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ProPublicaTrump’s DOJ Has Frozen Police Reform Work. Advocates Fear More Abuse in Departments Across the Country. —Federal investigators had identified at least eight police departments with patterns of unlawful behavior. But Trump’s freeze on oversight activities leaves many reform efforts in the hands of local leaders. <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-doj-freeze-police-reform-abuse-phoenix-trenton-louisville-minneapolis?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-doj-freeze-police-reform-abuse-phoenix-trenton-louisville-minneapolis?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</a><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Police</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOJ</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Government</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPolitics</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Reform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Reform</a>

Paul Giulan<a href="https://federate.social/tags/Palantir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Palantir</a> Is helping <a href="https://federate.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> build an <a href="https://federate.social/tags/API" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#API</a> for accessing <a href="https://federate.social/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IRS</a> records <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/palantir-doge-irs-mega-api-data/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.wired.com/story/palantir-doge-irs-mega-api-data/</a><a href="https://federate.social/tags/engineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#engineering</a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/engineer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#engineer</a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/API" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#API</a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#data</a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/hackathon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hackathon</a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/databases" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#databases</a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/database" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#database</a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#programming</a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/taxpayer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#taxpayer</a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialSecurity</a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tax</a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/taxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#taxes</a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#software</a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#government</a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ArtificialIntelligence</a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Treasury</a>

ProPublicaNOAA Scientists Are Cleaning Bathrooms and Reconsidering Lab Experiments After Contracts for Basic Services Expire —A Seattle lab has lost janitorial services, hazardous waste support, IT and building maintenance as it waits for the Commerce Department secretary to personally approve all contracts over $100,000. <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/noaa-contracts-seattle-lab?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.propublica.org/article/noaa-contracts-seattle-lab?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</a><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Seattle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Seattle</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/NOAA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NOAA</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Science</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Government</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPolitics</a>

50501 ChicagoThey want us hopeless. They want us gone. Instead… we show up. We shout. We march. We rise! Because together, when the world tries to crush us, joy becomes our shield. And we won’t let them take it away from us.Join us April 19th. Daley Plaza. 12–2 PM for THE PEOPLE’S PROTEST: Joy as Resistance. And don’t forget, we are the 4th branch of <a href="https://mas.to/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#government</a>. And we won’t be silenced.<a href="https://mas.to/tags/50501movement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#50501movement</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/50501chicago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#50501chicago</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#protest</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#resist</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Chicago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Chicago</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/event" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#event</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/handsoff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#handsoff</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/america" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#america</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/illinois" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#illinois</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/peace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#peace</a>

Martijn 🇪🇺🇳🇱Trump suggested that he'd only accept <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tariff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tariff</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/negotiations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#negotiations</a> with the EU if the EU commits to paying a large, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/yearly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#yearly</a> sum of money.We have a word for that: <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tribute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tribute</a><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> expects / demands the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EU</a> to pay tribute to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a>.Just <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fuckoff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fuckoff</a> already!I'm not one to agree with the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Chinese</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#government</a> often, but they called it nicely: the US is a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bully" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bully</a>.<a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@EUCommission</a> if you guys <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/negotiate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#negotiate</a>, you might as well start licking his boots and pay tribute.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/freetrade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#freetrade</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/trade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trade</a>

Red the BeanHow useful is a democratic process contained by, and therefore ultimately determined and constrained by, an autocratic macrostructure?<a href="https://mas.to/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geopolitics</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/MonetaryPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MonetaryPolicy</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democracy</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#government</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#philosophy</a>

ProPublicaThe bipartisan ask for an investigation comes after staffers at 18 crisis centers told ProPublica payments were delayed for months and led to cuts, some of which continue to limit urgent, potentially lifesaving services. <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/north-carolina-human-trafficking-commission-funding-investigation-call?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.propublica.org/article/north-carolina-human-trafficking-commission-funding-investigation-call?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</a><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/NorthCarolina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NorthCarolina</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Government</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Law</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Money</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Funding</a>

William Lindsey :toad:"It’s far more an attack on the real diversity that characterizes today’s America, the real equity that a nation can aspire to, the real inclusion that marks a healthy society."<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tariffs</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/destruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#destruction</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#government</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/diversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#diversity</a> /8

William Lindsey :toad:"It’s not a moment for national pride that [Maya] Angelou’s [I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings] is being purged from a military academy.And it is a moment to acknowledge that the attack on DEI by the Trump administration, and by many on today’s right, is not some kind of good-faith reconsideration of the excesses of the DEI industry over the last couple of decades."~ William Kristol<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tariffs</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/destruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#destruction</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#government</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/diversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#diversity</a> /7<a href="https://www.thebulwark.com/p/pete-hegseth-maya-aneglou-naval-academy-caged-bird-sings-dei" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.thebulwark.com/p/pete-hegseth-maya-aneglou-naval-academy-caged-bird-sings-dei</a>

William Lindsey :toad:"There is a curious 'coincidence' about the firing of the Director of the National Security Agency and his top career deputy and the Trump Sneak Attack on the global stock market that resulted in nothing less than the Economic Pearl Harbor we are finding ourselves in today."~ Malcolm Nance<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tariffs</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/destruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#destruction</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#government</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NationalSecurity</a> /6<a href="https://malcolmnance.substack.com/p/we-are-under-attack-trumps-economic" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://malcolmnance.substack.com/p/we-are-under-attack-trumps-economic</a>

William Lindsey :toad:"His tariff regime isn’t based on material calculations; it’s not really meant to shift wealth to oligarchs, or to enrich billionaires, or to boost US industry. Instead, tariffs are a response to his own endlessly repeated self-aggrandizing fascist lies.The rest of the world is out to get us. We must conquer them. It’s a story Trump likes to tell himself."~ Noah Berlatsky<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tariffs</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/destruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#destruction</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#government</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democracy</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MAGA</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a> /5<a href="https://www.everythingishorrible.net/p/how-fascism-explains-trumps-tariffs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.everythingishorrible.net/p/how-fascism-explains-trumps-tariffs</a>

William Lindsey :toad:"When we see the charts of a straight downward trajectory, they also summarize what’s happening with cancer and Alzheimer’s research, academic freedom, national security, basic rights, the rule of law, America’s standing in the world, and so much more. If we could measure each, they would all look the same.Trump’s chaos, extremism and incompetence are destroying them all."~ David Pepper<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tariffs</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/destruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#destruction</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#government</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a> /4<a href="https://davidpepper.substack.com/p/trumps-stick-up" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://davidpepper.substack.com/p/trumps-stick-up</a>

William Lindsey :toad:"For the past few days everyone has understandably been focused on tariffs and the destruction of the world trading system. But in the long run, and maybe much sooner than that, the dire impacts of tariffs may be matched by the havoc Trumpism is wreaking in other areas."~ Paul Krugman<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tariffs</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/destruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#destruction</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#government</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democracy</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MAGA</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Project2025</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a> /3<a href="https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/attack-of-the-quack-industrial-complex" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/attack-of-the-quack-industrial-complex</a>

William Lindsey :toad:"This time, he has a plan, just as he had a plan—that even I mocked at the time—to win by targeting disaffected young white males in a way no major party ever had."<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tariffs</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/destruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#destruction</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#government</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democracy</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MAGA</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Project2025</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a> /2

William Lindsey :toad:Multiple commentators today note that while we focus on Trump's attempt to crash the economy, we mustn't forget his and his followers' intent to crash everything around us.Jason Sattler:"If you work from the assumption that Donald Trump knows what he's doing and all he's doing is trying to break democracy to maximize his domination of America and the free world, everything becomes much more straightforward."<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tariffs</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/destruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#destruction</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#government</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democracy</a> /1<a href="https://thecause.substack.com/p/why-the-plan-behind-trumps-tyranny" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://thecause.substack.com/p/why-the-plan-behind-trumps-tyranny</a>

Zhi Zhu 🕸️"Tens of thousands of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/protesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#protesters</a> mustered in cities and towns across the country on Saturday to sound off against the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> administration's cuts to the federal <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#government</a> and its policies.Carrying homemade posters and chanting "Hands Off," the protesters came out to the more than 1,200 rallies nationwide despite rain in many cities" <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/huge-crowds-gather-hands-off-rallies-nationwide-protest/story?id=120523176" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/huge-crowds-gather-hands-off-rallies-nationwide-protest/story?id=120523176</a><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Resist</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Resistance</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Protest</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Protests</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/HandsOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HandsOff</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GOP</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialSecurity</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GeorgeWashington" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GeorgeWashington</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Congress</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a>

Zhi Zhu 🕸️“This mass mobilization day is our message to the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/world" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#world</a> that we do not consent to the destruction of our <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#government</a> & our <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#economy</a> for the benefit of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> & his billionaire allies,” according to the event description for the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/HandsOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HandsOff</a> protest. “Alongside <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Americans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Americans</a> across the country, we are marching, rallying, & protesting to demand a stop [to] the chaos & build an opposition movement against the looting of our country.” <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-04-05/rump-protests-kick-off-in-l-a-and-around-the-nation" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-04-05/rump-protests-kick-off-in-l-a-and-around-the-nation</a><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Resist</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Resistance</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Protest</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a>

Zhi Zhu 🕸️"Opponents of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DonaldTrump</a> and billionaire <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a> rallied across the U.S. on Saturday to protest the administration's actions on <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#government</a> downsizing, the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#economy</a>, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HumanRights</a> and other issues.More than 1,200 <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/HandsOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HandsOff</a> demonstrations were planned by more than 150 groups, including <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CivilRights</a> organizations, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#labor</a> unions, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/LBGTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LBGTQ</a>+ advocates, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/veterans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#veterans</a> and elections activists." <a href="https://abc7.com/post/us-politics-hands-off-protests-president-donald-trump-billionaire-elon-musk-underway-united-states/16131309/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://abc7.com/post/us-politics-hands-off-protests-president-donald-trump-billionaire-elon-musk-underway-united-states/16131309/</a><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Resist</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Resistance</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Protest</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Protests</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GOP</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a>

Zhi Zhu 🕸️"And then today, across the country, millions of people turned out for <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/HandsOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HandsOff</a> protests...In <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SanFrancisco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SanFrancisco</a>, where Buddy and I joined a protest, what jumped out to me was how many of the signs in the crowd called for the protection of the U.S. Constitution, our institutions, and the government agencies that keep us safe." -Heather Cox Richardson <a href="https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/april-5-2025" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/april-5-2025</a><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Resist</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Resistance</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Protest</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#California</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/HeatherCoxRichardson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HeatherCoxRichardson</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Constitution</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Government</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ProtestSigns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ProtestSigns</a>

ProPublicaTrump Said Cuts Wouldn’t Affect Public Safety. Then He Fired Hundreds of Workers Who Help Fight Wildfires. —The White House and DOGE have sought to eliminate thousands of jobs from the Forest Service. The wildland firefighting force is one of many targets within the agency. <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-doge-cuts-forest-service-firefighting?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-doge-cuts-forest-service-firefighting?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</a><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Wildfire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wildfire</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Forest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Forest</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Safety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Safety</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Government</a>

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