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Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 1h

Cancelled surveys, suppressed publications, hidden data: the Trump administration is continuing to hack and slash its way through the entire enterprise of science within the federal government.

Here’s a snapshot of the attacks on science that we saw during September:

In the Dark: Trump Administration Continues to Cancel and Suppress Information

Cancelled surveys, suppressed publications, hidden data: the Trump administration is continuing to hack and slash its way through the entire enterprise of science within the federal government.

blog.ucs.org

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iamsauerkraut.bsky.social @iamsauerkraut.bsky.social · 4h

Roger Stone is an expert on being an asshole.

In fact, he is so noxious that assholes resent being compared to him.

iamsauerkraut.bsky.social @iamsauerkraut.bsky.social · 4h

Well, at least he left Hannibal Lector alone this time.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Trump: "We have Darth Vader. You know Darth Vader, right? Darth Vader is a man who is sitting -- is that Darth? Stand up please. Does everybody know -- they call him Darth Vader, I call him a fine man. But he's cutting Democrat priorities and they're never gonna get them back."

iamsauerkraut.bsky.social @iamsauerkraut.bsky.social · 4h

Moses Mike is not even original. Is the person writing his script the same one writing the sad-ass excuses for the orange turd?

I don't believe either.

At least Sgt Schultz was funny.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Q: A pardoned January 6 rioter was charged with threatening to kill Hakeem Jeffries

MIKE JOHNSON: Terrible. That's the first I've heard of that. I don't know anything about it.

iamsauerkraut.bsky.social @iamsauerkraut.bsky.social · 4h

Today's Fetterman is not the same as the pre-primary Fetterman. Something off about him after his stroke.

He was much more with it when at that K-School.

A one-termer.

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The Harvard Crimson @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social · 1d

A new study on canine development found that dogs exposed to adversarial events in the first six months of their development have higher rates of aggression and fear as adults.

Abigail S. Gerstein and Ella F. Niederhelman report.

www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Harvard Medical School Licenses Consumer Health Content to Microsoft for AI Use in New Deal | News | The Harvard Crimson

Harvard Health Publishing, a division of Harvard Medical School that publishes consumer health resources, has agreed to allow Microsoft to use its content on specific diseases and health topics to…

www.thecrimson.com

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The Harvard Crimson @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social · 5h

The Cambridge City Council adopted a resolution on Monday condemning Harvard’s removal of roughly 900 workers from its graduate student union, calling on the University to address the demands of its unions.

Hugo C. Chiasson and Amann S. Mahajan report.

www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Cambridge City Council Denounces Harvard’s Removal of 900 Grad Students From Union | News | The Harvard Crimson

The Cambridge City Council unanimously adopted a resolution on Monday condemning Harvard’s removal of roughly 900 workers from its graduate student union, calling on the University to address the…

www.thecrimson.com

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iamsauerkraut.bsky.social @iamsauerkraut.bsky.social · 4h

Raphael was a DEI admit to Harvard Law.

iamsauerkraut.bsky.social @iamsauerkraut.bsky.social · 4h

People going hungry, people losing their jobs, people not getting paid but let's not forget the importance of vandalizing OUR @whitehouse-47.bsky.social and building a fucking ballroom.

Where is DOGE when they could actually be useful. Elon? Yo, dude!

iamsauerkraut.bsky.social @iamsauerkraut.bsky.social · 4h

imho, Moses MIke is a fake Christian who loves the spotlight more than he loves Jesus. Long a back-benching, he does not want to become the next irrelevant Speaker.

Also a coward who refuses to swear in a duly elected member of Congress.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

I am completely awestruck by the ease with which Mike Johnson lies on a daily basis. I'll never understand how such a transparently fraudulent "man of faith" can live with themselves. Life is too short to be that phony.

iamsauerkraut.bsky.social @iamsauerkraut.bsky.social · 4h

The past of Maine US Senate candidate Platner is something else.

Racist social media posts. Nazi tats.

Blames it on being in the military.

Seriously? Whatever happened to accepting responsibility for your behavior?

Drop out now, @grahamformaine.bsky.social

iamsauerkraut.bsky.social @iamsauerkraut.bsky.social · 4h

Shame on @hassan.senate.gov @fetterman.senate.gov @whitehouse.senate.gov @coons.senate.gov @shaheen.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov et als.

Did they get anything in return??

Making unconstitutional behavior possible, one RWNJ judge at a time. They would vote for Halligan for @SCOTUS, too.

Senate Press Gallery @senatepress.bsky.social · 5h

Dems/Ind Senators voting in favor: Coons, Durbin, Fetterman, Hassan, Heinrich, Kaine, Kelly, King (I), Klobuchar, Reed, Schiff, Shaheen, Welch, & Whitehouse.

Senators not voting: Duckworth & Tillis

iamsauerkraut.bsky.social @iamsauerkraut.bsky.social · 4h

And it's barely Tuesday Afternoon...

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Austin Swafford @swaffordaustin.bsky.social · 5h

Yeah I don’t understand what he’s doing AT ALL. He’s not even from a moderate state

It seems like he’s from the Biden school - hoping that modeling normal behavior will inspire Republicans to act normally

He should know better than most how flawed that theory is

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iamsauerkraut.bsky.social @iamsauerkraut.bsky.social · 4h

60 votes needed, non?

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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 6h

Cato put out this brief statement from me critical of U.S. military strikes on suspected drug running boats, strikes that kill those aboard "without trial, legal process, or public accountability." These extrajudicial killings would be unlawful, I observe, even if all the smuggling claims were true.

Cato Legal Fellow Available to Discuss Unlawful U.S. Strikes at Sea

A senior legal scholar at the Cato Institute is raising concerns about U.S. military strikes on boats suspected of smuggling — strikes that kill those aboard without trial, legal process, or public ac...

www.cato.org

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iamsauerkraut.bsky.social @iamsauerkraut.bsky.social · 7h

People dancing in the streets cause Mr. Scalise's blood pressure to go up.

Why does Scalise hate fun-loving Americans?

iamsauerkraut.bsky.social @iamsauerkraut.bsky.social · 7h

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iamsauerkraut.bsky.social @iamsauerkraut.bsky.social · 8h

Lukoil has gas stations in the US.

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24Hours Ukraine @24hoursukraine.bsky.social · 8h

🇷🇺🇷🇴🇭🇺Two Russian-linked refineries in the EU caught fire within a day — Hungary’s MOL Danube refinery and Romania’s Lukoil plant, which was under repair. The causes remain unknown.

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iamsauerkraut.bsky.social @iamsauerkraut.bsky.social · 8h

It's disgusting that these incompetents unworthy of the positions they hold are imitating the bully-in-chief. And doing such a poor job on both counts.

iamsauerkraut.bsky.social @iamsauerkraut.bsky.social · 8h

Yeah. Halligan was trying out her new bully-the-journalist line.

Failed.

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iamsauerkraut.bsky.social @iamsauerkraut.bsky.social · 8h

Salty with a sense of humor.

I like the look.

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iamsauerkraut.bsky.social @iamsauerkraut.bsky.social · 8h

Stadium owners and teams need to get those No Trespassing By ICE signs up PDQ.

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iamsauerkraut.bsky.social @iamsauerkraut.bsky.social · 8h

Chip Roy is a cow dung chewing idiot.

The dung beetle needs to call him home.

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