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Gina McCarthy, who was Obama’s second-term EPA head and Biden’s domestic climate czar, is in McSweeney’s today: www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/mak...
Make America Suck Again
It is hard to imagine with the eighty-two executive orders already issued by President Trump, that a man of his stature, extraordinary power, intel...
www.mcsweeneys.net
March 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Gina McCarthy, who was Obama’s second-term EPA head and Biden’s domestic climate czar, is in McSweeney’s today: www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/mak...
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Donald Trump has disgraced the United States of America in countless ways since he first entered political life ten years ago.
But he had never disgraced the nation as badly as he did today.
He has brought shame on this country to an extent I had never thought possible. And he has only just begun.
But he had never disgraced the nation as badly as he did today.
He has brought shame on this country to an extent I had never thought possible. And he has only just begun.
February 28, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Donald Trump has disgraced the United States of America in countless ways since he first entered political life ten years ago.
But he had never disgraced the nation as badly as he did today.
He has brought shame on this country to an extent I had never thought possible. And he has only just begun.
But he had never disgraced the nation as badly as he did today.
He has brought shame on this country to an extent I had never thought possible. And he has only just begun.
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Almost 10 years ago, I wrote about how software developers had unjustly absconded with the name “engineering,” a term previously connected to responsibility and public service.
Now such false “engineers” are attempting to dismantle parts of the civil service.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Now such false “engineers” are attempting to dismantle parts of the civil service.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Programmers: Stop Calling Yourselves Engineers
It undermines a long tradition of designing and building infrastructure in the public interest.
www.theatlantic.com
February 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Almost 10 years ago, I wrote about how software developers had unjustly absconded with the name “engineering,” a term previously connected to responsibility and public service.
Now such false “engineers” are attempting to dismantle parts of the civil service.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Now such false “engineers” are attempting to dismantle parts of the civil service.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
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Murphy: "We need to act like a real opposition party in the middle of a constitutional and democracy crisis. That means we should not be moving forward nominees or legislation in the Senate. Ds should not be giving votes to nominee or legislation in the Senate until Rs get serious about this crisis"
February 5, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Murphy: "We need to act like a real opposition party in the middle of a constitutional and democracy crisis. That means we should not be moving forward nominees or legislation in the Senate. Ds should not be giving votes to nominee or legislation in the Senate until Rs get serious about this crisis"
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The people who voted for Trump because they thought he’d pull the U.S. back from foreign entanglements and overseas adventurism are really among the prime suckers of our era.
February 5, 2025 at 1:03 AM
The people who voted for Trump because they thought he’d pull the U.S. back from foreign entanglements and overseas adventurism are really among the prime suckers of our era.
