Chuck Darwin<p>Judge in Alien Enemies Act case to oversee case about Signal chat</p><p>The judge who the government has argued can't be trusted with sensitive information in the Alien Enemies Act case <br>-- has been assigned to a case about top government officials appearing to share sensitive information on the commercial messaging application Signal. </p><p>U.S. District Court Judge James <a href="https://c.im/tags/Boasberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Boasberg</span></a> in the District of Columbia has been assigned to oversee the case of American Oversight against top officials involved in a Signal group chat about an attack in Yemen. <br>The lawsuits seeks to make sure the officials are not using the app to get around federal record-keeping requirements. <br>“Messages in the Signal chat about official government actions, including, but not limited to, national security deliberations, are <a href="https://c.im/tags/federal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>federal</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/records" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>records</span></a> and must be preserved in accordance with federal statutes, and agency directives, rules, and regulations,” the plaintiffs argue. <br>Tulsi <a href="https://c.im/tags/Gabbard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gabbard</span></a> is one of the defendants in the case, and used the suit as argument for why she couldn't answer some questions about the group chat in today's House hearing. <br>"As a result of that pending litigation, I'm limited in my ability to comment further" on the case, she testified. <br><a href="https://c.im/tags/Boasberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Boasberg</span></a> is overseeing a separate civil case in which alleged Venezuelan gang members have sued to stop from being deported under Trump's invocation of the rarely used Alien Enemies Act. </p><p>The administration has refused to answer some of the judge's questions about the initial March 15 deportations in the case and suggested in a filing it did not believe the court could be trusted with such sensitive information<br><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/live-blog/trump-administration-ratcliffe-gabbard-election-ukraine-live-updates-rcna197446#rcrd75527" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nbcnews.com/politics/trump-adm</span><span class="invisible">inistration/live-blog/trump-administration-ratcliffe-gabbard-election-ukraine-live-updates-rcna197446#rcrd75527</span></a></p>
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NATO clarifies comments that four missing US soldiers had died during training in Lithuania | Ap https://www.byteseu.com/870323/ #ap #disasters_and_accidents #Europe #federal #Military #NATO #president #US #World
Video: Canada’s election campaign begins with leaders focusing on standing up to Trump https://www.byteseu.com/857162/ #call #Canada #election #federal
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GOP Senator Slams Republicans for Being “Afraid” of Elon Musk
Senator Lisa Murkowski has some harsh words for her party.
https://newrepublic.com/post/192950/lisa-murkowski-republicans-afraid-elon-musk
"Senator Lisa Murkowski called out the #tech oligarch in a #press conference... She criticized the mass firing of #federal employees and freezing of federal #funding...
She told reporters... that she knows her willingness to criticize #Musk will likely come with #consequences."
Why the Fed is in a tough spot with its interest rate decisions https://www.byteseu.com/845670/ #Barclays #Bonds #donald #DonaldTrump #Economics #economy #EconomyNews #federal #FederalReserveSystem #financial #FinancialMarketsNews #fiscal #FiscalPolicyNews #import #ImportTariffs #investing #Markets #Negative #News #Overall #OverallNegative #point #Policy #reserve #stocks #StocksU0026Bonds #system #tariffs #the #to #ToThePoint #trump #u0026
Trump on Tuesday fired the only two Democratic members of the #Federal #Trade #Commission,
handing the remaining Republican commissioners exclusive control over the body that oversees antitrust and consumer protection laws.
Commissioners Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Slaughter announced on the social media site X on Tuesday evening that they were fired,
both asserting that their firings were illegal.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/03/18/two-democratic-commissioners-fired-ftc/
The Washington Post · Two Democratic commissioners fired from FTC
#lies #corruption #fraud #waste #abuse = Musk + DOGE - See How #Musk & #DOGE Team Inflated, Deleted and Rewrote Its Savings Claims - His "wall of receipts" for contracts cancelled is instead a mass falsification and fabrication of inflated savings, non existent savings and just big lies. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/upshot/musk-doge-changes-deletions.html #where is #congress #constitution separation of powers #democracy #courts #lawsuits #politics #maga #firings #federal #government
The New York Times · See How Elon Musk’s Team Inflated, Deleted and Rewrote Its Savings Claims
I am a #hillbilly. From #Appalachia. And here’s the elegy for #rural localities from the folks they elected.
As much as $1 out of every $5 of public budgets in #rural #virginia counties comes from…taking money from rich states outside VA and sending it through the #federal gummint to #rural localities. More pronounced after 2020.
Common weal in the #commonwealth.
Aka wealth redistribution.
Aka the S word.
You’re welcome, y’all.
“Have you EVER said thank you (JD)?!?!?”
How DOGE’s Cuts to the IRS Threaten to Cost More Than DOGE Will Ever Save
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The Trump administration claims gutting federal agencies will save money, but cutting the IRS means the government collects less taxes. “If you’re interested in the deficit and curbing it, why would you cut back on the revenue side?” one expert asks.
https://www.propublica.org/article/how-doge-irs-cuts-will-cost-more-than-savings-trump-musk-deficit?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
ProPublicaHow DOGE’s Cuts to the IRS Threaten to Cost More Than DOGE Will Ever Save
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shut the fuck up #musk
"Shareholders are using Musk’s own words against him, asking what five things he’s done for them in a reference to his #DOGE team’s controversial email to #federal employees. The stock dipped on Thursday for the sixth straight trading session."
"Please share five things you did for #Tesla shareholders this week,” Jerry Avenaim posted on Wednesday, with a graph showing the poor performance of the stock. “Or are you working remotely? Asking for all of us.”
Maga Fascist GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says "federal workers don't deserve their jobs or paychecks
#Federal employees do not deserve their jobs. Federal employees do not deserve their paychecks, and these are jobs that can be fired at will,” she claimed during a hearing of the House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform #GOPDEATHCULT #ArrestAllTheGOPTraitors #trumpeconomycrash #FAFO https://thenationaldesk.com/news/americas-news-now/marjorie-taylor-greene-says-federal-workers-dont-deserve-their-jobs-or-paychecks
The National Desk · Marjorie Taylor Greene says federal workers don't deserve their jobs or paychecksRep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., said Tuesday federal workers don’t deserve their jobs.
Mass #Federal #Layoffs May Imperil Crops, Cattle and Pets
The terminations, which hit agencies involved in protecting the nation’s food supply and agricultural products, could have long-lasting consequences, experts said.
The recent wave of mass firings hit federal workers responding to the nation’s growing #birdflu #outbreak, protecting c#rops from damaging pests and ensuring the safety of pet food and #medicine, among other critical duties.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/science/trump-plant-animal-health.html
https://archive.ph/lKyF9
The New York Times · Mass Federal Firings May Imperil Pets, Cattle and Crops
We've had the greatest #mail carrier several years, so I just went outside to tell him we care about him and are worried about him, that we're sorry the #federal #government is a mess right now and that everyone in their house is on our side.
He was clearly touched.
Tell them we are on their side.
As #GOP Eyes #Medicaid Cuts to pay for #Trump’s Agenda, States Could be Left With Vast Shortfalls
#Republicans have proposed lowering the #federal share of #costs for Medicaid expansions, which could reshape the program by gutting one of the #AffordableCareAct’s major provisions.
#law #USpol #HealthInsurance #health #medicine #senoirs #children #LowIncome #poverty #HealthcareInequity #inequity
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/us/politics/medicaid-cuts-republican-budget.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=9ED408CD-0835-4780-ABA7-FEBCBDF24F48
The New York Times · Slashing Medicaid to Pay for Trump’s Tax Cuts Could Lead to Vast State Shortfalls
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- French: fédéral
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- Italian: federale
- Portuguese: federal
- Spanish: federal
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