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Trump fires US archivist

By JOSH BOAK

Trump has dismissed Colleen Shogan as the archivist of the United States, White House aide Sergio Gor posted on X.

Trump said before returning to the presidency in early January that he would replace the head of the National Archives and Records Administration.

The government agency drew his anger after it informed the Justice Department about issues with Trump’s handling of classified documents in early 2022. That led to an FBI raid at Trump’s home at Mar-a-Lago and the charging of federal crimes against him. The government has since dropped the charges against Trump due to his return to the presidency.

Shogan, the first woman in the post, wasn’t the archivist of the United States at the time the classified documents issue emerged. David Ferriero, who had been appointed by President Barack Obama in 2009, announced in January 2022 that he’d be retiring effective that April.

https://apnews.com/live/trump-presidenc ... 2f2fc60000

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Trump says he is revoking Biden's security clearance

US President Donald Trump has said he is revoking Joe Biden's security clearance and access to daily intelligence briefings, after his predecessor did the same to him four years ago.

"There is no need for Joe Biden to continue receiving access to classified information," Trump wrote in a post on his Truth Social platform.

"JOE, YOU'RE FIRED," the Republican added in a reference to his catchphrase on the reality TV show The Apprentice.

Trump has already revoked the security clearance of more than four dozen former intelligence officials whom he accused of meddling in the 2020 election in Biden's favour.

Trump posted on Friday evening that Biden "set this precedent in 2021, when he instructed the Intelligence Community (IC) to stop the 45th President of the United States (ME!) from accessing details on National Security, a courtesy provided to former Presidents".

He said Biden "could not be trusted with sensitive information", citing a justice department inquiry into the Democrat's storage of classified files, which decided not to press charges and said Biden had a poor memory. Biden rejected that characterisation at the time.

Trump has taken steps to revoke the security clearances and protections of other top officials linked to the Biden administration since returning to office.

In 2021, Biden stopped Trump from receiving classified intelligence briefings, the first time an ex-president had ever been denied such information, which is traditionally given as a courtesy.

He justified the move by saying Trump could not be trusted because of his "erratic behaviour", even before the 2021 US Capitol riot, which Democrats accused Trump of inciting in the last days of his first term.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn57p5r99xyo

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The distractions are coming hot and heavy tonight. They don't want people to focus on Elmo and his gang stealing our personal data.

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Hoodlum ‬ ‪@nothoodlum.bsky.social‬
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The Pentagon is doubling the number of media outlets losing their workspaces.

OUT: The New York Times, The Washington Post, NBC, CNN,
Politico, The Hill, The War Zone, and NPR.

IN: New York Post, The Washington Examiner, OANN, Newsmax, The Free Press, The Daily Caller, and Breitbart.

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eugene20
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His examples of other agencies established under executive orders didn't magically have authority over every other agency, stomping over the constitution.

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Go to fednews
r/fednews
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natansonh

D. O. G.E agents removed from sensitive OPM personnel database after security concerns in WaPo story
Several agents of the U.S. D.O.G.E. Service were removed from sensitive personnel databases maintained by the Office of Personnel Management after a Washington Post report detailed the extraordinary level of access granted to the D.O.G.E. deputies over highly guarded government data.

Directives from the agency’s interim leadership indicated that D.O.G.E. representatives should be withdrawn from two principal systems containing personally identifiable information for millions of federal employees, according to communications reviewed by The Post and people familiar with the developments who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the matter’s sensitivity.

Those systems are called Enterprise Human Resources Integration and Electronic Official Personnel Folder. They hold sensitive information about employees of most federal agencies, including addresses, demographic profiles, salary details and disciplinary histories.

The Post reported Thursday morning that D.O.G.E. agents had gained access to those systems along with “administrative” access to OPM computer systems. That allowed them sweeping authority to install and modify software on government-supplied equipment and, according to two OPM officials, to alter internal documentation of their own activities.

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[patrick]

Seems like sickness have increased during Mr Delay's two terms

[ashkor87]

Trump looks shockingly old and haggard...hmm..

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Also explain to the judge why you sent programmers and not forensic accountants, Elon.

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Jon Cooper
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Trump administration solves problem that it created.

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[Owendonovan]

I don't know what I'm supposed to be doing to combat all this.

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