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angry hippy. Elizabeth Warren foreva
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"Losing this much money, this fast, has no precedence in NASA's history. It would force terrible decisions, including turning off scores of active, productive, irreplaceable missions, halting nearly all new mission development, and decimating the country's space science workforce." 🔭
White House may seek to slash NASA’s science budget by 50 percent
“It would be nothing short of an extinction-level event for space science.”…
arstechnica.com
March 7, 2025 at 4:31 PM
"Losing this much money, this fast, has no precedence in NASA's history. It would force terrible decisions, including turning off scores of active, productive, irreplaceable missions, halting nearly all new mission development, and decimating the country's space science workforce." 🔭
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The question we must now ask: How much damage does the US want to do to Ukrainians?
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US cuts off intelligence sharing with Ukraine
Fresh blow to embattled government in Kyiv as Trump administration shifts on conflict
on.ft.com
March 5, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The question we must now ask: How much damage does the US want to do to Ukrainians?
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March 3, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Talked to someone who worked for USAID until recently. Unsurprisingly, a passionate, kind and intelligent person.
March 2, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Talked to someone who worked for USAID until recently. Unsurprisingly, a passionate, kind and intelligent person.
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Francis Collins led the mapping of the human genome, and chose to do big scientific to benefit the public. He is a a former NIH Director.
He just resigned his position in government. His resignation letter:
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/u...
He just resigned his position in government. His resignation letter:
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/u...
March 1, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Francis Collins led the mapping of the human genome, and chose to do big scientific to benefit the public. He is a a former NIH Director.
He just resigned his position in government. His resignation letter:
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/u...
He just resigned his position in government. His resignation letter:
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/u...
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This article might dampen your weekend mood, but it's a must read.
The situation in the US government is already dire, but trying to comprehend what comes next is even more unsettling.
The situation in the US government is already dire, but trying to comprehend what comes next is even more unsettling.
The DOGE Takeover Is Worse Than You Think
What’s happening to the US government right now is bad. What comes next is worse.
buff.ly
March 2, 2025 at 1:00 AM
This article might dampen your weekend mood, but it's a must read.
The situation in the US government is already dire, but trying to comprehend what comes next is even more unsettling.
The situation in the US government is already dire, but trying to comprehend what comes next is even more unsettling.
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"tree equity" is the kind of thing that columnists like to make fun of when why it works is actually instantly apparent to anyone who's ever walked down a street in the summer apnews.com/article/tree...
$75 million was awarded to plant trees in places that badly need them. In anti-DEI push, that's over
The U.S. Forest Service has terminated $75 million awarded to the Arbor Day Foundation to help disadvantaged communities plant trees.
apnews.com
March 2, 2025 at 1:24 AM
"tree equity" is the kind of thing that columnists like to make fun of when why it works is actually instantly apparent to anyone who's ever walked down a street in the summer apnews.com/article/tree...
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This story is tough to summarize in a catchy way, but I'll try: The DHS asked the IRS to share the home addresses of 700,000 people suspected of being in the country illegally, and the IRS said no because that's not legal. Nixon was nearly impeached for a similar move.
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IRS rejected request for addresses of people believed to be in U.S. illegally
Immigration enforcement officials sought home addresses for 700,000 people and also asked for skilled auditors to investigate businesses.
wapo.st
March 1, 2025 at 1:23 AM
This story is tough to summarize in a catchy way, but I'll try: The DHS asked the IRS to share the home addresses of 700,000 people suspected of being in the country illegally, and the IRS said no because that's not legal. Nixon was nearly impeached for a similar move.
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Check out the external affairs page at NOAA right now. That's right. Everyone at NOAA external affairs was fired.
www.noaa.gov/external-aff...
www.noaa.gov/external-aff...
March 1, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Check out the external affairs page at NOAA right now. That's right. Everyone at NOAA external affairs was fired.
www.noaa.gov/external-aff...
www.noaa.gov/external-aff...
This was my last post on ded twitter, I deleted my account several days later… after joining in 2016 to advocate for the survival of democracy following the election of a Kremlin Agent who I investigated for … there is only one way we survive now, and it isn’t through elections.
March 1, 2025 at 2:07 AM
This was my last post on ded twitter, I deleted my account several days later… after joining in 2016 to advocate for the survival of democracy following the election of a Kremlin Agent who I investigated for … there is only one way we survive now, and it isn’t through elections.
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Treasonous
Russia's response to Trump's tantrum says it all really:
February 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Treasonous
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The attack on DEI shows why liberals should stop arguing about "strategic" use of language forever. DEI stands for three uncontroversial virtues that most every American accepts, and the right still turned it into a vile slur. It doesn't matter what you say - they will poison it because YOU said it.
February 28, 2025 at 1:19 AM
The attack on DEI shows why liberals should stop arguing about "strategic" use of language forever. DEI stands for three uncontroversial virtues that most every American accepts, and the right still turned it into a vile slur. It doesn't matter what you say - they will poison it because YOU said it.
In the world conservative media’s crafted, they are the righteous ones…
The problem with people like Donald Trump, JD Vance, and Elon Musk, is they lack the self-awareness and familiarity with decency to be ashamed after shockingly inappropriate or rude behavior.
March 1, 2025 at 12:17 AM
In the world conservative media’s crafted, they are the righteous ones…
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Just read this graf. Share it with people you know who don’t pay attention to politics or news.
February 28, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Just read this graf. Share it with people you know who don’t pay attention to politics or news.
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Bears repeating that social security is incredibly INCREDIBLY efficient to run. Its overhead costs are basically zero when you consider the size of the undertaking and the genuine benefits delivered. If anyone was interested in improving govt efficiency, the SSA would be their model not their target
Just some general guidance here. We don't know all the details. But this presages taking a real hatchet to the whole social security system. Whether it's 20% of the staff or 50% who knows. But basically unsustainable cuts for a program anyway we've known it.
Here's the memo that went out short time ago from SSA HR announcing "organizational restructuring" of Social Security admin. essentially one last chance to quit before you're all fired. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/memo-...
February 28, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Bears repeating that social security is incredibly INCREDIBLY efficient to run. Its overhead costs are basically zero when you consider the size of the undertaking and the genuine benefits delivered. If anyone was interested in improving govt efficiency, the SSA would be their model not their target
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"Most of EPA’s work happens behind the scenes, like when one of its enforcement teams raided a warehouse in Colorado full of mislabeled oil barrels that had been prepared for a landfill and discovered they contained nuclear waste..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/o...
Opinion | Three Former E.P.A. Leaders: You’ll Miss It When It’s Gone
When the next environmental catastrophe arrives, who will be there to deal with the emergency and its aftermath?
www.nytimes.com
February 27, 2025 at 8:23 PM
"Most of EPA’s work happens behind the scenes, like when one of its enforcement teams raided a warehouse in Colorado full of mislabeled oil barrels that had been prepared for a landfill and discovered they contained nuclear waste..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/o...
i’m so so scared for all people and things.
Just want to reiterate it is NOT NORMAL FOR THE WORLD'S RICHEST MAN WHO HAS NO OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT ROLE TO ADDRESS THE PRESIDENT AND HIS CABINET.
And, also, casually joke about accidentally cutting Ebola prevention for a hot minute.
And, also, casually joke about accidentally cutting Ebola prevention for a hot minute.
February 27, 2025 at 3:55 AM
i’m so so scared for all people and things.
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Yeah. To put it into perspective, if Trump is permitted to rearrange the post office, he is also permitted to rearrange the lower federal courts however he likes. Both are spelled out as "The Congress shall have Power" in Art I, Sec 8.
And there's more too, like armies and the militia, second pic.
And there's more too, like armies and the militia, second pic.
February 21, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Yeah. To put it into perspective, if Trump is permitted to rearrange the post office, he is also permitted to rearrange the lower federal courts however he likes. Both are spelled out as "The Congress shall have Power" in Art I, Sec 8.
And there's more too, like armies and the militia, second pic.
And there's more too, like armies and the militia, second pic.
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This will be a dark and painful day at a space agency that brings so much light and joy to the world.
By the end of today, NASA’s workforce will be about 10 percent smaller
A dark and painful day at a space agency that brings so much light and joy to the world.
arstechnica.com
February 18, 2025 at 7:14 PM
This will be a dark and painful day at a space agency that brings so much light and joy to the world.
anti-government republicans do this to every element of government they dislike, want to privatize.
It's annoying how clearly this is going to play out.
They gut the FAA.
Therefore, the FAA can't do its job well because it was gutted.
Therefore, they say "The FAA sucks, we have to privatize it." which is what Project 2025 wants to do. They're manufacturing the crises for their end goal.
They gut the FAA.
Therefore, the FAA can't do its job well because it was gutted.
Therefore, they say "The FAA sucks, we have to privatize it." which is what Project 2025 wants to do. They're manufacturing the crises for their end goal.
February 17, 2025 at 9:59 PM
anti-government republicans do this to every element of government they dislike, want to privatize.
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Last night, we broke the news that the top US election security watchdog has frozen all of its election security work and is reviewing everything it has done to help state and local officials secure their elections for the past eight years. https://wrd.cm/3QkfGh3
Top US Election Security Watchdog Forced to Stop Election Security Work
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has frozen efforts to aid states in securing elections, according to an internal memo viewed by WIRED.
wrd.cm
February 15, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Last night, we broke the news that the top US election security watchdog has frozen all of its election security work and is reviewing everything it has done to help state and local officials secure their elections for the past eight years. https://wrd.cm/3QkfGh3
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As courts issue orders that pause or restrict a number of Donald Trump’s actions, a more seismic conflict potentially lies ahead: Do judges have the power to enforce their rulings if the executive branch refuses to comply?
What Happens if Trump Defies the Courts
Do judges have the power to enforce their rulings if the executive branch refuses to comply?
www.newyorker.com
February 12, 2025 at 1:05 AM
As courts issue orders that pause or restrict a number of Donald Trump’s actions, a more seismic conflict potentially lies ahead: Do judges have the power to enforce their rulings if the executive branch refuses to comply?
This woman had a ‘Project 2021’ via her 100+ plans in 2020. Addressed lobbying, climate (land & sea), racial inequity writ large, trump’s usurpation of law, judicial impropriety, economic injustice, rational firearm regulation, and gathered experts to design a m4a implementation reality. Here we are
It’s no secret that Chair Powell and I disagree on a lot, but today we agreed: without the CFPB, there is no federal regulator making sure giants banks don't cheat you.
February 11, 2025 at 11:54 PM
This woman had a ‘Project 2021’ via her 100+ plans in 2020. Addressed lobbying, climate (land & sea), racial inequity writ large, trump’s usurpation of law, judicial impropriety, economic injustice, rational firearm regulation, and gathered experts to design a m4a implementation reality. Here we are
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When I left Twitter I had a 1M followers and 100K tweets. You know what happen to me when it was all gone? Nothing.
To the Twitter refugees who I see fretting about losing contacts and content by deleting Twitter, trust, you'll be fine. They have convinced us that we need them. Nope. They need US.
To the Twitter refugees who I see fretting about losing contacts and content by deleting Twitter, trust, you'll be fine. They have convinced us that we need them. Nope. They need US.
February 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
When I left Twitter I had a 1M followers and 100K tweets. You know what happen to me when it was all gone? Nothing.
To the Twitter refugees who I see fretting about losing contacts and content by deleting Twitter, trust, you'll be fine. They have convinced us that we need them. Nope. They need US.
To the Twitter refugees who I see fretting about losing contacts and content by deleting Twitter, trust, you'll be fine. They have convinced us that we need them. Nope. They need US.