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In a stmnt on Monday, the #Trump admin said it was examining ~$256M in contracts, as well as another $8.7B in what it described as “multiyear grant commitments.”

“While #Harvard’s recent actions to curb institutionalized *antisemitism*—though long overdue—are welcome, there is much more that the university must do to retain the privilege of receiving federal taxpayers’ hard-earned dollars,” Josh Gruenbaum, a snr ofcl at the #GSA, said.

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…The WH is the latest govt property on which #Starlink now operates.

In recent weeks, Starlink was also set up at the #GSA, which has served as a hub for #Musk’s government-shrinking efforts…

While several #FederalAgencies contract w/Starlink, the satellite service is typically used to provide internet access in emergency situations & to remote locations — not at federal buildings in DC, which already have ample internet options.

#Destroying the #judiciary -The entire Phoenix field office of #GSA has been fired, according to federal #court administrator. The field office "was the subject of #RIF reduction in force," said district court executive, clerk of court for US District Court for the District of #Arizona. Firings included people who operated and maintained the Sandra Day O'Connor U.S. Courthouse in downtown Phoenix, Lucas said. #coup #fascism #dictator #democracy #constitution yahoo.com/news/entire-phoenix- #FreeAmerica

Yahoo News · Federal firings wipe out entire Phoenix office that runs court, official saysBy Jimmy Jenkins, Arizona Republic
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A Sensitive Complex Housing a CIA Facility Was on GSA's List of US Properties for Sale

Plans to redevelop a Northern #Virginia warehouse site have long been complicated by the area’s worst-kept secret—the presence of a CIA facility. The #GSA put the site up for sale anyway.
wired.com/story/gsa-sale-cia-f

“The GSA’s effort to sell hundreds of US #government properties is part of... Elon Musk’s so-called #Doge...

some of the buildings identified house classified #CIA space"

#Musk#Coup#USPol

🚨"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
azcentral.com/story/news/local

The Arizona Republic · Federal firings wipe out entire Phoenix office that runs court, official saysBy , The Arizona Republic
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Building Staff Canned At Phoenix Federal Courthouse
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/b

"The GSA is currently controlled by #DOGE...

The #Phoenix courthouse houses the #judicial branch mostly. But the #GSA is still in charge of running the building. So court staff were surprised earlier this week when they found out that all the GSA employees who run the building had been fired. None of the judicial offices... had been notified."

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The culling of #GSA’s #18F in particular, a specialized #digital services agency tasked w/improving #user experience w/govt services & helping #FederalAgencies build & buy a variety of #tech, has crippled programs that silently but effectively prepared Americans for #weather #disasters or streamlined tasks, like renewing a #passport or filing #taxes. Over the wknd, ~90 technologists at 18F were fired via surprise email that went out shortly before 1AM ET on Sat morning.

#law#Musk#Trump
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Looting Watch
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/l

"the #GSA today announced it’s going to sell off... buildings include #FBI Headquarters in Washington, DC... the headquarters of the #DOJ, #HHS, #DOL & more...

Late Update: ...they removed all the DC buildings from the list. Given how unexplained and arbitrary the decision-making seems to be it seems entirely possible they’ll be back on the list soon...

Even Later Update: And now the entire list is gone."

#Musk#Doge#Trump
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DOGE moves to cancel #NOAA leases on key weather buildings
axios.com/2025/03/03/doge-noaa

"One of the buildings is the nerve center for generating national #weather forecasts.

It was designed to integrate multiple #forecasting centers in one building to improve operating #efficiency. It houses telecommunications equipment to send weather #data & forecasts across the #US & abroad...

Elon Musk's #DOGE has been working through the #GSA to cancel #government leases"

#Musk#Coup#Trump

Protesters have so many things to push back against -from #tariffs to Trump's reset on the war in Ukraine to the aggressive & sometimes legally dubious actions of the #DOGE & its ldr #Musk, that it's hard to know what to focus on.

#TrumpMusk regime is responsible for hundreds of heinous actions & atrocities that've affected millions of ppl around the world: #Firings, #Ukraine #Betrayal, cuts to #USAID, #NIH, #NSF, #CDC, #FDA, #FFA, #VA, #IRS #NOAA, #GSA...
#USPol #Resist msn.com/en-us/news/politics/de

"On the list of US property that GSA says it could sell:

- FBI HQ
- DOJ HQ
- USDA HQ
- HHS HQ
- Dept. of Labor HQ
- Dept. of Energy HQ
- FAA HQ
- GSA HQ"

Here is the full list of "non-core" properties now owned by the US that GSA says could be sold.
-L DesJardins

Musk's #DOGE is selling OUR US GOVT properties piecemeal.

We need a new lawsuit ASAP❗

#USPol #GSA #Musk #Trump #Resist

gsa.gov/real-estate/real-estat

U.S. General Services AdministrationNon-core property listLearn about our lease cost avoidance plan and its successes.

Amongst #Federal bldgs that Team #DJT are offloading as surplus property is a #courthouse built in GA during the late 30's #WPA era. Renamed the J Roy Rowland Federal Courthouse in 1997, it currently houses U.S. District Court proceedings, the #FBI, the largely dormant and defanged Natural Resources Conservation Service and some #GSA offices . The building was named after a deceased six term #Democrat Rep, one of the rare medical doctor congressmen who passed in 2022, and during his career advocated for #Medicaid patients and the uninsured, creating a network of community health centers.

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"The credit card program allows federal workers to bypass the typical procurement process required to buy goods and services. A 2002 report from the Department of #Commerce said that, “by avoiding the formal procurement process, #GSA estimates the annual savings to be $1.2 billion.” It also enables federal employees to avoid paying sales tax on expenses that the #government is exempt from."
wired.com/story/doge-elon-musk

#ElonMusk#Musk#Coup