Gordo
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Retired, free thinker, evidence based.
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A Russian influence operation was going nowhere. Then it hit the big time www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
May 7, 2025 at 9:42 PM
A Russian influence operation was going nowhere. Then it hit the big time www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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This line is going to stick with me for a very long time.
“One of them is a 4-year-old with Stage 4 cancer who was deported without medication or the ability to contact their doctors…”
“One of them is a 4-year-old with Stage 4 cancer who was deported without medication or the ability to contact their doctors…”
Three U.S. citizens, ages 2, 4 and 7, swiftly deported from Louisiana
The cases have renewed concerns that the Trump administration’s expedited deportations are violating the rights of both citizens and noncitizens.
wapo.st
April 27, 2025 at 12:31 AM
This line is going to stick with me for a very long time.
“One of them is a 4-year-old with Stage 4 cancer who was deported without medication or the ability to contact their doctors…”
“One of them is a 4-year-old with Stage 4 cancer who was deported without medication or the ability to contact their doctors…”
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This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen.
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.ca
In 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic.
globalnews.ca
February 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen.
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
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This is a de facto massive budget cut to research universities. We are talking Great Recession size impacts.
⚠️ Effective Monday 2/10/25, NIH indirect rate capped at 15%. Applies to existing & future grants.
—> Deep budget cuts & program closures coming to a university near you.
Is this the break the glass moment for university administrators who have been silent so far about the attack on science?
—> Deep budget cuts & program closures coming to a university near you.
Is this the break the glass moment for university administrators who have been silent so far about the attack on science?
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
grants.nih.gov
February 7, 2025 at 11:45 PM
This is a de facto massive budget cut to research universities. We are talking Great Recession size impacts.
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The US government has now gutted all of the tools created to fight kleptocracy. It's going to be up to other democracies to save their political and financial systems from anonymous flows of cash.
www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/02/07/w...
www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/02/07/w...
Washington Has Given Up the Fight Against Kleptocrats. Here’s What Democracies Should Do - The Moscow Times
Opinion | On Feb. 6, new U.S.
www.themoscowtimes.com
February 8, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The US government has now gutted all of the tools created to fight kleptocracy. It's going to be up to other democracies to save their political and financial systems from anonymous flows of cash.
www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/02/07/w...
www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/02/07/w...
Should this be bigger news?
Certainly should trigger the question of subsidies provided corporations.
www.business-standard.com/world-news/f...
Certainly should trigger the question of subsidies provided corporations.
www.business-standard.com/world-news/f...
www.business-standard.com
February 8, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Should this be bigger news?
Certainly should trigger the question of subsidies provided corporations.
www.business-standard.com/world-news/f...
Certainly should trigger the question of subsidies provided corporations.
www.business-standard.com/world-news/f...
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Wait. Have @doge and Elon just been pulling numbers from usaspending.gov ?
Then releasing it as if they discovered it ?
Brilliant if true. Absolutely brilliant. Fooled me.
Very Trump like too.
Any usaspending.gov experts out there that can tell us ?
Then releasing it as if they discovered it ?
Brilliant if true. Absolutely brilliant. Fooled me.
Very Trump like too.
Any usaspending.gov experts out there that can tell us ?
USAspending.gov
usaspending.gov
February 7, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Wait. Have @doge and Elon just been pulling numbers from usaspending.gov ?
Then releasing it as if they discovered it ?
Brilliant if true. Absolutely brilliant. Fooled me.
Very Trump like too.
Any usaspending.gov experts out there that can tell us ?
Then releasing it as if they discovered it ?
Brilliant if true. Absolutely brilliant. Fooled me.
Very Trump like too.
Any usaspending.gov experts out there that can tell us ?
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Not for nothing but everyone realizes that these teenagers and 20 somethings who have complete access to the Treasury payment source code are now #1 espionage recruitment targets for Russia and China, right?
February 4, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Not for nothing but everyone realizes that these teenagers and 20 somethings who have complete access to the Treasury payment source code are now #1 espionage recruitment targets for Russia and China, right?
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🚨Joint letter to Congress signed by former FBI & CIA Director Judge William Webster, the FBI Agents Association & other FBI law enforcement groups warning: this is political retaliation that threatens national security.
February 4, 2025 at 2:25 PM
🚨Joint letter to Congress signed by former FBI & CIA Director Judge William Webster, the FBI Agents Association & other FBI law enforcement groups warning: this is political retaliation that threatens national security.
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Same was true in Poland
Convo with my friend from Hungary tonight who left after Orban’s election.
She said “your head will spin with all the wild stuff they try to pull, new things every day, but don’t take your eyes off the money. It’s all about the money, and what they’re stealing, and for whom.”
She said “your head will spin with all the wild stuff they try to pull, new things every day, but don’t take your eyes off the money. It’s all about the money, and what they’re stealing, and for whom.”
February 4, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Same was true in Poland
Trump is such a weak negotiator he has to use threats to get simple border cooperation.
February 4, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Trump is such a weak negotiator he has to use threats to get simple border cooperation.
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Last year, law enforcement intercepted about 19 kilograms of fentanyl at the US-Canada border. At the southern border, agents seized 9,600 kilograms.
The idea that Canada is a major source of drugs is a lie, and this admin is hoping you’re stupid enough to believe it.
The idea that Canada is a major source of drugs is a lie, and this admin is hoping you’re stupid enough to believe it.
February 3, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Last year, law enforcement intercepted about 19 kilograms of fentanyl at the US-Canada border. At the southern border, agents seized 9,600 kilograms.
The idea that Canada is a major source of drugs is a lie, and this admin is hoping you’re stupid enough to believe it.
The idea that Canada is a major source of drugs is a lie, and this admin is hoping you’re stupid enough to believe it.
All a part of the attempt to rewrite our collective objective history
Bondi, Patel and the rest for them are all election deniers.
February 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM
All a part of the attempt to rewrite our collective objective history
The takeover continues
February 2, 2025 at 12:08 PM
The takeover continues
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"A private citizen with zero Constitutional authority is effectively seizing control of critical government functions. The Constitution explicitly requires Senate confirmation for anyone wielding significant federal power"
www.techdirt.com/2025/01/31/e...
www.techdirt.com/2025/01/31/e...
Elon’s Twitter Destruction Playbook Hits The US Government, And It’s Even More Dangerous
Remember how Elon Musk destroyed Twitter by ripping apart its infrastructure without understanding it? Now imagine that same playbook applied to the federal government. It’s happening, and th…
www.techdirt.com
February 1, 2025 at 7:51 AM
"A private citizen with zero Constitutional authority is effectively seizing control of critical government functions. The Constitution explicitly requires Senate confirmation for anyone wielding significant federal power"
www.techdirt.com/2025/01/31/e...
www.techdirt.com/2025/01/31/e...
We are witnessing the rewriting of our common objective historical facts.
This is how autocrats throughout history have endangered the people they govern by erasing factual information vital to health and well being
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
CDC Data Are Disappearing
The agency has already removed scientific data from public view. More could follow.
www.theatlantic.com
February 1, 2025 at 11:42 AM
We are witnessing the rewriting of our common objective historical facts.
Thankful for those preserving data and doctrine before it is scrubbed by the current administration
I'm keeping a running list of disappearing federal data in the 🧵 below. If there are others I missed let me know. crampell[at]washpost[dot]com or Signal username crampell.13
List of CDC information that appears to have been taken down so far:
1. CDC Atlas
2. CDC Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
3. HRSA Target
4. Language removed for LGBT work
5. CDC Social Vulnerability Index
1. CDC Atlas
2. CDC Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
3. HRSA Target
4. Language removed for LGBT work
5. CDC Social Vulnerability Index
January 31, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Thankful for those preserving data and doctrine before it is scrubbed by the current administration
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➡️ January 20: FAA director fired
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
January 30, 2025 at 3:37 PM
➡️ January 20: FAA director fired
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
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✅ DEI Employer of the Day™
Mastercard
"As with our commitment to decency, diversity, equity and inclusion [DEI] are embedded in our DNA through the Mastercard Way."
"We do this not only because it has a meaningful impact on our business, but because it is the right thing to do."
Priceless.
Mastercard
"As with our commitment to decency, diversity, equity and inclusion [DEI] are embedded in our DNA through the Mastercard Way."
"We do this not only because it has a meaningful impact on our business, but because it is the right thing to do."
Priceless.
January 27, 2025 at 2:07 PM
✅ DEI Employer of the Day™
Mastercard
"As with our commitment to decency, diversity, equity and inclusion [DEI] are embedded in our DNA through the Mastercard Way."
"We do this not only because it has a meaningful impact on our business, but because it is the right thing to do."
Priceless.
Mastercard
"As with our commitment to decency, diversity, equity and inclusion [DEI] are embedded in our DNA through the Mastercard Way."
"We do this not only because it has a meaningful impact on our business, but because it is the right thing to do."
Priceless.
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“The dismissals appeared to violate federal law, which requires Congress to receive 30 days’ notice of any intent to fire the inspectors general.”
Breaking: Trump fires at least 12 independent inspectors general in late-night purge www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump fires at least 12 independent inspectors general in late-night purge
The dismissals could clear the way for the president to install loyalists in the crucial role of identifying fraud, waste and abuse in the government.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 25, 2025 at 4:22 AM
“The dismissals appeared to violate federal law, which requires Congress to receive 30 days’ notice of any intent to fire the inspectors general.”
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1/ Trump claims that he's not surprised by the ruling against him on birthright citizenship because "they put it in front of a certain judge." That Judge happens to be a Reagan appointee who has been on the bench for four decades. He didn't think it was even close. joycevance.substack.com/p/go-judge
Go, Judge!
This morning, John Coughenour, a federal judge in Seattle, put an end to Donald Trump’s pretense that he could undo the constitutional right to birthright citizenship.
joycevance.substack.com
January 23, 2025 at 8:49 PM
1/ Trump claims that he's not surprised by the ruling against him on birthright citizenship because "they put it in front of a certain judge." That Judge happens to be a Reagan appointee who has been on the bench for four decades. He didn't think it was even close. joycevance.substack.com/p/go-judge