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Retired librarian granny who rides motorcycles and knits.
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“In her bid to review these files, Bondi created one thousand witnesses to what is in the Epstein file — and Bondi’s attempt to politicize the search for Epstein files.
“One thousand.”
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“One thousand.”
t.co/WPuUpLBvge
July 19, 2025 at 7:07 PM
“In her bid to review these files, Bondi created one thousand witnesses to what is in the Epstein file — and Bondi’s attempt to politicize the search for Epstein files.
“One thousand.”
t.co/WPuUpLBvge
“One thousand.”
t.co/WPuUpLBvge
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Gilead has announced that lenacapavir, the game-changing HIV prevention drug just approved by the FDA will cost $28,218 USD per person per year.
Researchers say a generic version could be made for just $25 per person a year.
Capitalism kills.
Researchers say a generic version could be made for just $25 per person a year.
Capitalism kills.
June 19, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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The Social Security Administration will be shifting its public communication exclusively to X, sources tell WIRED. This comes as agency plans to cut its regional office workforce by roughly 90 percent.
The Social Security Administration Is Gutting Regional Staff and Shifting All Public Communications to X
The SSA’s shift to Elon Musk’s X comes as the agency plans to cut its regional office workforce by roughly 90 percent, WIRED has learned.
wrd.cm
April 12, 2025 at 7:08 PM
The Social Security Administration will be shifting its public communication exclusively to X, sources tell WIRED. This comes as agency plans to cut its regional office workforce by roughly 90 percent.
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Hundreds of books are now gone from the U.S. Naval Academy’s library, following an order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office that led to a purge of books that are critical of racism, but preserved volumes defending white power. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/u...
April 11, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Hundreds of books are now gone from the U.S. Naval Academy’s library, following an order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office that led to a purge of books that are critical of racism, but preserved volumes defending white power. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/u...
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The Trump administration has cut funding and programs for HIV research, treatment, and prevention so deeply that “we’re watching the field burn to the ground,” one researcher told Katherine J. Wu.
Trump’s Revenge on Public Health
The attacks on HIV research are just the beginning of unraveling decades of progress.
bit.ly
April 11, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The Trump administration has cut funding and programs for HIV research, treatment, and prevention so deeply that “we’re watching the field burn to the ground,” one researcher told Katherine J. Wu.
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BREAKING NEWS: Senator Brian Schatz is BLOCKING over 300 Trump admin nominations by refusing to let them pass with unanimous consent. "I don't think we should make anything easy going forward,” he said.
BLOCK THEM EVERY STEP OF THE WAY! MORE OF THIS!
BLOCK THEM EVERY STEP OF THE WAY! MORE OF THIS!
April 7, 2025 at 9:28 PM
BREAKING NEWS: Senator Brian Schatz is BLOCKING over 300 Trump admin nominations by refusing to let them pass with unanimous consent. "I don't think we should make anything easy going forward,” he said.
BLOCK THEM EVERY STEP OF THE WAY! MORE OF THIS!
BLOCK THEM EVERY STEP OF THE WAY! MORE OF THIS!
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The Trump tariffs incentivize smuggling. The Trump IRS layoffs invite cheating. Federal revenues will decline even before the Trump recession craters them
April 5, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The Trump tariffs incentivize smuggling. The Trump IRS layoffs invite cheating. Federal revenues will decline even before the Trump recession craters them
IMLS staff were placed on administrative leave following the Trump Administration’s Executive Order, which eliminated federal funding for libraries.
Take action today!
www.everylibrary.org/statement_im... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
Take action today!
www.everylibrary.org/statement_im... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
Statement on IMLS Staff Administrative Leave
IMLS is responsible for distributing Federal Funding for libraries.
This action will interrupt IMLS's vital, congressionally funded work. We cannot allow IMLS to be dismantled by executive action.
www.everylibrary.org
March 31, 2025 at 11:10 PM
IMLS staff were placed on administrative leave following the Trump Administration’s Executive Order, which eliminated federal funding for libraries.
Take action today!
www.everylibrary.org/statement_im... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
Take action today!
www.everylibrary.org/statement_im... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
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This is Chuck.
Chuck is selling a book.
Chuck also has a full-time job.
I would consider buying Chuck’s book if he were doing that job, but he’s not.
Don’t be like Chuck.
And don’t buy Chuck’s book.
Chuck is selling a book.
Chuck also has a full-time job.
I would consider buying Chuck’s book if he were doing that job, but he’s not.
Don’t be like Chuck.
And don’t buy Chuck’s book.
It gets worse. Schumer isn’t just going on a book tour—he’s charging for tickets.
Absolute insanity. While Americans are scared and in crisis mode, he’s basically saying, let them eat cake.
@schumer.senate.gov Step Down.
Absolute insanity. While Americans are scared and in crisis mode, he’s basically saying, let them eat cake.
@schumer.senate.gov Step Down.
March 16, 2025 at 2:09 PM
This is Chuck.
Chuck is selling a book.
Chuck also has a full-time job.
I would consider buying Chuck’s book if he were doing that job, but he’s not.
Don’t be like Chuck.
And don’t buy Chuck’s book.
Chuck is selling a book.
Chuck also has a full-time job.
I would consider buying Chuck’s book if he were doing that job, but he’s not.
Don’t be like Chuck.
And don’t buy Chuck’s book.
In a new executive order, Trump has targeted the federal agency charged with distributing congressionally approved funds to state libraries and to library, museum, and archives program grant recipients.
www.everylibrary.org/statementiml... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
www.everylibrary.org/statementiml... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
Statement on Trump's Attack on Federal Funding for Libraries
www.everylibrary.org
March 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
In a new executive order, Trump has targeted the federal agency charged with distributing congressionally approved funds to state libraries and to library, museum, and archives program grant recipients.
www.everylibrary.org/statementiml... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
www.everylibrary.org/statementiml... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
In a new executive order, Trump has targeted the federal agency charged with distributing congressionally approved funds to state libraries and to library, museum, and archives program grant recipients.
www.everylibrary.org/statementiml... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
www.everylibrary.org/statementiml... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
Statement on Trump's Attack on Federal Funding for Libraries
www.everylibrary.org
March 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
In a new executive order, Trump has targeted the federal agency charged with distributing congressionally approved funds to state libraries and to library, museum, and archives program grant recipients.
www.everylibrary.org/statementiml... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
www.everylibrary.org/statementiml... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
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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.
Elon Musk and his DOGE team have fired the staff responsible for fulfilling Freedom of Information Act Requests at the Office of Personnel Management.
www.everylibrary.org/foiafiringss...
Follow @everylibrary.bsky.social for more!
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Follow @everylibrary.bsky.social for more!
Statement on Government Transparency, Don't Fire FOIA Staff!
www.everylibrary.org
February 26, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Elon Musk and his DOGE team have fired the staff responsible for fulfilling Freedom of Information Act Requests at the Office of Personnel Management.
www.everylibrary.org/foiafiringss...
Follow @everylibrary.bsky.social for more!
www.everylibrary.org/foiafiringss...
Follow @everylibrary.bsky.social for more!
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Book bans and censorship, library defunding initiatives, anti-library legislation, attacks on librarians and the profession...
EveryLibrary was built to fight against these threats.
EveryLibrary was built to fight against these threats.
We Were Built For This!
Book bans and censorship, library defunding initiatives, anti-library legislation, attacks on librarians and the profession...
buff.ly
February 20, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Book bans and censorship, library defunding initiatives, anti-library legislation, attacks on librarians and the profession...
EveryLibrary was built to fight against these threats.
EveryLibrary was built to fight against these threats.
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Trump and Musk are gutting the IRS right in the middle of tax season—because nothing says "drain the swamp" like making it harder for you to get your tax refund while billionaires dodge theirs.
You might have to wait for your tax refund this year, thanks to Trump
President Donald Trump and his co-president, Elon Musk, are planning to fire 6,000 employees at the Internal Revenue Service on Thursday, which tax experts say could delay Americans’ tax return ...
www.dailykos.com
February 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Trump and Musk are gutting the IRS right in the middle of tax season—because nothing says "drain the swamp" like making it harder for you to get your tax refund while billionaires dodge theirs.
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Amazon is removing a feature that allows users to download purchased ebooks.
Next week, Amazon is stripping away your ability to download your ebooks.
Starting next Wednesday, February 26th, Amazon isn’t going to let users download the ebooks they’ve purchased, forcing users to keep everything within the corporation’s proprietary ecosystem.…
lithub.com
February 19, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Amazon is removing a feature that allows users to download purchased ebooks.
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Here's Trump's front-facing lie machine.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Watch Trump's press secretary casually threaten Social Security
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt went on Fox News Monday night to try to assuage its elder viewers that the unconstitutional havoc Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency ...
www.dailykos.com
February 18, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Here's Trump's front-facing lie machine.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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The cost-saving claims don’t hold up. Every dollar in NIH research grants generates $2.46 in economic activity, research shows—a total of $93 billion in 2023 alone.
“It’s incredible to me that we would give up this thing that has such obvious societal benefits,” says biologist Mark Peifer.
“It’s incredible to me that we would give up this thing that has such obvious societal benefits,” says biologist Mark Peifer.
America will pay dearly for the NIH’s mindless war on wokeness and DEI
Colleges, businesses, patients, students, workers, and US excellence will all suffer—and for what?
www.motherjones.com
February 17, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The cost-saving claims don’t hold up. Every dollar in NIH research grants generates $2.46 in economic activity, research shows—a total of $93 billion in 2023 alone.
“It’s incredible to me that we would give up this thing that has such obvious societal benefits,” says biologist Mark Peifer.
“It’s incredible to me that we would give up this thing that has such obvious societal benefits,” says biologist Mark Peifer.
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The IRS is preparing to give a team member working with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency access to sensitive taxpayer data. IRS data is tied to millions of Americans, including their tax returns, Social Security numbers, addresses, banking details, and employment information.
Musk Team Seeks Access to I.R.S. System With Taxpayers’ Records
A White House spokesman said that the initiative called the Department of Government Efficiency needed to review data to fix waste within the agency.
www.nytimes.com
February 17, 2025 at 9:03 AM
The IRS is preparing to give a team member working with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency access to sensitive taxpayer data. IRS data is tied to millions of Americans, including their tax returns, Social Security numbers, addresses, banking details, and employment information.
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List of CDC information that appears to have been taken down so far:
1. CDC Atlas
2. CDC Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
3. HRSA Target
4. Language removed for LGBT work
5. CDC Social Vulnerability Index
1. CDC Atlas
2. CDC Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
3. HRSA Target
4. Language removed for LGBT work
5. CDC Social Vulnerability Index
January 31, 2025 at 6:03 PM
List of CDC information that appears to have been taken down so far:
1. CDC Atlas
2. CDC Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
3. HRSA Target
4. Language removed for LGBT work
5. CDC Social Vulnerability Index
1. CDC Atlas
2. CDC Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
3. HRSA Target
4. Language removed for LGBT work
5. CDC Social Vulnerability Index
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Coups don’t happen without enablers. They happen because senators like Collins, Tillis, Sullivan, Husted and Ernst let them.
Our campaign is focused on holding these Republicans accountable for every piece of the Project 2025 agenda that Trump and Musk are able to implement due to their complicity.
Our campaign is focused on holding these Republicans accountable for every piece of the Project 2025 agenda that Trump and Musk are able to implement due to their complicity.
It's payback time.
Let's hold Senate Republicans accountable for enabling the Trump/Musk coup.
secure.actblue.com
February 15, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Coups don’t happen without enablers. They happen because senators like Collins, Tillis, Sullivan, Husted and Ernst let them.
Our campaign is focused on holding these Republicans accountable for every piece of the Project 2025 agenda that Trump and Musk are able to implement due to their complicity.
Our campaign is focused on holding these Republicans accountable for every piece of the Project 2025 agenda that Trump and Musk are able to implement due to their complicity.
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like the same people who have accessed Americans' Social Security numbers and may be storing them on unsecured laptops can't figure out how to contact the NUCLEAR SAFETY EXPERTS they just indiscriminately fired. If this were Veep, I'd give them all the Emmys
February 15, 2025 at 7:06 PM
like the same people who have accessed Americans' Social Security numbers and may be storing them on unsecured laptops can't figure out how to contact the NUCLEAR SAFETY EXPERTS they just indiscriminately fired. If this were Veep, I'd give them all the Emmys