Elinor Stillman
@elinorhs.bsky.social
Retired Lawyer (NLRB and DOJ). Was going to be an EngLit prof but wandered into law school. Fan of newspapers, print and digital. Owned by a cat. RIP his brother, Papaya, 2011-2025.
State Department employees are being told they are ineligible for promotion unless they can prove they voted for Trump for president in 2016, 2020 and 2024. www.washingtonsun.com/administrati...
State Asked Foreign Service Officers Up for Promotion Whether They Voted for Trump
Federal law strictly prohibits making civil service personnel decisions on the basis of political affiliation.
washingtonsun.com
I've now read it, 3 quick takeaways: 1) Dutch intel figured out Jared's phone was compromised because the GRU, Russian military intel, had compromised it & then someone hacked the GRU, released that info, & Dutch intel saw what the GRU had hacked from Jared's phone. 1/
Chris Hayes@chrislhayes.bsky.social · 7h agoThis is one of the most holy sh*t stories I’ve ever read in my life. www.vanityfair.com/story/jared-...
AI firms want you to believe their fraud bot is alive so they won’t be held responsible for the fraud bot’s crimes. But there is no gray area here, they hold the on/off switches in their very human, very prosecutable hands.
The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 6h agoMajor American banks have reported unauthorized artificial intelligence bots inside consumer accounts, sources told Axios Thursday. trib.al/mmFWL8c
Peter Thiel's eugenics obsessed buddies want to create the master race of dogs before they move on to Homo sapiens. www.forbes.com/sites/amyfel...
Billionaires Palmer Luckey And Ben Lamm Spin Up Startup To Genetically Engineer Military Dogs
Ben Lamm of de-extinction startup Colossal has teamed up with Palmer Luckey’s team at Anduril to create a dog that’s optimized for military use. The new “warhounds” will be cloned and gene edited.
forbes.com
This boils down to a simple question: does Trump want Corey Lewandowski prosecuted or not? Because there will be no objective criminal investigation of a Trump team member by the Blanche DOJ. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Ex-adviser to Trump under criminal investigation by Department of Justice
Corey Lewandowski, a former top aide for homeland security, alleged to have profited off government role
theguardian.com
In other words, the Trump administration is cooking the books at BLS, pretty much as he promised he would.
"The “Secretary of War” has spent all of his time in office tearing up the legacy of men like General Eisenhower. "So, perhaps, it is particularly fitting that his staff shattered his antique globe, too…breaking it has, at least, saved it from the dishonour of being used by Hegseth as a prop."
Hegseth wanted to emulate one of the greatest US generals. Guess what happened next
This latest evidence of ineptitude is a too-perfect metaphor for the campaign of chaos and destruction the Defence Secretary and President have unleashed upon the world
inews.co.uk
Anne Applebaum offers a penetrating examination of Venezuela today: in essence the worst criminal elements of the Maduro regime remain in power, with a superstructure of Trump-affiliated kleptocrats on top. It's an updating of late 19th century imperialism with a thick overlay of US organized crime.
After the Apocalypse
As Venezuela struggles to recover from political upheaval and calamitous earthquakes, the U.S. government is exploiting the country for oil and money.
theatlantic.com
Important point in this article: What Musk did was disrupt Starlink signals to Ukraine's interceptor drones that defend Ukrainian civilians from Russia's drone attacks. So he was intentionally helping Russia murder Ukrainian civilians.
The Editorial Board@editorialboard.bsky.social · 16h ago1. The Wall Street Journal and CBS News confirmed that Elon Musk was involved in the decision to stall out Starshield, the military version of Starlink, when Ukraine needed it most. www.cbsnews.com/news/elon-mu...
Seen this story all day today. Every headline says "27 year old Minnesota man..." I have yet to see one with the headline that the man was Somalian. The most maligned and denigrated group in Minnesota www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/story/2...
27-year-old man credited for saving kids, driver in runaway school bus
A 27-year-old Minnesota man is opening up after he saved nearly 20 children when their school bus driver suffered a medical emergency.
goodmorningamerica.com
Not a surprise from this administration, but both unlawful and incredibly destructive of effective governance. www.washingtonsun.com/administrati...
State Asked Foreign Service Officers Up for Promotion Whether They Voted for Trump
Federal law strictly prohibits making civil service personnel decisions on the basis of political affiliation.
washingtonsun.com
Heroes do hero things. Character matters. This is how you become the change that you want to see in the world. A reminder that we all can stand together to do what is right.
Brad Lander@bradlander.bsky.social · yesterdayThe Israeli Foreign Ministry is lying. No coordination was required, and we were never told that it was. We were not in a restricted security area. We did not pass any checkpoints.
This is so funny bc the whole reason he’s going is to be down by the court so he can get on camera and antagonize the players. He’s gonna be so bored in there
Brian Hamilton@brianchamilton.bsky.social · yesterdayAtlanta Dream statement on Enes Kanter Freedom attending Game 3.
Neil Bush, the brother of former President George W. Bush, says he voted for James Talarico in Texas.
White House to Politico: Retract stories or face "consequences." But the stories are little more than typical White House personnel melodrama of no particular consequence, and Politico is a publication controlled by Axel Springer, a close Trump political ally.
White House to Politico: Retract stories or face "consequences"
The White House counsel demands corrections or retractions.
axios.com
Columbus Dispatch: The conduct of Vivek Ramaswamy in attacking his rival has been reckless, shameful and morally depraved. Therefore we are pulling our support for Ramaswamy and endorsing his rival, Amy Acton, instead. www.dispatch.com/story/opinio...
they should invent a kind of journalism where you check to see if something is true before you print it in the newspaper
Minnesota Star Tribune@startribune.com · yesterdayHours after the Wall Street Journal published a story questioning Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan’s claim she “graduated Phi Beta Kappa” from the University of Minnesota, the national honor society said that she is a member.
Leaks from Putin's office have revealed an extensive influence operation targeting JD Vance, which achieved everything it set out to achieve. Read all about how JD Vance and others fell for a lie about Volodymyr Zelensky concocted by agents of Russia's Presidential Administration. And how the Vice
Putin’s “Doppelgängers”: The Insider gets inside the operations of the Kremlin's foreign disinformation network
Western journalists call them "Doppelgänger," but the team of Russian propagandists spreading fake content under the banner of legitimate foreign news outlets…
theins.press
Trump takes two questions and then abruptly wraps up the event, which was supposed to be about "cybercrime" but in reality was just an opportunity for Trump's cronies to publicly praise him and kiss his ass
TRUMP: We gave nothing in exchange for Stephen. We never give anything in exchange for hostages. TRUMP LITERALLY MOMENTS LATER: If I implemented sanctions on Russia, Steven wouldn't be coming out right now.
So, Farage has reported ITV to the police following the work their undercover journalists did which confirmed that Reform is indeed a seething mass of racism, misogyny and bigotry. Meanwhile, here’s some commentary from Private Eye and their handy guide to undercover journalists.
"can you believe the effrontery, they tried to hit us back"
Thomas Seal@twseal.bsky.social · yesterdayThe US embassy has published a list detailing what it calls Canadian government officials' "plans to influence American politics"
"If I have to create stories... then that's what I'm going to do" was how he defended the lying hate speech about Haitians eating their neighbors' pets (In Ohio, as it happens). It is no surprise at all that this doesn't bother him.
To be clear, JD Vance is totally cool with members of his party traumatizing a child rape victim for political purposes. This is not an isolated incident, it's their entire brand. Vote accordingly.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoWOW -- Vance *defends* Vivek's reprehensible ad 👇 Q: Ramaswamy's campaign put out a controversial ad featuring his opponent's mother. Some Republicans are backing away. Do you think it was appropriate? JD VANCE: Well, I'll be honest. Whether the ad was appropriate or not is not really my concern.
Posted by a 22 year old staffer who is ‘very interested’ in early 20th century eugenics programs
Anthony Michael Kreis@anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 2d agoThe White House official accounts are posting Down Syndrome slurs to attack journalists. These people are disgusting and morally depraved.
Back last year, the invaluable Julia Davis pulled a series of pieces from Russian media in which Kremlin-connected analysts described exactly how Putin anticipated that he would turn Trump into his ally and plaything in the coming months. Everything they said has come to pass. And more.
Putin’s Pals Say Trump Is Now Their ‘Ally’ vs. the West
“The masks are off now,” a leading state media propagandist declared.
thedailybeast.com
He expects to show NATO that the US will no longer come to their support because he now controls Trump and will use this to press US disengagement from NATO.
