Newsom in fight to advance plans for $20-billion Delta water tunnel https://www.byteseu.com/896839/ #45MileTunnel #board #environment #letter #nemeth #newsom #NewsomAdministration #NicoleKuenzi #opponent #petition #project #SacramentoDelta #StateDepartment #StateWaterRegulator #supply #Water
The Trump administration has appointed a national security lawyer who entered the foreign service just four years ago as the top official overseeing the State Department's global workforce, sources say. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/06/world/politics/trump-junior-officer-us-foreign-service/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #donaldtrump #statedepartment
We should look at the bright side.
At least they upgraded from AOL.
uk.news.yahoo.com/f-ing-idiot-... #mikewaltz #petehegseth #uspoli #donaldtrump #dod #jdvance #marcorubio #tulsigabbard #nsc #scottbessent #cia #stephenmiller #nsa #whitehouse #johnratcliffe #statedepartment #susiewiles #usmc #usaf
‘F***ing Idiot’ Mike Waltz Was...
International students in US get email telling them to self deport based on "social media reviews" conducted by U.S. State Department —
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/hundreds-of-international-students-are-waking-up-to-an-email-asking-them-to-self-deport-for-campus-activism-or-even-sharing-posts-on-social-media/articleshow/119679695.cms
[NB: Times of India is a real media site with some right-of-center bias: https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/times-of-india/]
h/t @ben @krusynth
https://werd.social/@ben/114251571629109664
#deportation #StateDepartment
Trump’s Secret Police Are Stalking More and More Students
Tell me this is not all at the direction of #putin. The #Trump administration has terminated more than 5,300 #grants and #contracts managed by the U.S. Agency for International Development #USAID worth more than $27 billion, according to a document obtained by POLITICO. https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000195-d4ba-dc7d-add5-f6fe93e40000 #foreign #aid #statedepartment #budget #vaccines #food #healthcare #HIV #AIDS
https://www.europesays.com/1945011/ USAID’s information technology team is down to five members #america #JasonGray #science #StateDepartment #technology #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesAgencyForInternationalDevelopment(usaid) #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #US #USA #usaid
Hegseth Disclosed Secret War Plans in Group Chat With Atlantic Journalist https://www.byteseu.com/860479/ #Atlantic #ClassifiedInformationAndStateSecrets #DefenseDepartment #DonaldJ #Goldberg #Hegseth #houthis #JD #Jeffrey #Marco #Michael(1974) #MiddleEast #MobileApplications #NationalSecurityCouncil #Pete #Politics #Rubio #Signal(OpenWhisperSystems) #StateDepartment #The(Magazine) #trump #UnitedStatesDefenseAndMilitaryForces #UnitedStatesPoliticsAndGovernment #vance #Waltz #Yemen
(just love how the words 'extraordinary blunder' are highlighted in red, presumably a hyperlink but also highlighting the profound clown fuckery of the story)
Denmark issues US travel advisory for transgender people https://www.byteseu.com/856577/ #AfricanHumanRightsCoalition #Canada #CapitalPrideAlliance #Denmark #DonaldTrump #EgaleCanada #Featured #Finland #Germany #InterPride #MarcoRubio #StateDepartment #worldpride
https://www.europesays.com/1936665/ Denmark issues US travel advisory for transgender people #AfricanHumanRightsCoalition #Canadá #CapitalPrideAlliance #Danmark #denmark #DonaldTrump #EgaleCanada #Featured #finland #germany #InterPride #MarcoRubio #StateDepartment #WorldPride
What to Know About Crossing the U.S. Border as an International Visitor
The U.S. State Department is considering new travel bans on citizens from 43 countries (over 20% of the countries recognized by the United Nations) – dividing them into three tiers: Red, Orange, Yellow. @fodors has more, including the entire list being proposed, which contains some countries you might find surprising:
Trump Officials Are ‘Pretending’ a Judge Didn’t Bar His Anti-Diversity Orders
https://www.europesays.com/1909241/ Trump Admin ‘Pretending’ Judge Didn’t Block His Anti-Diversity Orders #DEI #diversity #doge #DonaldTrump #ElonMusk #JdVance #StateDepartment #trump
Inside Trump’s Crackdown on Dissent: Obscure Laws, ICE Agents and Fear
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/us/politics/trump-crackdown-dissent.html
A win: "The State Department has paid out $97M to the National Endowment for Democracy and is putting another $72M out the door imminently.
It appears this will head off a lawsuit that would have been a test of President Trump's impoundment authority."
-K Cheney
#Courts #StateDepartment #NED #DOGE #USPol
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25557958-endowment/ https://toad.social/@KimPerales/114145957940583611
A win: "The State Department has paid out $97M to the National Endowment for Democracy and is putting another $72M out the door imminently.
It appears this will head off a lawsuit that would have been a test of President Trump's impoundment authority."
-K Cheney
Rubio Seeks Cease-Fire in Ukraine After Reaching His Own With Musk https://www.byteseu.com/818029/ #ContentType:PersonalProfile #DonaldJ #ForeignAid #GroupOfSeven #HumanitarianAid #Jidda(SaudiArabia) #Marco #Marocco #Pete #Rubio #StateDepartment #trump #Ukraine #UnitedStatesInternationalRelations #UnitedStatesPoliticsAndGovernment #volodymyr #Zelensky
Musk and Trump Bash Immigrants While Destroying Programs to Stabilize Their Home Countries
