@ashleyknight.bsky.social
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It’s time to wake up - we are literally on the verge of losing our democracy if Donald Trump cheats his way to those seats in Texas.
Pritzker: Neither Texas nor the FBI at the federal level has the authority to arrest these Texas Democrats
They’re welcome to visit to take in the great views and enjoy the incredible restaurants we have. But they won’t be taking anyone home with them, or out of the state.
They’re welcome to visit to take in the great views and enjoy the incredible restaurants we have. But they won’t be taking anyone home with them, or out of the state.
August 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
It’s time to wake up - we are literally on the verge of losing our democracy if Donald Trump cheats his way to those seats in Texas.
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Social Security is not charity. People pay into it their entire working lives.
Donald Trump and Elon Musk want to rip it away—and I’m fighting back.
Donald Trump and Elon Musk want to rip it away—and I’m fighting back.
Social Security is not charity. People pay into it their entire working lives.
YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren
www.youtube.com
April 12, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Social Security is not charity. People pay into it their entire working lives.
Donald Trump and Elon Musk want to rip it away—and I’m fighting back.
Donald Trump and Elon Musk want to rip it away—and I’m fighting back.
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Trump and Musk are eliminating 90% of Social Security’s regional staff—and, at the same time, will now only post public updates from Social Security on a platform owned by Musk, where more than 90% of seniors won’t see them. Corrupt, cruel, and wrong.
April 11, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Trump and Musk are eliminating 90% of Social Security’s regional staff—and, at the same time, will now only post public updates from Social Security on a platform owned by Musk, where more than 90% of seniors won’t see them. Corrupt, cruel, and wrong.
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It has been 18 days since we learned that those involved in Signalgate recklessly endangered the lives of American pilots.
The fact that there has been no Congressional investigation is an abomination.
This should outrage every single Member of Congress.
The fact that there has been no Congressional investigation is an abomination.
This should outrage every single Member of Congress.
April 10, 2025 at 8:16 PM
It has been 18 days since we learned that those involved in Signalgate recklessly endangered the lives of American pilots.
The fact that there has been no Congressional investigation is an abomination.
This should outrage every single Member of Congress.
The fact that there has been no Congressional investigation is an abomination.
This should outrage every single Member of Congress.
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Right, because Grandma is on X.
This is corruption, plain and simple.
This is corruption, plain and simple.
SCOOP: The Social Security Administration (SSA) will be shifting its public communication exclusively to X, sources tell WIRED. This comes as agency plans to cut its regional office workforce by roughly 90 percent.
The Social Security Administration Is Gutting Regional Staff and Shifting All Public Communications to X
The SSA's shift to Elon Musk's X comes as the agency plans to cut its regional office workforce by roughly 90 percent, WIRED has learned.
www.wired.com
April 11, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Right, because Grandma is on X.
This is corruption, plain and simple.
This is corruption, plain and simple.
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Scoop: DOGE now controls how grant opportunities get posted across government.
DOGE engineer removed users’ permissions to post to Grants-dot-gov without telling them. Now requests flow thru DOGE-controlled mailbox.
with @carolynyjohnson.bsky.social + @hannahnatanson.bsky.social
DOGE engineer removed users’ permissions to post to Grants-dot-gov without telling them. Now requests flow thru DOGE-controlled mailbox.
with @carolynyjohnson.bsky.social + @hannahnatanson.bsky.social
DOGE takes over federal grants website, wresting control of billions
A DOGE engineer removed users’ access to grants.gov, threatening to further slow the process of awarding thousands of federal grants per year.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 12, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Scoop: DOGE now controls how grant opportunities get posted across government.
DOGE engineer removed users’ permissions to post to Grants-dot-gov without telling them. Now requests flow thru DOGE-controlled mailbox.
with @carolynyjohnson.bsky.social + @hannahnatanson.bsky.social
DOGE engineer removed users’ permissions to post to Grants-dot-gov without telling them. Now requests flow thru DOGE-controlled mailbox.
with @carolynyjohnson.bsky.social + @hannahnatanson.bsky.social
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An activist who witnessed the 2022 mass shootings in Highland Park, posted a video on Instagram showing ICE agents at the door of a suburban resident’s home. Federal agents have been in the Chicago area as part of President Donald Trump’s massive deportation plan. www.wbez.org/immigration/...
Questionable ICE ‘wellness check’ caught on video in suburban Highwood
Ashbey Beasley, an activist who witnessed the 2022 mass shootings in Highland Park, posted a video on Instagram showing Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at the door of a suburban resident's ...
www.wbez.org
April 12, 2025 at 1:13 AM
An activist who witnessed the 2022 mass shootings in Highland Park, posted a video on Instagram showing ICE agents at the door of a suburban resident’s home. Federal agents have been in the Chicago area as part of President Donald Trump’s massive deportation plan. www.wbez.org/immigration/...
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This week, CDC was instructed to stop deleting ANY emails. Spam? Don't delete. Emails from predatory journals that start with, "Greetings of the day"? Keep forever.
...our fingers slipped and we accidentally deleted every email about not deleting emails. Oopsie.
#DoNotComply #LetsGetWeird
...our fingers slipped and we accidentally deleted every email about not deleting emails. Oopsie.
#DoNotComply #LetsGetWeird
April 11, 2025 at 10:44 PM
This week, CDC was instructed to stop deleting ANY emails. Spam? Don't delete. Emails from predatory journals that start with, "Greetings of the day"? Keep forever.
...our fingers slipped and we accidentally deleted every email about not deleting emails. Oopsie.
#DoNotComply #LetsGetWeird
...our fingers slipped and we accidentally deleted every email about not deleting emails. Oopsie.
#DoNotComply #LetsGetWeird
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If you are actively culling your library to keep books like "The Bell Curve" while removing criticisms of the book, you are building a white supremacist library.
Adolf Hitler's “Mein Kampf” is still on U.S. Naval Academy shelves. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” and “Memorializing the Holocaust” are not.
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.
Who’s In and Who’s Out at the Naval Academy’s Library?
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office resulted in a purge of books critical of racism but preserved volumes defending white power.
www.nytimes.com
April 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
If you are actively culling your library to keep books like "The Bell Curve" while removing criticisms of the book, you are building a white supremacist library.
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NEW: Entire scientific fields have been wiped out by the nearly 800 grants cancelled at NIH, finds a @nature.com analysis of the unprecedented cuts.
About half of all 2024 NIH projects related to LGBT+ health or vaccine hesitancy — gone.
See the other topics and US states hardest hit here:
About half of all 2024 NIH projects related to LGBT+ health or vaccine hesitancy — gone.
See the other topics and US states hardest hit here:
How Trump 2.0 is slashing NIH-backed research — in charts
Nature analyses which fields of science and US states are being hit hardest by grant terminations.
www.nature.com
April 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
NEW: Entire scientific fields have been wiped out by the nearly 800 grants cancelled at NIH, finds a @nature.com analysis of the unprecedented cuts.
About half of all 2024 NIH projects related to LGBT+ health or vaccine hesitancy — gone.
See the other topics and US states hardest hit here:
About half of all 2024 NIH projects related to LGBT+ health or vaccine hesitancy — gone.
See the other topics and US states hardest hit here:
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It costs zero dollars to side with your fellow workers instead of with the billionaires stealing from us all.
April 11, 2025 at 11:00 PM
It costs zero dollars to side with your fellow workers instead of with the billionaires stealing from us all.
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"If you don't stand up and fight now, if you don't take a position now, it's going to be too late," Eric Holder tells Rachel Maddow. "The time is now to stand up and do all that we can to fight this administration."
April 11, 2025 at 1:45 AM
"If you don't stand up and fight now, if you don't take a position now, it's going to be too late," Eric Holder tells Rachel Maddow. "The time is now to stand up and do all that we can to fight this administration."
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here's today's post: "did Donald Trump do some stock market fuckery, or what?" — just what exactly happened?
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did Donald Trump do some stock market fuckery, or what?
just what exactly happened?
bit.ly
April 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
here's today's post: "did Donald Trump do some stock market fuckery, or what?" — just what exactly happened?
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@ariberman.bsky.social is sending up a distress flare: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
House Republicans just passed a voter suppression bill that would disenfranchise millions
“It’s a five-alarm fire for American voters and for election officials.”
www.motherjones.com
April 11, 2025 at 1:06 AM
@ariberman.bsky.social is sending up a distress flare: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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We heard the rumors. Maybe president panican will declare martial law, maybe he won’t. But do you think this clown car of incompetent sycophantic signal leakers can keep all 300 million of us down? Absolutely not. We will not comply. Here’s some advice from Oliver Kornetzke. Let’s get weird.
April 11, 2025 at 1:07 AM
We heard the rumors. Maybe president panican will declare martial law, maybe he won’t. But do you think this clown car of incompetent sycophantic signal leakers can keep all 300 million of us down? Absolutely not. We will not comply. Here’s some advice from Oliver Kornetzke. Let’s get weird.
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1 in 5 Americans suffers from arthritis – the top cause of work disability.
CDC’s arthritis programs funded community-based workshops, promoted physical activity and weight management, and led other work improving lives.
Trump cut funding for these life-improving initiatives
www.cdc.gov/arthritis/
CDC’s arthritis programs funded community-based workshops, promoted physical activity and weight management, and led other work improving lives.
Trump cut funding for these life-improving initiatives
www.cdc.gov/arthritis/
Arthritis
Learn about arthritis, one of the most common chronic conditions in the United States.
www.cdc.gov
April 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM
1 in 5 Americans suffers from arthritis – the top cause of work disability.
CDC’s arthritis programs funded community-based workshops, promoted physical activity and weight management, and led other work improving lives.
Trump cut funding for these life-improving initiatives
www.cdc.gov/arthritis/
CDC’s arthritis programs funded community-based workshops, promoted physical activity and weight management, and led other work improving lives.
Trump cut funding for these life-improving initiatives
www.cdc.gov/arthritis/
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📣📣CHICAGO THE DETAILS ARE FINALLY HERE📣📣
March 4 Democracy! ✊✊✊✊
Tuesday, March 4th @ 12pm
Daley Plaza, Downtown Chicago
#50501Chicago #50501Movement #PeacefulProtest #March4Democracy #March4Liberty #March4Justice
March 4 Democracy! ✊✊✊✊
Tuesday, March 4th @ 12pm
Daley Plaza, Downtown Chicago
#50501Chicago #50501Movement #PeacefulProtest #March4Democracy #March4Liberty #March4Justice
February 25, 2025 at 7:13 PM
📣📣CHICAGO THE DETAILS ARE FINALLY HERE📣📣
March 4 Democracy! ✊✊✊✊
Tuesday, March 4th @ 12pm
Daley Plaza, Downtown Chicago
#50501Chicago #50501Movement #PeacefulProtest #March4Democracy #March4Liberty #March4Justice
March 4 Democracy! ✊✊✊✊
Tuesday, March 4th @ 12pm
Daley Plaza, Downtown Chicago
#50501Chicago #50501Movement #PeacefulProtest #March4Democracy #March4Liberty #March4Justice
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Sad to share the news that our colleagues at 18F were illegally fired overnight (emails coming in around 1am Sat.). About 90 people.
18Fers are technologists, like USDSers, and often would be co-deployed or work across different parts of the same agency.
18Fers are technologists, like USDSers, and often would be co-deployed or work across different parts of the same agency.
18F, a digital services unit inside the General Services Administration, has been completely laid off, according to an email I’ve seen. The email says that 18F was deemed “non-critical” and the decision was made with the “explicit” direction of the administration and GSA leadership.
March 1, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Sad to share the news that our colleagues at 18F were illegally fired overnight (emails coming in around 1am Sat.). About 90 people.
18Fers are technologists, like USDSers, and often would be co-deployed or work across different parts of the same agency.
18Fers are technologists, like USDSers, and often would be co-deployed or work across different parts of the same agency.
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Hundreds of workers at the CDC. More than 1,000 at the NIH. Scores of staffers at the FDA.
Trump’s purge of federal employees includes those doing lifesaving work. Many of them expressed fear at what would happen to the projects they left behind.
By @anniewaldman.bsky.social & @deldeib.bsky.social
Trump’s purge of federal employees includes those doing lifesaving work. Many of them expressed fear at what would happen to the projects they left behind.
By @anniewaldman.bsky.social & @deldeib.bsky.social
They Worked to Prevent Death. The Trump Administration Fired Them.
Public health teams are being gutted, imperiling efforts to safeguard organ donation and prevent maternal and infant death. Many workers expressed fear at what would happen to the work they left…
propub.li
March 1, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Hundreds of workers at the CDC. More than 1,000 at the NIH. Scores of staffers at the FDA.
Trump’s purge of federal employees includes those doing lifesaving work. Many of them expressed fear at what would happen to the projects they left behind.
By @anniewaldman.bsky.social & @deldeib.bsky.social
Trump’s purge of federal employees includes those doing lifesaving work. Many of them expressed fear at what would happen to the projects they left behind.
By @anniewaldman.bsky.social & @deldeib.bsky.social
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Can’t get this image out of my head.
March 1, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Can’t get this image out of my head.
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Many of you have already seen it, but I wanted to wait until my version was complete. My version has my newly set up youtube channel, some minor fixes to the transcript &a bevy of links throughout the transcript. Also a PDF version. Thanks @pkrugman.bsky.social
www.crisesnotes.com/musk-in-your...
www.crisesnotes.com/musk-in-your...
Musk In Your Computers: An Interview With Paul Krugman
Notes on the Crises pivoted on February 1st into around the clock coverage of the Trump-Musk Treasury Payments Crisis of 2025. Today is Day Thirty
Read Part 0, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5,...
www.crisesnotes.com
March 1, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Many of you have already seen it, but I wanted to wait until my version was complete. My version has my newly set up youtube channel, some minor fixes to the transcript &a bevy of links throughout the transcript. Also a PDF version. Thanks @pkrugman.bsky.social
www.crisesnotes.com/musk-in-your...
www.crisesnotes.com/musk-in-your...
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Just read this graf. Share it with people you know who don’t pay attention to politics or news.
February 28, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Just read this graf. Share it with people you know who don’t pay attention to politics or news.