Linda Dill Finn
@lindafblue.bsky.social
Painting, Gardening, Tennis, Family not necessarily in that order
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Senior officers of the United States military have an obligation to speak up and be leaders. Where is the Army chief of staff? Will he or others speak truth to the commander in chief and put a stop to the assault on the integrity of his troops? www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Silence of the Generals
As President Donald Trump crossed a dangerous line at Fort Bragg, the Army’s brass failed to speak out in its defense.
www.theatlantic.com
June 11, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Senior officers of the United States military have an obligation to speak up and be leaders. Where is the Army chief of staff? Will he or others speak truth to the commander in chief and put a stop to the assault on the integrity of his troops? www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Thank you General. Where is our Governor? Bridges falling down, trees mistakenly clear cut, pallet homes for the homeless taking over a year to be occupied.
The stakes are too high for prevarication and weakness.
RI AG @peterfneronha.bsky.social testifying about fighting the Trump Administration -- and a lack of support from Gov McKee.
"If this governor really believed that Trump is a danger to our democracy ... he would be enhancing my budget, instead of trying to hurt it."
youtu.be/WUxLOWE6ONo?...
"If this governor really believed that Trump is a danger to our democracy ... he would be enhancing my budget, instead of trying to hurt it."
youtu.be/WUxLOWE6ONo?...
March 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Thank you General. Where is our Governor? Bridges falling down, trees mistakenly clear cut, pallet homes for the homeless taking over a year to be occupied.
Thank you Senator
Update: @whitehouse.senate.gov is also a "no" on cloture
Update: @reed.senate.gov says he is a "hard no" on cloture for the GOP resolution to fund the government (aka, will join a filibuster of the bill)
Still nothing from @whitehouse.senate.gov
Still nothing from @whitehouse.senate.gov
March 14, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Thank you Senator
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In addition to the incredibly inhumane main outrage of this story of keeping food from severely malnourished children, a secondary impact will be the RI employees who will soon be on the unemployment roles. Lose-Lose-Lose situation. newrepublic.com/article/1919...
Musk Scandal at USAID Takes Ugly Turn, Putting Starving Kids at Risk
Two U.S. nonprofits that manufacture a treatment sent by USAID to help severely malnourished children abroad say the process is in chaos. This isn’t what Marco Rubio said would happen.
newrepublic.com
February 26, 2025 at 1:04 AM
In addition to the incredibly inhumane main outrage of this story of keeping food from severely malnourished children, a secondary impact will be the RI employees who will soon be on the unemployment roles. Lose-Lose-Lose situation. newrepublic.com/article/1919...
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At today's briefing, WH Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, who has banned the AP from covering Presidential events, was bragging about the success of Trump's anti-immigration efforts by citing a report from... the AP.
She then went on to brag about a Judge refusing to block her banning of the AP.
She then went on to brag about a Judge refusing to block her banning of the AP.
February 25, 2025 at 7:05 PM
At today's briefing, WH Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, who has banned the AP from covering Presidential events, was bragging about the success of Trump's anti-immigration efforts by citing a report from... the AP.
She then went on to brag about a Judge refusing to block her banning of the AP.
She then went on to brag about a Judge refusing to block her banning of the AP.
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They’re cutting Medicaid
REPORTER: Can you say unequivocally that down the line, there won't be cuts to Medicaid programs?
MIKE JOHNSON: Medicaid is hugely problematic because it has a lot of fraud, waste, and abuse.
MIKE JOHNSON: Medicaid is hugely problematic because it has a lot of fraud, waste, and abuse.
February 25, 2025 at 8:45 PM
They’re cutting Medicaid
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Congress is proposing drastic cuts to programs that provide babies and families with healthcare, child care, food and economic security.
The House is voting on a budget later today. Urge your Members of Congress to vote ‘no’ on budget cuts that will harm infants and toddlers.
The House is voting on a budget later today. Urge your Members of Congress to vote ‘no’ on budget cuts that will harm infants and toddlers.
Tell Congress: Reject Cuts that Harm Babies
Urge Congress to reject budget cuts to programs that support babies and families.
www.thinkbabies.org
February 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Congress is proposing drastic cuts to programs that provide babies and families with healthcare, child care, food and economic security.
The House is voting on a budget later today. Urge your Members of Congress to vote ‘no’ on budget cuts that will harm infants and toddlers.
The House is voting on a budget later today. Urge your Members of Congress to vote ‘no’ on budget cuts that will harm infants and toddlers.
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The Defense Department still hasn’t held a formal Pentagon Press briefing. Under the previous administration, the first Pentagon press briefings occurred 3 days after inauguration.
February 25, 2025 at 12:26 AM
The Defense Department still hasn’t held a formal Pentagon Press briefing. Under the previous administration, the first Pentagon press briefings occurred 3 days after inauguration.
That is a very good question !
Sen Reed, why?
If I were a Democrat, and I saw Trump do a purge of high-level generals who were women and people of color and wouldn't be "yes men," I wouldn't vote to advance JD Vance's college friend for Secretary of the Army.
And yet....16 Democrats just did so
And yet....16 Democrats just did so
February 25, 2025 at 6:14 PM
That is a very good question !
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Billionaires are using a loophole to avoid Medicare taxes. Closing it — and eliminating other ways around the tax for wealthy business owners — could raise more than $250 billion over 10 years for the program.
(Published Dec. 2024)
(Published Dec. 2024)
How a Decades-Old Loophole Lets Billionaires Avoid Medicare Taxes
Some of Wall Street’s richest and most powerful figures are using a legal loophole to avoid paying millions of dollars in taxes earmarked for health care, a ProPublica investigation found.
propub.li
February 19, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Billionaires are using a loophole to avoid Medicare taxes. Closing it — and eliminating other ways around the tax for wealthy business owners — could raise more than $250 billion over 10 years for the program.
(Published Dec. 2024)
(Published Dec. 2024)
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"Sooner or later, Trump could face a foreign-policy crisis, and he will need better counsel than he can get from billionaire defense dilettantes and a MAGA television personality."
Beyond Pete Hegseth lacking the experience to lead the Department of Defense, many of Trump’s nominees for deputies and undersecretaries are also unqualified. During crises, few will have the knowledge to offer steadier guidance:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Who’s Running the Defense Department?
The key criteria for those in the top-tier positions appear to be loyalty, wealth, and ideological fervor, not competence.
www.theatlantic.com
February 13, 2025 at 5:53 PM
"Sooner or later, Trump could face a foreign-policy crisis, and he will need better counsel than he can get from billionaire defense dilettantes and a MAGA television personality."
What a circus… unbelievable that the President hair sits there while Musk holds court… with a baseball cap on no less.
We know
Reporter: You said an example of fraud that you have cited was $50 million of condoms was sent to Gaza but after a fact-check apparently it was Gaza in Mozambique meant to protect them against HIV.
Musk: First of all, some of the things I say will be incorrect
Musk: First of all, some of the things I say will be incorrect
February 12, 2025 at 2:18 AM
What a circus… unbelievable that the President hair sits there while Musk holds court… with a baseball cap on no less.
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@radiofreetom.bsky.social reacts to how President Trump is seriously thinking about making Canada a U.S. state "What kind of president sits around, having these kind of thoughts, especially when there are so many other problems here at home and around the world" #SundayShow
February 10, 2025 at 12:10 AM
@radiofreetom.bsky.social reacts to how President Trump is seriously thinking about making Canada a U.S. state "What kind of president sits around, having these kind of thoughts, especially when there are so many other problems here at home and around the world" #SundayShow
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Since Trump is busy unilaterally renaming bodies of water down south, thought we’d get started up in New England.
How’s this?
How’s this?
February 8, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Since Trump is busy unilaterally renaming bodies of water down south, thought we’d get started up in New England.
How’s this?
How’s this?
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In Rhode Island -
NIH FUNDING:
$256M
JOBS SUPPORTED:
2212
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY SUPPORTED:
$502M
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
NIH FUNDING:
$256M
JOBS SUPPORTED:
2212
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY SUPPORTED:
$502M
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
February 8, 2025 at 4:09 AM
In Rhode Island -
NIH FUNDING:
$256M
JOBS SUPPORTED:
2212
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY SUPPORTED:
$502M
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
NIH FUNDING:
$256M
JOBS SUPPORTED:
2212
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY SUPPORTED:
$502M
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
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New: We spoke to government IT employees/contractors about DOGE. Their warnings were dire. The people who maintain the systems that keep the country working are terrified. "This is the largest data breach and the largest IT security breach in our country’s history—at least that’s publicly known."
The Government’s Computing Experts Say They Are Terrified
Four IT professionals lay out just how destructive Elon Musk’s incursion into the U.S. government could be.
www.theatlantic.com
February 7, 2025 at 2:14 PM
New: We spoke to government IT employees/contractors about DOGE. Their warnings were dire. The people who maintain the systems that keep the country working are terrified. "This is the largest data breach and the largest IT security breach in our country’s history—at least that’s publicly known."
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“How many athletes are there in the United States in NCAA schools?,” Durbin inquired.
Baker: “510,000.”
“How many transgender athletes are you aware of?,” Durbin asked.
“Less than 10,” Baker said.
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
Baker: “510,000.”
“How many transgender athletes are you aware of?,” Durbin asked.
“Less than 10,” Baker said.
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
It's bigotry or bust for the Trump administration
On National Girls and Women in Sports Day, the president banned transgender girls and women from school sports.
open.substack.com
February 6, 2025 at 7:54 PM
“How many athletes are there in the United States in NCAA schools?,” Durbin inquired.
Baker: “510,000.”
“How many transgender athletes are you aware of?,” Durbin asked.
“Less than 10,” Baker said.
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
Baker: “510,000.”
“How many transgender athletes are you aware of?,” Durbin asked.
“Less than 10,” Baker said.
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
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Semafor: Rubio will appoint Darren Beattie, a speechwriter in Trump’s first term, acting undersecretary of state for public diplomacy, two people briefed on the plans said…Beattie was fired from the WH in 2018 after attending a conference with white nationalists.
www.semafor.com/article/02/0...
www.semafor.com/article/02/0...
MAGA intellectual Darren Beattie will fill key State Department role
A figure from the first Trump administration takes a role in Marco Rubio’s State Department.
www.semafor.com
February 3, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Semafor: Rubio will appoint Darren Beattie, a speechwriter in Trump’s first term, acting undersecretary of state for public diplomacy, two people briefed on the plans said…Beattie was fired from the WH in 2018 after attending a conference with white nationalists.
www.semafor.com/article/02/0...
www.semafor.com/article/02/0...
This is horrific.
New - Elon Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say
Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.
www.reuters.com
January 31, 2025 at 8:39 PM
This is horrific.
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This administration is a well oiled machine
Sen. Kevin Cramer touts $16 billion in cuts to the transportation budget 12 hours after the deadliest plane crash in America in 24 years
January 30, 2025 at 6:33 PM
This administration is a well oiled machine
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After claiming he doesn't know who Laura Loomer is and merely took a photo with her at a book event, Kash Patel is asked if he's familiar with Stew Peters, an antisemitic podcast host.
Patel: "Not off the top of my head."
Durbin: "You made eight separate appearances on his podcast..."
Patel: "Not off the top of my head."
Durbin: "You made eight separate appearances on his podcast..."
January 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
After claiming he doesn't know who Laura Loomer is and merely took a photo with her at a book event, Kash Patel is asked if he's familiar with Stew Peters, an antisemitic podcast host.
Patel: "Not off the top of my head."
Durbin: "You made eight separate appearances on his podcast..."
Patel: "Not off the top of my head."
Durbin: "You made eight separate appearances on his podcast..."
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"The USDA has been at the heart of concerns about bird flu...
And, the USDA inspector general launched an investigation into Elon Musk's brain implant startup, Neuralink, which remains ongoing."
And, the USDA inspector general launched an investigation into Elon Musk's brain implant startup, Neuralink, which remains ongoing."
NEW:
“Security agents escorted the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Agriculture [Phyllis Fong] out of her office on Monday after she refused to comply with her firing by the Trump administration.”
www.reuters.com/world/us/usd...
“Security agents escorted the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Agriculture [Phyllis Fong] out of her office on Monday after she refused to comply with her firing by the Trump administration.”
www.reuters.com/world/us/usd...
Exclusive: USDA inspector general escorted out of her office after defying White House
Security agents escorted the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Agriculture out of her office on Monday after she refused to comply with her firing by the Trump administration, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
www.reuters.com
January 29, 2025 at 9:56 PM
"The USDA has been at the heart of concerns about bird flu...
And, the USDA inspector general launched an investigation into Elon Musk's brain implant startup, Neuralink, which remains ongoing."
And, the USDA inspector general launched an investigation into Elon Musk's brain implant startup, Neuralink, which remains ongoing."
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Never seen such a load of unqualified white dudes
CORTEZ MASTRO: A pregnant woman with a life-threatening bleed goes to the ER and her doctor determines she needs an emergency abortion. She's in a state where abortion is banned. You would agree that federal law protects her right to that emergency care, correct
RFK Jr: Uh, I don't know
RFK Jr: Uh, I don't know
January 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Never seen such a load of unqualified white dudes