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Scoop from @byscottdance.com: As the National Weather Service scrambles to fill vacancies, staffing at four local forecast offices is so critical that they are no longer operating 24-7. More offices are expected to follow soon.
www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...
www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...
NOAA scrambles to fill forecasting jobs as hurricane season looms
As the administration scrambles to fill critical vacancies, the work force shortages have meanwhile forced several offices to stop operating 24 hours a day.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 14, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Scoop from @byscottdance.com: As the National Weather Service scrambles to fill vacancies, staffing at four local forecast offices is so critical that they are no longer operating 24-7. More offices are expected to follow soon.
www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...
www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...
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Jeffries: "Let me be clear -- House Democrats will not provide a single vote to this reckless Republican budget. Not one. Not one."
February 25, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Jeffries: "Let me be clear -- House Democrats will not provide a single vote to this reckless Republican budget. Not one. Not one."
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Crockett: They have a Trump trifecta. So, if the government shuts
down, it is going to be on Trump and his minions. It is not going to be on us because we weren't elected to gut social security, medicaid, medicare, and USAID. That's not what we campaigned on. So that's not what we're going to do.
down, it is going to be on Trump and his minions. It is not going to be on us because we weren't elected to gut social security, medicaid, medicare, and USAID. That's not what we campaigned on. So that's not what we're going to do.
February 24, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Crockett: They have a Trump trifecta. So, if the government shuts
down, it is going to be on Trump and his minions. It is not going to be on us because we weren't elected to gut social security, medicaid, medicare, and USAID. That's not what we campaigned on. So that's not what we're going to do.
down, it is going to be on Trump and his minions. It is not going to be on us because we weren't elected to gut social security, medicaid, medicare, and USAID. That's not what we campaigned on. So that's not what we're going to do.
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PLEASE: Watch what happened in Coeur d'Alene Idaho today. This is fascism. Unmarked cops. 1A violations. RESIST.
February 24, 2025 at 3:26 AM
PLEASE: Watch what happened in Coeur d'Alene Idaho today. This is fascism. Unmarked cops. 1A violations. RESIST.
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Are you or your work in TB affected by recent US govt actions? Click 👇 to systematically document these experiences that waste US taxpayer $: stop-work, aid freezes, expiring medications,
unrealized waivers of exception. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
unrealized waivers of exception. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
February 12, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Are you or your work in TB affected by recent US govt actions? Click 👇 to systematically document these experiences that waste US taxpayer $: stop-work, aid freezes, expiring medications,
unrealized waivers of exception. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
unrealized waivers of exception. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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"Gulf of America" is just a loyalty test. It's a way of checking who is going to abrogate reality for no reason other than a cowardly refusal to stand up to the bully or an opportunistic willingness to toady up to one. Anyone who will call it that will help you round people up or look the other way.
February 12, 2025 at 11:40 AM
"Gulf of America" is just a loyalty test. It's a way of checking who is going to abrogate reality for no reason other than a cowardly refusal to stand up to the bully or an opportunistic willingness to toady up to one. Anyone who will call it that will help you round people up or look the other way.
New addition to the windowsill from @libertytownarts.bsky.social
February 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM
New addition to the windowsill from @libertytownarts.bsky.social
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I just lost my job, along with most of my coworkers, due to the illegal grant freeze.
I worked at an organization that
-helped veterans who have lost a limb
-Assisted elderly and disabled people
-Helped hospitals better treat people who have lost limbs
I worked at an organization that
-helped veterans who have lost a limb
-Assisted elderly and disabled people
-Helped hospitals better treat people who have lost limbs
February 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I just lost my job, along with most of my coworkers, due to the illegal grant freeze.
I worked at an organization that
-helped veterans who have lost a limb
-Assisted elderly and disabled people
-Helped hospitals better treat people who have lost limbs
I worked at an organization that
-helped veterans who have lost a limb
-Assisted elderly and disabled people
-Helped hospitals better treat people who have lost limbs
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McGovern: People voted for lower egg prices, not for a Middle East Mar-a-lago. People did not vote to send their sons and daughters into the tunnels of Gaza so that Jared Kushner and Donald Trump can build Trump Tower Gaza.
February 5, 2025 at 8:37 PM
McGovern: People voted for lower egg prices, not for a Middle East Mar-a-lago. People did not vote to send their sons and daughters into the tunnels of Gaza so that Jared Kushner and Donald Trump can build Trump Tower Gaza.
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For those keeping track at home, Dems held the floor all night and are still going strong this morning.
35+ Dems plan to hold the Senate floor all night to oppose the confirmation of Musk-Trump funding freeze architect Russ Vought. THIS is how we fight back while in the minority.
(via @schatz.bsky.social)
(via @schatz.bsky.social)
February 6, 2025 at 3:17 PM
For those keeping track at home, Dems held the floor all night and are still going strong this morning.
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I am told the leadership of NOAA’s office of human capital has been fired
Here's a bit of what's maybe going on at NOAA. Please reach out if you are there/know more/want to chat, Signal is davelevitan.26
"Totally Batshit": Musk's Minions Are Targeting NOAA Now
Splinter is your home for news and opinions that challenge power in our political and economic system that's becoming more unhinged each and every day.
www.splinter.com
February 5, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I am told the leadership of NOAA’s office of human capital has been fired
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I support bargey Dems
🫡👏👏👏
🫡👏👏👏
Reps. Judy Chu (D-Calif.) and Gwen Moore (D-Wisc.) barged into House Speaker Mike Johnson’s office unscheduled on Wednesday and challenged him about Elon Musk's team gaining access to a sensitive payment system at the Treasury Department.
www.politico.com/live-updates...
www.politico.com/live-updates...
Two Dem lawmakers barge into House speaker's office in backlash against Musk
Reps. Judy Chu and Gwen Moore denounced DOGE's access to a vast government payments system.
www.politico.com
February 6, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I support bargey Dems
🫡👏👏👏
🫡👏👏👏
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FEDERAL WORKER AT A VIRGINIA TOWN HALL: “And to top it all off one of Musk’s top lieutenants and his wife and young child have shacked up on the 6th floor.” 🤔
Full: www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2r7Y3V7/
Full: www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2r7Y3V7/
February 5, 2025 at 11:13 PM
FEDERAL WORKER AT A VIRGINIA TOWN HALL: “And to top it all off one of Musk’s top lieutenants and his wife and young child have shacked up on the 6th floor.” 🤔
Full: www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2r7Y3V7/
Full: www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2r7Y3V7/
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the Oversight Committee immediately devolves into chaos after Democrats call for Elon Musk to come and testify
February 5, 2025 at 3:27 PM
the Oversight Committee immediately devolves into chaos after Democrats call for Elon Musk to come and testify
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Here is your script:
February 4, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Here is your script:
This is exactly what they did with our kids’ teachers.
Literally the same playbook.
Some of the links are broken now, but the “reporting portals” and websites are included in one of my 2022 investigations about White parents harassing a Black educator in GA: www.propublica.org/article/geor...
Literally the same playbook.
Some of the links are broken now, but the “reporting portals” and websites are included in one of my 2022 investigations about White parents harassing a Black educator in GA: www.propublica.org/article/geor...
February 5, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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“A lot of journalists argue that their role isn’t to advocate—that that’s not their job. But if your job isn’t to inform people in a way that will help them, then I don’t really understand what your job is.”
Read my chat with @columjournreview.bsky.social:
Read my chat with @columjournreview.bsky.social:
Q&A: Marisa Kabas on Scooping the World on the Federal Funding Freeze
www.cjr.org
February 5, 2025 at 2:31 PM
“A lot of journalists argue that their role isn’t to advocate—that that’s not their job. But if your job isn’t to inform people in a way that will help them, then I don’t really understand what your job is.”
Read my chat with @columjournreview.bsky.social:
Read my chat with @columjournreview.bsky.social:
WTF?!?! Kaine voted Yes. Please call his office and tell him to vote NO on Trump's cabinet picks. 202-224-4024
People around the country are asking Senate Dems to fight back. But today, 22 Senate Dems voted for yet another Trump nominee (Collins for VA). If yours voted the right way, thank them. If they voted the wrong way, do what you can to let your entire community know and express disapproval.
February 5, 2025 at 1:41 AM
WTF?!?! Kaine voted Yes. Please call his office and tell him to vote NO on Trump's cabinet picks. 202-224-4024
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The department tracks student achievement, manages college financial aid and sends K-12 schools money to support students with disabilities and lower-income communities, among other things.
A guide to what the U.S. Education Department does (and doesn't) do
The department tracks student achievement, manages college financial aid and sends K-12 schools money to support students with disabilities and lower-income communities, among other things.
www.npr.org
February 4, 2025 at 11:50 PM
The department tracks student achievement, manages college financial aid and sends K-12 schools money to support students with disabilities and lower-income communities, among other things.
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Excellent overview of how and why the Supreme Court's trans healthcare case could impact sex discrimination and gender inequality writ large.
"Tennessee’s argument would call into question the longstanding freedom we all enjoy to live our lives as we wish, regardless of sex."
"Tennessee’s argument would call into question the longstanding freedom we all enjoy to live our lives as we wish, regardless of sex."
Opinion | The Supreme Court Case Over Trans Youth Could Also Decimate Women’s Equality
The principle of sex equality itself is at stake.
www.politico.com
December 24, 2024 at 6:34 PM
Excellent overview of how and why the Supreme Court's trans healthcare case could impact sex discrimination and gender inequality writ large.
"Tennessee’s argument would call into question the longstanding freedom we all enjoy to live our lives as we wish, regardless of sex."
"Tennessee’s argument would call into question the longstanding freedom we all enjoy to live our lives as we wish, regardless of sex."
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this guy needs to be a focus of Dem TV appearances and Trump staff need to be asked about him in every interview
“why is a 19 year old who called himself Big Balls being given access to our most sensitive personal information?”
it sounds absurd because it is absurd and people need to hear it
“why is a 19 year old who called himself Big Balls being given access to our most sensitive personal information?”
it sounds absurd because it is absurd and people need to hear it
"Edward Coristine, a 19-year-old former camp counselor who called himself 'Big Balls' on LinkedIn before being tapped to do the bidding of a billionaire, held a call with SBA staff ..."
NEW: DOGE has requested and is being granted “access to all SBA systems,” per an email sent to Small Business Admin employees today. Edward Coristine, a DOGE official, held a call with SBA staff detailing level of access they wanted, including HR, contract and payment systems
February 4, 2025 at 1:47 AM
this guy needs to be a focus of Dem TV appearances and Trump staff need to be asked about him in every interview
“why is a 19 year old who called himself Big Balls being given access to our most sensitive personal information?”
it sounds absurd because it is absurd and people need to hear it
“why is a 19 year old who called himself Big Balls being given access to our most sensitive personal information?”
it sounds absurd because it is absurd and people need to hear it
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A private citizen, with the backing of the President, illegally shut down a major government agency over the weekend and it is not on the front page of this morning's New York Times
@peterbakernyt.bsky.social
@peterbakernyt.bsky.social
February 3, 2025 at 3:15 PM
A private citizen, with the backing of the President, illegally shut down a major government agency over the weekend and it is not on the front page of this morning's New York Times
@peterbakernyt.bsky.social
@peterbakernyt.bsky.social
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Members of Congress going into the US Agency for International Development!
February 3, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Members of Congress going into the US Agency for International Development!
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Anyways, here's the name of DOGE employees and the article confirming it.
Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran.
We still have a constitution and I intend to use it.
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran.
We still have a constitution and I intend to use it.
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
February 3, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Anyways, here's the name of DOGE employees and the article confirming it.
Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran.
We still have a constitution and I intend to use it.
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran.
We still have a constitution and I intend to use it.
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...