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Federal Judge Orders White House to Lift Ban on AP
Leah Barkoukis
Leah Barkoukis |  April 09, 2025 9:30 AM
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MARCH 26, 2025

LARGEST EPA UNION HOLDS NATIONWIDE ACTION, MARCH AGAINST ATTACKS ON AGENCY
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JUST IN: The 9th circuit court of appeals won’t clear the way for the mass firing of probationary employees at six key federal departments, leaving in place a lower court’s order reinstating thousands of terminated workers.
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The DownBallot
Democrats flip deep-red Pennsylvania district in special election shocker
No Democrat had ever won this ancestrally Republican seat, but it's now the second Democratic pickup of the year.
DAVID NIR AND JEFF SINGER
MAR 25, 2025
“It’s only March, and Democrats have defied the odds again with another upset victory in Republican territory,” said Heather Williams, the president of the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee. “Democrats are on a roll in state legislative races in 2025, from flipping red seats to defending one-seat majorities, which should put Republicans on edge.”
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Elon Musk and DOGE efforts to close USAID likely unconstitutional, agency must be restored, judge rules
The federal judge ordered the government to reinstate U.S. Agency for International Development systems, saying DOGE likely violated the constitution in multiple ways.
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USDA says it will reinstate fired probationary workers by Wednesday deadline
By Leah Douglas
March 11, 20254:41 PM EDTUpdated 2 days ago
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Bluesky post from Dare Obasanjo: The coolest thing I’ve seen today is that a bunch of volunteer public health professionals and developers have restored the CDC website from before January 20th 2025. 
This differs from an archive in that they want to rebuild the links between pages and replicate the full website.
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In Major Development, Merit Systems Protection Board Grants Reprieve to All USDA Employees, Restoring Employment to More Than 5,000 Federal Workers, Mar 5
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NPR. Supreme Court upholds a lower court order to force USAID to pay contractors. Mar 5
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Federal Court Blocks Trump’s Funding Cuts to Medical Research, Mar 5
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Thousands of USDA Staff Temporarily Rehired by Appeals Panel (1). Mar. 5
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Bluesky post Mar. 4. Email received by a fired CDC Probationary employee reinstating after termination.
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NSF begins reinstating probationary employees
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Judge finds mass firings of federal probationary workers were likely unlawful
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Judge orders Trump administration to rescind directives on probationary employee firings
The administration did not have the authority to issue the dismissals, federal court rules.
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Press releases for actions taken by Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown to challenge harmful executive orders and policy changes by the Trump administration

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“Today I’d like to honor unsung heroes whose courage in the face of the Trump-Musk takeover of America deserves our profound thanks. They are public servants who have chosen to fight rather than submit to Trump’s treachery, contesting his blatantly illegal attempts to fire them.” Click image for post.

Rep. Jamie Raskin is co-chair of this new task force. Click image to go to article.

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A great resource for examples of resistance. Click image for post.

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It only takes two people to make a rally. These two lovely folks provided some much needed good feels to NOAA employees.