Crichar3
@crichar3.bsky.social
Another Twitter refugee. Packers/Badgers/Brewers. Left leaning politics. Singer-songwriters, Alt Country. Co-Host Packers Therapy podcast. Former radio journalist. Retired university administrator. Fundraising Coach/Consultant. Fantasy baseball degenerate
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Besides its hateful tone, this congresswoman has no idea what she's saying. Due process determines if you violated a law. Otherwise how do you know?
Indiana congresswoman says, “You violated the law, you don’t get due process.” These are the same lawmakers who oppose Red Flag Laws because they don’t provide armed domestic abusers with … due process.
March 29, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Besides its hateful tone, this congresswoman has no idea what she's saying. Due process determines if you violated a law. Otherwise how do you know?
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This will end with kids dying and being left damaged and disabled for life by diseases basic science has cured. RFK Jr will be gone sooner or later (ideally sooner) but nothing will bring those kids back or repair the damage done to their families.
Robert F. Kennedy’s Jr. war on vaccines just landed another major blow as the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services successfully forced one of the nation’s top vaccine officials out of his position.
“Spiraling deeper and deeper into danger”: RFK Jr. forces out top vaccine official
“It has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired by the secretary, but rather he wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies."
www.motherjones.com
March 29, 2025 at 4:06 PM
This will end with kids dying and being left damaged and disabled for life by diseases basic science has cured. RFK Jr will be gone sooner or later (ideally sooner) but nothing will bring those kids back or repair the damage done to their families.
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Just in NIH grants, It looks like beautiful Iowa City, home of the U of Iowa, will lose $71m in funding. That's almost $1k per resident. And that's before all the other cuts to SSA, FDA, etc.
Anyone in Iowa City that can offer more insight?
scienceimpacts.org
H/T to Prathima !
Anyone in Iowa City that can offer more insight?
scienceimpacts.org
H/T to Prathima !
SCiMaP
scienceimpacts.org
March 29, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Just in NIH grants, It looks like beautiful Iowa City, home of the U of Iowa, will lose $71m in funding. That's almost $1k per resident. And that's before all the other cuts to SSA, FDA, etc.
Anyone in Iowa City that can offer more insight?
scienceimpacts.org
H/T to Prathima !
Anyone in Iowa City that can offer more insight?
scienceimpacts.org
H/T to Prathima !
My impulse was to turn this Brewers game off. But I am now curious to see how many homers NYY can hit. Seven through 2 1/3 is impressive...
March 29, 2025 at 6:26 PM
My impulse was to turn this Brewers game off. But I am now curious to see how many homers NYY can hit. Seven through 2 1/3 is impressive...
Nester Cortes' theme song for his Brewers debut should be played by Howard Jones...
March 29, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Nester Cortes' theme song for his Brewers debut should be played by Howard Jones...
"I can't think of anything else to say..."
March 29, 2025 at 1:38 AM
"I can't think of anything else to say..."
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Could have been worse...
Hegseth: And here are the secret super plans
W: Sir, this is a Wendy's
Hegseth: And here are the secret super plans
W: Sir, this is a Wendy's
March 25, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Could have been worse...
Hegseth: And here are the secret super plans
W: Sir, this is a Wendy's
Hegseth: And here are the secret super plans
W: Sir, this is a Wendy's
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A fantastically important postscript to this piece: David Graham asks Jeffrey Goldberg about possible retaliation, and Goldberg gives a perfect answer — with perfect swipes. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
March 25, 2025 at 2:05 AM
A fantastically important postscript to this piece: David Graham asks Jeffrey Goldberg about possible retaliation, and Goldberg gives a perfect answer — with perfect swipes. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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Many Dem consultants urge adopting bad GOP positions.
Better to adopt proven GOP tactics. Republicans made issues out of nothing through repetition and outrage.
A national security breach implying many more (Signal? Not DoD comms?) must be made into an issue by Dems. It won't just become one.
Better to adopt proven GOP tactics. Republicans made issues out of nothing through repetition and outrage.
A national security breach implying many more (Signal? Not DoD comms?) must be made into an issue by Dems. It won't just become one.
March 24, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Many Dem consultants urge adopting bad GOP positions.
Better to adopt proven GOP tactics. Republicans made issues out of nothing through repetition and outrage.
A national security breach implying many more (Signal? Not DoD comms?) must be made into an issue by Dems. It won't just become one.
Better to adopt proven GOP tactics. Republicans made issues out of nothing through repetition and outrage.
A national security breach implying many more (Signal? Not DoD comms?) must be made into an issue by Dems. It won't just become one.
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Yep. Federal records. You're supposed to protect them, not delete them.
Tom, correct me if I’m wrong here… but doesn’t Signal delete conversations after a period? Thus, circumventing FOIA? Isn’t that another MASSIVE violation of Government Communications?
March 25, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Yep. Federal records. You're supposed to protect them, not delete them.
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On this date in 2001, Randy Johnson hit a bird with his pitch. 😲
In a way, it's a metaphor for America's current situation.
In a way, it's a metaphor for America's current situation.
Randy Johnson Hits Bird
YouTube video by Wyatt Sexton
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March 25, 2025 at 12:56 AM
On this date in 2001, Randy Johnson hit a bird with his pitch. 😲
In a way, it's a metaphor for America's current situation.
In a way, it's a metaphor for America's current situation.
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The Trump administration has deported over 200 Venezuelans from the United States to a sprawling prison in El Salvador, even as a federal judge ordered their return to the US reut.rs/4ixFXEU
Trump administration deports Venezeulans despite court order, says judge has no authority
Trump invoked the 1798 Alien Enemies Act to rapidly deport alleged members of the Tren de Aragua criminal organization. A federal judge blocked the law's application a day later.
reut.rs
March 17, 2025 at 2:39 AM
The Trump administration has deported over 200 Venezuelans from the United States to a sprawling prison in El Salvador, even as a federal judge ordered their return to the US reut.rs/4ixFXEU
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The people Attorney General Bondi is calling “terrorists” have had no trial and no chance to defend themselves. We do not know who they are. Ignoring the Constitution does not make us safe. It puts us all in peril.
March 17, 2025 at 1:34 AM
The people Attorney General Bondi is calling “terrorists” have had no trial and no chance to defend themselves. We do not know who they are. Ignoring the Constitution does not make us safe. It puts us all in peril.
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yep, this is what i think is going on. there is an underlying moral economy where service jobs are feminine and thus undesirable whereas factory jobs are masculine and thus good.
March 17, 2025 at 2:54 AM
yep, this is what i think is going on. there is an underlying moral economy where service jobs are feminine and thus undesirable whereas factory jobs are masculine and thus good.
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👇🎯 This. It's a full-blown Article I and Article III constitutional crisis, & the sooner everyone realizes we're already well under way in our collapse into authoritarianism, the better.
Let’s get out of this lawyer mentality—& I fully respect lawyers—to understand how authoritarian regimes operate.
The administration was *not* playing games. The administration fully understood the ruling, & fully ignored it.
What the administration was saying is: whatcha gonna do about it?
The administration was *not* playing games. The administration fully understood the ruling, & fully ignored it.
What the administration was saying is: whatcha gonna do about it?
The argument the administration seems to be settling on – that the planes had gone into international airspace – is ludicrous. If the executive had power to act, the judiciary had power to enjoin. But even setting the merits to the side, it makes it look as if the administration was playing games.
March 17, 2025 at 2:57 AM
👇🎯 This. It's a full-blown Article I and Article III constitutional crisis, & the sooner everyone realizes we're already well under way in our collapse into authoritarianism, the better.
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Dem senators' cloyingly earnest threads imploring voters to understand that this wasn't the time to fight would ring a lot less hollow if they included the barest shred of a hint that they will actually offer up a fight at some point, any point, over the next four years.
I voted against the horrible MAGA “continuing resolution” — a fake and partisan CR loaded up with executive power for Trump. I hated it. But respected colleagues voted otherwise, and not just to “cave in” versus “stand up.” 🧵
March 17, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Dem senators' cloyingly earnest threads imploring voters to understand that this wasn't the time to fight would ring a lot less hollow if they included the barest shred of a hint that they will actually offer up a fight at some point, any point, over the next four years.
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The tyranny of the minority.
March 17, 2025 at 2:59 AM
The tyranny of the minority.
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March 16, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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My sense is that the administration has been looking for the optimal case in which to pull an Andrew Jackson — they may think this is it.
This is outrageous. Judge Boasberg’s order went against government agencies which were in the US, and which were in direct contact with the plane. He must hold them in contempt of court.
March 16, 2025 at 8:40 PM
My sense is that the administration has been looking for the optimal case in which to pull an Andrew Jackson — they may think this is it.
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As a lawyer, this sort of ignorance/hostility towards the rule of law is so scary.
Federal judges have always had ideological leanings, but they fairly interpret & enforce the law far more often than not. Trump and Musk (and Rubio) are telling us they want absolute executive power.
Believe them.
Federal judges have always had ideological leanings, but they fairly interpret & enforce the law far more often than not. Trump and Musk (and Rubio) are telling us they want absolute executive power.
Believe them.
A single judge in Texas controlled all federal policy making during the Biden administration
March 16, 2025 at 8:47 PM
As a lawyer, this sort of ignorance/hostility towards the rule of law is so scary.
Federal judges have always had ideological leanings, but they fairly interpret & enforce the law far more often than not. Trump and Musk (and Rubio) are telling us they want absolute executive power.
Believe them.
Federal judges have always had ideological leanings, but they fairly interpret & enforce the law far more often than not. Trump and Musk (and Rubio) are telling us they want absolute executive power.
Believe them.
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Actually, the White House explicitly admitted to violating the order. Their claim is they don’t have to comply with court orders.
March 17, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Actually, the White House explicitly admitted to violating the order. Their claim is they don’t have to comply with court orders.
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No one can ever say that @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social doesn't think things through -- or that he doesn't have a wealth of experience, from which he has learned. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/o...
Opinion | Don’t Fool Yourself Into Thinking It Will Stop With Mahmoud Khalil
The arrest and detention of Mahmoud Khalil show that the culture war is no longer just a culture war.
www.nytimes.com
March 17, 2025 at 2:15 AM
No one can ever say that @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social doesn't think things through -- or that he doesn't have a wealth of experience, from which he has learned. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/o...
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This feels like a Star Trek episode where Picard comes across a stone age culture but there is evidence of an advanced civilization from long ago.
Scientists have just cured pancreatic cancer in some patients with personalized mRNA vaccines. Pancreatic cancer. And this Trump administration wants to throw it all away.
They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
Exclusive: NIH officials have advised scientists to remove reference to mRNA vaccines from their grant applications, in expectation the Trump administration intends to abandon most research in the field.
By @arthurallen202.bsky.social
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
By @arthurallen202.bsky.social
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
March 17, 2025 at 2:22 AM
This feels like a Star Trek episode where Picard comes across a stone age culture but there is evidence of an advanced civilization from long ago.
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This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office.
2) Elected officials rewrite the rules in the donors' favor.
3) Donors make a huge profit.
4) Repeat.
For the sake of democracy, we must get Big Money out of politics.
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office.
2) Elected officials rewrite the rules in the donors' favor.
3) Donors make a huge profit.
4) Repeat.
For the sake of democracy, we must get Big Money out of politics.
March 17, 2025 at 2:01 AM
This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office.
2) Elected officials rewrite the rules in the donors' favor.
3) Donors make a huge profit.
4) Repeat.
For the sake of democracy, we must get Big Money out of politics.
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office.
2) Elected officials rewrite the rules in the donors' favor.
3) Donors make a huge profit.
4) Repeat.
For the sake of democracy, we must get Big Money out of politics.