Michael Washburn
@whalelines.bsky.social
current environmentalist; former public humanities worker. sometimes writer. author of "Southern Accents." *not* the Michael Washburn writing about things like Jordan Peterson in rags like The Epoch Times. Louisville, Kentucky
For anyone interested in Kentucky #SB89, Kentucky Waterways Alliance is hosting a free, online Town Hall this Monday at 630pm EST. Ample time for Q & A with experts from a variety of fields. Register here: tinyurl.com/2swfhcbk
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February 28, 2025 at 10:51 PM
For anyone interested in Kentucky #SB89, Kentucky Waterways Alliance is hosting a free, online Town Hall this Monday at 630pm EST. Ample time for Q & A with experts from a variety of fields. Register here: tinyurl.com/2swfhcbk
Reposted by Michael Washburn
More and more people pointing to distinctions between the Trump/Musk gov’t and a fascist regime—true, not fully there yet—as a way of avoiding plain evidence, long on the table, that this is a fascist movement. Not fully consolidated. I believe we need to name it to stop it from getting there.
February 23, 2025 at 2:11 PM
More and more people pointing to distinctions between the Trump/Musk gov’t and a fascist regime—true, not fully there yet—as a way of avoiding plain evidence, long on the table, that this is a fascist movement. Not fully consolidated. I believe we need to name it to stop it from getting there.
Reposted by Michael Washburn
How many federal workers would DOGE need to fire to make up for Musk not paying his fair share of taxes?
Answer: 677,000. That's 44% of the entire non-DoD federal workforce.
Again, this power grab is not about the budget. It’s about politics.
Answer: 677,000. That's 44% of the entire non-DoD federal workforce.
Again, this power grab is not about the budget. It’s about politics.
February 21, 2025 at 1:12 AM
How many federal workers would DOGE need to fire to make up for Musk not paying his fair share of taxes?
Answer: 677,000. That's 44% of the entire non-DoD federal workforce.
Again, this power grab is not about the budget. It’s about politics.
Answer: 677,000. That's 44% of the entire non-DoD federal workforce.
Again, this power grab is not about the budget. It’s about politics.
this bill would make Kentucky the state in the country that voted to relinquish state control of its waters.
Kentucky's top environmental official said a fast-moving bill to drastically weaken water pollution regulations "is overly broad and applies a machete to an issue that needs a scalpel, at a cost to Kentuckians."
The latest on SB 89: www.courier-journal.com/story/news/p...
The latest on SB 89: www.courier-journal.com/story/news/p...
Kentucky legislature moves to strip protections for groundwater, wetlands and some streams
State officials said a bill to remove regulations on water pollution "applies a machete to an issue that needs a scalpel, at a cost to Kentuckians."
www.courier-journal.com
February 20, 2025 at 2:55 PM
this bill would make Kentucky the state in the country that voted to relinquish state control of its waters.
for a high school that processed people from Hunter Thompson and Jack Harlow to jabronis like me, this is the best Atherton has ever - or ever will - produce
Another extraordinary exchange just now about "animus" in the court hearing on trasngender members of the military:
February 20, 2025 at 1:49 PM
for a high school that processed people from Hunter Thompson and Jack Harlow to jabronis like me, this is the best Atherton has ever - or ever will - produce