Jane Splurky
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Federal marshals forced entry into the US African Development Foundation and escorted Musk staffers inside, after agency employees resisted their entry. Once inside, they changed the federal agency’s locks. Musk staffers were seen plugging in an external hard drive and going through everything.
March 6, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Federal marshals forced entry into the US African Development Foundation and escorted Musk staffers inside, after agency employees resisted their entry. Once inside, they changed the federal agency’s locks. Musk staffers were seen plugging in an external hard drive and going through everything.
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The thing about bigotry is that it’s really really really stupid.
The US military has removed photos of the B-29 bomber “Enola Gay” — which dropped the first atomic bomb on Japan — apparently because it contains the word “gay,” which violates their new anti-DEI rules.
War heroes and military firsts are among 26,000 images flagged for removal in Pentagon's DEI purge
References to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient, the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan and women and minorites are among the tens of thousands of photos and online posts ma...
apnews.com
March 7, 2025 at 4:12 AM
The thing about bigotry is that it’s really really really stupid.
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18 year-old Trey Madison gets it 👇🏽
“Project 2025” might as well be called “Project Turn America into Tennessee”
www.tennessean.com/story/opinio...
“Project 2025” might as well be called “Project Turn America into Tennessee”
www.tennessean.com/story/opinio...
March 6, 2025 at 1:08 PM
18 year-old Trey Madison gets it 👇🏽
“Project 2025” might as well be called “Project Turn America into Tennessee”
www.tennessean.com/story/opinio...
“Project 2025” might as well be called “Project Turn America into Tennessee”
www.tennessean.com/story/opinio...
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"The world's smartest AI" is about the same as "The world's most photogenic brick." And anything from that group is guaranteed to be a waste of resources.
February 20, 2025 at 12:18 AM
"The world's smartest AI" is about the same as "The world's most photogenic brick." And anything from that group is guaranteed to be a waste of resources.
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Trump is rewriting the history of Russia’s invasion: Ukraine is not a victim but a villain and Zelensky not a latter-day Churchill but a “dictator without elections” who started the war. He seems to be laying a predicate for abandoning an ally under attack www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/u...
Trump Flips the Script on the Ukraine War, Blaming Zelensky Not Putin
As he seeks to negotiate a peace deal with Moscow, President Trump has cast Ukraine as the instigator of the conflict, not the Russians who invaded it.
www.nytimes.com
February 20, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Trump is rewriting the history of Russia’s invasion: Ukraine is not a victim but a villain and Zelensky not a latter-day Churchill but a “dictator without elections” who started the war. He seems to be laying a predicate for abandoning an ally under attack www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/u...
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Slain transgender man Sam Nordquist was tortured for weeks, police say; 5 people arrested.
We don't want "special rights." We want the right not to be tortured and murdered.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
We don't want "special rights." We want the right not to be tortured and murdered.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
Slain transgender man Sam Nordquist was tortured for weeks, police say; 5 people arrested
Sam Nordquist, a 24-year-old transgender man, was subjected to weeks of torture before his death, police say. Five people have been arrested.
www.usatoday.com
February 16, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Slain transgender man Sam Nordquist was tortured for weeks, police say; 5 people arrested.
We don't want "special rights." We want the right not to be tortured and murdered.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
We don't want "special rights." We want the right not to be tortured and murdered.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
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Google has renamed the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America in its Maps application for users in the U.S. People located in Mexico will still see the name Gulf of Mexico, while international users will see both names, the company said. The change follows an executive order from President Trump.
Google Maps Renames Gulf of Mexico as Gulf of America for U.S. Users
People in Mexico will still see the name Gulf of Mexico, with international users seeing both names, Google said. The change follows an executive order from President Trump.
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Google has renamed the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America in its Maps application for users in the U.S. People located in Mexico will still see the name Gulf of Mexico, while international users will see both names, the company said. The change follows an executive order from President Trump.
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With alt text. This would not surprise me even a little
February 6, 2025 at 5:53 PM
With alt text. This would not surprise me even a little
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“I’ve received a stop-work order…my job is to advise the House Foreign Affairs & Senate Foreign Relations Committees on the rise of authoritarianism & how to combat it, I’m not doing my job.”
“To top it off, 1 of Musk's top lieutenants, his wife & young child have shacked up on the 6th flr."😯[WTOP]
“To top it off, 1 of Musk's top lieutenants, his wife & young child have shacked up on the 6th flr."😯[WTOP]
February 6, 2025 at 12:45 AM
“I’ve received a stop-work order…my job is to advise the House Foreign Affairs & Senate Foreign Relations Committees on the rise of authoritarianism & how to combat it, I’m not doing my job.”
“To top it off, 1 of Musk's top lieutenants, his wife & young child have shacked up on the 6th flr."😯[WTOP]
“To top it off, 1 of Musk's top lieutenants, his wife & young child have shacked up on the 6th flr."😯[WTOP]
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What’s happening in the US is starting to feel more like a hacking than an election, with Trump basically cast as the idiot who clicked on the phishing email that let the ransomware guys in. Struck by how crucial tech not politics reporters are to us understanding it
February 4, 2025 at 9:15 PM
What’s happening in the US is starting to feel more like a hacking than an election, with Trump basically cast as the idiot who clicked on the phishing email that let the ransomware guys in. Struck by how crucial tech not politics reporters are to us understanding it
I didn't know who #NayibBukele was, so I Googled it. Got some BS White House #propaganda. Not even a bad AI summary.
February 4, 2025 at 4:49 AM
I didn't know who #NayibBukele was, so I Googled it. Got some BS White House #propaganda. Not even a bad AI summary.
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There is nothing "conservative" or "right-wing" about Patel, Gabbard or RFK Jr. They rather represent a new form of obscurantist radicalism: anti-evidence, anti-science, and opposed to the rule of law
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
The New Rasputins
Anti-science mysticism is enabling autocracy around the globe.
www.theatlantic.com
February 3, 2025 at 1:56 PM
There is nothing "conservative" or "right-wing" about Patel, Gabbard or RFK Jr. They rather represent a new form of obscurantist radicalism: anti-evidence, anti-science, and opposed to the rule of law
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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HE’S REPLACING NPR WITH BREITBART !?!?!?
February 1, 2025 at 6:15 AM
HE’S REPLACING NPR WITH BREITBART !?!?!?
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NEW: The Palisades and Eaton fires are 100% contained after burning for more than three weeks. The fires killed 29 people, destroyed thousands of structures and scorched more than 37,000 acres in the Los Angeles area.
Deadly Eaton and Palisades fires 100% contained after 24 days
At least 29 people were killed in the two fires that scorched thousands of acres and destroyed or damaged more than 18,000 structures.
www.nbcnews.com
February 1, 2025 at 3:50 AM
NEW: The Palisades and Eaton fires are 100% contained after burning for more than three weeks. The fires killed 29 people, destroyed thousands of structures and scorched more than 37,000 acres in the Los Angeles area.
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🔺 BREAKING: An air ambulance returning a seriously ill young girl to Mexico after life-saving treatment in the US crashed and burst into flames near a shopping centre in Philadelphia on Friday night.
Read the latest updates ⬇️
Read the latest updates ⬇️
Philadelphia plane crash: child among six on board air ambulance
www.thetimes.com
February 1, 2025 at 5:03 AM
🔺 BREAKING: An air ambulance returning a seriously ill young girl to Mexico after life-saving treatment in the US crashed and burst into flames near a shopping centre in Philadelphia on Friday night.
Read the latest updates ⬇️
Read the latest updates ⬇️
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If I just read one million more posts tonight, I will have complete control over what comes next
November 9, 2024 at 1:35 AM
If I just read one million more posts tonight, I will have complete control over what comes next
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I mean it's bad, but also 🤭🤭
January 31, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I mean it's bad, but also 🤭🤭
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Trump assailed Obama and Biden for FAA diversity policies recruiting people with disabilities. But under Trump in April 2019, the FAA announced a pilot program for 20 people with targeted disabilities to work in air traffic. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/u...
Fact-Checking Trump’s D.C. Plane Crash News Conference and Remarks on D.E.I.
There is no evidence that diversity efforts played a role in the crash, and his statements disregarded his own administration’s hiring policies.
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Trump assailed Obama and Biden for FAA diversity policies recruiting people with disabilities. But under Trump in April 2019, the FAA announced a pilot program for 20 people with targeted disabilities to work in air traffic. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/u...
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Several senior FBI employees have been told to resign in a matter of days or be fired, as the Trump administration moves to shake up the agency’s upper ranks, according to people familiar with the discussions.
Trump Administration Shocks Senior F.B.I. Ranks by Moving to Replace Them
Top officials have been told to retire or be fired in the coming days, fueling fear within an agency that has been a target of President Trump and Kash Patel, his nominee to be F.B.I. director.
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Several senior FBI employees have been told to resign in a matter of days or be fired, as the Trump administration moves to shake up the agency’s upper ranks, according to people familiar with the discussions.
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Sen Chris Murphy (D-CT) just now:
“You could literally walk
down the street and the first 100 people you’d find would be less dangerous as the head of HHS than Robert F Kennedy Jr. He will get people killed”
“You could literally walk
down the street and the first 100 people you’d find would be less dangerous as the head of HHS than Robert F Kennedy Jr. He will get people killed”
January 29, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Sen Chris Murphy (D-CT) just now:
“You could literally walk
down the street and the first 100 people you’d find would be less dangerous as the head of HHS than Robert F Kennedy Jr. He will get people killed”
“You could literally walk
down the street and the first 100 people you’d find would be less dangerous as the head of HHS than Robert F Kennedy Jr. He will get people killed”
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Calls and text messages have flooded me in the last 72 hours from friends and colleagues in Sierra Leone and elsewhere: Are my meds going to be cut off? Am I going to die? I don't know what to tell them. I don't know what to tell anyone. Hope is my whole jam, but I feel very distant from it.
January 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Calls and text messages have flooded me in the last 72 hours from friends and colleagues in Sierra Leone and elsewhere: Are my meds going to be cut off? Am I going to die? I don't know what to tell them. I don't know what to tell anyone. Hope is my whole jam, but I feel very distant from it.
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It’s insidious that this new act will deport immigrants that are CHARGED with a crime, not convicted.
All an unscrupulous racist has to do is call the police and allege/press charges on a neighbor even if nothing occurred.
All an unscrupulous racist has to do is call the police and allege/press charges on a neighbor even if nothing occurred.
January 26, 2025 at 2:41 PM
It’s insidious that this new act will deport immigrants that are CHARGED with a crime, not convicted.
All an unscrupulous racist has to do is call the police and allege/press charges on a neighbor even if nothing occurred.
All an unscrupulous racist has to do is call the police and allege/press charges on a neighbor even if nothing occurred.