Michelle Ku in CT
@michelleku4u.bsky.social
In no particular order: farmer's daughter, scientist, mom, actively involved in local and state government, aspires to be as accomplished as her mother and to contribute, as her father, to a better world
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is planning for the military to sever all ties with Scouting America, saying the group once known as the Boy Scouts is displaying their badges all wrong.
(I'm kidding, but the real reason is not much better)
www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
(I'm kidding, but the real reason is not much better)
www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'boy-friendly spaces'
Documents show the U.S. military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts.
www.npr.org
November 26, 2025 at 7:10 PM
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is planning for the military to sever all ties with Scouting America, saying the group once known as the Boy Scouts is displaying their badges all wrong.
(I'm kidding, but the real reason is not much better)
www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
(I'm kidding, but the real reason is not much better)
www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
Is this part of the MAHA movement that RFK is so well-known for?
The EPA is starting to allow the use of pesticides containing PFAS on food.
The move is part of an effort to roll back the regulation of what are called "forever chemicals" because they don't break down easily in the environment.
November 25, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Is this part of the MAHA movement that RFK is so well-known for?
Just two influential guys making the world a better place. 🙄
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 25, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Just two influential guys making the world a better place. 🙄
MTG claims to be supportive of Epstein's victims. When will she offer the same compassion to the Sandy Hook families, David Hogg, and Matt Gaetz' underaged victims?
November 22, 2025 at 1:46 AM
MTG claims to be supportive of Epstein's victims. When will she offer the same compassion to the Sandy Hook families, David Hogg, and Matt Gaetz' underaged victims?
While our Attorney General fights to feed our citizens, the President is fighting to take back the funds to do so.
Donald Trump wants us to take food off the plates of Connecticut families who finally just now got the chance to eat. Undo food stamps? Those funds were out the door on Saturday, and families were in the grocery stores all weekend. We’re fighting this one to the bitter end.
November 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
While our Attorney General fights to feed our citizens, the President is fighting to take back the funds to do so.
Reposted by Michelle Ku in CT
You can say those 20M are fucked, and they are. Which is precisely where they were after Big Ugly passed.
But please don't forget that 40M people were going to go hungry.
Worse comes to worse govt shuts down on Jan30 and SNAP can't be used as hostages.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/10/e...
But please don't forget that 40M people were going to go hungry.
Worse comes to worse govt shuts down on Jan30 and SNAP can't be used as hostages.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/10/e...
Eight Senate Dems Caved, and Caved Too Early - emptywheel
With one more week, Trump would have owned far more of the responsibility for SNAP and flight cutbacks.
www.emptywheel.net
November 10, 2025 at 1:42 PM
You can say those 20M are fucked, and they are. Which is precisely where they were after Big Ugly passed.
But please don't forget that 40M people were going to go hungry.
Worse comes to worse govt shuts down on Jan30 and SNAP can't be used as hostages.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/10/e...
But please don't forget that 40M people were going to go hungry.
Worse comes to worse govt shuts down on Jan30 and SNAP can't be used as hostages.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/10/e...
While our Attorney General fights to feed our citizens, the President is fighting to take back the funds to do so. Thankfully, the end of the government shutdown ends the cruelty. . . for the moment.
Donald Trump wants us to take food off the plates of Connecticut families who finally just now got the chance to eat. Undo food stamps? Those funds were out the door on Saturday, and families were in the grocery stores all weekend. We’re fighting this one to the bitter end.
November 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM
While our Attorney General fights to feed our citizens, the President is fighting to take back the funds to do so. Thankfully, the end of the government shutdown ends the cruelty. . . for the moment.
Remember "the forgotten man" from 2017 Trump's first speech as the leader of the free world?
"The establishment protected itself, but not the citizens of our country.
"Their victories have not been your victories; their triumphs have not been your triumphs;
"The establishment protected itself, but not the citizens of our country.
"Their victories have not been your victories; their triumphs have not been your triumphs;
November 10, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Remember "the forgotten man" from 2017 Trump's first speech as the leader of the free world?
"The establishment protected itself, but not the citizens of our country.
"Their victories have not been your victories; their triumphs have not been your triumphs;
"The establishment protected itself, but not the citizens of our country.
"Their victories have not been your victories; their triumphs have not been your triumphs;
It is infuriating to see dozens of videos from my hometown of ICE agents invading the community. The video below shows my best friend's apartment in the background. It's just a block from a school. . . all schools were on lock down because of the chaos. This is not making the community safer.
reposting this very violent scene following a rear-ending at Oakton and Asbury in Evanston as obtained by Matthew Eadie @ Evanston Now. it's really, really bad out there right now
November 4, 2025 at 3:00 AM
It is infuriating to see dozens of videos from my hometown of ICE agents invading the community. The video below shows my best friend's apartment in the background. It's just a block from a school. . . all schools were on lock down because of the chaos. This is not making the community safer.
At this point in this presidency, it seems irrelevant, but this can't possibly be legal.
BREAKING: Trump says he's punishing Canada with 10% extra import tax for not pulling down an anti-tariff ad sooner.
Trump punishes Canada with 10% extra import tax for not pulling down anti-tariffs ad sooner
President Donald Trump says he plans to hike tariffs on imports of Canadian goods by an extra 10% because of an anti-tariff television ad aired by the province of Ontario.
bit.ly
October 25, 2025 at 11:10 PM
At this point in this presidency, it seems irrelevant, but this can't possibly be legal.
Reposted by Michelle Ku in CT
Portland resists with whimsical improv theater, Chicago resists by screaming at weird jagoffs that don’t belong in the neighborhood. Every city brings its own strengths to the fight
The energy we need is this suburban dad standing out in the street -- barefoot with Blackhawks pajama pants on -- screaming at the masked goons to get the fuck out of their neighborhood.
More from the scene
October 25, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Portland resists with whimsical improv theater, Chicago resists by screaming at weird jagoffs that don’t belong in the neighborhood. Every city brings its own strengths to the fight
You know that game we play . . ."imagine if Obama did that"?
If we declare this a winner can we end the game?
If we declare this a winner can we end the game?
October 25, 2025 at 11:46 AM
You know that game we play . . ."imagine if Obama did that"?
If we declare this a winner can we end the game?
If we declare this a winner can we end the game?
Reposted by Michelle Ku in CT
More guns than people…
Is it freedom or a national death cult that keeps growing?
Is it freedom or a national death cult that keeps growing?
September 30, 2025 at 11:12 PM
More guns than people…
Is it freedom or a national death cult that keeps growing?
Is it freedom or a national death cult that keeps growing?
Ham sandwich indicted
BREAKING: Former FBI Director James Comey has been indicted on charges of making a false statement and obstruction, AP source says.
Ex-FBI Director James Comey charged with making false statement, obstruction, AP source says
James Comey has been charged with making a false statement and obstruction in a criminal case filed days after President Donald Trump appeared to urge his attorney general to prosecute the former FBI director and other perceived political enemies.
bit.ly
September 25, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Ham sandwich indicted
@maragay.bsky.social
I feel you. The thought of what could have been versus where we are brings me to the point of tears too.
I feel you. The thought of what could have been versus where we are brings me to the point of tears too.
September 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
@maragay.bsky.social
I feel you. The thought of what could have been versus where we are brings me to the point of tears too.
I feel you. The thought of what could have been versus where we are brings me to the point of tears too.
Reposted by Michelle Ku in CT
Every time your electricity bill goes up for the next 10 years, it can be traced back to this Administration’s actions.
They are making solar and wind power illegal to build in the United States. They are artificially restricting supply while demand is going up.
They are making solar and wind power illegal to build in the United States. They are artificially restricting supply while demand is going up.
The Transportation Department on Friday canceled $679 million in federal funding for a dozen offshore wind projects, the latest attack by the Trump administration on the reeling U.S. offshore wind industry.
https://to.pbs.org/45HtATc
https://to.pbs.org/45HtATc
Trump administration cancels $679 million in funding for offshore wind projects
The Transportation Department on Friday canceled $679 million in federal funding for a dozen offshore wind projects, the latest attack by the Trump administration on the reeling U.S. offshore wind ind...
www.pbs.org
August 30, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Every time your electricity bill goes up for the next 10 years, it can be traced back to this Administration’s actions.
They are making solar and wind power illegal to build in the United States. They are artificially restricting supply while demand is going up.
They are making solar and wind power illegal to build in the United States. They are artificially restricting supply while demand is going up.
Now, more than ever, scientists must adhere not only to scientific principles but also to a moral compass.
"We will live through this drought of values, principles, and facts and again apply our talents to improving global health and happiness. Do not back down."
www.statnews.com/2025/08/18/r...
"We will live through this drought of values, principles, and facts and again apply our talents to improving global health and happiness. Do not back down."
www.statnews.com/2025/08/18/r...
Former CDC Director William Foege: How public health can fight back in a time of dangerous nonsense
“Kennedy would be less hazardous if he decided to do cardiac surgery. Then he would kill people only one at a time,” writes former CDC Director William Foege.
www.statnews.com
August 18, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Now, more than ever, scientists must adhere not only to scientific principles but also to a moral compass.
"We will live through this drought of values, principles, and facts and again apply our talents to improving global health and happiness. Do not back down."
www.statnews.com/2025/08/18/r...
"We will live through this drought of values, principles, and facts and again apply our talents to improving global health and happiness. Do not back down."
www.statnews.com/2025/08/18/r...
Reposted by Michelle Ku in CT
As of today, all current NOAA Climate and Global Change postdoctoral fellows have been furloughed due to the Dept of Commerce not releasing the funding for the program. In addition no new Fellows were awarded this year. cpaess.ucar.edu/cgc
NOAA Climate & Global Change (C&GC) Postdoctoral Program | Cooperative Programs for the Advancement of Earth System ScienceNOAA Climate & Global Change (C&GC) Postdoctoral Program | Cooperative Progra...
cpaess.ucar.edu
July 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
As of today, all current NOAA Climate and Global Change postdoctoral fellows have been furloughed due to the Dept of Commerce not releasing the funding for the program. In addition no new Fellows were awarded this year. cpaess.ucar.edu/cgc
This is what makes us safe?
A stunning scoop from @mariasacchetti.bsky.social: Despite pledging to target criminals, the Trump administration has freed a three-time felon from prison in exchange for his testimony against Abrego, a wrongly deported man who has not been convicted of a crime www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Star witness against Kilmar Abrego García was due to be deported. Now he’s being freed.
Jose Ramon Hernandez Reyes is a three-time felon released early from federal prison to a halfway house in exchange for testifying against Kilmar Abrego García.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 29, 2025 at 11:40 AM
This is what makes us safe?
Is this what Trump voters wanted? ICE is going after the people who show up for work every day.
Texas farmers hit hard as migrant workers avoid ICE
‘100%’ didn’t show up to work due to raids, farmer says
DONNA, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Rio Grande Valley farmers say they are feeling the effects of having no workers show up due to the continued U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids. Far…
www.valleycentral.com
June 25, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Is this what Trump voters wanted? ICE is going after the people who show up for work every day.
Marco Rubio is saying Iran should not have weapons of mass destruction. I agree. But that has been the case for decades. How is this moment dire enough that the President should be allowed to bomb another country without Congressional approval?
June 22, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Marco Rubio is saying Iran should not have weapons of mass destruction. I agree. But that has been the case for decades. How is this moment dire enough that the President should be allowed to bomb another country without Congressional approval?
Our medical system is going to be a shambles before we know it. Millions will lose Medicaid/Medicare, medical research will be cut, hospitals will have to cover the costs of uninsured, holes will be left where international students previously filled roles, and RFK Jr will undermine all trust.
“If international medical graduates can’t start their medical residencies on time on July 1, the ramifications are so far-reaching that it is really unconscionable,” said Kimberly Pierce Burke, executive director of the Alliance of Independent Academic Medical Centers.”
Trump Travel Restrictions Bar Residents Needed at U.S. Hospitals
www.nytimes.com
June 19, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Our medical system is going to be a shambles before we know it. Millions will lose Medicaid/Medicare, medical research will be cut, hospitals will have to cover the costs of uninsured, holes will be left where international students previously filled roles, and RFK Jr will undermine all trust.
The assault on our medical system is going to hit us all soon, whether it's the people losing Medicare or Medicaid, medical facilities having to eat the cost of treating the uninsured, the loss of medical research funding, or the hole left by the international students who don't fill positions.
“If international medical graduates can’t start their medical residencies on time on July 1, the ramifications are so far-reaching that it is really unconscionable,” said Kimberly Pierce Burke, executive director of the Alliance of Independent Academic Medical Centers.”
Trump Travel Restrictions Bar Residents Needed at U.S. Hospitals
www.nytimes.com
June 19, 2025 at 2:18 AM
The assault on our medical system is going to hit us all soon, whether it's the people losing Medicare or Medicaid, medical facilities having to eat the cost of treating the uninsured, the loss of medical research funding, or the hole left by the international students who don't fill positions.
Reposted by Michelle Ku in CT
“If international medical graduates can’t start their medical residencies on time on July 1, the ramifications are so far-reaching that it is really unconscionable,” said Kimberly Pierce Burke, executive director of the Alliance of Independent Academic Medical Centers.”
Trump Travel Restrictions Bar Residents Needed at U.S. Hospitals
www.nytimes.com
June 19, 2025 at 1:52 AM
“If international medical graduates can’t start their medical residencies on time on July 1, the ramifications are so far-reaching that it is really unconscionable,” said Kimberly Pierce Burke, executive director of the Alliance of Independent Academic Medical Centers.”
Surprise! Surprise! The man responsible (but who has not taken any responsibility) for fueling the measles outbreak in Samoa in 2019, which resulted in 83 deaths, has replaced a panel of vaccine experts with anti-vaxxers.
Reading about RFK Jr.'s new picks to run the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and they are exactly who you thought they would be. A big group of dangerous anti-vaxxers. They're going to make the public scared of vaccines so no one wants them anymore.
June 12, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Surprise! Surprise! The man responsible (but who has not taken any responsibility) for fueling the measles outbreak in Samoa in 2019, which resulted in 83 deaths, has replaced a panel of vaccine experts with anti-vaxxers.