Trump's DERP State

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Confirmation Hearings for the Trump's incredibly bad choices for cabinet leadership positions.  Traitors, drunks, rapists, pet killers and television personalities were the first choice of the mentally ill old man.  

My Senator, Dan Sullivan is all over his social media singing the praises of these folk so we should expect most of them to be confirmed.   

Hegseths hearing should be starting about now.  

 

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NutmeggeRN said:

She is not qualified either...

This off the record, shadow government set up in the Trump administration is cool, isn't it?  

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German news outlet Der Spiegel reported Wednesday that not only were Trump's officials communicating via Signal, their cell phone numbers can be found online.

Hegseth, National Security Advisor Mike Waltz and Gabbard all had their private data, passwords and cell phone numbers leaked and can be found online, the publication said.

"Most of the publicly accessible numbers and email addresses are likely still being used by those affected," the report said. "Some are linked to profiles on Instagram and LinkedIn, among others. Dropbox accounts and profiles in apps that track traffic data were created with them. WhatsApp profiles, and in some cases even Signal accounts, can be found for the respective phone numbers. The research therefore reveals another serious security vulnerability in Washington that was previously unknown."

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-national-security-2671525757/

Would it be funny if it wasn't so dead serious?  The shadow government Derp State its very sloppy.  

The USA is incredibly vulnerable right now.  

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https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/28/fema-blocks-disaster-aid-immigrants-00256910

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The Federal Emergency Management Agency has frozen nearly $10 billion in disaster aid for nonprofits including hospitals as it seeks to identify funding that could be used to help undocumented migrants, according to agency documents obtained by POLITICO's E&E News.

The blocked money had been approved for nongovernmental organizations to rebuild their own facilities after a disaster and to provide services such as short-term housing to survivors.

They will hurt already hurt people in their need to hurt the "others". This isn't going to end well.  

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Top vaccine official Peter Marks forced out at FDA, WSJ reports

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Marks, who played a key role in U.S. President Donald Trump's first term in developing COVID-19 vaccines, was given the choice by a Health and Human Services official to resign or be fired, the report said, citing a person familiar with the matter.

"It has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired by the Secretary, but rather he wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies," Marks wrote in a resignation letter addressed to acting FDA Commissioner Sara Brenner, the WSJ reported.

Gee, this doesn't seem like a good thing.  

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toomuchbaloney said:

Top vaccine official Peter Marks forced out at FDA, WSJ reports

Gee, this doesn't seem like a good thing.  

Anyone following the measles outbreak?

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heron said:

Anyone following the measles outbreak?

I think it's gaining some momentum just as the crazy guy running HHS decides to cut a bunch of public health positions.  It might new difficult to know for sure when liars are in charge of everything.  

https://www.propublica.org/article/measles-vaccine-rfk-CDC-report

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The CDC Buried a Measles Forecast That Stressed the Need for Vaccinations

The move — along with the CDC's explanation — is a sign that the nation's top public health agency may be falling in line under HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime critic of vaccines.

 

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Yes Update in Nursing news

https://allnurses.com/measles-outbreak-texas-started-cases-t766077/

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I'll be attending an event in my area April 5th.

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Lets Go

Fighting Back: A Citizen's Guide to Resistance

Ordinary people have more power than they know.

 

Hands Off

 

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I'll be attending an event in my area April 5th.

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50501 is also organizing a protest that day.  

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https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5220996-noem-trump-fema-elimination-concerns/

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Noem this week said she was planning to eliminate the agency but did not elaborate on what that meant. Spokespeople for FEMA and the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees the disaster relief agency, did not respond to questions about whether FEMA's services would be cut entirely or reshuffled elsewhere.

I bet that they have the typical Trumpian concepts of plans.  That would explain why the talk is of shutting it down rather than talk of this or that change in function or organization.  

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Prior to Noem's remarks, Trump issued an executive order that called on the Homeland Security secretary to propose changes to FEMA and ensure "state and local governments and individuals have improved communications with Federal officials and a better understanding of the Federal role.”

The order stopped short of eliminating the agency, however.

Shana Udvardy, senior climate resilience policy analyst at the Union of Concerned Scientists, noted that the administration "doesn't have the legal ability to eliminate FEMA" because a 2006 law established it as a distinct agency. But she said she perceives ongoing changes at the agency to be "death by 1,000 cuts,” particularly citing staff dismissals. 

The Republicans will just break it and use that broken status as the reason to dismantle the agency.  That's been a successful strategy for them.  

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Protest organizers on the "Tesla Takedown" website wrote: "Elon Musk is destroying our democracy, and he's using the fortune he built at Tesla to do it. We are taking action at Tesla to stop Musk's illegal coup."  PEACEFUL PROTESTS!

Psssstttt  First Amendment alert: 

The First Amendment to the United States Constitution protects several fundamental rights, including freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and the right to petition the government ---all under threat by the 47th President + his money source.

Thought that understanding the First Amendment part of obtaining naturalization U.S citizenship --did Musk miss that exam question?

Elon Musk Vows to Prosecute Anti-Tesla Protest Organizers—'Time to Arrest'

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Billionaire Elon Musk called on Sunday for the arrest and prosecution of organizers behind anti-Tesla protests that were held on Saturday at approximately 200 Tesla showrooms worldwide.

While protesting is constitutionally protected, Musk's calls for prosecution come as President Donald Trump and other conservatives have routinely suggested that protesters they disagree with should be targeted.

The protests were held as a "global day of action" aiming to hit the Tesla CEO in his wallet as retaliation for widespread cuts he has made to the federal government and its spending through the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), an unofficial agency created through executive order by Trump....

Meanwhile, the organizers have repeatedly stressed the peaceful nature of these protests in contrast to the several violent and high-profile incidents that have occurred in recent weeks involving Tesla showrooms and vehicles....

 

 

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Protest organizers on the "Tesla Takedown" website wrote: "Elon Musk is destroying our democracy, and he's using the fortune he built at Tesla to do it. We are taking action at Tesla to stop Musk's illegal coup."  PEACEFUL PROTESTS!

Psssstttt  First Amendment alert: 

The First Amendment to the United States Constitution protects several fundamental rights, including freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and the right to petition the government ---all under threat by the 47th President + his money source.

Thought that understanding the First Amendment part of obtaining naturalization U.S citizenship --did Musk miss that exam question?

Elon Musk Vows to Prosecute Anti-Tesla Protest Organizers—'Time to Arrest'

 

"In another X post, Musk shared a video on Sunday of protesters confronting a Cybertruck driver and wrote: "It is time to arrest those funding the attacks. Arresting their puppets and paid foot-soldiers won't stop the violence."

The only reference I see of him wanting prosecutions is him speaking of those responsible for nonpeaceful attacks.

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