ErvingMontaigne

ErvingMontaigne

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In the hours before IRS leadership fired some 7,000 employees for allegedly poor performance, a top IRS lawyer flagged officials that “no one” at the agency had done such an assessment. The termination notice went out unchanged anyway. By @andykroll.bsky.social

propub.liEmails Reveal Top IRS Lawyer Warned Trump Firings Were a “Fraud” on the CourtsThe Trump administration cited “performance” failures to justify its mass firing of IRS workers. But this claim was “false,” a senior agency attorney warned officials, because the administration had…

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A really powerful WWII era "don't be a sucker" piece, that explains how authoritarians have to separate and destroy groups of people so they can take power. I don't usually watch anything this long (22 min) but couldn't stop watching once I started this.

Please watch and rewatch this movie, in the U.S. Archives from the @usarmy.bsky.social #DontBeASucker a reminder of how the Nazis conned their country into becoming the cause of mass murder and all the other horrors that Nazis unleash. The lessons are true for the USA🇺🇸 , in 2025 youtu.be/vGAqYNFQdZ4

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We expected 2,000 people out in GOP-held Greeley, Colorado. 11,000 people showed up. Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.

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Trump's and VA Secretary Doug Collins policies are destabilizing mental health care for veterans, sources sayhttps://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/03/12/nx-s1-5325239/veterans-affairs-va-trump-mental-health

npr.orgTrump's policies are destabilizing mental health care for veterans, sources sayThe Department of Veterans Affairs is one of the largest providers of mental health care in the U.S. Its integrated care model means patients are already feeling the cuts and changes that are underway...

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The Education Department announced this afternoon it is cutting about half of its workers. www.ed.gov/about/news/p...

ed.govU.S. Department of Education Initiates Reduction in ForceAs part of the Department of Education’s final mission, the Department today initiated a reduction in force (RIF) impacting nearly 50% of the Department’s workforce.
Jennifer Smith Richards@jsmithrichards.bsky.social

We're hearing from multiple sources that all U.S. Dept. of Ed buildings are closing at 6 p.m. and are closed tomorrow. Email to staff cites "security reasons." "Employees will not be permitted in any ED facility on Wednesday, March 12th, for any reason." @jodiscohen.bsky.social and I are following

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MAGA may not have ever received the Epstein files, but the Trump administration did just put the prosecutor who prosecuted Ghislaine Maxwell on leave!

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This is a lie... First of all town halls aren't being held in "arenas" they are being held in churches, schools and community centers. Second, 90% of the time you have to be a resident who lives in the district to register to attend with a valid address.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Mike Johnson: "The problem is they're being ambushed by right now by in many cases paid protesters. You've got George Soros-funded groups. They are very well organized ... the actual constituents of these Republican members can't actually make it into the arenas."

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The Post Millennial published a letter that Ed Martin, the acting U.S. attorney in DC, sent to the dean of Georgetown Law. “It has come to my attention reliably that Georgetown Law School continues to teach and promote DEI. This is unacceptable. I have begun an inquiry into this…” 1/

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There are very few people in America who think tax dollars should be spent to juice the net worth of a small handful of crypto billionaires — yet that’s exactly what’s happening here. Donald Trump’s idea of a crypto slush fund is pure corruption.

cnn.comEven the crypto bros don’t love Trump’s proposed crypto reserve | CNN BusinessThe crypto industry is getting everything it wanted under President Trump. The regulators that crypto firms have blamed for all of their problems have been gutted or made over with friendlier faces wh...

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This is an utter disaster and the lies they are trying to sell that its for efficiency are complete horeshit

VoteVets@votevets.org

🚨 Trump’s VA is planning to cut 83,000 employees—slashing staffing back to 2019 levels, before the PACT Act expanded care for over a million Veterans. This will mean longer wait times, worse care, and more red tape for those who served. Veterans won’t stand for this.

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Rodriguez: They're slashing staff, crushing unions, and selling out the VA for what? So billionaires can make more money while veterans sit on waitlists. Our president was asleep while Moscow was at the wheel. Veterans don't trust him. He’s not one of us.

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Breaking: Hayden Haynes, the chief of staff to House Speaker Mike Johnson, was arrested early Wednesday morning — hours after Trump's speech — for drunken driving after his car struck a Capitol vehicle. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

nbcnews.comHouse Speaker Mike Johnson's chief of staff arrested on DUI charge after Trump speechHayden Haynes is a longtime top aide to Mike Johnson, both in the speaker's office and his personal office.

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Trump White House staffers were seen loading around 15 boxes of documents onto the rear of Air Force One.   Team Trump says the boxes contain the classified documents the FBI seized  from Trump's Florida home in 2022.

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NEW: Tomorrow, The Daily Beans podcast will run without any ads in solidarity with the 2/28 economic blackout. We'll be forgoing any advertising revenue for the day. You can listen and subscribe for free: link.chtbl.com/TheDailyBeans

link.chtbl.comThe Daily BeansThe Daily Beans is a women-owned and operated progressive news podcast for your morning commute brought to you by the Webby award-winning host of Mueller, She Wrote, Allison Gill, and comedian/fund-ra...

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Another plane incident in DC: An American Airlines flight from Boston had to abort its landing at DCA airport this morning to avoid another plane that was taking off on the same runway, authorities said.