DOGE
Kash Patel tells FBI staff to ignore Elon Musk request to list their achievements
The new FBI director, Kash Patel, has told his agency employees to hold off on responding to an email from the Donald Trump administration asking them to list their accomplishments in the last week as the tech billionaire Elon Musk expands his crusade to slash the federal government’s size.
Airbnb Hosts Ditch Platform as Billionaire Co-Founder Joins Elon Musk’s DOGE
Many Airbnb hosts have ditched the platform since its billionaire co-founder Joe Gebbia went full MAGA after President Donald Trump’s inauguration.
More than half of the posts on Airbnb’s message boards since Thursday are reportedly from hosts and travelers threatening—or outright announcing—they are cutting ties with the platform over Gebbia’s affiliation with DOGE.
Federal workers launch a new site to share inside information about DOGE
Madness
U.S. Government Removing EV Chargers From All Federal Buildings Because They Are ‘Not Mission-Critical’
The more than 8,000 charging ports available to federal workers are going away.
The General Services Administration will also offload any EVs purchased under the Biden administration.
Trump administration shuts down national database documenting police misconduct
Database, first proposed by Trump in 2020 and created by Biden administration in 2023, is now offline.
The National Law Enforcement Accountability Database (NLEAD), which stored police records documenting misconduct, is now unavailable. The White House confirmed the database’s deletion.
U.S. votes against U.N. resolution condemning Russia for Ukraine war
The United States voted with Russia, North Korea, Belarus and 14 other Moscow-friendly countries Monday on a resolution condemning Russian aggression in Ukraine and calling for its occupied territory to be returned that passed overwhelmingly in the U.N. General Assembly on Monday.
Nazis
Neo-Nazi group plots rebuild as Trump’s FBI chief takes helm, audio reveals
"The Base," an international neo-Nazi terrorist group with origins in the US appears to be quickly rebuilding its global and stateside ranks.
Founded in 2018, the Base has been the intense focus of a years-long FBI counter-terrorism investigation that has resulted in more than a dozen of its members arrested. It has plotted an assassination, mass shootings and other actions in Europe, which made it a proscribed terrorist organization in several countries.
The Base’s regrouping comes at a time when the Trump administration has made it a policy goal to move away from policing far-right extremism.
Steve Bannon gives fascist-style salute at US Conservative Political Action Conference - YouTube
Misogny
The Christian Nationalist Plot to Disenfranchise Women Voters
The proposed Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, or SAVE Act, now considered a priority for Republicans in the House, will make it harder, if not practically impossible, for millions of women to vote. The SAVE Act would require documentation, such as a passport or birth certificate matching your current legal name to allow a person to register to vote. Eight in 10 married women in opposite-sex marriages took their spouse’s last name, and the bill could exclude over 69 million married American women whose names do not match their birth certificate.
Missouri lawmaker proposes registry of pregnant women ‘at risk’ for abortions
A Republican lawmaker in Missouri has introduced legislation to create a registry of pregnant women who are “at risk” of having an abortion – a proposal the bill’s author characterized as an “eHarmony for babies” that could also help match adoptive parents with babies.
Federal prisons prep to move trans inmates as early as next week
If transferred, these people, some of who are post-surgery, would be at an incredibly high risk of assault.
Chris Hadnagy's Misconduct at DEF CON (starting at page 8)
Report: OpenAI plans to shift compute needs from Microsoft to SoftBank
By 2030, OpenAI expects to get three-quarters of its data center capacity from Stargate, a project that’s expected to be heavily financed by SoftBank. That represents a major shift away from Microsoft.
Google plans to stop using insecure SMS verification in Gmail
The company will reportedly switch to using QR codes.
Beware: PayPal "New Address" feature abused to send phishing emails
An ongoing PayPal email scam exploits the platform's address settings to send fake purchase notifications, tricking users into granting remote access to scammers.
It is no longer safe to move our governments and societies to US clouds
It's very scary to make Europe 100% dependent on the goodwill of the American government merely because it is convenient. So let’s not.