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A play in two acts.
April 10, 2025 at 2:53 AM
A play in two acts.
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Is this who we are? 😳🇺🇸
April 6, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Is this who we are? 😳🇺🇸
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"Even if the appeals process for some or all of them were to conclude that the administration acted unconstitutionally, that does not mean USAID is coming back. The workers are fired; the grants have been ended; the damage is done."
Abandoned in a Foreign War Zone
One USAID employee’s experience in Kinshasa as the agency was dismantled.
www.thebulwark.com
April 6, 2025 at 10:00 PM
"Even if the appeals process for some or all of them were to conclude that the administration acted unconstitutionally, that does not mean USAID is coming back. The workers are fired; the grants have been ended; the damage is done."
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From interview of Lee Bollinger, 1st Amendment scholar who served as dean of @UMichLaw, president of @UMich, and president of Columbia University.
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
March 15, 2025 at 7:17 PM
From interview of Lee Bollinger, 1st Amendment scholar who served as dean of @UMichLaw, president of @UMich, and president of Columbia University.
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
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"This story is based on interviews with 16 current and former employees of the U.S. Agency for Global Media and the networks it funds. All but Turner spoke on condition they not be named due to fear of professional retribution."
www.npr.org/2025/03/15/n...
www.npr.org/2025/03/15/n...
'Bloody Saturday' at Voice of America and other U.S.-funded networks
Federal officials placed 1,000 employees at Voice of America on indefinite paid leave, while severing contracts with Radio Free Asia and other U.S.-funded networks.
www.npr.org
March 15, 2025 at 8:22 PM
"This story is based on interviews with 16 current and former employees of the U.S. Agency for Global Media and the networks it funds. All but Turner spoke on condition they not be named due to fear of professional retribution."
www.npr.org/2025/03/15/n...
www.npr.org/2025/03/15/n...
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March 20, 2025
Attend a rally instead! Day of action, save the USPS
apwu.org/day-of-actio...
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US Mail Not For Sale - Day of Action
apwu.org
March 15, 2025 at 7:17 PM
March 20, 2025
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Trump has rescinded a proclamation that established the Chuckwalla National Monument and the Sáttítla National Monument in California.
March 15, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Trump has rescinded a proclamation that established the Chuckwalla National Monument and the Sáttítla National Monument in California.
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This list is so long and taking up so much real estate in his speech it’s almost like they want to distract from their massive cuts to Medicaid
March 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
This list is so long and taking up so much real estate in his speech it’s almost like they want to distract from their massive cuts to Medicaid
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⚡️Ukraine brings back 7 children from occupied territories, Russia.
Seven Ukrainian children have been returned home under the President of Ukraine’s initiative, Bring Kids Back UA, according to Daria Zarivna, Director of the initiative and advisor to the Head of the Office of the President.
Seven Ukrainian children have been returned home under the President of Ukraine’s initiative, Bring Kids Back UA, according to Daria Zarivna, Director of the initiative and advisor to the Head of the Office of the President.
Ukraine brings back 7 children from occupied territories, Russia
Through the President of Ukraine’s Bring Kids Back UA initiative, at least 1,233 children have been safely returned home from Russian-occupied areas.
kyivindependent.com
March 4, 2025 at 6:07 AM
⚡️Ukraine brings back 7 children from occupied territories, Russia.
Seven Ukrainian children have been returned home under the President of Ukraine’s initiative, Bring Kids Back UA, according to Daria Zarivna, Director of the initiative and advisor to the Head of the Office of the President.
Seven Ukrainian children have been returned home under the President of Ukraine’s initiative, Bring Kids Back UA, according to Daria Zarivna, Director of the initiative and advisor to the Head of the Office of the President.
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Elon updated DOGE, claiming to have fixed the mistakes we all pointed out. But instead of correcting them, he just added more false claims. He even inflated his so-called “savings” total from $55 billion to $65 billion, when in reality, the actual increase is only from $2 billion to $2.3 billion.
March 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Elon updated DOGE, claiming to have fixed the mistakes we all pointed out. But instead of correcting them, he just added more false claims. He even inflated his so-called “savings” total from $55 billion to $65 billion, when in reality, the actual increase is only from $2 billion to $2.3 billion.
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My advice to federal #whistleblowers during Trump 2.0.
Turn to experienced legal counsel including @wbaidlaw.bsky.social, which provides pro bono legal represention.
www.washingtonian.com/2025/02/28/w...
Turn to experienced legal counsel including @wbaidlaw.bsky.social, which provides pro bono legal represention.
www.washingtonian.com/2025/02/28/w...
What Federal Workers Considering Whistleblowing Should Know - Washingtonian
Now, more than ever, America needs whistleblowers; let this guide be a helpful starting point. We include pointers on how to prepare and what to expect.
www.washingtonian.com
March 1, 2025 at 12:22 AM
My advice to federal #whistleblowers during Trump 2.0.
Turn to experienced legal counsel including @wbaidlaw.bsky.social, which provides pro bono legal represention.
www.washingtonian.com/2025/02/28/w...
Turn to experienced legal counsel including @wbaidlaw.bsky.social, which provides pro bono legal represention.
www.washingtonian.com/2025/02/28/w...
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Hundreds of NOAA employees are being fired by Trump and DOGE.
The National Weather Service, which is part of NOAA, provides life saving weather forecasting in the US.
A study found that for every $1 invested in NWS, it produces $73 in value to Americans.
Again, this isn't about efficiency.
The National Weather Service, which is part of NOAA, provides life saving weather forecasting in the US.
A study found that for every $1 invested in NWS, it produces $73 in value to Americans.
Again, this isn't about efficiency.
March 1, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Hundreds of NOAA employees are being fired by Trump and DOGE.
The National Weather Service, which is part of NOAA, provides life saving weather forecasting in the US.
A study found that for every $1 invested in NWS, it produces $73 in value to Americans.
Again, this isn't about efficiency.
The National Weather Service, which is part of NOAA, provides life saving weather forecasting in the US.
A study found that for every $1 invested in NWS, it produces $73 in value to Americans.
Again, this isn't about efficiency.
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Some examples of research USGS does that is at risk with RIFs and restructuring:
- earth quake and volcano monitoring and warnings
- landslide risk assessments
- water quality testing
- wildlife conservation
- wildfire prevention and post-fire rehabilitation
- invasive species tracking
- earth quake and volcano monitoring and warnings
- landslide risk assessments
- water quality testing
- wildlife conservation
- wildfire prevention and post-fire rehabilitation
- invasive species tracking
March 1, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Some examples of research USGS does that is at risk with RIFs and restructuring:
- earth quake and volcano monitoring and warnings
- landslide risk assessments
- water quality testing
- wildlife conservation
- wildfire prevention and post-fire rehabilitation
- invasive species tracking
- earth quake and volcano monitoring and warnings
- landslide risk assessments
- water quality testing
- wildlife conservation
- wildfire prevention and post-fire rehabilitation
- invasive species tracking
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Dave Troy gets it 100%!
Why are so many still in denial?
Denial is a luxury that the US cannot afford at this time in history.
Tick-tock... tick-tock... tick-tock...
Why are so many still in denial?
Denial is a luxury that the US cannot afford at this time in history.
Tick-tock... tick-tock... tick-tock...
📄 NEW: "Elon Musk and DOGE are a meatspace problem, not an ideaspace problem. He needs to be physically restrained, and now." Stop Musk Now Or Face Certain Collapse — my latest for @washspectator.bsky.social .
washingtonspectator.org/the-wide-ang...
washingtonspectator.org/the-wide-ang...
Stop Musk Now Or Face Certain Collapse | Washington Spectator
The American constitutional order has been broken, and it’s not clear it can be recovered. Many are still in denial about it, and continue to report on political machinations, business as usual.
washingtonspectator.org
March 1, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Dave Troy gets it 100%!
Why are so many still in denial?
Denial is a luxury that the US cannot afford at this time in history.
Tick-tock... tick-tock... tick-tock...
Why are so many still in denial?
Denial is a luxury that the US cannot afford at this time in history.
Tick-tock... tick-tock... tick-tock...
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Francis Collins, the NIH Director for 12 years, led the Human Genome Project and other NIH efforts for 32 years, resigned today. Key words from his resignation letter
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/u...
March 1, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Francis Collins, the NIH Director for 12 years, led the Human Genome Project and other NIH efforts for 32 years, resigned today. Key words from his resignation letter
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/u...
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Hundreds of workers at the CDC. More than 1,000 at the NIH. Scores of staffers at the FDA.
Trump’s purge of federal employees includes those doing lifesaving work. Many of them expressed fear at what would happen to the projects they left behind.
By @anniewaldman.bsky.social & @deldeib.bsky.social
Trump’s purge of federal employees includes those doing lifesaving work. Many of them expressed fear at what would happen to the projects they left behind.
By @anniewaldman.bsky.social & @deldeib.bsky.social
They Worked to Prevent Death. The Trump Administration Fired Them.
Public health teams are being gutted, imperiling efforts to safeguard organ donation and prevent maternal and infant death. Many workers expressed fear at what would happen to the work they left…
propub.li
March 1, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Hundreds of workers at the CDC. More than 1,000 at the NIH. Scores of staffers at the FDA.
Trump’s purge of federal employees includes those doing lifesaving work. Many of them expressed fear at what would happen to the projects they left behind.
By @anniewaldman.bsky.social & @deldeib.bsky.social
Trump’s purge of federal employees includes those doing lifesaving work. Many of them expressed fear at what would happen to the projects they left behind.
By @anniewaldman.bsky.social & @deldeib.bsky.social
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Adam Mulvey was one of 18 workers at North Chicago's Lovell health care center who lost their jobs, along with 6,000 veterans nationwide between Feb. 13 and 24, as part of the cost-cutting efforts of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
Trump administration cuts 18 jobs at North Chicago’s Lovell health care center: ‘It’s an outrageous betrayal’
Eighteen Lovell health care center workers lost their jobs as part of the cost-cutting efforts of the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE.
www.chicagotribune.com
March 1, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Adam Mulvey was one of 18 workers at North Chicago's Lovell health care center who lost their jobs, along with 6,000 veterans nationwide between Feb. 13 and 24, as part of the cost-cutting efforts of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
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The fact that these cuts were handled this way—wantonly and recklessly—tells us everything we need to know about the administration’s true goal: To broadcast a clear message to the world that we are now shrugging off any sense of obligation to the global poor.
Musk’s Purges Suddenly Take a Horrific Turn—and Wreck an Ugly MAGA Lie
We can now be depressingly confident that their mass cuts are killing people.
newrepublic.com
March 1, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The fact that these cuts were handled this way—wantonly and recklessly—tells us everything we need to know about the administration’s true goal: To broadcast a clear message to the world that we are now shrugging off any sense of obligation to the global poor.
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NOAA & NWS staffers who want to speak to the media, feel free to reach out to me at [email protected] or hcarnell.58 on signal
happy to talk but have been especially following DEI and climate flagged researchers, widespread economic impacts of science cuts, and protests.
happy to talk but have been especially following DEI and climate flagged researchers, widespread economic impacts of science cuts, and protests.
February 28, 2025 at 12:41 AM
NOAA & NWS staffers who want to speak to the media, feel free to reach out to me at [email protected] or hcarnell.58 on signal
happy to talk but have been especially following DEI and climate flagged researchers, widespread economic impacts of science cuts, and protests.
happy to talk but have been especially following DEI and climate flagged researchers, widespread economic impacts of science cuts, and protests.
Today was a better day. It’s hard to take time for myself in the morning with so much to do before heading to work, but I took a few minutes to meditate and it helped. More tomorrow. #careformyselffirst then face the world.
February 26, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Today was a better day. It’s hard to take time for myself in the morning with so much to do before heading to work, but I took a few minutes to meditate and it helped. More tomorrow. #careformyselffirst then face the world.
@muellershewrote.bsky.social Why do you think the former Repub orgs like Lincoln or Bulwark seem more present and more energetic than long time Democratic orgs?
February 26, 2025 at 5:29 AM
@muellershewrote.bsky.social Why do you think the former Repub orgs like Lincoln or Bulwark seem more present and more energetic than long time Democratic orgs?
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😳 this dude ran the FSB [KGB]!
February 25, 2025 at 3:53 PM
😳 this dude ran the FSB [KGB]!
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Reminder for everyone to watch your phone hygiene!
A reminder to log out of all social media and mail on your electronic devises before traveling internationally. And whatever else the experts recommend to protect your privacy in the event of searches at U.S. ports of entry. For U.S. citizens too.
I heard tings, I heard tings.
I heard tings, I heard tings.
February 26, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Reminder for everyone to watch your phone hygiene!