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NonilexNot goodThe United States Court of Appeals for DC has cleared the way for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> to fire members of the National <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Labor</a> Relations Board <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NLRB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NLRB</a> & the Merit Systems Protection Board <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MSPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MSPB</a>, essentially granting Trump authority over formerly "independent" parts of the executive branch.Judge Millet dissented saying the decision overturned <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a> precedent & disabled the boards from functioning while the case proceeds.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/watchdog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#watchdog</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/whistleblower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#whistleblower</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cadc.41769/gov.uscourts.cadc.41769.01208724995.0_1.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cadc.41769/gov.uscourts.cadc.41769.01208724995.0_1.pdf</a>

NonilexI thought they were trying to save money 🤔Under <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Consumer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Consumer</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FinancialProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FinancialProtection</a> Bureau <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CFPB</a> has dropped nearly a dozen enforcement cases brought during the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Biden</a> admin, ending lawsuits against <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/banks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#banks</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/lenders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lenders</a> for a variety of financial practices that the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/watchdog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#watchdog</a> agency no longer considers <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/illegal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#illegal</a>.But on Wed, the bureau went a step further: It is seeking to GIVE BACK $105k that a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/mortgage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mortgage</a> lender paid to settle <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/racial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#racial</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#discrimination</a> claims….<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/business/cfpb-repay-mortgage-lawsuit.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=6A5655B4-A7D4-4098-AED1-2847DA87EEB0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/business/cfpb-repay-mortgage-lawsuit.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=6A5655B4-A7D4-4098-AED1-2847DA87EEB0</a>

NonilexRachel Maddow is interviewing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HamptonDellinger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HamptonDellinger</a> on her show tonight. For more info:<a href="https://masto.ai/@Nonilex/114112857303923242" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://masto.ai/@Nonilex/114112857303923242</a><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Dellinger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dellinger</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IndependentJudiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IndependentJudiciary</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/watchdog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#watchdog</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/whistleblower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#whistleblower</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SpecialCounsel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SpecialCounsel</a>

NonilexThe panel of 3 judges from the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit said the govt had met the “stringent requirements” for securing a stay while the court considers the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admin’s appeal in the case.  The brief order had no noted dissents from the judges, who were appointed by presidents from both parties. It said a full opinion would be forthcoming.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Independent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Independent</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Watchdog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Watchdog</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Dellinger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dellinger</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalAgencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FederalAgencies</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChecksAndBalances" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChecksAndBalances</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#corruption</a>

NonilexAppeals court allows <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admin to temporarily remove <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/watchdog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#watchdog</a> lawyer <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HamptonDellinger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HamptonDellinger</a>A federal appeals court on Wed allowed Trump to temporarily remove the head of an <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/independent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#independent</a> watchdog agency who was investigating the admin’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MassFirings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MassFirings</a> of probationary <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FederalWorkers</a>.  In a 2-pg order, the court granted the Trump admin’s request to stay a lower court ruling that blocked Trump from summarily firing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Dellinger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dellinger</a>, head of the Office of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SpecialCounsel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SpecialCounsel</a>.  <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/03/05/court-decision-trump-administration-hampton-dellinger/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/03/05/court-decision-trump-administration-hampton-dellinger/</a>

NonilexJudge says <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> cannot fire head of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/independent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#independent</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/watchdog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#watchdog</a> agency  The federal judge’s decision blocks Trump from removing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HamptonDellinger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HamptonDellinger</a> as head of the Office of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SpecialCounsel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SpecialCounsel</a> & sets up a likely <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a> battle over the president’s powers.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NationalSecurity</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#autocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SeparationOfPowers</a> <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/03/01/hampton-dellinger-trump-office-special-counsel/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/03/01/hampton-dellinger-trump-office-special-counsel/</a>

NonilexJonathan McKernan, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>’s pick to lead the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CFPB</a>, has picked up where Mulvaney left off. In written testimony for his nomination hearing, he said the agency “suffers from a crisis of legitimacy.”  …If they can’t destroy the agency, Trump & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> will transform it from a fierce <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/watchdog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#watchdog</a> protecting <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/consumers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#consumers</a> into a docile lapdog. Under their leadership, it might as well be renamed the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FinancialServices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FinancialServices</a> Protection Bureau.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#economy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/regulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#regulation</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/banks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#banks</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#housing</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kleptocracy</a>

NonilexA government <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/watchdog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#watchdog</a> lawyer whose dismissal by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> has been stalled by the courts announced on Monday that his office would seek to pause the mass <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/firings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#firings</a> of some probationary <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FederalWorkers</a>.The lawyer, Hampton Dellinger, who leads the Office of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SpecialCounsel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SpecialCounsel</a>, a government agency that protects <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhistleBlowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WhistleBlowers</a>, said his office had determined that the firings might violate the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a>.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#labor</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/chaos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#chaos</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/us/politics/special-counsel-fired-federal-workers.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=85169D7B-0680-4A58-AC03-1450A9607439" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/us/politics/special-counsel-fired-federal-workers.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=85169D7B-0680-4A58-AC03-1450A9607439</a>

Nonilex“He got away with it. So he expects, reasonably, that he can do it again.”<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> & his allies are using their drive to slash the size of the federal work force to break the bonds of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/restraint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#restraint</a>. To do so, they are deploying a strategy of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/intimidation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#intimidation</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/punishment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#punishment</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/coercion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coercion</a>. They have silenced <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/watchdog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#watchdog</a> agencies, discharged prosecutors, forced resignations & dismissed government officials whose job it was to maintain <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ethical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ethical</a> standards.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/felon47" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#felon47</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOJ</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JAG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JAG</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MafiaState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kleptocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GiftArticle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GiftArticle</a><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> is sowing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/chaos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#chaos</a> at a blistering pace.- Thomas B. EdsallHe “is dismantling <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/watchdog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#watchdog</a> offices & other parts of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicIntegrity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PublicIntegrity</a> apparatus for 2 reasons, one backward-looking & one forward-looking,” Richard Primus, a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> prof at the University of Michigan, wrote by email:<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/felon47" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#felon47</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOJ</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JAG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JAG</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/accountability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#accountability</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#criminal</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#corruption</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MafiaState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kleptocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/opinion/trump-agenda-firings-chaos.html?unlocked_article_code=1.z04.UfIN.jWziIQ-9S4EQ&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/opinion/trump-agenda-firings-chaos.html?unlocked_article_code=1.z04.UfIN.jWziIQ-9S4EQ&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare</a>

NonilexIn the first case to reach <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a> arising from the blitz of actions taken in the early weeks of the new admin, lawyers for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> asked the justices on Sunday to let him fire a govt lawyer who leads a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/watchdog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#watchdog</a> agency.The admin’s emergency application asked the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SupremeCourt</a> to vacate a federal trial judge’s order temporarily reinstating Hampton Dellinger, the head of the Office of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SpecialCounsel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SpecialCounsel</a>.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#autocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOJ</a>

Nonilex…it’s highly unusual to grant political appointees access to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/personal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#personal</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/taxpayer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#taxpayer</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#data</a>, or even programs adjacent to that data…. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IRS</a> commissioners…do not have <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IDRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IDRS</a> access. The same goes for the national taxpayer advocate, the agency’s internal consumer <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/watchdog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#watchdog</a>, acc/to Nina Olson, who served in the role from 2001 to 2019.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kleptocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InfoSec</a>

Critty CatTyrant Trump wants you to think he's above any law. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uspol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/watchdog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#watchdog</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/saturdaymotivation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#saturdaymotivation</a>

Bytes EuropeEnvironment watchdog flags worries over Govt science sector shake-up <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/740084/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.byteseu.com/740084/</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/arguing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#arguing</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/concerns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#concerns</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/could" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#could</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/crown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#crown</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/damage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#damage</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#environment</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Flags" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Flags</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Governments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Governments</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/govt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#govt</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Grave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Grave</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/institutes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#institutes</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NewZealand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NewZealand</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/over" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#over</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/plans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#plans</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/proposed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#proposed</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/raised" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#raised</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Research</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Science</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/sector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sector</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Serious" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Serious</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/shake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#shake</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/shakeup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#shakeup</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/splitting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#splitting</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/that" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#that</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/watchdog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#watchdog</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/worries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#worries</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/zealands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#zealands</a>

NonilexThe <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CFPB</a> has long faced opposition from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Republicans</a> & industries including <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WallStreet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WallStreet</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SiliconValley</a>.Weeks after the bureau announced finalized rules for becoming a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/watchdog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#watchdog</a> on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DigitalWallets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DigitalWallets</a>, TechNet & NetChoice, 2 groups backed by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BigTech</a>, sued the CFPB, arguing that the agency does not have "free rein in choosing which nonbank entities to supervise."<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/regulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#regulation</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#finance</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tech</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/apps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#apps</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cybersecurity</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InfoSec</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#security</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fraud</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oversight</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#corruption</a>

PrivacyDigest<a href="https://mas.to/tags/TSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TSA</a> facial recognition technology faces audit probe • The Register Senators ask, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/HomelandSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HomelandSecurity</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/watchdog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#watchdog</a> answers: Is it worth the money? The Department of Homeland Security's <a href="https://mas.to/tags/InspectorGeneral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InspectorGeneral</a> has launched an audit of the Transportation Security Administration's use of facial recognition technology at US <a href="https://mas.to/tags/airports" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#airports</a> , following criticism from lawmakers and <a href="https://mas.to/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#privacy</a> advocates. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ig</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/dhs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dhs</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/tsa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tsa</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/facialrecognition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#facialrecognition</a><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/03/tsa_facial_recognition_audit/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/03/tsa_facial_recognition_audit/</a>

Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈[Video] <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/InspectorGeneral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InspectorGeneral</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/fired" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fired</a> by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> has a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/warning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#warning</a> for <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Americans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Americans</a>. President Donald Trump fired the inspectors general from more than a dozen <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/federal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#federal</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/agencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#agencies</a> in a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FridayNightPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FridayNightPurge</a>, according to a Trump administration official, paving the way for him to install his own <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/picks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#picks</a> for the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/independent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#independent</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/watchdog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#watchdog</a> roles. <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/27/politics/video/inspector-general-fired-trump-mark-greenblatt-digvid?cid=external-feeds_iluminar_flipboard" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/27/politics/video/inspector-general-fired-trump-mark-greenblatt-digvid?cid=external-feeds_iluminar_flipboard</a>

Dissent Doe :cupofcoffee:In November 2024, a BreachForums user called "Nam3L3ss" dumped more than 100 databases on BreachForums. The databases were cleaned-up databases from the Clop MOVEit breach of 2023. He plans to leak even more databases in the coming weeks and months. Some will also be from MOVEit, but he claims there will be many others from other sources.He is not selling the data. He is just giving it away. Being a psychologist by background, I really wanted to understand what he has been doing and why. So we chatted. And chatted. And I've written some of it up in a multi-part interview format that begins here:Conversation with a “Nam3L3ss” Watchdog: Preface <a href="https://databreaches.net/2024/12/23/conversation-with-a-nam3l3ss-watchdog-preface/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://databreaches.net/2024/12/23/conversation-with-a-nam3l3ss-watchdog-preface/</a>To jump directly to specific parts:Part 1, his background and motivation: <a href="https://databreaches.net/2024/12/23/conversation-with-a-nam3l3ss-watchdog-part-1-background/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://databreaches.net/2024/12/23/conversation-with-a-nam3l3ss-watchdog-part-1-background/</a>Part 2, his methods: <a href="https://databreaches.net/2024/12/23/conversation-with-a-nam3l3ss-watchdog-part-2-methods/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://databreaches.net/2024/12/23/conversation-with-a-nam3l3ss-watchdog-part-2-methods/</a>Part 3 ethical concerns and his goals: <a href="https://databreaches.net/2024/12/23/conversation-with-a-nam3l3ss-watchdog-part-3-ethics-and-goals/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://databreaches.net/2024/12/23/conversation-with-a-nam3l3ss-watchdog-part-3-ethics-and-goals/</a><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/dataleaks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dataleaks</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/watchdog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#watchdog</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Nam3L3ss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nam3L3ss</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/accountability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#accountability</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/databrokers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#databrokers</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Clop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Clop</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/MOVEit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MOVEit</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/databreach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#databreach</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#infosec</a>

ScienceCommunicator“Repeatedly lying & illegally cheating its customers” There are 4 types of people, those that know that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a> is crooked & are courageous enough to say so. Those that know Musk is crooked though have apathy about corruption. Those that don't know Musk is crooked, & the Elon Musk crony <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#capitalist</a> fan club that are all about the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#money</a> (There is no honour amongst thieves) <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kleptocracy</a> Elon Musk calls to ‘delete’ (independent) <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> finance consumer <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/watchdog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#watchdog</a> agency <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/nov/28/elon-musk-cfpb-trump" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/nov/28/elon-musk-cfpb-trump</a>

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️American Oversight Demands Prompt Release of FBI Records of Matt Gaetz Investigation <a href="https://americanoversight.org/american-oversight-demands-prompt-release-of-fbi-records-of-matt-gaetz-investigation" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://americanoversight.org/american-oversight-demands-prompt-release-of-fbi-records-of-matt-gaetz-investigation</a>* American Oversight filed lawsuit * seeking FBI summaries of witness interviews f. investigation into allegations of sex trafficking * 1st requested March 2023 via Freedom of Information Act<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/watchdog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#watchdog</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AmericanOversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmericanOversight</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FOIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FOIA</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FBI</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MattGaetz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MattGaetz</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SexTrafficking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SexTrafficking</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SexCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SexCrimes</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SexAbuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SexAbuse</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump2</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GOP</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Project2025</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Christofascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Christofascism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/misogyny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#misogyny</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sexism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sexism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/paternalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#paternalism</a>

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