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Vida Latina :mastodonworld:<p>🏷️ <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NYT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NYT</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Infiltration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Infiltration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Government</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Data</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Gebbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gebbia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Coe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Vought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vought</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Hassen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hassen</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Holmes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Holmes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Moghaddassi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Moghaddassi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Russo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Legality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Legality</span></a></p><p>🎁 🔗 <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/07/us/politics/trump-musk-doge-interior-epa.html?unlocked_article_code=1.NE8.vEAP.kZv0rLD_Gbpa&amp;smid=url-share" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/06/07/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/trump-musk-doge-interior-epa.html?unlocked_article_code=1.NE8.vEAP.kZv0rLD_Gbpa&amp;smid=url-share</span></a></p>
beSpacific<p>New <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/OPM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OPM</span></a> Memorandum states - do not question <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/legality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>legality</span></a> of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/layoffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>layoffs</span></a> and <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/buyouts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>buyouts</span></a> of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/federal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>federal</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/employees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>employees</span></a> - this is <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascist</span></a> talk - ? everything and do not <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/comply" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>comply</span></a> - Feb 4 memo is here <a href="https://chcoc.gov/sites/default/files/OPM%20Memo%20Legality%20of%20Deferred%20Resignation%20Program%202-4-2025.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">chcoc.gov/sites/default/files/</span><span class="invisible">OPM%20Memo%20Legality%20of%20Deferred%20Resignation%20Program%202-4-2025.pdf</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/doge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>doge</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/govdocs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>govdocs</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/employment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>employment</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/unions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unions</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/contracts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>contracts</span></a></p>
MissConstrue<p>Ok gang, can we all agree I tried? I tried all day not to post news stuff. </p><p>But omg, sound the alarm bells! This is insanely bad from <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>infosec</span></a> , <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/legality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>legality</span></a>, <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/natsec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>natsec</span></a>, <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coup</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascist</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/takeover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>takeover</span></a> standpoints. This is straight out of the Hitler takeover of the Reichstag playbook. </p><p>Aides to <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/elonmusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>elonmusk</span></a> have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees... dates of birth, Social Security numbers, appraisals, home addresses, pay grades and length of service of government workers, the officials said.</p><p>"We have no visibility into what they are doing with the computer and data systems," one of the officials said. "That is creating great concern. There is no oversight. It creates real cybersecurity and hacking implications."</p><p>(neuters.de is an alternative front-end to reuters, minus javascripts, ads and other effluvia.)</p><p><a href="https://neuters.de/world/us/musk-aides-lock-government-workers-out-computer-systems-us-agency-sources-say-2025-01-31/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">neuters.de/world/us/musk-aides</span><span class="invisible">-lock-government-workers-out-computer-systems-us-agency-sources-say-2025-01-31/</span></a></p>
Vida Latina :mastodonworld:<p>📺 "“Profoundly Dangerous”: Public Citizen Sues Trump over Legality of Elon Musk-Led DOGE" ⤵️ </p><p>🔗 <a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2025/1/22/public_citizen" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">democracynow.org/2025/1/22/pub</span><span class="invisible">lic_citizen</span></a></p><p>🏷️ <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/PublicCitizens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicCitizens</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/LawSuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LawSuit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Legality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Legality</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Doge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Doge</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a></p>
Drop Bear<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://aus.social/@cathfyffe" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>cathfyffe</span></a></span> <br>If I recall correctly, Reynolds revealed that she had leaked to the media, confidential information obtained as part of the legal discovery process. Her justification was that she felt offended by something done by or on behalf of Higgins.</p><p>Apparently, what Reynolds did is not illegal. It should be. At the very least, it reflects Reynolds' character.</p><p><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> <br><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/BrittanyHiggins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrittanyHiggins</span></a> <br><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/LindaReynolds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LindaReynolds</span></a> <br><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/rape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rape</span></a> <br><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/vindictiveness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vindictiveness</span></a> <br><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <br><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/legality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>legality</span></a></p>
Aliceonboard<p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/legalaction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>legalaction</span></a> <br><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/legality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>legality</span></a><br>Dear legal scholars, is it possible to delay a presidential election? Just in order to see all the court cases through so we don't end up with a convicted felon in the White House? Since Trump is trying to game it by delaying his trials, can we counter with delaying the election? Has that even been done before?</p>
Steven Saus [he/him]uspol,reproduction
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>legality</span></a> of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ScheduleF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScheduleF</span></a> was never tested because Biden revoked the order before any federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a> were reclassified. But <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> has vowed to reinstate it if he returns to office in 2025 — &amp; his motivations, now, are openly <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/vengeful" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vengeful</span></a>. He has boasted that he will <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/purge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>purge</span></a> a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/federal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>federal</span></a> bureaucracy that he has disparaged as a “deep state” filled by “villains” like globalists, Marxists &amp; a “sick political class that hates our country.”</p>
Steven Saus [he/him]uspol