@junekinoshita.bsky.social
Co-founder of The Waltham Times, independent nonprofit newsroom serving Waltham, MA. Leader in FSH muscular dystrophy. Formerly Scientific American, author of Gateway to Japan, co-founder of Alzheimer Research Forum, n-of-one, New Harmony Line.
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It has been the honor of my life to serve as Commissioner of BLS alongside the many dedicated civil servants tasked with measuring a vast and dynamic economy. It is vital and important work and I thank them for their service to this nation.
August 2, 2025 at 2:18 AM
It has been the honor of my life to serve as Commissioner of BLS alongside the many dedicated civil servants tasked with measuring a vast and dynamic economy. It is vital and important work and I thank them for their service to this nation.
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On the left:
June 12, Judge Breyer writing that THE test for whether the US Marines/Guard violate Posse Comitatus will be whether they've engaged in "detaining" civilians.
On the right:
June 13: See for yourself.
Note: The DoD has confirmed the detention of civilian to Reuters.
On the left:
June 12, Judge Breyer writing that THE test for whether the US Marines/Guard violate Posse Comitatus will be whether they've engaged in "detaining" civilians.
On the right:
June 13: See for yourself.
Note: The DoD has confirmed the detention of civilian to Reuters.
June 13, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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On the left:
June 12, Judge Breyer writing that THE test for whether the US Marines/Guard violate Posse Comitatus will be whether they've engaged in "detaining" civilians.
On the right:
June 13: See for yourself.
Note: The DoD has confirmed the detention of civilian to Reuters.
On the left:
June 12, Judge Breyer writing that THE test for whether the US Marines/Guard violate Posse Comitatus will be whether they've engaged in "detaining" civilians.
On the right:
June 13: See for yourself.
Note: The DoD has confirmed the detention of civilian to Reuters.
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Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.
Diseases are spreading. The CDC isn't warning the public like it was months ago
Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.
www.npr.org
May 21, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.
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Over 20 people have died since severe storms and tornadoes hit Kentucky and Missouri overnight. Meteorologists are beginning to survey the damage.
Photos: Deadly tornadoes hit Kentucky and Missouri
Over 20 people have died since severe storms and tornadoes hit Kentucky and Missouri overnight. Meteorologists are beginning to survey the damage.
www.npr.org
May 17, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Over 20 people have died since severe storms and tornadoes hit Kentucky and Missouri overnight. Meteorologists are beginning to survey the damage.
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Trump & Musk cut global food aid—now 60,000+ metric tonnes are rotting in warehouses.
That’s food for 3.5 million people. Meanwhile, 1 in 5 Louisiana families go hungry.
Second Harvest is stretched thin. The unhoused are starving.
This is heartless. Period!
—TAC
That’s food for 3.5 million people. Meanwhile, 1 in 5 Louisiana families go hungry.
Second Harvest is stretched thin. The unhoused are starving.
This is heartless. Period!
—TAC
May 17, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Trump & Musk cut global food aid—now 60,000+ metric tonnes are rotting in warehouses.
That’s food for 3.5 million people. Meanwhile, 1 in 5 Louisiana families go hungry.
Second Harvest is stretched thin. The unhoused are starving.
This is heartless. Period!
—TAC
That’s food for 3.5 million people. Meanwhile, 1 in 5 Louisiana families go hungry.
Second Harvest is stretched thin. The unhoused are starving.
This is heartless. Period!
—TAC
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Rather than holding the boys’ father responsible for not securing his gun, one of these little boys was charged with aggravated assault against a police officer. This is why we have worked tirelessly to pass Ethan’s Law to #KeepKidsSafe from unsecured guns.
May 14, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Rather than holding the boys’ father responsible for not securing his gun, one of these little boys was charged with aggravated assault against a police officer. This is why we have worked tirelessly to pass Ethan’s Law to #KeepKidsSafe from unsecured guns.
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In 2023, a program connecting Utah farmers and ranchers to free therapy vouchers was so successful, the federal money ran out in four months.
“I want you to know,” the program director recalled one recipient telling him, “that this saved my life.”
With @sltrib.com
“I want you to know,” the program director recalled one recipient telling him, “that this saved my life.”
With @sltrib.com
Utah Farmers Signed Up for Federally Funded Therapy. Then the Money Stopped.
Farmers are dying by suicide at the third-highest rate by vocation in Utah. But after a federal program offering mental health support ran out of money, the state did not continue it.
www.propublica.org
May 4, 2025 at 1:30 AM
In 2023, a program connecting Utah farmers and ranchers to free therapy vouchers was so successful, the federal money ran out in four months.
“I want you to know,” the program director recalled one recipient telling him, “that this saved my life.”
With @sltrib.com
“I want you to know,” the program director recalled one recipient telling him, “that this saved my life.”
With @sltrib.com
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Brolocarchs fired my coworkers and me, and pulled the plug on our work like IRS Direct File, for a simple reason:
To take money from the American people. To get richer, at your expense.
Writing by @jilldlawrence.bsky.social
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-and-...
To take money from the American people. To get richer, at your expense.
Writing by @jilldlawrence.bsky.social
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-and-...
April 26, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Brolocarchs fired my coworkers and me, and pulled the plug on our work like IRS Direct File, for a simple reason:
To take money from the American people. To get richer, at your expense.
Writing by @jilldlawrence.bsky.social
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-and-...
To take money from the American people. To get richer, at your expense.
Writing by @jilldlawrence.bsky.social
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-and-...
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#ICYMI: Trump’s slashing of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health includes a team of workers who examined firefighter deaths.
Probes into deaths at 20 fire departments are now unlikely to be completed, an investigator said.
Probes into deaths at 20 fire departments are now unlikely to be completed, an investigator said.
Trump Laid Off Nearly All the Federal Workers Who Investigate Firefighter Deaths
The cuts, which are part of Trump’s slashing of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, will also halt a first-of-its-kind study of the causes of thousands of firefighters’ cancer…
www.propublica.org
April 24, 2025 at 12:00 AM
#ICYMI: Trump’s slashing of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health includes a team of workers who examined firefighter deaths.
Probes into deaths at 20 fire departments are now unlikely to be completed, an investigator said.
Probes into deaths at 20 fire departments are now unlikely to be completed, an investigator said.
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We'll be covering this on the show tonight.
Almost nobody is ok with it. But was it on your local news today? If not, nobody is going to know about it in order to not be OK with it.
Ppl oppose almost everything this administration is doing, when they’re told what those things are. But most people aren’t!
Ppl oppose almost everything this administration is doing, when they’re told what those things are. But most people aren’t!
I don't get how anyone can possibly be okay with ending the WHI. This study has accrued decades of data from 42000 women and it is still going. It helps to address critical research gaps that have been allowed to go unfilled because of durable misogyny and provides invaluable insight into aging.
April 23, 2025 at 11:24 PM
We'll be covering this on the show tonight.
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Almost nobody is ok with it. But was it on your local news today? If not, nobody is going to know about it in order to not be OK with it.
Ppl oppose almost everything this administration is doing, when they’re told what those things are. But most people aren’t!
Ppl oppose almost everything this administration is doing, when they’re told what those things are. But most people aren’t!
I don't get how anyone can possibly be okay with ending the WHI. This study has accrued decades of data from 42000 women and it is still going. It helps to address critical research gaps that have been allowed to go unfilled because of durable misogyny and provides invaluable insight into aging.
NIH cancels its first and largest study centered on women
The Women’s Health Initiative has produced numerous influential findings
www.science.org
April 23, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Almost nobody is ok with it. But was it on your local news today? If not, nobody is going to know about it in order to not be OK with it.
Ppl oppose almost everything this administration is doing, when they’re told what those things are. But most people aren’t!
Ppl oppose almost everything this administration is doing, when they’re told what those things are. But most people aren’t!
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NGC 6302, also known as the Butterfly Nebula, is a remarkable example of how stars, as they age, can take on some nice shapes sometimes resembling flowers or insects.
➡️ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap22112...
This #Hubble image has been processed to highlight incredible
🔭 🧪 #stellarastro #galactic
NGC 6302, also known as the Butterfly Nebula, is a remarkable example of how stars, as they age, can take on some nice shapes sometimes resembling flowers or insects.
➡️ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap22112...
This #Hubble image has been processed to highlight incredible
🔭 🧪 #stellarastro #galactic
April 18, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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NGC 6302, also known as the Butterfly Nebula, is a remarkable example of how stars, as they age, can take on some nice shapes sometimes resembling flowers or insects.
➡️ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap22112...
This #Hubble image has been processed to highlight incredible
🔭 🧪 #stellarastro #galactic
NGC 6302, also known as the Butterfly Nebula, is a remarkable example of how stars, as they age, can take on some nice shapes sometimes resembling flowers or insects.
➡️ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap22112...
This #Hubble image has been processed to highlight incredible
🔭 🧪 #stellarastro #galactic
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Fox News has resorted to just straight up lying about Abrego Garcia, who has never been convicted or even charged with a crime
April 19, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Fox News has resorted to just straight up lying about Abrego Garcia, who has never been convicted or even charged with a crime
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This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!
April 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!
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EXCLUSIVE: DOGE is knitting together data from the Department of Homeland Security, Social Security Administration, and IRS that could create a surveillance tool of unprecedented scope.
DOGE Is Building a Master Database to Surveil and Track Immigrants
DOGE is knitting together data from the Department of Homeland Security, Social Security Administration, and IRS that could create a surveillance tool of unprecedented scope.
www.wired.com
April 18, 2025 at 9:51 PM
EXCLUSIVE: DOGE is knitting together data from the Department of Homeland Security, Social Security Administration, and IRS that could create a surveillance tool of unprecedented scope.
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OMG.
“After DOGE gained access to NLRB’s systems, there was an increase in attempted logins from locations outside the US, including a user with a Russian IP address. The person with the Russian IP address appeared to have a correct username and password, created minutes earlier by DOGE engineers.”
“After DOGE gained access to NLRB’s systems, there was an increase in attempted logins from locations outside the US, including a user with a Russian IP address. The person with the Russian IP address appeared to have a correct username and password, created minutes earlier by DOGE engineers.”
Federal employee alleges DOGE activity resulted in data breach at labor board
In a sworn declaration sent to Congress, the employee said he witnessed several anomalies in DOGE’s handling of security.
www.nbcnews.com
April 18, 2025 at 9:59 PM
OMG.
“After DOGE gained access to NLRB’s systems, there was an increase in attempted logins from locations outside the US, including a user with a Russian IP address. The person with the Russian IP address appeared to have a correct username and password, created minutes earlier by DOGE engineers.”
“After DOGE gained access to NLRB’s systems, there was an increase in attempted logins from locations outside the US, including a user with a Russian IP address. The person with the Russian IP address appeared to have a correct username and password, created minutes earlier by DOGE engineers.”
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We're told the FDA is now making plans to end most of its routine food safety inspections
That oversight work would be effectively outsourced to state and local authorities, under this plan
www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-foo...
That oversight work would be effectively outsourced to state and local authorities, under this plan
www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-foo...
FDA making plans to end its routine food safety inspections, sources say
Food safety inspections would be left to state and local authorities under the plan being developed by the FDA.
www.cbsnews.com
April 17, 2025 at 9:10 PM
We're told the FDA is now making plans to end most of its routine food safety inspections
That oversight work would be effectively outsourced to state and local authorities, under this plan
www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-foo...
That oversight work would be effectively outsourced to state and local authorities, under this plan
www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-foo...
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The possibility of abduction by a sovereign and imprisonment abroad is one criterion that separates democracies from dictatorships.
The Declaration of Independence called the British king tyrannical for transporting Americans, “beyond Seas to be tried for pretended Offenses.”
The Declaration of Independence called the British king tyrannical for transporting Americans, “beyond Seas to be tried for pretended Offenses.”
April 16, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The possibility of abduction by a sovereign and imprisonment abroad is one criterion that separates democracies from dictatorships.
The Declaration of Independence called the British king tyrannical for transporting Americans, “beyond Seas to be tried for pretended Offenses.”
The Declaration of Independence called the British king tyrannical for transporting Americans, “beyond Seas to be tried for pretended Offenses.”
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I put a hold on Ed Martin’s nomination.
He’s denied elections. Fired quality public servants. Attempted to chill free speech.
Turns out he’s also carrying water for the Kremlin.
So wholly unfit to be a U.S. Attorney.
He’s denied elections. Fired quality public servants. Attempted to chill free speech.
Turns out he’s also carrying water for the Kremlin.
So wholly unfit to be a U.S. Attorney.
April 16, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I put a hold on Ed Martin’s nomination.
He’s denied elections. Fired quality public servants. Attempted to chill free speech.
Turns out he’s also carrying water for the Kremlin.
So wholly unfit to be a U.S. Attorney.
He’s denied elections. Fired quality public servants. Attempted to chill free speech.
Turns out he’s also carrying water for the Kremlin.
So wholly unfit to be a U.S. Attorney.
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Before the election, I warned that there is no safe haven under authoritarianism.
If they can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign prison—accused of no crime, with no trial—they can do it to anyone.
Americans of conscience must stand against this now.
If they can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign prison—accused of no crime, with no trial—they can do it to anyone.
Americans of conscience must stand against this now.
April 16, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Before the election, I warned that there is no safe haven under authoritarianism.
If they can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign prison—accused of no crime, with no trial—they can do it to anyone.
Americans of conscience must stand against this now.
If they can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign prison—accused of no crime, with no trial—they can do it to anyone.
Americans of conscience must stand against this now.
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People form human chain, move 9,100 books to new Michigan bookstore. This renews my faith in humanity.
April 17, 2025 at 12:05 PM
People form human chain, move 9,100 books to new Michigan bookstore. This renews my faith in humanity.
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The defense secretary’s focus on “lethality” could lead to “wanton killing and wholesale destruction and disregard for law,” one Pentagon official said. interc.pt/3EoJdnA
April 15, 2025 at 2:35 PM
The defense secretary’s focus on “lethality” could lead to “wanton killing and wholesale destruction and disregard for law,” one Pentagon official said. interc.pt/3EoJdnA
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This state is stronger because of leaders like Bong Delrosario.
As Director of Transportation Policy and Programs in the Maryland Department of Disabilities, he works to improve transportation systems for all Marylanders, including testifying on our Model Employer Act.
As Director of Transportation Policy and Programs in the Maryland Department of Disabilities, he works to improve transportation systems for all Marylanders, including testifying on our Model Employer Act.
April 12, 2025 at 12:30 PM
This state is stronger because of leaders like Bong Delrosario.
As Director of Transportation Policy and Programs in the Maryland Department of Disabilities, he works to improve transportation systems for all Marylanders, including testifying on our Model Employer Act.
As Director of Transportation Policy and Programs in the Maryland Department of Disabilities, he works to improve transportation systems for all Marylanders, including testifying on our Model Employer Act.
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Don't overlook this: Trump is leaving Abrego Garcia to rot in a foreign gulag even though the admin can always bring him back and *retry him for deportation in a lawful way.* That they won't do this shows their case against him is nonsense.
New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1939...
New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1939...
Trump’s Horrifying Removal of Man in “Error” Takes an Even Darker Turn
The Trump administration could allow Kilmar Abrego Garcia back into the U.S. and try to deport him through proper channels. So why won’t it even do that?
newrepublic.com
April 12, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Don't overlook this: Trump is leaving Abrego Garcia to rot in a foreign gulag even though the admin can always bring him back and *retry him for deportation in a lawful way.* That they won't do this shows their case against him is nonsense.
New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1939...
New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1939...