Category Archives: Government activism

Protected: DOGE damage case study: the VA.gov architecture oversight process

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

DOGE / USDS / coup news roundup: USDSers resign, plus: MSNBC, Jacobin Magazine, Associated Press, NPR, Stars & Stripes, The Hill

The big news today is 21 USDSers resigned as a group rather than helping DOGE. I wasn’t part of that group, but I 100% support what they’re doing.
In other news, I’m in the news all over the place, and there’s more coming. Read the post for the details.

Astoundingly good “WIRED” article about my firing from VA and what it means

Author Lily Hay Newman does an incredible job capturing the high stakes of compromising the security of VA.gov.

I appeared briefly tonight on the NBC Nightly News

I appeared tonight on the NBC Nightly News in a segment by Peter Alexander about bad stuff the Trump administration has done recently and how people are reacting to it (I imagine this may be a daily segment?).

New IG reel from Feds Against DOGE: why VA data privacy matters

Watch this video and then get involved! The only way we stop this if if people get off the sidelines.

Boston Herald article about my termination by DOGE

The article about my firing from USDS and VA is fair, accurate, and even-handed.

Boston online poll-worker training thread

Thread of posts about online Boston poll-worker training.

2024 Massachusetts ballot questions: my recommendations

YES, YES, YES, YES, YES.

The Bible does not justify what Israel is doing in Gaza

Anyone who understands Jewish law understands that what God commanded the Jews to do in the Bible does not justify what Israel is doing in Gaza. The only people who really believe otherwise are Evangelical Christian supremacists, and it’s antisemitic.