Thread]

looky, a court order

...for Trumplandia to poop on


https://i.redd.it/7exdjmha2rge1.jpeg

Yep. Shit, all over 'em.

[Winehole23]

TRO on the funding pause

gov.uscourts.dcd.276842.30.0.pdf (https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.276842/gov.uscourts.dcd.276842.30.0.pdf)

[Winehole23]

it's not forced retirement quite yet, the current euphemism is deferred resignation


"Employee waives any claim that could be brought on Employee’s behalf by another entity, including Employee’s labor union."

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[Winehole23]

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[Winehole23]

the non-pause funding pause fucked up half of Wisconsin Head Start

https://www.wpr.org/news/half-wisconsin-head-start-programs-cant-access-funds-federal-freeze-trump

[SnakeBoy]

1886818672703873467

[ducks]

The Department of Education began in 1979.

In 1978, America was ranked #1 in education.

Today, America is ranked 22nd in Education.

The Department of Education is a FAILED experiment.

[ducks]

Elon is reportedly locking OPM civil servants out of computer systems

who gave Elon Musk permission to touch public comms and IT?

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/musk-aides-lock-government-workers-out-computer-systems-us-agency-sources-say-2025-01-31/

Biden ! He voted for Trump !

[Winehole23]

1886818672703873467you can say whatever you want. sounds more aspirational than actual to me.

[Winehole23]

pure chaos and shenanigans

Democrats don't pay enough attention to control of the buildings, maybe others will

is Trump buying the old post office back?

huh, it's National Parks Service now

(https://www.nps.gov/nama/planyourvisit/)


Last week, regional managers for the General Services Administration, or GSA, received a message from the agency’s Washington headquarters to begin terminating leases on all of the roughly 7,500 federal offices nationwide, according to an email shared with The Associated Press by a GSA employee.


The order seems to contradict Trump’s own return-to-office mandate (https://apnews.com/article/trump-buyouts-to-all-federal-employees-f67f5751a0fd5ad8471806a5a1067b5e) for federal employees, adding confusion to what was already a scramble by the GSA to find workspace, internet connections and office building security credentials for employees who had been working remotely for years.

But it may reflect the Trump administration’s belief that it won’t need as many offices due to its efforts to fire employees or encourage them to resign (https://apnews.com/article/trump-buyouts-to-all-federal-employees-f67f5751a0fd5ad8471806a5a1067b5e).

https://apnews.com/article/trump-musk-gsa-terminate-office-leases-f8faac5e2038722f705587c8dd21ab26

[Thread]

The Department of Education began in 1979.

In 1978, America was ranked #1 in education.

Today, America is ranked 22nd in Education.

The Department of Education is a FAILED experiment.

Damn right.

[ChumpDumper]

The Department of Education began in 1979.

In 1978, America was ranked #1 in education.

Today, America is ranked 22nd in Education.

The Department of Education is a FAILED experiment.

#1 according to whom?

[ElNono]

Today, America is ranked 22nd in Education.

Don't really need to look at rankings, IMO. Just look at the election results, tbh

[Winehole23]

Work that was halted, according to employees and contractors, included the U.S.’s efforts to stop the spread of an Ebola outbreak in Uganda, an outbreak of the Marburg virus disease in Tanzania, and a multicountry outbreak of Mpox.