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"[S]everal international organizations had offered to buy or accept a donation of the contraceptives [possibly recouping taxpayer funds in the process].
Instead the administration decided to proceed with destroying the products, an operation that was estimated to cost $167,000."
Instead the administration decided to proceed with destroying the products, an operation that was estimated to cost $167,000."
$10 Million in Contraceptives Have Been Destroyed on Orders From Trump Officials
www.nytimes.com
September 12, 2025 at 12:01 AM
"[S]everal international organizations had offered to buy or accept a donation of the contraceptives [possibly recouping taxpayer funds in the process].
Instead the administration decided to proceed with destroying the products, an operation that was estimated to cost $167,000."
Instead the administration decided to proceed with destroying the products, an operation that was estimated to cost $167,000."
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When I say Dems are voting to ban trans rights, I mean they are voting to ban ALL trans rights.
Included in the military funding bill are these provisions impacting trans people in the military:
- A bathroom ban
- A ban on correct gender markers on forms
- A healthcare ban
- A sports ban
Included in the military funding bill are these provisions impacting trans people in the military:
- A bathroom ban
- A ban on correct gender markers on forms
- A healthcare ban
- A sports ban
September 11, 2025 at 4:27 AM
When I say Dems are voting to ban trans rights, I mean they are voting to ban ALL trans rights.
Included in the military funding bill are these provisions impacting trans people in the military:
- A bathroom ban
- A ban on correct gender markers on forms
- A healthcare ban
- A sports ban
Included in the military funding bill are these provisions impacting trans people in the military:
- A bathroom ban
- A ban on correct gender markers on forms
- A healthcare ban
- A sports ban
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Jones: I want to bring theology into this because you have all these people that want to give thoughts and prayers. But I was a minister, and that is a form of theological malpractice—when you pray for something you have the power to change.
August 30, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Jones: I want to bring theology into this because you have all these people that want to give thoughts and prayers. But I was a minister, and that is a form of theological malpractice—when you pray for something you have the power to change.
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If you're out and about in #Chicago today (where the weather is beautiful!), consider visiting the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley (www.nps.gov/places/rober...) and Pullman monuments (www.nps.gov/pull/index.htm) to take some pics for #SaveOurSigns- and don't forget to upload at saveoursigns.org
Save Our Signs - Photo submission
A crowd-sourced photo collection of National Parks Service signs to preserve copies before they can be removed, and to document any changes that are made.
saveoursigns.org
August 31, 2025 at 5:30 PM
If you're out and about in #Chicago today (where the weather is beautiful!), consider visiting the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley (www.nps.gov/places/rober...) and Pullman monuments (www.nps.gov/pull/index.htm) to take some pics for #SaveOurSigns- and don't forget to upload at saveoursigns.org
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New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!
August 31, 2025 at 5:04 PM
New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!
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"this product is good because it's like having a pocket full of PhDs" just suggests to me you've never actually been in a room with a bunch of experts on a topic.
You think you're going to come away with a quick, simple, easy-to-digest summary of their expertise? Think again.
You think you're going to come away with a quick, simple, easy-to-digest summary of their expertise? Think again.
August 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
"this product is good because it's like having a pocket full of PhDs" just suggests to me you've never actually been in a room with a bunch of experts on a topic.
You think you're going to come away with a quick, simple, easy-to-digest summary of their expertise? Think again.
You think you're going to come away with a quick, simple, easy-to-digest summary of their expertise? Think again.
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This is fantastic work! Thanks for providing this @envirodgi.bsky.social
In a new report, EDGI documents the second Trump administration’s control of federal environmental information in its first 6 months. We found that environmental justice & climate change information have been broadly rewritten & deleted. Learn more: envirodatagov.org/publication/...
Climate of Suppression: Environmental Information Under the Second Trump Administration – Environmental Data and Governance Initiative
The report Climate of Suppression: Environmental Information Under the Second Trump Administration examines management of federal websites related to environmental regulation in the first six months o...
envirodatagov.org
August 7, 2025 at 12:30 PM
This is fantastic work! Thanks for providing this @envirodgi.bsky.social
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If you are signed up with us and in Mattermost, please check in. We have an urgent rescue that could use some help in the next three weeks. It is for the HIFLD Open GIS repository. hifld-geoplatform.hub.arcgis.com/search
#DataRescue
#DataRescue
HIFLD
HIFLD provides high-quality geospatial data our nation’s most essential missions – including law
enforcement, border protection, emergency management, critical infrastructure protection, and national...
hifld-geoplatform.hub.arcgis.com
August 5, 2025 at 8:36 PM
If you are signed up with us and in Mattermost, please check in. We have an urgent rescue that could use some help in the next three weeks. It is for the HIFLD Open GIS repository. hifld-geoplatform.hub.arcgis.com/search
#DataRescue
#DataRescue
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DISASTROUS. This means they will send people to horrific situations with no due process — in direct violation of promises the Solicitor General made to the Court in previous cases.
This greenlights sending people to be enslaved in Libya or tortured in any random foreign country.
This greenlights sending people to be enslaved in Libya or tortured in any random foreign country.
#BREAKING: Over a (sharp) public dissent from the three Democratic appointees, #SCOTUS clears the way for the Trump administration to remove migrants to third countries *without* giving them an additional opportunity to contest whether they face persecution or other forms of mistreatment there:
www.supremecourt.gov
June 23, 2025 at 8:36 PM
DISASTROUS. This means they will send people to horrific situations with no due process — in direct violation of promises the Solicitor General made to the Court in previous cases.
This greenlights sending people to be enslaved in Libya or tortured in any random foreign country.
This greenlights sending people to be enslaved in Libya or tortured in any random foreign country.
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"I think humanity can survive just about anything as long as it responds to chaos with creativity. But to hold on to our creativity will be a battle all on its own."
irinadumitrescu.substack.com/p/the-world-...
irinadumitrescu.substack.com/p/the-world-...
The world is in chaos. It's time to make your art.
But you have to make it yourself.
irinadumitrescu.substack.com
May 14, 2025 at 12:58 PM
"I think humanity can survive just about anything as long as it responds to chaos with creativity. But to hold on to our creativity will be a battle all on its own."
irinadumitrescu.substack.com/p/the-world-...
irinadumitrescu.substack.com/p/the-world-...
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New DRP post: Our partner, RDAP, held a Data Rescue Hackathon, and it went really well. Read more about their work on NCES (Education) data and helping @icpsr.bsky.social with metadata clean-ups!
www.datarescueproject.org/rdap-data-re...
www.datarescueproject.org/rdap-data-re...
RDAP Data Rescue Hackathon
Our partner group, RDAP, hosted a virtual Data Rescue Hackathon. Find out more about the work they completed and how to get involved!
www.datarescueproject.org
May 14, 2025 at 12:47 PM
New DRP post: Our partner, RDAP, held a Data Rescue Hackathon, and it went really well. Read more about their work on NCES (Education) data and helping @icpsr.bsky.social with metadata clean-ups!
www.datarescueproject.org/rdap-data-re...
www.datarescueproject.org/rdap-data-re...
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The % who support Medicaid cuts in 2026 battleground districts:
IA-01 (Miller Meeks): 9%
AK-AL (Begich): 9%
CO-08 (Evans): 8%
PA-07 (Mackenzie): 8%
PA-10 (Perry): 9%
PA-08 (Bresnahan): 8%
NE-02 (Bacon): 8%
AZ-06 (Ciscomani): 9%
WI-03 (Van Orden): 8%
CA-41 (Calvert): 8%
IA-01 (Miller Meeks): 9%
AK-AL (Begich): 9%
CO-08 (Evans): 8%
PA-07 (Mackenzie): 8%
PA-10 (Perry): 9%
PA-08 (Bresnahan): 8%
NE-02 (Bacon): 8%
AZ-06 (Ciscomani): 9%
WI-03 (Van Orden): 8%
CA-41 (Calvert): 8%
There is not a single congressional district in the U.S. where more than 15% of voters support cuts to Medicaid.
May 13, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The % who support Medicaid cuts in 2026 battleground districts:
IA-01 (Miller Meeks): 9%
AK-AL (Begich): 9%
CO-08 (Evans): 8%
PA-07 (Mackenzie): 8%
PA-10 (Perry): 9%
PA-08 (Bresnahan): 8%
NE-02 (Bacon): 8%
AZ-06 (Ciscomani): 9%
WI-03 (Van Orden): 8%
CA-41 (Calvert): 8%
IA-01 (Miller Meeks): 9%
AK-AL (Begich): 9%
CO-08 (Evans): 8%
PA-07 (Mackenzie): 8%
PA-10 (Perry): 9%
PA-08 (Bresnahan): 8%
NE-02 (Bacon): 8%
AZ-06 (Ciscomani): 9%
WI-03 (Van Orden): 8%
CA-41 (Calvert): 8%
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AI is the ideal technology to accompany the decline of America.
It caters to the entitled, to those who have no desire to learn and think they know everything, it destroys creativity and critical thinking, and lays the cultural foundation for fascism.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/artificial...
It caters to the entitled, to those who have no desire to learn and think they know everything, it destroys creativity and critical thinking, and lays the cultural foundation for fascism.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/artificial...
Artificial Intelligence and American Decline
Something very disturbing is happening with the proliferation of artificial intelligence
jaredyatessexton.substack.com
May 8, 2025 at 2:20 PM
AI is the ideal technology to accompany the decline of America.
It caters to the entitled, to those who have no desire to learn and think they know everything, it destroys creativity and critical thinking, and lays the cultural foundation for fascism.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/artificial...
It caters to the entitled, to those who have no desire to learn and think they know everything, it destroys creativity and critical thinking, and lays the cultural foundation for fascism.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/artificial...
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Very worried this is a sign of what’s to come more broadly. (It’s already here in some places.)
May 8, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Very worried this is a sign of what’s to come more broadly. (It’s already here in some places.)
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Read Santa Ono's declaration for why he is going to be President of Florida, and contrast it with the actual situation in Florida. (Thread below).
He believes and endorses assault on campus speech and academic freedom, at least if it will get him $3M a year.
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
He believes and endorses assault on campus speech and academic freedom, at least if it will get him $3M a year.
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
May 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Read Santa Ono's declaration for why he is going to be President of Florida, and contrast it with the actual situation in Florida. (Thread below).
He believes and endorses assault on campus speech and academic freedom, at least if it will get him $3M a year.
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
He believes and endorses assault on campus speech and academic freedom, at least if it will get him $3M a year.
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
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We are out here to #ProtectMedicaid
Everyone who has Medicaid NEEDS Medicaid. We will fight, and we will win!
Everyone who has Medicaid NEEDS Medicaid. We will fight, and we will win!
24-hour vigil to save Medicaid takes over National Mall
"This is a matter of life and death for millions of people," said Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin.
www.motherjones.com
May 7, 2025 at 9:28 PM
We are out here to #ProtectMedicaid
Everyone who has Medicaid NEEDS Medicaid. We will fight, and we will win!
Everyone who has Medicaid NEEDS Medicaid. We will fight, and we will win!
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NEW: The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.
Under Texas’ Abortion Ban, Where a Woman Lives Can Determine Her Risk of Developing Sepsis
While the rates of dangerous infections spiked across the state after it banned abortion in 2021, women in Houston fared far worse than those in Dallas, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind ana...
www.propublica.org
May 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM
NEW: The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.
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The North Carolina Senate Judiciary Committee advanced a bill Tuesday morning imposing civil penalties on workers and protesters who conduct “mass pickets” that are deemed obstructive or violent by a court of law. ncnewsline.com/2025/04/29/n... @kingdollar.bsky.social #ncpol #ncga
NC Senate Judiciary panel passes bill restricting mass picketing at workplaces • NC Newsline
A North Carolina Senate bill would impose civil penalties on protesters who conduct mass pickets deemed obstructive or violent.
ncnewsline.com
April 29, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The North Carolina Senate Judiciary Committee advanced a bill Tuesday morning imposing civil penalties on workers and protesters who conduct “mass pickets” that are deemed obstructive or violent by a court of law. ncnewsline.com/2025/04/29/n... @kingdollar.bsky.social #ncpol #ncga
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I often think about this. There are *so many* sectors where the policy solutions are settled, agreed upon, entirely uncontroversial among experts, and completely ignored. It’s overwhelming.
There should be a national policy conference entitled "Why We Can't Have Nice Things" where elected representatives, policymakers, officials and citizens talk about policy areas where the most effective policy solutions are largely known and agreed, but which remain unimplemented.
April 30, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I often think about this. There are *so many* sectors where the policy solutions are settled, agreed upon, entirely uncontroversial among experts, and completely ignored. It’s overwhelming.
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"From the perspective of the most anti-science, anti-intellectual administration the country’s history, it makes a lot of sense. From that of the 40% or so of the entire population who will develop cancer in their lifetimes and the 100% who will know and care about them, it does not." 🧪 #handsoffNIH
Here is my story on the NCI's Board of Scientific Advisors being disbanded. I have confirmed with a number of the members now.
National Cancer Institute Apparently Shouldn't Bother With All That Pesky Science
Splinter is your home for news and opinions that challenge power in our political and economic system that's becoming more unhinged each and every day.
www.splinter.com
April 29, 2025 at 4:57 PM
"From the perspective of the most anti-science, anti-intellectual administration the country’s history, it makes a lot of sense. From that of the 40% or so of the entire population who will develop cancer in their lifetimes and the 100% who will know and care about them, it does not." 🧪 #handsoffNIH
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Every so often I remember that Mitch McConnell, who saw Trump with clarity, could have chosen to end him as a political force, but decided it was someone else's problem.
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
April 30, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Every so often I remember that Mitch McConnell, who saw Trump with clarity, could have chosen to end him as a political force, but decided it was someone else's problem.
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
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Ongoing pattern that extends from foreign students, to Governors, to CEOs. Presenting any information that undermines the state narrative is "hostile" with the implication that it will be punished with retribution from the state.
This is the strategy of a weak regime afraid of transparency.
This is the strategy of a weak regime afraid of transparency.
REPORTER: Amazon will soon display a number next to the price of each product that shows how much the Trump tariffs are adding. Isn't that a perfect demonstration that it's the American consumer who is paying for these policies?
LEAVITT: This is a hostile and political act by Amazon.
LEAVITT: This is a hostile and political act by Amazon.
April 29, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Ongoing pattern that extends from foreign students, to Governors, to CEOs. Presenting any information that undermines the state narrative is "hostile" with the implication that it will be punished with retribution from the state.
This is the strategy of a weak regime afraid of transparency.
This is the strategy of a weak regime afraid of transparency.
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House GOP reconciliation language kills the FTC's antitrust authority by transferring it to DOJ judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
April 28, 2025 at 6:46 PM
House GOP reconciliation language kills the FTC's antitrust authority by transferring it to DOJ judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...