Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

The Secy claimed , located within walking distance of the US Capitol, had “fallen into disrepair” when it should be a “point of pride” for the city.

said last week he wants $2 billion from to *beautify* as part of his *crackdown* on the city. Trump has sent thousands of & federal LEOs into Washington in a bid to fight *violent crime* he claimed had strangled the city.
Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago
#Trump extends federal #takeover of #DC

#Transportation Secy Sean Duffy announced Wednesday that his department is taking management of #UnionStation, the main transportation hub in #Washington, away from #Amtrak, in another example of how the #FederalGovernment is exerting its #power over the nation’s capital.

#law#US #military#NationalGuard#WashingtonDC#HomeRule#MilitaryState #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #coup#TrumpCoup2
https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-8-27-2025
Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai (and 1 other) recently replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

The #Transportation Secy claimed #UnionStation, located within walking distance of the US Capitol, had “fallen into disrepair” when it should be a “point of pride” for the city.

#Trump said last week he wants $2 billion from #Congress to beautify #Washington as part of his crackdown on the city. Trump has sent thousands of #NationalGuard #troops & federal LEOs into Washington in a bid to fight violent crime he claimed had strangled the city.

#law#DC#HomeRule#MilitaryState #tyranny
Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 7 days ago
#Trump puts #FEMA employees put on leave after criticizing the administration in open letter
About 180 current & former FEMA staffers sent a letter on Monday to members of #Congress & other officials protesting the agency’s leadership & direction.

#EmergencyManagement#Climate#ExtremeWeather#PublicDisservice#FederalGovernment #law #labor #kakistocracy #idiocracy
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/08/26/fema-employees-leave-trump-administration-letter/
Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai replied  ·  activity timestamp 7 days ago

The #Trump admin placed #FEMA employees on leave Tuesday after they signed an open letter of #dissent about the agency’s leadership….
About 180 current & former FEMA staffers sent a letter on Monday to members of #Congress & other officials, arguing the current leaders’ inexperience & approach harms FEMA’s mission & could result in a #disaster on the level of #HurricaneKatrina.

#NaturalDisasters#Climate#ExtremeWeather#PublicDisservice#FederalGovernment #law #labor #kakistocracy #idiocracy
Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 7 days ago
#Trump puts #FEMA employees put on leave after criticizing the administration in open letter
About 180 current & former FEMA staffers sent a letter on Monday to members of #Congress & other officials protesting the agency’s leadership & direction.

#EmergencyManagement#Climate#ExtremeWeather#PublicDisservice#FederalGovernment #law #labor #kakistocracy #idiocracy
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/08/26/fema-employees-leave-trump-administration-letter/

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NEW: The House Oversight Committee has deepened its probe into the federal government’s investigation of the late, disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, issuing a subpoena to his estate for an array of documents.

The documents sitting on Bondi’s desk in the biggest cover-up in American history.

The cover-up of his BFF Epstein's child rape, child sex trafficking ring case #Epstein Files

https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/25/politics/epstein-estate-subpoena-oversight-committee

#EpsteinFiles#EpsteinCoverUp#usa #congress
Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp last week

A federal judge in #Maine declined on Monday to block the #government from stripping #Medicaid #funding from one of Maine’s largest #abortion providers, finding that to do so would override “the will of the people as expressed by Congress.”

At issue is a provision of the tax & spending bill Congress passed in July that would deny abortion providers Medicaid funding even for #health services other than performing abortions.

#law
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/us/politics/maine-judge-abortion-funding-blocked.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

In a blunt, 19-page opinion, Judge Lance E. Walker of the Federal District Court in #Maine wrote that particularly after the #SCOTUS decision in 2022 that overturned Roe v. Wade, he could neither consider #abortion services a constitutional right nor stop #Congress from advancing laws to defund organizations that provide them.

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.med.68510/gov.uscourts.med.68510.31.0.pdf

#law#Medicaid #healthcare