Anne Danielson-Francois
@danfranc.bsky.social
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thank you elon musk and donald trump for destroying this country’s ability to generate wealth for the future. we salute you. MAGA.
I’m reliably told this is cutting edge research with lots of commercial and defense applications that no one in their right mind would shutter.
May 15, 2025 at 9:17 PM
thank you elon musk and donald trump for destroying this country’s ability to generate wealth for the future. we salute you. MAGA.
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Former president Barack Obama called on universities and law firms to stand up to intimidation from President Donald Trump’s administration and urged Americans to prepare to “possibly sacrifice” in support of democratic values.
Obama calls on citizens, colleges and law firms to resist Trump agenda
In a campus speech, the former president said universities should be prepared to lose federal funds to defend academic freedom, rather than be “intimidated.”
wapo.st
April 5, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Former president Barack Obama called on universities and law firms to stand up to intimidation from President Donald Trump’s administration and urged Americans to prepare to “possibly sacrifice” in support of democratic values.
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IS TRUMP'S TRADE WAR COSTING YOU MONEY?
YouTube video by Adam Kinzinger
youtube.com
April 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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On #DayOfNoSilence, I stand with the LGBTQ+ community to help protect their rights.
LGBTQ+ students deserve to go to school free from hate, but Trump signed a flurry of EOs threatening their safety and attempting to erase them from history.
To all the LGBTQ+ students: you are not alone. 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈
LGBTQ+ students deserve to go to school free from hate, but Trump signed a flurry of EOs threatening their safety and attempting to erase them from history.
To all the LGBTQ+ students: you are not alone. 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈
April 4, 2025 at 10:35 PM
On #DayOfNoSilence, I stand with the LGBTQ+ community to help protect their rights.
LGBTQ+ students deserve to go to school free from hate, but Trump signed a flurry of EOs threatening their safety and attempting to erase them from history.
To all the LGBTQ+ students: you are not alone. 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈
LGBTQ+ students deserve to go to school free from hate, but Trump signed a flurry of EOs threatening their safety and attempting to erase them from history.
To all the LGBTQ+ students: you are not alone. 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈
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Thousands of people crowded in front of the Washington Monument on Saturday afternoon to protest President Donald Trump and top adviser Elon Musk’s dismantling of federal agencies, alleged circumventing of due process and introduction of tariffs.
Thousands rally in D.C. as Trump protesters gather across U.S.
In Washington and across the country, demonstrators rallied in opposition of the president’s agenda
www.washingtonpost.com
April 5, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Thousands of people crowded in front of the Washington Monument on Saturday afternoon to protest President Donald Trump and top adviser Elon Musk’s dismantling of federal agencies, alleged circumventing of due process and introduction of tariffs.
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Wow! Updated estimates now put turnout at 2.3 million — and we’re still waiting on reports from coalition members in other areas, with some events yet to begin! If you’re free, come out and join us. Over 1,400 events are planned across the country.
April 5, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Wow! Updated estimates now put turnout at 2.3 million — and we’re still waiting on reports from coalition members in other areas, with some events yet to begin! If you’re free, come out and join us. Over 1,400 events are planned across the country.
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April 4, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Federal immigration officials are seeking to locate up to 7 million people suspected of being in the U.S. unlawfully by accessing confidential tax data at the Internal Revenue Service.
DHS officials ask IRS to use tax data to locate up to 7 million immigrants
The agencies have still not reached an agreement on sharing information. But immigration officials now say they’re seeking records on millions of people suspected of being in the United States without...
www.washingtonpost.com
April 5, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Federal immigration officials are seeking to locate up to 7 million people suspected of being in the U.S. unlawfully by accessing confidential tax data at the Internal Revenue Service.
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This is Utah in case anyone’s wondering how pissed off people are. I have never seen anything like this.
April 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
This is Utah in case anyone’s wondering how pissed off people are. I have never seen anything like this.
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Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s dismantling of USAID will lead to millions of preventable deaths.
The decision of the richest person in the world to destroy an agency that delivers life-saving aid to the poorest people on the planet is unconscionable.
The decision of the richest person in the world to destroy an agency that delivers life-saving aid to the poorest people on the planet is unconscionable.
March 4, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s dismantling of USAID will lead to millions of preventable deaths.
The decision of the richest person in the world to destroy an agency that delivers life-saving aid to the poorest people on the planet is unconscionable.
The decision of the richest person in the world to destroy an agency that delivers life-saving aid to the poorest people on the planet is unconscionable.
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Hiding from the public sounds like a solid plan moving forward 🙄
March 4, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Hiding from the public sounds like a solid plan moving forward 🙄
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We’ve tried to shelter our minds but tonight we’re preparing for the genocide of Science.
Entire NIH departments will have no leaders.
World renowned Scientists kicked to the curb without cause, & grants will loose their lead investigators.
Is this what they want?
Chaos? Destruction?
Entire NIH departments will have no leaders.
World renowned Scientists kicked to the curb without cause, & grants will loose their lead investigators.
Is this what they want?
Chaos? Destruction?
NIH ban on renewing senior scientists adds to assaults on its in-house research
Policy follows firings of tenure-track scientists and suspension of training programs
www.science.org
February 28, 2025 at 4:06 AM
We’ve tried to shelter our minds but tonight we’re preparing for the genocide of Science.
Entire NIH departments will have no leaders.
World renowned Scientists kicked to the curb without cause, & grants will loose their lead investigators.
Is this what they want?
Chaos? Destruction?
Entire NIH departments will have no leaders.
World renowned Scientists kicked to the curb without cause, & grants will loose their lead investigators.
Is this what they want?
Chaos? Destruction?
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Per Dr Atul Gawande, ex USAID: “All malaria supplies protecting 53 million people, mostly children, including bed nets, diagnostics, preventive drugs, and treatments – terminated.”
There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.
There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.
February 28, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Per Dr Atul Gawande, ex USAID: “All malaria supplies protecting 53 million people, mostly children, including bed nets, diagnostics, preventive drugs, and treatments – terminated.”
There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.
There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.
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"A few short years later, instead of DEI, we’ve got DIE: discrimination, inequity, and exclusion." My very slightly hopeful look at the journey from inclusion riders to Trump trying to stamp out DEI. Bottom line: This too shall pass. #Oscars @thebulwark.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/the-shadow...
The Shadow of Trump and DEI at the Oscars
Our long strange trip since Frances McDormand’s viral “inclusion rider” moment.
www.thebulwark.com
February 28, 2025 at 1:28 PM
"A few short years later, instead of DEI, we’ve got DIE: discrimination, inequity, and exclusion." My very slightly hopeful look at the journey from inclusion riders to Trump trying to stamp out DEI. Bottom line: This too shall pass. #Oscars @thebulwark.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/the-shadow...
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None of us can be sure what will “work.” You try multiple things and find your way in. Read some histories of the Civil Rights Movement by those who participated. They were never “sure” of what would work. Some campaigns fizzled out. But persistence, creativity, determination, and focus were key.
February 28, 2025 at 3:56 PM
None of us can be sure what will “work.” You try multiple things and find your way in. Read some histories of the Civil Rights Movement by those who participated. They were never “sure” of what would work. Some campaigns fizzled out. But persistence, creativity, determination, and focus were key.
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I'm a pilot with engineering Ph.D., worked in both airline and tech industries. I can say there is absolutely zero chance, given the timing of the switch, that FAA had done any review to make the decision based on merits. I hope Verizon sue the hell out of it.
Not having seen either plan in detail, I can't say for certain that this is right or wrong technical choice.
Know enough about FAA caution and rule-based procedure to say that such a move would reek to high heaven.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
(Good reporting by beleaguered WaPo staff.)
Know enough about FAA caution and rule-based procedure to say that such a move would reek to high heaven.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
(Good reporting by beleaguered WaPo staff.)
FAA targeting Verizon contract in favor of Musk’s Starlink, sources say
Turning the $2.4 billion project over to Musk’s company would be a major test of conflict-of-interest rules in government contracting.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 27, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I'm a pilot with engineering Ph.D., worked in both airline and tech industries. I can say there is absolutely zero chance, given the timing of the switch, that FAA had done any review to make the decision based on merits. I hope Verizon sue the hell out of it.
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President Donald Trump will soon sign an executive order designating English as the official language of the United States, marking the first time the country will have a federally recognized national language in its nearly 250-year history.
Trump to sign executive order designating English official language of U.S.
The order will rescind a mandate “that required agencies and recipients of federal funding to provide extensive language assistance to non-English speakers,” the White House said.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 28, 2025 at 5:53 PM
President Donald Trump will soon sign an executive order designating English as the official language of the United States, marking the first time the country will have a federally recognized national language in its nearly 250-year history.
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OUTSIDE USAID: Much larger & enthusiastic crowd today. We all just repeated our oaths to the Constitution.
February 28, 2025 at 5:38 PM
OUTSIDE USAID: Much larger & enthusiastic crowd today. We all just repeated our oaths to the Constitution.
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“Aspiring authoritarians sometimes rely on thugs willing to do violence while denying any link to politicians. In the 2010s in Ukraine, these men were called Titushky. Today, the United States has its own Titushky: the Proud Boys,” @radiofreetom.bsky.social writes:
Trump’s Titushky
Freelance thuggery is now part of American politics.
www.theatlantic.com
February 28, 2025 at 5:49 PM
“Aspiring authoritarians sometimes rely on thugs willing to do violence while denying any link to politicians. In the 2010s in Ukraine, these men were called Titushky. Today, the United States has its own Titushky: the Proud Boys,” @radiofreetom.bsky.social writes:
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The Trump administration informed hundreds of probationary employees across the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the NWS that they were fired.
The terminations come days before a potential severe weather outbreak in the U.S. and months ahead of the next hurricane season.
The terminations come days before a potential severe weather outbreak in the U.S. and months ahead of the next hurricane season.
Trump fires hundreds working on weather forecasts, satellite data and radar systems
The terminations come days before a potential severe weather outbreak in the southeastern U.S. — and just months ahead of the next Atlantic hurricane season.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 28, 2025 at 6:04 PM
The Trump administration informed hundreds of probationary employees across the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the NWS that they were fired.
The terminations come days before a potential severe weather outbreak in the U.S. and months ahead of the next hurricane season.
The terminations come days before a potential severe weather outbreak in the U.S. and months ahead of the next hurricane season.
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The assumption that people who have no relationship to an experience are unbiased and those who do have a relationship are biased is a stupid prejudice. Often direct experience dispels established assumptions about rape, prison, etc..... Wrote about that a few years ago.
February 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The assumption that people who have no relationship to an experience are unbiased and those who do have a relationship are biased is a stupid prejudice. Often direct experience dispels established assumptions about rape, prison, etc..... Wrote about that a few years ago.
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This growing group of shoppers is fed up with a constant barrage of marketing in their social feeds and phone alerts, and they're participating in “Low Buy 2025” or “No Buy 2025.” The trend is as much a pushback against the forces of a consumerist culture as it is about saving money. nyti.ms/3EUwLf6
February 28, 2025 at 6:18 PM
This growing group of shoppers is fed up with a constant barrage of marketing in their social feeds and phone alerts, and they're participating in “Low Buy 2025” or “No Buy 2025.” The trend is as much a pushback against the forces of a consumerist culture as it is about saving money. nyti.ms/3EUwLf6
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New: Democrats are launching a new campaign to get more doctors elected to office
Planned $25M campaign comes after GOP’s four Senate doctors helped confirm RFK Jr
“Our goal is to find 100 excellent thought leaders on health care and science and see if they will serve,” said Hawaii Gov. Josh Green
Planned $25M campaign comes after GOP’s four Senate doctors helped confirm RFK Jr
“Our goal is to find 100 excellent thought leaders on health care and science and see if they will serve,” said Hawaii Gov. Josh Green
Democrats launch effort to get 100 doctors into elected office
The campaign comes after all four Senate GOP physicians voted to confirm RFK Jr. as the nation’s health secretary.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 28, 2025 at 6:26 PM
New: Democrats are launching a new campaign to get more doctors elected to office
Planned $25M campaign comes after GOP’s four Senate doctors helped confirm RFK Jr
“Our goal is to find 100 excellent thought leaders on health care and science and see if they will serve,” said Hawaii Gov. Josh Green
Planned $25M campaign comes after GOP’s four Senate doctors helped confirm RFK Jr
“Our goal is to find 100 excellent thought leaders on health care and science and see if they will serve,” said Hawaii Gov. Josh Green