JoAnn Nichols
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JoAnn Nichols
@joanichols1.bsky.social
Happily retired
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Remember 6 weeks ago when Admiral Alvin Holsey, head of the U.S. military’s southern command, abruptly decided to retire?
Makes me think at least one top-ranking officer knows what a war crime is.
US admiral to retire amid military strikes in Caribbean and tensions with Venezuela
Alvin Holsey just took over the US southern command late last year for a position that normally lasts three years
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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The US is going to bailout Argentina with your tariff money.

Let that sink in
October 2, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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September 21, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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September 8, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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We had the reporter on tonight; @maddow has the whistleblower
There’s just so much shady shit in this story, but this really sticks out. Folks in NLRB’s IT unit were so freaked out by what they saw DOGE doing that they wanted to notify the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Then this happened:
April 16, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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FAFO is the only response at this point. They won't understand it until they suffer deeply from their vote.
April 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Uh oh the Trump administration accidentally added us to their group chat
March 24, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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We have reached the joke stage in the break with the U.S. That's a very good sign.
March 8, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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lmaoooooooo
Canadian MP Charlie Angus while vowing to call Trump's trade war bluff on CNN just now,

"This isn't gunboat diplomacy (laughs). I mean, this is like an Al Capone shakedown in his syphilis phase."
February 3, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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I am so goddamn mad. A friend who’s been FISHING BODIES OUT OF THE POTOMAC appears to be in the Trump purges today.
February 1, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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The Trump administration might benefit by designating an official "nice person," who would be tasked to say something decent and human at days of national grief. The president himself, first lady, VP, etc. etc. are obviously uninterested/incapable ... but there must be someone?
January 30, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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I missed this entirely:

The FAA Administrator criticized Space X’s safety record and threatened fines.

Musk demanded he resign.

He did.

On January 20th.

www.thedailybeast.com/faa-chief-mi...
FAA Chief Quit on Jan. 20 After Elon Musk Told Him to Resign
Michael Whitaker had only been in the role for a year but the SpaceX chief accused him of “harassment.”
www.thedailybeast.com
January 30, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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“The Trump administration, moving quickly to clamp down on health and science agencies, has canceled a string of scientific meetings and instructed federal health officials to refrain from all public communications…”
@nytimes.com

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/h...
Trump Administration Temporarily Mutes Federal Health Officials
Scientific meetings were canceled, and research data on the bird flu outbreak was delayed, amid confusion over the directive.
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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“Now that President Trump is president, he has ordered that the CDC and all U.S. health agencies should no longer release any information to anyone on anything.”

@maddow.msnbc.com on how Trump’s freeze on comms from health agencies affects the bird flu threat.

WATCH: youtu.be/OdIzcRvpAFE?...
Trump cuts communication from health agencies despite growing bird flu threat
YouTube video by MSNBC
youtu.be
January 24, 2025 at 12:09 PM