Venkat Lakshmanan
@venkatlax.bsky.social
Riding out the administration one catastrophe at a time
https://open.substack.com/pub/wordsarebutwind
https://open.substack.com/pub/wordsarebutwind
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Good job, Trump voters! You really picked a stable genius to lead us to lower prices.
February 14, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Good job, Trump voters! You really picked a stable genius to lead us to lower prices.
Who could have ever seen this happening 🤔
February 14, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Who could have ever seen this happening 🤔
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Dear Governor Kathy Hochul:
It's time.
You have the power to remove Eric Adams from office as NYC mayor.
Take a stand -- and stand up for cleaning up corruption in New York.
REMOVE ADAMS NOW.
Sincerely,
A New Yorker
It's time.
You have the power to remove Eric Adams from office as NYC mayor.
Take a stand -- and stand up for cleaning up corruption in New York.
REMOVE ADAMS NOW.
Sincerely,
A New Yorker
February 14, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Dear Governor Kathy Hochul:
It's time.
You have the power to remove Eric Adams from office as NYC mayor.
Take a stand -- and stand up for cleaning up corruption in New York.
REMOVE ADAMS NOW.
Sincerely,
A New Yorker
It's time.
You have the power to remove Eric Adams from office as NYC mayor.
Take a stand -- and stand up for cleaning up corruption in New York.
REMOVE ADAMS NOW.
Sincerely,
A New Yorker
I have worked with governments, companies, and people from the transportation sector who used NEVI as a pivotal mechanism to get a reliable foothold in the EV infrastructure space. This was some of the best policymaking done by the Biden administration. Not that it matters to these thugs.
The Federal Highway Administration said the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program is under review. It was part of the Biden administration's clean energy push.
Trump administration pauses $3 billion marked for electric vehicle charging stations
The Federal Highway Administration said the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program is under review. It was part of the Biden administration's clean energy push.
www.npr.org
February 8, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I have worked with governments, companies, and people from the transportation sector who used NEVI as a pivotal mechanism to get a reliable foothold in the EV infrastructure space. This was some of the best policymaking done by the Biden administration. Not that it matters to these thugs.
Can't wait to see this lineup
This year’s Kennedy Center Honorees:
Mel Gibson
Jon Voight
Sean Hannity
Roseanne Barr
O.J. Simpson (posthumously)
Mel Gibson
Jon Voight
Sean Hannity
Roseanne Barr
O.J. Simpson (posthumously)
February 8, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Can't wait to see this lineup
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Wait. Have @doge and Elon just been pulling numbers from usaspending.gov ?
Then releasing it as if they discovered it ?
Brilliant if true. Absolutely brilliant. Fooled me.
Very Trump like too.
Any usaspending.gov experts out there that can tell us ?
Then releasing it as if they discovered it ?
Brilliant if true. Absolutely brilliant. Fooled me.
Very Trump like too.
Any usaspending.gov experts out there that can tell us ?
USAspending.gov
usaspending.gov
February 7, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Wait. Have @doge and Elon just been pulling numbers from usaspending.gov ?
Then releasing it as if they discovered it ?
Brilliant if true. Absolutely brilliant. Fooled me.
Very Trump like too.
Any usaspending.gov experts out there that can tell us ?
Then releasing it as if they discovered it ?
Brilliant if true. Absolutely brilliant. Fooled me.
Very Trump like too.
Any usaspending.gov experts out there that can tell us ?
What in the seven hells
New — The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) was told this week by DOJ that they'd lose their funding if the org didn't remove any mentions of LGBTQIA+ issues from their public materials, I've learned. Staff were told they need to deadname trans kids in their reports to comply.
February 7, 2025 at 11:29 AM
What in the seven hells
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Not so brilliant.
Meanwhile... we the people have spent 7 million dollars on Elon and his stooges for a weeks worth of "work". Make it make sense. rollcall.com/2025/02/04/w...
White House opens funding spigot for DOGE expenses - Roll Call
Nearly $7 million over the past week has gone to cover the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency’s expenses.
rollcall.com
February 7, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Not so brilliant.
Yes because catering to corporate greed is the only kind if life worth living. How are people with 0 perspective being allowed to run the show?
Federal wildland firefighters were told they should find “higher productivity jobs in the private sector.”
February 7, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Yes because catering to corporate greed is the only kind if life worth living. How are people with 0 perspective being allowed to run the show?
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The Trump administration’s decision to freeze USAID funding has put nearly $500 million a year in global climate aid at risk. Critical projects that support clean energy, conservation, and climate resilience in developing countries now face an uncertain future.
Climate projects face existential threat after Trump halts aid
The Trump administration's attack on USAID puts at risk close to $500 million a year in aid for climate projects in developing countries
buff.ly
February 6, 2025 at 3:18 AM
The Trump administration’s decision to freeze USAID funding has put nearly $500 million a year in global climate aid at risk. Critical projects that support clean energy, conservation, and climate resilience in developing countries now face an uncertain future.
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"If we were watching this happen in Venezuela or Malawi and we saw a billionaire seize the money supply and the checkbook of the government, we would call it a coup." @lindsayowens.bsky.social
'We would call it a coup': Watchdogs and Dems attack Elon Musk Treasury Department takeover
The dramatic power play began Friday, continued through the weekend -- and poses extraordinary and unprecedented threats to US security, lawmakers say
www.usatoday.com
February 4, 2025 at 10:26 PM
"If we were watching this happen in Venezuela or Malawi and we saw a billionaire seize the money supply and the checkbook of the government, we would call it a coup." @lindsayowens.bsky.social
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This.
Hello friends. Let’s start this morning off with a pep talk.
The overwhelm, confusion, and fear you’re feeling is what they want you to feel. They want you helpless, hopeless, and paralyzed. Do not take their intimidation and do not give them your joy.
The overwhelm, confusion, and fear you’re feeling is what they want you to feel. They want you helpless, hopeless, and paralyzed. Do not take their intimidation and do not give them your joy.
February 4, 2025 at 11:43 PM
This.
Can't wait for the earth shattering levels of cope that braindead Trumpies will churn forth when the country falls to unemployment, disease, and imminent geopolitical decline
February 5, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Can't wait for the earth shattering levels of cope that braindead Trumpies will churn forth when the country falls to unemployment, disease, and imminent geopolitical decline
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Republican Congressmen & Senators are on Fox News bragging about Elon Musk taking over the US Treasury and USAID.
USAID influence insures air rights, ports & commerce through other countries. China will soon take over influence in those countries. A house of fools. They don’t know what they do.
USAID influence insures air rights, ports & commerce through other countries. China will soon take over influence in those countries. A house of fools. They don’t know what they do.
February 5, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Republican Congressmen & Senators are on Fox News bragging about Elon Musk taking over the US Treasury and USAID.
USAID influence insures air rights, ports & commerce through other countries. China will soon take over influence in those countries. A house of fools. They don’t know what they do.
USAID influence insures air rights, ports & commerce through other countries. China will soon take over influence in those countries. A house of fools. They don’t know what they do.
Fair enough lol.
Jesse Eisenberg no longer wants to be ‘associated’ with Mark Zuckerberg
Jesse Eisenberg no longer wants to be ‘associated’ with Mark Zuckerberg
The actor, who played the Facebook founder in The Social Network, criticised Meta’s decision to scrap factcheckers
Jesse Eisenberg, who received widespread recognition for his role as the Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Network, has…
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Fair enough lol.
Absolutely disgusting, blatant racism that doesn't even pretend to be veiled. The administration of hatred and only hatred.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Federal health workers terrified after 'DEI' website publishes list of 'targets'
The site calls out workers who have been involved with DEI initiatives. A majority are Black.
www.nbcnews.com
February 5, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Absolutely disgusting, blatant racism that doesn't even pretend to be veiled. The administration of hatred and only hatred.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
The resistance is right fucking here
Our coalition has grown rapidly, now standing strong with over 92,000 federal employees. We are united by our oath and our commitment to hold the line. Every day, more of us are being targeted simply for speaking the truth to America.
February 5, 2025 at 4:25 AM
The resistance is right fucking here
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Elon is accusing people of committing crimes while he’s actually committing crimes.
February 4, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Elon is accusing people of committing crimes while he’s actually committing crimes.
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My fellow public servants, the people who serve you on a daily basis doing things you don’t see so your life goes more or less as intended, are having their lives turned upside down at the whim of a 34-time convicted felon man baby who’s angry at everyone who holds him accountable.
February 5, 2025 at 4:08 AM
My fellow public servants, the people who serve you on a daily basis doing things you don’t see so your life goes more or less as intended, are having their lives turned upside down at the whim of a 34-time convicted felon man baby who’s angry at everyone who holds him accountable.