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The US government has ordered states to retract their plans to build hundreds of federally funded EV charging stations, according to a memo obtained by WIRED.

The order may be illegal. It could fly in face of court orders demanding the Trump administration unfreeze a funding pause that prevents federal money from flowing to state agencies. It may also violate the Administrative Procedures Act, which requires agencies to follow legal procedures before taking action.

There is no legal basis for funds that have been apportioned to states to build projects being decertified based on policy, says Andrew Rogers, a former deputy administrator and chief counsel of the Federal Highway Administration.

some feds being told verbally that return to office is march 17 and that includes those with cbas

nothing in writing to keep it from the courts as long as possible

NTEU already on it

They have said for years that they wish that wasn't their anniversary.

Some IRS employees who accepted the Office of Personnel Managements deferred resignation offer are now being told they must stay on the job through May 15, because the agency has deemed their work essential to this years tax filing season.

Please try to enjoy each fact equally, and not show preference for any over the others.

Toward the end of his announcement, Burnie encouraged fans to listen to the February 5th episode of the Morning Somewhere podcast to learn more about the companys re-launch.

It's not even a ridiculous amount of ignorance honestly. The propaganda machine was firing on all cylinders. You needed to dig to absolutely know it made no sense. People who are struggling often don't have the luxury of having time or resources to dig.

And I won't judge those people for that if it's legitimately 100% where their heart was. It sucks but we live in a time that sucks.

A bleeding heart over human rights, if said rights don't directly affect you or those close to you, is a luxury to those who are relatively better off. People are suffering out there. They don't deserve to be treated as the enemy by default because the price of eggs affects them with their meager paycheck to paycheck at best living an incredible amount more compared to how much it inconveniences you.

Like people are literally starving and going homeless out there. It isn't as cut and dry as a lot of privileged Internet outrage mongers try to paint it as.

Given how incumbent governments all around the world were upended last year because they got held accountable for inflation

In other news

https://theintercept.com/2025/02/04/jan-6-prosecutions-ed-martin-reparations/

Ed Martin is seeking reparations for J6ers. Apparently we do do reparations. Just not for slavery or Jim Crow. But for people who committed treason and were given slaps on the wrist for it.

so then why are we arguing in the first place?

What about the people who said she was going to lose if she didnt stop the genocide?

Both sides of the Gaza situation warned the other, and both were right.

Federal Workers Sue to Disconnect DOGE Server

Two federal workers, citing reports that Elon Musks associates are operating an illegally connected email server at OPM, seek a restraining order.

Has the energy secretary ever not been an oil guy?

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Intelligence

The US Army Corps of Engineers opened two dams on Friday in Central California and let roughly 2.2 billion gallons of water flow out of reservoirs, after President Donald Trump ordered the release with the misguided intent to send water to fire-ravaged Southern California.

Trump celebrated the move in posts to Truth Social post on Friday and Sunday, declaring, the water is flowing in California, and adding the water was heading to farmers throughout the State, and to Los Angeles.

There are two major problems, water experts said: The newly released water will not flow to Los Angeles, and it is being wasted by being released during the wet winter season.

I constantly see signs here that say things like "PRAY FOR RAIN" and "is growing food a waste of water?" so my expectations are low for them to have a realistic handle on the subject

Bluest state in the nation doing a great job insulating us from Trump already, I see.

My friends keep marking the fake opm mails as spam. They keep getting emails that they aren't spam and to take them seriously. They also mark those as spam.

On Feb 7th, they're gonna Schedule F all non-bargaining unit positions and then tell agencies to fire 25-50% of people. You wait, it's coming.

[The school your kids go to] is currently in lockdown. Local law enforcement is on campus investigating. Please do not call the office or go to [the achool]. We will communicate with you as we know information.

Great. Just fucking great. (Ive talked to both kids and they say theyre fine, that does not alleviate the anxiety.)

Q: Am I allowed to get a second job during the deferred resignation period?

A: Absolutely! We encourage you to find a job in the private sector as soon as you would like to do so. The way to greater American prosperity is encouraging people to move from lower productivity jobs in the public sector to higher productivity jobs in the private sector.

legally speaking I don't think they can force them to (or fire them for it)

Are you in a bargaining unit?

The OPM guidance specifies that by 5 pm on January 24, agencies should revise their telework policy to state that eligible employees must work full-time at their respective duty stations, subject to certain exceptions. The guidance recommends that agencies set a target date of approximately 30 days for full compliance with the Presidential Memorandum, subject to any exclusions granted by the agency and any collective bargaining obligations.

Treasury intends to fully comply with the Presidential Memorandum, and we are currently evaluating how it will apply to Treasury employees. We will provide additional information as soon as possible. Employees will receive notice before any changes in their telework or remote work status are implemented.

I recall one study suggesting that the happiest demographic of all might be... a childless woman in her 40s.

a weakening of the dollar directly increased the stock price.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/ending-radical-indoctrination-in-k-12-schooling/

sorry to interrupt the infighting but the president is trying to kill me again

Says he's opening a new detention center at Guantanamo Bay for 30,000 migrants

Although I do still have some amortized solar panel credit that I need to cash in.