@jeff-burghardt.bsky.social
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Earth Scientist
Concerned Citizen
Father
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Nature Lover
💯. So demoralizing to have built your career to advance science, which is fundamental to our economy, competitive edge, and national security...just to have the rug pulled out from beneath you and demonized.
I don’t think many people realize how bad the job environment is for scientists right now. Thousands of jobs now lost in the government on top of big ongoing layoffs in the biotech/pharma sector. Bad times ahead and I don’t see how it won’t reverberate through the economy
February 15, 2025 at 4:00 AM
💯. So demoralizing to have built your career to advance science, which is fundamental to our economy, competitive edge, and national security...just to have the rug pulled out from beneath you and demonized.
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This is so insane
New: The Energy Department is seeking to bring back nuclear energy specialists after abruptly telling hundreds of workers that their jobs were eliminated, according to two people familiar with the matter
Dismissed Nuclear Bomb Specialists Recalled by Energy Department
The Energy Department is seeking to bring back nuclear energy specialists after abruptly telling hundreds of workers that their jobs were eliminated, according to two people familiar with the matter.
www.bloomberg.com
February 15, 2025 at 12:59 AM
This is so insane
Chilling article in the Atlantic. DOGE is doing severe damage to our national security. You don't "move fast and break things" when it comes to the safety and security of our country. The worries expressed in this art are unfortunately coming to fruition already.
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Elon Musk Is Breaking the National-Security System
DOGE’s takeover of federal agencies is a counterintelligence crisis.
www.theatlantic.com
February 15, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Chilling article in the Atlantic. DOGE is doing severe damage to our national security. You don't "move fast and break things" when it comes to the safety and security of our country. The worries expressed in this art are unfortunately coming to fruition already.
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Danielle Sassoon is an American Patriot! Great example to the rest of us trying to navigate this mess and maintain our integrity.
February 15, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Danielle Sassoon is an American Patriot! Great example to the rest of us trying to navigate this mess and maintain our integrity.
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I just want to say what should be obvious here: we're supposed to have 3 co-EQUAL branches of govt to check each other. I grew up with very powerful House speakers and senate leaders who defended the powers of their branch. Now we have the opposite of "Profiles in Courage". Lindsey Graham anyone?
February 3, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I just want to say what should be obvious here: we're supposed to have 3 co-EQUAL branches of govt to check each other. I grew up with very powerful House speakers and senate leaders who defended the powers of their branch. Now we have the opposite of "Profiles in Courage". Lindsey Graham anyone?
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It took many decades for power to bleed from the other branches to the Executive. Both parties played a role in this (and everyone liked things like executive orders and signing statements when their side was doing them), but that gets us HERE. Remember Schoolhouse Rock "I'm just a bill"? Outdated.
February 3, 2025 at 9:39 PM
It took many decades for power to bleed from the other branches to the Executive. Both parties played a role in this (and everyone liked things like executive orders and signing statements when their side was doing them), but that gets us HERE. Remember Schoolhouse Rock "I'm just a bill"? Outdated.
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Since we can't depend on the legislative branch this will come down to SCOTUS.And it can go one of 2 ways:Trump will get the ruling he wants or we will have another Jacksonian "John Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it!"moment. That's the hinge point. (And btw Trump loves Jackson).
February 3, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Since we can't depend on the legislative branch this will come down to SCOTUS.And it can go one of 2 ways:Trump will get the ruling he wants or we will have another Jacksonian "John Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it!"moment. That's the hinge point. (And btw Trump loves Jackson).
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Voice is still gone...X HH account still locked...but , on another note,the stuff Trump is suggesting in Gaza is one of the most stupid things I've ever heard of. The blowback from this will be enormous. Americans will die because of this. This is unhinged policy making.
February 5, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Voice is still gone...X HH account still locked...but , on another note,the stuff Trump is suggesting in Gaza is one of the most stupid things I've ever heard of. The blowback from this will be enormous. Americans will die because of this. This is unhinged policy making.
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I work with federal data and have access to social security numbers, which Elon Musk has just accessed.
I had to pass a federal criminal background check with fingerprinting, two drug tests, multiple trainings, and all my file access is monitored.
Musk walked in with a hard drive.
I had to pass a federal criminal background check with fingerprinting, two drug tests, multiple trainings, and all my file access is monitored.
Musk walked in with a hard drive.
February 4, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I work with federal data and have access to social security numbers, which Elon Musk has just accessed.
I had to pass a federal criminal background check with fingerprinting, two drug tests, multiple trainings, and all my file access is monitored.
Musk walked in with a hard drive.
I had to pass a federal criminal background check with fingerprinting, two drug tests, multiple trainings, and all my file access is monitored.
Musk walked in with a hard drive.
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Remember their names for the History books when future generations want to know why diseases that were eradicated in the 20th century made a comeback in the 21st century…
here's video of every single Republican on the Senate Finance Committee voting in favor of making RFK Jr the director of HHS
February 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Remember their names for the History books when future generations want to know why diseases that were eradicated in the 20th century made a comeback in the 21st century…
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Senator Raphael Warnock ahead of the vote on RFK Jr. for HHS Secretary:
"I simply do not trust him to oversee the CDC. He's unqualified, and I dare say that everybody here knows it."
BOOM!
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"I simply do not trust him to oversee the CDC. He's unqualified, and I dare say that everybody here knows it."
BOOM!
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
February 4, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Senator Raphael Warnock ahead of the vote on RFK Jr. for HHS Secretary:
"I simply do not trust him to oversee the CDC. He's unqualified, and I dare say that everybody here knows it."
BOOM!
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
"I simply do not trust him to oversee the CDC. He's unqualified, and I dare say that everybody here knows it."
BOOM!
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
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Raskin: "Elon Musk, you may have illegally seized power over the financial payments systems of the Treasury, but you don't control the money of the American people. The US Congress does that under Article 1 of the Constitution ... we don't have a fourth branch of government called 'Elon Musk'"
February 3, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Raskin: "Elon Musk, you may have illegally seized power over the financial payments systems of the Treasury, but you don't control the money of the American people. The US Congress does that under Article 1 of the Constitution ... we don't have a fourth branch of government called 'Elon Musk'"
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Elon Musk claims to have "deleted" the office in the IRS which has enabled people to file their tax returns electronically, simply, and for free.
February 3, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Elon Musk claims to have "deleted" the office in the IRS which has enabled people to file their tax returns electronically, simply, and for free.
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This administration will have disastrous impacts on science and education in the U.S. this is just the start I fear. Please share far and wide. 🧪 www.npr.org/sections/sho...
National Science Foundation freezes grant review in response to Trump executive orders
The National Science Foundation has canceled all grant review panels this week. It's unclear how long the pause could last.
www.npr.org
January 28, 2025 at 1:48 AM
This administration will have disastrous impacts on science and education in the U.S. this is just the start I fear. Please share far and wide. 🧪 www.npr.org/sections/sho...