@dat711.bsky.social
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It’s looking more and more like a dictatorship. That’s no way to treat a U.S. Senator. Claiming he was an attacker and failed to identify himself is delusional he’s a sitting senator. America is watching, and the tides are turning.
June 13, 2025 at 12:24 AM
It’s looking more and more like a dictatorship. That’s no way to treat a U.S. Senator. Claiming he was an attacker and failed to identify himself is delusional he’s a sitting senator. America is watching, and the tides are turning.
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Kristi Noem must resign. She has deported a four year old with cancer, detained a U.S. marshal, and arrested two members of Congress. She’s lost the confidence of the American people. ICE must stop terrorizing our communities.
June 12, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Kristi Noem must resign. She has deported a four year old with cancer, detained a U.S. marshal, and arrested two members of Congress. She’s lost the confidence of the American people. ICE must stop terrorizing our communities.
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SEN. PADILLA: “Saying I lunged is a lie, but that’s par for the course for this administration… I was behind the cameras listening, and at a certain point hearing Noem say they had to rescue LA from the Governor and Mayor was too much to take. So I raise my voice to ask a question.”
June 12, 2025 at 11:35 PM
SEN. PADILLA: “Saying I lunged is a lie, but that’s par for the course for this administration… I was behind the cameras listening, and at a certain point hearing Noem say they had to rescue LA from the Governor and Mayor was too much to take. So I raise my voice to ask a question.”
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"Mobilizing military forces into cities is going to be seen as an overreach, and it's going to be now met with peaceful, boisterous moms, dads, grandmas. kids and their dogs and families showing up, saying, 'we're not going to put up with this authoritarianism..."
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Planned ‘No Kings’ protests grow in number after LA militarization: What organizers expect
'The numbers have skyrocketed': protest organizers expect massive crowds nationwide on June 14, including up to 250,000 in Los Angeles.
www.usatoday.com
June 13, 2025 at 4:01 AM
"Mobilizing military forces into cities is going to be seen as an overreach, and it's going to be now met with peaceful, boisterous moms, dads, grandmas. kids and their dogs and families showing up, saying, 'we're not going to put up with this authoritarianism..."
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
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Yet here we are. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
June 8, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Yet here we are. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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"Tanner, a chemist at the Univ. of Mississippi working to develop a novel approach for treating glioblastoma, was notified in April that the grant was terminated.
“I would like to cure brain cancer,” Dr. Tanner said. “I think that's not particularly controversial.”
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
“I would like to cure brain cancer,” Dr. Tanner said. “I think that's not particularly controversial.”
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The Gutting of America’s Medical Research: Here Is Every Canceled or Delayed N.I.H. Grant
Some cuts have been starkly visible, but the country’s medical grant-making machinery has also radically transformed outside the public eye.
www.nytimes.com
June 8, 2025 at 6:12 PM
"Tanner, a chemist at the Univ. of Mississippi working to develop a novel approach for treating glioblastoma, was notified in April that the grant was terminated.
“I would like to cure brain cancer,” Dr. Tanner said. “I think that's not particularly controversial.”
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
“I would like to cure brain cancer,” Dr. Tanner said. “I think that's not particularly controversial.”
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Children get only two dolls and five pencils.
Trump gets a free luxury jet.
Trump gets a free luxury jet.
May 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Children get only two dolls and five pencils.
Trump gets a free luxury jet.
Trump gets a free luxury jet.
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People who never read books now in charge of books.
May 11, 2025 at 12:24 AM
People who never read books now in charge of books.
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"The President is selling access and influence to the highest bidder. Qatar isn't giving a $400 million jet out of the goodness of their hearts – they expect something in return. That's how transactional relationships work, and nobody understands transactional relationships better than Trump."
Trump caught in major corruption scheme
Even for Trump, the overt corruption is staggering.
plus.briantylercohen.com
May 11, 2025 at 11:37 PM
"The President is selling access and influence to the highest bidder. Qatar isn't giving a $400 million jet out of the goodness of their hearts – they expect something in return. That's how transactional relationships work, and nobody understands transactional relationships better than Trump."
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Small-business owners facing steep China tariffs are laying off staff and withdrawing personal savings, trying to hold on and hoping for a trade deal
How Tariffs Are Crushing Small Businesses: ‘Nobody in Power Seems to Care’
Owners are laying off staff and withdrawing personal savings, trying to hold on and hoping for a trade deal with China.
buff.ly
May 11, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Small-business owners facing steep China tariffs are laying off staff and withdrawing personal savings, trying to hold on and hoping for a trade deal
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Just curious, what’s the tariff on a $400 million jet from Qatar?
May 11, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Just curious, what’s the tariff on a $400 million jet from Qatar?
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The crazy part is that even this is incomplete:
This leaves out NIH, HHS, and NSF, which affect Elon’s business interests in Neuralink, Twitter, and AI.
Let billionaires accumulate enough wealth and eventually they see they need to buy politics and gov’t to keep accumulating power.
This leaves out NIH, HHS, and NSF, which affect Elon’s business interests in Neuralink, Twitter, and AI.
Let billionaires accumulate enough wealth and eventually they see they need to buy politics and gov’t to keep accumulating power.
May 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
The crazy part is that even this is incomplete:
This leaves out NIH, HHS, and NSF, which affect Elon’s business interests in Neuralink, Twitter, and AI.
Let billionaires accumulate enough wealth and eventually they see they need to buy politics and gov’t to keep accumulating power.
This leaves out NIH, HHS, and NSF, which affect Elon’s business interests in Neuralink, Twitter, and AI.
Let billionaires accumulate enough wealth and eventually they see they need to buy politics and gov’t to keep accumulating power.
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I'll just take this moment to point out that the US Institute of Peace, just a few weeks ago, contained one of the finest concentrations of US expertise on India and Pakistan, and crisis management in South Asia.
May 10, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I'll just take this moment to point out that the US Institute of Peace, just a few weeks ago, contained one of the finest concentrations of US expertise on India and Pakistan, and crisis management in South Asia.
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"Under the annual appropriations act, lawmakers are permitted to enter 'any facility operated by or for DHS used to detain or otherwise house aliens.'
The law is clear that members of Congress are not required 'to provide prior notice of intent to enter a facility'..."
www.cnn.com/2025/05/10/p...
The law is clear that members of Congress are not required 'to provide prior notice of intent to enter a facility'..."
www.cnn.com/2025/05/10/p...
Homeland Security Dept. accuses lawmakers of ‘storming’ an ICE facility despite oversight laws saying they could be there | CNN Politics
The battle over immigration came to a dramatic head Friday afternoon when Democratic lawmakers faced off with Homeland Security Department officers as they tried to visit a Newark, New Jersey Immigrat...
www.cnn.com
May 11, 2025 at 2:19 AM
"Under the annual appropriations act, lawmakers are permitted to enter 'any facility operated by or for DHS used to detain or otherwise house aliens.'
The law is clear that members of Congress are not required 'to provide prior notice of intent to enter a facility'..."
www.cnn.com/2025/05/10/p...
The law is clear that members of Congress are not required 'to provide prior notice of intent to enter a facility'..."
www.cnn.com/2025/05/10/p...
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HAPPY 75th, NSF!
We’re celebrating this milestone by highlighting some of NSF’s most transformative accomplishments—innovations that have shaped our world and continue to drive progress in health, technology, the environment, and beyond.
Read on 🧵(1/11):
We’re celebrating this milestone by highlighting some of NSF’s most transformative accomplishments—innovations that have shaped our world and continue to drive progress in health, technology, the environment, and beyond.
Read on 🧵(1/11):
May 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
HAPPY 75th, NSF!
We’re celebrating this milestone by highlighting some of NSF’s most transformative accomplishments—innovations that have shaped our world and continue to drive progress in health, technology, the environment, and beyond.
Read on 🧵(1/11):
We’re celebrating this milestone by highlighting some of NSF’s most transformative accomplishments—innovations that have shaped our world and continue to drive progress in health, technology, the environment, and beyond.
Read on 🧵(1/11):
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Yessss, Pete!!
Buttigieg Explains What He Wants 'Everyday Life' To Look Like For Americans In Pitch Perfect Rant
Yes, Pete!
www.comicsands.com
April 25, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Yessss, Pete!!
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Remarkable from WaPo poll: Trump sinking fast on immigration among independents.
56% disapprove of handling of issue
62% oppose removing foreign students
52% oppose renditions to El Salvador
Only 21% want Abrego Garcia left there
Engage, Dems.
New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1944...
56% disapprove of handling of issue
62% oppose removing foreign students
52% oppose renditions to El Salvador
Only 21% want Abrego Garcia left there
Engage, Dems.
New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1944...
Trump Is Suddenly Bleeding Independents. A Brutal New Poll Shows Why.
Immigration was his best issue in the polls. But now he's sinking on it. Maybe Americans care about the rule of law after all.
newrepublic.com
April 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Remarkable from WaPo poll: Trump sinking fast on immigration among independents.
56% disapprove of handling of issue
62% oppose removing foreign students
52% oppose renditions to El Salvador
Only 21% want Abrego Garcia left there
Engage, Dems.
New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1944...
56% disapprove of handling of issue
62% oppose removing foreign students
52% oppose renditions to El Salvador
Only 21% want Abrego Garcia left there
Engage, Dems.
New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1944...
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Elections matter. Choose wisely.
April 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Elections matter. Choose wisely.
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"[M]alaria will now come roaring back, just as it had in the past when vigilance faded. In fact, internal USAID estimates cite that more than 160,000 people will die from malaria every year from the abandonment of these programs if they are not restored."
I survived cerebral malaria, but millions of others won’t without American leadership
Malaria interventions are among the most cost-effective in global health.
thehill.com
April 25, 2025 at 8:57 PM
"[M]alaria will now come roaring back, just as it had in the past when vigilance faded. In fact, internal USAID estimates cite that more than 160,000 people will die from malaria every year from the abandonment of these programs if they are not restored."
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"America hasn’t felt this upside down since I was a child in an internment camp." @georgetakei.bsky.social joins @katiephang.bsky.social to talk about the Trump administration's immigration policies and deportations to El Salvador. Tune in this Saturday 12 pm ET!
April 25, 2025 at 9:30 PM
"America hasn’t felt this upside down since I was a child in an internment camp." @georgetakei.bsky.social joins @katiephang.bsky.social to talk about the Trump administration's immigration policies and deportations to El Salvador. Tune in this Saturday 12 pm ET!
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We have now arrived at the "arresting judges" level of fascism.
April 25, 2025 at 10:42 PM
We have now arrived at the "arresting judges" level of fascism.
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Not seeing it widely reported, but it’s on— over the past two days we have gotten many reports of fired contract employees at NIH.
These are people who were on the arbitrary DOGE 35% cut list, and notifications are trickling out from their contract firms. 1/3
These are people who were on the arbitrary DOGE 35% cut list, and notifications are trickling out from their contract firms. 1/3
April 25, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Not seeing it widely reported, but it’s on— over the past two days we have gotten many reports of fired contract employees at NIH.
These are people who were on the arbitrary DOGE 35% cut list, and notifications are trickling out from their contract firms. 1/3
These are people who were on the arbitrary DOGE 35% cut list, and notifications are trickling out from their contract firms. 1/3