@indivisible.org this seems like the big one to rally everyone against, no? www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose and

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This is absolutely insane. Musk’s DOGE crew just straight up *took* $80 million from an NYC bank account!

George Pearkes@peark.es · last yr.

Okay what is going on here. Are the accounts at a private banking entity? Does the federal government have direct debit permission set up? So many questions as to how Treasury instructed this payment. (Via NY Post’s Craig McCarthy)

Found out that TWENTY emails is considered a lot to politicians on an issue. TWENTY. As in, they call that getting slammed. So next time you see a request to email your rep, or call, keep that in mind. TWENTY is a lot.

Billionaire board members feeling peer pressure to take drugs with Elon because if they don't they think Musk will be angry and cut them out of his companies and life. The world is so stupid.

Techmeme@techmeme.com · 3y ago

Sources: some Tesla and SpaceX directors have consumed drugs with Elon Musk feeling there is an expectation to do so, raising concerns about their independence (Wall Street Journal) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

@nbcbayarea.com is there a reason you're not covering the protest that's supposed to be happening at Alex Padilla's SF offices today? Not scared to cover the will of the people, I hope.

If you need some hope, this was the first I had felt in a while: youtu.be/K8QLgLfqh6s?... They are not operating from a position of power. They're operating from a position of weakness.

Don't Believe Him | The Ezra Klein Show

YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show

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Call them want they really are: HACKERS This "DOGE engineers" thing is bullshit! They are boy hackers! Plain and simple This is 2016 Cambridge Analytics bullshit on steroids

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

An unelected shadow government is conducting a hostile takeover of the federal government. DOGE is not a real government agency. DOGE has no authority to make spending decisions. DOGE has no authority to shut programs down or to ignore federal law. DOGE’s conduct cannot be allowed to stand.

Egg aisle at the grocery store. Thanks Trump!

Trump literally tried to flood California: sjvwater.org/decision-to-...

Decision to dump water from Tulare County lakes altered after sending locals into a mad scramble – SJV Water

Water managers were relieved Thursday evening after the Army Corps of Engineers agreed to back off of a sudden decision earlier in the day to dump massive

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This is a hostile takeover of the federal government by a private citizen of unlimited means with no restrictions and no transparency. Welcome to the Deep State www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...

Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say

Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.

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If your article about "best event engagement strategies" includes the groundbreaking idea "speaker Q&A sessions" I am going to stop taking your content seriously.

@evgostock.bsky.social what is the point of your chargers if literally none of them ever work?

Don’t let anyone tell you this guy is popular or that the country is trending his way. Just isn’t true. Never was.

Peter Baker@peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 2y ago

This chart shows how much of an outlier Trump is historically. Even Biden, who had the next highest disapproval when he took office, still had a plus-20 differential. news.gallup.com/poll/655955/...

Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent. Opportunities are everywhere. Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉

90s kid app idea: you have to identify a song by only 10 seconds of distortion from the beginning or end of the song.

When democrats are in office, republicans warn "careful, they might tell people you've been behaving badly!" When republicans are in office, democrats warn "careful, they may knock down your door and abduct you!" Spot the difference.

The Trump Chaos Cuts are threatening the safety and well being of Americans everywhere—from our children and elderly, to police and veterans. The administration needs to provide answers now.

Colombia: We're not taking shackled detainees returned on military flights. Transport them with dignity Trump: Trade war! Colombia: OK Trump: Fine, no more shackled detainees returned on military flights Colombia: Good. Was that so hard? Trump: They gave in!

Guess it's time to invest more in Bluesky and migrate off Threads...

Always read @matt-levine.bsky.social https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-07-03/insider-trading-is-better-from-home?sref=CrGXSfHu

I'm pretty positive AI-written journalism is bad for the world and a dead end, but if you're going to insist on doing it, for goodness sake please hire an editor.

Carli Velocci 👽@carlivelocci.com · 3y ago

G/O Media's AI experiment is going well already huh

Friendly reminder that conservative trolls WANT to be bullied on Bluesky. They thrive on the attention. They want to be trolled so they can go back to Twitter or write some dumb “thinkpiece” and say how Bluesky is filled with intolerant liberals. Don’t give them the satisfaction. Just block them.

Run for Something has worked with more school board candidates in more states than nearly any other group on the left (except teachers unions) & still, we’re wildly under-resourced compared to MFL. https://apnews.com/article/moms-for-liberty-school-board-races-2024-5311cc11cd657a04e233216ac783d8f3

Moms for Liberty's focus on school races nationwide sets up political clash with teachers unions

The “parental rights” group Moms for Liberty is looking to expand its efforts to elect school board candidates in 2024 and beyond, as well as get involved in other education races.

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1. Have an ads-based service that relies on people spending lots of time on it to get lots of ad exposure 2. Limit how much people can use the site 3. ??? 4. Profit

TIRED: Killing your service’s third-party apps WIRED: Killing your service’s first-party apps

That's writing. You're describing writing

A concise summary of the difference between cancel culture and free speech from an anonymous Techdirt commenter.