Llnlthetruestory hard to find

 Hey Scooby, did you do something to piss off Google? I have to type in almost the complete name to get the right site, "the real story" comes up first.

House Democrats ask Biden to give up sole power to launch nuclear bomb

https://nypost.com/2021/02/25/democrats-ask-biden-to-give-up-power-to-launch-nuclear-bomb/

This comes about after the Trump presidency.

Blank check for the NNSA

 This is a blank check for the NNSA:

https://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/articles/2021/2/24/just-in-sasc-leader-supports-maintaining-nuclear-programs

Note that the article mentions that total defense spending remains flat. That means the the NW enterprise will have to cannibalize the defense budget, reducing our conventional forces.

Rivera v. DOE update

 On Thursday 2-18-21 as a "Pro Se" (self representing) plaintiff, I filed my Opening Brief in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in case # 20-16012, "Anthony T. Rivera v. U.S. Department of Energy". Please note, that as early as October 2013, my request to LLNS was to simply reacquire my former LLNS job title with a comparable assignment, and to be made whole.

As my 35 page Opening Brief to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals details, there was simply no incentive whatsoever, for LLNS to consider such an informal resolution given the financial support of the DOE/NNSA and poorly defined DOE OHA whistleblower definitions. I remain hopeful that the Biden/Harris Administration will view my situation differently than the last Administration.

Take Care, Anthony Rivera

War over free speech in Los Alamos.

https://ladailypost.com/stradling-response-to-county-councilor-david-izraelevitz/

https://ladailypost.com/letter-to-the-editor-confronting-mistaken-allegiance/

The city councilor Izralevictz wrote some letter about Trump supporters being on the wrong side of history and their grandchildren will be ashamed of them. Gary Stradling came back with free speech. Both these guys have been topics of this and the old LANL blog for some time. This is all over somebody leaving up their Trump signs which I guess in the light of Jan 6 is a form of violent incitement or provocative. Since we are coming up to grant season in Los Alamos we need to find out who supported Trump so it will be a moral duty to make sure they do not get money and are canceled in some way.

Nuclear weapon cuts damage arms control

 There seems to concern that some of these huge nuclear weapons programs might be cancelled or scaled back:

https://www.defensenews.com/opinion/commentary/2021/02/15/nuclear-weapon-cuts-damage-arms-control/

New DOE deputy secretary

 The Energy 202: Biden picks ex-Obama climate official for Energy Department deputy

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/02/10/energy-202-biden-picks-ex-obama-climate-official-energy-department-deputy/