2025/02/12

Wednesday, February 12, 2025 (#43)

Tuesday Wednesday Thursday to file links found today, but not necessarily for articles posted today https://trumpersaretraitors.quora.com/I-am-British-l-am-far-from-anti-USA-but-may-l-ask-why-so-many-Americans-cannot-see-the-corruption-the-deceit-and-the-407 (short link) https://bsky.app/profile/erininthemorning.com/post/3lhtyxid2qk2o https://pluralistic.net/2025/02/11/doubling-up-on-paperwork/#rip-freefile https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1161 H.R.1161 - To authorize the President to enter into negotiations to acquire Greenland and to rename Greenland as "Red, White, and Blueland".] https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/elon-musk-appears-video-german-far-right-campaign-event-2025-01-25/ https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/02/10/when-an-idiot-is-in-charge-of-sciences-purse-strings/ https://www.patreon.com/posts/120633781 - Tulsi Gabbard https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5139767-trump-respect-federal-judges/ https://govwayback.com - "Access historical versions of U.S. government websites from before January 20, 2025 with a simple URL change." https://www.factcheck.org/2018/02/will-global-warming-benefit-civilization/ -- fact-checking EPA then-head Scott Pruitt https://apnews.com/article/tesla-china-lawsuits-musk-investigation-58b10ccace488784fcc63646ab78b410 https://dogegov.com - why goes DoGE have both this and doge.gov? https://www.cnet.com/home/internet/features/the-triumphs-and-troubles-of-the-7000-starlink-satellites-crowding-our-night-skies/ 2024-11-15 Duty to Warn Letter - to VP Harris - Re: Election 2024 «Approximately 600,000 votes are for Donald Trump but with no down ballot choices.» This matches the pattern of wins in NC... https://www.exurbe.com/rags-to-riches-stories-fake-real-or-always-look-up-everybodys-mom/ https://observer.com/2020/11/big-tech-2020-presidential-election-donation-breakdown-ranking/ - a lot of the biggest tech companies were actually heavy Biden supporters (according to this) https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-02-11/uc-students-education-department-loan-data-lawsuit https://theintercept.com/2025/02/11/ice-immigration-social-media-surveillance/ https://bsky.app/profile/lauraannegilman.bsky.social/post/3lhzbxqtdf22p - US/WA has drastically improved wait-times for gender updates https://www.forexlive.com/news/the-market-is-overlooking-the-most-important-news-of-the-day-20250212/ - tariffs are not happening; nobody wants them, not even the oligarchs from Nextdoor Judge in Rhode Island upholds halt on Trump funding freeze following appeals court ruling - https://turnto10.com/i-team/judge-in-rhode-island-upholds-halt-on-trump-funding-freeze-following-appeals-court-ruling-denied-overturn-administration-temporary-restraining-order-feb-12-2025 The Trump administration restores federal webpages after court order - https://www.theverge.com/news/610765/trump-government-websites-cdc-fda-health-data-court-order Retired federal judge doesn't see much that courts can do to stop Trump's actions - https://www.npr.org/2025/02/11/nx-s1-5292199/retired-federal-judge-nancy-gertner-trump-federal-funding-freeze-restraining-order What happens if Trump starts ignoring court rulings? We break it down - https://www.npr.org/2025/02/12/nx-s1-5293132/trump-vance-constitutional-crisis-court-rulings Gabbard confirmed as director of national intelligence - https://www.npr.org/2025/02/12/nx-s1-5294635/tulsi-gabbard-confirmed-dni-intelligence-senate House GOP unveils $2 trillion in proposed spending cuts - https://www.axios.com/2025/02/12/house-republicans-budget-resolution Trump fires USAID inspector general who released report on impact of agency cuts - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-fires-usaid-inspector-general/ Top ICE officials removed as White House ramps up pressure on deportations - https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/11/ice-officials-removed-pressure-increase-deportations-00203747 GSA ‘losing too many people,’ as leaders pursue cuts to personnel, office space and contracts - https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/02/gsa-losing-too-many-people-as-leaders-pursue-cuts-to-personnel-office-space-and-contracts/ Senate Democrat: Kash Patel 'may have committed perjury' denying link to FBI purge - https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/11/kash-patel-fbi-nominee-dick-durbin-perjury-accusation/78423077007/ Musk staffer 'mistakenly' given ability to edit Treasury Department payment system, legal filings say. Treasury Department officials said the "error" was quickly corrected - https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/musk-staffer-mistakenly-ability-edit-treasury-department-payment/story?id=118726686 Who benefits from the White House pause on fighting corruption - https://www.axios.com/2025/02/12/trump-foreign-corrupt-practices-act EU trade chief calls Team Trump, urges dialogue as tariff tensions escalate - https://www.politico.eu/article/sefcovic-aims-for-call-with-trumps-trade-boss-ahead-of-eu-minister-debrief/