@geektalker.bsky.social
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Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
July 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
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The inside of the nutshell summed up by @hcrichardson.bsky.social
April 14, 2025 at 5:25 PM
The inside of the nutshell summed up by @hcrichardson.bsky.social
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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.
March 1, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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.
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If you have a Republican House representative who is lying to you about how Medicaid is “not a line item in their budget” please call and say exactly the below. And please share.
#Medicaid
#Medicaid
February 27, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you have a Republican House representative who is lying to you about how Medicaid is “not a line item in their budget” please call and say exactly the below. And please share.
#Medicaid
#Medicaid
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As Senate panel advances nomination of former Trump defense attorney Todd Blanche to Deputy US Atty General,
Sen Dick Durbin (D-IL): "Far too many of Pres. Trump’s nominees simply don’t understand that they swear an oath to the Constitution, not the President. Todd Blanche falls into that category"
Sen Dick Durbin (D-IL): "Far too many of Pres. Trump’s nominees simply don’t understand that they swear an oath to the Constitution, not the President. Todd Blanche falls into that category"
February 27, 2025 at 5:34 PM
As Senate panel advances nomination of former Trump defense attorney Todd Blanche to Deputy US Atty General,
Sen Dick Durbin (D-IL): "Far too many of Pres. Trump’s nominees simply don’t understand that they swear an oath to the Constitution, not the President. Todd Blanche falls into that category"
Sen Dick Durbin (D-IL): "Far too many of Pres. Trump’s nominees simply don’t understand that they swear an oath to the Constitution, not the President. Todd Blanche falls into that category"
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Hedge funds are making a multi-billion-dollar gamble against the US economy, betting Donald Trump's presidency will result in a massive market crash that could devastate 401(k)s, pensions, and household savings across America.
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
Hedge funds bet billions on market crash in Trump’s America
Goldman Sachs reports a surge in short bets against US stocks
www.telegraph.co.uk
February 1, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Hedge funds are making a multi-billion-dollar gamble against the US economy, betting Donald Trump's presidency will result in a massive market crash that could devastate 401(k)s, pensions, and household savings across America.
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
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The question isn’t whether Budde was right to speak up. The question is whether the rest of us will have the courage to join her.
The Price of Speaking Up in Trump’s America
A bishop asked the president to show mercy to immigrants and scared children. The response tells us everything about the next four years.
newrepublic.com
February 3, 2025 at 1:51 AM
The question isn’t whether Budde was right to speak up. The question is whether the rest of us will have the courage to join her.
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Absolutely brutal scroll on Fox.
February 2, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Absolutely brutal scroll on Fox.
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Important to really pay very close attention to the ways plural that the EOs are propaganda, as Akilah notes
January 24, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Important to really pay very close attention to the ways plural that the EOs are propaganda, as Akilah notes
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Elon Musk merging with Alex Jones would be the synchronicity the writers' room was aiming at. And Musk's support for this miscreant disinformationalist would be fitting and another sign of Musk's lunacy and his self-serving war on truth.
Well, this is a little mysterious.
@annamerlan.bsky.social reports that lawyers for Elon Musk's X have gotten involved (without saying why) in the Infowars bankruptcy case. And Alex Jones is claiming the cavalry is here. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
@annamerlan.bsky.social reports that lawyers for Elon Musk's X have gotten involved (without saying why) in the Infowars bankruptcy case. And Alex Jones is claiming the cavalry is here. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Alex Jones is trying to halt the sale of Infowars. Elon Musk's X just got involved in the case
At an emergency hearing this week, lawyers for the social media company appeared. They haven’t explained why.
www.motherjones.com
November 16, 2024 at 4:28 PM
Elon Musk merging with Alex Jones would be the synchronicity the writers' room was aiming at. And Musk's support for this miscreant disinformationalist would be fitting and another sign of Musk's lunacy and his self-serving war on truth.
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It is important to remind everyone science is nonpartisan in that a virus doesn't care if you don't believe in vaccines, virus is in fact thrilled you don't believe in vaccines.
In the wake of the U.S. election, Natl Academy of Sciences President Marcia McNutt has authored a spot-on editorial in Science, stressing the apolitical nature of science and how it remains vital to informing a lot of public policy. Best read all week!! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#scipol 🧪
#scipol 🧪
November 16, 2024 at 4:24 PM
It is important to remind everyone science is nonpartisan in that a virus doesn't care if you don't believe in vaccines, virus is in fact thrilled you don't believe in vaccines.
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THIS. It applies to Covid, abortion, HIV/AIDS, all vaccines. The whole patoot!
A great point from my friend @alexanderchee.bsky.social, drawn from his days with ACT UP: "Ideology used in the place of science to make public health decisions is state-sponsored assault, even murder, and calling it misguided or misinformed covers up for that violence."
November 16, 2024 at 4:51 PM
THIS. It applies to Covid, abortion, HIV/AIDS, all vaccines. The whole patoot!
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"He won less than 50% of the popular vote with many voters apparently unaware of his policies." Thank you @hcrichardson.bsky.social for the continued reminder that this was no landslide. And that context matters. #2024Elections #Infrastructure #Perspective | open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
November 15, 2024
Three years ago today, President Joe Biden signed into law the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, more popularly known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act.
open.substack.com
November 16, 2024 at 4:39 PM
"He won less than 50% of the popular vote with many voters apparently unaware of his policies." Thank you @hcrichardson.bsky.social for the continued reminder that this was no landslide. And that context matters. #2024Elections #Infrastructure #Perspective | open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...