Reef Youngreen
@ygreenster.bsky.social
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Note to editors and producers: If an executive order demands action that is illegal or outside of the president’s authority, then you should not describe it as ordering something. You should say it seeks to achieve some outcome and then note it is illegal or beyond the power of the president.
March 28, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Note to editors and producers: If an executive order demands action that is illegal or outside of the president’s authority, then you should not describe it as ordering something. You should say it seeks to achieve some outcome and then note it is illegal or beyond the power of the president.
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NEW: Family of Mahmoud Khalil just released footage of his arrest
“Stop resisting”
“He’s not resisting”
Agents seen continuing to ignore Mahmoud’s wife as she asks basic questions
“Stop resisting”
“He’s not resisting”
Agents seen continuing to ignore Mahmoud’s wife as she asks basic questions
March 14, 2025 at 8:50 PM
NEW: Family of Mahmoud Khalil just released footage of his arrest
“Stop resisting”
“He’s not resisting”
Agents seen continuing to ignore Mahmoud’s wife as she asks basic questions
“Stop resisting”
“He’s not resisting”
Agents seen continuing to ignore Mahmoud’s wife as she asks basic questions
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Just got an email from the Fulbright Association. As of right now, funding has been cut off to 12,500 US citizens currently abroad and and more than 7,400 foreigner scholars and students in the United States
March 7, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Just got an email from the Fulbright Association. As of right now, funding has been cut off to 12,500 US citizens currently abroad and and more than 7,400 foreigner scholars and students in the United States
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ProPublica looked into science grants that Ted Cruz's team flagged as "radical" and "neo-Marxist" and, uh.
This would be good comedy if it didn't matter so much www.propublica.org/article/ted-...
This would be good comedy if it didn't matter so much www.propublica.org/article/ted-...
March 3, 2025 at 3:45 AM
ProPublica looked into science grants that Ted Cruz's team flagged as "radical" and "neo-Marxist" and, uh.
This would be good comedy if it didn't matter so much www.propublica.org/article/ted-...
This would be good comedy if it didn't matter so much www.propublica.org/article/ted-...
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We need to change our approach. This is a great framework
March 2, 2025 at 4:50 PM
We need to change our approach. This is a great framework
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Republicans are screwing up data collection so we won't know how badly they've broke our country.
The NAEP 2024 -2025 Long Term Trend Age 17 assessment will not be administered in the upcoming weeks
Unbroken testing series since early 1970s
Nothing like ignorance to keep our country moving forward
Unbroken testing series since early 1970s
Nothing like ignorance to keep our country moving forward
February 21, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Republicans are screwing up data collection so we won't know how badly they've broke our country.
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I went for the first time last summer. Very good museum to visit! Support the museum and protest the president!
After the federal layoffs
No staff to collect admission!
So the JFK Museum is free
Doubt this is a money-saver
But free museum 👍🏼
No staff to collect admission!
So the JFK Museum is free
Doubt this is a money-saver
But free museum 👍🏼
February 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I went for the first time last summer. Very good museum to visit! Support the museum and protest the president!
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Again, this idea has been floating out there for ages, and many other governments around the globe use the concept of shadow cabinets. Why haven't the Dems actually done this?
One thing Democratic leadership could do right now is to name an alternate HHS secretary--someone to provide ongoing public updates and health information. And do it for other departments too. Start showing voters what a Democratic government would look like--press conferences, speeches, all of it.
February 13, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Again, this idea has been floating out there for ages, and many other governments around the globe use the concept of shadow cabinets. Why haven't the Dems actually done this?
The urgency of the frenetic need to do everything to cover - vulnerable people, health-advancing research, knowledge creation and dissemination - keeps us from catching our breath and asking the important, "But, why?" Maybe no one is listening. But we must continue to ask why. What justifies it all?
February 11, 2025 at 3:58 AM
The urgency of the frenetic need to do everything to cover - vulnerable people, health-advancing research, knowledge creation and dissemination - keeps us from catching our breath and asking the important, "But, why?" Maybe no one is listening. But we must continue to ask why. What justifies it all?
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Hearing from a govt contractor that Dept of Education is terminating What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) contracts.
WWC is a website that rigorously evaluates education policies, programs, and products to determine what's effective and not. It's an invaluable tool for school, district, state leaders
WWC is a website that rigorously evaluates education policies, programs, and products to determine what's effective and not. It's an invaluable tool for school, district, state leaders
February 10, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Hearing from a govt contractor that Dept of Education is terminating What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) contracts.
WWC is a website that rigorously evaluates education policies, programs, and products to determine what's effective and not. It's an invaluable tool for school, district, state leaders
WWC is a website that rigorously evaluates education policies, programs, and products to determine what's effective and not. It's an invaluable tool for school, district, state leaders
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This includes for existing contracts and grants that already went through peer review and are in the field
I am hearing that the Department of Education has started issuing stop work orders. Much like USAID did a few weeks ago 😤
Our federal government agencies, capacity, knowledge, & staff are under attack (from within)! 🤬
This is an ♾️🚨 fire, we are experiencing a ‘soft’ coup.
🙏🏼 share & ☎️ your reps!!
Our federal government agencies, capacity, knowledge, & staff are under attack (from within)! 🤬
This is an ♾️🚨 fire, we are experiencing a ‘soft’ coup.
🙏🏼 share & ☎️ your reps!!
This is what many folks said was required to dissolve USAID but it has largely happened WITHOUT an act of Congress…
February 11, 2025 at 12:31 AM
This includes for existing contracts and grants that already went through peer review and are in the field
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DHS now barring members of Congress from Dept of Ed
Pretty sure this is not in the portfolio of DHS?
Have they been used as security at federal agencies in the past?
oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/02/07/o...
Pretty sure this is not in the portfolio of DHS?
Have they been used as security at federal agencies in the past?
oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/02/07/o...
February 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
DHS now barring members of Congress from Dept of Ed
Pretty sure this is not in the portfolio of DHS?
Have they been used as security at federal agencies in the past?
oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/02/07/o...
Pretty sure this is not in the portfolio of DHS?
Have they been used as security at federal agencies in the past?
oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/02/07/o...
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What can you do about the assault on USAID?
Share this far and wide. Do your part! Please do retweet 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Share this far and wide. Do your part! Please do retweet 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
February 7, 2025 at 1:20 PM
What can you do about the assault on USAID?
Share this far and wide. Do your part! Please do retweet 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Share this far and wide. Do your part! Please do retweet 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
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February 4, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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Maybe a reporter or ... I dunno a ... SENATOR could ask RFK why he thinks the FDA should have no oversight over the"therapy" that killed this child
February 2, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Maybe a reporter or ... I dunno a ... SENATOR could ask RFK why he thinks the FDA should have no oversight over the"therapy" that killed this child
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A fierce defender of consumers, student borrowers - you know, people
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
Chopra removed from consumer bureau post
Chopra posted a letter on X to President Donald Trump confirming that his “term as CFPB director has concluded."
www.politico.com
February 1, 2025 at 4:46 PM
A fierce defender of consumers, student borrowers - you know, people
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
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BERNIE SANDERS: Vaccines do not cause autism. Do you agree?
RFK Jr: As I said, I'm not going into HHS with any preordained--
SANDERS: I asked you a simple question, Bobby
RFK Jr: If you show me those studies ...
SANDERS: That is a very troubling response
RFK Jr: As I said, I'm not going into HHS with any preordained--
SANDERS: I asked you a simple question, Bobby
RFK Jr: If you show me those studies ...
SANDERS: That is a very troubling response
January 30, 2025 at 3:34 PM
BERNIE SANDERS: Vaccines do not cause autism. Do you agree?
RFK Jr: As I said, I'm not going into HHS with any preordained--
SANDERS: I asked you a simple question, Bobby
RFK Jr: If you show me those studies ...
SANDERS: That is a very troubling response
RFK Jr: As I said, I'm not going into HHS with any preordained--
SANDERS: I asked you a simple question, Bobby
RFK Jr: If you show me those studies ...
SANDERS: That is a very troubling response
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"Well, it must've been a minority's fault" is just pure uncut racism.
Rep. Andy Ogles on the DCA plane crash: "Did DEI play a role in this type a thing?"
January 30, 2025 at 2:55 PM
"Well, it must've been a minority's fault" is just pure uncut racism.
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NSF grantees - people who have already received their grants based on a previously funded and approved research proposal - are being told to stop any activities related to DEI and accessibility.
Call this what it is: government censorship of ongoing research projects.
www.opm.gov/policy-data-...
Call this what it is: government censorship of ongoing research projects.
www.opm.gov/policy-data-...
January 29, 2025 at 1:34 PM
NSF grantees - people who have already received their grants based on a previously funded and approved research proposal - are being told to stop any activities related to DEI and accessibility.
Call this what it is: government censorship of ongoing research projects.
www.opm.gov/policy-data-...
Call this what it is: government censorship of ongoing research projects.
www.opm.gov/policy-data-...
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Students, be aware that you can’t depend on UNC’s administration to protect you from ICE. www.newsobserver.com/news/local/e...
UNC-Chapel Hill will ‘comply’ if ICE seeks students on campus, chancellor says
Schools and colleges are no longer considered “sensitive” spaces protected from immigration officials, under a new directive from the Department of Homeland Security.
www.newsobserver.com
January 25, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Students, be aware that you can’t depend on UNC’s administration to protect you from ICE. www.newsobserver.com/news/local/e...
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Canada safe from invasion
January 17, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Canada safe from invasion
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See this map? This map is why — when you call a friend in LA to say “Hey I’m gonna been in Los Angeles next week. Wanna get together?” — there’s a long pause.
Been getting a lot of people asking about LA geography concerned that the images they see means the entire county is on fire. That's understandable.
But LA is a big place. So, to give an idea of scale it's time to cart this out again. It's a map of LA with other cities superimposed on it.
But LA is a big place. So, to give an idea of scale it's time to cart this out again. It's a map of LA with other cities superimposed on it.
January 10, 2025 at 2:32 AM
See this map? This map is why — when you call a friend in LA to say “Hey I’m gonna been in Los Angeles next week. Wanna get together?” — there’s a long pause.