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Hundreds of workers at the CDC. More than 1,000 at the NIH. Scores of staffers at the FDA.
Trump’s purge of federal employees includes those doing lifesaving work. Many of them expressed fear at what would happen to the projects they left behind.
By @anniewaldman.bsky.social & @deldeib.bsky.social
Trump’s purge of federal employees includes those doing lifesaving work. Many of them expressed fear at what would happen to the projects they left behind.
By @anniewaldman.bsky.social & @deldeib.bsky.social
They Worked to Prevent Death. The Trump Administration Fired Them.
Public health teams are being gutted, imperiling efforts to safeguard organ donation and prevent maternal and infant death. Many workers expressed fear at what would happen to the work they left…
propub.li
March 1, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Hundreds of workers at the CDC. More than 1,000 at the NIH. Scores of staffers at the FDA.
Trump’s purge of federal employees includes those doing lifesaving work. Many of them expressed fear at what would happen to the projects they left behind.
By @anniewaldman.bsky.social & @deldeib.bsky.social
Trump’s purge of federal employees includes those doing lifesaving work. Many of them expressed fear at what would happen to the projects they left behind.
By @anniewaldman.bsky.social & @deldeib.bsky.social
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"We’re witnessing the self-sabotage of the United States"
from @davidfrum.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
from @davidfrum.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
At Least Now We Know the Truth
It’s ugly, but necessary to face.
www.theatlantic.com
February 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
"We’re witnessing the self-sabotage of the United States"
from @davidfrum.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
from @davidfrum.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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Something to bookmark:
Potash is essential for modern agriculture.
**Eighty percent** of the potash used on American farms comes from mines in *Saskatchewan*.
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Potash is essential for modern agriculture.
**Eighty percent** of the potash used on American farms comes from mines in *Saskatchewan*.
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Trump won’t admit it, but Canadian potash fuels American agriculture
More than 80 per cent of the potash used by U.S. farmers comes from Canadian mines, and the costs could skyrocket should tariffs happen
www.theglobeandmail.com
March 1, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Something to bookmark:
Potash is essential for modern agriculture.
**Eighty percent** of the potash used on American farms comes from mines in *Saskatchewan*.
{gift link}
Potash is essential for modern agriculture.
**Eighty percent** of the potash used on American farms comes from mines in *Saskatchewan*.
{gift link}
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Hundreds of NOAA employees are being fired by Trump and DOGE.
The National Weather Service, which is part of NOAA, provides life saving weather forecasting in the US.
A study found that for every $1 invested in NWS, it produces $73 in value to Americans.
Again, this isn't about efficiency.
The National Weather Service, which is part of NOAA, provides life saving weather forecasting in the US.
A study found that for every $1 invested in NWS, it produces $73 in value to Americans.
Again, this isn't about efficiency.
March 1, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Hundreds of NOAA employees are being fired by Trump and DOGE.
The National Weather Service, which is part of NOAA, provides life saving weather forecasting in the US.
A study found that for every $1 invested in NWS, it produces $73 in value to Americans.
Again, this isn't about efficiency.
The National Weather Service, which is part of NOAA, provides life saving weather forecasting in the US.
A study found that for every $1 invested in NWS, it produces $73 in value to Americans.
Again, this isn't about efficiency.
"Rapidly spreading authoritarianism coming from this administration threatens all of our freedoms."
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wapo.st/3DaSKxX
Opinion | Here’s the real threat to ‘personal liberties and free markets’
The rapidly spreading authoritarianism coming from this administration threatens all of our freedoms.
wapo.st
February 28, 2025 at 4:52 PM
"Rapidly spreading authoritarianism coming from this administration threatens all of our freedoms."
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wapo.st/3DaSKxX
"Musk channeled his libertarian impulses & resentment of regulatory oversight of his business holdings...Richest man in world has embedded his engineers & aides inside US govt's critical digital infrastructure. DOGE has inserted itself into >20 agencies"
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/u...
How Elon Musk Executed His Takeover of the Federal Bureaucracy (Gift Article)
The operation was driven with a frenetic focus by the billionaire, who channeled his resentment of regulatory oversight into a drastic overhaul of government agencies.
www.nytimes.com
February 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
"Musk channeled his libertarian impulses & resentment of regulatory oversight of his business holdings...Richest man in world has embedded his engineers & aides inside US govt's critical digital infrastructure. DOGE has inserted itself into >20 agencies"
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/u...
"Homeowners described their homes as 'money pits' and 'financial burdens', & said they felt stuck in homes they could barely or no longer afford, with insurance, taxes, utilities and maintenance now often costing more than people’s mortgages."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘I feel trapped’: how home ownership has become a nightmare for many Americans
Scores in the US say they’re grappling with raised mortgage and loan interest rates and exploding insurance premiums
www.theguardian.com
February 25, 2025 at 4:33 PM
"Homeowners described their homes as 'money pits' and 'financial burdens', & said they felt stuck in homes they could barely or no longer afford, with insurance, taxes, utilities and maintenance now often costing more than people’s mortgages."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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"...eliminated positions for employees who have played a role in assessing the brain-implant technology in Elon Musk’s Neuralink devices."
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/h...
Firings at FDA Decimated Teams Reviewing AI and Food Safety
Staff units evaluating high-tech surgical robots and insulin-delivery systems were gutted by Trump layoffs even though industry fees, not taxpayers, financed the employee salaries.
www.nytimes.com
February 21, 2025 at 6:44 PM
"...eliminated positions for employees who have played a role in assessing the brain-implant technology in Elon Musk’s Neuralink devices."
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/h...
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February 22, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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February 24, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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An outbreak of listeria infections linked with frozen supplemental shakes has made at least 38 people ill in 21 states, with 37 hospitalizations and 11 deaths, the FDA said.
11 deaths reported in listeria outbreak linked with supplemental shakes | CNN
An outbreak of listeria infections linked with frozen supplemental shakes has made at least 38 people ill in 21 states, with 37 hospitalizations and 11 deaths, the US Food and Drug Administration said...
www.cnn.com
February 22, 2025 at 2:32 AM
An outbreak of listeria infections linked with frozen supplemental shakes has made at least 38 people ill in 21 states, with 37 hospitalizations and 11 deaths, the FDA said.
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Farmers express concerns about chaos from Trump tariffs and budget cuts; GOP electeds fail to show up via @henry-redman.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/02/21/r...
Republican lawmakers no show as western Wisconsin farmers complain of Trump chaos, disruption • Wisconsin Examiner
Western Wisconsin farmers expressed concerns about Trump administration tariffs and budget cuts; Republican representatives failed to show
wisconsinexaminer.com
February 21, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Farmers express concerns about chaos from Trump tariffs and budget cuts; GOP electeds fail to show up via @henry-redman.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/02/21/r...
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“The numerous mistakes, according to people familiar with the complex world of government contracting, suggest that Mr. Musk’s team of outsiders, charged by the president with cutting spending, don’t fully understand it.” 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...
DOGE’s Only Public Ledger Is Riddled With Mistakes (Gift Article)
The figures from Elon Musk’s team of outsiders represent billions in government cuts. They are also full of accounting errors, outdated data and other miscalculations.
www.nytimes.com
February 22, 2025 at 3:34 AM
“The numerous mistakes, according to people familiar with the complex world of government contracting, suggest that Mr. Musk’s team of outsiders, charged by the president with cutting spending, don’t fully understand it.” 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...
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None of this has anything to do with effectiveness, or “lethality,” or promoting “warfighters," or any other buzzwords. It is praetorianism, plain and simple, and it is an assault on our military and our democracy.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
A Friday Night Massacre at the Pentagon
Trump’s purge started with his firing of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the top Navy officer, and the vice chief of the Air Force.
www.theatlantic.com
February 22, 2025 at 3:28 AM
None of this has anything to do with effectiveness, or “lethality,” or promoting “warfighters," or any other buzzwords. It is praetorianism, plain and simple, and it is an assault on our military and our democracy.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Friends - we will be doing additional content on this Monday.
But a quick primer on what you need to know about Measles, from a recent segment.
Stay vigilant, stay informed.
youtube.com/watch?v=XNZP...
But a quick primer on what you need to know about Measles, from a recent segment.
Stay vigilant, stay informed.
youtube.com/watch?v=XNZP...
youtube.com
February 22, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Friends - we will be doing additional content on this Monday.
But a quick primer on what you need to know about Measles, from a recent segment.
Stay vigilant, stay informed.
youtube.com/watch?v=XNZP...
But a quick primer on what you need to know about Measles, from a recent segment.
Stay vigilant, stay informed.
youtube.com/watch?v=XNZP...
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Rolling back on climate actions may spell rise in preventable illness – study
Rolling back on climate actions may spell rise in preventable illness – study
Net zero policies would result in fewer deaths saving UK billions, say researchers
Countries that weaken or stop their net zero and climate actions may be consigning their populations to decades of preventable illness.
Gains from net zero are often…
www.theguardian.com
February 21, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Rolling back on climate actions may spell rise in preventable illness – study
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This is PA-7, a seat we flipped with Susan Wild in 2018, then lost in one of the closest congressional elections in the country last year.
It’s a prime pickup opportunity to flip the House and if you are asking “what can I do to help,” helping create more scenes and stories like this is very good
It’s a prime pickup opportunity to flip the House and if you are asking “what can I do to help,” helping create more scenes and stories like this is very good
February 19, 2025 at 11:54 PM
This is PA-7, a seat we flipped with Susan Wild in 2018, then lost in one of the closest congressional elections in the country last year.
It’s a prime pickup opportunity to flip the House and if you are asking “what can I do to help,” helping create more scenes and stories like this is very good
It’s a prime pickup opportunity to flip the House and if you are asking “what can I do to help,” helping create more scenes and stories like this is very good
“Mountain glaciers - frozen rivers of ice – act as a freshwater resource for millions of people…But since the turn of the century, they have lost more than 6,500 billion tonnes – or 5% – of their ice. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Climate change: World's glaciers melting faster than ever recorded
The planet's glaciers have lost 5% of their ice in little over 20 years, according to a major study.
www.bbc.com
February 20, 2025 at 12:48 AM
“Mountain glaciers - frozen rivers of ice – act as a freshwater resource for millions of people…But since the turn of the century, they have lost more than 6,500 billion tonnes – or 5% – of their ice. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Two people were killed when two small planes collided in midair near Marana Regional Airport in southern Arizona on Wednesday, officials said. The regional airport is an “uncontrolled field,” meaning it does not have an operating air traffic control tower.
Two Small Planes Collide Midair in Arizona, Killing 2
One plane landed “uneventfully” while the other crashed near a runway, then caught fire, investigators said.
www.nytimes.com
February 19, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Two people were killed when two small planes collided in midair near Marana Regional Airport in southern Arizona on Wednesday, officials said. The regional airport is an “uncontrolled field,” meaning it does not have an operating air traffic control tower.
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Stansbury: "What it looks like is they are trying to further rig the system. What does the SEC? It regulates the stock market. Why are billionaires trying to take over control of the stock market? It is the place where money is made ... same with the FCC."
February 19, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Stansbury: "What it looks like is they are trying to further rig the system. What does the SEC? It regulates the stock market. Why are billionaires trying to take over control of the stock market? It is the place where money is made ... same with the FCC."
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Trump is relying on a claimed migrant “invasion” to justify suspending asylum laws. In today’s @just_security, my colleague @EbrightYon and I explain why Trump is wrong -- both about what an “invasion” is and about what powers it triggers. www.justsecurity.org/107699/invas...
Trump’s Doubly Flawed "Invasion" Theory
How Trump's migration-as-invasion theory might serve as a pretext for claiming vast presidential powers and upending constitutional norms.
www.justsecurity.org
February 19, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Trump is relying on a claimed migrant “invasion” to justify suspending asylum laws. In today’s @just_security, my colleague @EbrightYon and I explain why Trump is wrong -- both about what an “invasion” is and about what powers it triggers. www.justsecurity.org/107699/invas...
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“Scientists are in wide agreement that biological sex in humans as well as the rest of life on earth is much more complicated than a simple binary.”
Correct. A lot has happened since you took middle school science. Try to keep up.
www.inquirer.com/health/trump...
Correct. A lot has happened since you took middle school science. Try to keep up.
www.inquirer.com/health/trump...
Trump says there are ‘two sexes.’ Experts and science say it’s not binary.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order declaring that the United States recognizes “two sexes, male and female. Experts and research call that oversimplified and inaccurate.
www.inquirer.com
February 19, 2025 at 8:58 PM
“Scientists are in wide agreement that biological sex in humans as well as the rest of life on earth is much more complicated than a simple binary.”
Correct. A lot has happened since you took middle school science. Try to keep up.
www.inquirer.com/health/trump...
Correct. A lot has happened since you took middle school science. Try to keep up.
www.inquirer.com/health/trump...