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Tomorrow, February 28, let’s disrupt the status quo by spending ONLY at businesses that uplift our communities.
That means:
🚫 No gas from corporate giants
🚫 No fast food chains
🚫 No big-box retailers (Target, Walmart, Amazon, etc.)
That means:
🚫 No gas from corporate giants
🚫 No fast food chains
🚫 No big-box retailers (Target, Walmart, Amazon, etc.)
February 28, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Tomorrow, February 28, let’s disrupt the status quo by spending ONLY at businesses that uplift our communities.
That means:
🚫 No gas from corporate giants
🚫 No fast food chains
🚫 No big-box retailers (Target, Walmart, Amazon, etc.)
That means:
🚫 No gas from corporate giants
🚫 No fast food chains
🚫 No big-box retailers (Target, Walmart, Amazon, etc.)
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The Trump administration terminates funding for polio, HIV, malaria and nutrition programs around the world.
“People will die,” said Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi of the African Population and Health Research Center, “but we will never know, because even the programs to count the dead are cut.”
“People will die,” said Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi of the African Population and Health Research Center, “but we will never know, because even the programs to count the dead are cut.”
U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World
Here are some of the 5,800 contracts the Trump administration formally canceled this week in a wave of terse emails.
www.nytimes.com
February 28, 2025 at 3:30 AM
The Trump administration terminates funding for polio, HIV, malaria and nutrition programs around the world.
“People will die,” said Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi of the African Population and Health Research Center, “but we will never know, because even the programs to count the dead are cut.”
“People will die,” said Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi of the African Population and Health Research Center, “but we will never know, because even the programs to count the dead are cut.”
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NEW: A WIRED investigation reveals that Elon Musk’s Starlink is serving internet to scam compounds in Myanmar where tens of thousands of human beings are enslaved.
By @mattburgess1.bsky.social:
www.wired.com/story/starli...
By @mattburgess1.bsky.social:
www.wired.com/story/starli...
February 27, 2025 at 1:45 PM
NEW: A WIRED investigation reveals that Elon Musk’s Starlink is serving internet to scam compounds in Myanmar where tens of thousands of human beings are enslaved.
By @mattburgess1.bsky.social:
www.wired.com/story/starli...
By @mattburgess1.bsky.social:
www.wired.com/story/starli...
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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr has paused multiple vaccine projects – including one to create a new Covid-19 vaccine in pill form.
RFK Jr. Takes a Sledgehammer to Two Major Vaccine Developments
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is already implementing his dangerous anti-vax views at HHS.
newrepublic.com
February 27, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr has paused multiple vaccine projects – including one to create a new Covid-19 vaccine in pill form.
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Side note. There are eight members of the joint chiefs. the chair is black. the CNO (navy) is a woman. the other six are white guys. chair and the cno got fired tonight.
February 22, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Side note. There are eight members of the joint chiefs. the chair is black. the CNO (navy) is a woman. the other six are white guys. chair and the cno got fired tonight.
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Trump was thrilled to announce tonight that he has terminated America’s most senior military officer — Gen. C.Q. Brown, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Trump failed to provide a reason as to why he abruptly fired Brown from his position. It is, in fact, the first time that the…
Trump failed to provide a reason as to why he abruptly fired Brown from his position. It is, in fact, the first time that the…
February 22, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Trump was thrilled to announce tonight that he has terminated America’s most senior military officer — Gen. C.Q. Brown, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Trump failed to provide a reason as to why he abruptly fired Brown from his position. It is, in fact, the first time that the…
Trump failed to provide a reason as to why he abruptly fired Brown from his position. It is, in fact, the first time that the…
Thank goodness the White House has solved the Biden paper straw “crisis.”
February 12, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Thank goodness the White House has solved the Biden paper straw “crisis.”
The pettiness…
The Associated Press said on Tuesday that one of its reporters was barred from an Oval Office event because the outlet has continued to refer to the Gulf of Mexico by its original name.
White House Bars Reporter From Event Over A.P.’s Use of ‘Gulf of Mexico’
The Associated Press has said it would refer to the Gulf of Mexico “by its original name while acknowledging” President Trump’s choice to rename the body of water.
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2025 at 7:01 AM
The pettiness…
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It’s been a busy few days in government. We reported today that the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau has been put on a cease-work order, effectively putting Big Tech regulations ‘on ice’. https://wrd.cm/4hymHqL
The CFPB Work Freeze Is Putting Big Tech Regulations ‘On Ice’
The cease-work order at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau won’t just affect lawsuits and enforcement actions. It will stall regulation that could govern tech companies like Apple and Google.
wrd.cm
February 12, 2025 at 1:26 AM
It’s been a busy few days in government. We reported today that the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau has been put on a cease-work order, effectively putting Big Tech regulations ‘on ice’. https://wrd.cm/4hymHqL
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I just lost my job, along with most of my coworkers, due to the illegal grant freeze.
I worked at an organization that
-helped veterans who have lost a limb
-Assisted elderly and disabled people
-Helped hospitals better treat people who have lost limbs
I worked at an organization that
-helped veterans who have lost a limb
-Assisted elderly and disabled people
-Helped hospitals better treat people who have lost limbs
February 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I just lost my job, along with most of my coworkers, due to the illegal grant freeze.
I worked at an organization that
-helped veterans who have lost a limb
-Assisted elderly and disabled people
-Helped hospitals better treat people who have lost limbs
I worked at an organization that
-helped veterans who have lost a limb
-Assisted elderly and disabled people
-Helped hospitals better treat people who have lost limbs
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In an email obtained by NPR, employees at EPA's Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights were told they were on administrative leave, effective immediately.
EPA employees who work on environmental justice are put on leave
In an email obtained by NPR, employees at EPA's Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights were told they were on administrative leave, effective immediately.
www.npr.org
February 7, 2025 at 4:39 PM
In an email obtained by NPR, employees at EPA's Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights were told they were on administrative leave, effective immediately.
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A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order blocking the Bureau of Prisons from enacting President Trump’s executive order to house transgender women with male inmates and stop medical treatment related to gender transitions.
Judge Blocks Trump Effort to Move Trans Women to Men’s Prisons
A temporary restraining order blocked the administration from transferring transgender women and from ending gender-transition treatment for prisoners.
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2025 at 4:42 AM
A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order blocking the Bureau of Prisons from enacting President Trump’s executive order to house transgender women with male inmates and stop medical treatment related to gender transitions.
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A witch hunt has begun at the FBI. Employees are required to provide information by Tuesday and are being encouraged to report on their coworkers. The FBI questionnaire asks agents about their roles in various cases, including whether they made arrests or appeared in court, among other details.
February 3, 2025 at 4:25 PM
A witch hunt has begun at the FBI. Employees are required to provide information by Tuesday and are being encouraged to report on their coworkers. The FBI questionnaire asks agents about their roles in various cases, including whether they made arrests or appeared in court, among other details.
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The New York attorney general, Letitia James, has warned New York hospitals that complying with the White House’s executive order to end gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth could well violate state law.
N.Y. Attorney General Warns Hospitals Against Canceling Transgender Care (Gift Article)
A White House executive order last week threatened to pull federal funding from hospitals that provide gender-affirming care. But not providing the care could violate state law, Letitia James said in ...
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The New York attorney general, Letitia James, has warned New York hospitals that complying with the White House’s executive order to end gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth could well violate state law.
Congress, judges, lawyers, you swore an oath.
February 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Congress, judges, lawyers, you swore an oath.