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Remember, the president does not have the authority to unilaterally shut down the Education Department. Doing so would require an act of Congress and at least 60 votes in the Senate.
March 6, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Remember, the president does not have the authority to unilaterally shut down the Education Department. Doing so would require an act of Congress and at least 60 votes in the Senate.
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"Government by chaos is back," writes Stephen Collinson | Analysis
Analysis: The world is beginning to tire of Trump’s whiplash leadership | CNN Politics
Government by chaos is back.
www.cnn.com
March 6, 2025 at 10:49 AM
"Government by chaos is back," writes Stephen Collinson | Analysis
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The EPA IRIS database specifies the cancer + noncancer risk of > 500 chemicals. It's the rosetta stone to calculating the relationship between exposure and risk. It powered our tox map and formaldehyde map. Killing it would destroy the ability to regulate or even show how harmful toxic chems are.
NEW: While all eyes are on Trump and DOGE, a bill recently introduced in both the House and Senate would cripple the EPA's ability to regulate. It's a very serious threat and experts told me it could pass
www.propublica.org/article/legi...
www.propublica.org/article/legi...
Industry-Backed Legislation Would Bar the Use of Science Behind Hundreds of Environmental Protections
Two bills in Congress would prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from using hundreds of chemical assessments completed by its IRIS program in environmental regulations or enforcement.
www.propublica.org
March 6, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The EPA IRIS database specifies the cancer + noncancer risk of > 500 chemicals. It's the rosetta stone to calculating the relationship between exposure and risk. It powered our tox map and formaldehyde map. Killing it would destroy the ability to regulate or even show how harmful toxic chems are.
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i don't know if i've ever felt more hopeless than watching an elderly black man get dragged out of the room for calling out fascism while dozens of white people sat silently with their lollipop signs and watched and did nothing
March 5, 2025 at 5:40 PM
i don't know if i've ever felt more hopeless than watching an elderly black man get dragged out of the room for calling out fascism while dozens of white people sat silently with their lollipop signs and watched and did nothing
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I am giving up for Lent.
March 5, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I am giving up for Lent.
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Getting rid of the American workers who take care of American veterans is wrong.
Veterans will not take this sitting down - we can make this the newest example of Trump being forced to back down from a bad move.
Veterans will not take this sitting down - we can make this the newest example of Trump being forced to back down from a bad move.
Trump administration plans to cut 80,000 employees from Veterans Affairs, according to internal memo
The Department of Veterans Affairs is planning an “aggressive” reorganization that includes cutting 80,000 jobs from the sprawling agency.
apnews.com
March 6, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Getting rid of the American workers who take care of American veterans is wrong.
Veterans will not take this sitting down - we can make this the newest example of Trump being forced to back down from a bad move.
Veterans will not take this sitting down - we can make this the newest example of Trump being forced to back down from a bad move.
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He’s doing it for free? Nope. Follow the money and see where it goes.
Elon Musk is spearheading the overhaul of the $42 billion broadband program—directly benefiting himself and Starlink.
Elon Musk is spearheading the overhaul of the $42 billion broadband program—directly benefiting himself and Starlink.
March 6, 2025 at 1:24 AM
He’s doing it for free? Nope. Follow the money and see where it goes.
Elon Musk is spearheading the overhaul of the $42 billion broadband program—directly benefiting himself and Starlink.
Elon Musk is spearheading the overhaul of the $42 billion broadband program—directly benefiting himself and Starlink.
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you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
March 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
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It's just enormously important to understand that the goal of this tariff policy isn't to raise money or to increase manufacturing in the United States. The goal is to make some of the nation's largest companies subject to Trump's personal discretion and dependent on his favor.
March 6, 2025 at 3:45 AM
It's just enormously important to understand that the goal of this tariff policy isn't to raise money or to increase manufacturing in the United States. The goal is to make some of the nation's largest companies subject to Trump's personal discretion and dependent on his favor.
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The US government will stop sharing air quality data gathered from its embassies and consulates, worrying local scientists and experts who say the effort was vital to monitor global air quality and improve public health.
Scientists raise concerns as the US stops sharing air quality data from embassies worldwide | CNN
The U.S. government will stop sharing air quality data gathered from its embassies and consulates, worrying local scientists and experts who say the effort was vital to monitor global air quality and ...
www.cnn.com
March 6, 2025 at 6:58 AM
The US government will stop sharing air quality data gathered from its embassies and consulates, worrying local scientists and experts who say the effort was vital to monitor global air quality and improve public health.
This is the worst timeline
President Trump is preparing to sign an executive order to dismantle the Department of Education.
Trump preparing to sign order to dismantle Education Department | CNN Politics
The president could sign the order as early as Thursday. He would need support from Congress to get it done.
www.cnn.com
March 6, 2025 at 3:05 PM
This is the worst timeline
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US employers cut more jobs last month than any February since 2009, new data shows, fueled by the Trump administration's federal layoffs.
US employers cut more jobs last month than any February since 2009 | CNN Business
The Trump administration’s massive federal cuts and swelling feelings of economic uncertainty helped fuel a recession-level spike in layoffs last month, new data showed Thursday.
www.cnn.com
March 6, 2025 at 12:58 PM
US employers cut more jobs last month than any February since 2009, new data shows, fueled by the Trump administration's federal layoffs.
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For decades, Republican lawmakers and industry lobbyists have tried to chip away at the small program in the Environmental Protection Agency that measures the threat of toxic chemicals. They may be on the verge of succeeding. By @fastlerner.bsky.social
Industry-Backed Legislation Would Bar the Use of Science Behind Hundreds of Environmental Protections
Two bills in Congress would prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from using hundreds of chemical assessments completed by its IRIS program in environmental regulations or enforcement.
www.propublica.org
March 6, 2025 at 12:52 PM
For decades, Republican lawmakers and industry lobbyists have tried to chip away at the small program in the Environmental Protection Agency that measures the threat of toxic chemicals. They may be on the verge of succeeding. By @fastlerner.bsky.social
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President Donald Trump’s executive order suspending financial support, housing and employment for refugees has had a profound impact on Afghans living in Middle Tennessee. Many fought and worked alongside the U.S. military in Afghanistan, and now face an uncertain future here.
Afghans in Nashville face uncertainty after Trump's order - Nashville Banner
Afghans who fought alongside the U.S. face uncertainty in their quest to reunite with their families, as the Trump administration suspends aid for refugees.
nashvillebanner.com
March 5, 2025 at 3:46 PM
President Donald Trump’s executive order suspending financial support, housing and employment for refugees has had a profound impact on Afghans living in Middle Tennessee. Many fought and worked alongside the U.S. military in Afghanistan, and now face an uncertain future here.
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This is authoritarianism in real time.
March 4, 2025 at 5:56 PM
This is authoritarianism in real time.
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Trump posted: ‘All federal funding will STOP for any college, school, or university that allows illegal protests. Agitators will be imprisoned or permanently sent back to the country from which they came. American students will be permanently expelled or, depending on the crime, arrested. NO MASKS!’
March 4, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Trump posted: ‘All federal funding will STOP for any college, school, or university that allows illegal protests. Agitators will be imprisoned or permanently sent back to the country from which they came. American students will be permanently expelled or, depending on the crime, arrested. NO MASKS!’
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I thought this blog was really smart about the societal conditions that give us Elon Musk. drafts.interfluidity.com/2025/02/25/a...
March 4, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I thought this blog was really smart about the societal conditions that give us Elon Musk. drafts.interfluidity.com/2025/02/25/a...
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when Elon Musk started recruiting for DOGE last November, he said the work would be “tedious” and “compensation is zero"
now it turns out some DOGE operatives are earning six-figure salaries, one as high as $195,200, as much as a civil servant can legally make
www.wired.com/story/doge-g...
now it turns out some DOGE operatives are earning six-figure salaries, one as high as $195,200, as much as a civil servant can legally make
www.wired.com/story/doge-g...
Some DOGE Staffers Are Drawing Six-Figure Government Salaries
Engineers and executives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency are drawing healthy taxpayer-funded salaries—sometimes from the very agencies they are cutting.
www.wired.com
March 4, 2025 at 8:42 PM
when Elon Musk started recruiting for DOGE last November, he said the work would be “tedious” and “compensation is zero"
now it turns out some DOGE operatives are earning six-figure salaries, one as high as $195,200, as much as a civil servant can legally make
www.wired.com/story/doge-g...
now it turns out some DOGE operatives are earning six-figure salaries, one as high as $195,200, as much as a civil servant can legally make
www.wired.com/story/doge-g...
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Reality Check: U.S. Rep. Andy Barr says adults on Medicaid need to get a job. Many already have a job - but they don't pay well, and they don't come with health insurance.
www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article301315789.html
www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article301315789.html
Rep. Andy Barr says adults on Medicaid need to get a job. Many already have one
With $880 billion in GOP cuts looming over Medicaid, the program’s defenders say it serves the working poor.
www.kentucky.com
March 4, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Reality Check: U.S. Rep. Andy Barr says adults on Medicaid need to get a job. Many already have a job - but they don't pay well, and they don't come with health insurance.
www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article301315789.html
www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article301315789.html
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Trump whining that Democrats wouldn't applaud him even if he cured a disease and then a second later bragging about withdrawing from the World Health Organization
March 5, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Trump whining that Democrats wouldn't applaud him even if he cured a disease and then a second later bragging about withdrawing from the World Health Organization
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ALL of the Republicans are standing up and cheering for DOGE, Elon Musk, and Trump’s “policies.”
Remember that when you’re unemployed and can’t afford your basic necessities because of Trump’s tariffs.
Remember that when you’re unemployed and can’t afford your basic necessities because of Trump’s tariffs.
March 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
ALL of the Republicans are standing up and cheering for DOGE, Elon Musk, and Trump’s “policies.”
Remember that when you’re unemployed and can’t afford your basic necessities because of Trump’s tariffs.
Remember that when you’re unemployed and can’t afford your basic necessities because of Trump’s tariffs.
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Read a line-by-line analysis of President Donald Trumps's address to a joint session of Congress.
President Trump’s speech to Congress, annotated and fact-checked
Read a line-by-line analysis of President Donald Trumps's address to a joint session of Congress
www.cnn.com
March 5, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Read a line-by-line analysis of President Donald Trumps's address to a joint session of Congress.
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NEW: The Trump administration claims gutting federal agencies will save money, but cutting the IRS means the government collects less taxes.
“If you’re interested in the deficit and curbing it, why would you cut back on the revenue side?” one expert asks.
By @andykroll.bsky.social
“If you’re interested in the deficit and curbing it, why would you cut back on the revenue side?” one expert asks.
By @andykroll.bsky.social
How DOGE’s Cuts to the IRS Threaten to Cost More Than DOGE Will Ever Save
The Trump administration claims gutting federal agencies will save money, but cutting the IRS means the government collects less taxes. “If you’re interested in the deficit and curbing it, why would…
propub.li
March 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM
NEW: The Trump administration claims gutting federal agencies will save money, but cutting the IRS means the government collects less taxes.
“If you’re interested in the deficit and curbing it, why would you cut back on the revenue side?” one expert asks.
By @andykroll.bsky.social
“If you’re interested in the deficit and curbing it, why would you cut back on the revenue side?” one expert asks.
By @andykroll.bsky.social
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If Donald Trump can override our elected officials’ control of the purse strings, we are effectively entering a period of taxation without representation.
March 4, 2025 at 4:59 PM
If Donald Trump can override our elected officials’ control of the purse strings, we are effectively entering a period of taxation without representation.