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This interactive map is incredible. The EPA is so important. Thank you ProPublica
March 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM
This interactive map is incredible. The EPA is so important. Thank you ProPublica
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SOTU seats are not assigned. There are general seating areas for each body (House, Senate, SCOTUS,etc) but there are honored seats for each party’s leadership and they’re even trying to squat those.
If it doesn’t sort out, be aware you may see applause on both sides of the aisle but they may be GOP
If it doesn’t sort out, be aware you may see applause on both sides of the aisle but they may be GOP
March 4, 2025 at 8:24 PM
SOTU seats are not assigned. There are general seating areas for each body (House, Senate, SCOTUS,etc) but there are honored seats for each party’s leadership and they’re even trying to squat those.
If it doesn’t sort out, be aware you may see applause on both sides of the aisle but they may be GOP
If it doesn’t sort out, be aware you may see applause on both sides of the aisle but they may be GOP
No surprises here.
when Elon Musk started recruiting for DOGE last November, he said the work would be “tedious” and “compensation is zero"
now it turns out some DOGE operatives are earning six-figure salaries, one as high as $195,200, as much as a civil servant can legally make
www.wired.com/story/doge-g...
now it turns out some DOGE operatives are earning six-figure salaries, one as high as $195,200, as much as a civil servant can legally make
www.wired.com/story/doge-g...
Some DOGE Staffers Are Drawing Six-Figure Government Salaries
Engineers and executives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency are drawing healthy taxpayer-funded salaries—sometimes from the very agencies they are cutting.
www.wired.com
March 4, 2025 at 10:30 PM
No surprises here.
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Pro-Ukraine protests erupt across US after Trump and Vance ‘ambush’ Zelenskyy
Pro-Ukraine protests erupt across US after Trump and Vance ‘ambush’ Zelenskyy
Demonstrators surge in Vermont, New York City and Boston after Oval Office debacle with US president and vice-president
Protests against the Trump administration erupted across the US on Saturday following an unprecedented Oval Office clash, wherein…
www.theguardian.com
March 2, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Pro-Ukraine protests erupt across US after Trump and Vance ‘ambush’ Zelenskyy
This. This, right here.
What drives me crazy about the anti-DEI rhetoric is everyone wants to be judged on merit. But you can't be judged on merit if you can't even get in the door because you don't fit some prejudiced definition of who is capable and who isn't
February 25, 2025 at 4:51 PM
This. This, right here.
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Dolly Parton is hoping Indiana’s governor will reverse course on plans to do away with her popular “Imagination Library” program.
Dolly Parton Calls Out Indiana Gov Over Plan to Dump Her Imagination Library
The country singer started the “Imagination Library” nearly 30 years ago to encourage early literacy.
www.thedailybeast.com
February 19, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Dolly Parton is hoping Indiana’s governor will reverse course on plans to do away with her popular “Imagination Library” program.
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This is Project 2025, pgs 134-135, 153-155. FEMA is dismantled. Shifts costs of disaster relief to the states. Red states are hit by hurricanes, tornadoes, & flooding more than any others. Red states typically don’t have funds to rebuild. FAFO is a thing. It’s about to get real.
February 20, 2025 at 4:19 PM
This is Project 2025, pgs 134-135, 153-155. FEMA is dismantled. Shifts costs of disaster relief to the states. Red states are hit by hurricanes, tornadoes, & flooding more than any others. Red states typically don’t have funds to rebuild. FAFO is a thing. It’s about to get real.
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CISA controls the .gov domain registrar and the national public key infrastructure (PKI). This means Elon Musk has the ability to shut down any federal, state, or city government using a .gov domain.
Musk can also now prevent .gov agencies and officials from registering their .gov BlueSky handles
Musk can also now prevent .gov agencies and officials from registering their .gov BlueSky handles
New — Edward "Big Balls" Coristine of DOGE now has digital access to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), an agency source has confirmed to me.
February 19, 2025 at 11:45 PM
CISA controls the .gov domain registrar and the national public key infrastructure (PKI). This means Elon Musk has the ability to shut down any federal, state, or city government using a .gov domain.
Musk can also now prevent .gov agencies and officials from registering their .gov BlueSky handles
Musk can also now prevent .gov agencies and officials from registering their .gov BlueSky handles
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The only word for this is evil.
A deportation flight leaving the U.S. Thursday carrying 135 mostly Asian undocumented migrants is expected to land in Costa Rica in the afternoon. Almost half of the migrants will be children.
On a U.S. deportation flight of mostly Asians to Costa Rica, half will be minors
A flight carrying primarily Asian undocumented migrants, 65 of whom are minors, is expected to land in San Jose, Costa Rica on Thursday afternoon.
www.nbcnews.com
February 20, 2025 at 1:52 AM
The only word for this is evil.
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REVEALED: we identified the operator of an overtly racist X account, "GlomarResponder," as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.
ICE Prosecutor in Dallas Runs White Supremacist X Account
The Observer has identified the operator of “GlomarResponder,” an overtly racist social media account, as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.
www.texasobserver.org
February 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
REVEALED: we identified the operator of an overtly racist X account, "GlomarResponder," as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.
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Trump’s Homeland Security Department could spend as much as $200 million worth of taxpayer money on anti-immigration ads.
The first round of 60-second ads look and sound like campaign ads, and repeatedly thank and praise Donald Trump www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
The first round of 60-second ads look and sound like campaign ads, and repeatedly thank and praise Donald Trump www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Trump Admin. Spends Big Taxpayer Money on Ads Thanking Trump
Trump officials are burning your money on anti-immigrant ads that repeatedly praise the president, amid mass firings and a supposed hunt for waste.
www.rollingstone.com
February 19, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Trump’s Homeland Security Department could spend as much as $200 million worth of taxpayer money on anti-immigration ads.
The first round of 60-second ads look and sound like campaign ads, and repeatedly thank and praise Donald Trump www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
The first round of 60-second ads look and sound like campaign ads, and repeatedly thank and praise Donald Trump www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Slashing federal funding for scientific research will have catastrophic impacts far beyond the laboratories where government research funds are spent.
"How the Trump administration could end a century of American scientific dominance," by @adamsobel.bsky.social.
"How the Trump administration could end a century of American scientific dominance," by @adamsobel.bsky.social.
How the Trump administration could end a century of American scientific dominance
Slashing federal funding for scientific research will have catastrophic and long-lasting impacts far beyond the laboratories where government research funds are spent.
thebulletin.org
February 16, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Slashing federal funding for scientific research will have catastrophic impacts far beyond the laboratories where government research funds are spent.
"How the Trump administration could end a century of American scientific dominance," by @adamsobel.bsky.social.
"How the Trump administration could end a century of American scientific dominance," by @adamsobel.bsky.social.
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Amazing investigative journalism.
Amazing investigative journalism.
February 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Oregon resident? Be sure to follow @oregonjournalism.bsky.social
Amazing investigative journalism.
Amazing investigative journalism.
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"Laboratories in a national network of 58 facilities responding to the spread of bird flu were notified Friday that 25 percent of the staff in a central program office coordinating their work were fired"
Emerging 4th world country in North America!
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
Emerging 4th world country in North America!
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
February 16, 2025 at 2:02 PM
"Laboratories in a national network of 58 facilities responding to the spread of bird flu were notified Friday that 25 percent of the staff in a central program office coordinating their work were fired"
Emerging 4th world country in North America!
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
Emerging 4th world country in North America!
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
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Captures it perfectly.
February 16, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Captures it perfectly.
PAY ATTENTION to this.
Unreal. The US government is dumping Asian and African families and children in random countries that they have no connection to. Dumping, not "deporting." Deportation implies the return of a person to their home country. This is treating people like toxic waste.
www.cbsnews.com/news/us-depo...
www.cbsnews.com/news/us-depo...
February 16, 2025 at 2:32 AM
PAY ATTENTION to this.
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"'We’ve given up everything to serve our country overseas,” one evacuated USAID employee recalled thinking, 'and we’re being maligned by the richest asshole in the world.'" www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Chaos, harassment, and pnpaid bills: Inside Elon Musk's war on USAID
“We’ve given up everything to serve our country overseas, and we’re being maligned by the richest asshole in the world.”
www.motherjones.com
February 13, 2025 at 4:57 PM
"'We’ve given up everything to serve our country overseas,” one evacuated USAID employee recalled thinking, 'and we’re being maligned by the richest asshole in the world.'" www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The termination of 850 Indian Health Service physicians, nurses, and dentists will have a grave impact on access to care for millions of Native Americans.
Upholding our treaty obligations is not optional.
Upholding our treaty obligations is not optional.
February 14, 2025 at 11:25 PM
The termination of 850 Indian Health Service physicians, nurses, and dentists will have a grave impact on access to care for millions of Native Americans.
Upholding our treaty obligations is not optional.
Upholding our treaty obligations is not optional.
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Incompetence in Washington puts every American at risk, no matter how you voted. No one should be happy that the DOGE team - the same folks who randomly published classified U.S. security information online today - wants access to your bank account & Social Security numbers.
February 15, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Incompetence in Washington puts every American at risk, no matter how you voted. No one should be happy that the DOGE team - the same folks who randomly published classified U.S. security information online today - wants access to your bank account & Social Security numbers.
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BREAKING - Elon Musk slated to win $400 MILLION govt contract to make "armored Tesla" -- after $38 MILLION SpaceX contract yesterday
Musk's plan:
-- Shut down parts of the govt investigating him
-- Claim that he's stopping government spending
-- Give himself all the money
Musk's plan:
-- Shut down parts of the govt investigating him
-- Claim that he's stopping government spending
-- Give himself all the money
February 12, 2025 at 11:18 PM
BREAKING - Elon Musk slated to win $400 MILLION govt contract to make "armored Tesla" -- after $38 MILLION SpaceX contract yesterday
Musk's plan:
-- Shut down parts of the govt investigating him
-- Claim that he's stopping government spending
-- Give himself all the money
Musk's plan:
-- Shut down parts of the govt investigating him
-- Claim that he's stopping government spending
-- Give himself all the money
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The lawsuit alleges the migrants have been "disappeared into a black box" and are unable to communicate with attorneys.
ACLU and other advocates sue for access to migrants moved to Guantánamo Bay
The lawsuit alleges the migrants have been "disappeared into a black box" and are unable to communicate with attorneys
www.npr.org
February 13, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The lawsuit alleges the migrants have been "disappeared into a black box" and are unable to communicate with attorneys.
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This is Oligarchy. The three richest men in the world have become $196 BILLION richer since Donald Trump was elected.
$196 billion for three men in 99 days.
Meanwhile, 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
$196 billion for three men in 99 days.
Meanwhile, 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
February 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
This is Oligarchy. The three richest men in the world have become $196 BILLION richer since Donald Trump was elected.
$196 billion for three men in 99 days.
Meanwhile, 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
$196 billion for three men in 99 days.
Meanwhile, 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.