Chris Lancaster
@chrislancaster.bsky.social
Twitter refugee prioritizing my own mental and physical health🤠
📍Nashville, TN
📍Nashville, TN
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The Department of Agriculture fired employees working on the avian flu outbreak because of DOGE. DOGE works directly for President Trump.
So from now on, when this kind of thing happens, it should be reported as, "Trump fires employees working on avian flu."
So from now on, when this kind of thing happens, it should be reported as, "Trump fires employees working on avian flu."
NEW: Trump’s USDA admits it "accidentally" fired "several" agency employees working on the federal response to the H5N1 avian flu outbreak—and is now scrambling to undo the damage.
February 19, 2025 at 2:36 AM
The Department of Agriculture fired employees working on the avian flu outbreak because of DOGE. DOGE works directly for President Trump.
So from now on, when this kind of thing happens, it should be reported as, "Trump fires employees working on avian flu."
So from now on, when this kind of thing happens, it should be reported as, "Trump fires employees working on avian flu."
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Yeah, this is pretty obvious but worth stressing.
Also, the idea that techbro coders with no experience in government are best able to identify and root out “fraud” is laughable
Also, the idea that techbro coders with no experience in government are best able to identify and root out “fraud” is laughable
If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
February 17, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Yeah, this is pretty obvious but worth stressing.
Also, the idea that techbro coders with no experience in government are best able to identify and root out “fraud” is laughable
Also, the idea that techbro coders with no experience in government are best able to identify and root out “fraud” is laughable
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“I am sorry but the present state of the machine of the federal government is pretty effing good. It’s the present state of the political decisions made by American voters that are an inefficient disaster.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/government...
www.thebulwark.com/p/government...
‘Government Efficiency’ Is a Myth
DOGE isn’t about “efficiency.” It’s about vandalism.
www.thebulwark.com
February 13, 2025 at 5:38 PM
“I am sorry but the present state of the machine of the federal government is pretty effing good. It’s the present state of the political decisions made by American voters that are an inefficient disaster.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/government...
www.thebulwark.com/p/government...
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February 12, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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Gulf of Distraction
February 12, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Gulf of Distraction
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Everything the government spends money on is wasteful except the stuff that enriches me personally
February 11, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Everything the government spends money on is wasteful except the stuff that enriches me personally
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President Musk and Kennedy Center chairman Trump are stealing from us.
February 12, 2025 at 2:45 AM
President Musk and Kennedy Center chairman Trump are stealing from us.
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i am going to put a finer point on this: executive orders are not laws. and they certainly are not royal decrees. they are interpretations of existing law for the purposes of enforcement. the fact that so many people are treating them as laws is actually driving me a bit insane.
i mean, the president's executive order isn't a goddamn law! as far as this doctor is concerned, who cares what the president says!
A New York City doctor said he will continue providing gender-affirming treatments to his patients younger than 19 despite President Donald Trump’s executive order aiming to ban such care.
February 12, 2025 at 2:48 AM
i am going to put a finer point on this: executive orders are not laws. and they certainly are not royal decrees. they are interpretations of existing law for the purposes of enforcement. the fact that so many people are treating them as laws is actually driving me a bit insane.
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The American Bar Association has just called upon every attorney, regardless of their political views, to join them & stand up for the rule of law & at minimum insist that our government "follow the law."
Every lawyer has an ethical responsibility to do so.
www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
Every lawyer has an ethical responsibility to do so.
www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
February 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
The American Bar Association has just called upon every attorney, regardless of their political views, to join them & stand up for the rule of law & at minimum insist that our government "follow the law."
Every lawyer has an ethical responsibility to do so.
www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
Every lawyer has an ethical responsibility to do so.
www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
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in what meaningful way can we say that the constitution is in effect when an unelected and unaccountable billionaire is wielding state power to unilaterally cancel congressional appropriations?
Hearing that DOGE went into the Dept of Education today and shut down almost the entirety of the department's in-house research arm, Institute of Educational Sciences, cancelling contracts totally about $900m.
February 11, 2025 at 1:34 AM
in what meaningful way can we say that the constitution is in effect when an unelected and unaccountable billionaire is wielding state power to unilaterally cancel congressional appropriations?
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Googles response basically being “it’s not making things up, it’s just incapable of telling facts from made up bullshit” would have destroyed a product in the days before the economy was propped up by a thin framework of scams lashed together with investment capital
February 10, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Googles response basically being “it’s not making things up, it’s just incapable of telling facts from made up bullshit” would have destroyed a product in the days before the economy was propped up by a thin framework of scams lashed together with investment capital
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What do they think happens to civil rights lawyers & activists? It just amazes me.
Gillibrand on WNYC today said one reason they're all falling in line is that they get death threats.
cassidy changing his tune after what he said on the senate floor is what has upgraded my position from "they are being bribed" or "they are worried about primary challenges" to "they are worried about being murdered"
February 9, 2025 at 8:47 PM
What do they think happens to civil rights lawyers & activists? It just amazes me.
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Hey NYTimes — *now* you’re lighting the beacons? NOW?!? After months of “Sauron: Avatar Of Evil… Or Extreme Uniter?” thumbsucker reporting you’re screaming what we’ve known since 2015? Fuck all the way off.
February 9, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Hey NYTimes — *now* you’re lighting the beacons? NOW?!? After months of “Sauron: Avatar Of Evil… Or Extreme Uniter?” thumbsucker reporting you’re screaming what we’ve known since 2015? Fuck all the way off.
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DeVonta Smith is no stranger to huge TD catches in championship games 🔥
More:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/liv...
More:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/liv...
February 10, 2025 at 2:44 AM
DeVonta Smith is no stranger to huge TD catches in championship games 🔥
More:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/liv...
More:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/liv...
Mathis must be a Chiefs fan with this concerned look.
February 10, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Mathis must be a Chiefs fan with this concerned look.
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It could mean that the world financial system melts down when investors realize that Elon Musk may selectively default on US debt. Just saying.
What...does any of this mean
www.reuters.com/markets/us/t...
www.reuters.com/markets/us/t...
February 10, 2025 at 12:06 AM
It could mean that the world financial system melts down when investors realize that Elon Musk may selectively default on US debt. Just saying.
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Watching Turbotax put on a super bowl ad the same week the GOP oligarchs kill Direct File is a bit much.
February 10, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Watching Turbotax put on a super bowl ad the same week the GOP oligarchs kill Direct File is a bit much.
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The world in 2025.
Hundreds of thousands of Germans oppose neo-fascism.
The top aide to the president of the United States supports it.
apnews.com/article/germ...
Hundreds of thousands of Germans oppose neo-fascism.
The top aide to the president of the United States supports it.
apnews.com/article/germ...
At least 200,000 protesters rally in Munich against far-right AfD ahead of German election
More than 200,000 protesters have demonstrated in Munich against far-right extremism ahead of the German general election.
apnews.com
February 9, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The world in 2025.
Hundreds of thousands of Germans oppose neo-fascism.
The top aide to the president of the United States supports it.
apnews.com/article/germ...
Hundreds of thousands of Germans oppose neo-fascism.
The top aide to the president of the United States supports it.
apnews.com/article/germ...
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In preparation for today’s Super Bowl in New Orleans, state police forced over 100 homeless men and women onto buses under threat of arrest, dumping them in an unheated warehouse. Tents destroyed, belongings lost. Press are barred from the warehouse.
The price tag for this cruelty? $17.5 million
The price tag for this cruelty? $17.5 million
Louisiana coerced unhoused people into an unheated warehouse – and paid $17.5m for it
Dozens of New Orleanians were bused to a site with insufficient heating and blankets days before the city is to host the Super Bowl
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2025 at 2:48 PM
In preparation for today’s Super Bowl in New Orleans, state police forced over 100 homeless men and women onto buses under threat of arrest, dumping them in an unheated warehouse. Tents destroyed, belongings lost. Press are barred from the warehouse.
The price tag for this cruelty? $17.5 million
The price tag for this cruelty? $17.5 million
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this poll says to me that a lot of americans just think everything is a TV show with zero consequence www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-a...
CBS News poll — Trump has positive approval amid "energetic" opening weeks; seen as doing what he promised
Trump's deportation plans are popular, but Americans say there's not enough focus on lowering prices.
www.cbsnews.com
February 9, 2025 at 2:51 PM
this poll says to me that a lot of americans just think everything is a TV show with zero consequence www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-a...
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The Silicon Valley billionaires & techno-feudal lords who are waging a capitalists' coup right now are rebelling against the people & the "free market" for rejecting them & the tech they need us to become dependent on. They're taking over the government to ensure we have no more choice in the matter
February 8, 2025 at 9:24 PM
The Silicon Valley billionaires & techno-feudal lords who are waging a capitalists' coup right now are rebelling against the people & the "free market" for rejecting them & the tech they need us to become dependent on. They're taking over the government to ensure we have no more choice in the matter
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Sounds... efficient? "There are no more civil servants now than there were in the late 1960s, even as the population they serve has grown by two-thirds." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Civil Servants Are Not America’s Enemies
Trump wants to bring back the spoils system of the 19th century.
www.theatlantic.com
February 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Sounds... efficient? "There are no more civil servants now than there were in the late 1960s, even as the population they serve has grown by two-thirds." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...