Laura
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The ranking member of a key House subcommittee is demanding answers from the EPA about why it hasn’t released a report quantifying the harm of PFNA, a forever chemical found in the water of millions of Americans.
By @fastlerner.bsky.social
By @fastlerner.bsky.social
House Rep Demands Answers About Delayed EPA Report on PFNA, a Toxic Forever Chemical
In a letter to EPA Chief Lee Zeldin, Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, cited a recent ProPublica story that quoted government scientists saying a yet-to-be-released report on the toxicity of PFNA was rea...
www.propublica.org
October 19, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The ranking member of a key House subcommittee is demanding answers from the EPA about why it hasn’t released a report quantifying the harm of PFNA, a forever chemical found in the water of millions of Americans.
By @fastlerner.bsky.social
By @fastlerner.bsky.social
There is no emergency in DC. What’s happened is completely fabricated nonsense by an attorney general who should be disbarred and this criminal administration.
August 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
There is no emergency in DC. What’s happened is completely fabricated nonsense by an attorney general who should be disbarred and this criminal administration.
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This is oligarchy. This is obscene.
While 60% live paycheck to paycheck & kids go hungry, Jeff Bezos, worth $230 billion, goes to Venice on his $500 million yacht for a $20 million wedding & spends $5 million on a ring while his real tax rate is just 1.1%.
End this oligarchy.
While 60% live paycheck to paycheck & kids go hungry, Jeff Bezos, worth $230 billion, goes to Venice on his $500 million yacht for a $20 million wedding & spends $5 million on a ring while his real tax rate is just 1.1%.
End this oligarchy.
June 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
This is oligarchy. This is obscene.
While 60% live paycheck to paycheck & kids go hungry, Jeff Bezos, worth $230 billion, goes to Venice on his $500 million yacht for a $20 million wedding & spends $5 million on a ring while his real tax rate is just 1.1%.
End this oligarchy.
While 60% live paycheck to paycheck & kids go hungry, Jeff Bezos, worth $230 billion, goes to Venice on his $500 million yacht for a $20 million wedding & spends $5 million on a ring while his real tax rate is just 1.1%.
End this oligarchy.
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America is going to be Donald Trump’s 7th Bankruptcy.🤬
June 21, 2025 at 9:45 PM
America is going to be Donald Trump’s 7th Bankruptcy.🤬
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Measurable, quantifiable information is a threat to fascist leaders.
April 29, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Measurable, quantifiable information is a threat to fascist leaders.
Fck.
The CDC has eviscerated divisions that oversee a database on accidental deaths and injuries and the team that maintains a tool for tracking sexually transmitted diseases.
The EPA will stop requiring that industry measures greenhouse gas emissions.
The EPA will stop requiring that industry measures greenhouse gas emissions.
Trump’s War on Measurement Means Losing Data on Drug Use, Maternal Mortality, Climate Change and More
By slashing teams that gather critical data, the administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working — and created a black hole of information whose…
www.propublica.org
April 29, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Fck.
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Killing Wikipedia is a huge target of the plot to enslave America, as it's a popular source of knowledge that the slavers cannot find a way to purchase or take over
New Ed Martin letter—this time to Wikipedia about its tax-exempt status. In it, he asks about topics including its editorial practices, editor anonymity, "hateful content and conduct by editors," and content used to train LLMs. www.thefp.com/p/trump-pros...
Letter: drive.google.com/file/d/1ocNy...
Letter: drive.google.com/file/d/1ocNy...
![April 24, 2025
Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. AKA Wikipedia
P.O. Box 98204
Washington, DC 20090-8204
VIA EMAIL: business@wikimedia.org
legal@wikimedia.org
To Whom it May Concern,
As the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, I regularly receive requests for
information, clarification, and official comment. I regard such inquiries with the seriousness they
warrant and respond appropriately through formal correspondence, such as this letter.
It has come to my attention that Wikipedia, which operates via its fiscal sponsor, the Wikimedia
Foundation, Inc., is engaging in a series of activities that could violate its obligations under
Section 501(c)(3) of Title 26 of the United States Code. As a nonprofit corporation, which is
incorporated in the District of Columbia, the Wikimedia Foundation is subject to specific legal
obligations and fiduciary duties consistent with its tax-exempt status. In addition, the public is
entitled to rely on a reasonable expectation of neutrality, transparency, and accountability in its
operations and publications.
In its 2023 IRS Form 990, the Wikimedia Foundation describes its mission as, “empower[ing]
and engag[ing] people around the world to collect and develop educational content under a free
license or in the public domain and to disseminate it effectively and globally. . . [.]”
As you know, Section 501(c)(3) requires that organizations receiving tax-exempt status operate
exclusively for “religious, charitable, scientific, testing for public safety, literary, or educational
purposes. . . [.]” It has come to my attention that the Wikimedia Foundation, through its wholly
owned subsidiary Wikipedia, is allowing foreign actors to manipulate information and spread](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:d52g57qhdyydkmwtuueco57q/bafkreihhp6g5zmurxfppfewzghbtoq53pwkxgjs4tmknvts3fz2jtxntsi@jpeg)
April 25, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Killing Wikipedia is a huge target of the plot to enslave America, as it's a popular source of knowledge that the slavers cannot find a way to purchase or take over
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A Pentagon-wide advisory that went out one week ago warns against using the Signal, the messaging app, even for unclassified information.
A Pentagon-wide email recently went out warning about Signal's vulnerability
A Pentagon-wide advisory that went out one week ago warns against using the Signal, the messaging app, even for unclassified information.
www.npr.org
March 25, 2025 at 5:08 PM
A Pentagon-wide advisory that went out one week ago warns against using the Signal, the messaging app, even for unclassified information.
I wish I had a rep who was on the right side of history and who would fight for the health of her constituents. Please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/no...
No cuts to Medicaid, SNAP and other benefits NY’ers depend on
Recess is a time for members of Congress to return to their home states. They should be using this week to meet with their constituents, give space for their concerns, and take that back to D.C.
Inst...
sign.moveon.org
March 21, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I wish I had a rep who was on the right side of history and who would fight for the health of her constituents. Please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/no...
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Why so much anger from Trump and right to the Dept of Education? Randi Weingarten explained the anger started with Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision that ordered integration of public Schools. Trump Ending Dept of Education is part of effort to reverse Brown.
March 20, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Why so much anger from Trump and right to the Dept of Education? Randi Weingarten explained the anger started with Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision that ordered integration of public Schools. Trump Ending Dept of Education is part of effort to reverse Brown.
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Hilo office, with scientists and their volcano-monitoring equipment, may have lease cancelled from Doge cuts
As Hawaii’s most active volcano shot out fountains of lava on Thursday, some of them reaching as high as 700ft, scientists from the US Geological Survey have been posting regular updates on…
As Hawaii’s most active volcano shot out fountains of lava on Thursday, some of them reaching as high as 700ft, scientists from the US Geological Survey have been posting regular updates on…
Hawaii observatory to be evicted amid federal cuts as volcano shoots 700ft lava
Hilo office, with scientists and their volcano-monitoring equipment, may have lease cancelled from Doge cuts
As Hawaii’s most active volcano shot out fountains of lava on Thursday, some of them reaching as high as 700ft, scientists from the US Geological Survey have been posting regular updates on the scale and pace of the eruptions.
But those same scientists, along with their volcano-monitoring equipment, may soon be evicted from their office because of Elon Musk’s federal government cost-cutting, the Honolulu Civil Beat reported. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
March 20, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Hilo office, with scientists and their volcano-monitoring equipment, may have lease cancelled from Doge cuts
As Hawaii’s most active volcano shot out fountains of lava on Thursday, some of them reaching as high as 700ft, scientists from the US Geological Survey have been posting regular updates on…
As Hawaii’s most active volcano shot out fountains of lava on Thursday, some of them reaching as high as 700ft, scientists from the US Geological Survey have been posting regular updates on…
We need this for America’s pro-Russian president.
Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets of Belgrade, Serbia, demanding the resignation of pro-Russia President Aleksandar Vučić.
March 16, 2025 at 11:35 AM
We need this for America’s pro-Russian president.
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"History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."
February 28, 2025 at 9:25 PM
"History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."
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Q: How evil do you have to be to cut a Dolly book program?
A: Pretty f*cking evil.
Solution: Dolly for Prez!
Dolly Parton Calls Out Indiana Gov Over Plan to Dump Her Imagination Library www.thedailybeast.com/dolly-parton... cc @drjengunter.bsky.social
A: Pretty f*cking evil.
Solution: Dolly for Prez!
Dolly Parton Calls Out Indiana Gov Over Plan to Dump Her Imagination Library www.thedailybeast.com/dolly-parton... cc @drjengunter.bsky.social
Dolly Parton Calls Out Indiana Gov Over Plan to Dump Her Imagination Library
The country singer started the “Imagination Library” nearly 30 years ago to encourage early literacy.
www.thedailybeast.com
February 22, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Q: How evil do you have to be to cut a Dolly book program?
A: Pretty f*cking evil.
Solution: Dolly for Prez!
Dolly Parton Calls Out Indiana Gov Over Plan to Dump Her Imagination Library www.thedailybeast.com/dolly-parton... cc @drjengunter.bsky.social
A: Pretty f*cking evil.
Solution: Dolly for Prez!
Dolly Parton Calls Out Indiana Gov Over Plan to Dump Her Imagination Library www.thedailybeast.com/dolly-parton... cc @drjengunter.bsky.social
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"Immigrants didn't steal my job. The president did."
February 23, 2025 at 5:06 AM
"Immigrants didn't steal my job. The president did."
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El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.
February 23, 2025 at 6:01 PM
El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.
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The CDC has an ultra-competitive 2-year program to train "the best of the best" to lead public health labs.
Most of the current class were terminated over the weekend. www.science.org/content/arti... (by @meredithwadman.bsky.social)
Most of the current class were terminated over the weekend. www.science.org/content/arti... (by @meredithwadman.bsky.social)
Ax falls on elite group of Ph.D.s training to lead U.S. public health labs
Most of the fellows in CDC’s highly competitive Laboratory Leadership Service were fired last weekend
www.science.org
February 20, 2025 at 12:23 PM
The CDC has an ultra-competitive 2-year program to train "the best of the best" to lead public health labs.
Most of the current class were terminated over the weekend. www.science.org/content/arti... (by @meredithwadman.bsky.social)
Most of the current class were terminated over the weekend. www.science.org/content/arti... (by @meredithwadman.bsky.social)
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“The rate of sepsis shot up more than 50% for women hospitalized when they lost their pregnancies in the second trimester, ProPublica found.”
Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
www.propublica.org
February 20, 2025 at 10:10 PM
“The rate of sepsis shot up more than 50% for women hospitalized when they lost their pregnancies in the second trimester, ProPublica found.”
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@stephennessen.bsky.social Hi Stephen I hear a lot about how traffic has eased up with congestion pricing but nothing about where the money that has come in to date has gone… the cash spigot is on but what tangible results have NYers seen in the MTA? Far as I can tell they are still asking for money
February 6, 2025 at 6:57 PM
@stephennessen.bsky.social Hi Stephen I hear a lot about how traffic has eased up with congestion pricing but nothing about where the money that has come in to date has gone… the cash spigot is on but what tangible results have NYers seen in the MTA? Far as I can tell they are still asking for money