Heather Mrowiec
@heathersk8r.bsky.social
Democracy and ice skating - my two favorite things.
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Reup, for @petebuttigieg.bsky.social's easy linking.
Trump Fired Inspectors General Who Identified $183.5 Billion in Waste, Fraud, and Abuse
www.emptywheel.net/2025/02/12/t...
Trump Fired Inspectors General Who Identified $183.5 Billion in Waste, Fraud, and Abuse
www.emptywheel.net/2025/02/12/t...
Trump Fired Inspectors General Who Identified $183.5 Billion in Waste, Fraud, and Abuse - emptywheel
The lawsuit by eight of the Inspectors General Trump fired on his fourth day on the job -- who claim they've identified $183.5 billion in potential waste, fraud, and abuse during their tenure as IGs -...
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February 17, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Reup, for @petebuttigieg.bsky.social's easy linking.
Trump Fired Inspectors General Who Identified $183.5 Billion in Waste, Fraud, and Abuse
www.emptywheel.net/2025/02/12/t...
Trump Fired Inspectors General Who Identified $183.5 Billion in Waste, Fraud, and Abuse
www.emptywheel.net/2025/02/12/t...
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The fact that Trump is hurting his own people so badly would be an interesting story if the press decided to tell it.
Seven of the 10 states most dependant on federal $ are red , and 7 of the 10 least dependent are blue. Biden's green jobs projects are disproportionately in red districts. Rural areas rely much more on federal funding than urban. Rural healthcare doesn't exist without Medicaid and CHIP.
January 29, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The fact that Trump is hurting his own people so badly would be an interesting story if the press decided to tell it.
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Here's a fact most Americans don't know:
The Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) is the largest purchaser of wine by dollar value in the world.
The LCBO has shut the flow of all American beer, wine, spirits.
We will drink "Freedom wines" from our allies and beer from our communities.
The Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) is the largest purchaser of wine by dollar value in the world.
The LCBO has shut the flow of all American beer, wine, spirits.
We will drink "Freedom wines" from our allies and beer from our communities.
February 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Here's a fact most Americans don't know:
The Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) is the largest purchaser of wine by dollar value in the world.
The LCBO has shut the flow of all American beer, wine, spirits.
We will drink "Freedom wines" from our allies and beer from our communities.
The Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) is the largest purchaser of wine by dollar value in the world.
The LCBO has shut the flow of all American beer, wine, spirits.
We will drink "Freedom wines" from our allies and beer from our communities.
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I think Americans, blessed with relatively stable government for a long time, assume there is someone, some adult, who will step in and make things right before the President does anything REALLY bad.
There’s not.
There’s not.
February 2, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I think Americans, blessed with relatively stable government for a long time, assume there is someone, some adult, who will step in and make things right before the President does anything REALLY bad.
There’s not.
There’s not.
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A gay guy, a Black man, and a woman walk into a flight deck— that’s not the beginning of a joke, but just a regular day at work! There was so much DEI on this plane that we could hardly get in the air. Luckily my limp wrists were able to wrestle the heavy jet back to the ground 💅🏼
February 2, 2025 at 1:19 AM
A gay guy, a Black man, and a woman walk into a flight deck— that’s not the beginning of a joke, but just a regular day at work! There was so much DEI on this plane that we could hardly get in the air. Luckily my limp wrists were able to wrestle the heavy jet back to the ground 💅🏼
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"I have directed BC liquor sales to immediately stop buying American liquor from red states. Liquor store employees will be removing the most popular of these brands from government store shelves." -BC Premier David Eby
February 2, 2025 at 12:47 AM
"I have directed BC liquor sales to immediately stop buying American liquor from red states. Liquor store employees will be removing the most popular of these brands from government store shelves." -BC Premier David Eby
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The carefully managed water systems in California's Central Valley saw a sudden deluge after the Army Corps of Engineers unexpectedly released reservoir water.
“In 25 years, I’ve never seen anything like this. I was given no explanation at all.”
“In 25 years, I’ve never seen anything like this. I was given no explanation at all.”
Decision to dump water from Tulare County lakes altered after sending locals into a mad scramble – SJV Water
Water managers were relieved Thursday evening after the Army Corps of Engineers agreed to back off of a sudden decision earlier in the day to dump massive
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January 31, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The carefully managed water systems in California's Central Valley saw a sudden deluge after the Army Corps of Engineers unexpectedly released reservoir water.
“In 25 years, I’ve never seen anything like this. I was given no explanation at all.”
“In 25 years, I’ve never seen anything like this. I was given no explanation at all.”
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Everyone seems to be framing Trump's freeze on federal grants as a Constitutional fight over powers of the purse & whether presidents can disregard Congressional appropriations. It is that. But also at stake is the fundamental validity of government contracts! I see much less discussion on this... 🧵
January 31, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Everyone seems to be framing Trump's freeze on federal grants as a Constitutional fight over powers of the purse & whether presidents can disregard Congressional appropriations. It is that. But also at stake is the fundamental validity of government contracts! I see much less discussion on this... 🧵
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There's a way sustain opposition to this assault for four years. It exists between constant, mostly impotent anger, and the @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social / @schumer.senate.gov instinct to ignore the vast majority of Trump abuses. I wrote about what it looks like here, no paywall.
A Sustainable Resistance
It will require both acceptance and a steely resolve to rebuild bigger and better.
www.offmessage.net
January 31, 2025 at 6:59 PM
There's a way sustain opposition to this assault for four years. It exists between constant, mostly impotent anger, and the @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social / @schumer.senate.gov instinct to ignore the vast majority of Trump abuses. I wrote about what it looks like here, no paywall.
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HOLD UP.
Did Trump just say he will put tariffs on medications?
Americans already pay more for prescription medications than anywhere in the world - and he wants us to pay EVEN MORE?
Americans want cheaper drug prices. Trump is giving us higher taxes instead.
Did Trump just say he will put tariffs on medications?
Americans already pay more for prescription medications than anywhere in the world - and he wants us to pay EVEN MORE?
Americans want cheaper drug prices. Trump is giving us higher taxes instead.
January 31, 2025 at 10:00 PM
HOLD UP.
Did Trump just say he will put tariffs on medications?
Americans already pay more for prescription medications than anywhere in the world - and he wants us to pay EVEN MORE?
Americans want cheaper drug prices. Trump is giving us higher taxes instead.
Did Trump just say he will put tariffs on medications?
Americans already pay more for prescription medications than anywhere in the world - and he wants us to pay EVEN MORE?
Americans want cheaper drug prices. Trump is giving us higher taxes instead.
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Just, um... yeah. "The White House referred ProPublica to the State Department. The State Department said to direct all questions about USAID to the agency itself. USAID did not reply to our emails. Much of its communications staff was let go in the last week."
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
“People Will Die”: The Trump Administration Said It Lifted Its Ban on Lifesaving Humanitarian Aid. That’s Not True.
Organizations that provide vital care for desperate and vulnerable people around the world have been forced to halt operations, turn away patients and lay off staff. “I’ve never seen anything that sca...
www.propublica.org
January 31, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Just, um... yeah. "The White House referred ProPublica to the State Department. The State Department said to direct all questions about USAID to the agency itself. USAID did not reply to our emails. Much of its communications staff was let go in the last week."
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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Meta is renewing its threats against employees, telling them today that they will hunt for leakers and tolerate zero leaks.
Want to know how that is going? Three Meta employees who I’ve never spoken to before just cold messaged/emailed me offering me to be sources.
Want to know how that is going? Three Meta employees who I’ve never spoken to before just cold messaged/emailed me offering me to be sources.
January 30, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Meta is renewing its threats against employees, telling them today that they will hunt for leakers and tolerate zero leaks.
Want to know how that is going? Three Meta employees who I’ve never spoken to before just cold messaged/emailed me offering me to be sources.
Want to know how that is going? Three Meta employees who I’ve never spoken to before just cold messaged/emailed me offering me to be sources.
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Journalists: When you ask the question this way, you are accepting the premise.
The premise is that non-white men and women (including white women) are not qualified to do the job.
Please don’t accept the premise. Frame the question in a way that challenges it.
Thank you
The premise is that non-white men and women (including white women) are not qualified to do the job.
Please don’t accept the premise. Frame the question in a way that challenges it.
Thank you
REPORTER: Are you saying this crash was somehow was the result of diversity hiring?
TRUMP: It just could have been
TRUMP: It just could have been
January 31, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Journalists: When you ask the question this way, you are accepting the premise.
The premise is that non-white men and women (including white women) are not qualified to do the job.
Please don’t accept the premise. Frame the question in a way that challenges it.
Thank you
The premise is that non-white men and women (including white women) are not qualified to do the job.
Please don’t accept the premise. Frame the question in a way that challenges it.
Thank you
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Former Secretary of Transportation--who was not on The Real World or Road Rules--weighs in on the President's efforts to blame the fatal air traffic accident on DEI.
January 30, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Former Secretary of Transportation--who was not on The Real World or Road Rules--weighs in on the President's efforts to blame the fatal air traffic accident on DEI.
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Just know my fellow Americans, those who claim they voted for “their money,” and to “get immigration under control,” that you voted to subject your fellow Americans to enduring this kind of daily insult from a megaphone.
You voted for this assault on the dignity of our people & our children.
You voted for this assault on the dignity of our people & our children.
Reporter: I’m trying to figure out how you can come to the conclusion that diversity had something to do with this crash?
Trump: Because I have common sense and unfortunately a lot of people don’t
Trump: Because I have common sense and unfortunately a lot of people don’t
January 30, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Just know my fellow Americans, those who claim they voted for “their money,” and to “get immigration under control,” that you voted to subject your fellow Americans to enduring this kind of daily insult from a megaphone.
You voted for this assault on the dignity of our people & our children.
You voted for this assault on the dignity of our people & our children.
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"America is being smothered by legions of regulators, often inept & politically-driven" he posted on Vichy Twitter in September. then in January SpaceX's Starship blew up in the atmosphere and rained 100 metric tons of shit all over the Caribbean www.cnn.com/2025/01/17/s...
Regulators are investigating reports of property damage from SpaceX Starship’s explosion | CNN
The FAA says it has grounded the Starship vehicle pending a mishap investigation, and it’s working with SpaceX to assess reports of property damage in Turks and Caicos.
www.cnn.com
January 30, 2025 at 6:45 PM
"America is being smothered by legions of regulators, often inept & politically-driven" he posted on Vichy Twitter in September. then in January SpaceX's Starship blew up in the atmosphere and rained 100 metric tons of shit all over the Caribbean www.cnn.com/2025/01/17/s...
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I think the prevailing trend of the next several months is “rugged individualist” types discovering just how dependent they are on federal funds
TRUMP: We are pausing federal funding.
MY BOSS: Hell yeah.
CLIENT WITH GOVERNMENT CONTRACT: We need to talk about our service agreement.
MY BOSS: Wait.
MY BOSS: Hell yeah.
CLIENT WITH GOVERNMENT CONTRACT: We need to talk about our service agreement.
MY BOSS: Wait.
January 28, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I think the prevailing trend of the next several months is “rugged individualist” types discovering just how dependent they are on federal funds
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I am completely unsurprised
January 28, 2025 at 1:47 AM
I am completely unsurprised
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Really thankful to all of the scientists who made themselves available to talk to me about the unprecedented situation at NIH.
I've never had so many people reach out to me for a story like this.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I've never had so many people reach out to me for a story like this.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
What the Hell Is Going on at NIH?
Scientists sound the alarm about Trump’s unprecedented “Big Brother” research crackdown.
www.motherjones.com
January 25, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Really thankful to all of the scientists who made themselves available to talk to me about the unprecedented situation at NIH.
I've never had so many people reach out to me for a story like this.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I've never had so many people reach out to me for a story like this.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Only one media outlet is reporting that LA Mayor Karen Bass' mic was turned off during the roundtable with Donald Trump last night.
None of them are reporting that they physically took away her microphone too because she kept trying to fact check him.
Shameful.
None of them are reporting that they physically took away her microphone too because she kept trying to fact check him.
Shameful.
January 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Only one media outlet is reporting that LA Mayor Karen Bass' mic was turned off during the roundtable with Donald Trump last night.
None of them are reporting that they physically took away her microphone too because she kept trying to fact check him.
Shameful.
None of them are reporting that they physically took away her microphone too because she kept trying to fact check him.
Shameful.
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Mitch McConnell voting against Hegseth is like Hannibal Lecter becoming a vegetarian on his deathbed
January 25, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Mitch McConnell voting against Hegseth is like Hannibal Lecter becoming a vegetarian on his deathbed
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TIME: “.. nearly two-thirds of the executive actions Trump has issued so far mirror or partially mirror proposals” from Project 2025 — “the blueprint he once dismissed.”
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Trump's Early Actions Mirror Project 2025
A TIME analysis found that nearly two-thirds of the executive actions Trump has issued mirror or partially mirror proposals from Project 2025.
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January 25, 2025 at 12:18 PM
TIME: “.. nearly two-thirds of the executive actions Trump has issued so far mirror or partially mirror proposals” from Project 2025 — “the blueprint he once dismissed.”
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This is happening to thousands of people fighting for their lives because in real life, government does a lot of good and important shit.
January 24, 2025 at 10:53 PM
This is happening to thousands of people fighting for their lives because in real life, government does a lot of good and important shit.
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This is madness!!!
“Despite possessing Certificates of Indian Blood (CIBs) and state-issued IDs, several individuals have been detained or questioned by ICE agents who do not recognize these documents as valid proof of citizenship,” the Navajo Nation Council stated in a press release.
“Despite possessing Certificates of Indian Blood (CIBs) and state-issued IDs, several individuals have been detained or questioned by ICE agents who do not recognize these documents as valid proof of citizenship,” the Navajo Nation Council stated in a press release.
Reports of Navajo people being detained in immigration sweeps sparks concern from tribal leaders
The DOJ argued in court that Indigenous people don't have birthright citizenship, even though they have for 100 years
azmirror.com
January 24, 2025 at 10:48 PM
This is madness!!!
“Despite possessing Certificates of Indian Blood (CIBs) and state-issued IDs, several individuals have been detained or questioned by ICE agents who do not recognize these documents as valid proof of citizenship,” the Navajo Nation Council stated in a press release.
“Despite possessing Certificates of Indian Blood (CIBs) and state-issued IDs, several individuals have been detained or questioned by ICE agents who do not recognize these documents as valid proof of citizenship,” the Navajo Nation Council stated in a press release.