Rev. Sylvis Prestone
@sylvisprestone.bsky.social
*snap snap* Jitterbug…
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Scientists have just cured pancreatic cancer in some patients with personalized mRNA vaccines. Pancreatic cancer. And this Trump administration wants to throw it all away.
They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
Exclusive: NIH officials have advised scientists to remove reference to mRNA vaccines from their grant applications, in expectation the Trump administration intends to abandon most research in the field.
By @arthurallen202.bsky.social
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
By @arthurallen202.bsky.social
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Scientists Say NIH Officials Told Them To Scrub mRNA References on Grants - KFF Health News
Two senior scientists say National Institutes of Health officials advised them to remove references to mRNA vaccines in grant applications, and they fear the Trump administration will abandon a promis...
kffhealthnews.org
March 17, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Scientists have just cured pancreatic cancer in some patients with personalized mRNA vaccines. Pancreatic cancer. And this Trump administration wants to throw it all away.
They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
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please stop telling people that x, y, or z "is a distraction." we've been doing this for nearly a decade now.
all the things are the things. theyre all the fights.
its like arguing that japan attacking in the pacific was a distraction from hitler attacking in europe.
its all the war.
all the things are the things. theyre all the fights.
its like arguing that japan attacking in the pacific was a distraction from hitler attacking in europe.
its all the war.
February 6, 2025 at 3:13 PM
please stop telling people that x, y, or z "is a distraction." we've been doing this for nearly a decade now.
all the things are the things. theyre all the fights.
its like arguing that japan attacking in the pacific was a distraction from hitler attacking in europe.
its all the war.
all the things are the things. theyre all the fights.
its like arguing that japan attacking in the pacific was a distraction from hitler attacking in europe.
its all the war.
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"Trump will end American imperialism"
-- Trump vows to take over Greenland, the Panama Canal, Gaza, Canada
"Trump will take down tech elites"
-- Trump gives Elon Musk your Social Security # and financial records
"Trump will protect free speech"
-- lol
"Trump will end DEI"
-- Hope it was worth it
-- Trump vows to take over Greenland, the Panama Canal, Gaza, Canada
"Trump will take down tech elites"
-- Trump gives Elon Musk your Social Security # and financial records
"Trump will protect free speech"
-- lol
"Trump will end DEI"
-- Hope it was worth it
February 5, 2025 at 2:53 PM
"Trump will end American imperialism"
-- Trump vows to take over Greenland, the Panama Canal, Gaza, Canada
"Trump will take down tech elites"
-- Trump gives Elon Musk your Social Security # and financial records
"Trump will protect free speech"
-- lol
"Trump will end DEI"
-- Hope it was worth it
-- Trump vows to take over Greenland, the Panama Canal, Gaza, Canada
"Trump will take down tech elites"
-- Trump gives Elon Musk your Social Security # and financial records
"Trump will protect free speech"
-- lol
"Trump will end DEI"
-- Hope it was worth it
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👇🎯 Again, no one of this status would ever be allowed to get access to the stuff he’s getting access to. But we’ve simply decided the entire edifice of US government rules and security, let alone the Constitution, doesn’t matter because Orange Man got 49% of the vote 🤷♂️
One other crucial point: The WH now says Elon Musk is a special government employee. But this category is plainly for people who are part-time or have something more like an outside role. Musk is nothing like this.
My exchange with @andycraig.bsky.social on this:
newrepublic.com/article/1911...
My exchange with @andycraig.bsky.social on this:
newrepublic.com/article/1911...
February 5, 2025 at 2:16 PM
👇🎯 Again, no one of this status would ever be allowed to get access to the stuff he’s getting access to. But we’ve simply decided the entire edifice of US government rules and security, let alone the Constitution, doesn’t matter because Orange Man got 49% of the vote 🤷♂️
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😳😳😳
The United States Military Academy has just eliminated all Cadet clubs and activities for POC. Most of these have existed for decades like the Society of Black Engineers. They were there when I was a Cadet in 1987. All of the religious ones remain. This isn’t DEI. It’s white Christian Nationalism.
February 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
😳😳😳
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When I yell for the Dems to do something, THIS is a good example of the right kind of something.
1/ ❗Really chilling.
Thanks to Sen. Mark Warner, for releasing Memo from acting deputy attorney general Emil Bove to FBI leadership ordering the purge.
-Memo is a clear abuse of power and weaponization of DOJ
-Memo bolsters FBI lawsuits filed today. VERY clear the list is for retaliatory purposes
Thanks to Sen. Mark Warner, for releasing Memo from acting deputy attorney general Emil Bove to FBI leadership ordering the purge.
-Memo is a clear abuse of power and weaponization of DOJ
-Memo bolsters FBI lawsuits filed today. VERY clear the list is for retaliatory purposes
February 5, 2025 at 1:07 PM
When I yell for the Dems to do something, THIS is a good example of the right kind of something.
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This is a longstanding pattern on the right -- they insist they are The Real Victims of some imagined abuse, which then justifies in their mind their own acts of abuse because they're just pushing back, see?
The irony is that Musk's marauders are *actually* behaving the way Republicans have long falsely claimed career civil service behave.
Republicans are fine with "unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats" as long as they are *their* "unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats"
Republicans are fine with "unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats" as long as they are *their* "unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats"
February 5, 2025 at 2:28 PM
This is a longstanding pattern on the right -- they insist they are The Real Victims of some imagined abuse, which then justifies in their mind their own acts of abuse because they're just pushing back, see?
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The inability of the national media to understand this basic point ABOUT AMERICAN CIVICS is simply wild
THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IS A DEPARTMENT CREATED BY STATUTE; IT CANNOT BE ELIMINATED BY EXECUTIVE ORDER! EXECUTIVE ORDERS CANNOT REPEAL STATUTES! JUST LIKE DEPARTMENTS CANNOT BE CREATED BY EXECUTIVE ORDER!
she shouts into the void
she shouts into the void
BREAKING: The White House is preparing an executive order to eliminate the Department of Education, two sources familiar with the plans tell NBC News.
February 4, 2025 at 8:09 PM
The inability of the national media to understand this basic point ABOUT AMERICAN CIVICS is simply wild
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There’s no need for a new law and you’re never going to get it passed in the minority anyway.
Just demand that the authorities apply the current laws to stop the actions that are already illegal
Just demand that the authorities apply the current laws to stop the actions that are already illegal
Schumer: "Today Leader Jeffries and I are joining together to push legislation to prevent unlawful meddling in the Treasury Department's payment systems and protect Americans across the country ... we call our legislation, 'stop the steal'"
February 4, 2025 at 8:08 PM
There’s no need for a new law and you’re never going to get it passed in the minority anyway.
Just demand that the authorities apply the current laws to stop the actions that are already illegal
Just demand that the authorities apply the current laws to stop the actions that are already illegal
Healthcare costs
February 4, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Healthcare costs
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Anyone else remember the computer scam Ron Livingston pulled in Office Space?
New Exclusive building on Wired's reporting: Musk operatives have already pushed live to production extensive code changes to the Treasury Department payment system which makes 95% of fed govs payments. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/musk-...
Musk Cronies Dive Into Treasury Dept Payments Code Base
Overnight Wired reported that contrary to published reports that DOGE operatives at...
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 4, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Anyone else remember the computer scam Ron Livingston pulled in Office Space?
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Tillis is one of those cowards out to prove cowardice pays and damn us all if it works.
I, on the other hand, would prefer members of Congress to bellyache quite a bit about what they believe to be unconstitutional exercises of presidential power vis-a-vis the execution of Congress's spending decisions.
www.notus.org/congress/tru...
www.notus.org/congress/tru...
February 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Tillis is one of those cowards out to prove cowardice pays and damn us all if it works.
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My instinct is to make the case that USAID is extremely good, actually. But I feel like it’s more important to say, “What is happening is antagonistic to the foundational document of the nation.”
February 4, 2025 at 4:56 AM
My instinct is to make the case that USAID is extremely good, actually. But I feel like it’s more important to say, “What is happening is antagonistic to the foundational document of the nation.”
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In 2016 the NYT ran multiple front page stories page about the grave national security risk of Hillary Clinton's server.
Today's front page, and nary a mention of the successful "plutocratic coup" (said by a sitting House member) or "constitutional crisis (said by a sitting Senator) unfolding
Today's front page, and nary a mention of the successful "plutocratic coup" (said by a sitting House member) or "constitutional crisis (said by a sitting Senator) unfolding
February 4, 2025 at 1:51 PM
In 2016 the NYT ran multiple front page stories page about the grave national security risk of Hillary Clinton's server.
Today's front page, and nary a mention of the successful "plutocratic coup" (said by a sitting House member) or "constitutional crisis (said by a sitting Senator) unfolding
Today's front page, and nary a mention of the successful "plutocratic coup" (said by a sitting House member) or "constitutional crisis (said by a sitting Senator) unfolding
After taking an oath to defend the document… don't "bellyache" over its violation.
Oh those constitutional violations? Pfft, those aren’t really a concern.
February 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
After taking an oath to defend the document… don't "bellyache" over its violation.
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They have trashed valuable products your tax money paid for.
More than 8,000 web pages across more than a dozen U.S. government websites have been taken down since Friday afternoon, a NYT analysis found.
The purges have removed info about vaccines, veterans' care, hate crimes, and scientific research, among many other topics. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/u...
The purges have removed info about vaccines, veterans' care, hate crimes, and scientific research, among many other topics. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/u...
Thousands of U.S. Government Web Pages Have Been Taken Down Since Friday
Federal agencies moved to satisfy Trump’s orders to remove topics like diversity initiatives and “gender ideology.”
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2025 at 3:09 PM
They have trashed valuable products your tax money paid for.
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And today, we learned the kids have write access.
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
February 4, 2025 at 3:23 PM
And today, we learned the kids have write access.
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
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Musk's recent email to The Other Place's staff: "Our user growth is stagnant, revenue is unimpressive, and we’re barely breaking even."
The Trump administration's effective response: "Perhaps we can use the levers of taxpayer-funded federal agencies to help."
The Trump administration's effective response: "Perhaps we can use the levers of taxpayer-funded federal agencies to help."
Well that's one way to prop up traffic on your money-losing private platform
February 1, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Musk's recent email to The Other Place's staff: "Our user growth is stagnant, revenue is unimpressive, and we’re barely breaking even."
The Trump administration's effective response: "Perhaps we can use the levers of taxpayer-funded federal agencies to help."
The Trump administration's effective response: "Perhaps we can use the levers of taxpayer-funded federal agencies to help."
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Having Trump tell us that all (previously enacted policies) must conform to his views or be eliminated by presidential fiat is fascist.
February 1, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Having Trump tell us that all (previously enacted policies) must conform to his views or be eliminated by presidential fiat is fascist.
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when we tell you they are fascists, believe us.
January 31, 2025 at 2:50 PM
when we tell you they are fascists, believe us.
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These bloodthirsty fuckers are just trying to get people killed.
Viral posts that claim the pilot of the Black Hawk helicopter involved in the crash in Washington DC was a transgender woman named Jo Ellis who deliberately caused the incident are false and baseless.
Jo Ellis has posted on Facebook to confirm she's alive, and not the Black Hawk pilot.
Jo Ellis has posted on Facebook to confirm she's alive, and not the Black Hawk pilot.
January 31, 2025 at 2:47 PM
These bloodthirsty fuckers are just trying to get people killed.
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You know people are really having a bad mental day when they're lashing out at Phil Williams, one of the best mainstream reporters when it comes to tearing down Nazi groups. I understand everyone is on edge but there's really no need to be so cruel to each other.
Trying this again: I deleted posts earlier because Blue MAGA crowd became completely unhinged to the point that I was getting messages telling me that I deserved to die. This posts specifically references what those neo-Nazi accounts were saying, including the terminology they were using. 1/
January 20, 2025 at 11:20 PM
You know people are really having a bad mental day when they're lashing out at Phil Williams, one of the best mainstream reporters when it comes to tearing down Nazi groups. I understand everyone is on edge but there's really no need to be so cruel to each other.