Kathy from the ashes
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Here to create an curated news feed of vetted sources. I fear it’s going to be one bigass doom scroll for a while.
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"This week ... the Trump administration voted against a United Nations resolution which clearly stated that Russia began the horrific war with Ukraine," writes senator Bernie Sanders.
"This was the president of the United States turning his back on 250 years of our history."
"This was the president of the United States turning his back on 250 years of our history."
America must not surrender its Democratic values | Bernie Sanders
www.theguardian.com
February 28, 2025 at 3:56 PM
"This week ... the Trump administration voted against a United Nations resolution which clearly stated that Russia began the horrific war with Ukraine," writes senator Bernie Sanders.
"This was the president of the United States turning his back on 250 years of our history."
"This was the president of the United States turning his back on 250 years of our history."
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Breaking: FDA's March meeting to select flu shot strains for 2025-2026 season has been canceled per email sent to committee members, a VRBPAC member told me. drug companies need about 6 months leeway to make shots in time for fall vax campaigns. #healthpolicy
February 26, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Breaking: FDA's March meeting to select flu shot strains for 2025-2026 season has been canceled per email sent to committee members, a VRBPAC member told me. drug companies need about 6 months leeway to make shots in time for fall vax campaigns. #healthpolicy
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Here’s what is going on. When you start firing the military’s top lawyers, that means you are getting ready to order the military to do unlawful things. Trump replaces those JAGs with men who will justify any future unlawful and unethical actions that he wants the military to do.
February 22, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Here’s what is going on. When you start firing the military’s top lawyers, that means you are getting ready to order the military to do unlawful things. Trump replaces those JAGs with men who will justify any future unlawful and unethical actions that he wants the military to do.
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This is correct — and, in fact, typical. Opposition parties typically aren't the driving force behind movements against democratic backsliding.
To see what an alternative strategy looks like, read my new piece www.vox.com/politics/399...
To see what an alternative strategy looks like, read my new piece www.vox.com/politics/399...
February 13, 2025 at 5:15 PM
This is correct — and, in fact, typical. Opposition parties typically aren't the driving force behind movements against democratic backsliding.
To see what an alternative strategy looks like, read my new piece www.vox.com/politics/399...
To see what an alternative strategy looks like, read my new piece www.vox.com/politics/399...
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Brianna Keilar: Do you think that calling Elon Musk a dick is effective messaging?
Congressman Robert Garcia: Well, he is a dick.
Congressman Robert Garcia: Well, he is a dick.
February 12, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Brianna Keilar: Do you think that calling Elon Musk a dick is effective messaging?
Congressman Robert Garcia: Well, he is a dick.
Congressman Robert Garcia: Well, he is a dick.
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i am going to put a finer point on this: executive orders are not laws. and they certainly are not royal decrees. they are interpretations of existing law for the purposes of enforcement. the fact that so many people are treating them as laws is actually driving me a bit insane.
i mean, the president's executive order isn't a goddamn law! as far as this doctor is concerned, who cares what the president says!
A New York City doctor said he will continue providing gender-affirming treatments to his patients younger than 19 despite President Donald Trump’s executive order aiming to ban such care.
February 12, 2025 at 2:48 AM
i am going to put a finer point on this: executive orders are not laws. and they certainly are not royal decrees. they are interpretations of existing law for the purposes of enforcement. the fact that so many people are treating them as laws is actually driving me a bit insane.
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JUST IN: The remaining employees at the General Services Administration are being warned that their work will be heavily monitored, from their swipes into the office to what they type on their computers.
GSA staff facing massive cuts and fears of 'nonstop' surveillance
The remaining employees at the General Services Administration are being warned that their work will be heavily monitored, from their swipes into the office to what they type on their computers.
www.npr.org
February 11, 2025 at 7:30 PM
JUST IN: The remaining employees at the General Services Administration are being warned that their work will be heavily monitored, from their swipes into the office to what they type on their computers.
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The move puts the security and integrity of elections in the U.S. — especially at the state level, where local election officials rely on CISA resources to securely run elections — at risk. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
CISA Puts Election Staff on Administrative Leave
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
February 12, 2025 at 4:01 AM
The move puts the security and integrity of elections in the U.S. — especially at the state level, where local election officials rely on CISA resources to securely run elections — at risk. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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An NIH notice announcing massive cuts in federal science funding appears to draw heavily on a 2022 report by the Heritage Foundation, which blasted “massive growth in DEI staff at US universities.”
www.wired.com/story/nih-in...
www.wired.com/story/nih-in...
NIH Funding Cuts Appear to Draw on Heritage Foundation Report That Blasts ‘DEI Staff’
In its notice outlining the large cut in university funding, the US National Institutes of Health seems to draw on a report from a conservative think tank that denounces the “political left.”
www.wired.com
February 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
An NIH notice announcing massive cuts in federal science funding appears to draw heavily on a 2022 report by the Heritage Foundation, which blasted “massive growth in DEI staff at US universities.”
www.wired.com/story/nih-in...
www.wired.com/story/nih-in...
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I’m less interested in whether we call it a constitutional crisis than in clearly describing what’s going on: reactionaries are trying to replace the most egalitarian, democratic parts of our Constitution with something smushed together from the most exclusionary, authoritarian parts of our history.
February 10, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I’m less interested in whether we call it a constitutional crisis than in clearly describing what’s going on: reactionaries are trying to replace the most egalitarian, democratic parts of our Constitution with something smushed together from the most exclusionary, authoritarian parts of our history.
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Trump hopes Americans don’t realize what the CFPB does.
So I wrote this piece on why CFPB exists, the billions it has saved us, & why dismantling it devastates working people. This is class warfare & we cannot afford to lose.
No paywall. Please read & share:
www.qasimrashid.com/p/cfpb-is-su...
So I wrote this piece on why CFPB exists, the billions it has saved us, & why dismantling it devastates working people. This is class warfare & we cannot afford to lose.
No paywall. Please read & share:
www.qasimrashid.com/p/cfpb-is-su...
CFPB Is Suspended & We Are All at Risk
What shutting down the CFPB means for working Americans and the billionaire class
www.qasimrashid.com
February 10, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Trump hopes Americans don’t realize what the CFPB does.
So I wrote this piece on why CFPB exists, the billions it has saved us, & why dismantling it devastates working people. This is class warfare & we cannot afford to lose.
No paywall. Please read & share:
www.qasimrashid.com/p/cfpb-is-su...
So I wrote this piece on why CFPB exists, the billions it has saved us, & why dismantling it devastates working people. This is class warfare & we cannot afford to lose.
No paywall. Please read & share:
www.qasimrashid.com/p/cfpb-is-su...
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You wouldn't dismantle the agency that protects consumers for corporate abuse and scams unless you wanted your rich buddies to be able to abuse and scam consumers.
February 9, 2025 at 9:25 PM
You wouldn't dismantle the agency that protects consumers for corporate abuse and scams unless you wanted your rich buddies to be able to abuse and scam consumers.
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What I've learned from Black people:
1) vote in every local and interim election, not just federal
2) from the available choices, always vote for harm reduction for minorities because that's in ALL our best interests
3)"protest votes" and vote abstention promote harm
1) vote in every local and interim election, not just federal
2) from the available choices, always vote for harm reduction for minorities because that's in ALL our best interests
3)"protest votes" and vote abstention promote harm
February 9, 2025 at 11:30 PM
What I've learned from Black people:
1) vote in every local and interim election, not just federal
2) from the available choices, always vote for harm reduction for minorities because that's in ALL our best interests
3)"protest votes" and vote abstention promote harm
1) vote in every local and interim election, not just federal
2) from the available choices, always vote for harm reduction for minorities because that's in ALL our best interests
3)"protest votes" and vote abstention promote harm
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The reckless decision to release billions of gallons of water from the Terminus and Schafer Dams is already hurting farms and farmers.
It’s a massive waste.
I'm demanding answers from the Army Corps of Engineers about what happened. And why.
It’s a massive waste.
I'm demanding answers from the Army Corps of Engineers about what happened. And why.
February 8, 2025 at 1:25 AM
The reckless decision to release billions of gallons of water from the Terminus and Schafer Dams is already hurting farms and farmers.
It’s a massive waste.
I'm demanding answers from the Army Corps of Engineers about what happened. And why.
It’s a massive waste.
I'm demanding answers from the Army Corps of Engineers about what happened. And why.
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The bill will now be sent to the governor, who last year vetoed the same measure. Stay tuned. 🗃️ www.wric.com/news/politic...
General Assembly passes bill to end tax breaks for organizations that honor Confederacy
The Virginia General Assembly has passed a bill that would end some tax exemptions for organizations that honor the Confederacy. With Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) having vetoed similar legislation last …
www.wric.com
February 8, 2025 at 11:13 AM
The bill will now be sent to the governor, who last year vetoed the same measure. Stay tuned. 🗃️ www.wric.com/news/politic...
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i am 100% certain that they are weekend at bernie-ing trump and just handing him papers to sign, the content of which is determined by whoever happens to want something to happen
Trump just issued an executive order titled: ADDRESSING EGREGIOUS ACTIONS OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
It says "the United States shall promote the resettlement of Afrikaner refugees escaping government-sponsored race-based discrimination, including racially discriminatory property confiscation"
It says "the United States shall promote the resettlement of Afrikaner refugees escaping government-sponsored race-based discrimination, including racially discriminatory property confiscation"
February 7, 2025 at 11:11 PM
i am 100% certain that they are weekend at bernie-ing trump and just handing him papers to sign, the content of which is determined by whoever happens to want something to happen
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NEW: Yet another federal agency, this time the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, is being told to hand the keys to its data over to DOGE operatives.
From @makenakelly.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/doge-a...
From @makenakelly.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/doge-a...
DOGE Is Now Inside the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
DOGE staffers will get read-only access to CFPB data, systems, and equipment, according to an internal email reviewed by WIRED.
www.wired.com
February 7, 2025 at 4:47 PM
NEW: Yet another federal agency, this time the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, is being told to hand the keys to its data over to DOGE operatives.
From @makenakelly.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/doge-a...
From @makenakelly.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/doge-a...
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NEW: An internal email, reviewed by WIRED, calls DOGE access to federal payments systems “the single biggest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.”
www.wired.com/story/treasu...
www.wired.com/story/treasu...
A US Treasury Threat Intelligence Analysis Designates DOGE Staff as ‘Insider Threat’
An internal email reviewed by WIRED calls DOGE staff's access to federal payments systems “the single biggest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.”
www.wired.com
February 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
NEW: An internal email, reviewed by WIRED, calls DOGE access to federal payments systems “the single biggest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.”
www.wired.com/story/treasu...
www.wired.com/story/treasu...
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Buried deep within Project 2025 is a proposal to completely gut the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency – a federal agency that helps protect the nation from cyber attacks and election threats.
Here's what you should know.
Here's what you should know.
A Little-Known Federal Agency Helps Secure Elections. Trump Wants to Gut It.
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
February 8, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Buried deep within Project 2025 is a proposal to completely gut the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency – a federal agency that helps protect the nation from cyber attacks and election threats.
Here's what you should know.
Here's what you should know.
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1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
grants.nih.gov
February 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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It feels like no one should have to say this, and yet we are in a situation where it needs to be said, very loudly and clearly, before it’s too late to do anything about it: The United States is not a startup. If you run it like one, it will break.
🔗 www.wired.com/story/the-us...
🔗 www.wired.com/story/the-us...
February 7, 2025 at 2:16 PM
It feels like no one should have to say this, and yet we are in a situation where it needs to be said, very loudly and clearly, before it’s too late to do anything about it: The United States is not a startup. If you run it like one, it will break.
🔗 www.wired.com/story/the-us...
🔗 www.wired.com/story/the-us...