Notices by Kim Perales (kimperales@toad.social)

"ProPublica just obtained a remarkable directive to those remaining at #USAID: Empty the safes with the class. & personnel records & then ...

"Shred as many docs first, & reserve the burn bags for when the shredder becomes unavailable or needs a break.

The email came from from the agency's acting exec sec. I asked K McClanahan, a natsec ATTY. "Classified records are still fed records. He just filed an unauthorized disposition complaint with NARA..."
-B Murphy
#Lawless #Musk #Trump #DOGE #USPol

"Sent to USAID essential personnel this morning."
-E Higgins

The Trump-Musk admin is operating like the mob, but in the open, defying the law. Democratic leaders should inform the public as to their brazenness & contempt for the #Constitution.

What's more, #Musk & others in the admin are proud to defund an agency that saves lives around the world. They're sadists. Children are dying💔 bc med treatments, meds, food... are being withheld, intentionally.
#USAID #Illegal #Courts #DOGE #Trump #USPol

"New Quinniac poll:

If there's a #shutdown...

32% blame Dems
31% blame Republicans
22% blame Trump

That's a majority blaming Trump and/or the GOP. Hang tough, Dems.

Note that only 22% of independents would blame Dems for a shutdown. 34% of them would blame the GOP and 22% would blame Trump, a total of 56%. A shutdown is clearly likely to be worse for Republicans.

In short, the vast majority of those who would blame Dems are Republicans already."
-G Sargent

#Republicans #Coup #Resist #USPol

Musk doesn’t have a deep bench of policy wonks, think tank researchers or Hill vets feeding him white papers to bone up on policy.

From the corridors of the WW to the steady drum of RW voices on his X feed, #Musk has assembled a makeshift brain trust of SV loyalists, #Trump world heavyweights & online ideological allies -helped shape his worldview.

Upon his request, Young procured a massive TV for Musk’s office -so he could play video games.

#FIreMusk #DOGE #USPol

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/12/musk-influence-inner-circle-00227332

How to lose $148B in less than 2 months.

A corrupt attempt to juice a friend’s stock -beneath the office of the presidency -embarrassing spectacle for Musk. Trump declared: the WH would label any acts of violence against Tesla dealerships as dom terrorism—re ongoing countrywide protests against Tesla, due to #DOGE. Protesters have defaced or damaged Tesla vehicles... #Tesla stock price⬇️fallen sharply;
New #SpaceX Starship exploded 2X this year.

No🎻s for #musk

#USPol
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/03/elon-musk-human-meme-stock/682023/

"Revenge Junkie"

Trump has embarked on a revenge-a-thon -removed sec protection from past aides who pissed him off—incl fmr SOS Pompeo & JCS CHM Milley—exposing them to serious danger -angry at the NAR for its role in the stolen docs case *MAL home: raided -indicted, Trump booted out the l'ship of NAR -moved to revoke the sec clearance of a prv DC ATTY CEN of his 1st impeach.

He tried to freeze out media outlets that draw his ire -called Zelensky a dictator...

#USPol https://link.motherjones.com/public/38940958

"Utterly unprecedented. As far as anyone can tell, no one in the last 100 years has EVER been charged with misdemeanor improper entry under 8 USC 1325 years after they entered the country, & certain never for asylum seekers who already have legal permission."
-A Reichlin-Melnick

"Venezuelan couple is arrested & charged with illegal entry💔— 2 years after crossing into the US. The couple had been granted protected status-."

#Deportations #DueProcess #Immigrants #USPol

https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2025-03-12/venezuelan-couple-charged-with-illegal-entry-two-years-after-crossing-the-border

Jaimes has lived for 30 years in the US, starting his own painting bus that supports his wife & 5 children. Now, they're scrambling to find out what may happen to him & how they'll continue their lives💔w/o his support.

The arrest was made outside Arthur Mid School after Jaimes had dropped off his 8th grade son, who's diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome. Hector said his father had a work permit obtained a few years ago & documentation to live in the US.

#USPol #Immigrants https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/wayne/2025/03/07/jose-jaimes-arrested-ice-immigration-customers-enforcement-trenton-middle-school/81852395007/

"Toddlers have a very high risk of dying💔."

The St Dept was supposed to issue waivers to programs deemed life-saving in order for them to continue their work, but the Trump admin’s implementation of the funding freeze/arbitrary selection of programs to CXL have left program WKRs in unfathomable situations: NGOs: owed Ms for work already completed, forcing some to lay off employees.

H & I NGO: US govt currently owes $19M for svcs cmpl in 2024.

#USAID #USPol #DOGE #Rubio https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/03/trumps-foreign-aid-freeze-cut-off-funds-for-severely-malnourished-toddlers-usaid/

"Per person familiar, "reduction in force" notices for the Education Department are expected to go out today at 6pm.

Nearly half of the department is expected to be🚨eliminated.

This obviously comes as Education Department staffers have been told to vacate the premises by 6pm today, and that offices will be closed tomorrow."
-S Talcott

#ED #DOGE #Musk #Trump #Purge #Coup #Resist #USPol

https://abcnews.go.com/US/department-education-faces-50-layoffs-after-closure-notice/story?id=119690524

"DOGE is again moving faster than the courts. While emergency lawsuits are pending over DOGE detailees to govt agencies, the Trump administration abruptly ended the details.

Now they say there's no need for discovery bc there are no more detailees."
-K Cheney

#Discovery #Courts #Fascism #Lawless #Musk #Trump #DOGE #Constitution #USPol

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.277150/gov.uscourts.dcd.277150.51.1.pdf

Staff at the DoED received a notice Tues instructing them to leave the bldg by 6 PM & informing them that all dept offices in DC +regional offices, will be closed Wed.

Email, from J Hairfield of the Office of Sec, Facs & Logis, said the offices will be closed "for security reasons."

Staff with approved telework AGTs were told they can work from home Wed. The email instructed employees to bring their laptops home...

It's a difficult time. Please #Resist.

#USPol #ED https://www.cbsnews.com/news/education-department-staff-offices-closed/

Senate Dems shouldn't vote for the CR. Trump & Musk are already shutting down the govt. That's the frame the public will use to understand what's happening.

Will Senate Dems oppose the CR or will a handful of them provide the votes needed for it to pass? The case is strong for letting Trump sink.

CR: less specific about its directives to fund part. programs & priorities.🚨It'd actually increase Musk’s flexibility to slash spending/shutter govt programs.

#USPol #Shutdown https://newrepublic.com/article/192575/transcript-trump-sinking-heres-dems-shouldnt-save-him

"We have downgraded our 2025 US GDP growth forecast from 2.4% at the start of the year to 1.7% now (both on a Q4/Q4 basis). ...The reason for the downgrade is that our trade policy assumptions have become considerably more adverse and the administration is managing expectations towards tariff-induced near-term economic weakness."
-Goldman Sachs

Wall Street is telling the #TrumpMusk regime that its approach is wrong, it must make an about face.

#Recession #Tariffs #USPol https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz61nn99eg1o

Trump admin’s decision: to proudly own the disappearance suggests -actively gauging how Americans will react to having their Const. rights put thru shredder.

Khalil: Trump’s 1st pol disappearance -unlikely to be the last.

ICE can deport green card holders for engaging in &/or inciting terrorism -admin is already using that excuse to justify his detention. Rubio: “We'll be revoking the visas &/or green cards of Hamas supporters in America so they can be deported."
#USPol https://www.bannedinyourstate.com/p/trump-disappears-his-first-political-587

Trump made $Ms on his meme coin *scheme that keeps his bribes secret. The #crypto fanatics who helped buy him, & many Rs, the 2024 election, are livid bc Trump has crashed the economy. They’re losing money, & WS is suffering losses too.

“This is the biggest Trump-Musk scandal That No one’s Talking About.”

“Sunday blues for Bitcoin as it tumbles back to $80K.”

Trump acknowledged that some of his policies will cause pain in the ST.

#ETTD #USPol
https://newrepublic.com/article/192008/trump-musk-scandal-corruption-crypto
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2025/03/09/sunday-blues-for-bitcoin-as-it-tumbles-below-usd80k

"USDA quietly dissolves 2 critical food safety advisory CMTEs.

These grps advised on microbial contamination & meat inspection.

The stuff that keeps E coli, Salmonella, & Listeria from turning your dinner into a hospital visit."
-Outbreak Updates

"The CDC will study whether vaccines cause autism, despite numerous existing studies showing no link."

#CDC isn't recommending the measles vaccine. RFK Jr: Vit A & D work.

It appears that #Trump wants us to die.
#USPol #HHS
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/cdc-study-vaccines-autism-despite-studies-finding-link/story?id=119584363

“House Republicans just unveiled their 99-pg budget, & the numbers don’t lie, it’s packed with cuts that hurt everyday Americans.

$15B cut from veterans’ HC
$8B slashed from Medicaid hospitals
$1.5B less for mothers & kids’ nutrition
No new BP hiring
No increase for cybersecurity

Rural America, working families, vets—they’re all getting hit. Ask Congress: Which of these cuts are they proud of?”
-R Saddler

Please call your GOP Senators & Reps.

#Budget #USPol #Austerity
https://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20250310/CRFull_xml.pdf

🚨"Entire Phoenix Field Office for Government Services Administration has been fired. GSA is the landlord for the Federal courts, whose work, the Clerk told me, will suffer a "major impact." 100s more may have been fired over entire Southwest Region."
-J Jenkins

The firings included people who operated & maintained the Sandra Day O'Connor US Courthouse in downtown Phoenix, Lucas said.

"This hit every part of GSA -There were cuts from all areas."

#GSA #DOGE #Musk #USPol
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2025/03/07/phoenix-field-office-firings-major-impact-federal-courts/81953179007/

"White Collar Crime" is encouraged, Trump demotes or fires the prosecutors who've convicted white collar criminals, esp. those that benefit Trump, settle his vendettas, or for his oligarchs. DOJ has put 3 fed prosecutors in Manhattan on leave.

"2 of the prosecutors -Andrew Rohrbach & Celia Cohen -worked on the prosecution of NY Mayor Eric Adams. Rohrbach worked on the successful prosecutions of Ghislaine Maxwell, SBF & Michael Avenatti."
-K Faulders

#Kleptocracy #Injustice #Corruption #USPol