Mike Dempsey
@carquinez.bsky.social
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Oh my god this is insane - I’m struggling to find a comparison but it’s something like “the Navy cancelled all submarines”
Well the NIH has cancelled the Women's Health Initiative, the largest study of women in history
It has been running continuously since 1991 and has provided massive key knowledge about diseases in women
Unreal
www.science.org/content/arti...
It has been running continuously since 1991 and has provided massive key knowledge about diseases in women
Unreal
www.science.org/content/arti...
NIH cancels its first and largest study centered on women
The Women’s Health Initiative has produced numerous influential findings
www.science.org
April 23, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Oh my god this is insane - I’m struggling to find a comparison but it’s something like “the Navy cancelled all submarines”
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Whaaaaaat
The Trump regime is now using US Attorneys to intimidate academic journals by sending them letters demanding they explain how they ensure ‘viewpoint diversity.’ Journal editors should be public about this and coordinate to refuse to comply with these fascist tactics.
April 17, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Whaaaaaat
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The way I was flabbergasted by the MAGA Koreans in front of their church on Pleasant Hill Road up in Duluth telling me they were fine because they were citizens... Mmhmm
www.huffpost.com/entry/white-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/white-...
White House Confirms Trump Is Exploring Ways To ‘Deport’ U.S. Citizens
The administration could try removing American citizens if it identifies a pathway it can claim to be legal.
www.huffpost.com
April 9, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The way I was flabbergasted by the MAGA Koreans in front of their church on Pleasant Hill Road up in Duluth telling me they were fine because they were citizens... Mmhmm
www.huffpost.com/entry/white-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/white-...
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The always-bright Eric Trump gives away the game, acknowledging that the tariffs are just a form of extortion.
April 3, 2025 at 9:16 PM
The always-bright Eric Trump gives away the game, acknowledging that the tariffs are just a form of extortion.
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11/ The tariffs aren’t economic policy. They are political weapons.
But as long as we see this clearly, we can stop him. Public mobilization is working. Today, a few Republicans joined Democrats to vote against one set of tariffs.
The people still have the power.
But as long as we see this clearly, we can stop him. Public mobilization is working. Today, a few Republicans joined Democrats to vote against one set of tariffs.
The people still have the power.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
11/ The tariffs aren’t economic policy. They are political weapons.
But as long as we see this clearly, we can stop him. Public mobilization is working. Today, a few Republicans joined Democrats to vote against one set of tariffs.
The people still have the power.
But as long as we see this clearly, we can stop him. Public mobilization is working. Today, a few Republicans joined Democrats to vote against one set of tariffs.
The people still have the power.
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ChatGPT consumes so much water and energy each week that it could power entire countries for YEARS and folk act like you told them to kill their selves cause you want them to write their own emails and not to steal art. 😂
April 3, 2025 at 12:46 PM
ChatGPT consumes so much water and energy each week that it could power entire countries for YEARS and folk act like you told them to kill their selves cause you want them to write their own emails and not to steal art. 😂
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If you don't want to see this horrible garbage happen in every future high-stakes election, make sure it demonstrably fails in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race by helping elect Susan Crawford
March 27, 2025 at 3:24 AM
If you don't want to see this horrible garbage happen in every future high-stakes election, make sure it demonstrably fails in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race by helping elect Susan Crawford
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So the administration has just given Jeffrey Goldberg permission to release the entire chat. And he should.
Gabbard claims "there was no classified materials that was shared in that Signal chat."
March 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
So the administration has just given Jeffrey Goldberg permission to release the entire chat. And he should.
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this is dumb as shit.
I've been sober 6 years.
His alcoholism is a huge part of the reason he is unfit for the job. Please don't let this kind of bullshit stop you from mentioning that an active alcoholic should not be Secretary of Defense.
Period.
Full stop.
I've been sober 6 years.
His alcoholism is a huge part of the reason he is unfit for the job. Please don't let this kind of bullshit stop you from mentioning that an active alcoholic should not be Secretary of Defense.
Period.
Full stop.
March 25, 2025 at 12:47 PM
this is dumb as shit.
I've been sober 6 years.
His alcoholism is a huge part of the reason he is unfit for the job. Please don't let this kind of bullshit stop you from mentioning that an active alcoholic should not be Secretary of Defense.
Period.
Full stop.
I've been sober 6 years.
His alcoholism is a huge part of the reason he is unfit for the job. Please don't let this kind of bullshit stop you from mentioning that an active alcoholic should not be Secretary of Defense.
Period.
Full stop.
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'Unserious'. The entire administration is unserious. We've been coup'ed by a 15-year-old 'NO FAT CHICKS LMAO' group chat
March 25, 2025 at 4:27 AM
'Unserious'. The entire administration is unserious. We've been coup'ed by a 15-year-old 'NO FAT CHICKS LMAO' group chat
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From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.
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I am truly terrified for Hamdan. If you don’t know who Hamdan Ballal is, he is the director of No Other Land and he and Yuval both won the Oscar for Best Documentary this year
March 24, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I am truly terrified for Hamdan. If you don’t know who Hamdan Ballal is, he is the director of No Other Land and he and Yuval both won the Oscar for Best Documentary this year
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Housing really is a ‘decide if you want to win’ issue for the Democratic Party.
We're all going to be unbelievably fucked if blue states don't start immediately rolling back restrictions on new housing to create a construction boom and build millions of new multifamily homes as soon as possible
March 18, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Housing really is a ‘decide if you want to win’ issue for the Democratic Party.
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The Proclamation itself contains a similar nonsensical contention; TdA is a foreign government because it's an arm of the Maduro government, and also it's a foreign government because in Venezuela, it's the "de facto" government in places where Maduro has lost control.
Both can't be true!
Both can't be true!
Government lawyers in the AEA case, basically:
Tren de Aragua is considered an invading foreign government because of its deep ties to the Maduro regime, which is a close ally in our efforts to expel members of the Tren de Aragua terrorist organization.
????
Tren de Aragua is considered an invading foreign government because of its deep ties to the Maduro regime, which is a close ally in our efforts to expel members of the Tren de Aragua terrorist organization.
????
March 18, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The Proclamation itself contains a similar nonsensical contention; TdA is a foreign government because it's an arm of the Maduro government, and also it's a foreign government because in Venezuela, it's the "de facto" government in places where Maduro has lost control.
Both can't be true!
Both can't be true!
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So, one, while USIP is funded by the government, it's independent. It's not a part of the government.
But, two, you generally don't barge in with "legally and lawfully" (same thing, dingbat) unless you know it's fucking not at all legal.
But, two, you generally don't barge in with "legally and lawfully" (same thing, dingbat) unless you know it's fucking not at all legal.
NEW — Some US Institute of Peace employees just received an email from the independent agency’s new Trump-installed president, per a copy shared with me.
They’ve been told to pass along this email to other employees (???) and to telework indefinitely.
They’ve been told to pass along this email to other employees (???) and to telework indefinitely.
March 18, 2025 at 7:20 AM
So, one, while USIP is funded by the government, it's independent. It's not a part of the government.
But, two, you generally don't barge in with "legally and lawfully" (same thing, dingbat) unless you know it's fucking not at all legal.
But, two, you generally don't barge in with "legally and lawfully" (same thing, dingbat) unless you know it's fucking not at all legal.
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They have now been sent to a brutal third world torture prison having done nothing but seeking asylum in the United States. That's it.
UNREAL. ICE implies in a sworn declaration that MOST of the Venezuelans sentenced to hard labor in a brutal Central American prison without charge or trial or so much as a cursory hearing had never been convicted or even charged with ANY CRIME whatsoever, not even a trivial one, anywhere, ever!
March 18, 2025 at 2:08 PM
They have now been sent to a brutal third world torture prison having done nothing but seeking asylum in the United States. That's it.
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I think a lot about how Crazy Rich Asians made a ton of money, huge hit, beloved movie. Sequel, guaranteed hit. And then the Asian woman cowriting the script asked to be paid the same amount as the white man they paired her with, and the studio completely abandoned the sequel rather than do that
March 17, 2025 at 5:07 AM
I think a lot about how Crazy Rich Asians made a ton of money, huge hit, beloved movie. Sequel, guaranteed hit. And then the Asian woman cowriting the script asked to be paid the same amount as the white man they paired her with, and the studio completely abandoned the sequel rather than do that
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All facts. They put a Russian agent in charge of our intelligence agencies.
March 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
All facts. They put a Russian agent in charge of our intelligence agencies.
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CALLS ARE WORKING - it has bought us precious time, but we NEED to keep the pressure up.
Tomorrow is the cloture vote.
KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️
Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.
Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
Tomorrow is the cloture vote.
KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️
Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.
Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
March 13, 2025 at 6:54 PM
CALLS ARE WORKING - it has bought us precious time, but we NEED to keep the pressure up.
Tomorrow is the cloture vote.
KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️
Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.
Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
Tomorrow is the cloture vote.
KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️
Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.
Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
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If you’re in the US, you can watch PBS for free using the app. There’s a series of documentaries called American Experience that’s really good—each is about a different event in history.
Go watch The one about the Gilded Age in season 30.
It feels so familiar, it’s genuinely eerie.
Go watch The one about the Gilded Age in season 30.
It feels so familiar, it’s genuinely eerie.
March 11, 2025 at 1:21 AM
If you’re in the US, you can watch PBS for free using the app. There’s a series of documentaries called American Experience that’s really good—each is about a different event in history.
Go watch The one about the Gilded Age in season 30.
It feels so familiar, it’s genuinely eerie.
Go watch The one about the Gilded Age in season 30.
It feels so familiar, it’s genuinely eerie.
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Karoline Leavitt is a human Federalist column.
"Tariffs are a tax cut for the American people" -- Karoline Leavitt turns reality upside down, then gets mad at an AP reporter after he pushes back
March 11, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Karoline Leavitt is a human Federalist column.
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you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
March 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
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Mayor Michelle Wu touted Boston’s safety and defended the city's immigration policies during testimony in front of a congressional committee.
Here's how the hearing unfolded.
Here's how the hearing unfolded.
Mayor Wu touted Boston’s safety, remained defiant during hourslong GOP-led hearing. Here’s how it unfolded. - The Boston Globe
Wu emerged from the marathon hearing largely unscathed, and managed to land a few hits in the face of aggressive questioning.
www.bostonglobe.com
March 5, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Mayor Michelle Wu touted Boston’s safety and defended the city's immigration policies during testimony in front of a congressional committee.
Here's how the hearing unfolded.
Here's how the hearing unfolded.