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Trump-voting states have more to lose if Education Department dismantled States that voted for Trump receive more federal education funds than those that voted for Harris.

Speaking of shooting yourself in the foot...

www.axios.com/2025/02/05/t...

That is truly Good News!

@wired.com I've been a subscriber for decades and never appreciated y'all more than now.

Accidental’ F.B.I. Chief Builds a Following as Agency’s Defender (Gift Article) Brian Driscoll was accidentally catapulted into the acting director’s chair on Jan. 20 and has defended the bureau from the potential of mass firings, inspiring memes and satirical clips.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/u...

Gee, and I was considering switching over to that. Glad I used TurboTax and already got my refund!

Not just that--they're erasing the foundational ideals of our constitutional republic!

This is infuriating. At first when I saw the thumbnail I thought the red was blood splashed over the White House (in fact it's a crane).

Young white college boys creating keywords to censor and control our highest levels of scientific research.

From the Genealogy community on Reddit Explore this post and more from the Genealogy community

And the erasure of history proceeds apace. www.reddit.com/r/Genealogy/...

@adlaijn.bsky.social

Thank you.

This was an excellent article.

Unfortunately I think the fact that Trump's popularity is soaring (or it was last week) indicates it wasn't rigged; about 50% of voters voted for him. The ones who didn't can be enumerated (pro-Palestinian, etc.)

What's behind "rigged" 2024 election claims President Donald Trump sparked concerns among critics about the integrity of the race in comments he made just before Inauguration Day.

Current evidence outlined in this article. www.newsweek.com/2024-electio...

Re: Idea the election was rigged. Unlikely given the current popularity stats. In the context of current income disparity and inflation, it makes sense that ~50% of the voters voted for him & also voted blue downballot. Add scary fast social change--white patriarchy was threatened. We're bifurcated.

Of course I mean 50% of those who voted. It's a practical matter: he's more easily impeachable based on what he is doing in office today than based on the irregularities seen in upballot vs. downballot.

Is there a bot spreading the conspiracy theory (that the election was rigged)?

I don't think we should waste our energy on this idea (which has about a .001% chance of being true). That's what he would want us to do rather than fighting back, today, againsr what is happening today.

"Think of the fed. govt. as a car. You might have thought the election was like getting [it] serviced. Instead, ...the mechanics...tell you they have taken the parts of your car that work & sold them & kept the money. And that this was the most efficient thing to do. And that you should thank them."

Will do--I realized you are talking about suffering and I am talking about hope that a certain moneyed class will rise up (those folks who are just a bit better off than I am--the ones who at age 38 already make what I make at 60).

I think we can agree that there are many different demographics and these cuts will wake some up but the tariffs will wake up others. And my point is that the others will will typically have more money which we need for legal fees. We're on the same side!

@Alison Berens used to live there.

It depends on who you are talking about. I think we need people with more resources and education to contribute to legal efforts to challenge these executive orders. Those folks will feel the tariffs before they feel the loss of services.

True, but their effects will hopefully clue a few people in on the incompetence of this administration.

@tlavagabond.bsky.social just discovered you. We may not see eye to eye on some things but I appreciate you.

Considering the volume of data and editors and the openness of the platform, it's not surprising that there are dramatic conflicts even involving RL stalking. But I'm sure the same thing is true on Facebook. I will look into the stuff about female editors, though. We need to keep them safe.

Hey I am watching the documentary now.