Chuck DarwinFeb 1

Democrat Mark Warner calls firing of FBI officials ‘deeply alarming’
as some federal websites appear to go dark

Mark Warner criticizes the Trump administration’s decision to fire top FBI officials;

Census and FAA websites appear to be down Friday evening.

FBI launches sweeping staff cuts as Trump seeks to purge career officials
Trump orders USDA to take down websites referencing climate crisis
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/jan/31/donald-trump-latest-news-politics-live-canada-mexico-tariffs?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Democrat calls firing of FBI officials ‘deeply alarming’ as some federal websites appear to go dark – as it happened

Mark Warner criticized the Trump administration’s decision to fire top FBI officials; Census and FAA websites appeared to be down Friday evening. This blog is now closed.

the Guardian
Show threadChuck Darwin

Trump orders USDA to take down websites referencing climate crisis.

The landing pages on the United States Forest Service website for key resources, research and adaptation tools
– including those that provide vital context and vulnerability assessments for wildfires
– had gone dark, leaving behind an error message or just a single line:

“You are not authorized to access this page.”

Feb 1 at 1:52amWeb
Show threadJuan FranciscoFeb 1
@cdarwin Algunas de las agencias que forman parte del USDA son: Servicio de investigación agrícola (ARS), Servicio de investigación económica (ERS), Servicio nacional de estadísticas agrícolas (NASS), Instituto nacional de alimentos y agricultura (NIFA) ahora ya me enteré que tiene otras funciones sobre todos la falta de autonomía ( obedecen órdenes del presidente de Estados Unidos), en México no es así los unicos que obedecen órdenes son las fuerzas armadas #elecciones #LargaVidaAMastodon
Show threadNicole ParsonsFeb 1

@cdarwin

The fossil fuel industry spent $445 million on buying public office for Republicans for a reason.

The planet fries.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/23/big-oil-445m-trump-congress

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/business/energy-environment/trumps-tariffs-oil-gas-prices.html

https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-tariffs-gas-prices-trade-war-canada-mexico-oil-2025-1

Big oil spent $445m in last election cycle to influence Trump and Congress, report says

Investments ‘likely to pay dividends’, analysis says, as Trump unleashes dozens of pro-fossil fuel executive actions

The Guardian
Show threadHenrik SchönemannFeb 1
@cdarwin we (#SafeguardingResearch) got at least some of those websites backed up
Show threadEl DuvelleFeb 1

@cdarwin would you have a source for this?

Edit: never mind, it's in the guardian article you linked above, thank you 🙏

They are literally dismantling the government and censoring everything that threatens them.. Textbook 1984