@triviachick.bsky.social
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Trump reportedly wants to eliminate funding for Head Start programs.
These programs provide educational and nutritional support to our poorest children.
Meanwhile, Trump is pushing for more tax cuts for the rich and a record breaking $1 trillion Pentagon budget.
Hello?
These programs provide educational and nutritional support to our poorest children.
Meanwhile, Trump is pushing for more tax cuts for the rich and a record breaking $1 trillion Pentagon budget.
Hello?
April 18, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Trump reportedly wants to eliminate funding for Head Start programs.
These programs provide educational and nutritional support to our poorest children.
Meanwhile, Trump is pushing for more tax cuts for the rich and a record breaking $1 trillion Pentagon budget.
Hello?
These programs provide educational and nutritional support to our poorest children.
Meanwhile, Trump is pushing for more tax cuts for the rich and a record breaking $1 trillion Pentagon budget.
Hello?
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This month has brought a shower of new podcasts for your playlist. The NPR One team gathered a few returning favorites as well as some fresh releases from across public media.
From soap operas to new hobbies, check out these podcasts
This month has brought a shower of new podcasts for your playlist. The NPR One team gathered a few returning favorites as well as some fresh releases from across public media.
www.npr.org
April 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
This month has brought a shower of new podcasts for your playlist. The NPR One team gathered a few returning favorites as well as some fresh releases from across public media.
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🚨 Still not getting the attention it deserves:
Critical systems behind Medicare, Medicaid, and more—programs that serve over 150 million Americans—are at risk of collapse.
Wired article explains how mass layoffs in HHS IT + cybersecurity leave our health infrastructure dangerously exposed. 🧵
Critical systems behind Medicare, Medicaid, and more—programs that serve over 150 million Americans—are at risk of collapse.
Wired article explains how mass layoffs in HHS IT + cybersecurity leave our health infrastructure dangerously exposed. 🧵
HHS Systems Are in Danger of Collapsing, Workers Say
The purging of IT and cybersecurity staff at the Department of Health and Human Services could threaten the systems used by the agency’s staff and the safety of critical health data.
www.wired.com
April 18, 2025 at 1:14 PM
🚨 Still not getting the attention it deserves:
Critical systems behind Medicare, Medicaid, and more—programs that serve over 150 million Americans—are at risk of collapse.
Wired article explains how mass layoffs in HHS IT + cybersecurity leave our health infrastructure dangerously exposed. 🧵
Critical systems behind Medicare, Medicaid, and more—programs that serve over 150 million Americans—are at risk of collapse.
Wired article explains how mass layoffs in HHS IT + cybersecurity leave our health infrastructure dangerously exposed. 🧵
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The IRS’ plans to share sensitive taxpayer data with ICE has wrought chaos and concern through the agency.
IRS upheaval cracks agency resistance to data sharing with immigration officials
The plan may result in a short-term increase in arrests for the White House to tout, but former and current government officials warn that the significant policy shift could cause long-term damage.
www.politico.com
March 31, 2025 at 11:53 AM
The IRS’ plans to share sensitive taxpayer data with ICE has wrought chaos and concern through the agency.
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Hungary shows us the endgame of autocratic populism: poverty and corruption
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
The Hungarian Model
MAGA conservatives love Viktor Orbán. But he’s left his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished.
www.theatlantic.com
March 31, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Hungary shows us the endgame of autocratic populism: poverty and corruption
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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Lesson #13 from @timothysnyder.bsky.social: Practice Corporeal Politics.
"Get outside. Put your body in unfamiliar places with unfamiliar people. Make new friends and march with them."
Watch this. Then join us outside nationwide on April 5th: handsoff2025.com.
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
"Get outside. Put your body in unfamiliar places with unfamiliar people. Make new friends and march with them."
Watch this. Then join us outside nationwide on April 5th: handsoff2025.com.
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
open.substack.com
March 31, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Lesson #13 from @timothysnyder.bsky.social: Practice Corporeal Politics.
"Get outside. Put your body in unfamiliar places with unfamiliar people. Make new friends and march with them."
Watch this. Then join us outside nationwide on April 5th: handsoff2025.com.
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
"Get outside. Put your body in unfamiliar places with unfamiliar people. Make new friends and march with them."
Watch this. Then join us outside nationwide on April 5th: handsoff2025.com.
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
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Happy Birthday #CesarChavez! Together we can continue his life’s work of organizing farm workers. Make your donation today. ufw.org/chavezmarch2025 or paypal.com/paypalme/ufw... #WeFeedYou
March 31, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Happy Birthday #CesarChavez! Together we can continue his life’s work of organizing farm workers. Make your donation today. ufw.org/chavezmarch2025 or paypal.com/paypalme/ufw... #WeFeedYou
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Are all government accounts on X just troll accounts now?
This is from the official House Foreign Affairs Committee—the same committee responsible for foreign aid, global HIV/AIDS policy, security assistance, and national security. This is how they choose to represent themselves.
This is from the official House Foreign Affairs Committee—the same committee responsible for foreign aid, global HIV/AIDS policy, security assistance, and national security. This is how they choose to represent themselves.
March 31, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Are all government accounts on X just troll accounts now?
This is from the official House Foreign Affairs Committee—the same committee responsible for foreign aid, global HIV/AIDS policy, security assistance, and national security. This is how they choose to represent themselves.
This is from the official House Foreign Affairs Committee—the same committee responsible for foreign aid, global HIV/AIDS policy, security assistance, and national security. This is how they choose to represent themselves.
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More than 1,600 readers answered our poll; many said they were looking for jobs in Europe and Canada.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving
More than 1,600 readers answered our poll; many said they were looking for jobs in Europe and Canada.
www.nature.com
March 30, 2025 at 10:31 AM
More than 1,600 readers answered our poll; many said they were looking for jobs in Europe and Canada.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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We’ve faced a ridiculous amount of lies that there’s no structural or systemic racism in America. This book documents the scale of the racial wealth gap, how it happens, & reasons why this is a terrible burden for everyone who cares about equality and justice.
www.americaamerica.news/p/plundering...
www.americaamerica.news/p/plundering...
Plundering Black America
An excerpt from an important new book chronicling the history of the racial wealth gap
www.americaamerica.news
March 31, 2025 at 11:42 AM
We’ve faced a ridiculous amount of lies that there’s no structural or systemic racism in America. This book documents the scale of the racial wealth gap, how it happens, & reasons why this is a terrible burden for everyone who cares about equality and justice.
www.americaamerica.news/p/plundering...
www.americaamerica.news/p/plundering...
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Good morning! Hope you had time to unplug & recharge.
No updates on CDC RIFs—leadership is still in the dark (or plays that way).
Reminder: the uncertainty & cruelty aren’t accidental—just ask Russ "Trauma Queen" Vought.
Take care of yourselves & each other. 💚
🔗 www.propublica.org/article/vide...
No updates on CDC RIFs—leadership is still in the dark (or plays that way).
Reminder: the uncertainty & cruelty aren’t accidental—just ask Russ "Trauma Queen" Vought.
Take care of yourselves & each other. 💚
🔗 www.propublica.org/article/vide...
“Put Them in Trauma”: Inside a Key MAGA Leader’s Plans for a New Trump Agenda
Private videos reveal Trump adviser Russ Vought’s “shadow” plans for using the military on protesters, defunding the EPA and villainizing civil servants.
www.propublica.org
March 31, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Good morning! Hope you had time to unplug & recharge.
No updates on CDC RIFs—leadership is still in the dark (or plays that way).
Reminder: the uncertainty & cruelty aren’t accidental—just ask Russ "Trauma Queen" Vought.
Take care of yourselves & each other. 💚
🔗 www.propublica.org/article/vide...
No updates on CDC RIFs—leadership is still in the dark (or plays that way).
Reminder: the uncertainty & cruelty aren’t accidental—just ask Russ "Trauma Queen" Vought.
Take care of yourselves & each other. 💚
🔗 www.propublica.org/article/vide...
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Hi, I'm the guy who used to oversee the federal government's agency IT telecommunications contracts. This is extremely bad. There is absolutely no need for this. Not only is it a huge security exposure, but the simplest explanation for this is that it is meant to be a security exposure.
Elon Musk’s Starlink Expands Across White House Complex
Trump administration officials said the company donated the internet service, saying the gift had been vetted by the lawyer overseeing ethics issues in the White House Counsel’s Office.
www.nytimes.com
March 18, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Hi, I'm the guy who used to oversee the federal government's agency IT telecommunications contracts. This is extremely bad. There is absolutely no need for this. Not only is it a huge security exposure, but the simplest explanation for this is that it is meant to be a security exposure.
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U.S. President Donald Trump eliminated seven federal agencies, including USAGM, which oversees Radio Free Europe.
The move seeks to effectively end over 70 years of work launched to promote democracy and counter propaganda in authoritarian countries.
The move seeks to effectively end over 70 years of work launched to promote democracy and counter propaganda in authoritarian countries.
Critical Ukraine coverage at risk as Trump slashes Radio Free Europe funding
The U.S. decision to cut off funding for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty came as a surprise for the outlet’s newsroom, a source in the RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service told the Kyiv Independent.
“We unders...
kyivindependent.com
March 18, 2025 at 2:07 PM
U.S. President Donald Trump eliminated seven federal agencies, including USAGM, which oversees Radio Free Europe.
The move seeks to effectively end over 70 years of work launched to promote democracy and counter propaganda in authoritarian countries.
The move seeks to effectively end over 70 years of work launched to promote democracy and counter propaganda in authoritarian countries.
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Academic freedom in America needs to be defended. Here’s how | Jan-Werner Müller
Academic freedom in America needs to be defended. Here’s how | Jan-Werner Müller
To begin with, universities should not be intimidated by the claim that public opinion is turning against them. That’s not necessarily true
Less than two months in office, the Trump administration has conclusively demonstrated two things: if it declares…
www.theguardian.com
March 18, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Academic freedom in America needs to be defended. Here’s how | Jan-Werner Müller
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The complaint contains the most comprehensive factual and legal analysis of Musk/DOGE's actions I've seen to date.
Read the filing here: www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
Read the filing here: www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
Japanese American Citizens v. Musk
www.documentcloud.org
March 5, 2025 at 9:34 PM
The complaint contains the most comprehensive factual and legal analysis of Musk/DOGE's actions I've seen to date.
Read the filing here: www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
Read the filing here: www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
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Free-market advocates assemble coalition, at Trump’s request, to push tax cuts
Free-market advocates assemble coalition, at Trump’s request, to push tax cuts
EXCLUSIVE: Free-market economics big wigs, acting on a request from President Trump, have assembled a coalition that aims to be the premier voice in the push to make Trump’s 2017 tax cuts permanent — and to do it as quickly as possible. Economists Stephen…
thehill.com
March 6, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Free-market advocates assemble coalition, at Trump’s request, to push tax cuts
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Busted: 'Impartial' judicial candidate tells right wingers he’ll be ‘support network’ for Trump
Busted: 'Impartial' judicial candidate tells right wingers he’ll be ‘support network’ for Trump
Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Brad Schimel told a group of canvassers in Waukesha County last weekend that he needs to be elected to provide a “support network” for President Donald Trump and shared complaints about the 2020 election that have been…
www.alternet.org
March 6, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Busted: 'Impartial' judicial candidate tells right wingers he’ll be ‘support network’ for Trump
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“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
March 6, 2025 at 5:45 AM
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
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“Transgender mice” brought to you by the Ministry of Truth
March 5, 2025 at 7:48 PM
“Transgender mice” brought to you by the Ministry of Truth
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If a university spokesperson was doing this it would be national news, and used as justification for the federal government to defund the university. The truth is that antisemitism is just one of the excuses they are using to justify destroying independent institutions.
Some of the antisemitic conspiracy theories and associations the Pentagon’s new deputy press secretary, Kingsley Wilson, has amplified online:
🔎 Long-debunked lies about Leo Frank
🔎 Great Replacement theory
🔎 Celebrating Christian nationalism
🔎 Praising Germany's far-right AfD party
🔎 Long-debunked lies about Leo Frank
🔎 Great Replacement theory
🔎 Celebrating Christian nationalism
🔎 Praising Germany's far-right AfD party
Pentagon deputy press secretary Kingsley Wilson is a prolific purveyor of antisemitic conspiracy theories
The Trump appointee compared the slaughter of Israeli babies by Hamas to abortion shortly after the Oct. 7, 2023 attacks
jewishinsider.com
March 6, 2025 at 12:17 PM
If a university spokesperson was doing this it would be national news, and used as justification for the federal government to defund the university. The truth is that antisemitism is just one of the excuses they are using to justify destroying independent institutions.
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Some of the antisemitic conspiracy theories and associations the Pentagon’s new deputy press secretary, Kingsley Wilson, has amplified online:
🔎 Long-debunked lies about Leo Frank
🔎 Great Replacement theory
🔎 Celebrating Christian nationalism
🔎 Praising Germany's far-right AfD party
🔎 Long-debunked lies about Leo Frank
🔎 Great Replacement theory
🔎 Celebrating Christian nationalism
🔎 Praising Germany's far-right AfD party
Pentagon deputy press secretary Kingsley Wilson is a prolific purveyor of antisemitic conspiracy theories
The Trump appointee compared the slaughter of Israeli babies by Hamas to abortion shortly after the Oct. 7, 2023 attacks
jewishinsider.com
March 6, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Some of the antisemitic conspiracy theories and associations the Pentagon’s new deputy press secretary, Kingsley Wilson, has amplified online:
🔎 Long-debunked lies about Leo Frank
🔎 Great Replacement theory
🔎 Celebrating Christian nationalism
🔎 Praising Germany's far-right AfD party
🔎 Long-debunked lies about Leo Frank
🔎 Great Replacement theory
🔎 Celebrating Christian nationalism
🔎 Praising Germany's far-right AfD party
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I know this is absurd, but the propaganda works in because of the absurdity rather than in spite of it.
While this quote is about antisemitism, it readily applies to most forms of bigotry.
While this quote is about antisemitism, it readily applies to most forms of bigotry.
March 6, 2025 at 4:36 AM
I know this is absurd, but the propaganda works in because of the absurdity rather than in spite of it.
While this quote is about antisemitism, it readily applies to most forms of bigotry.
While this quote is about antisemitism, it readily applies to most forms of bigotry.
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On Friday, we Stand Up for Science in locations Nationwide (& internationally!) to support science as a public good that benefits everyone.
Join us! Visit www.standupforscience2025.org for more information & other ways to get involved ☀️
Join us! Visit www.standupforscience2025.org for more information & other ways to get involved ☀️
March 4, 2025 at 12:36 PM
On Friday, we Stand Up for Science in locations Nationwide (& internationally!) to support science as a public good that benefits everyone.
Join us! Visit www.standupforscience2025.org for more information & other ways to get involved ☀️
Join us! Visit www.standupforscience2025.org for more information & other ways to get involved ☀️