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Court order PDF: img.ugh.wtf/files/25cv12...

We won our case against DOGE for violating the privacy rights of current and former government employees! The case is AFGE v. OPM, Case 1:25-cv-01237-DLC Document 241 Filed 10/20/26 if you can't get it from the ECF link ecf.nysd.uscourts.gov/doc1/1271405...

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NY Times Obituary. Gift link (if you sign up for their bullshit).

I spent more than half my life working for the U.S. government and often had to explain that paperwork asked many questions because personal information was siloed to protect people's privacy. This administration has disregarded nearly every protection, including those mandated by law. n.pr/3TI9KU5

Pete Hegseth: "We need our warriors to embrace the Spartan mindset" U.S. Military: *suffers crushing defeat to the Persians*

"Stop criticizing us or will keep murdering people" is just a jaw-dropping thing for a government official to say.

A “witch-hunt” is under way in Niger, where people have been arrested by the military for homosexuality following the introduction of a new anti-LGBTQ+ penal code earlier this year. The United States gives millions of dollars worth of military aid to Niger, the latest being in May of this year.

America keeps trying to get me to go to her birthday party and I’m like no girl u need to go to the hospital

Can't say I love the quotes around transition care, but I guess it's better than NYT's open transphobia. 🎁🔗 wapo.st/4oYitNC

I have long struggled with my own indigenous identity. My grandmother raised me and was proud to have been born and raised on the rez. But I now know more about our past and I wonder if knowing we were there as captives, listed without name on the census rolls, might have changed her outlook. 🎁🔗

Justices Gorsuch, Sotomayor, and Jackson concur in Hunter v. US to get pretty close to saying that plea bargaining is unconstitutional. Worth a read.

It's a shame what this administration has done to the federal STEM funding enterprise.

I’ve reached out to NY AG James’ office and Mayor Mamdani’s office to find out how they plan on responding to this gross overreach.

In light of everything this reads a lot more like a threat than a job ad.

I love the idea of @usafacts.org, but it's a shame they're giving the sort of elementary explanations that leave far too much out. That sort of oversimplification is why so many Americans insist the founding fathers did no wrong, and is a key contributor to the persistent racism, transphobia, etc.

The Inspector General for NSF must launch an investigation into the Trump administration’s alleged attempt to sell-off parts of NCAR — immediately! 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽

Just sitting here thinking about how “basket of deplorables” was way too kind.

It seems all Kansas-issued trans drivers' licenses are invalid, effective tomorrow It is now illegal for trans people to drive a car until they surrender their license at a DMV (that most will need to drive to) and have it reissued with the wrong gender marker This was never about woman's sports

As the guy who wrote the book on zoning abolition, I'd like to go on record as saying: if you can use zoning to stop the concentration camps, fucking go for it.

Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him. White. Hot. Rage.

The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.

“Go back to your country”: a close read(ing) ✊🏾✊🏾

"James Comey (to scale)" 🤣

Target(ing) autistics? 🧐 Target's new "10-4" policy is an aggressive act against autistic customers and employees alike. Just another reason not to shop at Target. thehill.com/business/560...

I'm one of the people who will not be receiving my usual SNAP Food Stamps Benefits for the upcoming month of November 2025, and Massachusetts just confirmed today that they will not be paying even a partial amount to those of us who are state residents either.

"Non-Binary Passport Designations: Passports issued with “X” or other non-binary markers will be rejected by CBP systems, requiring resubmission with valid documentation showing “M” or “F” designation." Nonbinary people will not be able to travel internationally 🙃

Fired for displaying a pride flag, followed by a citation of the Constitution.

Happy fiscal new year! Having participated in the deferred resignation program, I am now officially unemployed after nearly two decades of service to the American people.

Absolute all-timer sentence in today's @nytimes.com

"Expedited service can take 2-3 weeks" it says 12 weeks after I submitted my application 😭😭😭 (but UPS says it's coming tomorrow, so it's all good now... aside from paying $60 for nothing).

Ugh. State is still stalling on my X gender passport with name update. Just called and received confirmation they've had everything they needed from me for more than a month, despite having paid expedited processing fees for a travel date that was before they even asked for info they already had. 🤬

Breaking news: A Manhattan judge has dismissed terrorism charges against Luigi Mangione, who is charged in connection with the ambush-style killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

I'm not opposed in principle. Today, some of the most revolutionary technologies we've funded with public dollars vanish into patent trolls' and incumbent market leaders' portfolios rather than entering the market when their initial developers fail to sustainably penetrate the market.

While the EO (and court rulings permitting its implementation to continue) stripped bargaining rights from most of the government, not all agencies have yet "terminated" (insofar as they purport to have this authority under the bullshit circumstances) their covered CBAs. nyti.ms/4g9gstG

Abbe Lowell and I represent CDC Director #SusanMonarez. Contrary to govt statements, Dr. Monarez has neither resigned nor yet been fired. She will not resign. We have issued the following statement:

Bass: I just signed an executive directive that puts all city departments and leadership on notice to protect Angelenos—essentially from the federal government. We’re also filing a FOIA request because we want to know: Who are these masked men, and why are they masked in the first place?