Dave Pellegrini
@dave2001.bsky.social
"It's only because of their stupidity that they're able to be so sure of themselves."-Franz Kafka. Enjoy each day, and cherish each moment. Living with cancer. Never give up.#Resist 🦋🌊✌️
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The proposed subpoenas sought to investigate connections between late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and large banks including JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America.
House Judiciary Republicans Reject Vote To Subpoena Major Banks In Epstein Case
The proposed subpoenas sought to investigate connections between late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and large banks including JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America.
www.forbes.com
September 17, 2025 at 11:20 PM
The proposed subpoenas sought to investigate connections between late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and large banks including JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America.
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ABC announced that it will pull Jimmy Kimmel after a wave of criticism following his on-air comments about Charlie Kirk. Here's a list of others facing professional repercussions in the wake of Kirk's assassination.
Jimmy Kimmel joins those facing professional repercussions over Charlie Kirk comments
The push to seek punishment is in line with Trump 2.0's free-speech restriction playbook.
trib.al
September 17, 2025 at 11:26 PM
ABC announced that it will pull Jimmy Kimmel after a wave of criticism following his on-air comments about Charlie Kirk. Here's a list of others facing professional repercussions in the wake of Kirk's assassination.
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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
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By @arthurallen202.bsky.social
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Scientists Say NIH Officials Told Them To Scrub mRNA References on Grants - KFF Health News
Two senior scientists say National Institutes of Health officials advised them to remove references to mRNA vaccines in grant applications, and they fear the Trump administration will abandon a promis...
kffhealthnews.org
March 17, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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.
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Sarah is joining me for Trump's Joint Address to Congress.
NIH funding has been instrumental for her son Declan’s fight against brain cancer.
Her message: why would the President put kids battling for their lives on the chopping block?
www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/...
NIH funding has been instrumental for her son Declan’s fight against brain cancer.
Her message: why would the President put kids battling for their lives on the chopping block?
www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/...
Former WBZ-TV meteorologist Sarah Wroblewski to be Rep. Katherine Clark's guest at joint address to Congress
Sarah Wroblewski will be Massachusetts Rep. Katherine Clark's special guest at President Trump's joint address to Congress.
www.cbsnews.com
March 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Sarah is joining me for Trump's Joint Address to Congress.
NIH funding has been instrumental for her son Declan’s fight against brain cancer.
Her message: why would the President put kids battling for their lives on the chopping block?
www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/...
NIH funding has been instrumental for her son Declan’s fight against brain cancer.
Her message: why would the President put kids battling for their lives on the chopping block?
www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/...
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Looking at some survey data here. Trump/Elon cutting off all cancer cure research is the issue that freaks voters out more than any other, also the one they've heard the least about. Important for voters to hear more about this.
February 28, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Looking at some survey data here. Trump/Elon cutting off all cancer cure research is the issue that freaks voters out more than any other, also the one they've heard the least about. Important for voters to hear more about this.
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President Krasnov
February 25, 2025 at 1:32 PM
President Krasnov
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Leaders of the Social Security Administration had just opened an investigation into a career employee they believed was improperly sharing information with DOGE when Trump elevated the employee this week to acting commissioner
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
New Social Security chief was being investigated when Musk team tapped him
Data analyst Leland Dudek was suspected of sharing unauthorized access to information with the U.S. DOGE Service. Now he’s the acting Social Security commissioner.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 22, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Leaders of the Social Security Administration had just opened an investigation into a career employee they believed was improperly sharing information with DOGE when Trump elevated the employee this week to acting commissioner
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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There's disruption and chaos in government agencies trying to deal with the #H5N1 #birdflu outbreaks in cows, but bird flu doesn't care.
Another new dairy herd infected in Nevada, the state's 8th and the country's 973rd. www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-po...
Another new dairy herd infected in Nevada, the state's 8th and the country's 973rd. www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-po...
February 21, 2025 at 2:51 PM
There's disruption and chaos in government agencies trying to deal with the #H5N1 #birdflu outbreaks in cows, but bird flu doesn't care.
Another new dairy herd infected in Nevada, the state's 8th and the country's 973rd. www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-po...
Another new dairy herd infected in Nevada, the state's 8th and the country's 973rd. www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-po...
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Trump went to the South this weekend. Not to visit flood victims in Kentucky, but to have his security drive him around a race track. He doesn’t give a shit about you or your needs. He’s on a vanity tour for the next four years.
February 19, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Trump went to the South this weekend. Not to visit flood victims in Kentucky, but to have his security drive him around a race track. He doesn’t give a shit about you or your needs. He’s on a vanity tour for the next four years.
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I am not making this up: Republicans have introduced legislation… to increase your bank fees.
February 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I am not making this up: Republicans have introduced legislation… to increase your bank fees.
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'There won’t be any lasting peace if it’s not a European-agreed peace,"-Baerbock,Foreign Minister of Germany
▪️”Our biggest enemy at the moment is Putin's Russia because he has declared war on our European peace”
▪️”This isn’t only a war on Ukraine.This is most of all a war on NATO…&on the free world”
▪️”Our biggest enemy at the moment is Putin's Russia because he has declared war on our European peace”
▪️”This isn’t only a war on Ukraine.This is most of all a war on NATO…&on the free world”
February 15, 2025 at 5:52 PM
'There won’t be any lasting peace if it’s not a European-agreed peace,"-Baerbock,Foreign Minister of Germany
▪️”Our biggest enemy at the moment is Putin's Russia because he has declared war on our European peace”
▪️”This isn’t only a war on Ukraine.This is most of all a war on NATO…&on the free world”
▪️”Our biggest enemy at the moment is Putin's Russia because he has declared war on our European peace”
▪️”This isn’t only a war on Ukraine.This is most of all a war on NATO…&on the free world”
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How Trump got outmaneuvered by Russia: They seized another U.S. hostage, while the U.S. betrayed Ukraine and our European allies
My Latest ...
My Latest ...
Trump Got Outmaneuvered: How U.S. Policies Are Playing Into Russia's Hands
Russia detains another U.S. citizen to replenish its hostage pool
olgalautman.substack.com
February 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
How Trump got outmaneuvered by Russia: They seized another U.S. hostage, while the U.S. betrayed Ukraine and our European allies
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Unreal. DOGE posted National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) headcounts.
NRO budgets and headcounts are classified to prevent adversaries from using them to extrapolate our intelligence priorities.
Stop giving kids who don’t know what the fuck they’re doing access to this shit.
NRO budgets and headcounts are classified to prevent adversaries from using them to extrapolate our intelligence priorities.
Stop giving kids who don’t know what the fuck they’re doing access to this shit.
February 14, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Unreal. DOGE posted National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) headcounts.
NRO budgets and headcounts are classified to prevent adversaries from using them to extrapolate our intelligence priorities.
Stop giving kids who don’t know what the fuck they’re doing access to this shit.
NRO budgets and headcounts are classified to prevent adversaries from using them to extrapolate our intelligence priorities.
Stop giving kids who don’t know what the fuck they’re doing access to this shit.
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WARREN: “If CFPB is not there examining these giant banks to make sure they’re following the laws and not cheating customers, who is?”
POWELL: “No one.”
Again — Musk & Trump & the oligarchy are killing CFPB because it protects you from them.
POWELL: “No one.”
Again — Musk & Trump & the oligarchy are killing CFPB because it protects you from them.
February 12, 2025 at 1:22 PM
WARREN: “If CFPB is not there examining these giant banks to make sure they’re following the laws and not cheating customers, who is?”
POWELL: “No one.”
Again — Musk & Trump & the oligarchy are killing CFPB because it protects you from them.
POWELL: “No one.”
Again — Musk & Trump & the oligarchy are killing CFPB because it protects you from them.
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Well, look at this: After Biden slayed inflation, Trump brings it back, along with "eggflation," after the Times gives him slack this morning. The #BrokenTimes, #BrokenPost, and #MurdochJournal says it's unexpected. Not if you're paying attention, it isn't.
February 12, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Well, look at this: After Biden slayed inflation, Trump brings it back, along with "eggflation," after the Times gives him slack this morning. The #BrokenTimes, #BrokenPost, and #MurdochJournal says it's unexpected. Not if you're paying attention, it isn't.
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Here is a quick guide by our outstanding graphics team. Malika Khurana; Andrew Wilson and Lily Boyce.
February 12, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Here is a quick guide by our outstanding graphics team. Malika Khurana; Andrew Wilson and Lily Boyce.
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Kristen Grind, my San Franciso-based NYT colleague, and I went through every federal investigation/lawsuit targeting Musk companies. What did we find? At least 11 federal agencies targeting Musk companies have seen leadership disruptions/changes that could undermine these efforts -- and benefit Musk
February 12, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Kristen Grind, my San Franciso-based NYT colleague, and I went through every federal investigation/lawsuit targeting Musk companies. What did we find? At least 11 federal agencies targeting Musk companies have seen leadership disruptions/changes that could undermine these efforts -- and benefit Musk
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With all the chaos Trump is causing by governing like a king with his rampant executive orders, let’s take a minute to review the campaign promises that King Trump has already failed to deliver:
February 11, 2025 at 11:33 PM
With all the chaos Trump is causing by governing like a king with his rampant executive orders, let’s take a minute to review the campaign promises that King Trump has already failed to deliver:
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DOGE's work is inviting a plethora of insider threats, security experts tell me.
Rapid staff changes create confusion about who now has access to what, and new hires can mishandle data they don't even realize is sensitive.
more on @axios.com:
www.axios.com/2025/02/11/i...
Rapid staff changes create confusion about who now has access to what, and new hires can mishandle data they don't even realize is sensitive.
more on @axios.com:
www.axios.com/2025/02/11/i...
Musk's DOGE team is moving fast. Cyber pros say it's a clear invitation for insider threats.
The U.S. government has provided little transparency about which data sets DOGE is accessing and whether federal data security laws are being followed.
www.axios.com
February 11, 2025 at 6:16 PM
DOGE's work is inviting a plethora of insider threats, security experts tell me.
Rapid staff changes create confusion about who now has access to what, and new hires can mishandle data they don't even realize is sensitive.
more on @axios.com:
www.axios.com/2025/02/11/i...
Rapid staff changes create confusion about who now has access to what, and new hires can mishandle data they don't even realize is sensitive.
more on @axios.com:
www.axios.com/2025/02/11/i...
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Elon—the richest man on Earth—is gutting the world’s largest provider of food aid. He could end world hunger single-handedly and still be the richest man alive. But he won’t.
Instead, he spent 40 million on Super Bowl ads attacking USAID!
Stand with USAID: share this counter-ad…
Instead, he spent 40 million on Super Bowl ads attacking USAID!
Stand with USAID: share this counter-ad…
February 10, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Elon—the richest man on Earth—is gutting the world’s largest provider of food aid. He could end world hunger single-handedly and still be the richest man alive. But he won’t.
Instead, he spent 40 million on Super Bowl ads attacking USAID!
Stand with USAID: share this counter-ad…
Instead, he spent 40 million on Super Bowl ads attacking USAID!
Stand with USAID: share this counter-ad…
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Why aren’t Democrats doing interviews with patients enrolled in the cancer trials that Musk just cut funding for?
February 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Why aren’t Democrats doing interviews with patients enrolled in the cancer trials that Musk just cut funding for?
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@sulliview.bsky.social on why Dems should deny Trump and the GOP any votes for anything until Elon Musk's illegal mission is ended: "One thing is certain: if the public believes there is no determination to fight back, Trump’s destruction will continue unabated."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Here’s how Democrats should fight back against Trump | Margaret Sullivan
Democrats in a new generation are punching back hard. And, in so doing, showing their colleagues how to overcome their reputation for dithering
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2025 at 9:18 PM
@sulliview.bsky.social on why Dems should deny Trump and the GOP any votes for anything until Elon Musk's illegal mission is ended: "One thing is certain: if the public believes there is no determination to fight back, Trump’s destruction will continue unabated."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Equates "advocating for the United States" with "advancing legally dubious / unconstitutional / illegal arguments made by the President"
This is an absolutely remarkable memo — and a betrayal of both the Constitution and the American political tradition. In the US, by *explicit contrast* with interwar fascist governments, the state is not supposed to be an extension of the personality of the chief executive.
![Office of the Attorney General
Washington, D. C. 20530
February 5, 2025
MEMORANDUM FOR ALL DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES
FROM:
SUBJECT:
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
GENERAL POLICY REGARDING ZEALOUS ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF THE UNITED STATES'
"[E]xecutive Power." More broadly, attorneys are expected to zealously advance, protect, and defend their client's interests. Department of Justice attorneys have signed up for a job that requires zealously advocating for the United States.
The responsibilities of Department of Justice attorneys include not only aggressively enforcing criminal and civil laws enacted by Congress, but also vigorously defending presidential policies and actions against legal challenges on behalf of the United States. The discretion afforded Department attorneys entrusted with those responsibilities does not include latitude to substitute personal political views or judgments for those that prevailed in the election.
When Department of Justice attorneys, for example, refuse to advance good-faith arguments by declining to appear in court or sign briefs, it undermines the constitutional order and deprives the President of the benefit of his lawyers. It is therefore the policy of the Department of Justice that any attorney who because of their personal political views or judgments declines to sign a brief or appear in court, refuses to advance good-faith arguments on behalf of the Administration, or otherwise delays or impedes the Department's mission will be subject to discipline and potentially termination, consistent with applicable law.
' This guidance is not intended to, does not, and may not be relied upon to create, any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:y2tqoxl4zx7iuyh3rhbhdwv3/bafkreic4hwhm45xtfe5w2yb3y27ye4zw72ch2l2jydx3avbn6yxwllwbqi@jpeg)
February 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Equates "advocating for the United States" with "advancing legally dubious / unconstitutional / illegal arguments made by the President"