Dinesh S Thakur
@dsthakur.bsky.social
#PublicHealth activist. #Whistleblower. Founder Thakur Family Foundation.
Author of The Truth Pill: The Myth of Drug Regulation in India.
Available for purchase at: http://amzn.to/3rCk8eI
Author of The Truth Pill: The Myth of Drug Regulation in India.
Available for purchase at: http://amzn.to/3rCk8eI
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Trump’s Gestapo is destroying evidence and lying to the court, and state attorneys general should prosecute them. My latest: www.youtube.com/live/Ams4OLn...
LIVE: Trump’s ICE Caught DELETING EVIDENCE in BOMBSHELL COURT DOCS?!
YouTube video by MeidasTouch
www.youtube.com
October 20, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Trump’s Gestapo is destroying evidence and lying to the court, and state attorneys general should prosecute them. My latest: www.youtube.com/live/Ams4OLn...
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This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.
I am not fearful — I am fearless.
We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..
I am not fearful — I am fearless.
We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..
October 9, 2025 at 9:36 PM
This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.
I am not fearful — I am fearless.
We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..
I am not fearful — I am fearless.
We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..
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"...including while she was praying with her eyes closed and hands lifted, wearing a clerical collar and stole."
religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...
religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...
October 9, 2025 at 11:44 PM
"...including while she was praying with her eyes closed and hands lifted, wearing a clerical collar and stole."
religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...
religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...
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I’m sure this is fine. abcnews.go.com/US/dominion-...
Dominion Voting Systems sold to company run by former Republican election official
Dominion Voting Systems, which sued Fox over its reporting on the 2020 election, has been sold to a seemingly new election company run by a former GOP election official.
abcnews.go.com
October 9, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I’m sure this is fine. abcnews.go.com/US/dominion-...
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EDVA indicts NY AG Letitia James. I’ll discuss with Chris Hayes and Harry Litman on @MSNBC at 8 pm ET.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Grand jury indicts N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James, a Trump opponent, on bank fraud charges
James, a Democrat, has clashed with President Donald Trump after she brought civil charges against him in New York.
www.nbcnews.com
October 9, 2025 at 11:58 PM
EDVA indicts NY AG Letitia James. I’ll discuss with Chris Hayes and Harry Litman on @MSNBC at 8 pm ET.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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Rosen has voted for 7 of Trump's nominees.
Yesterday she was the lone Democrat to vote for Kelly Loeffler to lead the Small Business Administration.
Loeffler & her husband (CEO of the company that owns NY Stock Exchange) sold millions in stock after she attended a closed COVID briefing in Jan 2020.
Yesterday she was the lone Democrat to vote for Kelly Loeffler to lead the Small Business Administration.
Loeffler & her husband (CEO of the company that owns NY Stock Exchange) sold millions in stock after she attended a closed COVID briefing in Jan 2020.
CNN: Is democratic leadership is doing enough?
SENATOR JACKY ROSEN: I think that we have to realize that we're in the minority. They have the White House, they have the House, and they have the Senate. So the tools that are available to us here as legislators...they are limited.
SENATOR JACKY ROSEN: I think that we have to realize that we're in the minority. They have the White House, they have the House, and they have the Senate. So the tools that are available to us here as legislators...they are limited.
February 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Rosen has voted for 7 of Trump's nominees.
Yesterday she was the lone Democrat to vote for Kelly Loeffler to lead the Small Business Administration.
Loeffler & her husband (CEO of the company that owns NY Stock Exchange) sold millions in stock after she attended a closed COVID briefing in Jan 2020.
Yesterday she was the lone Democrat to vote for Kelly Loeffler to lead the Small Business Administration.
Loeffler & her husband (CEO of the company that owns NY Stock Exchange) sold millions in stock after she attended a closed COVID briefing in Jan 2020.
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I don't think the Dems can stop the firings. But why aren't they proposing legislation that assures those that took the buyout get paid , and that all that are fired, get at least a year severance and health benefits? And any one with a health condition is covered the entire time they are sick?
February 20, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I don't think the Dems can stop the firings. But why aren't they proposing legislation that assures those that took the buyout get paid , and that all that are fired, get at least a year severance and health benefits? And any one with a health condition is covered the entire time they are sick?
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I'n glad Mitch McConnell lived long enough to taste the rotten fruits of his harvest. He was responsible for creating the extremist MAGA movement that has fully turned on him. One of the great villains of the past 30 years.
February 20, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I'n glad Mitch McConnell lived long enough to taste the rotten fruits of his harvest. He was responsible for creating the extremist MAGA movement that has fully turned on him. One of the great villains of the past 30 years.
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Math is still hard www.npr.org/2025/02/19/n...
DOGE released data about federal contract savings. It doesn't add up
A new government tracker claims DOGE has saved billions from ending federal contracts. But an NPR analysis of the data finds the claimed savings don't add up.
www.npr.org
February 20, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Math is still hard www.npr.org/2025/02/19/n...
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He break it, you bought it www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
The Trump Backers Who Have Buyer’s Remorse
With every new policy and offhand remark, Trump belies the imaginary versions of himself that inspired many of his supporters.
www.theatlantic.com
February 21, 2025 at 4:13 AM
He break it, you bought it www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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He should be our messenger.
PETE: “What we have to do now is make clear we do want government to work differently and better than it has, but burning it to the ground won’t do that for anyone.”
February 20, 2025 at 4:24 AM
He should be our messenger.
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According to Musk and most of tech: No conflict, no interest
DOGE recommended firing workers at:
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
February 19, 2025 at 8:18 PM
According to Musk and most of tech: No conflict, no interest
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I have long believed that not enough has been written about how GOP members have felt physically intimidated by Trump supporters. It doesn’t excuse their cowardice, but it still deserves more attention.
“They’re Scared Shitless”: The Threat of Political Violence Informing Trump’s Grip on Congress
With the president smashing norm after norm, even lawmakers within his party have feared for their personal safety, and at least one has told confidants that it has swayed his decision-making.
www.vanityfair.com
February 20, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I have long believed that not enough has been written about how GOP members have felt physically intimidated by Trump supporters. It doesn’t excuse their cowardice, but it still deserves more attention.
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At 15:15 in the video here, President Trump says he's heard President Zelensky had admitted "he didn't know where half the money [US Aid to Ukraine] is."
Via Politifact, it's another conspiracy theory pushed by Elon Musk.
www.politifact.com/factchecks/2...
www.c-span.org/program/whit...
Via Politifact, it's another conspiracy theory pushed by Elon Musk.
www.politifact.com/factchecks/2...
www.c-span.org/program/whit...
President Trump Signs Executive Orders in Mar-a-Lago
www.c-span.org
February 18, 2025 at 11:20 PM
At 15:15 in the video here, President Trump says he's heard President Zelensky had admitted "he didn't know where half the money [US Aid to Ukraine] is."
Via Politifact, it's another conspiracy theory pushed by Elon Musk.
www.politifact.com/factchecks/2...
www.c-span.org/program/whit...
Via Politifact, it's another conspiracy theory pushed by Elon Musk.
www.politifact.com/factchecks/2...
www.c-span.org/program/whit...
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And fully half of it is a humiliating error where they mistake the value of a contract by 1000x confusing 8 million with 8 BILLION
DOGE says it has saved $55 billion in federal spending so far, but its website only accounts for $16.6 billion of that
DOGE Says It’s Saved $55 Billion, Itemized Data Show Far Less
The federal cost-cutting effort dubbed the Department of Government Efficiency says it has saved $55 billion in federal spending so far, but its website only accounts for $16.6 billion of that.
www.bloomberg.com
February 19, 2025 at 12:58 PM
And fully half of it is a humiliating error where they mistake the value of a contract by 1000x confusing 8 million with 8 BILLION
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Zelenskyy says Trump is living in a Russian "disinformation space", which is Ukrainian for being Putin's bitch. apnews.com/article/russ...
Trump is living in a Russian-made 'disinformation space,' says Ukraine's Zelenskyy
Trump said at Mar-a-Lago that Zelenskyy’s rating stood at 4%.
apnews.com
February 19, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Zelenskyy says Trump is living in a Russian "disinformation space", which is Ukrainian for being Putin's bitch. apnews.com/article/russ...
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Donald Trump again mimics Putin and calls for an election in Ukraine - falsely claiming Zelensky’s approval rating was “at 4%”
Recent polling in fact shows that Zelensky’s approval rating is better than Trumps
Lets make sure everyone knows the truth
youtu.be/QDagM0WWEP4?...
Recent polling in fact shows that Zelensky’s approval rating is better than Trumps
Lets make sure everyone knows the truth
youtu.be/QDagM0WWEP4?...
Trump falsely claims Zelensky’s approval rating was “at 4%” - recent polling puts it better than his
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
February 19, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Donald Trump again mimics Putin and calls for an election in Ukraine - falsely claiming Zelensky’s approval rating was “at 4%”
Recent polling in fact shows that Zelensky’s approval rating is better than Trumps
Lets make sure everyone knows the truth
youtu.be/QDagM0WWEP4?...
Recent polling in fact shows that Zelensky’s approval rating is better than Trumps
Lets make sure everyone knows the truth
youtu.be/QDagM0WWEP4?...
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Following Trump’s unitary executive EO, USAID’s Pete Marocco filed declaration asserting that actually federal judges TROs don’t apply to him—sorry Congress & the Constitution, but Trump is law & he won’t resume payment of contracts.
Article 3 judges, you ready to enforce? bsky.app/profile/beth...
Article 3 judges, you ready to enforce? bsky.app/profile/beth...
Trump Signs New Order to Vastly Expand His Presidential Powers: The president’s new executive order would give him control over independent agencies, testing a once-fringe legal theory. Lawsuits are sure to follow.
www.thedailybeast.com/trump-signs-... Simply: a “unitary executive” is dictatorship.
www.thedailybeast.com/trump-signs-... Simply: a “unitary executive” is dictatorship.
Trump Signs New Order to Vastly Expand Presidential Powers
The president’s new executive order would give him control over independent agencies, testing a once-fringe legal theory. Lawsuits are sure to follow.
www.thedailybeast.com
February 19, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Following Trump’s unitary executive EO, USAID’s Pete Marocco filed declaration asserting that actually federal judges TROs don’t apply to him—sorry Congress & the Constitution, but Trump is law & he won’t resume payment of contracts.
Article 3 judges, you ready to enforce? bsky.app/profile/beth...
Article 3 judges, you ready to enforce? bsky.app/profile/beth...
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This is what a white collar coup looks like. And if the Supreme Court upholds, the Constitution will have been shredded, checks and balances gone, the primacy of the people supplanted by that of an autocrat and democracy in the US will be dead. Not an exaggeration.
Trump Signs New Order to Vastly Expand His Presidential Powers: The president’s new executive order would give him control over independent agencies, testing a once-fringe legal theory. Lawsuits are sure to follow.
www.thedailybeast.com/trump-signs-... Simply: a “unitary executive” is dictatorship.
www.thedailybeast.com/trump-signs-... Simply: a “unitary executive” is dictatorship.
Trump Signs New Order to Vastly Expand Presidential Powers
The president’s new executive order would give him control over independent agencies, testing a once-fringe legal theory. Lawsuits are sure to follow.
www.thedailybeast.com
February 19, 2025 at 12:25 PM
This is what a white collar coup looks like. And if the Supreme Court upholds, the Constitution will have been shredded, checks and balances gone, the primacy of the people supplanted by that of an autocrat and democracy in the US will be dead. Not an exaggeration.
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Zelensky identifies something few other leaders have named - the west is being led by a human disinformation campaign… www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/w...
Zelensky Urges ‘More Truth’ After Trump Suggests Ukraine Started the War
The remarks by President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine were some of his most pointed yet about President Trump’s views on the war.
www.nytimes.com
February 19, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Zelensky identifies something few other leaders have named - the west is being led by a human disinformation campaign… www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/w...
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DOGE has produced maximum disruption, advanced personal and political vendettas but produced no net efficiency gains and many effectiveness setbacks. If producing efficiency were their goal they’d be a failure. But of course, that’s not it. They’re just a political hit squad on an extremist vendetta
Where Trump, Musk and DOGE Have Cut Federal Workers So Far
By Amy Schoenfeld Walker, Ashley Wu, Jon Huang and Elena Shao
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By Amy Schoenfeld Walker, Ashley Wu, Jon Huang and Elena Shao
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Where Trump, Musk and DOGE Have Cut Federal Workers So Far (Gift Article)
President Trump and Elon Musk have spent three weeks slashing federal jobs — often in defiance of legal limits — and there are more to come. These are the reported cuts to date.
nyti.ms
February 19, 2025 at 12:29 PM
DOGE has produced maximum disruption, advanced personal and political vendettas but produced no net efficiency gains and many effectiveness setbacks. If producing efficiency were their goal they’d be a failure. But of course, that’s not it. They’re just a political hit squad on an extremist vendetta
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If you haven't already, be sure to read this ProPublica piece on Marocco's past cozying up to pro-Russian and far right forces.
www.propublica.org/article/usai...
www.propublica.org/article/usai...
Trump Official Destroying USAID Secretly Met With Christian Nationalists Abroad in Defiance of U.S. Policy
Now one of the most powerful people in the U.S. government, Peter Marocco’s turbulent tenure during the first Trump administration sheds light on his current efforts to dismantle the American foreign ...
www.propublica.org
February 19, 2025 at 12:28 PM
If you haven't already, be sure to read this ProPublica piece on Marocco's past cozying up to pro-Russian and far right forces.
www.propublica.org/article/usai...
www.propublica.org/article/usai...
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If you don’t think promoting hate and discrimination are not primary goals of this administration you’re not paying attention.
Kennedy Center ‘Abruptly’ Cancels Gay Men’s Chorus Concert operawire.com/kennedy-cent... - per Francisco Salazar / Opera Wire
Kennedy Center ‘Abruptly’ Cancels Gay Men's Chorus Concert - OperaWire
The Kennedy Center has canceled The Gay Men's Chorus concert on May 21.
operawire.com
February 19, 2025 at 12:32 PM
If you don’t think promoting hate and discrimination are not primary goals of this administration you’re not paying attention.
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Make no mistake, this EO strips away power from you, from your ability to select representatives to advance your views.
President Trump issued an executive order on Tuesday that seeks greater authority over regulatory agencies that Congress established as independent from direct White House control, part of a broader bid to centralize a president’s power over the government www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
Trump Order Seeks More Power Over Agencies Congress Made Independent
www.nytimes.com
February 19, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Make no mistake, this EO strips away power from you, from your ability to select representatives to advance your views.