Trump administration fires top US general and Navy chief in unprecedented purge of military leadership
In an unprecedented purge of the military’s senior leadership Friday night, President Donald Trump fired the top US general just moments before his defense secretary fired the chief of the US Navy and the vice chief of the Air Force.
By Oren Liebermann and Haley Britzky for CNN, Feb 22nd, 2025
Here’s the email everyone is getting from OPM. Embarrassing stuff.
— Dave Levitan (@davelevitan.bsky.social) February 22, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Anxiety Mounts Among Social Security Recipients as DOGE Troops Settle In
Elon Musk’s team has descended on an already understaffed Social Security Administration, which now faces further workforce cuts and closures of vital local offices. The consequences could be significant for millions of the most vulnerable Americans.
By Eli Hager for ProPublica, Feb 22nd, 2025
DOGE staffer Gavin Kliger has amplified Nick Fuentes & called for a pardon of Derek Chauvin. As of 2/7/25, Kliger was still employed by Databricks—backed by DOGE advisor Marc Andreessen’s VC firm, which has hired Daniel Penny (recently acquitted of manslaughter re: a Black man’s death) 2/7/25 1/
— Jenny Cohn (@jennycohn.bsky.social) February 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Opinion: Trump emulates Hitler in seeking to erase transgender people
Trump, Musk, and Vance have gone to great lengths to copy and condone the barbarism and savagery of Hitler and the Nazi party.
by John Casey for the Advocate, Feb 21st, 2025
Elon just sent us all an email demanding a 5-bullet progress report by EOD Monday. FEDS please hold for Altgov guidance. Meanwhile, help us draft our report: 1. Held convos without pronouns 2. Practiced Roman salute 3. Checked genitals in bathroom 4. Burned all books 5. Threw out all spoons
— Alt CDC (they/them) (@altcdc.bsky.social) February 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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A Great Resegregation
The Trump administration’s attacks on DEI are aimed at reversing the civil-rights movement.
By Adam Serwer for the Alantic, Feb 22nd, 2025
Please reply with approx 5 bullets you say
— benjamin (@benjamino.bsky.social) February 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Federal prisons prep to move trans inmates as early as next week
The Bureau of Prisons is pushing ahead with plans to move transgender inmates out of prisons that align with their gender identity and into facilities corresponding to their sex at birth.
by Jaclyn Diaz for NPR, Feb 21st, 2025