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Avid reader & a divergent thinker.
Avid reader & a divergent thinker.
‘It’s a Heist’: Real Federal Auditors Are Horrified by DOGE
WIRED talked to actual federal auditors about how government auditing works—and how DOGE is doing the opposite.
March 18, 2025
www.wired.com/story/federa...
WIRED talked to actual federal auditors about how government auditing works—and how DOGE is doing the opposite.
March 18, 2025
www.wired.com/story/federa...
April 26, 2025 at 8:32 PM
‘It’s a Heist’: Real Federal Auditors Are Horrified by DOGE
WIRED talked to actual federal auditors about how government auditing works—and how DOGE is doing the opposite.
March 18, 2025
www.wired.com/story/federa...
WIRED talked to actual federal auditors about how government auditing works—and how DOGE is doing the opposite.
March 18, 2025
www.wired.com/story/federa...
“Papers, Please”: The Road to Tyranny Is Paved With Bureaucratic Cruelty
Once a symbol of dystopian nightmares, these words now echo in schools, hospitals, and homes: targeting immigrants first, and the rest of us next…
by Thom Hartmann
Posted: Apr 23, 2025
hartmannreport.com/p/papers-ple...
Once a symbol of dystopian nightmares, these words now echo in schools, hospitals, and homes: targeting immigrants first, and the rest of us next…
by Thom Hartmann
Posted: Apr 23, 2025
hartmannreport.com/p/papers-ple...
“Papers, Please”: The Road to Tyranny Is Paved With Bureaucratic Cruelty
Once a symbol of dystopian nightmares, these words now echo in schools, hospitals, and homes: targeting immigrants first, and the rest of us next…
hartmannreport.com
April 25, 2025 at 11:10 PM
“Papers, Please”: The Road to Tyranny Is Paved With Bureaucratic Cruelty
Once a symbol of dystopian nightmares, these words now echo in schools, hospitals, and homes: targeting immigrants first, and the rest of us next…
by Thom Hartmann
Posted: Apr 23, 2025
hartmannreport.com/p/papers-ple...
Once a symbol of dystopian nightmares, these words now echo in schools, hospitals, and homes: targeting immigrants first, and the rest of us next…
by Thom Hartmann
Posted: Apr 23, 2025
hartmannreport.com/p/papers-ple...
"Judge blocks parts of Trump’s overhaul of US elections, including proof-of-citizenship requirement"
Updated: Apr 24, 2025
www.wmur.com/article/judg...
Updated: Apr 24, 2025
www.wmur.com/article/judg...
Judge blocks parts of Trump's overhaul of US elections, including proof-of-citizenship requirement
A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from immediately enacting certain changes to how federal elections are run, including adding a proof-of-citizenship requirement to the federal vote...
www.wmur.com
April 24, 2025 at 8:22 PM
"Judge blocks parts of Trump’s overhaul of US elections, including proof-of-citizenship requirement"
Updated: Apr 24, 2025
www.wmur.com/article/judg...
Updated: Apr 24, 2025
www.wmur.com/article/judg...
Joint Chiefs Chairman Caine Decides Not to Keep Senior Enlisted Adviser, Breaking with Past Precedent
Published: April 21, 2025
www.military.com/daily-news/2...
Published: April 21, 2025
www.military.com/daily-news/2...
Joint Chiefs Chairman Caine Decides Not to Keep Senior Enlisted Adviser, Breaking with Past Precedent | Military.com
www.military.com
April 22, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Joint Chiefs Chairman Caine Decides Not to Keep Senior Enlisted Adviser, Breaking with Past Precedent
Published: April 21, 2025
www.military.com/daily-news/2...
Published: April 21, 2025
www.military.com/daily-news/2...
"Bessent privately urges caution as Trump attacks Powell
Any attempt to remove the Fed chair — a legally questionable option Trump considered in his first term — would feed instability in markets already woozy from the recent tariff
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
Any attempt to remove the Fed chair — a legally questionable option Trump considered in his first term — would feed instability in markets already woozy from the recent tariff
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
Bessent privately urges caution as Trump attacks Powell
Any attempt to remove the Fed chair — a legally questionable option Trump considered in his first term — would feed instability in markets already woozy from the recent tariff whiplash.
www.politico.com
April 20, 2025 at 6:21 PM
"Bessent privately urges caution as Trump attacks Powell
Any attempt to remove the Fed chair — a legally questionable option Trump considered in his first term — would feed instability in markets already woozy from the recent tariff
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
Any attempt to remove the Fed chair — a legally questionable option Trump considered in his first term — would feed instability in markets already woozy from the recent tariff
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
"Government IT whistleblower calls out DOGE, says he was threatened at home
"Stay out of DOGE's way": IT worker details how Musk group infiltrated US agency."
Published: Apr 16, 2025
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
"Stay out of DOGE's way": IT worker details how Musk group infiltrated US agency."
Published: Apr 16, 2025
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Government IT whistleblower calls out DOGE, says he was threatened at home
“Stay out of DOGE’s way”: IT worker details how Musk group infiltrated US agency.
arstechnica.com
April 20, 2025 at 5:16 PM
"Government IT whistleblower calls out DOGE, says he was threatened at home
"Stay out of DOGE's way": IT worker details how Musk group infiltrated US agency."
Published: Apr 16, 2025
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
"Stay out of DOGE's way": IT worker details how Musk group infiltrated US agency."
Published: Apr 16, 2025
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
This quote is NOT from Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet).
The quote is from
Kevin Alfred Strom, an American neo-Nazi Holocaust denier. "Strom pled guilty to possession of child pornography in Jan 2008". According to The Southern Poverty Law Center, which monitors extremists in the United States.
The quote is from
Kevin Alfred Strom, an American neo-Nazi Holocaust denier. "Strom pled guilty to possession of child pornography in Jan 2008". According to The Southern Poverty Law Center, which monitors extremists in the United States.
April 19, 2025 at 9:10 PM
This quote is NOT from Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet).
The quote is from
Kevin Alfred Strom, an American neo-Nazi Holocaust denier. "Strom pled guilty to possession of child pornography in Jan 2008". According to The Southern Poverty Law Center, which monitors extremists in the United States.
The quote is from
Kevin Alfred Strom, an American neo-Nazi Holocaust denier. "Strom pled guilty to possession of child pornography in Jan 2008". According to The Southern Poverty Law Center, which monitors extremists in the United States.
FDA hiring contractors to replace fired staff who supported safety inspections
apnews.com/article/fda-...
apnews.com/article/fda-...
FDA hiring contractors to replace fired staff who supported safety inspections
The Food and Drug Administration is scrambling to hire contractors to replace fired employees who helped plan thousands of food and drug safety inspections throughout the world.
apnews.com
April 19, 2025 at 8:16 PM
FDA hiring contractors to replace fired staff who supported safety inspections
apnews.com/article/fda-...
apnews.com/article/fda-...
"Trump’s New Medicaid Chief Has Boneheaded Idea to Lower Drug Costs
Dr. Oz made the comments right after being sworn in."
Published:
April 18, 2025
newrepublic.com/post/194158/...
Dr. Oz made the comments right after being sworn in."
Published:
April 18, 2025
newrepublic.com/post/194158/...
Trump’s New Medicaid Chief Has Boneheaded Idea to Lower Drug Costs
Dr. Oz made the comments right after being sworn in.
newrepublic.com
April 19, 2025 at 7:56 PM
"Trump’s New Medicaid Chief Has Boneheaded Idea to Lower Drug Costs
Dr. Oz made the comments right after being sworn in."
Published:
April 18, 2025
newrepublic.com/post/194158/...
Dr. Oz made the comments right after being sworn in."
Published:
April 18, 2025
newrepublic.com/post/194158/...
Researching deliberate thinking
"Deliberate Purposeful Thinking: Nurturing Clarity and Meaning in Life"
by Francois Coetzee
Posted: Aug 15, 2023
nlpwithpurpose.medium.com/deliberate-p...
"Deliberate Purposeful Thinking: Nurturing Clarity and Meaning in Life"
by Francois Coetzee
Posted: Aug 15, 2023
nlpwithpurpose.medium.com/deliberate-p...
April 19, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Researching deliberate thinking
"Deliberate Purposeful Thinking: Nurturing Clarity and Meaning in Life"
by Francois Coetzee
Posted: Aug 15, 2023
nlpwithpurpose.medium.com/deliberate-p...
"Deliberate Purposeful Thinking: Nurturing Clarity and Meaning in Life"
by Francois Coetzee
Posted: Aug 15, 2023
nlpwithpurpose.medium.com/deliberate-p...
"Development & validation of the highly sensitive child interview for the assessment of environmental sensitivity in primary school children"
May 2024
≈ a third of children perceive & process their environment more deeply & are more impacted by its quality.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
May 2024
≈ a third of children perceive & process their environment more deeply & are more impacted by its quality.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Development and validation of the highly sensitive child interview for the assessment of environmental sensitivity in primary school children
Around a third of children perceive and process their environment more deeply and are more impacted by its quality. To obtain a more comprehensive and…
www.sciencedirect.com
April 19, 2025 at 5:51 PM
"Development & validation of the highly sensitive child interview for the assessment of environmental sensitivity in primary school children"
May 2024
≈ a third of children perceive & process their environment more deeply & are more impacted by its quality.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
May 2024
≈ a third of children perceive & process their environment more deeply & are more impacted by its quality.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Learned helplessness
April 19, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Learned helplessness
Unfortunately, as they grow up, society will teach them how to suppress this ability ...
April 19, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Unfortunately, as they grow up, society will teach them how to suppress this ability ...
Listen in silence until you have fully formulated a reply that can impart a sensible, intelligent, & thoughtful rebuttal or confirmation. So many can't wait to reply - ergo, it is NOT a conversation that will result in meeting of the minds. Rather, as if one has squealed at the wind.
April 19, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Listen in silence until you have fully formulated a reply that can impart a sensible, intelligent, & thoughtful rebuttal or confirmation. So many can't wait to reply - ergo, it is NOT a conversation that will result in meeting of the minds. Rather, as if one has squealed at the wind.
Trump's United States of Emergency
Published: Apr 18, 2025
"How it works: The president can declare a national emergency at any time, for almost any reason, without needing to prove a specific threat or get approval from Congress."
www.axios.com/2025/04/18/t...
Published: Apr 18, 2025
"How it works: The president can declare a national emergency at any time, for almost any reason, without needing to prove a specific threat or get approval from Congress."
www.axios.com/2025/04/18/t...
Trump redefines "emergency" to impose his will
Powers originally crafted to give the president flexibility in rare moments of crisis now form the backbone of Trump's agenda.
www.axios.com
April 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Trump's United States of Emergency
Published: Apr 18, 2025
"How it works: The president can declare a national emergency at any time, for almost any reason, without needing to prove a specific threat or get approval from Congress."
www.axios.com/2025/04/18/t...
Published: Apr 18, 2025
"How it works: The president can declare a national emergency at any time, for almost any reason, without needing to prove a specific threat or get approval from Congress."
www.axios.com/2025/04/18/t...
A bunch of idiots ... they are clueless.
Here's the stat
(latest data available):
Here's the stat
(latest data available):
April 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM
A bunch of idiots ... they are clueless.
Here's the stat
(latest data available):
Here's the stat
(latest data available):
This is getting fewer headlines than it should. After coming to power promising to help working people, the president is revealing his real priorities by actively making it easier for banks to rip people off.
The CFPB Has Been Gutted
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau terminated the positions of 1,406 employees at the congressionally mandated agency.
www.wired.com
April 19, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Why is no one talking about the millions of Americans the House GOP wants to uninsure?
www.thefarce.org/why-is-no-on...
www.thefarce.org/why-is-no-on...
Why is no one talking about the millions of Americans the House GOP wants to uninsure?
Thank Punchbowl.
www.thefarce.org
April 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Why is no one talking about the millions of Americans the House GOP wants to uninsure?
www.thefarce.org/why-is-no-on...
www.thefarce.org/why-is-no-on...
April 19, 2025 at 2:16 PM
'I've been bitter': MAGA voter abandons GOP after being among first fired by Trump
Published: April 16, 2025
www.rawstory.com/maga-voter-f...
Published: April 16, 2025
www.rawstory.com/maga-voter-f...
'I've been bitter': MAGA voter abandons GOP after being among first fired by Trump
A Republican voter in Northern Virginia who backed President Donald Trump since 2016 says she's finished with the GOP, the Huffington Post reported.The story highlighted a number of Trump voters who r...
www.rawstory.com
April 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM
'I've been bitter': MAGA voter abandons GOP after being among first fired by Trump
Published: April 16, 2025
www.rawstory.com/maga-voter-f...
Published: April 16, 2025
www.rawstory.com/maga-voter-f...