Jeff O’Connor
j-k-oconnor.bsky.social
Jeff O’Connor
@j-k-oconnor.bsky.social
Reposted by Jeff O’Connor
None of Trump's other nominees "impulse-lied to senators’ faces while under oath in a confirmation hearing, as if they were a troublemaking toddler telling their parents they didn’t drop the cake, hoping no one noticed their face was covered in icing."
Fool Me Twice, I’ll Make You FBI Director
Plus: Going along to get along in a time of democratic decline.
www.thebulwark.com
February 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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“Musk’s influence is unchecked, triggering alarm from those who worry about conflicts of interest, security clearances, and a broad, ill-defined mandate. But the GOP Congress has no desire to rein him in

“There has never been a private citizen like him” www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Elon Musk Is President
The world’s richest man has declared war on the federal government, and his influence appears unchecked.
www.theatlantic.com
February 4, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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This is how autocrats throughout history have endangered the people they govern by erasing factual information vital to health and well being
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
CDC Data Are Disappearing
The agency has already removed scientific data from public view. More could follow.
www.theatlantic.com
February 1, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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If Mariann Budde’s sermon earlier this week—in which she addressed Donald Trump, personally and directly—came across as radical, that just says something about the times we are in, the bishop says.
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January 27, 2025 at 12:19 AM