GAO rejects DOGE attempt to land at congressional watchdog agency
The Government Accountability Office told the DOGE acting administrator that it is part of the legislative branch.
Elon Musk’s DOGE tried to place a downsizing team at the Government Accountability Office, but the congressional watchdog rebuffed the intrusion, according to an internal bulletin viewed by POLITICO’s E&E News.
DOGE recently contacted the congressional watchdog with plans to “assign a team” to the office, according to the bulletin sent to all GAO staff on Friday. The move would be a significant expansion of DOGE’s effort to shrink U.S. federal agencies that are managed by the executive branch.
But GAO responded with a letter to the DOGE acting administrator, the former health care and tech executive Amy Gleason, explaining that the office is situated under the legislative branch and works for Congress, not the president.
“As such, we are not subject to DOGE or Executive Orders,” GAO wrote, according to the bulletin sent to staff Friday.
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Congress moves to cut off states' AI regulations - Khari Johnson @ The Markup:
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USians: *Please* tell your senators that regulation is more important than tech, and demand they strip this language from the budget bill!
Congress moves to cut off states' AI regulations – The Markup
House Republicans advanced a 10-year moratorium on state AI rules. California would be especially hard hitthemarkup.org
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Una nostra analisi non propagandistica ma nel merito.
Punto per punto.
Del resto si autorizzano riunione razziste ma si manda la polizia a identificare chi festeggia il 25 aprile.
Perché Piantedosi (dopo Salvini) è il peggior ministro degli Interni degli ultimi decenni
Matteo Piantedosi non è un uomo privo di esperienza o capacità tecniche, ma il suo mandato rivela una carenza più grave: la mancanza di una visione che elevi il ruolo del Ministro dell’Interno al di sopra delle contingenze politiche.globalist (Globalist.it)
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O que esperar da Computex 2025?
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Erschütternd. Russlandpropagandist in Diensten Trumps attackiert medizinische Fachzeitschriften und Wikimedia Foundation - als Staatsanwalt. Hatte ich übersehen. www.rnd.de/wirtschaf...
Wikipedia: Der US-Angriff auf ...
US-Angriff auf Wikipedia: Wie ernst steht es um die freie Enzyklopädie?
Ein Trump-naher US-Staatsanwalt stellt die Gemeinnützigkeit von Wikipedia infrage. Damit wird ein lange geplanter Angriff auf die Plattform Realität – und auf das freie Wissen der Welt. Wie ernst steht es um die Enzyklopädie?Matthias Schwarzer (RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland)
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Stasera filmetto 😍😍😍
Art of Disobedience, a film by Geco
⚔️ “Art of Disobedience”, a film by Geco | Circolo Gagarin
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Art of Disobedience è un viaggio nel mondo del writing attraverso gli occhi di Geco, uno degli artisti più famosi e prolifici d’Europa. Con straordinaria ostinazione e uno stile inconfondibile, ha trasformato la sua arte in un atto di sfida contro le regole e le convenzioni sociali.
#streetart #documentario #artofdisobedience @franiky_gts@fedi.bobadin.icu
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"Marco Rubio recently lamented that people who were alive in Ukraine are dead today 'because this war continues.'
Not exactly. They’re dead because Russia killed them in an ongoing attempt to subjugate their country. The war isn’t a natural disaster out of anyone’s control, like, say, a hurricane."
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Trump's Russia-Ukraine peace talks are a farce
President Donald Trump is denying a central cynical truth about the Russia-Ukraine war, and the U.S.'s efforts to help resolve it.Nicholas Grossman (MSNBC)
📲 Laith Marouf & Hadi Hotait travel from the most north-western corner of the Galilee (Jabal Amel) on the shores of the Mediterranean and al-Awali River, all the way to its most eastern point where Syria’s Golan Heights meet al-Hula Valley in occupied #palestine.
To mark these points, the two visit the Temple of Eshmon outside Sidon and Khiam “detention prison” at the edges of south #lebanon.
Video credit: FPTV (filmed on MAY-11)
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#LabourRightsIndex: Europe leads world in decent work, US rated 20/100 for employment security (limited decent work)
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#LabourRights #JobSecurity #union #unions #capitalism #exploitation #ClassWar
US Says It’s Not Decided Next Steps on NYC’s Congestion Pricing
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Trump Says Walmart Should Stop Blaming Tariffs for Higher Prices
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Posted into Economics @economics-bloomberg
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Trump sells-out Syria to Al Qaeda, resilient Yemen, the carving-up of a Syrian sovereign state
My reports for UK Column yesterday 14th Mayvanessa beeley (Vanessa Beeley)
first book i have bought to read in absolute ages:
'Resisting AI - An Anti-fascist Approach to Artificial Intelligence'
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Hing hier an einer Raststätte. Infos der frz Regierung.
Das ist ein Vergleich der Energiekosten pro 100km. Oben Strom (heimladen ohne PV) 3,80€, dann Super 10,1€, dann LNG 6,4€, dann Diesel 7,4€, dann LPG 7,1€ und am Ende Wasserstoff 13,4€. #electricdisaster
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Eurooppa-neuvoston puheenjohtaja järkyttyi Israelin uudesta hyökkäyksestä Gazaan
#Gazansota #Israel #Gazankaista #Palestiinalaisalueet #Lähiitä #Aselepo #Hamas #Terrorismi #Eurooppaneuvosto
Eurooppa-neuvoston puheenjohtaja järkyttyi Israelin uudesta hyökkäyksestä Gazaan
Uutiset nopeasti ja luotettavasti.Elsa Osipova (Yle Uutiset)
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'Thrive without breaking the bank' - All For Gardening
Is growing your garden starting to drain your wallet? One TikTok user shares a budget-friendly soil-saving hack that not only helps plant lovers save moneyGardening (All For Gardening)
Lutto per la morte di Maria Camilla Fontanella, anima della Gelateria Veneta
Ademaro Cordoni e Sara Giovannini ricordano la storica associata: "Se ne va un altro pilastro del nostro commercio”
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FA Cup Final 2025: Crystal Palace defeat Man City in major upset
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FA Cup Final 2025: Crystal Palace defeat Man City in major upset
Crystal Palace win their first major trophy by beating Manchester City 1-0 in the FA Cup final at Wembley stadium.Al Jazeera
The temperatures may rise and the sun may shine, but the world is a cold dark barren land void of all hope, love, compassion, for those in need will for ever suffer and those that have starve with greed for more, there is no rainbows of promise, there is no road to happiness, there is no reality in which we can all exist, for desperation will destroy everything, the abyss of destitution and disillusion has enveloped everything, storms will surge, the ground will shake and the fields will burn, as humanity has already been bled away;
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The Best Outlook to Have on HealthTech, Marketing, Sales, RFM, and CRM with Popular Unsupervised ML Algorithms in Python
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7 Best Real-World Use-Case Examples & Business Applications of Cluster Analysis & Dimensionality Reduction (CADR) Techniques
7 Best Real-World Use-Case Examples & Business Applications of Cluster Analysis & Dimensionality…. The Best Outlook to Have on HealthTech, Marketing, Sales, RFM, and CRM with Popular Unsupervised ML Algorithms in Python.Alexzap (Medium)
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The Most Promising Ways to Destroy 'Forever Chemicals' - Slashdot
"Researchers are seeking a breakthrough in technologies to tackle PFAS contamination," reports the Washington Post — including experiments with ultraviolet light, plasma and sound waves: "We're in a good spot," said Christopher Higgins, a professor …news.slashdot.org
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in reply to Claudio Ferri 🐢 • • •L'immagine mostra un esempio di codice Python per convertire un file PDF in un file DOCX. Il codice è scritto in un blocco di testo con il titolo "Convert PDF to docx using Python" in grassetto. Il codice importa il modulo
pdf2docxe utilizza la classeConverterper convertire il file PDF "clcoding.pdf" in un file DOCX "clcoding.docx". Viene mostrato anche un log di conversione con informazioni dettagliate su ogni fase del processo, come l'apertura del documento, l'analisi, il parsing delle pagine e la creazione delle pagine. In alto a destra, c'è un'immagine di un file PDF con il logo Adobe Acrobat, e in basso a destra, un'immagine di un file DOCX con il logo Microsoft Word. Il testo "#clcoding.com" è presente in basso a sinistra, e un pulsante rosso con la scritta "FOLLOW" è visibile in basso a destra.Fornito da @altbot, generato localmente e privatamente utilizzando Ovis2-8B
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