Russell Vought raided USAID budgets he helped gut to pay for his own security The White House budget office reportedly set aside $15 million of remaining funds to protect the Project 2025 guy, according to Reuters.

The White House budget office reportedly set aside $15 million of remaining funds to protect the Project 2025 guy.

Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin

A family member reacts after a federal immigration officer used a battering ram to break down a door before making an arrest on January 11, 2026, in Minneapolis.

Stunning photos from Minneapolis, including this one by John Locher for the Associated Press. www.theatlantic.com/photography/...

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Hero of 2025: plucky pigeons It's about time someone showed them a little appreciation.

It’s about time someone showed them a little appreciation 🫶

Bowser welcomes federal law enforcement presence indefinitely Bowser issued an executive order Tuesday requiring local coordination with federal law enforcement “to the maximum extent allowable by law.” The order gives no expiration date.

Mayor Bowser, "shared priorities" with this administration means having masked agents disappear our neighbors in the middle of the night.

It means soldiers with assault rifles in our neighborhoods.

It means arresting children.

These are the priorities of a dictator. DC does not share them.

Show Up for Our Friend in DC: Donate Now I'm fundraising to support a queer white writer and artist who is a long-time friend of mine and chosen fam in DC. She is going through a tough time financially and health-wise after a long period of ...

Plz consider chipping in to help support a friend of mine with a recent medical diagnosis!

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The President's reckless actions targeting DC autonomy mean many of our unhoused neighbors are at immediate risk.

🚨 If you or a neighbor need support, call the shelter hotline immediately at 202-399-7093.

DC government has expanded availability.

More resources: ➡️

Trump announced he is going to "move out" "the homeless" from DC. This will be done by force

As a former street outreach worker and homeless advocate in DC, and a national expert on laws that make it a crime to be homeless, I have some thoughts:

vikingschoice - Luna Habak's emotional crust-punk, Pelican's burly post-hardcore, New Jazz Underground's Kendrick Lamar groove, mclusky's weightlifting noise-rock.

Viking’s Choice mixtape No. 121: Luna now streaming via Buy Music Club!

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Don’t let up. Show up, job search, and let senators know that they need to fight DOGE.

We took an oath to serve the American public, and we aren’t going away.

RALLY outside HHS to stand with federal workers and tell them: we've got your back!

Federal workers need our support so they can STAND FIRM against DOGE's attacks.

🗓️ February 14th, 8AM
📍 200 Independence Ave SW
🪧 Sign up: actionnetwork.org/forms/defend-hhs-from-a-doge-coup

I’m attending this tonight. If you’re in the DC area, you should too!

Every one of these guys thinks they’re Oppenheimer mixed with Andrew Carnegie and they own something called SplortDotCom that got bought by Boozoo

A crowd gathers peacefully with signs outside the US treasury building as the sun sets in the background

“The real fork in the road is between democracy and autocracy.” — @raskin.house.gov

This came faster than I thought it would but looks like I may be unemployed soon…

The word "systemic" is on the banned list, so if I study systemic inflammation & health, flagged. If I study political science, flagged. If I study trauma, flagged. Keep in mind that the largest mental health provider in the country is the Veteran's Administration, but we can't study trauma now?

list of banned keywords

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

CDC removes gender, equity references in public health material Large sets of data are being scrubbed of references to transgender and LGBTQ people, among others, which could compromise their use in research

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention removed or edited references to transgender people, gender identity and equity from its website Friday, racing to meet a late-afternoon deadline imposed by the federal Office of Personnel Management.

It’s not one page, all these and more mentioning it are gone…

CDC Information, Datasets Disappear From US Agency’s Websites Key information and datasets have vanished from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s websites, alarming epidemiologists, other scientists and concerned American citizens.

Key information and datasets have vanished from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s websites, alarming epidemiologists, other scientists and concerned American citizens.

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Map of the Gulf of Mexico. On the map it is renamed "GULF OF FRAGILE MASCULINITY".

Via @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social.

CONTEXT: I wrote/drew this in 2020. Lol. Happy New Year!