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NEW: Who is *actually* running DOGE? Insiders told us @propublica.org that the named administrator Amy Gleason is only in charge on paper, while Musk’s top lieutenants really run the show. The latest w/ @chrisbing.bsky.social + Avi Asher-Schapiro: www.propublica.org/article/doge...
Job alert: @propublica.org is looking for an engagement and tips coordinator who can help us triage, vet and distribute tips to journalists across our newsroom. It's an important role with huge implications for our investigative journalism. Check it out: boards.greenhouse.io/propublica/j...
Park rangers have been given talking points amid cost cutting. Job cuts = “attrition” and “workforce management actions.” Service cuts = “prioritizing fiscal responsibility” and “staffing to meet the evolving needs of visitors.” And NPS still offers “memorable and meaningful experiences for all.”
We’re living in a fascist country that is erasing Black and brown people and waging war against working Americans not just because of the MAGA cult; but because of the Democrats consistent capitulation. It’s not enough that MAGA seized power; but Democrats gleefully opened the door! Remember that.
Sec. of State Marco Rubio just told South African Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool he is no longer welcome in 🇺🇸 @mehdirhasan.bsky.social interviewed Rasool earlier this year where he called Gaza 'apartheid on steroids' and criticized Trump and Musk for interfering globally zeteo.com/p/south-afri...
Green card holders "are living in fear now about what's going to happen to them. Did they say something or do something that Trump doesn't like?" @mehdirhasan.bsky.social debates Piers Morgan about the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil — he doesn't hold back. Full show: zeteo.com/p/mehdi-vs-p...
The Dept of Homeland Security raided Columbia University with warrants to search two student rooms, the same day Trump’s admin sent a list of demands to Columbia to address “anti-Zionist” discrimination in return for funding. Read @premthakker.bsky.social's article: zeteo.com/p/breaking-d...
UPDATE: We've added 20 more names to our DOGE tracker, including: *Three engineers from SpaceX who have ethics waivers. *Former execs now in agencies that conduct oversight of industries they used to work in. We're still investigating - please send us tips 🔎 projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-do...
Some professional news: starting this week, I became deputy editor of our ProPublica/Texas Tribune joint investigative unit. I'm very excited to help some amazing journalists uncover abuses of power in Texas. Keep sending news tips this way www.propublica.org/atpropublica...
“All of this really is just a slow descent into becoming a trad wife, Christian nationalist, you know?” @franifio.bsky.social and @wajali.bsky.social point out the hypocrisy of Trump saying Trans athletes endanger women’s sports while also dissolving the Department of Education, including Title IX.
"If the state can deprive an individual of his freedom just because of his politics, which is what appears to have happened here, then no one is safe. You may believe that Khalil does not deserve free speech or due process. But if he does not have them, then neither do you. Neither do I."
Ukrainian troops are not in an operational or technical encirclement in Kursk or anywhere else on the frontlines. Ukrainian troops weren't encircled in Vuhledar, Avdiivka, Bakhmut, Lysychansk, Izyum, or Severodonetsk. Russia has repeatedly claimed surrounded troops with no factual basis.
With Amy Gleason in place as acting DOGE chief, Musk would be potentially shielded from some legal responsibility and questions about conflicts, experts say. One person who has been in meetings with Gleason said, “I get the sense that Amy is in the role of scapegoat.”
“'We have a duty to tell the public what’s going on,' the ranger said. "'If that’s saying, ‘We just don’t have the staff to stay open and that’s what these firings are doing,’ I think the people have a right to know. Every person we lose hurts.'” by @anjeanette-damon.bsky.social
"Between his massive conflicts of interest across the healthcare sector and his endorsement of further privatizing Medicare, Oz would be a threat to the health of tens of millions of Americans," warned one opponent of Trump's nominee to lead CMS. www.commondreams.org/news/dr-mehm...
The Russia-Ukraine War SITREP for 13 March 2024 55 pages 🟣Ukrainian drones hammer Russia 🟣Ukraine holds in Kursk 🟣Ukraine gains in Toretsk & controls most of Shevchenko 🟣Putin essentially rejects ceasefire 🟣US lets sanction waivers on Russia expire 🟣GLSDB is coming 🟣Russia's Molniya-2 problem 🟣More
So far there have been no congressional hearings to scrutinize the moves or demand answers that would be expected when an administration undertakes such major changes. “This is us...giving the keys to the president to be able to continue to do the great work that they’re doing” - Rep Cloud (R-TX)
“[Texas] Senate Bill 10 instructs elementary and secondary school classrooms to conspicuously display a 16-inch by 20-inch poster or framed copy of the Ten Commandments in type large enough to be legible for a person with average vision from anywhere in the classroom.”
"Needless to say, the eyes of pretty much all key political actors are focused on Wisconsin – and so are their wallets." This week's FWIW newsletter from @lucyritz.bsky.social has your breakdown of who's partaking in the digital ad battle for the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
Now is the time to stir from our shock and catatonic state and begin to act, demonstrate, drown out town hall and community gatherings wherever they occur before we completely lose all memory of... what the compromise and tensions of democracy look and feel like. www.commondreams.org/opinion/cry-...
The rumors started by Tesla fans and pink slime news sites (that's a real term) that Tesla was going to reveal the Model 2 this spring with a base price of $25,000 were false. Chinese tech website 36kr & Reuters confirmed Tesla is going to release a decontented Model 3. Wait, there's more 1/
"While working people keep waiting for a single specific policy from the president to deal with exploding costs, his administration instead hatched an official crypto policy scheme that could conveniently enrich many top Trump officials," said one watchdog. www.commondreams.org/news/account...