jrwhite1964.bsky.social
@jrwhite1964.bsky.social
Retired State of Texas. Musician.
Making it about the wars we won instead of the verterans who showed up and served-

thehill.com/homenews/adm...
thehill.com
May 2, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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A U.S. born doctor says she received an email from federal immigration authorities demanding that she leave the country immediately.
American doctor receives email from immigration officials telling her to leave the country immediately
Dr. Lisa Anderson, 58, was born in Pennsylvania and is a U.S. citizen.
nbcnews.to
April 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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#ProudBlue

Looks like Prohect 2025 is pushing on. The EPA plans to end long-standing rules requiring polluters to report climate-warming emissions.

www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Trump’s EPA Plans to Stop Collecting Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data From Most Polluters
Climate experts expressed shock and dismay at the move. “It would be a bit like unplugging the equipment that monitors the vital signs of a patient that is critically ill,” one said.
www.propublica.org
April 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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The top five egg producers own roughly half of all U.S. laying hens.

The biggest of those corporations is Cal-Maine, which just announced quarterly profits of $509 million — more than 3x what it made a year ago.

Corporate concentration + bird flu = a price-hiking free for all.
April 9, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Republican US Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana put out a statement saying the programs being cut work and that they need more funding, not less.
April 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Donald Trump has turned up the heat on China, hiking tariffs up to 125%.
What the spiralling trade war means for relations between the US and China
Donald Trump has turned up the heat on China, hiking tariffs up to 125%.
tcnv.link
April 10, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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So don't want to be the bearer of bad tidings: but DOGE canceled the lease on the facility that processes and stores all the nuclear waste created by the US military. Sorry. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/doge-...
DOGE D’oh: Nuclear Waste Facility Edition
As DOGE continues it’s federal government wilding spree, purportedly searching for examples...
talkingpointsmemo.com
March 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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NEWS: The FDA abruptly canceled its upcoming advisory committee meeting to select the strains for next year's flu shot.
by @berkeleyjr.bsky.social
FDA cancels meeting to select flu strains for next season's shots
The canceled meeting comes just days after a CDC vaccine advisory committee meeting was abruptly postponed.
www.nbcnews.com
February 27, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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Veterans Affairs Secretary Douglas A. Collins took to social media to tout sweeping cuts to contracts that he said would save the department nearly $2 billion.

But the 875 contracts on the chopping block help cover medical services, fund cancer programs and provide burial services to veterans.
DOGE to cancel government contracts that help veterans, records show
Records show among the 875 contracts were arrangements to help medical services, fund cancer programs, recruit doctors and provide burial services to veterans.
wapo.st
February 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM