"In a true democracy that prioritizes due process as a guiding light, even the worst people should have protections against abuse by the government. What Trump is doing to Bolton is straight out of the authoritarian playbook."
https://charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/i-cant-stand-john-bolton-and-we-need
We need to trust our eyes.
Nazi salutes, racist purges, an ambush on the Ukrainian president by a far-right regime. If what we see aligns with what we know and is also in line with an established track record, our default assumption should be that what is happening is actually what it looks like.
Mass layoffs now paused at US nuclear weapons agency
Managers with the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) are frantically calling employees back and telling them that -- as of right now -- they're not fired,
despite some receiving termination emails and phone calls on Thursday.
Their badges are getting turned back on and access to federal systems is being restored, at least temporarily.
Hundreds of probationary employees were terminated Thursday night in the mass Trump administration layoffs.
The move prompted concerns of a national security risk because the agency is responsible for maintaining U.S. nuclear weapons, transporting them,
and nuclear counterterrorism, among other missions.
NNSA held an all-staff meeting Friday morning, announcing the DOE had agreed to pause the layoffs, due to the agency's national security mission.
NNSA staff tell ABC News they are in a holding pattern.
They're still bracing for firings
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/live-updates/trump-2nd-term-tariffs-trade-war/?id=118643360&entryId=118833343
Found! Dozens of Damning Documents about Trump's Hoarding of Classified Documents! - emptywheel
If you want to know how Democrats failed to make more of a political case against Trump during the election, you can start with the fact that Dan Goldman knows almost nothing about what was made public in the documents case against Trump.
Be careful booking hotels - when we got a room for my grandma's funeral, we called the number listed on the Google business page, Turns out Expedia had hijacked the page and pretended to be the hotel's front desk when I called. Charged us a higher rate than we would've paid had we reached the front desk.
I reported the charge as fraud and my bank is getting me a refund, and I've spoken to the actual hotel to pay them the correct amount directly.
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