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It's not just the scale of the new company that you have to get your mind around; it's that plus the fact that it's likely to be MAGA minded and could include TikTok— along with CNN and CBC. www.status.news/p/david-elli...
September 12, 2025 at 2:53 PM
It's not just the scale of the new company that you have to get your mind around; it's that plus the fact that it's likely to be MAGA minded and could include TikTok— along with CNN and CBC. www.status.news/p/david-elli...
Reposted by David Amrock
Every time your electricity bill goes up for the next 10 years, it can be traced back to this Administration’s actions.
They are making solar and wind power illegal to build in the United States. They are artificially restricting supply while demand is going up.
They are making solar and wind power illegal to build in the United States. They are artificially restricting supply while demand is going up.
The Transportation Department on Friday canceled $679 million in federal funding for a dozen offshore wind projects, the latest attack by the Trump administration on the reeling U.S. offshore wind industry.
https://to.pbs.org/45HtATc
https://to.pbs.org/45HtATc
Trump administration cancels $679 million in funding for offshore wind projects
The Transportation Department on Friday canceled $679 million in federal funding for a dozen offshore wind projects, the latest attack by the Trump administration on the reeling U.S. offshore wind ind...
www.pbs.org
August 30, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Every time your electricity bill goes up for the next 10 years, it can be traced back to this Administration’s actions.
They are making solar and wind power illegal to build in the United States. They are artificially restricting supply while demand is going up.
They are making solar and wind power illegal to build in the United States. They are artificially restricting supply while demand is going up.
Reposted by David Amrock
Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
July 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
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"two first-rate economists, David Cutler and Ed Glaeser, have made a stab at estimating the impact of cuts at NIH. Their analysis suggests that these cuts might save $500 billion in federal spending over the next 25 years — while imposing more than $8 trillion in losses."
For MAGA, Ignorance is Strength
Research cuts aren’t about shrinking government, they’re about killing science
paulkrugman.substack.com
July 15, 2025 at 2:16 PM
"two first-rate economists, David Cutler and Ed Glaeser, have made a stab at estimating the impact of cuts at NIH. Their analysis suggests that these cuts might save $500 billion in federal spending over the next 25 years — while imposing more than $8 trillion in losses."
Reposted by David Amrock
Tapper writes this without acknowledging that Milk himself served in the US Navy during the Korean War, or that Milk was assassinated while serving honorably in public office
June 27, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Tapper writes this without acknowledging that Milk himself served in the US Navy during the Korean War, or that Milk was assassinated while serving honorably in public office
Reposted by David Amrock
WIRED is doing such vital reporting right now
NEW: Records of hundreds of emergency calls from ICE detention centers obtained by WIRED—including audio recordings—show a system inundated by life-threatening incidents, delayed treatment, and overcrowding.
Unpaywalled from @dell.bsky.social and @dmehro.bsky.social:
Unpaywalled from @dell.bsky.social and @dmehro.bsky.social:
'They're Not Breathing': Inside the Chaos of ICE Detention Center 911 Calls
Records of hundreds of emergency calls from ICE detention centers obtained by WIRED—including audio recordings—show a system inundated by life-threatening incidents, delayed treatment, and overcrowdin...
www.wired.com
June 26, 2025 at 2:08 PM
WIRED is doing such vital reporting right now
Reposted by David Amrock
A student doing work this shoddy for a class presentation would fail. Shouldn't the standards be even higher for people making decisions about the health of all Americans?
Slides posted for thimerosal presentation at ACIP included citation of study that appears not to exist
“I don’t have a publication in Neurotoxicology by that title,” the apparent lead author told us
Slide has since been removed
First spied by @drboulware.bsky.social
www.cnn.com/2025/06/24/h...
“I don’t have a publication in Neurotoxicology by that title,” the apparent lead author told us
Slide has since been removed
First spied by @drboulware.bsky.social
www.cnn.com/2025/06/24/h...
June 25, 2025 at 1:45 PM
A student doing work this shoddy for a class presentation would fail. Shouldn't the standards be even higher for people making decisions about the health of all Americans?
Reposted by David Amrock
Great footage of the first gay-rights march in New Orleans history — in 1977, circa peak Anita Bryant.
(Via the Historic New Orleans Collection, hnoc.org)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mmrd...
(Via the Historic New Orleans Collection, hnoc.org)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mmrd...
The Gay Panic That Brought the LGBT Rights Movement to New Orleans
YouTube video by The Historic New Orleans Collection
www.youtube.com
June 17, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Great footage of the first gay-rights march in New Orleans history — in 1977, circa peak Anita Bryant.
(Via the Historic New Orleans Collection, hnoc.org)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mmrd...
(Via the Historic New Orleans Collection, hnoc.org)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mmrd...
Reposted by David Amrock
“latest shooting of gazans seeking food”
Israel kills 45 in latest shooting of Gazans seeking food, say local officials https://on.ft.com/4kMZ2EB
Israel kills 45 in latest shooting of Gazans seeking food, say local officials
Soldiers shot Gazans who were expecting aid trucks, according to the local health ministry
on.ft.com
June 17, 2025 at 11:37 AM
“latest shooting of gazans seeking food”
Reposted by David Amrock
The advantage of moderate candidates is declining & clearer for incumbents & is only enough to make a difference in a small number of swing districts where there is not usually a close primary between a moderate & extremist:
goodauthority.org/news/do-mode...
goodauthority.org/news/do-mode...
Do moderate candidates really do better in elections?
Three new papers make the answer to that question more complicated.
goodauthority.org
May 13, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The advantage of moderate candidates is declining & clearer for incumbents & is only enough to make a difference in a small number of swing districts where there is not usually a close primary between a moderate & extremist:
goodauthority.org/news/do-mode...
goodauthority.org/news/do-mode...
Reposted by David Amrock
The economics associated with weather / climate hazard research, data collection, and building codes should never be considered as a "spend".
This is an investment.
The more we learn will directly translate to saved lives and reduced loss costs because we've proactively taken mitigative action.
This is an investment.
The more we learn will directly translate to saved lives and reduced loss costs because we've proactively taken mitigative action.
April 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
The economics associated with weather / climate hazard research, data collection, and building codes should never be considered as a "spend".
This is an investment.
The more we learn will directly translate to saved lives and reduced loss costs because we've proactively taken mitigative action.
This is an investment.
The more we learn will directly translate to saved lives and reduced loss costs because we've proactively taken mitigative action.
Reposted by David Amrock
Everyone wants there to be a grand scheme behind all of this but the terrible truth is that extremely stupid people are in charge and they have a fanatical devotion to wrong, childlike concepts of society and economics cooked up by right wing radio hosts in order to sell tainted dietary supplements
April 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Everyone wants there to be a grand scheme behind all of this but the terrible truth is that extremely stupid people are in charge and they have a fanatical devotion to wrong, childlike concepts of society and economics cooked up by right wing radio hosts in order to sell tainted dietary supplements
Reposted by David Amrock
People don't miss manufacturing jobs. They miss the effects of having 30+ percent union density. And we can build worker power again, with good policies, for the jobs most working class people actually have today rather than hoping mumbo jumbo will make it 1955 again.
When (some) people talk about bringing back manufacturing, they mean "bring back steel & auto jobs that someone can take right out of high school, and live a middle class life"
The worst part of this is that even if manufacturing jobs came back because of this (they won’t)
and even if Americans retooled for those jobs (they won’t) those jobs sucked! It’s like demanding to return to being a farming society. People fled that life the instant they could, in the millions!
and even if Americans retooled for those jobs (they won’t) those jobs sucked! It’s like demanding to return to being a farming society. People fled that life the instant they could, in the millions!
April 3, 2025 at 2:54 PM
People don't miss manufacturing jobs. They miss the effects of having 30+ percent union density. And we can build worker power again, with good policies, for the jobs most working class people actually have today rather than hoping mumbo jumbo will make it 1955 again.
Reposted by David Amrock
If Kristi Noem can march in there to film a TikTok in a Rolex watch, they can get this man (or any man) released, and we all know it.
NEW: The Trump administration acknowledged deporting a man to El Salvador in “error” but said there was nothing it could do to seek his return to U.S. custody.
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
April 1, 2025 at 9:55 AM
If Kristi Noem can march in there to film a TikTok in a Rolex watch, they can get this man (or any man) released, and we all know it.
Reposted by David Amrock
Important note about this breakthrough:
Literally would not exist without the kind of Federal support the current administration is slashing.
Took 15+ years of research at a federal lab (Lawrence Berkeley) to get this to a point at which private enterprise could take over and make these at scale.
Literally would not exist without the kind of Federal support the current administration is slashing.
Took 15+ years of research at a federal lab (Lawrence Berkeley) to get this to a point at which private enterprise could take over and make these at scale.
Thanks to Steve Jobs and Gorilla Glass, factories in America are now ramping up to make affordable windows, made from panes thinner than a credit card, that can:
* save Americans $25 billion / year
* withstand a 2x4 shot out of a cannon
(gift link)
www.wsj.com/business/cor...
* save Americans $25 billion / year
* withstand a 2x4 shot out of a cannon
(gift link)
www.wsj.com/business/cor...
A Piece of Glass Thinner Than a Credit Card Could Solve America’s $25 Billion Energy Problem
New windows can insulate better than most walls, and some can even survive being hit with a two-by-four shot from a cannon.
www.wsj.com
March 22, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Important note about this breakthrough:
Literally would not exist without the kind of Federal support the current administration is slashing.
Took 15+ years of research at a federal lab (Lawrence Berkeley) to get this to a point at which private enterprise could take over and make these at scale.
Literally would not exist without the kind of Federal support the current administration is slashing.
Took 15+ years of research at a federal lab (Lawrence Berkeley) to get this to a point at which private enterprise could take over and make these at scale.
Reposted by David Amrock
Few hours ago I did an interview with a local NY TV where I highlighted how dangerous this slow (not so slow...) degradation of observational capacity will lead to less reliable weather predictions and more risks across the board. The journalist had not heard this before, but was pretty shocked.
NWS just announced a major reduction in upper-air (weather balloon) observations due to staffing shortages.
Omaha and Rapid City losing balloon launches altogether, with launches cut in half at 6 other sites.
Losing this many launches could affect severe weather forecasting and computer models.
Omaha and Rapid City losing balloon launches altogether, with launches cut in half at 6 other sites.
Losing this many launches could affect severe weather forecasting and computer models.
March 20, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Few hours ago I did an interview with a local NY TV where I highlighted how dangerous this slow (not so slow...) degradation of observational capacity will lead to less reliable weather predictions and more risks across the board. The journalist had not heard this before, but was pretty shocked.
Reposted by David Amrock
just gonna be the thousandth person to remind you all that segregationists start the open bigotry with people they feel they can target most easily but do not end there
Wow—Trump is firing and banning all trans people from the military, per DoD memo.
“Military service by members and applicants for military service who have a current diagnosis or history of, or exhibit symptoms consistent with, gender dysphoria is incompatible with military service.”
Part of memo:
“Military service by members and applicants for military service who have a current diagnosis or history of, or exhibit symptoms consistent with, gender dysphoria is incompatible with military service.”
Part of memo:
February 27, 2025 at 12:50 PM
just gonna be the thousandth person to remind you all that segregationists start the open bigotry with people they feel they can target most easily but do not end there
Reposted by David Amrock
How could that Trump voter have believed electing him would make IVF free? She must've been into fringey alternative media, maybe saw it from some influencer, professional media outlets would never oh no.
February 27, 2025 at 5:22 PM
How could that Trump voter have believed electing him would make IVF free? She must've been into fringey alternative media, maybe saw it from some influencer, professional media outlets would never oh no.
Reposted by David Amrock
The richest man in the world has seized control of federal spending and is demonstrably lying to the whole cabinet on television.
Every news outlet reporting Elon Musk's comment about accidentally canceling Ebola prevention efforts and quickly restoring them should also say they haven't been restored, they're still canceled, the outbreak-fighting teams are dismantled, the money is gone
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Musk says DOGE ‘restored’ Ebola prevention effort. Officials say that’s not true.
USAID’s initiatives to fight Ebola and other diseases have been gutted, current and former agency officials said.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 27, 2025 at 3:28 PM
The richest man in the world has seized control of federal spending and is demonstrably lying to the whole cabinet on television.
Reposted by David Amrock
Basic authoritarian stuff: the government revolves around protecting the President and punishing his enemies. Completely inconsistent with democratic norms, but will barely be a blip in the news in our new regime.
NEW: President Trump moved Tuesday to punish a law firm for providing pro bono legal services to Jack Smith as he prepared to face a potential investigation from the Trump administration.
He is stripping security clearnces and govt funding from the firm. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
He is stripping security clearnces and govt funding from the firm. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
February 26, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Basic authoritarian stuff: the government revolves around protecting the President and punishing his enemies. Completely inconsistent with democratic norms, but will barely be a blip in the news in our new regime.
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Latest from YouGov (n=6,129 US adults, fielded today). People hate this.
February 18, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Latest from YouGov (n=6,129 US adults, fielded today). People hate this.
Reposted by David Amrock
worth saying again these these unilateral cuts are illegal. neither trump nor musk has the authority to unilaterally slash appropriated funds.
Hearing that the DOGE chaos hurricane is hitting HUD soon, and the plan is to devastate federal housing funding. Let's be clear: this would cause a cascade of catastrophic impacts nationwide, shutting down housing and dumping families into the street.
February 16, 2025 at 2:23 AM
worth saying again these these unilateral cuts are illegal. neither trump nor musk has the authority to unilaterally slash appropriated funds.
Reposted by David Amrock
A Trump-Musk memo telling US government employees to hide what’s happening from the public is a sign that:
1) Public legitimacy is a constraint for them, they know it, and will at times alter their behavior accordingly
2) Reporters should focus on it, revealing more of what they’re trying to hide
1) Public legitimacy is a constraint for them, they know it, and will at times alter their behavior accordingly
2) Reporters should focus on it, revealing more of what they’re trying to hide
Awful: Internal USAID memo instructs employees to refrain from talking to the media about cuts in assistance to the most vulnerable or they may get fired, WaPo reports.
Trumpworld knows this is a big political problem for them. Keep the focus on it.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/1915...
Trumpworld knows this is a big political problem for them. Keep the focus on it.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/1915...
Trump-Musk Scandal at USAID Takes Unnerving Turn With Vile Leaked Memo
Can Trump and his top advisers really just act with total impunity? Or is there, just maybe, a price to be paid for starving poor people and un-indicting a corrupt mayor?
newrepublic.com
February 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
A Trump-Musk memo telling US government employees to hide what’s happening from the public is a sign that:
1) Public legitimacy is a constraint for them, they know it, and will at times alter their behavior accordingly
2) Reporters should focus on it, revealing more of what they’re trying to hide
1) Public legitimacy is a constraint for them, they know it, and will at times alter their behavior accordingly
2) Reporters should focus on it, revealing more of what they’re trying to hide
Reposted by David Amrock
Not exaggerating when I say that the path back is going to be built on people in positions of influence regaining their sense of self-respect.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
February 14, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Not exaggerating when I say that the path back is going to be built on people in positions of influence regaining their sense of self-respect.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...