Sam

Sam

@samcb.bsky.social

just this guy, you know? software engineer working on security. he/him

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this means you have to observe Shushan Purim in Boston

jam@socialistboat.dad

hey did you guys know that there are stone walls in new england

It's crazy that they're taking policy ideas from /pol/

Benjamin Strick@bendobrown.bsky.social

X rolled out a new feature overnight showing where accounts are based. This network of “Trump-supporting independent women” that claimed to be “real Americans” are based in Thailand. The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.

this makes sense, since we know Biden was president in 2020

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

MULLIN: There was a sweetheart plea deal that was struck in 2009 under Obama TAPPER: No. It was 2008. The US attorney was Alex Acosta. He was a Bush appointee. He went on to become Trump's secretary of labor M: Who was in office at the time? T: Bush M: No. Obama was in office TAPPER: Not true

But they've already got the law school

Exclusive: Harvard leaders have discussed creating a center for conservative scholarship as the school fights the Trump administration’s accusations that it is too liberal.

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I want to reiterate that countless conservative judges issued universal injunctions against the Biden administration, and the Supreme Court never halted the practice. Now, barely five months into Trump's second term, the court puts an end to these injunctions. A brazen double standard.

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NEW: @aclu.org obtained ICE's "Alien Enemies Act Validation Guide," confirming all it takes to be sent to rot in prison in El Salvador is being Venezuelan and 1) having a tattoo an ICE officer says is a "gang tattoo" and 2) displaying "logos," "symbols" or clothes an ICE officer says are gang signs.

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In Waltz’s desperation to save his ass, he’s weaving an alternate universe (with lies) where the security breach is far worse. No longer, in his telling, is Signal just vulnerable to a human slip up where you add an unauthorized contact of yours, malicious actors can force their way into your chats.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Wow — Mike Waltz on Fox News suggests Jeffrey Goldberg somehow schemed his way into the Signal group instead of just being invited by accident

bad time to have a toddler

More Perfect Union@moreperfectunion.bsky.social

The CEO of Target says Trump’s Mexico tariffs could lead his company to raise produce prices in the next few days. Prices for strawberries, avocados and bananas could rise specifically, he says. www.cnbc.com/video/2025/0...

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this is a really an unfathomable level of evil “shut off all foreign aid” is of course just as evil but it’s a blunt instrument, where you don’t have to directly face the specific programs you’re killing but these little fucks were manually vetoing PEPFAR time and again

Brandon Wolf@brandonwolf.bsky.social

Remember when the WH insisted that global HIV prevention & treatment was exempt from the freeze? When it seemed MAYBE they understood that cutting off medicine could put the entire planet at risk of drug resistant HIV strains? Wrong. Elon Musk’s interns were simply shutting payments off manually.

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Take a step back, see what's happening. Trump took office and abruptly gave the richest guy on earth free rein to unmake the US government without any White House oversight or coordination. That guy has been publicly radicalized into an increasingly open white supremacist and conspiracy theorist.

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NEW — DOGE now has full access to HHS Payment Management System, I’ve learned. The system distributes almost $1 trillion per year in grants (largest in the govt) and supports all of NIH, CDC + many other public health initiatives. Musk guy Luke Farritor is actively delaying payments to recipients.

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Holy shit

Corey Rayburn Yung@coreyryung.bsky.social

This is a backdoor. Elon's coders are creating a backdoor into the US Treasury. This is incredibly dangerous both because of its intended use (by Elon and Trump) and the risk of other actors exploiting a major security vulnerability to cause a massive disruption to the US government.

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“Elon Musk is the president now” was underselling it Elon now has significantly more power over this country and everyone in it than any president ever has

Micah@rincewind.run

they’re going to do it this isn’t theoretical or hypothetical anymore, they are quite literally going to unilaterally stop the federal government from paying contractually obligated debts 1/5 of American GDP now rests on Elon Musk’s personal whims

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The NYT reported it finally so now we won't sound nuts to other people when we talk about the coup!

kate conger@kateconger.com

Our deep dive into Musk's takeover: Even some officials who like what Musk is doing feel helpless to hold him accountable. His allies are diving in to agencies, gaining access to systems, planning layoffs, and proposing a sweeping AI initiative to review contracts. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...

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Replying to @jamellebouie.net

simply repeating the straight reporting of what is happening in the executive branch makes you sound like you have lost your mind.

Why is Michael Flynn getting the Treasury downloads

Timothy Burke@bubbaprog.xyz

Lutheran Social Services is one of the largest employers in South Dakota, operating senior living facilities across the state. Republicans are shutting it down Perhaps more concerning is Mike Flynn, known foreign asset, having access to this data?

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