@daviddheilly.bsky.social
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Congress could end the tariffs tomorrow but most members of Congress value their relationship with Trump more than the American economy
April 6, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Congress could end the tariffs tomorrow but most members of Congress value their relationship with Trump more than the American economy
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An addition to this thread. Most of what people are hearing about today are job cuts and closures of various centers, institutes etc. But there’s another part of the ecosystem of cure research that Trump and Musk have been torching since January.
It's getting a lot of attn today. But even before today most of the country had very little idea of what has happened at NIH or through it the entire ecosystem of biomedical research in the US. Simply put, Musk, Kennedy & Trump exploded a bomb right in the middle of cancer cure research in the US.
April 2, 2025 at 1:18 PM
An addition to this thread. Most of what people are hearing about today are job cuts and closures of various centers, institutes etc. But there’s another part of the ecosystem of cure research that Trump and Musk have been torching since January.
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The Trump administration's erasure of federal data has put the Internet Archive in the spotlight. The organization, with its small but mighty team, is working to help save the world's digital history.
Humming along in an old church, the Internet Archive is more relevant than ever
The Trump administration's erasure of federal data has put the Internet Archive in the spotlight. The organization, with its small but mighty team, is working to help save the world's digital history.
www.npr.org
March 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The Trump administration's erasure of federal data has put the Internet Archive in the spotlight. The organization, with its small but mighty team, is working to help save the world's digital history.
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American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
March 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
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Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
March 14, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
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US Vice President JD Vance being booed at the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts
For us Brits, it's like the Royal Opera House of the National Theatre
For us Brits, it's like the Royal Opera House of the National Theatre
March 14, 2025 at 10:29 AM
US Vice President JD Vance being booed at the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts
For us Brits, it's like the Royal Opera House of the National Theatre
For us Brits, it's like the Royal Opera House of the National Theatre
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This is exactly right but so commonly misunderstood.
The fight going on in the Democratic Party right now is not between hard left, left and moderate. It’s between those who want to fight and those who want to cave. And Team Fight stretches across all ideological aspects of the Party. Misread this at your own peril.
March 14, 2025 at 4:08 AM
This is exactly right but so commonly misunderstood.
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I can’t believe Schumer is also hawking a book right now
March 14, 2025 at 4:10 AM
I can’t believe Schumer is also hawking a book right now
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Grow a spine, Chuck.
WTF?!! Schumer CAVES to GOP CR and DEMS ARE PISSED
YouTube video by MeidasTouch
youtu.be
March 14, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Grow a spine, Chuck.
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I don't know who found this photo, but top secret used to mean top secret.
March 11, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I don't know who found this photo, but top secret used to mean top secret.
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one great mystery of our age is how the only way to motivate rich people to work is to give them loads of money for no reason but the only way to motivate poor people to work is to take away loads of their money for no reason
March 11, 2025 at 9:15 AM
one great mystery of our age is how the only way to motivate rich people to work is to give them loads of money for no reason but the only way to motivate poor people to work is to take away loads of their money for no reason
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“The war would be over when there are no Russian soldiers on Ukrainian territory. That is the long and short of it. Anything short of that is wishful thinking and or enemy propaganda.”
Exactly.
It would be great if a lot of that enemy propaganda was not coming from our White House.
pathetic
Exactly.
It would be great if a lot of that enemy propaganda was not coming from our White House.
pathetic
March 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
“The war would be over when there are no Russian soldiers on Ukrainian territory. That is the long and short of it. Anything short of that is wishful thinking and or enemy propaganda.”
Exactly.
It would be great if a lot of that enemy propaganda was not coming from our White House.
pathetic
Exactly.
It would be great if a lot of that enemy propaganda was not coming from our White House.
pathetic
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Per @hissgoescobra.bsky.social
"Evidence suggests that the Russians are using American satellite imagery to target Ukraine in long-range strikes. At the same time that Ukrainians are cutoff from even commercial US satellite imagery such as Maxar (by the way, f*ck you Maxar)."
"Evidence suggests that the Russians are using American satellite imagery to target Ukraine in long-range strikes. At the same time that Ukrainians are cutoff from even commercial US satellite imagery such as Maxar (by the way, f*ck you Maxar)."
A Suspicious Pattern Alarming the Ukrainian Military
A Ukrainian military source believes that Russia’s long-range strikes are aimed using satellite imagery provided by U.S. companies.
www.theatlantic.com
March 7, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Per @hissgoescobra.bsky.social
"Evidence suggests that the Russians are using American satellite imagery to target Ukraine in long-range strikes. At the same time that Ukrainians are cutoff from even commercial US satellite imagery such as Maxar (by the way, f*ck you Maxar)."
"Evidence suggests that the Russians are using American satellite imagery to target Ukraine in long-range strikes. At the same time that Ukrainians are cutoff from even commercial US satellite imagery such as Maxar (by the way, f*ck you Maxar)."
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Tuberculosis, the deadliest infectious disease on the planet, kills more than 1.25M people a year. New infections are expected to surge by 30% as a result of closing USAID, a memo says. The increase will inevitably lead to cases in the U.S.
Internal Memos: Senior USAID Leaders Warned Trump Appointees of Hundreds of Thousands of Deaths From Closing Agency
One million children will go untreated for severe malnutrition, up to 166,000 people will die from malaria and 200,000 more children will be paralyzed by polio over the next decade, the memos…
propub.li
March 10, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Tuberculosis, the deadliest infectious disease on the planet, kills more than 1.25M people a year. New infections are expected to surge by 30% as a result of closing USAID, a memo says. The increase will inevitably lead to cases in the U.S.
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“By firing us, you’re going to cut down on how much revenue the country brings in,” said an axed IRS specialist who’d been brought in to audit complex tax returns filed by large corporations and wealthy individuals. “This was not about saving money.”
By @andykroll.bsky.social
By @andykroll.bsky.social
How DOGE’s Cuts to the IRS Threaten to Cost More Than DOGE Will Ever Save
The Trump administration claims gutting federal agencies will save money, but cutting the IRS means the government collects less taxes. “If you’re interested in the deficit and curbing it, why would…
propub.li
March 9, 2025 at 4:00 AM
“By firing us, you’re going to cut down on how much revenue the country brings in,” said an axed IRS specialist who’d been brought in to audit complex tax returns filed by large corporations and wealthy individuals. “This was not about saving money.”
By @andykroll.bsky.social
By @andykroll.bsky.social
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thinking about when siskel and ebert were dicking off and riffing in-between takes and decided to roast the shit out of the protestants
March 8, 2025 at 8:25 PM
thinking about when siskel and ebert were dicking off and riffing in-between takes and decided to roast the shit out of the protestants
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News Analysis: Europe is in shock as the U.S., a nation whose core calling has been the defense of democracy against tyranny, has turned on its ally in Ukraine and embraced President Vladimir Putin of Russia.
Trump’s Embrace of Russia Leaves Europe in Emotional Shock
It remains to be seen how far President Trump’s embrace of Russia and abandonment of traditional allies will go. But “the West” may be gone.
www.nytimes.com
March 8, 2025 at 5:41 PM
News Analysis: Europe is in shock as the U.S., a nation whose core calling has been the defense of democracy against tyranny, has turned on its ally in Ukraine and embraced President Vladimir Putin of Russia.
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Dear US colleagues,
In response to the Trump administration, my university @univ-amu.fr is setting up a new program dedicated to welcoming American scientists wishing to pursue their work in France.
There are several M$ in the budget.
www.univ-amu.fr/en/public/ac...
In response to the Trump administration, my university @univ-amu.fr is setting up a new program dedicated to welcoming American scientists wishing to pursue their work in France.
There are several M$ in the budget.
www.univ-amu.fr/en/public/ac...
Safe Place For Science: Aix Marseille Université ready to welcome American scientists | Aix Marseille Université
In a context where some scientists in the United States may feel threatened or hindered in their research, our university is announcing the launch of the Safe Place For Science program, dedicated to w...
www.univ-amu.fr
March 7, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Dear US colleagues,
In response to the Trump administration, my university @univ-amu.fr is setting up a new program dedicated to welcoming American scientists wishing to pursue their work in France.
There are several M$ in the budget.
www.univ-amu.fr/en/public/ac...
In response to the Trump administration, my university @univ-amu.fr is setting up a new program dedicated to welcoming American scientists wishing to pursue their work in France.
There are several M$ in the budget.
www.univ-amu.fr/en/public/ac...
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“Over the past 25 years, the world has bent to the vision of one man,” Franklin Foer writes. Vladimir Putin derailed not only the transition to democracy in Russia, but the transatlantic democratic order that followed World War II.
The Age of Putin
The Russian dictator has bent the world, including the United States, to his vision.
www.theatlantic.com
March 8, 2025 at 1:56 PM
“Over the past 25 years, the world has bent to the vision of one man,” Franklin Foer writes. Vladimir Putin derailed not only the transition to democracy in Russia, but the transatlantic democratic order that followed World War II.
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"The American antisemitism now merges with the Russian antisemitism and reinforces it. The idea that Zelens'kyi is not a real president, and that his government is therefore not a real government, has been a very specific Russian antisemitic trope from the beginning."
"Antisemitism in the Oval Office: A confrontation seen with a historian's eye"
snyder.substack.com/p/antisemiti...
snyder.substack.com/p/antisemiti...
Antisemitism in the Oval Office
A confrontation seen with a historian's eye
snyder.substack.com
March 8, 2025 at 1:24 PM
"The American antisemitism now merges with the Russian antisemitism and reinforces it. The idea that Zelens'kyi is not a real president, and that his government is therefore not a real government, has been a very specific Russian antisemitic trope from the beginning."
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Reddit's Fednews subreddit is worth looking at to see how Musk is impacting federal employees and federal programs.
March 8, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Reddit's Fednews subreddit is worth looking at to see how Musk is impacting federal employees and federal programs.
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The corruption is so blatant and frequent as to anesthetize us against seeing it as problematic and demanding that it stop. Do not be dulled into thinking it’s okay. Great speech by @chrismurphyct.bsky.social youtu.be/hycoCYenXls?...
Murphy: Six Weeks In, This White House Is On Its Way To Being The Most Corrupt In U.S. History
YouTube video by Senator Chris Murphy
youtu.be
March 8, 2025 at 2:41 PM
The corruption is so blatant and frequent as to anesthetize us against seeing it as problematic and demanding that it stop. Do not be dulled into thinking it’s okay. Great speech by @chrismurphyct.bsky.social youtu.be/hycoCYenXls?...
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Institute for the Study of War:
"Russia will likely take advantage of the suspension of US military aid and intelligence sharing with Ukraine to intensify its long-range strike campaign and deplete Ukrainian air defense missiles."
Trump works for Putin.
"Russia will likely take advantage of the suspension of US military aid and intelligence sharing with Ukraine to intensify its long-range strike campaign and deplete Ukrainian air defense missiles."
Trump works for Putin.
March 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Institute for the Study of War:
"Russia will likely take advantage of the suspension of US military aid and intelligence sharing with Ukraine to intensify its long-range strike campaign and deplete Ukrainian air defense missiles."
Trump works for Putin.
"Russia will likely take advantage of the suspension of US military aid and intelligence sharing with Ukraine to intensify its long-range strike campaign and deplete Ukrainian air defense missiles."
Trump works for Putin.