Also, this should be a top story, but please be aware re: USPS.
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Also, this should be a top story, but please be aware re: USPS.
Tuned back into Senator Booker’s filibuster & am genuinely moved to tears—not by the words he’s saying, really—but by the sight of a leader willing to *do something*
I don’t care that it’s performative—We need more people willing to perform principals & virtue—We need examples for others to follow
The latest crazy just proves what we all know. They are discussing everything on Signal to avoid any discovery or FOIA or archival laws. So illegal but here we are.
NEW: “The first nationwide database tracking misconduct by federal police officers has been shut down by President Donald Trump, the Justice Department confirmed.”
Because who cares about accountability in law enforcement, amirite?
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
DOGE recommended firing workers at:
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
The Senate has confirmed Kash Patel, who has published an enemies list identical to Trump's, to serve a 10-year term as FBI Director.
He will be a major cog in Trump's vengeance machine to silence and intimidate critics.
Be warned. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/kash-patel-in-his-own-words
Since I don't want to fall into the trap of presenting media criticism without solutions, let me offer one key idea.
Your voice and attention are resources.
As much as you use them to address media you don't like, perhaps consider making a concerted effort to amplify and support media you do like
How did you watch it w/o said streaming service? ❤️
Don't let Trump flood your zone. Stay focused. Keep your eye on what this corrupt regime is really doing — looting the government to line their own pockets with massive tax cuts and the ability to steer more federal contracts their way.
🚨House Republicans released their budget blueprint🚨
What you need to know:
- Pg 35 cuts Medicaid
- Pg 37 increases federal debt by $4 Trillion
They’re cutting benefits for kids, families & seniors to pay for billionaire tax cuts.
The top health care companies in America spent 95% of their profits to make their CEOs & stockholders obscenely rich.
How many Americans would be alive today if those companies spent $2.6 trillion on disease prevention and primary care, instead of stock buybacks and dividends?
Conservative billionaires are funding a coordinated effort to dismantle public education to pay for private school vouchers that largely benefit wealthy families and enable corporations to avoid their fair share in taxes.
Now they have a friend in the White House.
What the heck, MA.
Google was among the first companies to change the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America on its maps. Other sources for online maps have not yet followed Donald Trump's executive order.
screams in humanities
The AMA has a YouTube page where you can catch up on all the fun, ongoing TB & bird flu outbreaks, since the CDC is no longer allowed to do that: youtube.com/watch?v=HlPB...
NEW: The removal of the DOJ’s Jan. 6 database signals the Trump administration’s intention to not only spare his supporters any further consequences for their role in the riot, but to erase the event from the record.
By @alecmac.bsky.social
Tragically useful
This is VERY good news. Love bookshop.org and all the stuff they do!
www.salon.com/2025/01/28/b...
I’m old enough to remember when a person who dumped a dead bear cub in New York’s Central Park and tried to make it look like a bike accident might have trouble getting confirmed as Health and Human Services secretary.
NEW: Chaos is consuming USAID as the State department moves to send overseas staffers home.
Already, some USAID employees’ email and systems access have been abruptly cut off, making it harder to get official information about what might happen next.
I voted to reject RFK Jr.'s nomination to HHS.
I cannot in good conscience support someone who denies and will dilute our public health protections, sow distrust in science, and oversee massive cuts to health care programs for vulnerable Americans.
During Trump's first term, some EPA scientists said managers encouraged them to delete evidence of chemicals’ harms, including cancer, miscarriage and neurological problems, from their reports. In some cases, they said, the managers deleted the information themselves.
(Published Sept. 2024)
Education Department employees have been placed on leave for attending diversity training. Meanwhile, Republicans have introduced a bill to eliminate the Department of Education.
This is such a massive violation of basic privacy rights, and every elected Democrat in Congress should be screaming about the illegality of it and demanding accountability. apnews.com/article/dona...
