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joekatz45.bsky.social
Again: *the federal government is dropping charges against gang members so that they will not reveal those gang members have cut a deal to back their dictator friend politically*
But the Trump administration has not acknowledged another reason Mr. Bukele would want them back: U.S. prosecutors have amassed substantial evidence of a corrupt pact between the Salvadoran government and some high-ranking MS-13 leaders, who they say agreed to drive down violence and bolster Mr. Bukele politically in exchange for cash and perks in jail, a New York Times investigation found. The deal with El Salvador heralded by Mr. Trump as a crackdown on crime is actually undermining a longstanding U.S. inquiry into the gang, according to multiple people with knowledge of the initiative. Two major ongoing cases against some of the gang’s highest-ranking leaders could be badly damaged, and other defendants could be less likely to cooperate or testify in court, they said.
June 30, 2025 at 9:36 PM
littlebear1127.bsky.social
#NoKings in Memphis
Protesters with signs surrounding a brass band
June 15, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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As part of Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill," the House voted to end a retirement supplement aimed at helping federal employees who retire before they're 62.
She served the American people for 35 years. Now her retirement income is on the line
As part of Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill," the House voted to end a retirement supplement aimed at helping federal employees who retire before they're 62.
n.pr
June 14, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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paulginva.bsky.social
Man comes to the US from Lebanon. Starts out delivering pizzas, becomes a Nobel winning neuroscientist. Trump freezes his funding, he gets an email from China offering to move his lab “any city, any university I want" with guaranteed funding for 20 years.

What are we doing?
Ardem Patapoutian's story is not just the American dream, it is the dream of American science. He arrived in Los Angeles in 1986 at age 18 after fleeing war-torn Lebanon. He spent a year writing for an Armenian newspaper and delivering Domino's at night to become eligible for the University of California, where he earned his undergraduate degree and a postdoctoral fellowship in neuroscience. He started a lab at Scripps Research in San Diego with a grant from the National Institutes of Health, discovered the way humans sense touch, and in 2021 won the Nobel Prize. But with the Trump administration slashing spending on science, Dr. Patapoutian's federal grant to develop new approaches to treating pain has been frozen. In late February, he posted on Bluesky that such cuts would damage biomedical research and prompt an exodus of talent from the United States. Within hours, he had an email from China, offering to move his lab to "any city, any university I want," he said, with a guarantee of funding for the next 20 years.
June 3, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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bcfinucane.bsky.social
The Trump administration is invoking national security to deport people for constitutionally protected speech and to send migrants to a foreign prison on spurious legal grounds, alternative facts, and without due process.

Meanwhile:

www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Musk to Receive Top-Secret Briefing on U.S. War Plans for China
The Trump adviser is expected to get a look at the Pentagon blueprint despite his companies’ financial stakes in China and defense contracts.
www.wsj.com
March 21, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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hhesterm.bsky.social
US SPS measures under threat. www.wired.com/story/usda-f...
DOGE’s Cuts at the USDA Could Cause US Grocery Prices to Rise and Invasive Species to Spread
Thousands of US Department of Agriculture employees, including food inspectors and disease-sniffing dog trainers, remain out of work, leaving food to rot in ports and pests to proliferate.
www.wired.com
March 17, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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brandonfriedman.bsky.social
This is blood-boiling. Charles Rogers was awarded the Medal of Honor in Vietnam after being wounded three times leading the defense of a position.

Google his name and the entry below comes up. When you click, you'll see the page has been deleted and the URL changed to include "DEI medal."
Wikipedia image of Major General (Ret.) Charles C. Rogers Defense.gov google return: Medal of Honor Monday: Army Maj. Gen. Charles Calvin Rogers Defense.gov 404 - Page Not Found https://www.defense.gov/News/Feature-Stories/Story/Article/2824721/deimedal-of-honor-monday-army-maj-gen-charles-calvin-rogers/
March 16, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
The tariffs are on. ... Now they're off! ... And on again. ... Wait, OFF! ... On. Off! .... And still off, tricked you!
a large group of people in green netflix uniforms
ALT: a large group of people in green netflix uniforms
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March 6, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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kyledcheney.bsky.social
JUST IN: Another medical horror story in an affidavit from a USAID employee stationed overseas. Says his pregnant wife was not medevac-ed for emergency health care because of directives from DC. Took intervention of a U.S. senator to reverse — but was too late. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
February 18, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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mccdave.bsky.social
A good response to impoundment and the IG firings by Senate Dems would be to grind everything in that chamber to a halt. No unanimous consent, holds on everything, wide use of the filibuster. Make it painful to move anything. Trump’s violations demand a proportionate response, not business as usual.
sharonk.bsky.social Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · Jan 28
I'm fine with the Senate Dems posting whatever if even a single one was hammering about the illegal impoundment going on right now.
January 28, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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factpostnews.bsky.social
Here is a montage of Trump bragging about banning TikTok
January 19, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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mtredden.bsky.social
Short of impoundments, the admin may test all sorts of ways to kill programs they don't like. Grants getting held up indefinitely. Funding rules suddenly shifting.

If you work in federal government and spot these kinds of changes, reach out: www.propublica.org/article/seco...
Some Issues and Topics Our Reporters Will Be Following in a Second Trump Presidency — and How to Get in Touch
During Donald Trump’s second presidency, ProPublica will continue our focus on the areas most in need of scrutiny. Here are some of the issues our reporters will be watching — and how to get in touch ...
www.propublica.org
November 26, 2024 at 3:04 PM