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.
#4thCircuit clears the way for #Trump to fire #FederalWorkers again
In a win for Trump, a panel of judges on the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated a lower court ruling ordering 20 #FederalAgencies to reinstate tens of thousands of employees they had fired.
#law #TrumpPurge #TrumpCoup #Musk #DOGE #Project2025
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/09/nx-s1-5357415/trump-federal-probationary-employees-firings
These intimate details about the personal lives of people who live in the #UnitedStates are held in disconnected #data systems across the federal govt—some at #Treasury, some at the #SocialSecurity Admin & some at the Dept of #Education, among other agencies.
The #Trump admin is now trying to connect the dots of that disparate #information.
Well, this is, terrifying
#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
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/us/politics/trump-musk-data-access.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-U4.b0U4.Dd4UOgKl268D&smid=bs-share
Talk about openly corrupt!
#TrumpLies #trumpcorruption #trumpCoup
Trump Justice Department Shuts Down Crypto Fraud Investigation Unit
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-crypto-fraud-justice-department-1235312892/
#SCOTUS on Tues blocked a ruling from a federal judge in California that had ordered the #Trump admin to rehire 16k of fired #FederalWorkers who had been on probationary status.
The court’s brief order said the nonprofit groups that had sued to challenge the dismissals had not suffered the sort of injury that gave them standing to sue.
https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/040825zr_1b8e.pdf
When #TrumpCoup has his “big #militaryparade” in #Washington in #June, wouldn’t it be nice if some of those in the parade managed to smuggle some ammo into the parade with them?
One way to bring down a tyrant.
Trump Orders Four Mile Military Parade for His 79th Birthday. Because of course he did. Fancies himself an autocrat dictator he does. Loves Putin, Kim, Orban and wants to be like them. Pathetic, power-hungry old white man. Fate should take him soon, after all… he’s old, fat, poorly fed and stays up all night rage-posting. #Coup #TrumpCoup #AmericanCoup #fascism #politics #USPol #USPolitics #Republicans
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-orders-four-mile-military-parade-for-his-79th-birthday/
#China stops supply of dysprosium, terbium, tungsten, indium and yttrium to the #US - the elements that don’t make headlines but without which your electric car doesn’t run, your fighter jet doesn’t fly, & your solar panels go from clean energy marvels to overpriced roofing tiles. #TradeWar #auspol #TrumpCoup #USPol
#USpil #TrumpCoup #Legal #FediLaw #Resist #HandsOff!
You are very welcome, but in fact, thank *YOU* for standing up and not being a #collaborator.
https://mstdn.social/@DemocracyMattersALot/114291593124074351
Now, I'm not a fan of his, but at the rate that even fellow Americans are being converted in Latin-American style #LosDesaparecidos 1)... well, he has a point making a historical comparison with Nazi occupied #France 
.
Vive la Résistance!
The internet never forgets!
And you are right!
" Donald Trump is a reign of lawlessness," she said, accusing Trump of interfering with already-approved congressional
funding and pointing to his "repeated resistance to obeying judicial orders," a "disregard for civil rights" and "oppressing the legal profession."
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Singling out specific law firms for punitive actions because they representpeople and causes he doesn't like — that's the whim of the dictator,"
The difference between #America and #Canada.
Canada has a king. He is a pleasant, well-mannered very wealthy old gentleman, who minds his own business, and will only get involved (mostly public symbolic messaging) in our affairs if our elected government asks him to. He has two sons from a first marriage, divorced, and re-married - a rich old bimbo (Our Queen, who we entirely ignore).
America has an elected President who wants to act like he is an Absolute Monarch. He is an unpleasant, ill-mannered very rich old, corpulent, self-absorbed boor of a man, who sticks his nose into the private and public business of Americans. He acts according to whim, ignoring those who need his help in his role as a President. He has two sons from a first marriage, has had multiple divorces and affairs, and is presently married to a rich bimbo, who is much younger than him (Americans ignore her most of the time).
#Leon_Trotsky was highly critical of the #Stalinist_USSR for suppressing #Democracy and the lack of adequate coherent #EconomicPlanning. 
In Results and Prospects, written in 1906, #Trotsky outlines his theory in detail, arguing: "History does not repeat itself. However much one may compare the #RussianRevolution with the Great French Revolution, the former can never be transformed into a repetition of the latter."
In the #FrenchRevolution of 1789, France experienced what Marxists called a "bourgeois-democratic revolution"—a regime was established wherein the bourgeoisie overthrew the existing French feudalistic system. The bourgeoisie then moved towards establishing a regime of #DemocraticParliamentaryInstitutions.
However, while democratic rights were extended to the bourgeoisie, they were not generally extended to a universal franchise. The freedom for workers to organize unions or to strike was not achieved without considerable struggle.
Trotsky argues that because a majority of the branches of industry in Russia originated under the direct influence of government measures—sometimes with the help of government subsidies—the capitalist class was again tied to the ruling elite. The capitalist class was subservient to European capital.
*** 21st century - What has changed is the capitalist class has divided, unequally, creating Hyper-Capitalism. Hyper-Capitalists (#Billionaires and #Trillionaires) influence elections (Mass Media and Campaign Fund Raising), so that the political class become subservient to them. In time, they become directively and publically involved in government. #HyperCaptitalists #HyperCapitalism
#Musk #TrumpRegime #TrumpCoup #Trump
Leaked Memo Reveals Insane Ban on Words Agriculture Department Can Say
The Department of Agriculture is no longer allowed to use the phrase “safe drinking water.”. #Environment #Agriculture #AmericanCoup #Coup #TrumpCoup #PublicHealth #PublicSafety #DrinkingWater #water #EnvironmentalProtection
https://newrepublic.com/post/193395/agriculture-department-ban-words-safe-drinking-water
BREAKING: North Carolina voters have a 15 day "Cure" period to "fix" their ballot!
North Carolina planning to toss out 65k mainly Dem voters (including military serving overseas).
Please boost!
“Trump’s administration is testing out anti-democratic power grabs and violating our due process rights. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he’s monitoring student visa holders’ social media posts and aiming to deport people who criticize the U.S. government. Then they might come for anyone who criticizes Trump, including citizens. We must stop this fascist repression immediately and make sure it doesn’t spread even further.” —Rashida Tlaib, Congresswoman, activist, ally… #AmericanCoup #TrumpCoup #Coup #Fascism #Deportations #USPol #politics #USPolitics #Quote #StopFascism #StopTrumpNow #DueProcess
Saw someone on LinkedIn all happy because E-Yawn Musk is out of government.
Big deal, David Sachs and Peter Thiel are still in there telling useful-idiot Trump what they want done. #uspol #terrif #trump #trumpCoup #ai #cryptob #cryptocurrency #tariffs2025 #tariff #tariffs
Das ging schnell: "Air travel demand between Canada and the US has plummeted by more than 70%, says aviation analytics company OAG"
#trumpCoup #usa #detention
https://www.oag.com/blog/canada-us-airline-capacity-aviation-market
