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Trump’s NOAA nominee: Ongoing hiring freeze lift ‘challenging’ for its mission

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President Donald Trump’s pick to run the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration told lawmakers that if confirmed, adequate staffing for the agency will be paramount in preparation for major budget cuts next year. Neil Jacobs, Trump’s nominee to serve as NOAA administrator, told members of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee that a governmentwide hiring freeze, recently extended to Oct. 15, has made it “challenging” for the agency to meet certain parts of its mission. Jacobs on Wednesday told lawmakers that staffing up NOAA will be a “top priority,”…

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Trump’s Running Tab in the Abrego Garcia Case

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The Trump administration’s long, belabored campaign to prove that Kilmar Abrego Garcia is a gang leader, a terrorist, and an all-around bad guy—not a wrongfully deported Maryland man—has produced some extraordinary legal maneuvers. The administration fought Abrego Garcia’s return from El Salvador all the way to the Supreme Court, lost, and eventually brought him back to the United States to slap him with criminal charges it had started investigating after it had already sent him to a foreign prison. But with that criminal case off to a shaky start, the…

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MoveOn Statement on Trump’s Illegal Strikes on Iran

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WASHINGTON – In response to President Trump launching direct strikes on Iran without Congressional authorization, MoveOn Civic Action released the following statement:  “By launching direct strikes against Iran without Congressional approval, President Trump broke the law and his campaign promises to the American people. President Trump is putting all of us in danger by starting yet another forever war. Our Congressional lawmakers have a responsibility to their constituents and our country to hold Trump accountable and end his war mongering.” ### MoveOn is a people-powered force for progress. MoveOn mobilizes…

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The New Danger in Trump’s Washington: Honoring Federal Employees

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In some ways, last night’s Sammie awards—also known as the Oscars for federal employees—proceeded just as they do every year. In a packed auditorium a few blocks from the White House, government luminaries handed out medals to some of the nation’s most talented civil servants, recognizing groundbreaking research, major improvements in customer service, and top-notch stewardship of taxpayer money. The ceremony, however, was unusual in one respect: Hardly any of the honorees took the stage to accept their awards. Instead, they stayed at their seats, away from the cameras. Public…

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MoveOn Statement on President Trump’s Latest Abuse of Power

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WASHINGTON – In response to Newark Mayor Baraka’s arrest while protesting the Trump administration’s anti-constitutional efforts to abduct innocent people, MoveOn Civic Action released the following statement: “The Trump administration is abusing its power to arrest anybody who disagrees with them—everyone from mayors to judges to students. This is part of President Trump’s authoritarian playbook to scare the American people into silence and complicity. “We all have the constitutional freedom to express our political opinion and to peacefully protest. We cannot allow the Trump administration to take those rights away…

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