Wayne Yoder
@oldsoul248.bsky.social
Appreciative approach, making me both a Constitutional conservative and John Stewart Mills Liberal... the Freedom to make our own decisions comes from owning them. Slava Ukraini!
"Patrimonialism"
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One Word Describes Trump — The Atlantic
A century ago, a German sociologist explained precisely how the president thinks about the world. February 24, 2025 What exactly is Donald Trump doing? Since taking office, he has reduced his administ...
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February 27, 2025 at 11:59 AM
"Patrimonialism"
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Strategies used by RFK Jr. to promote disinformation.
Strategies used by RFK Jr. to promote disinformation.
Beyond the Noise #53: The RFK Jr. Playbook
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February 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Strategies used by RFK Jr. to promote disinformation.
Strategies used by RFK Jr. to promote disinformation.
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Why does RFK Jr. believe so many weird things? One reason.
Why does RFK Jr. believe so many weird things? One reason.
Understanding RFK Jr.
If you want to know why RFK Jr. believes so many weird things, just read his book, The Real Anthony Fauci. Four pages explain everything.
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February 11, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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Why does RFK Jr. believe so many weird things? One reason.
Why does RFK Jr. believe so many weird things? One reason.
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Elon Musk’s gutting of USAID rips through Baltimore humanitarian groups
Musk’s gutting of USAID rips through Baltimore humanitarian groups
Johns Hopkins University-affiliated Jhpiego and Center for Communication Programs have received stop-work orders, affecting at least 4,400 employees worldwide.
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February 5, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Elon Musk’s gutting of USAID rips through Baltimore humanitarian groups
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#USA: "We urge the US government to immediately resume funding of critical humanitarian and health aid, either through rescinding relevant orders freezing funding or expanding the current narrow humanitarian waiver to cover all necessary health and humanitarian programs." - @avrilbenoit.bsky.social
February 8, 2025 at 4:20 AM
#USA: "We urge the US government to immediately resume funding of critical humanitarian and health aid, either through rescinding relevant orders freezing funding or expanding the current narrow humanitarian waiver to cover all necessary health and humanitarian programs." - @avrilbenoit.bsky.social
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The Internet Archive saves US govt websites at the end of each presidential term. The archive is fully searchable; done by a donation-funded nonprofit.
Follow @eotarchive.org for more info on the work they do.
We're going to need them:
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#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
Follow @eotarchive.org for more info on the work they do.
We're going to need them:
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#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
February 14, 2025 at 2:57 PM
The Internet Archive saves US govt websites at the end of each presidential term. The archive is fully searchable; done by a donation-funded nonprofit.
Follow @eotarchive.org for more info on the work they do.
We're going to need them:
blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
Follow @eotarchive.org for more info on the work they do.
We're going to need them:
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#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
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Study sections are the review panels that allocate NIH research grants. They bring in experts from around the country and have to be scheduled many months in advance; they provide the funds that keep the nation's biomedical research going.
It's hard to overstate the disruption this causes.
It's hard to overstate the disruption this causes.
All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
January 22, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Study sections are the review panels that allocate NIH research grants. They bring in experts from around the country and have to be scheduled many months in advance; they provide the funds that keep the nation's biomedical research going.
It's hard to overstate the disruption this causes.
It's hard to overstate the disruption this causes.
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Revelations about the role Robert F. Kennedy Jr. played in a deadly measles outbreak in Samoa keep getting worse.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Once Pitched a Deadly Human Vaccine Experiment
Revelations about the role he played in a deadly measles outbreak in Samoa keep getting worse.
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January 26, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Revelations about the role Robert F. Kennedy Jr. played in a deadly measles outbreak in Samoa keep getting worse.
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This is how autocrats throughout history have endangered the people they govern by erasing factual information vital to health and well being
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CDC Data Are Disappearing
The agency has already removed scientific data from public view. More could follow.
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February 1, 2025 at 1:15 AM
This is how autocrats throughout history have endangered the people they govern by erasing factual information vital to health and well being
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“Many of those interviewed broke down in tears as they described the rapid destruction of decades of work …
“‘You could open the funding floodgates again tomorrow and you will still have children dying months from now because of this pause,’” one scientist said.
“‘You could open the funding floodgates again tomorrow and you will still have children dying months from now because of this pause,’” one scientist said.
Health Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid (Gift Article)
Lifesaving treatment and prevention programs for tuberculosis, malaria, H.I.V. and other diseases cannot access funds to continue work.
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February 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
“Many of those interviewed broke down in tears as they described the rapid destruction of decades of work …
“‘You could open the funding floodgates again tomorrow and you will still have children dying months from now because of this pause,’” one scientist said.
“‘You could open the funding floodgates again tomorrow and you will still have children dying months from now because of this pause,’” one scientist said.
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One GOP proposal takes aim squarely at parents raising children on their own by eliminating the “head of household” filing status to reap some $200B more in taxes over a decade from single parents and other adults caring for dependents on their own.
To Pay for Trump Tax Cuts, House GOP Floats Plan to Slash Benefits for the Poor and Working Class
A menu of options being circulated by congressional Republicans also includes new tax cuts for corporations and the ultrawealthy.
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February 2, 2025 at 4:00 AM
One GOP proposal takes aim squarely at parents raising children on their own by eliminating the “head of household” filing status to reap some $200B more in taxes over a decade from single parents and other adults caring for dependents on their own.
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NEW: The Trump admin told a US-funded aid group that gives food & medicine to starving children in Sudan to shut down.
Children would die.
They’re defying the order.
But the aid world is in chaos.
Brett Murphy & Anna Barry-Jester:
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Children would die.
They’re defying the order.
But the aid world is in chaos.
Brett Murphy & Anna Barry-Jester:
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
January 31, 2025 at 8:00 PM
NEW: The Trump admin told a US-funded aid group that gives food & medicine to starving children in Sudan to shut down.
Children would die.
They’re defying the order.
But the aid world is in chaos.
Brett Murphy & Anna Barry-Jester:
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Children would die.
They’re defying the order.
But the aid world is in chaos.
Brett Murphy & Anna Barry-Jester:
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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Nothing could please America’s enemies more than the ongoing destruction of the federal government.
This is a hostile takeover of the federal government by a private citizen of unlimited means with no restrictions and no transparency. Welcome to the Deep State 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.
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February 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Nothing could please America’s enemies more than the ongoing destruction of the federal government.
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Sometimes self-government just means elections. And sometimes it means recognizing the deeper dignity and meaning of what it means to be a people. That means speaking up, standing out, and protesting. We can only be free together.
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The Logic of Destruction
And how to resist it
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February 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Sometimes self-government just means elections. And sometimes it means recognizing the deeper dignity and meaning of what it means to be a people. That means speaking up, standing out, and protesting. We can only be free together.
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Donald Trump Wants You to Die
The attack on public health begins
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January 24, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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