Reposted by Weezette
According to my sources, the FBI was initially open to a concurrent investigation with the MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (the state agency that would do this investigation).
Trumpy U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen heard about this and intervened, barring the FBI from cooperating with local police.
Trumpy U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen heard about this and intervened, barring the FBI from cooperating with local police.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota investigators say they can't access evidence after fatal ICE shooting and FBI won't work jointly on probe.
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:35 PM
According to my sources, the FBI was initially open to a concurrent investigation with the MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (the state agency that would do this investigation).
Trumpy U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen heard about this and intervened, barring the FBI from cooperating with local police.
Trumpy U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen heard about this and intervened, barring the FBI from cooperating with local police.
Reposted by Weezette
With everything LA has gone through in the last few months (and couple of years), let's celebrate the hatching of:
TEN CALIFORNIA CONDORS!!!!!!!!!
Congrats to the team at the Los Angeles Zoo!!!
TEN CALIFORNIA CONDORS!!!!!!!!!
Congrats to the team at the Los Angeles Zoo!!!
June 19, 2025 at 4:49 AM
With everything LA has gone through in the last few months (and couple of years), let's celebrate the hatching of:
TEN CALIFORNIA CONDORS!!!!!!!!!
Congrats to the team at the Los Angeles Zoo!!!
TEN CALIFORNIA CONDORS!!!!!!!!!
Congrats to the team at the Los Angeles Zoo!!!
Reposted by Weezette
Harriet Tubman #quilt by my Mom, Vera P. Hall, who makes quilts celebrating Black people who fought for their own freedom. This seems to be the crowd favorite of the “We Didn’t Wait for Freedom” series. Happy #Juneteenth #quilting
June 19, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Harriet Tubman #quilt by my Mom, Vera P. Hall, who makes quilts celebrating Black people who fought for their own freedom. This seems to be the crowd favorite of the “We Didn’t Wait for Freedom” series. Happy #Juneteenth #quilting
I'm attending National Wildlife Federation's event, “Virtual Rally to Save the Cornerstone of Conservation Science” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nwf/event/79...
Virtual Rally to Save the Cornerstone of Conservation Science · National Wildlife Federation
We need YOU as we rally in support of critical federal government services at risk of being lost forever. The U.S. Geological Survey Ecosystems Mission Area is responsible for many of the programs tha...
www.mobilize.us
May 17, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I'm attending National Wildlife Federation's event, “Virtual Rally to Save the Cornerstone of Conservation Science” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nwf/event/79...
Reposted by Weezette
well i am sure this administration will take strong action to make sure food safety is a top priority going forwa…
hold on i am getting an update
hold on i am getting an update
NBC News EXCLUSIVE: A deadly E. coli outbreak hit 15 states, but the FDA chose not to publicize it
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
A deadly E. coli outbreak hit 15 states, but the FDA chose not to publicize it
The outbreak linked to romaine lettuce killed one person and sickened at least 88 more, including a 9-year-old boy who nearly died of kidney failure.
www.nbcnews.com
April 17, 2025 at 10:06 PM
well i am sure this administration will take strong action to make sure food safety is a top priority going forwa…
hold on i am getting an update
hold on i am getting an update
Reposted by Weezette
This is great.
www.theverge.com/news/617014/...
www.theverge.com/news/617014/...
Federal workers launch a new site to share inside information about DOGE
We the Builders aims to explain why DOGE’s data access matters.
www.theverge.com
February 24, 2025 at 2:23 PM
This is great.
www.theverge.com/news/617014/...
www.theverge.com/news/617014/...
Reposted by Weezette
With national parks closed and the skies too dangerous to fly who knows where Americans be vacationing this year... that's a $2.36 trillion/year industry Trump is messing with. The US was the world's top travel destination in 2024. www.bbc.com/travel/artic...
February 18, 2025 at 3:54 AM
With national parks closed and the skies too dangerous to fly who knows where Americans be vacationing this year... that's a $2.36 trillion/year industry Trump is messing with. The US was the world's top travel destination in 2024. www.bbc.com/travel/artic...
Reposted by Weezette
1/ Here's my take on what's happening with DOGE.
I've got fed experience through contracting with Health & Human Safety, Head Start, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and DOD. I get brought in when people need to get shit done. Other people here have way more experience than me.
I've got fed experience through contracting with Health & Human Safety, Head Start, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and DOD. I get brought in when people need to get shit done. Other people here have way more experience than me.
does anyone _really_ want any more opinions about DOGE and what it's doing and how from someone like me
February 5, 2025 at 9:16 PM
1/ Here's my take on what's happening with DOGE.
I've got fed experience through contracting with Health & Human Safety, Head Start, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and DOD. I get brought in when people need to get shit done. Other people here have way more experience than me.
I've got fed experience through contracting with Health & Human Safety, Head Start, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and DOD. I get brought in when people need to get shit done. Other people here have way more experience than me.
Reposted by Weezette
NEW: Sources tell my office that Treasury Secretary Bessent has granted DOGE *full* access to this system. Social Security and Medicare benefits, grants, payments to government contractors, including those that compete directly with Musk's own companies. All of it.
NEWS: Wyden Demands Answers Following Report of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments System
Wyden Demands Answers Following Report of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments System | The United States Senate Committee on Finance
Wyden Demands Answers Following Report of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments System
www.finance.senate.gov
February 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
NEW: Sources tell my office that Treasury Secretary Bessent has granted DOGE *full* access to this system. Social Security and Medicare benefits, grants, payments to government contractors, including those that compete directly with Musk's own companies. All of it.
Reposted by Weezette
There are laws it’s moral to break and then there’s laws where it’s morally okay for stuff to happen to the people who pass them.
‘We’re again saving the very worst piece of legislation for the middle of the night where everyone has tuned out.’
After midnight, the #Ohio House passes 11th-hour bill forcing teachers and counselors to out #LGBTQ+ students. The bill now heads to Gov. DeWine.
thebuckeyeflame.com/2024/12/19/p...
After midnight, the #Ohio House passes 11th-hour bill forcing teachers and counselors to out #LGBTQ+ students. The bill now heads to Gov. DeWine.
thebuckeyeflame.com/2024/12/19/p...
Ohio House passes 11th-hour bill forcing teachers and counselors to out LGBTQ+ students; now heads to governor
'We’re again saving the very worst piece of legislation for the middle of the night where everyone has tuned out.'
thebuckeyeflame.com
December 30, 2024 at 3:07 AM
There are laws it’s moral to break and then there’s laws where it’s morally okay for stuff to happen to the people who pass them.
Reposted by Weezette
ProPublica is so amazing and I gotta imagine they're only going to become more vital in the next few years of whatever the hell is about to happen give.propublica.org/give/346423/...
December 7, 2024 at 4:41 AM
ProPublica is so amazing and I gotta imagine they're only going to become more vital in the next few years of whatever the hell is about to happen give.propublica.org/give/346423/...
Reposted by Weezette
SEPARATED is "an excruciatingly timely reminder of how Trump ripped 5,500 children from their parents."
thank you @theguardian.com.
broadcast premiere Saturday 9PM ET on @msnbc.com.
read more: www.theguardian.com/film/2024/de...
thank you @theguardian.com.
broadcast premiere Saturday 9PM ET on @msnbc.com.
read more: www.theguardian.com/film/2024/de...
December 5, 2024 at 10:17 PM
SEPARATED is "an excruciatingly timely reminder of how Trump ripped 5,500 children from their parents."
thank you @theguardian.com.
broadcast premiere Saturday 9PM ET on @msnbc.com.
read more: www.theguardian.com/film/2024/de...
thank you @theguardian.com.
broadcast premiere Saturday 9PM ET on @msnbc.com.
read more: www.theguardian.com/film/2024/de...
Reposted by Weezette
I have covered both Musk and Alex a lot, and only one of them is a useful idiot for Putin and also a heinous person. The other is a patriot who did his job with distinction and is a very good man. Guess which is which: thehill.com/policy/techn...
Musk accuses Trump whistleblower Vindman of ‘treason,’ says ‘he will pay’
Elon Musk on Wednesday suggested retired Army Lt. Col Alexander Vindman “committed treason” and “will pay” after the former Trump impeachment witness accused the tech billio…
thehill.com
November 28, 2024 at 2:57 PM
I have covered both Musk and Alex a lot, and only one of them is a useful idiot for Putin and also a heinous person. The other is a patriot who did his job with distinction and is a very good man. Guess which is which: thehill.com/policy/techn...
Parkour! Wait did someone say turkey
November 28, 2024 at 4:41 PM
Parkour! Wait did someone say turkey
Mid-November night, rainy out.
November 24, 2024 at 3:56 AM
Mid-November night, rainy out.
Reposted by Weezette
An Alaska village sinking in ocean bc climate change still has residents. Officials forgot to set up voting there.
This woman flew there on a small plane last minute to set up vote-by-fax. Here, she is radioing village to bring their ballots.
(Great story—read to end: boltsmag.org/alaska-measu...)
This woman flew there on a small plane last minute to set up vote-by-fax. Here, she is radioing village to bring their ballots.
(Great story—read to end: boltsmag.org/alaska-measu...)
November 23, 2024 at 6:41 PM
An Alaska village sinking in ocean bc climate change still has residents. Officials forgot to set up voting there.
This woman flew there on a small plane last minute to set up vote-by-fax. Here, she is radioing village to bring their ballots.
(Great story—read to end: boltsmag.org/alaska-measu...)
This woman flew there on a small plane last minute to set up vote-by-fax. Here, she is radioing village to bring their ballots.
(Great story—read to end: boltsmag.org/alaska-measu...)
Reposted by Weezette
"The 432 courses that were removed from General Education range from Theories of African American Studies, Critics of Religion and American Multi-Ethnic Literature to Feminism and Globalization, the Evolution of Human Sexuality and LGBTQ History."
FSU board OKs removal of over 400 courses from general education offerings after review
“We’re living through an era of legislature-driven higher education reform,” FSU Provost Jim Clark said.
www.tallahassee.com
November 23, 2024 at 9:44 PM
"The 432 courses that were removed from General Education range from Theories of African American Studies, Critics of Religion and American Multi-Ethnic Literature to Feminism and Globalization, the Evolution of Human Sexuality and LGBTQ History."
Reposted by Weezette
holy smokes..that NYT story was "Sasse-washing" about what really happened. The student paper broke the stories about his hiring cronies and over the top spending. NYT briefly mentions that in the 1,798th graf of the piece
www.poynter.org/reporting-ed...
www.poynter.org/reporting-ed...
University of Florida student journalists lead on breaking big stories about former President Ben Sasse - Poynter
Independent Florida Alligator's stories drew national attention to former senator's high-dollar consulting and remote personnel spending.
www.poynter.org
November 18, 2024 at 12:06 AM
holy smokes..that NYT story was "Sasse-washing" about what really happened. The student paper broke the stories about his hiring cronies and over the top spending. NYT briefly mentions that in the 1,798th graf of the piece
www.poynter.org/reporting-ed...
www.poynter.org/reporting-ed...
Reposted by Weezette
“In total, undocumented immigrants paid $96.7 billion, or roughly $9,000 per person, in taxes in 2022, the report shows. While their incomes are usually lower, they’re less likely to claim refunds or earn tax-preferred income”
Undocumented Immigrants in US Pay Nearly $100 Billion in Taxes
Undocumented immigrants paid almost $100 billion of taxes, underscoring the importance of border policies on the country’s tax collections, according to a new report.
www.bloomberg.com
November 17, 2024 at 3:40 AM
“In total, undocumented immigrants paid $96.7 billion, or roughly $9,000 per person, in taxes in 2022, the report shows. While their incomes are usually lower, they’re less likely to claim refunds or earn tax-preferred income”
Reposted by Weezette
This very much reminds me of a recent case I wrote about
Republican attorneys have been arguing (and Republican judges agreeing) that it is unlawful racial discrimination for the EPA to try limit cancerous pollution in communities of color overburdened by toxins
ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...
Republican attorneys have been arguing (and Republican judges agreeing) that it is unlawful racial discrimination for the EPA to try limit cancerous pollution in communities of color overburdened by toxins
ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...
November 10, 2024 at 9:31 PM
This very much reminds me of a recent case I wrote about
Republican attorneys have been arguing (and Republican judges agreeing) that it is unlawful racial discrimination for the EPA to try limit cancerous pollution in communities of color overburdened by toxins
ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...
Republican attorneys have been arguing (and Republican judges agreeing) that it is unlawful racial discrimination for the EPA to try limit cancerous pollution in communities of color overburdened by toxins
ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...
Reposted by Weezette
Folks: we hate doing these posts, but now is the time to rebuild our pro-democracy community right here on BlueSky. No more leaving our future in the hands of Elon Musk. If you are able, please follow, repost this, and let your followers know we are here. Let's do this!
November 10, 2024 at 9:17 PM
Folks: we hate doing these posts, but now is the time to rebuild our pro-democracy community right here on BlueSky. No more leaving our future in the hands of Elon Musk. If you are able, please follow, repost this, and let your followers know we are here. Let's do this!
Reposted by Weezette
In central Mass, we've had a red flag warning for 2 weeks. There's a pond, about two blocks big at the park by my house. It's gone. Like completely gone. There's a bridge that's over dry ground. The ducks are just walking around.
You have no idea how many emergency managers in this country have spent years telling me New England doesn’t have a wildfire risk.
www.cbsnews.com/news/maps-dr...
www.cbsnews.com/news/maps-dr...
Maps show drought and fire conditions in Northeast states
Parts of the East Coast are under drought conditions and red flag warnings, from Massachusetts to the northern edge of Virginia and West Virginia.
www.cbsnews.com
November 10, 2024 at 1:16 AM
In central Mass, we've had a red flag warning for 2 weeks. There's a pond, about two blocks big at the park by my house. It's gone. Like completely gone. There's a bridge that's over dry ground. The ducks are just walking around.