Lisa G
lgomberg.bsky.social
Lisa G
@lgomberg.bsky.social
journalist, animal lover, green thumb, mother, flatlander turned Vermonter.
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Elon Musk’s staffers have been granted access to a sensitive child support database by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The data access was approved by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., despite resistance from career employees within the department. Sorry, we tried…
March 8, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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Today the president of the United States was asked in the Oval Office if he would be discussing AUKUS with the British prime minister. His response to the question: what does that mean? The reporter had to tell him it is a trilaterial security partnership between the US, UK and Australia.
February 27, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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Billionaire Jeff Bezos, who owns the Post, says the newspaper's editorial section will publish columns only "in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets."
By @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social
Jeff Bezos' revamp of 'Washington Post' opinions leads editor to quit
Billionaire Jeff Bezos, who owns the Post, says the newspaper's editorial section will publish columns only "in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets."
www.npr.org
February 26, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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Yes, Trump and Musk are engaged in flagrant self-dealing. But it's no worse than what Joe Biden was accused of doing but didn't actually do.
February 26, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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The first measles death in the US in a decade -- the tragic, preventable death of a child whose parents chose not to protect them with vaccination -- should spark an immediate nation-wide campaign to ensure all children are protected against preventable diseases. Anything less is unconscionable.
February 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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We just watched President Musk hold a cabinet meeting:

Absolutely unproductive
It’s clear who’s really in charge
All about trying to please Musk

What’s going on here?
www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...
Live updates: Trump, joined by Musk, holds first Cabinet meeting
President Donald Trump is holding the first Cabinet meeting of his second term in office, and Elon Musk is expected to attend. The Department of Government Efficiency, led by Musk, is coming under inc...
www.nbcnews.com
February 26, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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And there's 80 more cases pending

An EO has to pass two tests to be legit
It has to fall within the confines of the law
It has to fit within the framework of the constitution
Trump and his band of baboons couldn't write a legit EO if there lives depended on it.
news.yahoo.com/trump-3-cour...
For Trump, 3 court losses in 90 minutes
Three different federal judges delivered legal setbacks and slap downs to President Donald Trump in the span of an hour and a half on Tuesday in a series of cases challenging controversial moves taken...
news.yahoo.com
February 26, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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February 23, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The Gulf of Mexico Ain't Just a River in Egypt
open.substack.com/pub/benjamin...
The Gulf of Mexico Ain't Just a River in Egypt
[on building a better vocabulary]
open.substack.com
February 13, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.
February 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I can't find the right words.
February 5, 2025 at 1:25 AM