This is an insane story. The DOGE whistleblower who said that login attempts were made to the NLRB from Russian IP addresses minutes after DOGE got access had his brake lines cut and photos of him walking his dog from a drone taped to his door after Musk attacked him on Twitter
Update: The House Armed Services Committee just rejected an amendment that would have removed this provision. A recorded vote was NOT requested, meaning the American public will never know which Members supported or opposed this pivotal legislation.
"At a time when the American public is expressing unprecedented levels of distrust in the Israeli government, Congress just proposed tying the U.S. to the Israeli military more than ever before."
Here's the story: 🧵
@tripleaaagold@Leonardaisfunny@grok Hezbollah doesn’t have a dark money group spending on our elections. They also aren’t spending money trying to lobby our government to infiltrate our military.
@EthanLevins2@MuslimMarine Dual citizenship holders with ANY nation should be banned from serving in Congress without permanently renouncing foreign citizenship
Why do people reverse into parking spaces?
At first it was one or two misdirected fools, now it's spreading like a disease.
It makes no sense. You are only making it so much harder for yourself, and everyone hates you as you block the road trying to get into the space.
Something underreported: In their reconciliation bill, Republicans are forgoing the normal oversight and restrictions on ICE/CBP funding.
For instance, normally there’s a prohibition on shackling pregnant women. But not for this new money they’re providing. (1/3)
🚨 The House just voted 218-204 to move forward on the discharge petition to provide military aid to Ukraine and impose tough sanctions on Russia. The House will vote on final passage tomorrow. This is our Churchill moment and we must pass the test.
@iFightForKids @Griffin_Smith0 @LegacyProgramVP@WSMV Sure. But that’s not the legal standard for self defense with a firearm. You must not be a party or instigator to an argument prior. Clearly taught in carry permit classes. Flip a guy off in traffic, he brake checks you, you get out and he assaults you, you shoot, conviction.
SEN. @RonWyden: “Trump has set the new high water mark for public corruption… everybody in 🇺🇸 is subject to IRS audit except the Trumps. I take it as an admission of his own guilt when it comes to tax cheating. Trumps have stuffed every dollar they can into their pockets.”
Yesterday Donald Trump tripled the size of his personal political army inside the government. Illegally. And almost no one noticed.
Here's what happened:
He signed an order converting ~8,000 of the most senior career officials in government into employees he can fire for any reason, or no reason at all.
These aren't rando's. They're the directors, chiefs of staff, and the people who write the rules or decide who gets federal money, i.e. the lieutenants right below his political appointees.
Until yesterday, they answered to the law. Now they answer to him.
A president normally gets ~4,000 political appointees. People he can bring into government and fire at will. I was one of them at DHS. You serve at his pleasure, full stop -- so if you're gonna speak truth to power, you're prepared to quit (or get fired if he doesn't like it).
The rest of the federal government is PROTECTED from firing if they tell the truth.
But Trump just stripped those protections. Adding 8,000 more people to his personal army. Overnight. Without asking Congress.
With the stroke of a pen, those people now serve at the pleasure of the president. They're "his" people, whether they like it or not.
And the chilling effect is real. An official who can be fired this afternoon for "subversion of presidential directives" (the order's own words) doesn't need to be hand-picked to know what's expected of him or her.
The threat does all the work.
By the way, this order is illegal. The law only lets Trump reclassify jobs when "necessary" in exceptional circumstances. And this blows an 8,000-person hole in the merit hiring / firing system created by Congress.
Without permission, Trump has created a whole new category of stormtroopers inside the Executive Branch.
If this doesn't get challenged in court, you're going to see the U.S. government become a very different place.
Here's the full story: https://t.co/mJzrvzhxGR
Netanyahu was directly and personally involved in illegally obtaining and smuggling our nuclear technology out of the US through Richard Kelly Smyth’s fraudulent front company. Google “Netanyahu Project Pinto”
Israel is our greatest ally and a beacon of democracy and free markets in the Middle East.
Working with Israel through trade and defense agreements will ensure both the US and Israel benefit from our partnership.
"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.” — Benjamin Franklin
DON’T SPY ON ME!