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Here for cats and to stand up for democracy. F trump, elmo et al. Physician, former sysad, rural journalist, traveler, dancer. Lived all over. Mastodonian. Snark, football talk, interesting links guaranteed. Will use my real name once I feel safe here.
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- Reposted by TBDThis about sums it up.
- Reposted by TBDTwo dolls Five pencils Tariff break for Bentleys A memecoin contest for dinner w/Trump & White House tour A $2 billion stablecoin purchase A free 747 for Trump's presidential 'library' (libraries do not need 747s) from Qatar A lot of news the last few weeks
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- Reposted by TBDIn science news, those crazy physicists at LHC finally solved alchemy journals.aps.org/prc/abstract...
- Reposted by TBDNEW: It does matter. Defending the rule of law in the Trump era is essential. Trump cannot ignore constitutional limits on his power — or any court order enforcing those limits. We must keep saying so. Tonight at Law Dork, I make my case:
- Reposted by TBDI'm still not clear why the @nytimes.com went along the idea that a presidential library owning a jet for the personal use of the ex-president was anything that real presidential libraries do. Weird.
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- Reposted by TBDMy q here is - HOW? You cannot rule by issuing EOs in America nor you can rule the world economy by tweets in caps. How exactly will prices be lowered and how did they come up with the 30-80%? Trump did attempt to do the same in his first term. What he did now is dismantle negotiated prices by Biden
- Reposted by TBDUseful thread on how Trump claimis to have treated his whole scale reorganization of govt to claim it's not unconstitutional. Note, the budget discussions may impact this.
- Reposted by TBD#ICYMI: Records show that the 25-year-old DOGE engineer owned as much as $715K in stock in companies — including Tesla, Apple, Alphabet and Alibaba — on the CFPB’s “Prohibited Holdings” list for staffers to prevent conflicts of interest.
- Reposted by TBDThe Trump administration has been a boon for Elon Musk‘s companies’ regulatory issues.
- Reposted by TBDTrump is blocking Afghan allies who PROTECTED OUR TROOPS from coming here as refugees, so that Stephen Miller and Elon Musk can live out their dreams of bringing more white immigrants to the United States at taxpayer expense - flown here on a private chartered jet by the State Department. Sickening.
- Apparently white immigrants are welcomed here. ‘White South Africans board plane for US under Trump refugee plan’ | Reuters www.reuters.com/world/africa...
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- Reposted by TBD“Government Launching Database of Everyday People With Autism” is just a harbinger of a eugenics program. Nothing to see here. futurism.com/neoscope/gov...
- Reposted by TBDLutnick: "Don't talk about the Biden inflation. That's another whole gig. When we left, when President Trump in 2019 had the lowest inflation in history." (Trump left office in Jan. 2021. It's an easy thing to remember on account of him trying that self-coup on Jan. 6, 2021.)
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- Reposted by TBDTrump says Democrats are losers for not getting hundred of millions of dollars in bribes from foreign dictators.
- Reposted by TBDAn abortion clinic in Colorado that for more than 50 years served people who looked to terminate their pregnancies in the second or third trimester quietly closed last month.
- Reposted by TBDPeriodic reminder that lilies are incredibly toxic to kitties! Check any flowers you bring into the house if you have cats!
- Reposted by TBDWithin the Secret Service, the potential gifting of a plane by a foreign government for presidential use is being viewed as a “security nightmare,” a law enforcement source said. “The (US Air Force) would have to tear it apart looking for surveillance equipment & inspect the integrity of the plane."
- Reposted by TBD"The judge overseeing the case against the Defense Department's firing of transgender service members revealed that the military spends eight times more on erectile dysfunction medication than on gender affirming care." www.newsweek.com/us-military-...
- Reposted by TBDTrump’s “very public and transparent transaction” on the Qatar jet grift only came to light after confidential sources told ABC about it.
- Reposted by TBDTrump fails to understand that “gifts” like this are not “free of charge” which is wht the Founding Fathers wrote the emoluments clause into the Constitution. Fast legal action is called for here. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/11/u...
- Reposted by TBDBased on reporting, we are expecting to see Republicans call for the biggest Medicaid cuts in history AND the biggest SNAP cuts in history — paired with enormous tax cuts that disproportionately go to the rich
- Reposted by TBD🇺🇸 “Rolling Stone reached out to all 53 GOP senators after the president said he didn't know whether he needs to honor the nation's founding document. None replied.” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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- Reposted by TBD“They left the children inside the truck.”
- A man pulled up to a gas station to fill up his truck. ICE agents surrounded him and took him away. But his children were left behind. “They arrested someone,” witness said. “They left the children inside the truck.” www.sfgate.com/centralcoast...
- Reposted by TBDA man pulled up to a gas station to fill up his truck. ICE agents surrounded him and took him away. But his children were left behind. “They arrested someone,” witness said. “They left the children inside the truck.” www.sfgate.com/centralcoast...
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- Reposted by TBDWhen you watch these heartbreaking videos showing the cruel and thuggish behavior of ICE agents, remember that these people are not being FORCED to commit these acts — they do so willingly. They could quit their jobs at any time. They could say “enough!” ICE agents CHOOSE to do what they do.
- Reposted by TBDSo sorry to hear of death of Joe Nye. Many appreciations here: www.belfercenter.org/collection/r... His "soft power" assessment of lasting sources of global (especially US) strength never more relevant than now. One American, in Rome, demonstrated them this week. Others, in DC, destroying them.
- Reposted by TBDI’m not sure what Dr. Carla Hayden’s biggest crime was as the librarian of Congress, but it was probably one or all of these: / Being Black. / Being a woman. / Being dedicated to the preservation of information.
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- Reposted by TBD“The notion that I or any of my colleagues ‘body slammed’ armed federal officers is absurd. DHS is lying because they know their agents were out of line.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
- Reposted by TBD“A review of Hegseth’s thesis by The Daily Princetonian, in consultation with three experts on plagiarism, found eight instances of uncredited material, sham paraphrasing, and verbatim copying.”
- Reposted by TBDDaily Reminder: Social Security is OUR money!
- Reposted by TBDThis is starting to feel deliberate. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
- Reposted by TBDThe gutter racism at work in the Claudine Gay situation and the craven, wholly unforgivable complicity of the NYT in the stitch up I think will go down as a shining light example of how the liberal US establishment helped pave the way for Trump’s fascism.
- Princeton University’s student newspaper is reporting Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth plagiarized portions of his senior thesis. www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2025...
- Reposted by TBDExcellent piece on Miller on habeas. Far superior to the surprisingly both-sides-ish coverage by some media. What Miller is claiming the power to do isn’t questionable or dubious. It would be anti-constitutional usurpation. www.stevevladeck.com/p/148-suspen...
- Reposted by TBDThe message today is clear. The arrest of a sitting mayor Ras Baraka by Ice tells you they believe they run this country, that they are completely above the law, and free to treat any person of color, regardless of rank, however TF they like. And I guarantee you Homan approved/ demanded this arrest.
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- Reposted by TBD"What they're building is a surveillance weapon and it can be put to all sorts of adverse uses in the future" www.npr.org/2025/05/09/n...
- Reposted by TBDI know you all know this, but apparently it needs to be said that basic science is a NECESSARY PRECURSOR to translational science
- NSF to ONLY fund research in five areas: artificial intelligence, quantum information science, biotechnology, nuclear energy, and translational science. Can this be happening? www.science.org/content/arti...
- Reposted by TBDMembers of Congress assaulted by ICE as Mayor of Newark attempted to protect them and was arrested
- Reposted by TBDMEDIA ASSIGNMENT: Get every Republican official on record if they support suspending habeas corpus.
- Reposted by TBDNEW: Rümeysa Öztürk's attorney Mahsa Khanbabai confirms ICE improperly tried to make her wear an ankle monitor: "Despite an 11th hour attempt to delay her freedom by trying to force her to wear an ankle monitor, Rümeysa is now free and is excited to return home, free of monitoring or restriction."
- Here's Judge Sessions's written order for Rümeysa Öztürk's release. We haven't yet seen confirmation that she's been released—I'll certainly update you as soon as it appears! storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
- Reposted by TBD“The controversial 1,000-bed facility is owned by the private prison company GEO Group, which entered into a 15-year, $1 billion contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in February.” $1 BILLION dollars lining the pockets of a private prison company. www.insidernj.com/baraka-arres...
