Reposted by Antone JohnsonRob Pegoraro @robpegoraro.com · 20/02/2025The U.S. Department of Metaphors remains in a constant state of readiness, and no amount of illegal DOGE cutbacks and firings can stop its essential work. 0201 0
Reposted by Antone JohnsonCongressman Don Beyer @beyer.house.gov · 20/02/2025Unfortunately firings have continued at the National Nuclear Safety Administration. I’ve been contacted by an NNSA worker who was fired, then told her termination was paused, then told she was fired again. She says there were numerous others at NNSA treated the same way. These people keep us safe. 801771763 0
Reposted by Antone JohnsonBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 20/02/2025Illinois Governor, JB Pritzker, with an empowering and emotional speech. "The authoritarian playbook is laid bare here. They point to a group of people who don't look like you and tell you to blame them for your problems" 718048 0
Reposted by Antone JohnsonKim Zetter @kimzetter.bsky.social · 20/02/2025Two DOGE workers are now at CISA (DHS Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency) I've confirmed. Edward Coristine, the 19-yr-old known as Big Balls, and Kyle Schutt, a 37-yr-old software engineer. Marisa Kabas (bsky.app/profile/mari...) was first to report about Coristine. My piece for Wiredwired.comDOGE Now Has Access to the Top US Cybersecurity AgencyDOGE technologists Edward Coristine—the 19-year-old known online as “Big Balls”—and Kyle Schutt are now listed as staff at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. 38761328 0
Reposted by Antone JohnsonWilliam B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 20/02/2025yeah the mistake they made was assuming their colleagues would have some bare minimum of professional pride or backbone 292722302 0
Reposted by Antone JohnsonCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 20/02/2025Remarkable thread offering guidance to current and prospective NSF grantees about how to navigate the times ahead — from an NSF program officer who was fired in yesterday's DOGE purge (!) 4509191 0
Reposted by Antone JohnsonRichard Branson @richardbranson.bsky.social · 20/02/2025President Zelenskyy has been one of the greatest leaders of our time, guiding Ukraine through the darkest period of its recent history, rising up to Russia’s unwarranted aggression, being an inspiration to the Ukrainian people and ensuring that Ukraine’s voice is heard on the world stage. 275112071420751 0
Reposted by Antone JohnsonHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 19/02/2025“Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!” 580286608099 0
Reposted by Antone JohnsonGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 19/02/2025With all due respect, Congressman, he’s not trying to distract from anything here. He’s a grandiose pathological narcissist. A narcissistic sociopath. A malignant narcissist. A psychopath. A megalomaniac. This is what he thinks of himself. And what he wants others to think of him. 1105212914144 0
Reposted by Antone JohnsonAndrew (🎃) @athomashemlock.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Really important to point out that part of the reason Russia is gunning for Signal in such an ass-backwards way is that all the normal ways they have to break into communications haven't worked on Signal. 39833 0
Reposted by Antone Johnsonsteven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 19/02/2025REVEALED: we identified the operator of an overtly racist X account, "GlomarResponder," as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.texasobserver.orgICE Prosecutor in Dallas Runs White Supremacist X AccountThe Observer has identified the operator of “GlomarResponder,” an overtly racist social media account, as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation. 11083205815004 0
Reposted by Antone JohnsonSarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 18/02/2025US Catholic bishops sue Trump administration for halt in funding for refugee settlement (this is a big deal as many have been questioning why it hadn't happened yet) apnews.com/article/cath...apnews.comUS Catholic bishops sue Trump administration for halt in funding for refugee settlementCatholic bishops are suing the Trump administration over its abrupt halt to funding of refugee resettlement, calling the action unlawful and harmful to newly arrived refugees and to the nation’s large... 12568164 0
Reposted by Antone JohnsonMinna Ålander 🌻 @alanderminna.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Trump is now an aide in Russia’s regime change plan for Ukraine. Europeans need to act NOW, not after the German elections, to make sure Ukrainians have an alternative. All the worst came true and there is no other way to put it than that the US is in Russia’s team now.politico.comTrump snaps back at Zelenskyy, blaming Ukraine for the warThe Ukrainian president has been excluded from the administration’s negotiations with Russia seeking an end to the war. 32787261 0
Antone Johnson @antone.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Who on earth would ever come in at that valuation today given the fundamentals? Serious question. 030 0
Reposted by Antone JohnsonChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 19/02/2025So many people of the people who can literally afford to be strong are so appallingly, embarrassingly weak. 351408250 0
Reposted by Antone JohnsonRick Klau @rickklau.com · 19/02/2025“She's smart, fearless, and she never speaks in mushy political talking points—she talks like a normal person.” 🎯 @mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social please let me know when you declare for the Senate race. We need you and your voice. 1133 0
Antone Johnson @antone.bsky.social · 19/02/2025We are literally paying $8-10 a dozen for eggs BECAUSE OF THIS BIRD FLU. Am I hallucinating or wasn’t this a signature campaign issue? 140 0
Reposted by Antone JohnsonSteve Ferra @abpow.bsky.social · 19/02/2025"EIGHT....MILLION....DOLLARS!" 0173 0
Antone Johnson @antone.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Clowns. 🤡 But clowns wielding flamethrowers, to quote one of @sykescharlie.bsky.social favorite lines. 071 0
Reposted by Antone JohnsonMartha Gimbel @marthagimbel.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Ok this is making the rounds and tbc the scale of what is happening to the federal workforce and with impoundment is unprecedented - but I think we need to be really careful about assuming this is going to all hit at once in March or that we know the size of the impact 1/ 25713122 0
Antone Johnson @antone.bsky.social · 18/02/2025Wow! Blanket knee-jerk RTO mandates can have a notable effect on productivity. Your tax dollars at work: 141 0
Reposted by Antone JohnsonChance the Lawyer @chancethelawyer.bsky.social · 18/02/2025So few understand enough to ask this question, but it is the central question for Meyer and the SoS and everyone else, including the legislators being asked to vote on this. 0223 0
Reposted by Antone JohnsonGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 18/02/2025Adams’s lawyers’ letter actually makes a pretty good case for Hochul to remove him. 421553318 0
Reposted by Antone JohnsonScott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 18/02/2025NEW: Letter from 900+ former federal prosecutors warns of decisions at Justice Dept "Some of you have been ordered to make charging decisions based expressly on considerations other than the facts & the law, including to serve solely political purposes" www.thejusticeconnection.org/wp-content/u...thejusticeconnection.org 522691839 0
Reposted by Antone JohnsonBrad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 18/02/2025The top criminal prosecutor in the U.S. attorney's office in Washington quit today, citing pressure by the Trump administration to open what she viewed as an improper criminal probe of a federal contract. ca.news.yahoo.com/senior-u-pro... 16152102121 0
Reposted by Antone JohnsonGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 18/02/2025This gives me joy. 16970931130 0
Reposted by Antone JohnsonClara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 18/02/2025If you to send something to friends and family who don't follow the news closely something that'll bring them up to speed, try this @nprfreshair.bsky.social interview with @charliesavage.bsky.social, who has been covering attempts to expand executive power for 30 years. www.npr.org/2025/02/17/g...npr.orgUnderstanding presidential power in the age of TrumpNew York Times writer Charlie Savage discusses the scope of executive power as President Trump circumvents Congress, pushes legal boundaries and fires scores of federal workers, including at the FBI. 215348 0
Reposted by Antone JohnsonHunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 17/02/2025There's something happening here. 1533767 0
Antone Johnson @antone.bsky.social · 17/02/2025Hillary Clinton?? What year does Secretary Rip van Winkle think this is? 041 0
Reposted by Antone JohnsonAlejandro Alvarez @aletakesphotos.bsky.social · 17/02/2025Big, growing crowd just west of the U.S. Capitol protesting Trump, Musk and DOGE on President’s Day. “Hey Congress, grow a spine,” they shout, gathering for a rally around the reflecting pool. 347209706115 0
Reposted by Antone JohnsonJohn Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 17/02/2025"Big Journalism’s leaders need to think hard—and fast—about whether they are just presenting facts or actually getting the nightmarish reality across," writes @sulliview.bsky.social in her invaluable newsletter (with kind words for a recent NYT piece.) margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/four-essen...margaretsullivan.substack.comFour essentials for the press right nowIf we have any hope of preventing a full slide into permanent autocracy, these must happen 111243 0
Reposted by Antone JohnsonJason Goldman @goldman.blue · 17/02/2025So prepare for the coup of the century Be prepared for the murkiest scam Meticulous planning Tenacity spanning Decades of denial Is simply why I'll Be king undisputed Respected, saluted And seen for the wonder I am Yes, my teeth and ambitions are bared Be prepared 291 0
Reposted by Antone JohnsonEric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 17/02/2025Happy Presidents’ Day! Let’s aim for 100 weird facts about presidents, presidential elections, and maybe even vice presidents. 1. Lincoln and Washington are — as far as I know — the only two presidents to have been sculpted topless. (But please send others if they exist!) 67606117 0
Reposted by Antone JohnsonJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 17/02/2025It's very clear he fears him. And he shld. Trump's used to stomping people who have no power to retaliate. Appointees, GOP officeholders, semi-private citizens. Musk's money and his platform give him a vast capacity to retaliate. 4046660 0
Reposted by Antone JohnsonDoug Lindner @douglindner.bsky.social · 17/02/2025The Washington Post refused to run this ad. Sure would be a shame if it went viral. 12671814997 0
Reposted by Antone JohnsonCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 17/02/2025FT columnist: "It is clear that the US can no longer be regarded as a reliable ally for the Europeans. But the Trump administration’s political ambitions for Europe mean that, for now, America is also an adversary" www.ft.com/content/11f1... 23555157 0
Antone Johnson @antone.bsky.social · 17/02/2025It’s like Musk fancies himself another Frodo. Pay no attention to the Smaug-like fortune he personally hoards. 000 0
Reposted by Antone JohnsonDrew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 17/02/2025Jan. 6 rioters pardoned by Trump say it should absolve their child-porn charges, too www.wsj.com/us-news/law/... 1072471996 0
Reposted by Antone JohnsonJulia Rose Kraut @juliarosekraut.bsky.social · 17/02/2025"Big Journalism’s leaders need to think hard — and fast — about whether they are just presenting facts or actually getting the nightmarish reality across." @sulliview.bsky.social MUST READ. ⬇️ margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/four-essen...margaretsullivan.substack.comFour essentials for the press right nowIf we have any hope of preventing a full slide into permanent autocracy, these must happen 013652 0
Reposted by Antone JohnsonRobert Dale Parker @robertdaleparker.bsky.social · 17/02/2025From Margaret Sullivan @sulliview.bsky.social: "If the tried-&-true journalistic practices of yesterday—politely presenting 'both sides,' as if autocracy & democracy are roughly equivalent—are not getting the job done, then change them." margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/four-essen... 1/2margaretsullivan.substack.comFour essentials for the press right nowIf we have any hope of preventing a full slide into permanent autocracy, these must happen 15823 0
Reposted by Antone JohnsonMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 17/02/2025The employee is Gavin Kliger. He’s been named by multiple large news orgs. Not sure why NBC won’t. 7145821480 0
Reposted by Antone JohnsonSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 17/02/2025For both procedural and substantive reasons, the first Trump case to reach #SCOTUS is *not* going to tell us much about where the justices will come down on the rest of them. I lay out all of the reasons why, and the broader background, in today’s “One First”: www.stevevladeck.com/p/125-the-co...stevevladeck.com125. The Court's First Trump II Case Won't Be a BellwetherThe challenge to Trump's removal of the head of the Office of Special Counsel raises unique procedural and substantive issues likely to prevent it from serving as a referendum—in either direction. 11461119 0
Reposted by Antone JohnsonJed H. Shugerman @jedshug.bsky.social · 17/02/2025@ilyasomin.bsky.social had similar criticisms at @volokhc.bsky.social @reason.com, E.g., the problems “allegiance” tests would have created for the freed slaves, contrary to the primary purpose of the clause. It’s a dog that didn’t bark, as they say. Highly recommended: reason.com/volokh/2025/... 1236 0
Reposted by Antone JohnsonNational Security Counselors 🕵 @nationalsecuritylaw.org · 17/02/2025Just remember, the time between an apparent decisive victory (the destruction of the first Death Star) & an actual decisive victory (the destruction of the second Death Star) was 4 years, during which most of the time life sucked for everyone because the Empire was striking back all over the place. 361831238 0
Reposted by Antone JohnsonJed H. Shugerman @jedshug.bsky.social · 16/02/2025I dug into the only US source cited by Randy Barnett & Ilan Wurman for their theory - against birthright citizenship - in @nytimes @nytopinion: Edward Bates in 1862. He doubly contradicted their argument: "Birthright Citizenship: The Bates Backfire" shugerblogcom.wordpress.com/2025/02/16/b...shugerblogcom.wordpress.comBirthright Citizenship: Barnett & Wurman’s NY Times Essay and their Bates BackfireRandy Barnett & Ilan Wurman had a guest essay in the N.Y. Times on Feb. 15th: “Trump Might Have a Case on Birthright Citizenship.” The bottom line is that their essay backfires, bec… 18787207 0
Reposted by Antone JohnsonNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 16/02/2025The #TeslaTakedown protestors are right about something big: -Musk is more vulnerable than Trump, and at the moment arguably more dangerous -The way to get to Musk is through his businesses. His power stems from his extreme wealth, and his wealth relies on the *perception* of his companies' value. 21665155 0
Reposted by Antone JohnsonAndrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 16/02/2025Donald Trump is interested in the perks of the presidency, but not the work of the presidency. And Elon Musk is more than happy to fill the void. 52752131 0