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Husband, father, antifascist, nurse, fighter.
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More than a thousand union members and supporters packed the Utah State Capitol rotunda Friday afternoon to protest the anti-union HB267 and urge Gov. Spencer Cox to veto it.
(Photos by Tribune photographer @bethanybaker.bsky.social)
(Photos by Tribune photographer @bethanybaker.bsky.social)
February 8, 2025 at 1:16 AM
More than a thousand union members and supporters packed the Utah State Capitol rotunda Friday afternoon to protest the anti-union HB267 and urge Gov. Spencer Cox to veto it.
(Photos by Tribune photographer @bethanybaker.bsky.social)
(Photos by Tribune photographer @bethanybaker.bsky.social)
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This is what spending $290 million on an election gets you.
Money in politics has always corrupted, but it's hardly been this brazen.
Money in politics has always corrupted, but it's hardly been this brazen.
🚨NEWS: Trump is firing specific inspectors general whose offices have investigated Elon Musk’s companies and their business matters with the government.
Inspectors general are independent nonpartisan appointees who audit spending and investigate fraud.
Inspectors general are independent nonpartisan appointees who audit spending and investigate fraud.
Trump Purges Inspectors General Investigating Musk’s Businesses
At least five federal agencies that have investigated Musk companies had their inspectors general axed by Trump.
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February 7, 2025 at 10:00 PM
This is what spending $290 million on an election gets you.
Money in politics has always corrupted, but it's hardly been this brazen.
Money in politics has always corrupted, but it's hardly been this brazen.
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American culture can be quirky. Let’s hope it remains true to form.
February 6, 2025 at 2:41 PM
American culture can be quirky. Let’s hope it remains true to form.
You mean they’re Nazis? So shocked and surprised…
Marko Elez's reported resignation has interesting implications for Musk/DOGE control over Treasury payment data. Elez was one of only two DOGE affiliates permitted by court order to access the data, and DOJ claimed that the other (Tom Krause) had only supervised Elez's work.
February 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
You mean they’re Nazis? So shocked and surprised…
Critical support for comrade Luigi.
February 7, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Critical support for comrade Luigi.
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I just met with Community Health Centers from Oregon that told me providers across our state are starting layoffs because of Trump's funding freeze. Donald Trump is already forcing kids and families to go without the health care they need.
February 6, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I just met with Community Health Centers from Oregon that told me providers across our state are starting layoffs because of Trump's funding freeze. Donald Trump is already forcing kids and families to go without the health care they need.
www.sciencealert.com/report-revea... this and the Salton Sea should be horrifying warnings about what is happening to the Great Salt Lake.
Report Reveals World's Fourth Largest Lake Now a Deadly Desert
Before the 1960s, the fourth largest lake on Earth glistened for miles across the borders of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan.
www.sciencealert.com
February 7, 2025 at 1:04 PM
www.sciencealert.com/report-revea... this and the Salton Sea should be horrifying warnings about what is happening to the Great Salt Lake.
Fucking corporate takeover. It has always been about this, and making us indentured servants, killing unions and worker rights. The whole culture war thing was a red herring.
Sources tell WIRED that the ability of DOGE's Marko Elez to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending was rescinded days after US Treasury and White House officials said it didn't exist. www.wired.com/story/treasu...
The US Treasury Claimed DOGE Technologist Didn’t Have ‘Write Access’ When He Actually Did
Sources tell WIRED that the ability of DOGE's Marko Elez to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending was rescinded days after US Treasury and White House officials said it didn't exist.
www.wired.com
February 7, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Fucking corporate takeover. It has always been about this, and making us indentured servants, killing unions and worker rights. The whole culture war thing was a red herring.
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A look at the views and background of LDS lawyer Sheldon Gilbert, who is the new head of the influential Federalist Society.
Meet the little-known LDS lawyer who is about to have a big impact on American law and politics
A look at the views and background of LDS lawyer Sheldon Gilbert, who is the new head of the influential Federalist Society.
www.sltrib.com
February 7, 2025 at 2:52 AM
A look at the views and background of LDS lawyer Sheldon Gilbert, who is the new head of the influential Federalist Society.
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lol, "vetting"
A teen DOGE staffer recently given access to government systems worked at a startup known for hiring convicted hackers. Someone using a Telegram handle associated with him also solicited a cyberattack-for-hire service in 2022. All raising questions about his vetting. www.wired.com/story/edward...
DOGE Teen Owns ‘Tesla.Sexy LLC’ and Worked at Startup That Has Hired Convicted Hackers
Experts question whether Edward Coristine, a DOGE staffer who has gone by “Big Balls” online, would pass the background check typically required for access to sensitive US government systems.
www.wired.com
February 6, 2025 at 1:23 PM
lol, "vetting"
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Like the environmental disasters of the 1970s, the PFAS crisis is alarming enough that politicians who might otherwise oppose regulation want the government to do something about it, Zoë Schlanger writes:
Trump Is Inheriting an Environmental Disaster
PFAS could be the rare environmental issue that gets addressed this term.
www.theatlantic.com
February 6, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Like the environmental disasters of the 1970s, the PFAS crisis is alarming enough that politicians who might otherwise oppose regulation want the government to do something about it, Zoë Schlanger writes:
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The Papua New Guinea Courier is in rare form.
February 6, 2025 at 12:31 PM
The Papua New Guinea Courier is in rare form.
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JUST IN: USDA Confirms Detection of Bird Flu Genotype D1.1 in Nevada Dairy Cows.
This marks the first detection of this virus genotype in dairy cattle.
Previously, all detections in dairy cattle have been linked to HPAI H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b, genotype B3.13.
This marks the first detection of this virus genotype in dairy cattle.
Previously, all detections in dairy cattle have been linked to HPAI H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b, genotype B3.13.
February 6, 2025 at 1:37 AM
JUST IN: USDA Confirms Detection of Bird Flu Genotype D1.1 in Nevada Dairy Cows.
This marks the first detection of this virus genotype in dairy cattle.
Previously, all detections in dairy cattle have been linked to HPAI H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b, genotype B3.13.
This marks the first detection of this virus genotype in dairy cattle.
Previously, all detections in dairy cattle have been linked to HPAI H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b, genotype B3.13.
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Somehow, there is always government money available for rich people. Apparently that's when you know government is being efficient.
Texas Senate passes bill to allocate $1 billion in tax dollars for private school tuition
From the Senate, the bill will head to the House.
www.cbsnews.com
February 6, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Somehow, there is always government money available for rich people. Apparently that's when you know government is being efficient.
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One of the most important websites in America right now.
Is this a coup? Home of the Coup-o-meter
Prevention is the best medicine: Get background on coups, how they happen in a democracy, and what we can do to stop one.
isthisacoup.com
February 6, 2025 at 2:03 AM
One of the most important websites in America right now.
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#MedSky #NeuroSky
These are non-clinical data, but if you know anything about prion diseases, you should stop right now & read this paper. Remembering oncologist Jose Baselga who died in 2021 of sporadic CJD. He’d have given this team a long standing ovation. 💪👏👏
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
These are non-clinical data, but if you know anything about prion diseases, you should stop right now & read this paper. Remembering oncologist Jose Baselga who died in 2021 of sporadic CJD. He’d have given this team a long standing ovation. 💪👏👏
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Brainwide silencing of prion protein by AAV-mediated delivery of an engineered compact epigenetic editor
Prion disease is caused by misfolding of the prion protein (PrP) into pathogenic self-propagating conformations, leading to rapid-onset dementia and death. However, elimination of endogenous PrP halts...
www.science.org
February 5, 2025 at 6:29 AM
#MedSky #NeuroSky
These are non-clinical data, but if you know anything about prion diseases, you should stop right now & read this paper. Remembering oncologist Jose Baselga who died in 2021 of sporadic CJD. He’d have given this team a long standing ovation. 💪👏👏
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
These are non-clinical data, but if you know anything about prion diseases, you should stop right now & read this paper. Remembering oncologist Jose Baselga who died in 2021 of sporadic CJD. He’d have given this team a long standing ovation. 💪👏👏
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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if you were an unreconstructed segregationist from jim crow alabama, what would you do differently than this administration with regard to civil rights enforcement?
Breaking from me and @mjsdc.bsky.social : Newly installed AG Pam Bondi sent out more than a dozen memos in a 15 minute period on Wednesday. One of them told staffers to come up with "proposals for criminal investigations" of large companies that have DEIA initiatives. slate.com/news-and-pol...
Pam Bondi Instructs Trump DOJ to Criminally Investigate Companies That Do DEI
Civil rights advocates may well file suit immediately against the Justice Department to secure an injunction.
slate.com
February 6, 2025 at 3:09 AM
if you were an unreconstructed segregationist from jim crow alabama, what would you do differently than this administration with regard to civil rights enforcement?
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