Randolph Peters
@randolphpeters.bsky.social
Composer. Do not obey in advance.
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This is what I’m so worried about
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 8:17 PM
This is what I’m so worried about
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Trump Says He Won’t Rule Out Third Reich
March 31, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Trump Says He Won’t Rule Out Third Reich
Not "easily" achievable by federal legislation. I'm all for it, but this goes back to the BNA and the way responsibilities and powers were delegated to the provinces. We've been trying to do this for over 80 years.
He said they're going to table legislation by Canada Day. It's a pretty low bar you're setting to claim that's not achievable. As is standard with all legislation, the mechanics will be teased out as part of the development of subsequent regulations, once the legislation is enacted.
March 21, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Not "easily" achievable by federal legislation. I'm all for it, but this goes back to the BNA and the way responsibilities and powers were delegated to the provinces. We've been trying to do this for over 80 years.
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“The head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said a sharp drop in outside funding, spurred by a broad shutdown in most foreign aid by the Trump administration, will lead to two million to four million more deaths each year” www.cidrap.umn.edu/mpox/african...
African leaders take stock of health cuts, chart path forward
www.cidrap.umn.edu
March 21, 2025 at 12:15 AM
“The head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said a sharp drop in outside funding, spurred by a broad shutdown in most foreign aid by the Trump administration, will lead to two million to four million more deaths each year” www.cidrap.umn.edu/mpox/african...
If this isn't worth using a Senate filibuster, what is? 3,300,000 deaths this year because of USAID cuts. Don't care about foreign aid? These diseases will kill Americans too. If the moral argument isn't persuasive, how about the self-interested one?
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True. (Gift Article)
A journey through the front lines of global poverty shows that when the world’s richest men slash aid for the world’s poorest children, the result is sickness, starvation and death.
www.nytimes.com
March 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
If this isn't worth using a Senate filibuster, what is? 3,300,000 deaths this year because of USAID cuts. Don't care about foreign aid? These diseases will kill Americans too. If the moral argument isn't persuasive, how about the self-interested one?
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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I keep banging this drum but they are *ending* research in the United States. And I have yet to see electeds make much noise about this. This is the primary source of our international advantage and they are destroying it unimpeded
The Trump administration has terminated $800 million in grants to Johns Hopkins University, spurring the nation’s top spender on research and development to plan layoffs and cancel health projects
Johns Hopkins Plans Staff Layoffs After $800 Million Grant Cuts
Local and international health research efforts are already winding down as the university braces for even more potential cuts.
www.wsj.com
March 12, 2025 at 11:52 AM
I keep banging this drum but they are *ending* research in the United States. And I have yet to see electeds make much noise about this. This is the primary source of our international advantage and they are destroying it unimpeded
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(And UGH, I don’t know what those URL cards are. That is extremely bad and buggy behavior)
February 22, 2025 at 4:16 PM
(And UGH, I don’t know what those URL cards are. That is extremely bad and buggy behavior)
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If they were actively trying to start another pandemic, I'm not sure what they'd be doing differently.
New: Trump officials have paused all external communications at health agencies like CDC, FDA, NIH.
No health alerts and the famed MMWRs; no updates to key websites or social media posts.
And no indication how long the pause will last.
With @rachelroubein.bsky.social + Lena Sun.
No health alerts and the famed MMWRs; no updates to key websites or social media posts.
And no indication how long the pause will last.
With @rachelroubein.bsky.social + Lena Sun.
Trump officials pause health agencies’ communications, citing review
The agencies are charged with making decisions that touch the lives of every American and are the source of crucial information to health-care providers.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 22, 2025 at 1:45 AM
If they were actively trying to start another pandemic, I'm not sure what they'd be doing differently.