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David Harvey
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Canadian, retired lawyer, pretend farmer
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Nailed it with this one.
A post from Armand Domalewski (@ArmandDoma ) on X reads: "the left photo has a convicted criminal; the right one does not." Below, a quote from The White House (@WhiteHouse ), posted 17 hours ago, says: "We are not the same." The post includes two images: the left shows Donald Trump in a suit with a red tie, sitting at a desk with U.S. and presidential flags in the background, being handed an item by a woman in black; the right shows two men, one in a plaid shirt and white cap, sitting at an outdoor restaurant table with water glasses and a coffee cup, engaged in conversation.
April 19, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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USA led the world in expertise stopping HIV, incl preventing mother to child transmission. But DOGE has now dismissed every global prevention expert at USAID, CDC, & State Dept.

The risk is insane: Resurgent HIV & 500K child deaths by 2030. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/h...
Who Will Care for Infants With H.I.V. Overseas? (Gift Article)
The consequences of mother-to-child transmission can be enormous, a new study suggests. But the U.S. has dismissed experts working to solve the problem.
www.nytimes.com
April 8, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Ct of Appeal:

The US Government has no legal authority to snatch a person who is lawfully present in the US off the street & remove him from the country without due process. The Government’s contention otherwise, & its argument that the federal courts are powerless to intervene, are unconscionable
April 7, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Well worth a read. The lawlessness and cruelty of the Trump administration in this case is breathtaking.
joshuajfriedman.com Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · Apr 6
NEW: As the Fourth Circuit today considers whether to block her order, Judge Paula Xinis releases a strong opinion defending it, calling Kilmar Abrego Garcia's detention "wholly lawless" and her order "the narrowest, daresay only, relief warranted." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
MEMORANDUM OPINION In 2019, an immigration judge acting under the authority delegated by the United States Attorney General and pursuant to powers vested by Congress- granted Plaintiff Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia ("Abrego Garcia") withholding of removal, thereby protecting him from return to his native country, El Salvador. ECF No. 1 9 41; EC No. 1-1. Such protection bars the United States from sending a noncitizen to a country where, more likely than not, he would face persecution that risks his "life or freedom." See Immigration and Nationality Act ("INA"), 8 U.S.C. § 1231(b)(3)(A); see also 8 C.F.R. §$ 208.16-.18 & 24 (setting forth the standard for withholding of removal and the procedures required for its termination). Six years later, without notice, legal justification, or due process, officers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE"), a subagency of the Department of Homeland Security ("DHS"), put him on a plane bound for the Terrorism Confinement Center ("CECOT")
April 6, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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April 5, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Just got to the Mall and saw this sign, which no one is going to top.

#HandsOff2025
April 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Whenever you hear someone sneer about scientific research that seems useless to them — “they’re studying the spit of lizards?!” — remind them that’s exactly how we got Ozempic.

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How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.ca
In 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic.
globalnews.ca
February 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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BASH: I remember a time when Republicans were very careful about the government having access to personal data

NOEM: Well, we can't trust the government anymore

BASH: You are the government
February 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Spare a thought for the Philly police. Tonight’s going to be rough.
February 10, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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The other shoe. Is dropped. Like I said, this is coordinated.
February 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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NEW — OMB temporarily pauses all agency grants and loans programs.

Per copy of memo: "The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve."
SUBJECT: Temporary Pause of Agency Grant, Loan, and Other Financial Assistance Programs 'The American people elected Donald J. Trump to be President of the United States and gave him a mandate to increase the impact of every federal taxpayer dollar. In Fiscal Year 2024. of the nearly $10 trillion that the Federal Government spent, more than $3 trillion was Federal financial assistance, such as grants and loans. Career and political appointees in the Executive Branch have a duty to align Federal spending and action with the will of the American people as expressed through Presidential priorities. Financial assistance should be dedicated to advancing Administration priorities, focusing taxpayer dollars to advance a stronger and safer America, eliminating the financial burden of inflation for citizens, unleashing American energy and manufacturing, ending wokeness" and the weaponization of government, promoting efficiency in government, and Making America Healthy Again. The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve. This memorandum requires Federal agencies to identify and review all Federal financial assistance programs and supporting activities consistent with the President's policies and requirements. For example, during the initial days of his Administration, President Donald J Trump issued a series of executive orders to protect the American people and safeguard valuable taxpayer resources, including Protecting the American People Against Invasion (Jan. 20, 2025). Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid (Jan 20, 2025), Putting America First in International Environmental Agreements (Jan. 20, 2025). Unleashing American Energy (Jan. 20. 2025). Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing (Jan. 20. ent these orders, each agency must complete a comprehensive analysis of all jal assistance programs to identify programs, projects, and activities that any of the President's executive orders. In the interian, to the extent applicable law, Federal agencies must temporarily pause all activities related disbursement of all Federal financial assistance, and other relevant agency nay be implicated by the executive orders, including, but not limited to, financial surice tot foreign nongovernmental organizations, DEL woke gender ideology, and the pause will provide the Administration time to review agency programs of the funding for those programs consistent with the law and the he temporary pause will become effective on January 28, 2025, at 5:00 rehensive analysis. Federal agencies must immediately deadlines for assistance programs arising while the les must report this information to OMB along with an directs Federal agencies to pause all activities associated conducting merit review panels No later than Febrar - 10. 2025, agencies shail submit to OMB detailed information on any programs projects or activities subject to this pause. Each agency must pause. (i) issuance of disbursement of Federal funds under all open awards, and (il) other relevant has reviewed provided guidance to your agency with respect to the information act recordin grant and ptions allowing Federal agencies to issue new awards or take other case basis. To the extent required by law, Federal agencies may continue nistrative actions. such as closeout of Federal awards (2 CFR 200.344), or expressly required by law
January 27, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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Many sudden and shocking health care developments this week. But this was a big one: The Trump administration on Friday paused funding for PEPFAR, the famed program to fight HIV/AIDS around the world.

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Funds for fight against HIV/AIDS paused in Trump aid freeze
The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR, is credited with saving 25 million lives worldwide and has long enjoyed bipartisan support.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 25, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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Buried in the barrage of news this week: Trump administration has halted almost all foreign aid, including a vitally important HIV/AIDS prevention & treatment program.

More than 20 million people living with HIV globally, including 550,000 children, depend on daily services provided by PEPFAR
January 26, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Trump is planning to make foreign nationals (and dual citizens) to pay higher tax rates in the US. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
For example, Trump this week threatened to double taxes on foreigners working in this country legally. The move received virtually no attention because it was slipped into a broader executive order on trade. Unless you’re intimately familiar with the tax code, you might not have noticed his invocation of an obscure 1934 law that has never been used before, which says the president can double taxes on all citizens and companies from any country that the president decides has levied “discriminatory” taxes against Americans. The president can do this unilaterally — that is, without additional permission from Congress.
January 24, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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I’ve arrived. Anything to see here?
January 13, 2025 at 10:20 PM