Michael L. Simpson
@molelect.bsky.social
Scientist, educator, free thinker, hiker
"The 4th Branch of Government" can hold the 3 official branches of government to account. Voting is an extremely important use of your power, but you still have power between elections. You are an American -- Do not cede that power to the king.
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Republicans Face Angry Voters at Town Halls, Hinting at Broader Backlash (Gift Article)
After a monthlong honeymoon for the G.O.P. at the start of President Trump’s term, lawmakers are confronting a groundswell of fear and disaffection in districts around the country.
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February 23, 2025 at 4:31 PM
"The 4th Branch of Government" can hold the 3 official branches of government to account. Voting is an extremely important use of your power, but you still have power between elections. You are an American -- Do not cede that power to the king.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/u...
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Dear Mexico, Canada, Panama, and Europe:
100 percent tariffs on Tesla.
100 percent tariffs on Tesla.
February 2, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Dear Mexico, Canada, Panama, and Europe:
100 percent tariffs on Tesla.
100 percent tariffs on Tesla.
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Fact Checker by Glenn Kessler | At a news conference, President Trump read a list of conditions he called disqualifying.
But here’s the rub: During Trump’s first term, the FAA began a program to hire air traffic controllers with the conditions that Trump decried.
But here’s the rub: During Trump’s first term, the FAA began a program to hire air traffic controllers with the conditions that Trump decried.
Analysis | Trump launched air controller diversity program that he now decries
At a news conference, Trump read a list of conditions he called disqualifying, but his administration started such hiring in 2019.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 31, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Fact Checker by Glenn Kessler | At a news conference, President Trump read a list of conditions he called disqualifying.
But here’s the rub: During Trump’s first term, the FAA began a program to hire air traffic controllers with the conditions that Trump decried.
But here’s the rub: During Trump’s first term, the FAA began a program to hire air traffic controllers with the conditions that Trump decried.
@molelect.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy I'm still learning my way around Bluesky, and at the same time, the Fediverse. So, now I have both my original Bluesky account and this account on Friendica that comes across the bridge
January 31, 2025 at 2:06 PM
@molelect.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy I'm still learning my way around Bluesky, and at the same time, the Fediverse. So, now I have both my original Bluesky account and this account on Friendica that comes across the bridge
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Dozens of world leaders joined a dwindling group of Nazi death camp survivors on Monday in Poland to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, where more than 1.1 million people, mostly Jews, were murdered. nyti.ms/42wHSom
January 27, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Dozens of world leaders joined a dwindling group of Nazi death camp survivors on Monday in Poland to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, where more than 1.1 million people, mostly Jews, were murdered. nyti.ms/42wHSom
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we have a president with a tenuous grip on small legislative majorities who is out of the gate with a flurry of dramatically unpopular orders and who has just demonstrated his weakness on the international stage. if i were an elected member of his domestic opposition, i might try to draw real blood.
January 27, 2025 at 4:55 PM
we have a president with a tenuous grip on small legislative majorities who is out of the gate with a flurry of dramatically unpopular orders and who has just demonstrated his weakness on the international stage. if i were an elected member of his domestic opposition, i might try to draw real blood.
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Renewable energy sources were supposed to take over the grid.
However, as President Donald Trump takes the reins, threatening tariffs and halting new permitting for wind, the country is drifting further away from an all-renewable future.
However, as President Donald Trump takes the reins, threatening tariffs and halting new permitting for wind, the country is drifting further away from an all-renewable future.
Renewables were supposed to take over the grid. Instead they’re falling short.
Renewable energy sources were supposed to take over the grid. Instead, they’re falling short, and Trump’s wind ban executive order will only make things worse.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 27, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Renewable energy sources were supposed to take over the grid.
However, as President Donald Trump takes the reins, threatening tariffs and halting new permitting for wind, the country is drifting further away from an all-renewable future.
However, as President Donald Trump takes the reins, threatening tariffs and halting new permitting for wind, the country is drifting further away from an all-renewable future.
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Our town hall tonight will now be hosted on YouTube Live. Watch at 8pm ET as we discuss how civil servants can navigate the challenging landscape. Submit private questions to: info@civilservicestrong.org; a recording will be posted on YT post-event. Link to YT Live: bit.ly/democracyforwardtownhall
January 27, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Our town hall tonight will now be hosted on YouTube Live. Watch at 8pm ET as we discuss how civil servants can navigate the challenging landscape. Submit private questions to: info@civilservicestrong.org; a recording will be posted on YT post-event. Link to YT Live: bit.ly/democracyforwardtownhall
People always ask me about bears on the AT....personally, I've been more fascinated by the little creatures
January 27, 2025 at 4:07 PM
People always ask me about bears on the AT....personally, I've been more fascinated by the little creatures
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January 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Follow along as the kill democracy plan (www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...) happens in the USA
January 25, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Follow along as the kill democracy plan (www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...) happens in the USA
When struggling with life, I often find it useful to remember my first principles
January 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
When struggling with life, I often find it useful to remember my first principles
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i love that bishop baddie’s book is on being brave. #church @mariannedgarbudde.store
January 24, 2025 at 4:48 PM
i love that bishop baddie’s book is on being brave. #church @mariannedgarbudde.store
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The Trump-Vance administration is wasting no time in adopting policies that show a callous disregard for women’s lives. Follow us to find out when they take harmful or unlawful actions at: DemocracyForward.org and view our full statement at: bit.ly/df_jan24statement
January 25, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I agree....but so easy to say...so hard to accomplish
To those flabbergasted & shocked by this week, please remember our country won't change until millions of apathetic people feel what you're feeling right now.
It will take TIME. Don't lose yourself in the interim. Find ways to feel safe, feel joy, love a lot.
Build a stoic calm amidst the chaos. 🕊
It will take TIME. Don't lose yourself in the interim. Find ways to feel safe, feel joy, love a lot.
Build a stoic calm amidst the chaos. 🕊
January 24, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I agree....but so easy to say...so hard to accomplish
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“The rest of us, too, must keep the horrors of Jan. 6 from being forgotten,” writes Brendan Ballou, a former federal prosecutor who resigned this week from the Department of Justice. "For in a time when many politicians’ careers depend on forgetting, memory itself is an act of resistance."
Opinion | I Prosecuted the Capitol Rioters. I Know Why Trump Pardoned Them.
Trump’s pardons will encourage more violence.
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2025 at 11:28 AM
“The rest of us, too, must keep the horrors of Jan. 6 from being forgotten,” writes Brendan Ballou, a former federal prosecutor who resigned this week from the Department of Justice. "For in a time when many politicians’ careers depend on forgetting, memory itself is an act of resistance."