Lauren Glynn
@laurenglynn.bsky.social
BSE masters student | systems thinker |data&human-driven policy | 🏳️🌈 | tell your dog hi
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Each week, The Contrarian selects "Undaunted" individuals working to defend democracy
This week's spotlight: Inspectors General
IGs are the unsung heroes of the federal government— working to hold agencies accountable. Now, they're being sidelined when oversight is needed most
This week's spotlight: Inspectors General
IGs are the unsung heroes of the federal government— working to hold agencies accountable. Now, they're being sidelined when oversight is needed most
Undaunted
The unsung heroes of the federal government
contrarian.substack.com
February 14, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Each week, The Contrarian selects "Undaunted" individuals working to defend democracy
This week's spotlight: Inspectors General
IGs are the unsung heroes of the federal government— working to hold agencies accountable. Now, they're being sidelined when oversight is needed most
This week's spotlight: Inspectors General
IGs are the unsung heroes of the federal government— working to hold agencies accountable. Now, they're being sidelined when oversight is needed most
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DOGE has access to highly classified information, but can't seem to keep its own website secure. www.404media.co/anyone-can-p...
Anyone Can Push Updates to the DOGE.gov Website
"THESE 'EXPERTS' LEFT THEIR DATABASE OPEN."
www.404media.co
February 14, 2025 at 3:45 PM
DOGE has access to highly classified information, but can't seem to keep its own website secure. www.404media.co/anyone-can-p...
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it begins
If there is any doubt that tariffs are passed through to consumers, the cost of propane to heat my house just went up by the amount of the tariff
February 2, 2025 at 5:44 PM
it begins
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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...
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
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...
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
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For my new @motherjones.com piece on Trump's tariffs, I pulled graphics from the Observatory of Economic Complexity showing where the US gets imported a) lumber, b) steel, c) cement, and d) plastic building materials. Another fiasco for the families who lost everything to recent fires and floods.
February 1, 2025 at 6:29 PM
For my new @motherjones.com piece on Trump's tariffs, I pulled graphics from the Observatory of Economic Complexity showing where the US gets imported a) lumber, b) steel, c) cement, and d) plastic building materials. Another fiasco for the families who lost everything to recent fires and floods.
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For all of those who have posted my cartoon with my signature cut off, here is the original.
January 24, 2025 at 2:02 AM
For all of those who have posted my cartoon with my signature cut off, here is the original.
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The folks obsessively posting about egg prices for the past few years have gone strangely quiet just as egg prices hit an all-time high.
January 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
The folks obsessively posting about egg prices for the past few years have gone strangely quiet just as egg prices hit an all-time high.