@raccooninvasion.bsky.social
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meanwhile, prominent pundits continue to deny that there the administration adheres to a segregationist ideology
Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards.
Women, minorities fired in purge of NIH science review boards
Scientists, with expertise in fields that include mental health, cancer and infectious disease, typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 17, 2025 at 11:57 AM
meanwhile, prominent pundits continue to deny that there the administration adheres to a segregationist ideology
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No lawmaker in Congress should be able to own, buy, and sell individual stocks.
We need to ban congressional stock trading—and I've got a bill for that.
We need to ban congressional stock trading—and I've got a bill for that.
April 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
No lawmaker in Congress should be able to own, buy, and sell individual stocks.
We need to ban congressional stock trading—and I've got a bill for that.
We need to ban congressional stock trading—and I've got a bill for that.
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So now we learn that Trump sent women to the male-only concentration camps in El Salvador and even El Salvador was like we can’t take them?!
March 21, 2025 at 9:53 PM
So now we learn that Trump sent women to the male-only concentration camps in El Salvador and even El Salvador was like we can’t take them?!
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I want you to understand this is happening in our name and we know most of these men committed no crimes. One is a professional soccer player who was tortured in Venezuela and was working through asylum in the U.S. ICE shipped him for his Real Madrid tattoo and a picture throwing rock & roll horns.
March 20, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I want you to understand this is happening in our name and we know most of these men committed no crimes. One is a professional soccer player who was tortured in Venezuela and was working through asylum in the U.S. ICE shipped him for his Real Madrid tattoo and a picture throwing rock & roll horns.
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This was quite the meltdown! www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VgT...
March 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM
This was quite the meltdown! www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VgT...
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Meanwhile over on the other place, rightwing free speech warriors (this guy is a former DeSantis campaign staffer) are calling for me to be denaturalized and deported because they don’t like my political speech. This is what fascism and racism looks like, folks.
March 16, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Meanwhile over on the other place, rightwing free speech warriors (this guy is a former DeSantis campaign staffer) are calling for me to be denaturalized and deported because they don’t like my political speech. This is what fascism and racism looks like, folks.
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Valid visa and now gone. BTW, she was here to SAVE LIVES.
Doctor and Professor Is Deported to Lebanon Despite a Judge’s Order www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/u...
Doctor and Professor Is Deported to Lebanon Despite a Judge’s Order www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/u...
Brown University Professor and Doctor Are Deported to Lebanon Despite a Judge’s Order
Dr. Rasha Alawieh, a kidney transplant specialist and Brown University professor who had a valid visa, was expelled in apparent defiance of a court order.
www.nytimes.com
March 16, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Valid visa and now gone. BTW, she was here to SAVE LIVES.
Doctor and Professor Is Deported to Lebanon Despite a Judge’s Order www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/u...
Doctor and Professor Is Deported to Lebanon Despite a Judge’s Order www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/u...
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The richest man in the world took over $5K out of this guy's bank account, claiming he was dead. The richest man in the world said he was saving money.
He was not dead.
He was not dead.
I found a ‘dead’ person collecting Social Security in Seattle
“Dead” Ned Johnson turns out to be very much alive. It took him weeks to convince the system he was breathing and to start clawing his benefits back.
www.seattletimes.com
March 15, 2025 at 10:34 PM
The richest man in the world took over $5K out of this guy's bank account, claiming he was dead. The richest man in the world said he was saving money.
He was not dead.
He was not dead.
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Even worse incompetence: they accidentally fired, then apparently today un-fired, hundreds of the people who manage America's nuclear weapons.
February 15, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Even worse incompetence: they accidentally fired, then apparently today un-fired, hundreds of the people who manage America's nuclear weapons.
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Seriously, they are doing this. And it sounds like the Trump administration supports it.
Hill, Scott Lead Effort to Roll Back Biden-Era CFPB Overdraft Rule | Financial Services Committee
financialservices.house.gov
February 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Seriously, they are doing this. And it sounds like the Trump administration supports it.
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I am not making this up: Republicans have introduced legislation… to increase your bank fees.
February 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I am not making this up: Republicans have introduced legislation… to increase your bank fees.
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There’s nothing more Minnesotan than jumping in a frozen lake for a good cause.
February 15, 2025 at 8:09 PM
There’s nothing more Minnesotan than jumping in a frozen lake for a good cause.
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OK, so there's "dysfunction, paranoia and despair at the heart of the most powerful family in global media."
But that's nothing compared to the dysfunction, paranoia and despair that #MurdochGutterMedia's disinformation has brought to the US, UK and Australia.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/f...
But that's nothing compared to the dysfunction, paranoia and despair that #MurdochGutterMedia's disinformation has brought to the US, UK and Australia.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/f...
‘We’re clearly heading towards collapse’: why the Murdoch empire is about to go bang
An explosive succession trial and an astonishing interview with one of Rupert’s sons have exposed the paranoia and hatred at the heart of global media’s most powerful family. This could get messy…
www.theguardian.com
February 22, 2025 at 9:04 PM
OK, so there's "dysfunction, paranoia and despair at the heart of the most powerful family in global media."
But that's nothing compared to the dysfunction, paranoia and despair that #MurdochGutterMedia's disinformation has brought to the US, UK and Australia.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/f...
But that's nothing compared to the dysfunction, paranoia and despair that #MurdochGutterMedia's disinformation has brought to the US, UK and Australia.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/f...
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🚨NEW: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is planning to fire Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff C.Q. Brown, a 4-Star General and 41-year veteran of the Air Force who flew over 130 hours in combat as a fighter pilot.
REPOST if you stand with General C.Q. Brown against Hegseth!
REPOST if you stand with General C.Q. Brown against Hegseth!
February 21, 2025 at 2:08 AM
🚨NEW: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is planning to fire Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff C.Q. Brown, a 4-Star General and 41-year veteran of the Air Force who flew over 130 hours in combat as a fighter pilot.
REPOST if you stand with General C.Q. Brown against Hegseth!
REPOST if you stand with General C.Q. Brown against Hegseth!
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SCOOP: Trump administration has been evaluating the costs of destroying or disposing of tens of millions of coronavirus tests that would otherwise be provided free to Americans. My story w/ Carolyn Y. Johnson.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
U.S. weighs destroying $500 million in stockpiled covid tests
The government is reviewing proposals to shut down the program that ships free covid tests to American households and has been considering destroying 160 million tests.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 18, 2025 at 9:08 PM
SCOOP: Trump administration has been evaluating the costs of destroying or disposing of tens of millions of coronavirus tests that would otherwise be provided free to Americans. My story w/ Carolyn Y. Johnson.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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🚨 SCOOP 🚨
The acting Social Security commissioner has left the agency after a clash over providing DOGE access to sensitive data
It follows our reporting that DOGE is seeking access to personal financial data at the IRS for every taxpayer, business and nonprofit.
The acting Social Security commissioner has left the agency after a clash over providing DOGE access to sensitive data
It follows our reporting that DOGE is seeking access to personal financial data at the IRS for every taxpayer, business and nonprofit.
Top Social Security official exits after clash with Musk’s DOGE over data
Yet another top career staffer is leaving the administration amid a disagreement over a request by Elon Musk’s team for sensitive government information.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 18, 2025 at 12:09 AM
🚨 SCOOP 🚨
The acting Social Security commissioner has left the agency after a clash over providing DOGE access to sensitive data
It follows our reporting that DOGE is seeking access to personal financial data at the IRS for every taxpayer, business and nonprofit.
The acting Social Security commissioner has left the agency after a clash over providing DOGE access to sensitive data
It follows our reporting that DOGE is seeking access to personal financial data at the IRS for every taxpayer, business and nonprofit.
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Most people probably aren’t tracking this but Senate Republicans just started an all-night voting marathon that will allow them to gut Medicaid and increase child hunger while giving handouts to billionaires like Elon Musk.
February 21, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Most people probably aren’t tracking this but Senate Republicans just started an all-night voting marathon that will allow them to gut Medicaid and increase child hunger while giving handouts to billionaires like Elon Musk.
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This is a great idea. Do you know anyone in Congress you can talk to?
Congress must take action to restore the rule of law.
February 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
This is a great idea. Do you know anyone in Congress you can talk to?
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Many of Trump EO’s either don’t do much, are so poorly written they don’t even do what he seemed to want them to do, or are so outrageously unconstitutional they are going to face immediate court challenges.
Definitely a “flood the zone with shit” moment though.
Definitely a “flood the zone with shit” moment though.
January 21, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Many of Trump EO’s either don’t do much, are so poorly written they don’t even do what he seemed to want them to do, or are so outrageously unconstitutional they are going to face immediate court challenges.
Definitely a “flood the zone with shit” moment though.
Definitely a “flood the zone with shit” moment though.
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As I said in my substack entry today, everything Trump does is based on a lie. But even on his scale, the implicit suggestion that Tarrio is not a violent offender is a contemptible and enormous lie.
open.substack.com/pub/harrylit...
open.substack.com/pub/harrylit...
We Are Now A Backsliding Democracy
Are we destined to become another Hungary?
open.substack.com
January 21, 2025 at 1:20 AM
As I said in my substack entry today, everything Trump does is based on a lie. But even on his scale, the implicit suggestion that Tarrio is not a violent offender is a contemptible and enormous lie.
open.substack.com/pub/harrylit...
open.substack.com/pub/harrylit...
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My response to Trump’s remarks in the Capitol Visitor’s Center:
January 20, 2025 at 9:07 PM
My response to Trump’s remarks in the Capitol Visitor’s Center:
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California's state of emergency bans price gouging for a range of goods and services, including rental housing.
Any rent increase above 10% since the start of and for the duration of the crisis is illegal.
Violations can be reported here:
Any rent increase above 10% since the start of and for the duration of the crisis is illegal.
Violations can be reported here:
Consumer Complaint Against A Business/Company
oag.ca.gov
January 11, 2025 at 5:54 PM
California's state of emergency bans price gouging for a range of goods and services, including rental housing.
Any rent increase above 10% since the start of and for the duration of the crisis is illegal.
Violations can be reported here:
Any rent increase above 10% since the start of and for the duration of the crisis is illegal.
Violations can be reported here:
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🧪 Science Poem 🖋️
Research published in Advances in Atmospheric Sciences has found that sea surface temperatures and deeper water temperatures reached a new record high in 2024.
Here's my poetic interpretation:
thepoetryofscience.scienceblog.com/4101/burning...
#SciComm 🍎 🐡 #Poetry
Research published in Advances in Atmospheric Sciences has found that sea surface temperatures and deeper water temperatures reached a new record high in 2024.
Here's my poetic interpretation:
thepoetryofscience.scienceblog.com/4101/burning...
#SciComm 🍎 🐡 #Poetry
January 16, 2025 at 9:52 AM
🧪 Science Poem 🖋️
Research published in Advances in Atmospheric Sciences has found that sea surface temperatures and deeper water temperatures reached a new record high in 2024.
Here's my poetic interpretation:
thepoetryofscience.scienceblog.com/4101/burning...
#SciComm 🍎 🐡 #Poetry
Research published in Advances in Atmospheric Sciences has found that sea surface temperatures and deeper water temperatures reached a new record high in 2024.
Here's my poetic interpretation:
thepoetryofscience.scienceblog.com/4101/burning...
#SciComm 🍎 🐡 #Poetry