Nate
@diver227.bsky.social
Ham radio operator, astrophotographer, reader of both fiction and non-fiction, Public Radio fan, liberal, first responder (search and rescue), baby boomer, and political activist.
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The quick shutdown of USAID abandoned patients with experimental devices and drugs in their bodies with no way to remove them in time. How many people are going to die because of the Trump/Musk mismanagement?
What’s the DOGE Death Toll?
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...
What’s the DOGE Death Toll?
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...
Abandoned in the Middle of Clinical Trials, Because of a Trump Order
The stop-work order on U.S.A.I.D.-funded research has left thousands of people with experimental drugs and devices in their bodies, with no access to monitoring or care.
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The quick shutdown of USAID abandoned patients with experimental devices and drugs in their bodies with no way to remove them in time. How many people are going to die because of the Trump/Musk mismanagement?
What’s the DOGE Death Toll?
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...
What’s the DOGE Death Toll?
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...
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Month-over-month inflation just hit its highest level in a year, and Trump is blaming Biden. What's his excuse when it's up again in March?
February 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Month-over-month inflation just hit its highest level in a year, and Trump is blaming Biden. What's his excuse when it's up again in March?
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Obviously we couldn’t believe Bessent about Musk-rats’ access to Treasury systems. Now we’re supposed to believe it was a “mistake.” Right.
Treasury officials: Musk ally ‘mistakenly’ given power to alter payments system
The incident prompted an internal forensic investigation that remains ongoing.
www.politico.com
February 12, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Obviously we couldn’t believe Bessent about Musk-rats’ access to Treasury systems. Now we’re supposed to believe it was a “mistake.” Right.
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JUST IN: Vice President Vance says that Elon Musk’s DOGE should bring back the staffer fired over his racist post, “Normalize Indian hate,” and “I was racist before it was cool,” because “We shouldn’t reward journalists who try to destroy people. Ever.”
February 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM
JUST IN: Vice President Vance says that Elon Musk’s DOGE should bring back the staffer fired over his racist post, “Normalize Indian hate,” and “I was racist before it was cool,” because “We shouldn’t reward journalists who try to destroy people. Ever.”
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February 7, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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SCOOP: The US Treasury claimed a DOGE's Marco Elez didn’t have ‘write access,’ when he actually did. Sources tell WIRED that his ability to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending was rescinded, days after officials said it didn't exist.
The US Treasury Claimed DOGE Technologist Didn’t Have ‘Write Access’ When He Actually Did
Sources tell WIRED that the ability of DOGE's Marko Elez to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending was rescinded days after US Treasury and White House officials said it didn't exist.
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February 6, 2025 at 11:58 PM
SCOOP: The US Treasury claimed a DOGE's Marco Elez didn’t have ‘write access,’ when he actually did. Sources tell WIRED that his ability to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending was rescinded, days after officials said it didn't exist.
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Another MAGA J6 ‘Patriot’ to add to the list going back into jail.
February 7, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Another MAGA J6 ‘Patriot’ to add to the list going back into jail.
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Two paths diverged in the woods and America took the psychopath.
February 5, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Two paths diverged in the woods and America took the psychopath.
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Trump's acting CFPB director (Scott Bessent) stopped the agency's work, which includes:
-Capping credit card rates and excessive fees
-Penalizing banks for ripping off consumers
-Preventing politically-motivated debanking
It's a victory for Wall Street at your expense.
-Capping credit card rates and excessive fees
-Penalizing banks for ripping off consumers
-Preventing politically-motivated debanking
It's a victory for Wall Street at your expense.
February 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Trump's acting CFPB director (Scott Bessent) stopped the agency's work, which includes:
-Capping credit card rates and excessive fees
-Penalizing banks for ripping off consumers
-Preventing politically-motivated debanking
It's a victory for Wall Street at your expense.
-Capping credit card rates and excessive fees
-Penalizing banks for ripping off consumers
-Preventing politically-motivated debanking
It's a victory for Wall Street at your expense.
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Pam Bondi being sworn in as head of the DOJ by Clarence Thomas is a peak mockery of justice.
February 5, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Pam Bondi being sworn in as head of the DOJ by Clarence Thomas is a peak mockery of justice.
The new "Riviera". Just can't wait to plan my vacation. 🤣 And they had the nerve to question Joe Biden's faculties??
February 5, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The new "Riviera". Just can't wait to plan my vacation. 🤣 And they had the nerve to question Joe Biden's faculties??
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And gave them ability to self regulate his last term. Passing order under the radar overnight. BS‼️
February 5, 2025 at 1:53 PM
And gave them ability to self regulate his last term. Passing order under the radar overnight. BS‼️
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Elon Musk’s Power Grab Is Lawless, Dangerous, and—Yes—a Coup #SOS #TurdReichRedux #ETTD slate.com/news-and-pol...
Elon Musk’s Power Grab Is Lawless, Dangerous, and—Yes—a Coup
What do we call it when the president is too lazy to gut the government himself, and gives away his power to a zealous and unaccountable friend?
slate.com
February 5, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Elon Musk’s Power Grab Is Lawless, Dangerous, and—Yes—a Coup #SOS #TurdReichRedux #ETTD slate.com/news-and-pol...
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Trump basked as Netanyahu praised his “willingness to think outside the box.” But when it came to Gaza, Trump’s thinking was so far outside the box that it was not clear he even knew there was a box. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/u...
An Unbound Trump Pushes an Improbable Plan for Gaza
Once a critic of nation building, the president now envisions taking over a Middle East enclave, driving out its Palestinian population and transforming it into “the Riviera of the Middle East.”
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Trump basked as Netanyahu praised his “willingness to think outside the box.” But when it came to Gaza, Trump’s thinking was so far outside the box that it was not clear he even knew there was a box. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/u...
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Separation of powers. Checks and balances. Congress, only Congress can make laws & change laws. Congress, placed first in the Constitution, made the most powerful branch in the federal government. On purpose.
Why? Because our Founders feared a king. Our Founders feared a tyrant.
Why? Because our Founders feared a king. Our Founders feared a tyrant.
February 5, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Separation of powers. Checks and balances. Congress, only Congress can make laws & change laws. Congress, placed first in the Constitution, made the most powerful branch in the federal government. On purpose.
Why? Because our Founders feared a king. Our Founders feared a tyrant.
Why? Because our Founders feared a king. Our Founders feared a tyrant.
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Every day is Christmas for Putin now.
February 5, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Every day is Christmas for Putin now.
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Musk is attempting to destroy the federal government from the inside while admitting that he is doing so. Typically excellent summary from Heather Cox Richardson.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-3...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-3...
February 3, 2025
I’m going to start tonight by stating the obvious: the Republicans control both chambers of Congress: the House of Representatives and the Senate.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
February 4, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Musk is attempting to destroy the federal government from the inside while admitting that he is doing so. Typically excellent summary from Heather Cox Richardson.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-3...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-3...
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The logic of the coup that is going on now. And how to resist it.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
The Logic of Destruction
And how to resist it
snyder.substack.com
February 2, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The logic of the coup that is going on now. And how to resist it.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
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"A 25-year-old engineer tied to Elon Musk has admin privileges over the code that controls Social Security payments, tax returns, and more"
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
A 25-Year-Old With Elon Musk Ties Has Direct Access to the Federal Payment System
The Bureau of the Fiscal Service is a sleepy part of the Treasury Department. It’s also where, sources say, a 25-year-old engineer tied to Elon Musk has admin privileges over the code that controls So...
www.wired.com
February 4, 2025 at 8:31 PM
"A 25-year-old engineer tied to Elon Musk has admin privileges over the code that controls Social Security payments, tax returns, and more"
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
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I hate them. And I can’t separate myself from them because now, more than ever, our country needs us to pay attention and fight for our freedom. I have never been so angry or afraid in my life.
Please do whatever you can to make the midterms be the turning point in this nightmare.
Please do whatever you can to make the midterms be the turning point in this nightmare.
February 4, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I hate them. And I can’t separate myself from them because now, more than ever, our country needs us to pay attention and fight for our freedom. I have never been so angry or afraid in my life.
Please do whatever you can to make the midterms be the turning point in this nightmare.
Please do whatever you can to make the midterms be the turning point in this nightmare.
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