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can't believe it's 2025 and i'm stressed about tariffs and measles, like am i a character in an american girl book
It’s been six days since Chief Justice Roberts’s “administrative” stay in the foreign aid cases. That almost certainly means (1) someone’s dissenting; (2) the Court is trying to reach a compromise; or (3) both. Hard to be sure which it is, but the continuing pause is itself producing plenty of harm.
This is *exactly* what I said to my husband. 🤣
Lawyers, this is what it looks like to honor your oath as a lawyer and as a prosecutor. I want to lift up Denise Cheung, one of a growing group of senior DOJ lawyers who have put the rule of law ahead of politics & short-term career advancement. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...
At this rate, it's just going to be Ed Martin left to run the office.
If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
Resistance isn’t only huge actions. Resistance can be:
-Supporting libraries
-Serving at a soup kitchen
-Sending a few bucks to mutual aid
-Donating new/gently used items
-Checking in on neighbors
-Offering your services pro-bono
-Volunteering
-Neighborhood cleanups
Helping each other is powerful
New—The Food & Drug Administration (FDA), an agency that falls under RFK Jr.’s purview, just mass fired probationary employees via an email reviewed by me.
They’re citing performance issues as the reason, even for employees who had great performance reviews. Don’t know how many people affected yet.
It should be a source of profound embarrassment that a bunch of FedSoc lifers are taking a more vocal and principled stand against the corrupt Eric Adams deal than most elected Dems.
Flyer announcing: FIGHT FOR FIRED CFPB WORKERS, a CFPB Union Informational Picket on SATURDAY FEBRUARY 15 11am your local time. Meet at your local Tesla dealer including these cities: DC 3307 M St NW, NYC: 860 Washington St, SF: 999 Van Ness Ave, DECATUR, GA: 1580 Church St, CHICAGO: 901 N Rush St, AND your local BIG BANK. Mitts off, Musk!
ORDER. In light of the agreement of the parties at today's scheduling conference and the underlying record, the accompanying order will remain in place until the resolution of plaintiffs' 10 motion for temporary restraining order, which, with the parties' consent, will be deemed to be a motion for preliminary injunction. The Order provides that defendants shall not: delete, destroy, remove, or impair any data, database or other CFPB records; terminate any CFPB employee, except for cause related to the specific employee's performance or conduct; issue any notice of reduction-in-force to any CFPB employee; or transfer, relinquish, or return any money from the CFPB's reserve funds. A hearing on plaintiffs' motion is SET for March 3, 2025 at 10:00 in Courtroom 25A. Members of the public can access the hearing via toll free number 833-990-9400. Meeting ID 208322628. See Order for further details. Signed by Judge Amy Berman Jackson on 2/14/2025. (lcabj2) (Entered: 02/14/2025)
BIG WINS in court order our union is celebrating tonight:
🚫NO MORE MASS FIRINGS/RIFs/layoffs
🚫NO draining CFPB’s bank account
🚫NO deleting or breaking CFPB website & data
(til hearing on March 3)
WE'RE STILL FIGHTING for 160+ illegally fired on Tues & Thurs to get our jobs back! Join us tomorrow!
The incompetence continues to astound.
Kendrick smirk meme edited to have Taylor's face and a guitar on it and the text "Taylor writing Dear John:"
Dear John, i hear you like 'em young… don't you think nineteen's too young?😭😭😭
That lawyerly compulsion to open an attachment, close it, and then open it again to make sure it didn't change before you send it out.
Then panic anyway assuming it changed.
They’re doing project 2025, just like we said they would
The lead prosecutor on the Adams investigation - Hagan Scotten - resigns from SDNY.
“I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion [to dismiss Adams charges]. But it was never going to me.”
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
NEW — In an alarming email last night reviewed by me, Coast Guard members learned that 1,135 members' direct deposit account routing information was compromised due to a data breach from unauthorized access.
It was only discovered because an officer “reported anomalous activity” on their account.
NTEU is leading a coalition of unions, representing hundreds of thousands of employees, in filing a lawsuit challenging the administration’s dangerous efforts to gut the federal workforce. www.nteu.org/media-center...
Heartbreaking news… Tonight, many of our friends were let go, and tomorrow, even more will follow. Word is that all probationary employees at NPS will be let go. 😭
REPOST if you support our federal workforce and know how dedicated they are to their jobs. Show them you appreciate them!
3 of the attys who resigned/were put on leave for refusing to dismiss the case against Eric Adams have conservative bona fides that, for anyone in the know, show this is not political spite.
Danielle Sassoon - Scalia Clerk
Kevin Driscoll - O'Scannlain Clerk
Hagan Scotten - Kavanaugh/Roberts Clerk
AMID. BACKLASH.
We have power. Our calls, our stories, our spending, our conversations, our votes matter.
A democracy is about the power of the collective: shannonwatts.substack.com/p/what-to-do...
Every single article about Trump being “elected” Chair of the Kennedy Center must mention in the headline that Trump *fired all the Board members that wouldn’t vote for him.*
“Made Chair” is such weak, passive language that fails to call out what’s really going on.
Our media must do better.
Trump DOJ confirms they will ask SCOTUS to overrule Humphrey’s Executor rather than defend independent agencies / multi member commissions like the FTC, etc.
(So they’re arguing Trump can fire the boards and commissioners that lead these agencies)
The U.S. Army and U.S. Navy have removed all web pages highlighting women’s military service.
Weak men always fear and are threatened by strong women. I’ll never regret voting for VP Kamala Harris.
Also, it’s not like you need a super lefty judge to uphold the basic rules these people keep breaking!
NEW: Treasury is doing a “forensic” investigation into how DOGE/Musk ally Marko Elez was “mistakenly” given access to alter aspects the government’s massive spending database.
The probe is ongoing.
w/ Michael Stratford
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
📚Resisting Autocracy Lessons📚
DO NOT OBEY IN ADVANCE
Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given.