Kristen
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April 16, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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“The chairs’ analysis calculated the likelihood that this would have happened by chance as 1 in 300.”
Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards.
Women, minorities fired in purge of NIH science review boards
Scientists, with expertise in fields that include mental health, cancer and infectious disease, typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 17, 2025 at 12:17 AM
“The chairs’ analysis calculated the likelihood that this would have happened by chance as 1 in 300.”
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This should terrify every person in this country. The use of machine learning systems to approximate an individuals views on war and then, if they are here lawfully on a visa, tag them for deportation is about as sci-fi dystopian as it gets.
www.axios.com/2025/03/06/s...
www.axios.com/2025/03/06/s...
Scoop: State Dept. to use AI to revoke visas of foreign students who appear "pro-Hamas"
The effort includes AI-assisted reviews of tens of thousands of student visa holders' social media accounts and marks a dramatic escalation in the U.S. government's policing of foreign nationals' cond...
www.axios.com
March 13, 2025 at 12:09 PM
This should terrify every person in this country. The use of machine learning systems to approximate an individuals views on war and then, if they are here lawfully on a visa, tag them for deportation is about as sci-fi dystopian as it gets.
www.axios.com/2025/03/06/s...
www.axios.com/2025/03/06/s...
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This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
February 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
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Sure, Dan Bongino is a vile fascist. But don't sleep on the fact that he's a goddamn idiot.
abovethelaw.com/2020/08/dan-...
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Dan Bongino Fails To Prove Defamation, Succeeds In Paying Daily Beast's Legal Bills - Above the Law
#Winning!
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February 24, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Sure, Dan Bongino is a vile fascist. But don't sleep on the fact that he's a goddamn idiot.
abovethelaw.com/2020/08/dan-...
abovethelaw.com/2020/08/dan-...
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“The United States sent $50 million in condoms to Hamas. Diversity programs caused a plane crash. China controls the Panama Canal. Ukraine started the war with Russia.
Except, no. None of that is true.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/u...
Except, no. None of that is true.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/u...
Trump Uses Lies to Lay the Groundwork for Radical Change
Condoms for Gaza? Ukraine started the war with Russia? The president’s manipulations of the truth lay the groundwork for radical change.
www.nytimes.com
February 24, 2025 at 2:41 AM
“The United States sent $50 million in condoms to Hamas. Diversity programs caused a plane crash. China controls the Panama Canal. Ukraine started the war with Russia.
Except, no. None of that is true.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/u...
Except, no. None of that is true.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/u...
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Here’s the new Deputy Director of the FBI. 👇
February 24, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Here’s the new Deputy Director of the FBI. 👇
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you should read david’s thread for a thorough dismantling of this article. i will only add that it is very disappointing, although not altogether surprising, to see some progressives treat trump’s war on DEI as a legitimate policy difference and not as an explicit effort to resegregate the workforce
Look, I'm hardly one to defend DEI, but this is an incredibly poorly-reasoned article that bases its prescriptive argument on *incredibly* flimsy grounds. www.vox.com/politics/399...
February 15, 2025 at 3:03 PM
you should read david’s thread for a thorough dismantling of this article. i will only add that it is very disappointing, although not altogether surprising, to see some progressives treat trump’s war on DEI as a legitimate policy difference and not as an explicit effort to resegregate the workforce
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The AP must refuse this but more importantly the rest of the White House Correspondents Association should back them.
Boycott the press briefings until they relent, and if they refuse, walk out. There is no real use to them in any case.
Trump craves attention. Deny him that and he’ll cave.
Boycott the press briefings until they relent, and if they refuse, walk out. There is no real use to them in any case.
Trump craves attention. Deny him that and he’ll cave.
"Today we were informed by the White House that if AP did not align its editorial standards with President Donald Trump’s executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, AP would be barred from accessing an event in the Oval Office."
www.ap.org/the-definiti...
www.ap.org/the-definiti...
AP statement on Oval Office access | The Associated Press
The Associated Press issued this statement on Tuesday from Executive Editor Julie Pace: As a global news organization, The Associated Press informs
www.ap.org
February 11, 2025 at 10:52 PM
The AP must refuse this but more importantly the rest of the White House Correspondents Association should back them.
Boycott the press briefings until they relent, and if they refuse, walk out. There is no real use to them in any case.
Trump craves attention. Deny him that and he’ll cave.
Boycott the press briefings until they relent, and if they refuse, walk out. There is no real use to them in any case.
Trump craves attention. Deny him that and he’ll cave.
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Not a single Republican senator stood against Gabbard -- ignoring the law requiring the director of national intelligence to have deep national-security experience. She has none. She represents the disastrous rise of misplaced power, and a danger to the United States. www.axios.com/2025/02/10/t...
Tulsi Gabbard's intel chief nomination clears key Senate hurdle
Senators voted to limit debate on Gabbard's nomination, paving the way for a final vote later this week.
www.axios.com
February 11, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Not a single Republican senator stood against Gabbard -- ignoring the law requiring the director of national intelligence to have deep national-security experience. She has none. She represents the disastrous rise of misplaced power, and a danger to the United States. www.axios.com/2025/02/10/t...
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You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.
February 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.
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Eric Adams pretty much agreed to sidestep NY sanctuary protections, & make his city's immigrant residents more vulnerable to iCE, in pursuit of naked personal gain & a shield from corruption charges.
February 11, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Eric Adams pretty much agreed to sidestep NY sanctuary protections, & make his city's immigrant residents more vulnerable to iCE, in pursuit of naked personal gain & a shield from corruption charges.
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Scientists warn Trump’s $4bn funding cuts will harm US medical research
https://www.ft.com/content/028b2df3-2120-490c-a6a4-8af571305507
https://www.ft.com/content/028b2df3-2120-490c-a6a4-8af571305507
Scientists warn Trump’s $4bn funding cuts will harm US medical research
Academics say the move imperils scientific progress and helps America’s rivals
www.ft.com
February 8, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Scientists warn Trump’s $4bn funding cuts will harm US medical research
https://www.ft.com/content/028b2df3-2120-490c-a6a4-8af571305507
https://www.ft.com/content/028b2df3-2120-490c-a6a4-8af571305507
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Rep. Mary Miller introduces Rep. Sarah McBride as “The Gentleman from Delaware, Mr. McBride.”
Performative cruelty.
Performative cruelty.
February 8, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Rep. Mary Miller introduces Rep. Sarah McBride as “The Gentleman from Delaware, Mr. McBride.”
Performative cruelty.
Performative cruelty.
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Representation without taxation for a handful of billionaires, taxation without representation for the rest of us.
February 7, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Representation without taxation for a handful of billionaires, taxation without representation for the rest of us.
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Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.
February 6, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.
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Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
February 7, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
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The entire Trump scam is that the lowly peasants get hard borders and hypernationalism, the chosen elite get to bribe, travel, pillage and steal worldwide. Jetset globalism, carpool fascism.
Kash Patel being on Shein’s payroll for a lot of money is one thing. The fact that he’s refusing to divest is a whole other thing entirely. Should be an immediate nomination killer, and yet…
February 8, 2025 at 1:40 AM
The entire Trump scam is that the lowly peasants get hard borders and hypernationalism, the chosen elite get to bribe, travel, pillage and steal worldwide. Jetset globalism, carpool fascism.
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I mean it’s just the agency tasked with nuclear security, how bad can it be?
DOE's general counsel and IT offices told DOE Sec. Chris Wright that giving DOGE rep Luke Farritor IT access was a "bad idea" bc he hadn’t had a standard background investigation needed to access the department’s system, per a source. Wright granted him access anyways. www.cnn.com/2025/02/06/c...
Trump energy secretary allowed 23-year-old DOGE rep to access IT systems over objections from general counsel | CNN
Concerns were raised that the DOGE rep — a former SpaceX intern — did not have the background investigation required to access the Department of Energy’s system.
www.cnn.com
February 7, 2025 at 2:12 AM
I mean it’s just the agency tasked with nuclear security, how bad can it be?
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This Daily Show clip is so good, but make sure to stick around to the very end for Bill O'Reilly.
February 6, 2025 at 7:08 PM
This Daily Show clip is so good, but make sure to stick around to the very end for Bill O'Reilly.
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the best part of Elon firing his racist DOGE intern over racist tweets is that now Elon has to fund a lawsuit against himself
February 6, 2025 at 9:14 PM
the best part of Elon firing his racist DOGE intern over racist tweets is that now Elon has to fund a lawsuit against himself
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I linked DOGE staffer Marko Elez to a deleted X account that advocated repealing the Civil Rights Act, backed a “eugenic immigration policy,” and wrote, “You could not pay me to marry outside of my ethnicity."
He just resigned. www.wsj.com/tech/doge-st...
He just resigned. www.wsj.com/tech/doge-st...
DOGE Staffer Resigns Over Racist Posts
A staffer for Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency whose access to U.S. Treasury payment systems was approved by a federal judge on Thursday has links to a deleted social-media account that...
www.wsj.com
February 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I linked DOGE staffer Marko Elez to a deleted X account that advocated repealing the Civil Rights Act, backed a “eugenic immigration policy,” and wrote, “You could not pay me to marry outside of my ethnicity."
He just resigned. www.wsj.com/tech/doge-st...
He just resigned. www.wsj.com/tech/doge-st...
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I told my step pop someone hit me. When he asked if I hit them back, I replied that fighting in school was not allowed.
That’s when he gave me this gem : When someone hits you, you’re already in a fight, you’re just losing.
It’s cool to want peace but sometimes you gotta fight for it.
That’s when he gave me this gem : When someone hits you, you’re already in a fight, you’re just losing.
It’s cool to want peace but sometimes you gotta fight for it.
Here’s what’s important here. Just because the other side wants a fight doesn’t mean you should avoid one. Sometimes you have to get out of your head, quit trying to be clever and cute and fucking fight.
A leaked document obtained by HuffPost reveals the fierce backlash against Trump's now-rescinded funding freeze was part of the plan all along
January 30, 2025 at 2:05 AM
I told my step pop someone hit me. When he asked if I hit them back, I replied that fighting in school was not allowed.
That’s when he gave me this gem : When someone hits you, you’re already in a fight, you’re just losing.
It’s cool to want peace but sometimes you gotta fight for it.
That’s when he gave me this gem : When someone hits you, you’re already in a fight, you’re just losing.
It’s cool to want peace but sometimes you gotta fight for it.