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😂 Gov. Pritzker declares Lake Michigan is now Lake Illinois, says Illinois has annexed Green Bay
A well played Trump-trolling
A well played Trump-trolling
February 8, 2025 at 12:19 AM
😂 Gov. Pritzker declares Lake Michigan is now Lake Illinois, says Illinois has annexed Green Bay
A well played Trump-trolling
A well played Trump-trolling
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PSA: They’re killing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau because it protects you from them.
February 8, 2025 at 12:26 AM
PSA: They’re killing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau because it protects you from them.
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Reminder: this is completely lawless
February 8, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Reminder: this is completely lawless
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I love our friends in Scotland.
February 8, 2025 at 12:35 AM
I love our friends in Scotland.
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Real tinpot dictator stuff here
February 8, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Real tinpot dictator stuff here
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Research universities are often the largest employers in their region. They are often the primary health care providers to communities. This funding shift will not only reduce US research leadership, it will put working people out of work and reduce healthcare access.
Excellent 🧵 on this evening's NIH announcement of a dramatic reduction in indirect rates for research institutions, which amounts to a generational restructuring of the US research and development ecosystem. These cuts are effective immediately, not just for new grants but for existing ones.
6. The policy does not just affect funding going forward. All existing NIH grants will have their indirect rates cut to 15% as of today, the date of issuance.
For a large university, this creates a sudden and catastrophic shortfall of hundreds of millions of dollars against already budgeted funds.
For a large university, this creates a sudden and catastrophic shortfall of hundreds of millions of dollars against already budgeted funds.
February 8, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Research universities are often the largest employers in their region. They are often the primary health care providers to communities. This funding shift will not only reduce US research leadership, it will put working people out of work and reduce healthcare access.
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Bill sure has a lot of patience and courage. Maybe some day we will pass one to make sure oligarchs never seize control of our nation again. If we are lucky. 💙
February 8, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Bill sure has a lot of patience and courage. Maybe some day we will pass one to make sure oligarchs never seize control of our nation again. If we are lucky. 💙
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They killed off Consumer Financial Protection Bureau because it was too effective at protecting the public from unscrupulous, opportunistic conmen like Donald Trump and Elon Musk.
February 8, 2025 at 2:12 AM
They killed off Consumer Financial Protection Bureau because it was too effective at protecting the public from unscrupulous, opportunistic conmen like Donald Trump and Elon Musk.
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Civil disobedience will not be enough.
February 8, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Civil disobedience will not be enough.
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My friend’s stepson & family have been abandoned in Africa because a tyrant & his billionaire buddy hunger for more money.
He works for a company that facilitates “broad engagement w/ USAID in health, governance, food security, & social inclusion initiatives.”
(More details of company pictured.)
He works for a company that facilitates “broad engagement w/ USAID in health, governance, food security, & social inclusion initiatives.”
(More details of company pictured.)
February 8, 2025 at 2:26 AM
My friend’s stepson & family have been abandoned in Africa because a tyrant & his billionaire buddy hunger for more money.
He works for a company that facilitates “broad engagement w/ USAID in health, governance, food security, & social inclusion initiatives.”
(More details of company pictured.)
He works for a company that facilitates “broad engagement w/ USAID in health, governance, food security, & social inclusion initiatives.”
(More details of company pictured.)
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The cognitive dissonance of getting up every morning and making coffee and walking the dog and going to meetings and answering emails and wondering what to make for dinner while there is a real live actual coup d’etat happening is BONKERS
February 4, 2025 at 6:39 PM
The cognitive dissonance of getting up every morning and making coffee and walking the dog and going to meetings and answering emails and wondering what to make for dinner while there is a real live actual coup d’etat happening is BONKERS
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Second shoe drops
2nd Complaint filed against FBI purge.
This by Federal Bureau of Investigation Agents Association (approx 14,000 members)
Privacy rights - public release of names
Administrative Procedure Act
First Amendment - for retaliation
Due Process
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
2nd Complaint filed against FBI purge.
This by Federal Bureau of Investigation Agents Association (approx 14,000 members)
Privacy rights - public release of names
Administrative Procedure Act
First Amendment - for retaliation
Due Process
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 4, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Second shoe drops
2nd Complaint filed against FBI purge.
This by Federal Bureau of Investigation Agents Association (approx 14,000 members)
Privacy rights - public release of names
Administrative Procedure Act
First Amendment - for retaliation
Due Process
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
2nd Complaint filed against FBI purge.
This by Federal Bureau of Investigation Agents Association (approx 14,000 members)
Privacy rights - public release of names
Administrative Procedure Act
First Amendment - for retaliation
Due Process
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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I agree. We are witnessing the disintegration of the federal constitutional order.
It is past time to start consider - in concrete terms - what individuals, and entities including business enterprises, and blue states, can do to protect against/not facilitate tyranny.
A couple of (actually serious) thought-experiment questions on where we are and where we’re going:
If a bunch of sociopaths are destroying the federal government from within, why should we pay federal taxes?
And if they succeed, who’s going to make us pay those taxes?
If a bunch of sociopaths are destroying the federal government from within, why should we pay federal taxes?
And if they succeed, who’s going to make us pay those taxes?
February 4, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I agree. We are witnessing the disintegration of the federal constitutional order.
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Jeffries: The constitution requires the president has the responsibility to take care that the laws are faithfully executed. Spending agreements passed through the appropriations process are law. When those laws are violated, the constitution has been violated.
February 4, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Jeffries: The constitution requires the president has the responsibility to take care that the laws are faithfully executed. Spending agreements passed through the appropriations process are law. When those laws are violated, the constitution has been violated.
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Our coalition has grown rapidly, now standing strong with over 92,000 federal employees. We are united by our oath and our commitment to hold the line. Every day, more of us are being targeted simply for speaking the truth to America.
February 4, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Our coalition has grown rapidly, now standing strong with over 92,000 federal employees. We are united by our oath and our commitment to hold the line. Every day, more of us are being targeted simply for speaking the truth to America.
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Measles, mumps and rubella like this post.
February 4, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Measles, mumps and rubella like this post.
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I’m on my way to the Treasury Dept to demand answers. Billionaire-in-Chief Elon Musk has been given illegal access to Americans’ private info, including Social Security numbers.
Zero people voted for Elon to run our government. This is about oversight and transparency.
Zero people voted for Elon to run our government. This is about oversight and transparency.
February 4, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I’m on my way to the Treasury Dept to demand answers. Billionaire-in-Chief Elon Musk has been given illegal access to Americans’ private info, including Social Security numbers.
Zero people voted for Elon to run our government. This is about oversight and transparency.
Zero people voted for Elon to run our government. This is about oversight and transparency.
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This is so incredibly insane
February 4, 2025 at 9:15 PM
This is so incredibly insane
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We are members of Congress at the Treasury Department. We want to be let in to provide oversight on behalf of our constituents. @jasmineforus.bsky.social @sethmagaziner.bsky.social
February 4, 2025 at 9:40 PM
We are members of Congress at the Treasury Department. We want to be let in to provide oversight on behalf of our constituents. @jasmineforus.bsky.social @sethmagaziner.bsky.social
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Woah. Sheryl Sandberg, former COO of Facebook, just sanctioned by Delaware judge for deleting emails ahead of trial this spring. This is the state pension shareholder case alleging the company overpaid the FTC and SEC in $5B+ settlements in order to protect Zuckerberg. /1
January 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Woah. Sheryl Sandberg, former COO of Facebook, just sanctioned by Delaware judge for deleting emails ahead of trial this spring. This is the state pension shareholder case alleging the company overpaid the FTC and SEC in $5B+ settlements in order to protect Zuckerberg. /1