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Working on damage assessments for a heavily flooded area of our state. Then I remembered that the headwaters had burned over last summer, meaning increased runoff, faster snowmelt, etc. So I logged on to USDA's Burn Severity Portal... And all the past fire reports appear to have been deleted including recently completed ones from last summer's fires. Many links are dead.

I'll try contacting the forest offices to see if we can get a backup. This is a critical resource for the environment, our health, life, and safety.

I am at a loss, mad, and sad. These actions being taken are making our jobs and lives so hard and truly hurting everyone regardless of ideology.

#USDA#USFS#DOGE
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The decision further clears the way for #Trump to re-fire probationary employees. Those are typically #FederalWorkers in their 1st or 2nd year on the job, or who have been recently promoted.

In a 2-to-1 decision, the appeals court said the Trump admin was likely to succeed in showing that the lower court lacked #jurisdiction in the case brought by 19 states & DC. The court did not rule on whether the firings were #lawful.

#law#TrumpPurge#TrumpCoup
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Last month, #Trump signed an EO calling for the “consolidation” of these segregated records, raising the prospect of creating a kind of #data trove about Americans that the govt has never had before, & that…[#Republicans]…have historically opposed.

The effort is being driven by #ElonMusk, the world’s richest man, & his lieutenants w/ #DOGE, who have sought access to dozens of databases as they have swept through agencies across the federal govt.
#law #InfoSec #NationalSecurity #privacy #tyranny

Well, this is, terrifying

#GiftArticle

#Trump Wants to Merge Government #Data. Here Are 314 Things It Might Know About You.

The federal govt knows your mother’s maiden name & your bank account number. The student debt you hold. Your disability status. The company that employs you & the wages you earn there. And that’s just a start.

#law #InfoSec #NationalSecurity #privacy #Musk #DOGE #TrumpCoup #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny
nytimes.com/2025/04/09/us/poli

The New York Times · How Musk and Trump Are Working to Consolidate Government Data About YouVon Emily Badger

Well I am glad I already got my #disability check this month, because #doge "accidentally" crashed the website with untested software, and ruined everything again.

I think they did it on purpose.

Even if they didn't, I don't know shit about programming, but I know you DO NOT USE UNTESTED SOFTWARE on a crucial service for millions.

Guess we'll see if I ever get a check from social security again!

Glad California has alternatives for insurance, and a bit of money.

Many have called Trump the worst president ever. However, under his 1st presidency, he did not come close to causing the amount of death that occurred under the leadership of Bush Jr., whose War on Terror brought him into the top 20 of most murderous regimes in the history of earth.

But Trump 2.0 is set to be far more deadly. His cuts to HIV program funding in Africa, alone, is predicted to result in over 500,000 deaths of children, along with 2.8 million orphaned when their parents die of AIDS.

cidrap.umn.edu/hivaids/us-cuts

CIDRAPUS cuts to HIV programs in Africa threaten to set progress back to 'dark ages,' experts say
#HIV#aids#publichealth

#CDU und #SPD normalisieren schon mal die Willkür von #DOGE im #KoaV. Acht Prozent des Personals sollen gestrichen werden, so wie 50 Prozent der Beauftragten.

Zur Erinnerung, der Beamtenbund mahnt jedes Jahr Personalmangel an, im Jahr 2024 fehlten 570.000 Beschäftigte (dbb Monitor): dbb.de/artikel/dbb-monitor-oef

Ich frage mich, wer den Staat transformieren und digitalisieren soll, wenn alles weggekürzt wurde? Wie kann man seinen zukünftigen Mitarbeitern so feindlich gesonnen sein?

#Musk führt einem täglich vor Augen, warum wir in #Europa die Finger von Microsoft Teams und ähnlichem lassen sollten - vor allem innerhalb der Verwaltung: jede Software, die missbraucht werden kann, wird auch missbraucht. Eine demokratische Regierung sollte niemals ihre Verwaltung überwachen dürfen und können!

#DOGE durchsucht gezielt #Messenger wie Microsoft Teams von Mitarbeiter*innen nach Kritik an Musk oder Trump.
thedailybeast.com/musks-doge-g

The Daily Beast · DOGE Goons Using Musk’s AI to Loyalty Test Neutral Civil ServantsVon Tom Sanders
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DOGE must be destroyed.
Even if Musk "steps back" DOGE will continue.
They are now protected by U. S. Marshals.

As @emptywheel has said, Musk & DOGE are reckless, they quickly & incompetently did what Russ Vought of Project 2025 would have been more subtle about.

Vought, at the Office of Management And Budget, is smarter about how to work the government bureaucracies. He will pick up the #DOGE process if #Musk leaves.
#StarTrek

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Why must #DOGE keep it's #HandsOff Federal computer systems now?

Because when #DOGE CODE kills, there'll be no CRIMINAL accountability for the deaths.

There has to be proof of INTENTIONAL reckless acts in defiance of a law.
It isn't a crime to ignore best practices & experts. The #DOJ won't bring charges against anyone.

Maybe the families of the dead can bring a civil case, but against who? #ElonMusk? DOGE boys? #PeterThiel? Project 2025?

Who pays? It's a moral moment, not a monetary one.