Ignoring urgently needed reforms in favor of fruitlessly trying to find evidence of fraud, DOGE descended on the Social Security Administration “thinking it should work like a McDonald’s,” the agency’s former acting chief reveals to ProPublica.
https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-doge-social-security-takeover-leland-dudek?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
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Without USAID funding to help buy food for refugees, the World Food Program rushed to prioritize families based on need, determining that only half the population would get food.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
https://www.propublica.org/article/kenya-trump-usaid-world-food-program-starvation-children-deaths?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #USAID #Hunger #USPolitics #Trump #MarcoRubio #Africa #Kenya
"'Survivors need protection, resources and legal support. If this Congress is serious about justice, then let this moment also affirm your commitment to provide victims with the legal aid they need,' De Georgiou said at a press conference organized by Republican Representatives Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Democrat Ro Khanna of California, who are trying to force a vote on that bill."
#EpsteinFiles #EpsteinCoverup #epstein #uspol #USPolitics #resist #Resistance #nokings #generalstrike #vote #america #metoo #nojustice_nopeace
Trump Wants to Crack Down on “Debanking,” but He’s Dismantling a Regulator That Was Doing Just That
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An executive order seeking to stop banks from discriminating against customers could be undermined by the administration’s gutting of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which had been investigating the practice.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-debanking-executive-order-cfpb-discrimination-banking?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Business #Law #Trump #USPolitics #Banks #Consumer #Regulation
Inside the North Carolina GOP’s Decade-Long Push to Seize Power From the State’s Democratic Governors
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For almost a decade, North Carolina’s majority-Republican legislature tried six times to strip Democratic governors of control over the board overseeing the swing state’s elections. This year, it finally succeeded.
https://www.propublica.org/article/north-carolina-governor-power-transfers-gop?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
USA verhängen Einreiseverbot u.a. gegen zwei Deutsche die sich gegen Hass im Internet engagieren
Außenminister Rubio schreibt unter der Überschrift "Announcement of Actions to Combat the Global Censorship-Industrial Complex" folgendes
"Diese radikalen Aktivisten und als Waffen eingesetzten NGOs haben die Zensurmaßnahmen ausländischer Staaten vorangetrieben – in jedem Fall gegen amerikanische Redner und amerikanische Unternehmen."
Betroffen sind:
- Josephine Ballon and Anna-Lena von Hodenberg, leaders of HateAid, a German organization;
-Clare Melford, who runs the Global Disinformation Index;
-former EU Commissioner Thierry Breton, who was responsible for digital affairs.
- Imran Ahmed, chief executive of the Centre for Countering Digital Hate;
Nach der Attacke durch die GLS-Bank auf linke Strukturen in Gestalt der Kündigung von Bankkonten, folgt nun einen weitere Maßnahme des Versuchs der Einschüchterung, wobei Einreiseverbote mutmaßlich nur der erste Sdhritt sein dürften. Dass die USA auch ehemalige und politisch gut vernetzte EU-Kommissare ins Visier nehmen, sollte allen klar machen, dass die US-Regierung jede und jedem mit Maßnahmen überziehen kann und wird, derer sie namhafr wird.
Die AfD baut ihre US-Kontakte aus und es darf unterstellt werden, dass die AfD willige Zulieferin von weiteren Namenslisten ist, von Personen die sie gerne sanktioniert sähe.
Quelle für die Sanktionierung:
https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2025/12/announcement-of-actions-to-combat-the-global-censorship-industrial-complex
Quelle für die Namen:
https://apnews.com/article/state-department-trump-immigration-rubio-visas-87c8a4692f3184e4f83fdd8ed5093886
@hateaid
#hateaid #einreiseverbote #JosephineBallon
#Hodenberg #us #usa #uspol #uspolitics #statedepartment #usgov #rubio #RubioMarco #cenaor #gls #glsbank #rotehilfe #rotehilfemtigliedschaft #ABCDresden #ThierryBreton #eu #europeancommission #eukommission #afd #feindesliste #melford #hass #digitalerhass #statedebt #politik #deutschland #weihnachten #weihnachten2025 #heiligabend #mittwoch #censorship #censored
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Top DOJ Official Shut Down Enforcement Against Crypto Companies While Holding More Than $150,000 in Crypto Investments
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The second-highest official at the DOJ, Todd Blanche rose to prominence as Trump’s personal defense attorney. His actions violated the federal conflicts of interest law and his ethics agreement, experts told ProPublica.
https://www.propublica.org/article/todd-blanche-crypto-doj-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #DOJ #Ethics #Crypto #Law #Transparency #Stocks #Trump #USPolitics
A lawsuit filed Monday mirrors the findings of a ProPublica investigation that made public for the first time details about a program that sent gun owners’ information to political operatives without their consent.
How GOP Lawmakers’ Power Transfers Are Reshaping Everything From Utilities to Environmental Regulation in North Carolina
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The GOP-led North Carolina legislature spent nearly 10 years trying to control the elections board. But it’s also taken aim at other commissions in the state by shifting who has power to appoint members that historically belonged to the governor.
https://www.propublica.org/article/north-carolina-legislature-power-transfers?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#USPolitics picks of the day:
➡️ @jensorensen - Award-winning cartoonist on politics & social issues
➡️ @heidilifeldman - Law professor at the Georgetown Univ
➡️ @QasimRashid - Human rights lawyer
➡️ @indivisibleteam - Progressive political org formed to resist Trumpism
➡️ @dennycarter - Blog on politicians trying to normalise fascism
➡️ @z_everson - Investigative journalist tracking Trump's profiteering
➡️ @rbreich - US political commentator, lawyer, former cabinet member
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I ain't no snitch but shouldn't someone tell FIFA what the guy they gave their Peace Prize to is doing tonight??????
More than 75 US cities have announced protests today.
Check for your local action here:
Ignoring urgently needed reforms in favor of fruitlessly trying to find evidence of fraud, DOGE descended on the Social Security Administration “thinking it should work like a McDonald’s,” the agency’s former acting chief told ProPublica.
One of our most-read investigations of 2025: https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-doge-social-security-takeover-leland-dudek?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#DOGE #SocialSecurity #Government #ElonMusk #USPolitics #Musk #News
Our most-read story of 2025:
Three years ago, our reporter received an envelope with no return address.
Inside was a flash drive containing tens of thousands of files: years of secretly recorded conversations, private militia chat logs and videos sent by a man named John Williams.
https://www.propublica.org/article/ap3-oath-keepers-militia-mole?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#Jan6 #Extremism #Insurrection #Trump #USPolitics #Journalism
Despite falling crime rates, leaders at a nonprofit argued Dallas was descending into anarchy to sell voters on increasing police.
Some residents now fear the push could be used as a playbook for other cities.
https://www.propublica.org/article/police-dallas-hero-crime-proposition?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
The government does not track how often immigration agents hold Americans. So ProPublica did.
We found more than 170 such incidents since the start of the second Trump administration. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer.
https://www.propublica.org/article/immigration-dhs-american-citizens-arrested-detained-against-will?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
From the wholesale gutting of federal agencies to the ongoing government shutdown, Russell Vought has drawn the road map for Trump’s second term. Vought has consolidated power to an extent that insiders say they feel like “he is the commander in chief.”
In a letter to EPA Chief Lee Zeldin, Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, cited a recent ProPublica story that quoted government scientists saying a yet-to-be-released report on the toxicity of PFNA was ready to publish in April.
https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-pfna-report-chellie-pingree-letter?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #USPolitics #EPA #environment
Trump’s DHS appointees have dismantled civil rights guardrails, protected agents’ anonymity and encouraged them to wear masks, threatened groups that stood in their way and overwhelmed challenges to their arrests.
It's a know your enemy sort of thing to say, no, #Trump is not a king. He's a stupid brand. And recent events just highlight that as he slapped his name on the #Gaza agreement.
I keep thinking of the Trump brand of wine.
Trump didn't make that wine. I doubt he knows how wine is even made at all. He's notorious for not drinking, so how would he even know if the wine is good or bad? He doesn't know anything about it, he just slapped his brand on it.
To counter Trump it's foolish to approach him as a king. In fact that might might make things worse because it brings more attention to his brand.
The #nokings stuff is foolish because it misses what's going on here. And it will serve to actually embolden and strengthen Trump.
Know your enemy. He's not a king, he's not that smart, he's just a brand hopping from issue to issue the same way he hops from crappy wine to crappy steaks.
Russell Vought is the architect of President Trump’s broader plan to fire civil servants, freeze government programs and dismantle entire agencies. Here are some key things to know about the D.C. insider who wants to take a hatchet to the federal government.
The Idaho Medical Freedom Act makes it illegal to require anyone to take a vaccine or receive “medical intervention.” Leslie Manookian, the activist behind the law, hopes to make it a “societal norm” for the rest of the country.
I handle my stress by making shitty memes
Jonathan Ross handles his stress by shooting you in the face
