Heidi Cochrane
@thais75.bsky.social
Attorney, naturalist, and proponent of global care ethics and egalitarianism.
I find it hard to believe that someone who now possesses the entire nation’s personal and financial data (aka the keys to the kingdom) would care in the slightest about threats to cancel his federal contracts and subsidies.
June 6, 2025 at 12:19 AM
I find it hard to believe that someone who now possesses the entire nation’s personal and financial data (aka the keys to the kingdom) would care in the slightest about threats to cancel his federal contracts and subsidies.
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Imagine if Joe Biden, newly in office, had launched a company with Hunter Biden and used his social media to recruit financial backers.
Then promised the most generous among them would earn an invitation to a private dinner with him ... Trump just did that.
Then promised the most generous among them would earn an invitation to a private dinner with him ... Trump just did that.
Trump Just Did the Most Corrupt Thing Any President Has Ever Done
He’s using the White House to get rich from anonymous investors—and it’s hardly even a news story.
newrepublic.com
April 25, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Imagine if Joe Biden, newly in office, had launched a company with Hunter Biden and used his social media to recruit financial backers.
Then promised the most generous among them would earn an invitation to a private dinner with him ... Trump just did that.
Then promised the most generous among them would earn an invitation to a private dinner with him ... Trump just did that.
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OMG. I was wondering that as the tariff numbers made no sense, but this is even dumber than I thought. I mean, this is "fail your econ 101 class and have to go meet with the professor" bad.
james surowiecki has discovered where the completely fabricated trump tariff rate has come from for each country
"...for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us."
"...for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us."
April 2, 2025 at 11:26 PM
OMG. I was wondering that as the tariff numbers made no sense, but this is even dumber than I thought. I mean, this is "fail your econ 101 class and have to go meet with the professor" bad.
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In case you doubted that he’s a russian asset, know that VOA was instrumental in keeping the hope of freedoms alive in the Soviet Union and is hated with a passion by putin for exactly that. This is no accident.
JUST IN: Federal officials placed 1,000 employees at Voice of America on indefinite paid leave, while severing contracts with Radio Free Asia and other U.S.-funded networks.
'Bloody Saturday' at Voice of America and other U.S.-funded networks
Federal officials placed 1,000 employees at Voice of America on indefinite paid leave, while severing contracts with Radio Free Asia and other U.S.-funded networks.
www.npr.org
March 15, 2025 at 11:40 PM
In case you doubted that he’s a russian asset, know that VOA was instrumental in keeping the hope of freedoms alive in the Soviet Union and is hated with a passion by putin for exactly that. This is no accident.
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Voice of America is silent.
I remember in the Cold War when the Soviet Union wanted nothing more than to silence the Voice of America.
Today's the day it happened.
I remember in the Cold War when the Soviet Union wanted nothing more than to silence the Voice of America.
Today's the day it happened.
Statement from the director of the Voice of America (who has been placed on administrative leave).
March 15, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Voice of America is silent.
I remember in the Cold War when the Soviet Union wanted nothing more than to silence the Voice of America.
Today's the day it happened.
I remember in the Cold War when the Soviet Union wanted nothing more than to silence the Voice of America.
Today's the day it happened.
This is a very, very big deal.
The House just voted that “each day for the remainder of the 119th Congress shall not constitute a calendar day for purposes of section 202 of the National Emergencies Act.” A day is not a day. Lewis Carroll, George Orwell, and Franz Kafka must all be chuckling — or weeping.
March 12, 2025 at 7:50 PM
This is a very, very big deal.
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Oh, look what normal countries do when a former president leads a far right coup attempt.
Jair Bolsonaro charged over alleged far-right coup plot to seize power in Brazil
Former president is charged by attorney general following police report that accused him of organising a conspiracy to stop Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva taking power.
www.theguardian.com
February 19, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Oh, look what normal countries do when a former president leads a far right coup attempt.
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We have been careful to avoid using the word coup, but it’s time to call it what it is—this is a coup. Trump signed an executive order granting only the attorney general or the president the authority to interpret laws executed by the executive branch.
February 19, 2025 at 12:28 AM
We have been careful to avoid using the word coup, but it’s time to call it what it is—this is a coup. Trump signed an executive order granting only the attorney general or the president the authority to interpret laws executed by the executive branch.
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Elon Musk has now set his sights on the U.S. gold reserves at Fort Knox, insisting on personally ensuring the gold remains intact. The vault was last opened to journalists and a congressional delegation in 1974.
February 18, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Elon Musk has now set his sights on the U.S. gold reserves at Fort Knox, insisting on personally ensuring the gold remains intact. The vault was last opened to journalists and a congressional delegation in 1974.
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Update: Hours after this story posted, the White House provided a statement claiming that... DOGE did not share classified information on its website.
Even as NRO’s classified information is still accessible on DOGE’s website. www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-m...
Even as NRO’s classified information is still accessible on DOGE’s website. www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-m...
Elon Musk’s DOGE Posts Classified Data On Its New Website
“People are scrambling” to see if their sensitive information has been accessed by Musk’s programmers, said one federal intelligence employee.
www.huffpost.com
February 15, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Update: Hours after this story posted, the White House provided a statement claiming that... DOGE did not share classified information on its website.
Even as NRO’s classified information is still accessible on DOGE’s website. www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-m...
Even as NRO’s classified information is still accessible on DOGE’s website. www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-m...
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BREAKING: Ranking Member Raskin demands Attorney General Bondi halt illegal intimidation campaign targeting the DOJ’s Public Integrity Office.
February 14, 2025 at 5:36 PM
BREAKING: Ranking Member Raskin demands Attorney General Bondi halt illegal intimidation campaign targeting the DOJ’s Public Integrity Office.
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We urge our international supporters to do the same. Some countries are already proposing tariffs on Musk-affiliated businesses(please do). Join us in taking a stand.
February 14, 2025 at 3:32 AM
We urge our international supporters to do the same. Some countries are already proposing tariffs on Musk-affiliated businesses(please do). Join us in taking a stand.
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We are calling for a nationwide and international boycott of all Elon Musk-related products and services. Sell your Tesla shares, avoid buying Tesla vehicles, cancel Starlink, and delete your X accounts.
February 14, 2025 at 3:32 AM
We are calling for a nationwide and international boycott of all Elon Musk-related products and services. Sell your Tesla shares, avoid buying Tesla vehicles, cancel Starlink, and delete your X accounts.
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Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.
February 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.
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BREAKING: France, Germany, Poland, Italy, Spain & UK sign a joint statement vowing to protect Ukraine’s sovereignty & demanding a role in the peace talks.
This is leadership.
It’s also unprecedented.
A western alliance is having to form against a new, twin & united threat: Trump & Putin.
This is leadership.
It’s also unprecedented.
A western alliance is having to form against a new, twin & united threat: Trump & Putin.
February 12, 2025 at 10:29 PM
BREAKING: France, Germany, Poland, Italy, Spain & UK sign a joint statement vowing to protect Ukraine’s sovereignty & demanding a role in the peace talks.
This is leadership.
It’s also unprecedented.
A western alliance is having to form against a new, twin & united threat: Trump & Putin.
This is leadership.
It’s also unprecedented.
A western alliance is having to form against a new, twin & united threat: Trump & Putin.
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This is absolutely insane. Musk’s DOGE crew just straight up *took* $80 million from an NYC bank account!
Okay what is going on here. Are the accounts at a private banking entity? Does the federal government have direct debit permission set up? So many questions as to how Treasury instructed this payment. (Via NY Post’s Craig McCarthy)
February 12, 2025 at 7:39 PM
This is absolutely insane. Musk’s DOGE crew just straight up *took* $80 million from an NYC bank account!
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Not Hyperbole Anymore: Musk Is In Charge of the US Government talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/not-h...
Not Hyperbole Anymore: Musk Is In Charge of the US Government
These are wild times at TPM because they’re wild times in the...
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 12, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Not Hyperbole Anymore: Musk Is In Charge of the US Government talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/not-h...
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@aoc.bsky.social We’d like your help organizing a March on Washington to ensure protester safety and secure permits. We’re aiming for a Saturday at least two weeks out to allow for travel planning.
February 12, 2025 at 12:39 AM
@aoc.bsky.social We’d like your help organizing a March on Washington to ensure protester safety and secure permits. We’re aiming for a Saturday at least two weeks out to allow for travel planning.
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I wonder how one possibly justifies any of these actions
February 11, 2025 at 11:20 AM
I wonder how one possibly justifies any of these actions
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US President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the Justice Department to pause prosecutions of Americans accused of bribing foreign government officials while trying to win or retain business in their countries reut.rs/4jVNpuP
Trump loosens enforcement of US law banning bribery of foreign officials
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order directing the Justice Department to pause prosecutions of Americans accused of bribing foreign government officials while trying to win or retain business in their countries.
reut.rs
February 11, 2025 at 3:37 AM
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the Justice Department to pause prosecutions of Americans accused of bribing foreign government officials while trying to win or retain business in their countries reut.rs/4jVNpuP
CBS integrity another Trump casualty: Trump doubles his lawsuit against CBS’ “60 minutes” to $20B and CBS promptly releases a poll claiming 53% favorability of Trump handling of presidency among adults (not voters, mind you).
February 10, 2025 at 1:10 PM
CBS integrity another Trump casualty: Trump doubles his lawsuit against CBS’ “60 minutes” to $20B and CBS promptly releases a poll claiming 53% favorability of Trump handling of presidency among adults (not voters, mind you).
Cruel and dangerous.
NEW: The Department of Education told employees late Friday that they must review and terminate all programs, contracts and policies that affirm the existence of transgender people.
By @jodiscohen.bsky.social and @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
By @jodiscohen.bsky.social and @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
The Department of Education Told Employees to End Support for Transgender Students
The directive, which continues the Trump administration’s efforts to curb transgender rights, could end school-based mental health services and support for homeless students.
propub.li
February 8, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Cruel and dangerous.