Michelle
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Anxious coastal plebian. Can't believe we're doing this again.
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This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH
March 15, 2025 at 5:32 PM
This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH
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More fallout from Donald Trump.
There’s not enough money in the budget to give his big donors tax cuts - so he’s going after veterans benefits to pay for them.
There’s not enough money in the budget to give his big donors tax cuts - so he’s going after veterans benefits to pay for them.
Keep an eye on what's happening at the VA.
With just 2,400 people fired, the VA has descended into chaos:
Clinical trials disrupted, vital contracts canceled, veterans' care delayed.
Now they want to fire another *80,000* workers.
GIFT ARTICLE to read/share.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/09/u...
With just 2,400 people fired, the VA has descended into chaos:
Clinical trials disrupted, vital contracts canceled, veterans' care delayed.
Now they want to fire another *80,000* workers.
GIFT ARTICLE to read/share.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/09/u...
Chaos at the V.A.: Inside the DOGE Cuts Disrupting the Veterans Agency (Gift Article)
Clinical trials have been delayed, contracts canceled and support staff fired. With deeper cuts coming, some are warning of potential harms to veterans.
www.nytimes.com
March 10, 2025 at 5:12 AM
More fallout from Donald Trump.
There’s not enough money in the budget to give his big donors tax cuts - so he’s going after veterans benefits to pay for them.
There’s not enough money in the budget to give his big donors tax cuts - so he’s going after veterans benefits to pay for them.
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This affidavit, filed by a former Social Security employee in one of the DOGE cases, reveals a shocking exposure of personal info to DOGE operatives & possible compromise of parts of the system. Everyone should read this. Start at para 9. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
March 10, 2025 at 2:20 AM
This affidavit, filed by a former Social Security employee in one of the DOGE cases, reveals a shocking exposure of personal info to DOGE operatives & possible compromise of parts of the system. Everyone should read this. Start at para 9. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Tuberculosis, the deadliest infectious disease on the planet, kills more than 1.25M people a year. New infections are expected to surge by 30% as a result of closing USAID, a memo says. The increase will inevitably lead to cases in the U.S.
Internal Memos: Senior USAID Leaders Warned Trump Appointees of Hundreds of Thousands of Deaths From Closing Agency
One million children will go untreated for severe malnutrition, up to 166,000 people will die from malaria and 200,000 more children will be paralyzed by polio over the next decade, the memos…
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March 10, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Tuberculosis, the deadliest infectious disease on the planet, kills more than 1.25M people a year. New infections are expected to surge by 30% as a result of closing USAID, a memo says. The increase will inevitably lead to cases in the U.S.
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/bl...
Block Donald Trump’s Attempts to Abolish the Department of Education
Public education in this country is under attack. And Trump has already made clear his intentions to undermine public education even further at every turn—including the extreme proposal to completely ...
sign.moveon.org
March 9, 2025 at 6:00 AM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/bl...
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Four senior members of Donald Trump’s entourage have held secret discussions with some of Kyiv’s top political opponents to Volodymyr Zelenskyy, just as Washington aligns with Moscow in seeking to lever the Ukrainian president out of his job.
Top Trump allies hold secret talks with Zelenskyy’s Ukrainian opponents
As Washington ramps up its pressure on Zelenskyy to step aside, his rivals are talking to Trump’s team.
ow.ly
March 6, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Four senior members of Donald Trump’s entourage have held secret discussions with some of Kyiv’s top political opponents to Volodymyr Zelenskyy, just as Washington aligns with Moscow in seeking to lever the Ukrainian president out of his job.
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Captain Bones Spurs is firing 82K employees of Veteran’s Affairs.
March 6, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Captain Bones Spurs is firing 82K employees of Veteran’s Affairs.
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So, on the Credit Union front. There are rumors that the NCUA is going to RIF 20% of their workforce. They have already stopped publishing fees charged to members. For your information, NCUA employees are paid by SIFC(think FDIC for banks). This would be the very definition of wrongful terminations.
www.consumerfinancemonitor.com
March 6, 2025 at 12:28 AM
So, on the Credit Union front. There are rumors that the NCUA is going to RIF 20% of their workforce. They have already stopped publishing fees charged to members. For your information, NCUA employees are paid by SIFC(think FDIC for banks). This would be the very definition of wrongful terminations.
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What a photo.
Green must be the start of something, not the end.
Green must be the start of something, not the end.
March 6, 2025 at 2:39 AM
What a photo.
Green must be the start of something, not the end.
Green must be the start of something, not the end.
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For those who wanted to share this video off platform. Here it is on YouTube
youtu.be/OiPa9VY9PH8?...
youtu.be/OiPa9VY9PH8?...
Fired workers deserve benefits. Call your representatives
YouTube video by Mark Cuban
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March 6, 2025 at 3:00 AM
For those who wanted to share this video off platform. Here it is on YouTube
youtu.be/OiPa9VY9PH8?...
youtu.be/OiPa9VY9PH8?...
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A Milestone
The @justsecurity.org Litigation Tracker now monitoring over *one hundred* cases against Trump administration policies.
The two new cases filed today:
Japanese American Citizens League v. Musk (Appointments Clause)
National Endowment for Democracy v. USA (impoundment)
The @justsecurity.org Litigation Tracker now monitoring over *one hundred* cases against Trump administration policies.
The two new cases filed today:
Japanese American Citizens League v. Musk (Appointments Clause)
National Endowment for Democracy v. USA (impoundment)
Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions
A public resource tracking the legal challenges to the Trump administration's executive orders and actions.
www.justsecurity.org
March 6, 2025 at 2:59 AM
A Milestone
The @justsecurity.org Litigation Tracker now monitoring over *one hundred* cases against Trump administration policies.
The two new cases filed today:
Japanese American Citizens League v. Musk (Appointments Clause)
National Endowment for Democracy v. USA (impoundment)
The @justsecurity.org Litigation Tracker now monitoring over *one hundred* cases against Trump administration policies.
The two new cases filed today:
Japanese American Citizens League v. Musk (Appointments Clause)
National Endowment for Democracy v. USA (impoundment)
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March 6, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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My scoop from Monday has been confirmed (with only difference being that McMahon’s letter came out before the EO.) www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
SCOOP: Now that Linda McMahon is confirmed/sworn in as secretary, Trump will be imminently issuing an executive order eliminating the Department of Education.
I’ve obtained a draft of an email that McMahon will be sending to staff re: the EO and the department’s “final mission”.
Here is a portion:
I’ve obtained a draft of an email that McMahon will be sending to staff re: the EO and the department’s “final mission”.
Here is a portion:
![After President Trump's inauguration last month, he has steadily signed a slate of executive orders to keep these education promises: combatting critical race theory, DEl, gender ideology extremism, and discrimination in admissions. President Trump has also been focused on eliminating wasteful bureaucracy and harmful programs in the federal government. To that end, today he signed [Executive Order XYZ, entitled "Eliminating the Department of Education,] which has given us a clear and final mission.
We are to identify which of the Department's functions, programs, and offices are not mandated by statute, and eliminate them. This reorganization will impact staff, budgets, reporting, and more —and in coming months, we will determine how it can be accomplished with minimal delay and disruption. The President further tasked us with creating a plan to reallocate and reassign functions of the Department of Education that would be more effectively managed by other agencies. This plan will offer Congress a road map toward fulfilling the expectations of the President and the American people.
The new vision—which I hope each of you will embrace going forward—can be expressed as four main convictions:
Parents are the primary decision makers in their children's education.
Students deserve to be protected from physical violence, racial discrimination, medical tyranny, and gender extremism ideology on campus.
Postsecondary education should be a path to a well-paying career aligned with workforce needs.
Taxpayer-funded education should refocus on meaningful learning: proficiency in math, reading, and core subjects, and patriotism in American history and civics.
As we move to reduce the Department's middleman role in education, these four convictions must guide us toward conscientious and pragmatic action. The elimination of bureaucracy should free us, not limit us, in our pursuit of these goals
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March 6, 2025 at 2:41 AM
My scoop from Monday has been confirmed (with only difference being that McMahon’s letter came out before the EO.) www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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President Trump says rates of pediatric cancer are way up, but his incompetent fanatics on DOGE fired my guest tonight, Dr. Lauren McGee, a remarkable pediatric cancer researcher who was sacked from NIH as part of Musk’s Valentine’s Day onslaught.
March 5, 2025 at 3:55 AM
President Trump says rates of pediatric cancer are way up, but his incompetent fanatics on DOGE fired my guest tonight, Dr. Lauren McGee, a remarkable pediatric cancer researcher who was sacked from NIH as part of Musk’s Valentine’s Day onslaught.
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If you want to eat the most expensive eggs you’ve ever had in your life, you should have backyard chickens.
Don’t get me wrong, I love them and have raised them, but they are an expensive hobby.
Don’t get me wrong, I love them and have raised them, but they are an expensive hobby.
March 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM
If you want to eat the most expensive eggs you’ve ever had in your life, you should have backyard chickens.
Don’t get me wrong, I love them and have raised them, but they are an expensive hobby.
Don’t get me wrong, I love them and have raised them, but they are an expensive hobby.
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I'm struggling to get over what we saw today.
The amount of gaslighting, cruelty, ignorance, abject cowardice, arrogance, indifference to human life, and deceit we saw from Trump and Vance...we saw behavior we associate with enemies of the United States inside the Oval Office.
That's traumatizing.
The amount of gaslighting, cruelty, ignorance, abject cowardice, arrogance, indifference to human life, and deceit we saw from Trump and Vance...we saw behavior we associate with enemies of the United States inside the Oval Office.
That's traumatizing.
March 1, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I'm struggling to get over what we saw today.
The amount of gaslighting, cruelty, ignorance, abject cowardice, arrogance, indifference to human life, and deceit we saw from Trump and Vance...we saw behavior we associate with enemies of the United States inside the Oval Office.
That's traumatizing.
The amount of gaslighting, cruelty, ignorance, abject cowardice, arrogance, indifference to human life, and deceit we saw from Trump and Vance...we saw behavior we associate with enemies of the United States inside the Oval Office.
That's traumatizing.
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There’s clear indication the sides are being formed, and the US is on the wrong side.
In an extraordinary display of public support, heads of state, heads of government, and foreign ministers from all over Europe and Canada are posting in support of Ukraine in response to the Oval Office meeting with Trump, Zelenskyy, and Vance.
February 28, 2025 at 11:01 PM
There’s clear indication the sides are being formed, and the US is on the wrong side.
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Whenever you welcome guests, treat them with kindness, grace and respect. Simple as that.
February 28, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Whenever you welcome guests, treat them with kindness, grace and respect. Simple as that.
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I truly believe today is the lowest point in American history.
And the terrifying thing is, I don't think we're going anywhere but down—unless We The People decide we will not.
And the terrifying thing is, I don't think we're going anywhere but down—unless We The People decide we will not.
March 1, 2025 at 2:13 AM
I truly believe today is the lowest point in American history.
And the terrifying thing is, I don't think we're going anywhere but down—unless We The People decide we will not.
And the terrifying thing is, I don't think we're going anywhere but down—unless We The People decide we will not.
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Sharing more townhall videos today because they’re giving me hope.
THIS is good trouble!
Who is this man? I want to shake his hand and buy him a drink.
THIS is good trouble!
Who is this man? I want to shake his hand and buy him a drink.
February 22, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Sharing more townhall videos today because they’re giving me hope.
THIS is good trouble!
Who is this man? I want to shake his hand and buy him a drink.
THIS is good trouble!
Who is this man? I want to shake his hand and buy him a drink.