@prdick.bsky.social
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A recruiter working with DOGE is actively staffing a project to deploy these bots across the federal government, claiming they could easily do the work of 70,000 public employees. Because nothing says “effective government” like trusting your issues to AI.
May 4, 2025 at 7:51 PM
A recruiter working with DOGE is actively staffing a project to deploy these bots across the federal government, claiming they could easily do the work of 70,000 public employees. Because nothing says “effective government” like trusting your issues to AI.
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ICE has detained Kseniia Petrova, a Harvard scientist from Russia working on major advancements in cancer detection, since mid-February.
If deported, she could face arrest over her opposition to the war in Ukraine.
Another reminder that xenophobia hurts all of us.
If deported, she could face arrest over her opposition to the war in Ukraine.
Another reminder that xenophobia hurts all of us.
April 22, 2025 at 8:35 PM
ICE has detained Kseniia Petrova, a Harvard scientist from Russia working on major advancements in cancer detection, since mid-February.
If deported, she could face arrest over her opposition to the war in Ukraine.
Another reminder that xenophobia hurts all of us.
If deported, she could face arrest over her opposition to the war in Ukraine.
Another reminder that xenophobia hurts all of us.
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Last Friday, Trump's EPA shut down a Biden-era website mapping locations of dangerous chemical plants.
The chemical industry, which gave over $1M to Trump's inauguration, heavily lobbied the Trump administration to scrap the website. See how this works?
The chemical industry, which gave over $1M to Trump's inauguration, heavily lobbied the Trump administration to scrap the website. See how this works?
The Government’s Chemical Disaster Tracking Tool Just Went Dark
The chemical lobby demanded Trump make the locations of high-risk chemical plants secret. The EPA did just that.
www.levernews.com
April 22, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Last Friday, Trump's EPA shut down a Biden-era website mapping locations of dangerous chemical plants.
The chemical industry, which gave over $1M to Trump's inauguration, heavily lobbied the Trump administration to scrap the website. See how this works?
The chemical industry, which gave over $1M to Trump's inauguration, heavily lobbied the Trump administration to scrap the website. See how this works?
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Trump and DOGE want to slash the FDIC's workforce by 20%, leaving fewer watchdogs on the beat to police Wall Street misconduct.
Remember: the FDIC was created during the Depression to protect people's deposit accounts.
Gutting it could lead to another financial meltdown.
Remember: the FDIC was created during the Depression to protect people's deposit accounts.
Gutting it could lead to another financial meltdown.
April 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Trump and DOGE want to slash the FDIC's workforce by 20%, leaving fewer watchdogs on the beat to police Wall Street misconduct.
Remember: the FDIC was created during the Depression to protect people's deposit accounts.
Gutting it could lead to another financial meltdown.
Remember: the FDIC was created during the Depression to protect people's deposit accounts.
Gutting it could lead to another financial meltdown.
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The sheer inhumanity of this
The wife of detained Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil says Khalil missed the birth of his first child after immigration officials denied his request for temporary release so that he could attend.
Reminder: Khalil is a legal permanent resident in the U.S.
Reminder: Khalil is a legal permanent resident in the U.S.
April 22, 2025 at 10:57 PM
The sheer inhumanity of this
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Joni Ernst and Thom Tillis — 2 GOP senators who knew how bad Hegseth was but voted for him anyway out of personal ambition — should lose their re-election bids over this if they run in 2026.
Exclusive: The White House is looking to replace Pete Hegseth as defense secretary
The White House has begun the process of looking for a new secretary of defense, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly.
www.npr.org
April 21, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Joni Ernst and Thom Tillis — 2 GOP senators who knew how bad Hegseth was but voted for him anyway out of personal ambition — should lose their re-election bids over this if they run in 2026.
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Trump has gutted food inspection programs at the FDA and USDA — including the committee that investigated last year's fatal Boar's Head listeria outbreak.
The USDA is also rolling back safety regulations to “streamline” meat processing.
How is this Making America Healthy Again?
The USDA is also rolling back safety regulations to “streamline” meat processing.
How is this Making America Healthy Again?
April 21, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Trump has gutted food inspection programs at the FDA and USDA — including the committee that investigated last year's fatal Boar's Head listeria outbreak.
The USDA is also rolling back safety regulations to “streamline” meat processing.
How is this Making America Healthy Again?
The USDA is also rolling back safety regulations to “streamline” meat processing.
How is this Making America Healthy Again?
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Because that would be how God judges these monstrous actions, not me. This is crystal clear. There are no questions about this from any moral, ethical, spiritual, or theological perspective. None. This is against the will of God.
April 20, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Because that would be how God judges these monstrous actions, not me. This is crystal clear. There are no questions about this from any moral, ethical, spiritual, or theological perspective. None. This is against the will of God.
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We KNEW this individual was not qualified for such a position. And yet, YET, veteran and Iowa Senator, Joni Ernst voted to support him anyway.
This is what cowardice looks like. Installing dangerous cabinet members despite knowing they are unfit.
Senator Ernst cannot defend this.
This is what cowardice looks like. Installing dangerous cabinet members despite knowing they are unfit.
Senator Ernst cannot defend this.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared detailed information about strikes in Yemen to a second unclassified Signal group chat that included his wife and brother, people familiar with the matter said. nyti.ms/4jBQ1wV
April 20, 2025 at 11:37 PM
We KNEW this individual was not qualified for such a position. And yet, YET, veteran and Iowa Senator, Joni Ernst voted to support him anyway.
This is what cowardice looks like. Installing dangerous cabinet members despite knowing they are unfit.
Senator Ernst cannot defend this.
This is what cowardice looks like. Installing dangerous cabinet members despite knowing they are unfit.
Senator Ernst cannot defend this.
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Trump has declared war on America’s colleges and universities, demanding they bow to his demands on what they can teach and whom they can admit or hire. - @rweingarten.bsky.social in her latest column
www.aft.org/column/highe...
www.aft.org/column/highe...
Higher education under attack
President Donald Trump has declared war on America’s colleges and universities, demanding they bow to his demands on what they can teach and whom they can admit or hire. Trump’s illegal and autocratic...
www.aft.org
April 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Trump has declared war on America’s colleges and universities, demanding they bow to his demands on what they can teach and whom they can admit or hire. - @rweingarten.bsky.social in her latest column
www.aft.org/column/highe...
www.aft.org/column/highe...
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EXCLUSIVE: Following up on ProPublica piece on Thiel startup RAMP hunting for the motherlode govt payments contract, as of yesterday a DOGEr & Ramp employee, Roland Shen, is now inside Treasury's Bureau of Fiscal Service, the US Govt's central payments hub. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/rampi...
Rampin’ Up, Baby! That Thiel Start Up Hunting the Motherlode Contract is Inside Treasury
One of the most important stories in some time came out two...
talkingpointsmemo.com
April 19, 2025 at 4:02 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Following up on ProPublica piece on Thiel startup RAMP hunting for the motherlode govt payments contract, as of yesterday a DOGEr & Ramp employee, Roland Shen, is now inside Treasury's Bureau of Fiscal Service, the US Govt's central payments hub. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/rampi...
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@wajali.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social
I live in Cordova, Alaska, a small fishing town in Prince William Sound. Your interview this week inspired my April 19 protest sign! #NoKings
(Wish I was a better artist😊)
I live in Cordova, Alaska, a small fishing town in Prince William Sound. Your interview this week inspired my April 19 protest sign! #NoKings
(Wish I was a better artist😊)
April 19, 2025 at 10:06 PM
@wajali.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social
I live in Cordova, Alaska, a small fishing town in Prince William Sound. Your interview this week inspired my April 19 protest sign! #NoKings
(Wish I was a better artist😊)
I live in Cordova, Alaska, a small fishing town in Prince William Sound. Your interview this week inspired my April 19 protest sign! #NoKings
(Wish I was a better artist😊)
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Just weeks after creating a $50 million tax credit for private schools, Idaho has shut down a program that helped public school students pay for laptops, school supplies, tutoring and other expenses.
By @audreydutton.bsky.social
By @audreydutton.bsky.social
Idaho Gave Families $50M to Spend on Private Education. Then It Ended a $30M Program Used by Public School Families.
A Republican lawmaker said ending an Idaho program that helped public school students buy laptops and other materials wasn’t linked to the creation of a private school tax credit. The state’s most…
www.propublica.org
April 20, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Just weeks after creating a $50 million tax credit for private schools, Idaho has shut down a program that helped public school students pay for laptops, school supplies, tutoring and other expenses.
By @audreydutton.bsky.social
By @audreydutton.bsky.social
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After firing food safety inspectors, the Trump Administration is now reportedly planning to end routine food testing and inspections.
This is reckless and puts Americans' health and food at risk — and we will fight back against it.
This is reckless and puts Americans' health and food at risk — and we will fight back against it.
US FDA suspends food safety quality checks after staff cuts
The Food and Drug Administration is suspending a quality control program for its food testing laboratories as a result of staff cuts at the Department of Health and Human Services, according to an internal email seen by Reuters.
www.reuters.com
April 20, 2025 at 12:20 AM
After firing food safety inspectors, the Trump Administration is now reportedly planning to end routine food testing and inspections.
This is reckless and puts Americans' health and food at risk — and we will fight back against it.
This is reckless and puts Americans' health and food at risk — and we will fight back against it.
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@aoc.bsky.social @briantylercohen.bsky.social @beschlossdc1776.bsky.social @weissmann.substack.com @hcrichardson.bsky.social @corybooker.com @repjasmine.bsky.social
PLEASE spread the word. www.change.org/p/save-ameri...
PLEASE spread the word. www.change.org/p/save-ameri...
April 17, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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What they don’t want us to pay attention to on this Tax Day: Tesla paid $0 in taxes in 2024, yet Trump and congressional Republicans are working to pass even more tax handouts for billionaires and big corporations, while the rest of us get stuck with the bill.
April 15, 2025 at 8:31 PM
What they don’t want us to pay attention to on this Tax Day: Tesla paid $0 in taxes in 2024, yet Trump and congressional Republicans are working to pass even more tax handouts for billionaires and big corporations, while the rest of us get stuck with the bill.
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As a biologist, I'm appalled at pride the White House takes in willful ignorance.
In yesterday's executive order about NPR and PBS, their first example of "the trash that passes for `news' at NPR and PBS" is the statement that "banana slugs are hermaphrodites."
But this is unequivocal fact.
In yesterday's executive order about NPR and PBS, their first example of "the trash that passes for `news' at NPR and PBS" is the statement that "banana slugs are hermaphrodites."
But this is unequivocal fact.
The NPR, PBS Grift Has Ripped Us Off for Too Long
For years, American taxpayers have been on the hook for subsidizing National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), which spread
www.whitehouse.gov
April 15, 2025 at 9:34 PM
As a biologist, I'm appalled at pride the White House takes in willful ignorance.
In yesterday's executive order about NPR and PBS, their first example of "the trash that passes for `news' at NPR and PBS" is the statement that "banana slugs are hermaphrodites."
But this is unequivocal fact.
In yesterday's executive order about NPR and PBS, their first example of "the trash that passes for `news' at NPR and PBS" is the statement that "banana slugs are hermaphrodites."
But this is unequivocal fact.
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I want to tell you why the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia should matter to you.
The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.
The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.
April 15, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I want to tell you why the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia should matter to you.
The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.
The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.
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This country is becoming unrecognizable. What we’re seeing is state-funded fear. We’ve warned people: keep filming, go live on social media so these moments are documented and shared. This wasn’t a case involving masked ICE agents—but that’s happening too.
April 15, 2025 at 9:42 PM
This country is becoming unrecognizable. What we’re seeing is state-funded fear. We’ve warned people: keep filming, go live on social media so these moments are documented and shared. This wasn’t a case involving masked ICE agents—but that’s happening too.
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Trump, who (falsely) claimed during his election campaign that Biden wasn't doing ENOUGH to assist with NC's hurricane recovery....wait for it....just revoked Biden's Dec 2024 hurricane clean-up reimbursement agreement.
#ncpol
ncnewsline.com/2025/04/12/f...
#ncpol
ncnewsline.com/2025/04/12/f...
FEMA will stop 100% cost-share in Helene recovery • NC Newsline
"I am extremely disappointed and urge the President to reconsider FEMA’s bad decision, even for 90 days," Gov. Josh Stein said.
ncnewsline.com
April 15, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Trump, who (falsely) claimed during his election campaign that Biden wasn't doing ENOUGH to assist with NC's hurricane recovery....wait for it....just revoked Biden's Dec 2024 hurricane clean-up reimbursement agreement.
#ncpol
ncnewsline.com/2025/04/12/f...
#ncpol
ncnewsline.com/2025/04/12/f...
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REPORTER: There are laws on the book that make it a criminal offense to harbor illegal immigrants, like sanctuary state leaders have been doing. Do you think they should be prosecuted and possibly put in prison?
HOMAN: Absolutely. And hold tight on that one, because it's coming.
HOMAN: Absolutely. And hold tight on that one, because it's coming.
April 15, 2025 at 6:56 PM
REPORTER: There are laws on the book that make it a criminal offense to harbor illegal immigrants, like sanctuary state leaders have been doing. Do you think they should be prosecuted and possibly put in prison?
HOMAN: Absolutely. And hold tight on that one, because it's coming.
HOMAN: Absolutely. And hold tight on that one, because it's coming.
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Last week, Republicans laid the groundwork for another massive tax cut for billionaires – paid for by cutting Medicaid.
April 15, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Last week, Republicans laid the groundwork for another massive tax cut for billionaires – paid for by cutting Medicaid.
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77 million people voted for deregulation (Trump). Did they know they were also voting for pollution, cancer, and climate chaos loved ones and future generations? We can now be poisoned on purpose—without a check.
April 12, 2025 at 2:11 PM
77 million people voted for deregulation (Trump). Did they know they were also voting for pollution, cancer, and climate chaos loved ones and future generations? We can now be poisoned on purpose—without a check.
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Trump just denied North Carolina’s request for FEMA relief from Hurricane Helene, calling it “unwarranted.”
FEMA will stop 100% cost-share in Helene recovery • NC Newsline
"I am extremely disappointed and urge the President to reconsider FEMA’s bad decision, even for 90 days," Gov. Josh Stein said.
ncnewsline.com
April 12, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Trump just denied North Carolina’s request for FEMA relief from Hurricane Helene, calling it “unwarranted.”
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What dictators do, not presidents: “the new, striking artwork depicting Mr. Trump drew criticism from some presidential historians, who could not recall another president hanging a painting of himself during his term in the White House.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/u...
White House Swaps Obama Portrait With One of Trump From Assassination Attempt (Gift Article)
While the shuffling of artwork in the president’s residence drew criticism, that kind of rotation is common with the change of administrations.
www.nytimes.com
April 12, 2025 at 5:42 PM
What dictators do, not presidents: “the new, striking artwork depicting Mr. Trump drew criticism from some presidential historians, who could not recall another president hanging a painting of himself during his term in the White House.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/u...