Great article The Fauci show trial was chilling to watch for career civil servants. And for those of us that were DOGE’d. I still have hope public service can recover when this chaos mania ends.But it will take decades and look very different. I have to have hope because cynicism means they win.
Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social · 7d agoNew, from me: It is fine to disagree with aspects of the pandemic response. But what we saw at Fauci's hearing was something different: a show trial where cranks tried to threaten and shift blame to an public servant. Here is why this is bad for all of us.🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/watching-t...
It’s amazing what just… happens….on a regular basis.
Seth Masket@smotus.bsky.social · 3w agoIt's important to step back for a moment to realize that the duly elected President of the United States is doing a prime time White House address claiming that his country has the most corrupt election system in the world
A lot of govts have limited this guys company in order to ensure affordable housing, but he has a different explanation for housing shortages, one courtesy of an organization too racist even for William F. Buckley. And he also in charge of digital branding for the US government under Trump.
Matt Binder@mattbinder.bsky.social · last mo.this guy is the co-founder of Airbnb
Just the worst possible group of people ever assembled by the worst possible bosses doing the most damage they possibly could. Because they were “enlightened” about how easy things are.
Jacob Harris@jacobharr.is · last mo.As the DOGE Temporary Organization officially dissolves with a whimper, it's worth noting that all of those people were incurious minds, selected solely for their ability to follow orders without question. Many of them were paid, but some suckers just needed to be told they were the only smart ones
This is the impact of DOGE, the hiring freeze, and the government shutdown, all of which have strained Census field staff who collect the household survey for BLS.
Courtney Shupert@courtneyshupert.bsky.social · last mo.BLS response rate issues have made the household survey data noisier and in 2025 they quietly changed the precision thresholds. A recent GAO report noted a 0.3pp change in the unemployment rate is now required to count as statistically significant, up from 0.2pp. files.gao.gov/reports/GAO-...
Could you rewrite this like a journalist instead of a stenographer?
The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · last mo.A sweeping overhaul of East Potomac Golf Links will begin Sept. 1, President Trump said Sunday after he toured the century-old municipal course with Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, renowned golf course architect Tom Fazio and White House aides.
This was two weeks ago. The Post will have another ceasefire article in about two more weeks. It’ll cite administration officials again as though that matters anymore.
Randy Hart@randyhart.bsky.social · 2mo agoThe Washington Post is going to keep doing this, about once a month, for the foreseeable future.
Virginia Gov. Spanberger has returned the proposed budget to the legislature with amendments, one of which would create a Virginia digital service! This would save the state vastly more than the budgeted $5 million. It will be a Big Deal if legislature passes this. www.wric.com/wp-content/u...
Here’s the way to price this: a scrum team of ~8 people is $2 million a year, at federal contracting rates. So that’s 62 scrum teams per year. As anybody from the software development world knows, that is absurd.
Free Law Project ⚖@free.law · last mo.The federal judiciary just announced that its raising PACER fees to pay to modernize the system. They are estimating about $125,000,000 per year to do the work. That number is simply unmoored from reality. It's enough money to pay over 600 people $200k salaries! 1/3 www.uscourts.gov/data-news/ju...
Between Elon’s Fork and everything else, the 3 things we’re gonna need are 1) Rapid hiring authorities that get people back into government and/or allow an easier path into public service 2) Cross-training for new entrants and people changing careers 3) Accountability, and lots of it
Let them defeat each other while all y’all vote for @electalexis.bsky.social instead! Were you a dedicated public servant fired by DOGE? So was she! Elect one of your own to get justice and accountability.
The American Prospect@prospect.org · 2mo agoOf the three congressional candidates in Maryland, two are among the richest people in the state. Rep. April McClain Delaney and former Rep. David Trone have spent the last several months in an oligarch war over a seat they claim as theirs to purchase fair and square.
Trump on the Reflecting Pool: "It's very strong. You couldn't, if you had a knife — I don't want to give anybody ideas — if you had a knife, you can't even cut it. So strong, so powerful."
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2mo agoTrump on the reflecting pool: “We met with contractors today, will probably be forced to release and drain much of the water in order to do the necessary repairs, but will have them done as quickly as possible.” 😭
I fucking hate when my pilots pull this shit but I always say okay.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2mo agoTrump: "Did you ever hear when pilots go and the ask for a raise in the middle of the flight? They always ask for a raise. They're working for some rich guy and they ask for a raise in the middle of the flight and he always says, 'okay.'"
If you watch the Obama Library, the World Cup, and the Knicks parade this afternoon -- and nothing else -- you can actually see the America we're supposed to be at age 250
The Washington Post is going to keep doing this, about once a month, for the foreseeable future.
The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 2mo agoBreaking news: The U.S. and Iran have reached a deal to end months of fighting, according to President Trump and the leader of Pakistan, which has been mediating the talks. Trump said the deal would reopen the Strait of Hormuz. https://wapo.st/4a2oVgl
"She would make sure that all 535 packets of letters and drawings were delivered to every member of Congress. She would keep telling the stories of the children she’d met." Keep going, Ms. Rachel. (gift link) wapo.st/4ecHKP2
Ms. Rachel goes to Washington, carrying letters from children in ICE custody
The children’s media star is urging lawmakers to end family detention and reunite the kids and parents who had been separated by ICE enforcement.
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you'd think the fact that the federal government is too corrupt to function in the public interest, and that all of our environmental, public safety, labor, and consumer rights regulators have been defanged would be a bigger story
“The Trump administration [allegedly] sought to assign bogus death dates to 2.7M people living in the U.S., a flagrantly illegal misuse of Social Security Administration (SSA) data intended to pressure immigrants into leaving the country, a new government insider account reveals.” 6/5/26 … 1/
Trump administration weaponized Social Security records, attempting to falsely declare 2.7 million people as dead - Katz Banks Kumin LLP
The Trump administration sought to assign bogus death dates to 2.7 million people living in the United States.
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this is so unpopular that *Louisiana* voters just rejected a referendum last month that would have made it easier to reclassify civil servants. the measure failed 78% to 22%.
Catherine Rampell@crampell.bsky.social · 2mo agoTrump just signed order "reclassifying" ~8,000 civil servants so they are easier to fire for political reasons -- this has been in the works since his first term www.govexec.com/workforce/20...
Another great article by @almsnatalie.bsky.social Headline says it all. lol. www.nextgov.com/people/2026/...
Tech Force set out to hire 1,000 technologists last year — it’s onboarded 10 so far
The effort is meant to infuse the government with young engineers, cyber and data workers. It follows the loss of almost 20,000 technology workers through the Trump administration’s efforts to downsiz...
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New, from me: He turned the part of Lincoln into the party of Trump, and has broadly succeeded in turning the US federal government into a personalist regime. Here are seven signs that personalism has come to define the second Trump administration. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/scenes-fro...
Scenes from a personalist regime
Seven signs that Trump has embedded personalist leadership in American government
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