Lisa McIlwain
@lrmcilwain.bsky.social
Elon Musk’s Legacy Is Disease, Starvation and Death www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
Opinion | Elon Musk’s Legacy Is Disease, Starvation and Death
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May 30, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Elon Musk’s Legacy Is Disease, Starvation and Death www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
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The irony of the richest man in the world almost single-handedly destroying an agency designed to help the world’s poor, so that the U.S. federal budget has more room for another giant tax cut for the richest man in the world and his pals, should not be lost on anyone. [Cartoon by Mike Luckovich]
February 15, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The irony of the richest man in the world almost single-handedly destroying an agency designed to help the world’s poor, so that the U.S. federal budget has more room for another giant tax cut for the richest man in the world and his pals, should not be lost on anyone. [Cartoon by Mike Luckovich]
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Trump and Musk’s takeover of the US government is a human disaster
HHS ordered CDC to take down all flu vaccine campaign materials from its website bsky.app/profile/cram...
Meanwhile in Texas, health officials are scrambling to get a handle on a measles outbreak and suspect 200-300 are infected
HHS ordered CDC to take down all flu vaccine campaign materials from its website bsky.app/profile/cram...
Meanwhile in Texas, health officials are scrambling to get a handle on a measles outbreak and suspect 200-300 are infected
February 16, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Trump and Musk’s takeover of the US government is a human disaster
HHS ordered CDC to take down all flu vaccine campaign materials from its website bsky.app/profile/cram...
Meanwhile in Texas, health officials are scrambling to get a handle on a measles outbreak and suspect 200-300 are infected
HHS ordered CDC to take down all flu vaccine campaign materials from its website bsky.app/profile/cram...
Meanwhile in Texas, health officials are scrambling to get a handle on a measles outbreak and suspect 200-300 are infected
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Representation without taxation for a handful of billionaires, taxation without representation for the rest of us.
February 7, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Representation without taxation for a handful of billionaires, taxation without representation for the rest of us.
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This is what amounts to an ILLEGAL & indiscriminate funding cut for research centers everywhere. It will mean shuttering labs across the country, layoffs in red & blue states, and derailing lifesaving research on everything from cancer to opioid addiction.
We all need to speak out to save lives.
We all need to speak out to save lives.
February 8, 2025 at 2:02 AM
This is what amounts to an ILLEGAL & indiscriminate funding cut for research centers everywhere. It will mean shuttering labs across the country, layoffs in red & blue states, and derailing lifesaving research on everything from cancer to opioid addiction.
We all need to speak out to save lives.
We all need to speak out to save lives.
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Putin is full out celebrating our idiocy.
February 3, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Putin is full out celebrating our idiocy.
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For a photo op & a bragging media post, Trump minions at the USACoE have thrown away millions of gals of #water farmers were relying on for later this year. This water will not be captured, will not be useful for cities or farms or firefighting. It is now lost.
www.latimes.com/environment/...
www.latimes.com/environment/...
Acting on Trump's order, federal officials opened up two California dams
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers just opened up two California dams. A spokesperson says the flows are 'controlled' and being coordinated with local officials.
www.latimes.com
February 1, 2025 at 1:25 AM
For a photo op & a bragging media post, Trump minions at the USACoE have thrown away millions of gals of #water farmers were relying on for later this year. This water will not be captured, will not be useful for cities or farms or firefighting. It is now lost.
www.latimes.com/environment/...
www.latimes.com/environment/...
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NEW: Sources tell my office that Treasury Secretary Bessent has granted DOGE *full* access to this system. Social Security and Medicare benefits, grants, payments to government contractors, including those that compete directly with Musk's own companies. All of it.
NEWS: Wyden Demands Answers Following Report of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments System
Wyden Demands Answers Following Report of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments System | The United States Senate Committee on Finance
Wyden Demands Answers Following Report of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments System
www.finance.senate.gov
February 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
NEW: Sources tell my office that Treasury Secretary Bessent has granted DOGE *full* access to this system. Social Security and Medicare benefits, grants, payments to government contractors, including those that compete directly with Musk's own companies. All of it.
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Department of Transportation orders all personnel to "identify and eliminate" every order, directive, rule, regulation, policy, notice, guidance document, funding arrangement, or program that even mentions climate change, diversity, or environmental justice
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January 31, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Department of Transportation orders all personnel to "identify and eliminate" every order, directive, rule, regulation, policy, notice, guidance document, funding arrangement, or program that even mentions climate change, diversity, or environmental justice
www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.go...
www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.go...
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“I coached football long enough to know that, when somebody draws up a playbook, they plan on using it.” @governorwalz.mn.gov
We told you.
We told you.
We told you.
We told you.
We told you.
We told you.
January 29, 2025 at 12:25 AM
“I coached football long enough to know that, when somebody draws up a playbook, they plan on using it.” @governorwalz.mn.gov
We told you.
We told you.
We told you.
We told you.
We told you.
We told you.
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One of the driving principles of the second Trump administration is affirmative action for mediocre white men
January 24, 2025 at 6:35 PM
One of the driving principles of the second Trump administration is affirmative action for mediocre white men
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Mulch volcanoes ubiquitous in Richmond but tights are nowhere to be had. Related?
January 17, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Mulch volcanoes ubiquitous in Richmond but tights are nowhere to be had. Related?
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January 14, 2025
January 14, 2025
Shortly after midnight last night, the Justice Department released special counsel Jack Smith’s final report on former president Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential...
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January 15, 2025 at 6:59 AM
January 14, 2025
Anybody out there?
January 14, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Anybody out there?