Yakov Varganov

Trump’s EPA is abusing an exemption meant for national emergencies to hand out mass pollution waivers to polluters. He is the first president to ever do this—and it’s putting millions of communities at risk.

Hiding in plain sight — how Russia’s cultural centers continue to operate in US, Europe despite espionage claims In the video, Russian activist Anna Kiryakova reads from a book of poetry that glorifies her country’s war against Ukraine. The anthology’s title — “Poetry of the Russian Winter” — is written with the...

Officially, Russian Houses are intended to promote Russia’s culture, language, and vision of the world.

Since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, they have faced growing scrutiny for serving as a vehicle for propaganda, disinformation and, as some allege, espionage.

Exclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones US science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with ‘agency priorities’.

BREAKING: NSF has frozen all grant funding, as of yesterday. It's unclear when they will resume funding awards, or why the pause has been put in place. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

NIH insiders: Trump is ‘dismantling and destroying everything’ After just 100 days, agency scientists say U.S. health institutes are demoralized and have lost essential staff and funding

“However bad everyone on the outside thinks it is, it is a million times worse. They’re dismantling and destroying everything.”

Read, share, respond. Call your representatives.

The health and well-being of Americans & America's innovation economy are at stake.

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These fired federal workers were stewards of tax payer dollars. That’s why firing 121,000 of them has caused government spending to go UP. Federal employees save more money than they cost. For example, the VA paid me $120K a year and I saved them $60M a year.

100 DAYS...of lying, grifting, lawbreaking, division, incompetence, ignorance, illegal deportations, self-aggrandizement, vulgarity, self-pity, cruelty, ignoring the Supreme Court & due process while attacking: the Media, Universities, Law Firms, the Courts & Journalists.

1362 Days to go...

New Jersey Sen. @corybooker.com is on the Senate floor, saying, "I rise with the intention of disrupting the normal business of the United States Senate for as long as I am physically able" to protest President Trump and Elon Musk.

Watch live: www.c-span.org/event/us-sen...

Malone said Saturday that his campaign volunteers have heard concerns from thousands of voters over Musk’s work with the Trump administration to reshape the federal government, which he said has led to “benefits for veterans, retirees and students” being cut “so Elon Musk can get a tax cut.” “Josh Parsons might be OK with that but I’m not,” Malone said. “On Tuesday, you’ll get to make the choice between more Musk, or Lancaster values.”

The Democrat who just flipped a very Trumpy seat in Pennsylvania’s Senate made opposition to Elon Musk front and center in his campaign.

(lancasteronline.com/news/politic...)

Senior FBI leaders ordered to retire, resign or be fired by Monday | CNN Politics At least six senior FBI leaders have been ordered to retire, resign or be fired by Monday, according to sources briefed on the matter, extending a purge that began last week at the Justice Department ...

NEW: At least 6 senior FBI officials have been ordered to resign or be fired by Monday. They include those that oversee cyber, national security and criminal investigations. www.cnn.com/2025/01/30/p...

Trump fires heads of TSA, Coast Guard and guts key aviation safety advisory committee President Donald Trump has moved quickly to remake the Department of Homeland Security by firing the heads of the Transportation Security Administration and Coast Guard before their terms are up while...

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The finale of "Thank you, President Moose."
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A new Mr. Pig's adventure is finally completed. It is called "Thank you, President Moose."
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Episode #8, "Kombucha Experiment" of Mr. Pig's adventures in post-election America.

Mad at Meta? Don't Let Them Collect and Monetize Your Personal Data If you’re fed up with Meta right now, you’re not alone. Meta tracks you across millions of websites and apps and its business model relies on your data. If you want to limit Meta’s ability to collect ...

Fed up with Meta? Avoiding Instagram or Facebook isn’t enough to stop Meta from harvesting and profiting from your private information. Here’s how to limit Meta’s ability to monetize your personal data.

FINAL REPORT ON THE SPECIAL COUNSEL'S INVESTIGATIONS AND PROSECUTIONS VOLUME ONE: THE ELECTION CASE REPORT ON EFFORTS TO INTERFERE WITH THE LAWFUL TRANSFER OF POWER FOLLOWING THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OR THE CERTIFICATION OF THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTE HELD ON JANUARY 6, 2021

READ: Jack Smith's report on Trump's election subversion efforts.

"Substantial evidence demonstrates that Mr. Trump then engaged in an unprecedented criminal effort to overturn the legitimate results of the election in order to retain power."

More to come: www.democracydocket.com/wp-content/u...

With gratitude I am overwhelmed by the response

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Today is January 6th and no one is watching the Capitol be plundered, feces being smeared on the walls, and police officers being stabbed with American flags.

Why? Because one side believes in democracy no matter what, and the other side only believes in it only when they win.

Episode #7, "What Is Your Weakness?" of Mr. Pig's adventures in post-election America.

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Episode #6, "Happy New Year," of Mr. Pig's adventures in post-election America.

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Treasury Sanctions Russian Judge for Arbitrary Detention of Alexei Gorinov WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is sanctioning Russian judge Olesya Mendeleeva (Mendeleeva) for her role in the arbitrary detention of...

Magnitski Act continues to punish Russian human rights abusers. Well done @billbrowder.bsky.social Yes, he is here on Bluesky! Follow! Share!
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My biggest surprise of 2024 is that when we learned Trump's DOJ criminally framed Joe Biden, no media outlets cared.

The Supreme Court is Part of the Oligarchy The corrupt, bought-and-paid-for Supreme Court is why Trump wasn't held accountable.

NEW: The Supreme Court is part of the oligarchy. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/the-suprem...

Michael, thank you for recommending How To Drown Dr Mracek! I and my wife watched it last night and had a blast! I can't believe I have never ever came across this film before, even in Russia. And the movie is only a year younger than myself :)

Ukrainian poet and prose writer Oleksii Bezpaltsev killed in action Oleksii Bezpaltsev, a 34-year-old poet and prose writer from Kharkiv, was killed in action while performing a combat mission in Kharkiv Oblast, PEN Ukraine reported on Dec. 25.

⚡️Ukrainian poet and prose writer Oleksii Bezpaltsev killed in action.

Oleksii Bezpaltsev, a 34-year-old poet and prose writer from Kharkiv, was killed in action while performing a combat mission in Kharkiv Oblast, PEN Ukraine reported on Dec. 25.

We Are on Our Own From Marc | Our institutions are not going to save us. Only we can do that.

Not a day passes that someone doesn’t tell me that they are exhausted or, more candidly, afraid. It is okay to be tired and understandable to be afraid. Courage doesn’t come from being well rested and feeling safe. It is found in overcoming those emotions. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/we-a...

Thank you! Dvdbest.sk used to be my go-to store too. I will try the other sites you mentioned.

Michael, what is the best online store to buy Czech and Slovak discs, in your experience? I am tempted to buy some of the titles you have mentioned. Thank you!

The new government funding bill does NOT include:

-Reimbursements for victims of food stamp theft

-Restrictions on prescription drug price-gouging by middlemen

-Protections against hidden fees in ticketing and hotels

All thanks to the richest man in the world.

My first ever invitation to the White House in 2022 for the signing of the Inflation Reduction Act - the single biggest climate legislation in history. I’m really going to miss President Biden and Vice President Harris.

I just watched this and was wondering if anyone else was aware of its existence!