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Apr 9
Here's the rule the House just passed for taking up its budget resolution -- with a provision preventing any House member from filing a disapproval resolution on Trump's tariffs through Sept. 30.

See #6. They're insulating Trump's tariffs from being canceled by themselves. Image
I know this reads like a bunch of procedural jargon.

In normal speak, what is happening here is the House is getting ready to vote to begin debate on its budget resolution -- and when it does, it is also voting to BAR ITSELF from taking action to stop Trump's tariffs.
Dems seizing on this provision being tucked into the rule for the budget res:

“A vote for this rule is a vote for Trump’s tariffs," says Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.). “Anyone who claims to want to retake congressional authority over trade and tariffs must vote against this rule."
Read 7 tweets
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Mar 31
In House Rules Committee hearing, Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) rips the GOP for moving forward with the SAVE Act, a bill that makes it harder for eligible voters to register to vote.

"The SAVE Act is a voter suppression bill," he says. "That's all it is." Image
McGovern says ~69M women who married + took partner's names don't have a birth certificate matching their legal name.

"Nothing in this bill guarantees they could use marriage licenses ... to prove their ID," he says.
"It's about taking away the right of women to vote, plain and simple," McGovern says of the SAVE Act.
Read 12 tweets
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Feb 26
NEW: Trump admin has ordered all federal agencies to submit plans for "large-scale" firings no later than March 13, per a new memo from OMB director Russ Vought.

Copy of memo in here:
huffpost.com/entry/trump-di…
ALL federal agency heads are being directed to hollow out their teams by mid-March by...

-upholding Trump's hiring freeze
-removing "underperforming employees"
-reducing headcount through attrition
-revisiting collective bargaining agreements that "inhibit" government efficiency
This order is the equivalent of wearing a blindfold + smashing everything, without knowing what you're smashing or who it hurts.

Vought's justification: "The American people registered their verdict on the bloated, corrupt federal bureaucracy on Nov 5, 2024 by voting for Trump."
Read 4 tweets
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Feb 11
Just got off the phone with Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), who said Elon Musk's DOGE team is "actively dismantling" federal Department of Education programs today.

"They are in the building, on the 6th floor, canceling grants and contracts."
Stansbury says her understanding is the Trump admin "has been running drills for the last couple of weeks, planning for this."

She also said she expects that "the Department of Education is going to potentially be dissolved in the coming days."

And yes, this is illegal.
"It’s not legal. They know it's not legal. But they're doing it anyway," said Stansbury.

"The only recourse we have right now is to to go the courts."
Read 9 tweets
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Feb 11
A federal employee who works on intel matters says Elon Musk's DOGE team was at the Defense Intel Agency over the weekend.

Today, some DIA leaders were asked to send a full list of personnel to OPM tied to any DEI issues.

Including intel officials undercover or embedded.
For non-governmental folks: OPM = the Office of Personnel Management, the massive human resources agency for the federal government.
A DIA spokesperson says it is not true that a DOGE team was at DIA over the weekend.

This is counter to what a DIA employee shared with me privately.

Will continue to poke around.
Read 4 tweets
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Jan 8
Hawaii Gov. Josh Green met with Dem and GOP senators today, warning them not to confirm RFK as HHS secretary and describing RFK's role in spreading anti-vax misinformation in 2019 in Samoa that resulted in dozens of children dying from the measles. huffpost.com/entry/hawaii-g…
Green, who is a physician, described the role he played in racing to vaccinate people in Samoa as RFK fueled anti-vax disinformation that drove down the measles vaccination rate to 31%.

“This is an absolute life-or-death decision" to confirm RFK as HHS secretary, Green warned.
“A celebrity with no public health experience named Robert F. Kennedy Jr. went to Samoa.... He discouraged them from vaccinating," said Green.

"And what happens when you discourage individuals from vaccinating? When they’re afraid, a lot of them refuse to get vaccinated."
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