@notedpodolak.bsky.social
Reposted
Reposted
New, from me: Trump finalized his Schedule F policy, allowing him to remove job protections from career civil servants.
The new rule is dishonest and unmoored from reality in its effort to formalize the politicization of the federal government 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/trumps-sch...
The new rule is dishonest and unmoored from reality in its effort to formalize the politicization of the federal government 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/trumps-sch...
Trump's Schedule F Rule Finalized
A bizarro rule formally justifies politicizing public services
donmoynihan.substack.com
February 6, 2026 at 4:16 AM
New, from me: Trump finalized his Schedule F policy, allowing him to remove job protections from career civil servants.
The new rule is dishonest and unmoored from reality in its effort to formalize the politicization of the federal government 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/trumps-sch...
The new rule is dishonest and unmoored from reality in its effort to formalize the politicization of the federal government 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/trumps-sch...
Reposted
WH sources say Venezuela's opposition leader committed the "ultimate sin": She accepted the Nobel Peace prize.
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
January 5, 2026 at 3:02 AM
WH sources say Venezuela's opposition leader committed the "ultimate sin": She accepted the Nobel Peace prize.
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Reposted
Trump: "All the way back it dated to the Monroe Doctrines. And the Monroe Doctrine is a big deal. But we've superseded it by a lot. By a real lot. They now call it the Donroe Document. I don't know. It's Monroe Doctrine. We sort of forgot about it."
January 3, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Trump: "All the way back it dated to the Monroe Doctrines. And the Monroe Doctrine is a big deal. But we've superseded it by a lot. By a real lot. They now call it the Donroe Document. I don't know. It's Monroe Doctrine. We sort of forgot about it."
Reposted
When the fact checkers get scammed by bad faith, this is what happens.
September 17, 2025 at 10:04 PM
When the fact checkers get scammed by bad faith, this is what happens.
Reposted
“Murders spiked during the first Trump presidency, then started dropping dramatically during Biden’s presidency” is one of those straightforwardly true observations that illustrates how our perception of large scale social trends is so strongly mediated by narrative rather than fact.
"Murder rose at the fastest rate ever recorded in 2020 and largely stayed at that elevated level in 2021 and 2022. Since then, however, murder has been falling at the fastest rate ever recorded."
jasher.substack.com/p/why-i-thin...
jasher.substack.com/p/why-i-thin...
July 12, 2025 at 2:59 PM
“Murders spiked during the first Trump presidency, then started dropping dramatically during Biden’s presidency” is one of those straightforwardly true observations that illustrates how our perception of large scale social trends is so strongly mediated by narrative rather than fact.
Reposted
"It isn’t just that Trump has ramped up his own personal self-dealing (though he has). Just as important, his administration is enacting a sweeping set of policy changes that will make it more likely that Americans will themselves be the victims of all kinds of scams." — @paulwaldman.bsky.social
A golden age for scammers
The conman in chief remakes the government in his own image.
www.publicnotice.co
July 5, 2025 at 3:57 PM
"It isn’t just that Trump has ramped up his own personal self-dealing (though he has). Just as important, his administration is enacting a sweeping set of policy changes that will make it more likely that Americans will themselves be the victims of all kinds of scams." — @paulwaldman.bsky.social
Reposted
When the Onion makes more sense. The headline by the way would be more appropriate in Latin were it rendered: "tu stultus assinus es" theonion.com/letter-to-co...
Congress, Now More Than Ever, Our Nation Needs Your Cowardice
Share This Editorial
theonion.com
July 5, 2025 at 5:54 PM
When the Onion makes more sense. The headline by the way would be more appropriate in Latin were it rendered: "tu stultus assinus es" theonion.com/letter-to-co...
Reposted
July 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Reposted
just because i'm a little unkempt and haven't showered doesn't mean i can't give you some quick commentary on the court's ruling against nationwide injunctions youtu.be/Vx7HDBlaFYA
The Supreme Court v. Nationwide Injunctions
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
youtu.be
June 27, 2025 at 7:53 PM
just because i'm a little unkempt and haven't showered doesn't mean i can't give you some quick commentary on the court's ruling against nationwide injunctions youtu.be/Vx7HDBlaFYA
Reposted
I did not edit this, this is the actual parade with the actual music being played.
CINEMATIC
CINEMATIC
June 14, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I did not edit this, this is the actual parade with the actual music being played.
CINEMATIC
CINEMATIC
Reposted
From failing to publicize a major outbreak to scaling back safety alert specialists and rules, the Trump administration’s anti-regulatory and cost-cutting push risks unraveling a critical system that helps ensure the safety of the U.S. food supply, according to experts.
E. coli outbreak sickened more than 80 people, but details didn’t surface
Food safety inspections are being scaled back and the public was not notified after an investigation into E. coli contamination.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM
From failing to publicize a major outbreak to scaling back safety alert specialists and rules, the Trump administration’s anti-regulatory and cost-cutting push risks unraveling a critical system that helps ensure the safety of the U.S. food supply, according to experts.
Reposted
The Environmental Protection Agency has drafted a plan to eliminate all limits on greenhouse gases from coal and gas-fired power plants in the U.S., according to internal agency documents reviewed by The New York Times.
Documents Show E.P.A. Wants to Erase Greenhouse Gas Limits on Power Plants
www.nytimes.com
May 24, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The Environmental Protection Agency has drafted a plan to eliminate all limits on greenhouse gases from coal and gas-fired power plants in the U.S., according to internal agency documents reviewed by The New York Times.
Reposted
81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.
May 23, 2025 at 10:24 PM
81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.
Reposted
🚨 REMINDER: The big yellow slice & the red slice sticking out are the ~45 MILLION Americans who Republicans have decided to throw to the wolves:
~24M on #ACA exchange plans facing DRASTIC premium hikes
~21M on #Medicaid expansion facing coverage loss
acasignups.net/25/04/27/rep...
~24M on #ACA exchange plans facing DRASTIC premium hikes
~21M on #Medicaid expansion facing coverage loss
acasignups.net/25/04/27/rep...
April 28, 2025 at 3:02 AM
🚨 REMINDER: The big yellow slice & the red slice sticking out are the ~45 MILLION Americans who Republicans have decided to throw to the wolves:
~24M on #ACA exchange plans facing DRASTIC premium hikes
~21M on #Medicaid expansion facing coverage loss
acasignups.net/25/04/27/rep...
~24M on #ACA exchange plans facing DRASTIC premium hikes
~21M on #Medicaid expansion facing coverage loss
acasignups.net/25/04/27/rep...
Reposted
This continues to be the biggest story in the country: DOGE has already squandered half a trillion dollars in 6 weeks. Not billion. half a trillion, $500 billion talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/irs-p...
IRS Predicts DOGE Lost Half a Trillion Dollars for the USA
The Post reports today that the IRS’ internal projections estimate that the...
talkingpointsmemo.com
March 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This continues to be the biggest story in the country: DOGE has already squandered half a trillion dollars in 6 weeks. Not billion. half a trillion, $500 billion talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/irs-p...
Reposted
The President said of the U.S. economy: "We are a department store, and we set the price. I meet with the companies, and then I set a fair price, what I consider to be a fair price, and they can pay it, or they don't have to pay it."
And then... I lost it.
And then... I lost it.
April 26, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The President said of the U.S. economy: "We are a department store, and we set the price. I meet with the companies, and then I set a fair price, what I consider to be a fair price, and they can pay it, or they don't have to pay it."
And then... I lost it.
And then... I lost it.
Reposted
Trump just signed an executive order on drug prices, handing a win to Big Pharma.
He's directing Congress to delay Medicare drug price negotiation for pill-based drugs by four years.
Pharma lobbied for the change after Medicare was allowed to negotiate drug prices under Biden.
He's directing Congress to delay Medicare drug price negotiation for pill-based drugs by four years.
Pharma lobbied for the change after Medicare was allowed to negotiate drug prices under Biden.
April 16, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Trump just signed an executive order on drug prices, handing a win to Big Pharma.
He's directing Congress to delay Medicare drug price negotiation for pill-based drugs by four years.
Pharma lobbied for the change after Medicare was allowed to negotiate drug prices under Biden.
He's directing Congress to delay Medicare drug price negotiation for pill-based drugs by four years.
Pharma lobbied for the change after Medicare was allowed to negotiate drug prices under Biden.
Reposted
AOC: How can anyone possibly make an objective vote on healthcare, energy, or war when their personal wealth is tied up in pharmaceutical, oil and gas, or defense company stock?
April 12, 2025 at 10:52 PM
AOC: How can anyone possibly make an objective vote on healthcare, energy, or war when their personal wealth is tied up in pharmaceutical, oil and gas, or defense company stock?
Reposted
Never thought I'd live to hear Bernie say the words "I'm here to introduce Clairo" in his distinctive Noo Yawk accent. www.tiktok.com/@latimes/vid...
Bernie Sanders made a surprise appearance at Coachella efore introducing Clairo. #bernie #clairo
TikTok video by The Los Angeles Times
www.tiktok.com
April 13, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Never thought I'd live to hear Bernie say the words "I'm here to introduce Clairo" in his distinctive Noo Yawk accent. www.tiktok.com/@latimes/vid...
Reposted
She's so gonna freakout when she learns about CatsupGPT.
April 12, 2025 at 8:46 PM
She's so gonna freakout when she learns about CatsupGPT.
Reposted
A WSJ study has determined that the US Government under Donald Trump has spent $154 billion more than the US Government spent in the same period under Biden. A considerable part of this relates to Trump, including the $3.3 mm he spends from the Treasury for each of his weekend golf vacations in FL.
See How Government Spending Is Up Even as Musk Touts Savings
The Musk team’s estimated $150 billion in savings barely makes a dent in $6.8 trillion of expenditures largely on autopilot, a WSJ analysis finds.
www.wsj.com
April 11, 2025 at 11:42 PM
A WSJ study has determined that the US Government under Donald Trump has spent $154 billion more than the US Government spent in the same period under Biden. A considerable part of this relates to Trump, including the $3.3 mm he spends from the Treasury for each of his weekend golf vacations in FL.
Reposted
NEW 🧵
The number of people travelling from Europe to the US in recent weeks has plummeted by as much as 35%, as travellers have cancelled plans in response to Trump’s policies and rhetoric, and horror stories from the border.
Story: www.ft.com/content/6dc1...
The number of people travelling from Europe to the US in recent weeks has plummeted by as much as 35%, as travellers have cancelled plans in response to Trump’s policies and rhetoric, and horror stories from the border.
Story: www.ft.com/content/6dc1...
April 11, 2025 at 7:03 PM
NEW 🧵
The number of people travelling from Europe to the US in recent weeks has plummeted by as much as 35%, as travellers have cancelled plans in response to Trump’s policies and rhetoric, and horror stories from the border.
Story: www.ft.com/content/6dc1...
The number of people travelling from Europe to the US in recent weeks has plummeted by as much as 35%, as travellers have cancelled plans in response to Trump’s policies and rhetoric, and horror stories from the border.
Story: www.ft.com/content/6dc1...
Reposted
weird, what could explain this
Adolf Hitler's “Mein Kampf” is still on U.S. Naval Academy shelves. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” and “Memorializing the Holocaust” are not.
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.
Who’s In and Who’s Out at the Naval Academy’s Library?
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office resulted in a purge of books critical of racism but preserved volumes defending white power.
www.nytimes.com
April 11, 2025 at 7:09 PM
weird, what could explain this