February 10, 2025 From the American Bar Association – The ABA supports the rule of law. We have seen attempts at wholesale dismantling of departments and entities created by Congress without seeking the required congressional approval to change the law. There are efforts to dismiss employees with little regard for the law and protections they […]
letters to reps
No to data center corporate welfare.
Data centers don’t need to be subsidized as businesses that need them and will build them either way. There is zero justification for giving taxpayer giveaways to big tech companies and cryptocurrency tycoons to build their data centers. Boondoggle – Big Tech’s AI Blackmail State and local data center extortion is going national. Pat Garofalo […]
Pennsylvania out on a limb.
Do people even understand that federal funds are still frozen?
Steve Bannon to the left of NPR on Medicaid cuts.
Medicaid funding is a foundation of a great deal of Northeastern Pennsylvania, but we can’t be complacent that our politicians won’t take marching orders from tycoons like Elon Musk. More uninsured people racking up medical debt they can never ever pay off never made anything better in America for those people or anyone else. NPR […]
5G mmWave was big hype by big telecom -so many bought inferior and or more expensive phones for nothin.
The big telecoms and big tech companies need to be broken up.
Mechanical scams are drinking up our fresh water.
Public safety with regards to life sustaining water supply should override any trade interest any company might have.
DOGE employee’s past cyber breach and hacker gang activity.
Strange choice of inexperienced employees for an elite forensic accounting operation looking for fraud and waste. There are actual forensic accountants.
The tycoons want us all to live in their authoritarian company towns instead of free communities.
Nobody voted for Elon Musk and what is he doing with American data? I’ve worked for government, and one big rule in government work is that you sign agreements that you understand that you can’t attach anything to government computers. You’re not even supposed to plug in a USB spotlight lamp to government equipment. There’s […]
AI is not the answer to human problems.
Going all in on vaporware is a bad idea – especially gambling on this with taxpayer money.
Schools don’t have to overturn ADA compliance based on White House central government DEI edicts.
That isn’t the American way things work, but people elected to school boards may not be familiar with Schoolhouse Rock.
DEI initiatives being targeted for elimination are in place for adherence to disability accessibility laws.
The media should be asking stuff like “What are these agencies doing in place of DEI initiatives to comply with ADA law?” because that’s what it comes down to.
Trump administration’s central government email plan raises red flags.
Ken Klippenstein said that the new comms system made it possible for him to message the entirety of NOAA. That sounds off.
Donald Trump has repeatedly wrong economic advisor Kevin Hassett working on bird flu.
Kevin Hassett is an economist with a history of being way wrong. At a press briefing, the Trump administration spokesperson Karoline Leavitt explicitly blamed the egg prices on the Biden administration’s Department of Agriculture quote “directing the mass killing of 100 million chickens.” Of course this was because of avian influenza and the threat posed […]
Trump administration attempts to impound appropriations under the responsibility of Congress.
The odd memo out of the White House that started freezing access to Medicaid portals and threatened to shut down daycares is some pretty wild overreach…
Bizarre RFKJR confirmation hearing.
RFKJr is a terrible anti-vaxxer. But there are so many other problems as well with him taking over the entirety of the federal healthcare in the US. The threat can’t be overstated.
NDAs are a persistent problem, used often to cover up wrongdoing.
“the plaintiff and the defendant working cooperatively to use that to transfer funds legally, totally legally, and to then lock that fund transfer behind an NDA”
Online communities centered around products, services, or investments are a threat to money, time, and social networks.
I recommend watching this youtube documentary about Bed Bath & Beyond memestock community it’s sad and fascinating and unfortunately all too familiar because this type of thing seems to be widespread.
Trump administration RTO – taking modern workplaces back to the Dark Ages.
‘Return to in-Person Work’ Directive Thin on Details – Published: January 21, 2025 By: FEDweek Staff It reads in its entirety: “Heads of all departments and agencies in the executive branch of government shall, as soon as practicable, take all necessary steps to terminate remote work arrangements and require employees to return to work in-person at […]
Trump admin executive order lets tech tycoon villains do secret unsafe AI programs.
I don’t think tech tycoons ought to have complete opacity to run whatever AI stuff out there that they want to.
Deregulation is another way of saying buyer beware.
I’ve also heard it said a few times that it should just be called “re-regulation” because in fact what so-called deregulation does is just switch the regulation from protecting consumers to protecting bad actors.
Tax prep company lobbying to get Donald Trump to kill IRS Direct File.
Nearly 30 House Republicans are asking President-elect Donald Trump to stop the IRS free tax filing service, Direct File, on day one of his new administration.
Trump administration hides critical health and safety information from the public.
Why is the Trump administration locking down public safety information from the federal health agencies?