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Wow! @michelmartinnpr.bsky.social gives a journalism 101 lesson here and you love to see it. More of this please!
In which the Department of Homeland Security struggles to answer a very simple question: "Is any criticism of the United States government a deportable offense?"
(From NPR here: www.npr.org/2025/03/13/n...)
(From NPR here: www.npr.org/2025/03/13/n...)
March 14, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Wow! @michelmartinnpr.bsky.social gives a journalism 101 lesson here and you love to see it. More of this please!
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That press conference was the most disgraceful act of betrayal I’ve ever seen.
February 28, 2025 at 11:39 PM
That press conference was the most disgraceful act of betrayal I’ve ever seen.
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Best political outcome for Dems: House Republican budget plan which requires savaging health care, other programs, passes by one vote, so Dems can run against every House Republican as the key vote.
February 26, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Best political outcome for Dems: House Republican budget plan which requires savaging health care, other programs, passes by one vote, so Dems can run against every House Republican as the key vote.
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Mike Pence just reposted an old article he wrote about the limitations on the powers of a president. For some reason. Here is a part of it.
February 15, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Mike Pence just reposted an old article he wrote about the limitations on the powers of a president. For some reason. Here is a part of it.
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"A few nights ago, I came across a post on X by @NIH that (seemingly) proudly announced massive cuts to the indirect cost rate on all current and future grants."
February 16, 2025 at 4:04 AM
"A few nights ago, I came across a post on X by @NIH that (seemingly) proudly announced massive cuts to the indirect cost rate on all current and future grants."
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I’m having great difficulty right now seeing how our political system doesn’t devolve into violence.
February 15, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I’m having great difficulty right now seeing how our political system doesn’t devolve into violence.
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“We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle in order to feather their own nests.” -FDR, 1941
February 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
“We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle in order to feather their own nests.” -FDR, 1941
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At the moment, mansion-sized Asteroid 2024-YR4 has a one-in-fifty chance of hitting Earth in the next eight years.
Now might be a bad time to reduce spending on Science. Just sayin’.
Now might be a bad time to reduce spending on Science. Just sayin’.
February 15, 2025 at 3:27 AM
At the moment, mansion-sized Asteroid 2024-YR4 has a one-in-fifty chance of hitting Earth in the next eight years.
Now might be a bad time to reduce spending on Science. Just sayin’.
Now might be a bad time to reduce spending on Science. Just sayin’.
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"Attorneys generals from Arizona, California, Connecticut, Colorado, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Hawaii, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington state, and Wisconsin filed the suit against NIH"
February 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
"Attorneys generals from Arizona, California, Connecticut, Colorado, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Hawaii, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington state, and Wisconsin filed the suit against NIH"
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Trump continued, "In the meantime, I would own this — think of it as a real estate development for the future." When the only thing you know is Mar-a-Lago the entire world does start looking like a golf club.
Trump says Palestinians wouldn't be allowed back into Gaza under his plan
The president expanded on his plan for Palestinians currently living in Gaza, suggesting he would build a permanent home for them elsewhere.
www.nbcnews.com
February 10, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Trump continued, "In the meantime, I would own this — think of it as a real estate development for the future." When the only thing you know is Mar-a-Lago the entire world does start looking like a golf club.
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way funnier than the conservatives who hated Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl halftime show are the conservatives who thought he was doing the ultimate patriotic ode to America
February 10, 2025 at 5:18 PM
way funnier than the conservatives who hated Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl halftime show are the conservatives who thought he was doing the ultimate patriotic ode to America
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You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.
February 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.
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Hi Bluesky! Glad to be here.
February 10, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Hi Bluesky! Glad to be here.
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February 9, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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This tweet is setting up the Trump administration to thrust the U.S. into a constitutional crisis and obliterate our system of checks and balances as we know it.
February 9, 2025 at 4:54 PM
This tweet is setting up the Trump administration to thrust the U.S. into a constitutional crisis and obliterate our system of checks and balances as we know it.
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Many are asking: “What can I do now?”
Here’s a revised and expanded list of actions you can take, in rough order of importance. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/more-on-what-you-can-do
Here’s a revised and expanded list of actions you can take, in rough order of importance. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/more-on-what-you-can-do
February 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Many are asking: “What can I do now?”
Here’s a revised and expanded list of actions you can take, in rough order of importance. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/more-on-what-you-can-do
Here’s a revised and expanded list of actions you can take, in rough order of importance. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/more-on-what-you-can-do
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Trump Claims He Can Overrule Constitution With Executive Order Because Of Little-Known ‘No One Will Stop Me’ Loophole
Trump Claims He Can Overrule Constitution With Executive Order Because Of Little-Known ‘No One Will Stop Me’ Loophole
WASHINGTON—Saying his latest executive order was legal due to an “underutilized but totally feasible workaround,” President Trump claimed Tuesday that he could overrule the U.S. Constitution by means ...
theonion.com
February 8, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Trump Claims He Can Overrule Constitution With Executive Order Because Of Little-Known ‘No One Will Stop Me’ Loophole
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The WSJ last April.
The WSJ today. 🇺🇸
The WSJ today. 🇺🇸
February 8, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The WSJ last April.
The WSJ today. 🇺🇸
The WSJ today. 🇺🇸
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someone tell ernst that neither the president nor musk embodies the american people and that if they want to cut funding they should work with congress to pass a bill www.semafor.com/article/02/0...
February 7, 2025 at 10:18 PM
someone tell ernst that neither the president nor musk embodies the american people and that if they want to cut funding they should work with congress to pass a bill www.semafor.com/article/02/0...
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Good.
Judge to pause Trump administration effort to gut USAID's workforce by thousands
Two labor groups had sued the Trump administration after it said that thousands of USAID employees would be placed on administrative leave starting at 11:59 p.m. Friday.
www.nbcnews.com
February 8, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Good.
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is it woke to want to end cancer?
NEW: The N.I.H. will cut about $4 Billion from federal research grants that support cancer, virus and heart disease research.
#Project2025 called for the cuts to end subsidies to "leftist" university agendas.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...
#Project2025 called for the cuts to end subsidies to "leftist" university agendas.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...
Deep Cuts to Medical Research Funds Could Hobble University Budgets
Grants from the National Institutes of Health come with additional money for overhead. Proposed funding cuts would leave colleges with large budget gaps.
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2025 at 3:15 AM
is it woke to want to end cancer?