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<p>Donald Trump has a secret plan to turn the United States into a dictatorship, and we now see the contours of the fierce political battle ahead.</p><p>The US senators are shocked as they realise, Trump tries to copy the dirty tricks of disgraced president Richard Nixon to become all powerful.</p><p>Watch my latest political analysis on YouTube in 4K:<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTIFRUpItn0" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTIFRUpItn0"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTIFRU</span><span class="invisible">pItn0</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#uspol</a> <a href="/tags/thinkwithrandahlfink/" rel="tag">#ThinkWithRandahlFink</a></p>

<p>The people who are now in charge of the Office of Personnel Management apparently don’t know how to scrub PDF metadata, and have exposed the original authors of the guidance they’re publishing. Two have links to the Heritage Foundation and its Project 2025.</p><p>Noah Peters is the author of the OPM Acting Director Charles Ezell’s January 27 memo (archive) providing guidance on the “Restoring Accountability To Policy-Influencing Positions Within the Federal Workforce” executive order, which is being described as the “Schedule F” order because it effectively reinstates that policy under a new name (“Schedule Policy/Career”). Peters also authored the January 20 memo (archive) from Ezell, which exploits loopholes to bypass limits on political appointments. Both of these memos are clear steps towards achieving a primary goal of Project 2025: to expand President Trump’s power, and to replace career civil servants with Trump loyalists.</p><p>As far back as 2023, The Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 was recommending Peters for a position in Trump’s second administration. Peters had previously been appointed by Trump in 2019 as the Solicitor at the Federal Labor Relations Authority, where he “aided and defended Trump appointees’ anti-union FLRA policies that went against decades of the agency’s own precedents” according to Court Accountability Action and State Democracy Defenders Action.4 Peters returned to private practice in 2022, but recently quietly updated his LinkedIn profile to reflect a new title of “Senior Advisor” to the Office of Personnel Management. This appointment does not appear to have been announced anywhere else. </p><p>1/2</p><p><a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USpolitics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/project2025/" rel="tag">#Project2025</a> <a href="/tags/heritagefoundation/" rel="tag">#HeritageFoundation</a></p>

<p>If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person?<br> -- 1 John 3:17 </p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce9nx5k7lv0o" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce9nx5k7lv0o"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce9n</span><span class="invisible">x5k7lv0o</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#uspol</a></p>

<p>There&#x27;s never been a better time to divest from Tesla!</p><p><a href="/tags/bankrupttesla/" rel="tag">#BankruptTesla</a> <a href="/tags/cancelstarlink/" rel="tag">#CancelStarlink</a> <a href="/tags/boycottspacex/" rel="tag">#BoycottSpaceX</a> <a href="/tags/teslatakedown/" rel="tag">#TeslaTakedown</a> <a href="/tags/arrestelonmusk/" rel="tag">#ArrestElonMusk</a> <a href="/tags/elonmusk/" rel="tag">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="/tags/doge/" rel="tag">#DOGE</a> <a href="/tags/swastikars/" rel="tag">#Swastikars</a> <a href="/tags/sissyspacex/" rel="tag">#SissySpaceX</a> <a href="/tags/nazimusk/" rel="tag">#NaziMusk</a> <a href="/tags/presidentmusk/" rel="tag">#PresidentMusk</a> <a href="/tags/fuckelonmusk/" rel="tag">#FuckElonMusk</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a></p>

Some of the executive orders coming out of this White House read like found lore in a dystopian video game where everyone&#x27;s dead and you have to piece together what happened before the nuclear-powered biomechnical black goo converts the last computers into sentient cyborgs that think of you as a spare parts bin.<br><br><a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/11/launching-the-genesis-mission/" rel="nofollow">Launching The Genesis Mission</a><br><br><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a> <a href="/tags/executiveorder/" rel="tag">#ExecutiveOrder</a> <a href="/tags/gaming/" rel="tag">#gaming</a> <a href="/tags/survivalhorror/" rel="tag">#SurvivalHorror</a><br>

<p>After hours of deep reflection and self-examination, I believe I have uncovered the source of my profound disappointment. As an immigrant, I once regarded the United States, despite its imperfections, as the pinnacle of nations. </p><p><a href="/tags/electionday/" rel="tag">#ElectionDay</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/electionday2024/" rel="tag">#ElectionDay2024</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#DonaldTrump</a>… (1/5)</p>

<p>There is a room with three doors. Each bears a label: “Latino Vote,” “Purpling Suburbs,” and “Big City Turnout.” This November, Texas <a href="/tags/democrats/" rel="tag">#Democrats</a> opened these three doors, and behind all they discovered a Cerberus from Greek mythology with the heads of Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, and Greg Abbott. Then the monster ate them. </p><p>From Interim Editor-in-Chief <span class="h-card"><a href="https://texasobserver.social/@gusbova" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>gusbova</span></a></span>: <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-democrats-lost-decade-2024/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.texasobserver.org/texas-democrats-lost-decade-2024/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.texasobserver.org/texas-de</span><span class="invisible">mocrats-lost-decade-2024/</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/tedcruz/" rel="tag">#TedCruz</a> <a href="/tags/gregabbott/" rel="tag">#GregAbbott</a> <a href="/tags/txlege/" rel="tag">#TXlege</a> <a href="/tags/republicans/" rel="tag">#Republicans</a> <a href="/tags/election2024/" rel="tag">#election2024</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a></p>

<p>New today from Francesca D&#x27;Annunzio: “This moment calls for compassion and meaningful immigration reform that prioritizes saving lives. The future of humanity depends on our response.” </p><p>Texans will be forced to defend their communities from <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>&#x27;s attacks ... <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-front-lines-mass-deportations/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.texasobserver.org/texas-front-lines-mass-deportations/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.texasobserver.org/texas-fr</span><span class="invisible">ont-lines-mass-deportations/</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/border/" rel="tag">#Border</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/election2024/" rel="tag">#election2024</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a></p>

<p>A post-election message from Interim Editor-in-Chief <span class="h-card"><a href="https://texasobserver.social/@gusbova" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>gusbova</span></a></span> to our members, readers, and the rest of our extended community. </p><p><a href="https://texasobserver.fundjournalism.org/donate" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="texasobserver.fundjournalism.org/donate"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">texasobserver.fundjournalism.o</span><span class="invisible">rg/donate</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#journalism</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#Media</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/fundraiser/" rel="tag">#fundraiser</a> <a href="/tags/nonprofit/" rel="tag">#nonprofit</a> <a href="/tags/future/" rel="tag">#future</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a></p>

<p>Watching the seditious asshole brigade infight like...</p><p><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/elonmusk/" rel="tag">#ElonMusk</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/drunkrapist/" rel="tag">#DrunkRapist</a> <a href="/tags/petehegseth/" rel="tag">#PeteHegseth</a> readies *actions* against <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> “foe” Retired General &amp; former chairman of the <a href="/tags/jointchiefsofstaff/" rel="tag">#JointChiefsOfStaff</a> <a href="/tags/markmilley/" rel="tag">#MarkMilley</a><br>
The retired general, a frequent target of <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>, will lose his <a href="/tags/security/" rel="tag">#security</a> detail &amp; face an <a href="/tags/inspectorgeneral/" rel="tag">#InspectorGeneral</a> [apparently there’s one left] investigation, said a senior <a href="/tags/defense/" rel="tag">#defense</a> official.</p><p><a href="/tags/military/" rel="tag">#military</a> <a href="/tags/jcs/" rel="tag">#jcs</a> <a href="/tags/honor/" rel="tag">#honor</a> <a href="/tags/integrity/" rel="tag">#integrity</a> <a href="/tags/ig/" rel="tag">#IG</a> <a href="/tags/revengepolitics/" rel="tag">#RevengePolitics</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/01/28/mark-milley-hegseth-trump/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/01/28/mark-milley-hegseth-trump/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.washingtonpost.com/nationa</span><span class="invisible">l-security/2025/01/28/mark-milley-hegseth-trump/</span></a></p>

Beware of Login.gov, which several government systems including Social Security encourage you to transition to using.<br><br>Looks like there plans to make it a universal identifier, hooked to all the information the government has about you. It&#x27;s always been billed as a login-only system that respects privacy, but that could end under the current regime. The linked article from 404 Media has audio of a meeting about doing just that.<br><br><a href="https://www.404media.co/things-are-going-to-get-intense-how-a-musk-ally-plans-to-push-ai-on-the-government/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.404media.co/things-are-going-to-get-intense-how-a-musk-ally-plans-to-push-ai-on-the-government/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.404media.co/things-are-goi</span><span class="invisible">ng-to-get-intense-how-a-musk-ally-plans-to-push-ai-on-the-government/</span></a><br><br><a href="/tags/techcoup/" rel="tag">#TechCoup</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a><br>

<p>American political thought is marred by either-or thinking. This way of thinking has nothing to do with ableist notions of intelligence, that &quot;life of the mind&quot; which elites think will save us, but instead has everything to do with life of the heart. Not everything is a trolley problem. In the words of Thich Nhat Hanh, &quot;One arrow can save two birds at the same time—if the arrow strikes the branch, both birds will fly away.&quot; How will you shoot your arrow?</p><p><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#uspol</a> <a href="/tags/spirituality/" rel="tag">#spirituality</a> <a href="/tags/antifa/" rel="tag">#antifa</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#uspol</a> <a href="/tags/h5n1/" rel="tag">#H5N1</a></p>

The US Democratic party needs to be dismantled and rebuilt. It has failed, continues to fail, and its core ideology has been a failed one for approximately half a century. The leadership needs to go, the constellation of consultants needs to go, the court jesters need to go.<br><br><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a> <a href="/tags/democrats/" rel="tag">#Democrats</a><br>

<p>Photographer Justin Hamel joined Battalion Search and Rescue in their attempt to rescue lost migrants ... or discover the remains of those who hadn&#x27;t made it through the El Paso desert.</p><p>Find his photo essay in our magazine, or on our website: <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/death-in-the-desert/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.texasobserver.org/death-in-the-desert/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.texasobserver.org/death-in</span><span class="invisible">-the-desert/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/southtexas/" rel="tag">#SouthTexas</a> <a href="/tags/border/" rel="tag">#border</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#HumanRights</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#environment</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/mexico/" rel="tag">#Mexico</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a></p>

I wonder when the US Congress is going to do something about the &quot;do what you did to Twitter to the Federal government&quot; stuff. Are they still alive in there? What&#x27;s up? Should we turn Congress off and then on again?<br><br><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a><br>

<p>😝 </p><p><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a></p>

<p>I don&#x27;t have any idea how likely this is to make it out, but some fucked up Rs are trying to remove Washington state&#x27;s amazing voting through mail in ballots. This morning is a great time to do a quick &quot;NO THANK YOU&quot; comment on this bill: <a href="https://app.leg.wa.gov/pbc/bill/1584" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>app.leg.wa.gov/pbc/bill/1584</a></p><p><a href="/tags/washington/" rel="tag">#Washington</a> <a href="/tags/seattle/" rel="tag">#Seattle</a> <a href="/tags/pnw/" rel="tag">#PNW</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a></p>

<p>&quot;A private citizen with zero Constitutional authority is effectively seizing control of critical government functions. 🚨 </p><p>The Constitution explicitly requires Senate confirmation for anyone wielding significant federal power — a requirement Musk has simply ignored&quot;</p><p><a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2025/01/31/elons-twitter-destruction-playbook-hits-the-us-government-and-its-even-more-dangerous/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.techdirt.com/2025/01/31/elons-twitter-destruction-playbook-hits-the-us-government-and-its-even-more-dangerous/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.techdirt.com/2025/01/31/el</span><span class="invisible">ons-twitter-destruction-playbook-hits-the-us-government-and-its-even-more-dangerous/</span></a></p><p>Here’s a thread with links to articles about the <a href="/tags/elonmusk/" rel="tag">#ElonMusk</a> takeover of the US <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#government</a>. </p><p>Is it a <a href="/tags/coup/" rel="tag">#coup</a>? Will anyone stop it?</p><p><a href="/tags/oligarchy/" rel="tag">#Oligarchy</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a> <a href="/tags/musk/" rel="tag">#Musk</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#USA</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> <a href="/tags/usnews/" rel="tag">#USNews</a></p>

<p>an unelected billionaire storming into US agencies, installing his unqualified and unapproved lackeys, purging civil servants, seizing access to sensitive data and payments, unilaterally eliminating federal agencies: fine</p><p>identifying the lackeys: illegal</p><p><a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USpolitics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/elonmusk/" rel="tag">#ElonMusk</a></p>

<p>Resistance to the coup is the defense of the human against the digital and the democratic against the oligarchic.<br></p>From <a href="https://snyder.substack.com/p/of-course-its-a-coup" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="snyder.substack.com/p/of-course-its-a-coup"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">snyder.substack.com/p/of-cours</span><span class="invisible">e-its-a-coup</span></a><br><br>Defense of the human against the digital has been my mission for some time. Resisting the narratives about how <a href="/tags/llms/" rel="tag">#LLMs</a> &quot;reason&quot;, &quot;pass the Turing test&quot;, &quot;diagnose illnesses&quot;, are &quot;better than humans&quot; in various ways are part of it. Resisting the false narrative that we&#x27;re on the verge of discovering <a href="/tags/agi/" rel="tag">#AGI</a> is part of it. Allowing these false stories to persist and spread means succumbing to very dark anti-human forces. We&#x27;re seeing some of the consequences now, and we&#x27;re seeing how far this might go.<br><br><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/genai/" rel="tag">#GenAI</a> <a href="/tags/generativeai/" rel="tag">#GenerativeAI</a> <a href="/tags/llm/" rel="tag">#LLM</a> <a href="/tags/agi/" rel="tag">#AGI</a><br>

<p><a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#uspol</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> </p><p>Everything that is happening right now is because Musk has kicked into high gear the broligarchy’s plan to destroy our government, so that the US will fall apart and replaced with fiefdoms owned by Musk, Zuck, and the rest of the tech bros.</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/5RpPTRcz1no?si=3bGd3cJwZIH2bBYS" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="youtu.be/5RpPTRcz1no?si=3bGd3cJwZIH2bBYS"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/5RpPTRcz1no?si=3bGd3c</span><span class="invisible">JwZIH2bBYS</span></a></p>

In the US even the bomb-sniffing dogs are suffering austerity.<br><br>TSA Says Its Credit Cards for Bomb-Sniffing Dogs Are Cut Off <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/users/404mediaco/statuses/114166923291735865" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mastodon.social/users/404mediaco/statuses/114166923291735865"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/users/404media</span><span class="invisible">co/statuses/114166923291735865</span></a><br><br><a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a> <a href="/tags/austerityeconomics/" rel="tag">#AusterityEconomics</a> <a href="/tags/austerity/" rel="tag">#austerity</a> <a href="/tags/tsa/" rel="tag">#TSA</a> <a href="/tags/dogs/" rel="tag">#dogs</a><br>