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When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time. - Maya Angelou
Trump on running for a third term: "I would love to do it."
Q: "You're not ruling out a third term?"
Trump: "Am I not ruling it out? You'll have to tell me."
Q: "You're not ruling out a third term?"
Trump: "Am I not ruling it out? You'll have to tell me."
October 27, 2025 at 11:47 AM
When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time. - Maya Angelou
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North Carolina moved closer Tuesday to dismantling a historically Black congressional district in a move one of its former representatives described as “blatant discrimination.” www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
‘Blatant Discrimination’: North Carolina Advances GOP Gerrymander at the Expense of Black Voters
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:11 AM
North Carolina moved closer Tuesday to dismantling a historically Black congressional district in a move one of its former representatives described as “blatant discrimination.” www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, which serve ~42 million low-income Americans, will be suspended in some states by Nov. 1 if the shutdown continues.
The Republican budget bill signed this July has also already cut the program by an estimated $186 billion over 10 years.
The Republican budget bill signed this July has also already cut the program by an estimated $186 billion over 10 years.
SNAP benefits to halt in some states amid government shutdown
SNAP serves roughly 42 million low-income Americans.
abcnews.go.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, which serve ~42 million low-income Americans, will be suspended in some states by Nov. 1 if the shutdown continues.
The Republican budget bill signed this July has also already cut the program by an estimated $186 billion over 10 years.
The Republican budget bill signed this July has also already cut the program by an estimated $186 billion over 10 years.
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“We found over 35 cases in which the judges have specifically said what the government is providing…false information. It might be intentionally false information, including false sworn declarations time and again," says Ryan Goodman, law professor at New York University.
October 19, 2025 at 11:43 PM
“We found over 35 cases in which the judges have specifically said what the government is providing…false information. It might be intentionally false information, including false sworn declarations time and again," says Ryan Goodman, law professor at New York University.
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Sean Ryder, PhD, professor of biochemistry & molecular biotechnology, makes the case for NIH funding in this editorial: direc.to/mMoW
“Gutting the NIH will harm those who stand to benefit from new, lifesaving therapies derived from NIH-funded research.”
#NIHfunding @umasschan-bmb.bsky.social
“Gutting the NIH will harm those who stand to benefit from new, lifesaving therapies derived from NIH-funded research.”
#NIHfunding @umasschan-bmb.bsky.social
Opinion/Guest column: Gutting NIH a disaster in the making for research, local economy
Less research equates to less business between the university and these Worcester companies, spreading the pain far beyond campus borders.
direc.to
March 3, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Sean Ryder, PhD, professor of biochemistry & molecular biotechnology, makes the case for NIH funding in this editorial: direc.to/mMoW
“Gutting the NIH will harm those who stand to benefit from new, lifesaving therapies derived from NIH-funded research.”
#NIHfunding @umasschan-bmb.bsky.social
“Gutting the NIH will harm those who stand to benefit from new, lifesaving therapies derived from NIH-funded research.”
#NIHfunding @umasschan-bmb.bsky.social
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I am not a political pawn. I am a living, breathing human being who has dedicated her life to a scientific problem that I believe matters for human health. The article below tells our story; I hope you will read it and share it www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...
Trump Is Shutting Down the War On Cancer
www.nytimes.com
September 14, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I am not a political pawn. I am a living, breathing human being who has dedicated her life to a scientific problem that I believe matters for human health. The article below tells our story; I hope you will read it and share it www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...
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Kristi Noem confronts enemy combatants in the Portland war zone today.
October 7, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Kristi Noem confronts enemy combatants in the Portland war zone today.
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Etran de L’Aïr live in Vancouver, Canada, video by @yourbandiswack.bsky.social
July 13, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Etran de L’Aïr live in Vancouver, Canada, video by @yourbandiswack.bsky.social
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Here are the top stories right now on the Washington Post and Democracy Docket websites.
This is why we need independent pro-democracy media.
This is why I created Democracy Docket.
And this is why I hope you will subscribe and support. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0
This is why we need independent pro-democracy media.
This is why I created Democracy Docket.
And this is why I hope you will subscribe and support. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0
July 13, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Here are the top stories right now on the Washington Post and Democracy Docket websites.
This is why we need independent pro-democracy media.
This is why I created Democracy Docket.
And this is why I hope you will subscribe and support. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0
This is why we need independent pro-democracy media.
This is why I created Democracy Docket.
And this is why I hope you will subscribe and support. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0
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The fight between the Trump administration and Harvard has become a test for the president’s ability to impose his political agenda on all 2,600 universities in the U.S. Our reporters break down how the crackdown is affecting the world. https://trib.al/IZ4aZU8
July 13, 2025 at 11:05 PM
The fight between the Trump administration and Harvard has become a test for the president’s ability to impose his political agenda on all 2,600 universities in the U.S. Our reporters break down how the crackdown is affecting the world. https://trib.al/IZ4aZU8
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June 2, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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how much did your billionaire CEO make on these obvious flip-flops? Make that the news, thank you very much @cnn.com
It's called insider trading @cnn.com! Make a note of it, FFS! WTF is wrong with you assholes?
April 9, 2025 at 10:04 PM
how much did your billionaire CEO make on these obvious flip-flops? Make that the news, thank you very much @cnn.com
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The House voted Wednesday to overturn a rule that would have limited bank overdraft fees to $5, following the Senate in moving to dismantle the regulation that the Biden administration had estimated would save consumers billions of dollars.
House votes to overturn Biden-era rule limiting bank overdraft fees to $5, sends to Trump to sign
The House voted Wednesday to overturn a rule that would have limited bank overdraft fees to $5, following the Senate in moving to dismantle the regulation that the Biden administration had estimate…
www.chicagotribune.com
April 9, 2025 at 10:08 PM
The House voted Wednesday to overturn a rule that would have limited bank overdraft fees to $5, following the Senate in moving to dismantle the regulation that the Biden administration had estimated would save consumers billions of dollars.
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Reporter: April 9th, these tariffs come in place. Do you plan on having negotiations before that date?
Bessnet: I-I-again, I'm not part of the negotiations. So you know, w–we'll see.
Reporter: Canada and Mexico, notably missing on that chart. Why is that?
Bessent: Um. I'm not sure.
Bessnet: I-I-again, I'm not part of the negotiations. So you know, w–we'll see.
Reporter: Canada and Mexico, notably missing on that chart. Why is that?
Bessent: Um. I'm not sure.
April 3, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Reporter: April 9th, these tariffs come in place. Do you plan on having negotiations before that date?
Bessnet: I-I-again, I'm not part of the negotiations. So you know, w–we'll see.
Reporter: Canada and Mexico, notably missing on that chart. Why is that?
Bessent: Um. I'm not sure.
Bessnet: I-I-again, I'm not part of the negotiations. So you know, w–we'll see.
Reporter: Canada and Mexico, notably missing on that chart. Why is that?
Bessent: Um. I'm not sure.
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Booker: "I confess that I have been imperfect. I confess that I've been inadequate to the moment. I've confess that the Democratic Party has made terrible mistakes that gave a lane to this demagogue. I confess we all must look in the mirror and say 'we will do better.'"
April 1, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Booker: "I confess that I have been imperfect. I confess that I've been inadequate to the moment. I've confess that the Democratic Party has made terrible mistakes that gave a lane to this demagogue. I confess we all must look in the mirror and say 'we will do better.'"
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Goddamnit—the deadly H5N1 BIRD FLU killed millions of animals including chickens. The culling of chickens was to stop/slow the spread!!! Did we learn nothing from the last pandemic?!?!
March 7, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Goddamnit—the deadly H5N1 BIRD FLU killed millions of animals including chickens. The culling of chickens was to stop/slow the spread!!! Did we learn nothing from the last pandemic?!?!
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“The real problem is that we’re operating with very little detailed data and knowledge of what’s happening”
Researchers want firms to be more transparent about the electricity demands of artificial intelligence
https://go.nature.com/4i2ZFZn
Researchers want firms to be more transparent about the electricity demands of artificial intelligence
https://go.nature.com/4i2ZFZn
How much energy will AI really consume? The good, the bad and the unknown
Researchers want firms to be more transparent about the electricity demands of artificial intelligence.
go.nature.com
March 5, 2025 at 1:43 PM
“The real problem is that we’re operating with very little detailed data and knowledge of what’s happening”
Researchers want firms to be more transparent about the electricity demands of artificial intelligence
https://go.nature.com/4i2ZFZn
Researchers want firms to be more transparent about the electricity demands of artificial intelligence
https://go.nature.com/4i2ZFZn
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🚨🚨🚨🚨DOGE is breaking into Social Security records too now www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Top Social Security official exits after clash with Musk’s DOGE over data
Yet another top career staffer is leaving the administration amid a disagreement over a request by Elon Musk’s team for sensitive government information.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 18, 2025 at 12:32 AM
🚨🚨🚨🚨DOGE is breaking into Social Security records too now www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Anytime a storm is brewing, your local forecasters are getting the latest data from NOAA. As the agency faces an uncertain future, one thing's for sure: for-profit companies would struggle to replicate NOAA's weather-forecasting prowess.
For-Profit Companies Can’t Easily Replace NOAA’s Weather-Forecasting Prowess
Replicating the abilities of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s fleet of weather satellites would take time and a lot of money—and expose private companies to a large amount of…
wrd.cm
February 16, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Anytime a storm is brewing, your local forecasters are getting the latest data from NOAA. As the agency faces an uncertain future, one thing's for sure: for-profit companies would struggle to replicate NOAA's weather-forecasting prowess.
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Share THIS if you're glad the government is spending less on waste and more on a fleet of Cybertrucks you can see from space!
February 14, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Share THIS if you're glad the government is spending less on waste and more on a fleet of Cybertrucks you can see from space!
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The American Bar Association has just called upon every attorney, regardless of their political views, to join them & stand up for the rule of law & at minimum insist that our government "follow the law."
Every lawyer has an ethical responsibility to do so.
www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
Every lawyer has an ethical responsibility to do so.
www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
February 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
The American Bar Association has just called upon every attorney, regardless of their political views, to join them & stand up for the rule of law & at minimum insist that our government "follow the law."
Every lawyer has an ethical responsibility to do so.
www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
Every lawyer has an ethical responsibility to do so.
www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
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There appear to be at least three separately operating heel factions breaking things within the government in wholly different ways right now. There's the Miller-headed immigration one, the DOGE/Elon one, and a Project 2025 OMB one. This dynamic hasn't showed up in mainstream reporting at all.
February 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM
There appear to be at least three separately operating heel factions breaking things within the government in wholly different ways right now. There's the Miller-headed immigration one, the DOGE/Elon one, and a Project 2025 OMB one. This dynamic hasn't showed up in mainstream reporting at all.
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Just FYI re Ed Martin, interim D.C U.S. attorney appointed by Trump:
Last year at an event at Bedminster, Martin introduced Timothy Hale-Cusinelli, a man with a "well-documented history of extreme antisemitic and racist rants," praising him as an "extraordinary leader."
www.npr.org/2024/09/12/n...
Last year at an event at Bedminster, Martin introduced Timothy Hale-Cusinelli, a man with a "well-documented history of extreme antisemitic and racist rants," praising him as an "extraordinary leader."
www.npr.org/2024/09/12/n...
Trump’s Bedminster club hosted an alleged Nazi sympathizer who stormed the Capitol
At two events, Donald Trump’s New Jersey golf club hosted a convicted Jan. 6 rioter known for extreme antisemitic and racist comments, whom prosecutors described as a ‘white supremacist.’
www.npr.org
January 28, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Just FYI re Ed Martin, interim D.C U.S. attorney appointed by Trump:
Last year at an event at Bedminster, Martin introduced Timothy Hale-Cusinelli, a man with a "well-documented history of extreme antisemitic and racist rants," praising him as an "extraordinary leader."
www.npr.org/2024/09/12/n...
Last year at an event at Bedminster, Martin introduced Timothy Hale-Cusinelli, a man with a "well-documented history of extreme antisemitic and racist rants," praising him as an "extraordinary leader."
www.npr.org/2024/09/12/n...
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There have been 12 outbreaks of Ebola or Marburg (a close cousin) in the past 4 years
Zero have landed in the US
Why?
Because of people like Stephanie Psaki and a US deeply engaged in the world
So Stephanie asks
Who is protecting Americans from Marburg now?
www.statnews.com/2025/01/27/m...
Zero have landed in the US
Why?
Because of people like Stephanie Psaki and a US deeply engaged in the world
So Stephanie asks
Who is protecting Americans from Marburg now?
www.statnews.com/2025/01/27/m...
Who is protecting Americans from Marburg right now?
The WHO and the CDC coordinated well when faced with viral outbreaks. This is no time to demolish a well-oiled machine.
www.statnews.com
January 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM
There have been 12 outbreaks of Ebola or Marburg (a close cousin) in the past 4 years
Zero have landed in the US
Why?
Because of people like Stephanie Psaki and a US deeply engaged in the world
So Stephanie asks
Who is protecting Americans from Marburg now?
www.statnews.com/2025/01/27/m...
Zero have landed in the US
Why?
Because of people like Stephanie Psaki and a US deeply engaged in the world
So Stephanie asks
Who is protecting Americans from Marburg now?
www.statnews.com/2025/01/27/m...