We are a Nation At Risk‼️- ICE Out! 😈❌

As evidence, the filing notes a list Mr. Fox compiled of what he called the “craziest” and “other bad” grants, which he planned to highlight on DOGE’s X account. He used three dozen keywords, including “L.G.B.T.Q.,” “BIPOC,” “tribal,” “ethnicity,” “gender,” “equality,” “immigration,” “citizenship” and “melting pot.” (A majority of the two dozen grants deemed “craziest” related to L.G.B.T.Q. subjects.)

In identifying grants to eliminate, DOGE employees also searched for terms like “BIPOC,” “tribal,” “ethnicity,” “gender,” “equality,” “immigration,” “citizenship” and “melting pot.”

"A majority of the two dozen grants deemed “craziest” related to L.G.B.T.Q. subjects."

The prompt was simple: “Does the following relate at all to D.E.I.? Respond factually in less than 120 characters. Begin with ‘Yes’ or ‘No.’” The results were sweeping, and sometimes bizarre. Building improvements at an Indigenous languages archive in Alaska risked “promoting inclusion and diverse perspectives.” Renewal of a longstanding grant to digitize Black newspapers and add them to a historical database was “D.E.I.” So was work on a 40-volume scholarly series on the history of American music.

"The DOGE employees did not appear to question ChatGPT’s judgments, and continued hunting for unacceptable projects."

When DOGE Unleashed ChatGPT on the Humanities

It was wrong and harmful - and quite possibly unlawful - to cut already approved NEH grants because Donald Trump hates "DEI."

But the way DOGE went about doing it was even dumber than you probably imagined.

They fed abstracts into ChatGPT and demanded an answer in fewer than 120 characters.

YouTube video by ModernLanguageAssoc Justin Fox Deposition (Part 3) in MLA-ACLS-AHA Lawsuit about the NEH

It's stunning how ignorant the DOGE bros were who were sent into agencies. Justin Fox cannot even articulate in his own words what his "present understanding of DEI" is: he can't even formulate a coherent sentence about it. I wouldn't hire him for basic tech support. #NEH
youtu.be/jomaMvItnew?...

Holy shit: the guy who cut millions in grants because they were DEI cannot form a coherent explanation of what DEI is bsky.app/profile/lmrh...

I’m sure Trump anticipated all of this happening and has a great plan.

I find it extremely disconcerting that our humorist are more educated, informed and do a better job 'reporting the news' than anyone in the current regime or mainstream media... 🙁

Over the past year, Trump has pushed nearly 7,000 workers out at the Social Security Administration and reassigned thousands more away from field office work.

The result?

A swath of "ghost offices" that are open in name only after being drained of the staff required to function.

and even if Trump realizes (which is highly doubtful) - he likely could care less
he is a sociopath, with declining mental capacity...😈🤪🤡
and the Republicans & Supreme Court have unleashed him & his regime on the world 😈☠️

14/ THIS.
"Commodity analysts in my feed: This is epic and will go down in the history books as one of the biggest supply shocks.

Mainstream media: Some slight disruptions in the availability of a few commodities might happen. Meanwhile, here's a video of another exploding launcher." - Guy Laron

13/ The Gulf countries have a bigger share of the global fertiliser market than they do of the Oil & Gas market
adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-...

They Made It Through the 24 Hours That Rocked South Korea’s Markets

12/ South Korea in the Iran war is the Germany of the Ukraine war?
Shit hits the fan, every Korean energy-intensive industrial sector, esp chips, ships, cars, batteries gets into trouble quickly.

"Wednesday was a day South Korean investors will never forget.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/b...

12/ 2 wars in 4 years. This war will accelerate Solar +Batteries + EVs as real Energy Security

"rest of the world will learn an important lesson from China. Build out your renewables so you aren't as dependent on imported fossil fuels & the whims of idiots"

Be like Spain.
bsky.app/profile/jere...

11/ This is a far bigger fuel, fertilizer, food crisis for Asia and Europe than it is for the US.

Europe stuck between American, Russian, and Middle East oil is trapped in what my report diagnosed as a "Permanent Suez". It must go green for its autonomy.

www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/u...

10/ "Long queues are forming at petrol stations in Pakistan as shortage fears grip the country 🇵🇰 ⛽️

📈 Fuel and diesel prices were hiked 20% on Friday — one of the biggest increases ever
⚠️ Oil prices around the world are rising as the conflict in the Middle East curbs deliveries"

9/ "To see who will really pay the price however, look not to the developed world or big emerging markets like India, but to the weakest links in the chain - the poor, agrarian, smallholder economies of Africa."
Read Tooze on the Fertilizer shock:
adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-...

Chartbook 436 Unseasonal war. How the US-Israeli war on Iran threatens the global agricultural cycle. One impact of the war being waged by the US and Israel against Iran that is not getting as much attention as it deserves, is the impact on the global supply of fertilizer.

8/ Read Tooze on why the Fertilizer shock during planting season is going to cause a lot of pain. Guess where most people in the world live & farm - Asia!

Most people don't know -I didnt!- Gulf countries as a whole are 2nd largest fertilizer exporters
adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-...

7/ "Change happens: 2 decades ago, the US was the world’s largest importer of oil. Now it is the largest producer. Just ten years ago, the US exported its very first cargo of LNG. Now it is the world’s largest exporter of LNG. North Dakota produces more oil than Venezuela." bsky.app/profile/70sb...

Asia’s Deepening Oil Crunch Triggers Fuel Hoarding, Price Hikes A deepening energy crunch across Asia is impacting all corners of the oil market, with suppliers of everything from shipping fuel to cooking gas beginning to cut back on sales in order to manage shrin...

6/ "🇵🇭 Philippines has said it will shorten the work week for government offices to save energy

🇧🇩 Bangladesh has limited the illuminated decorations festooning streets during the holy month of Ramadan. They’ve also shut fertilizer production"
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

5/ This is a far bigger fuel, fertilizer, food crisis for Asia and Europe than it is for the US.

"Farmers in Thailand have been waiting in long queues to secure diesel, fearful of missing the rice harvest due in the coming weeks"
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

4/ The weakest people will suffer the most. Again, just as after Ukraine.

"Pakistan gets 99% of its LNG from Qatar. Fertilizer plants are shutting across the country because they can’t get feedgas

Industries are warning of higher input costs from gas and oil"
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

3/ "India—which relies on oil/gas from the Persian Gulf—is among the hardest hit

🛢️ At least one Indian refiner halted exports to conserve fuel at home
🏭 Gas suppliers have invoked force majeure to restrict deliveries to industries and fertilizer producers"

Its peak Summer, ppl are going to suffer.

Queues, Price Hikes and Shortages as Asia Battles Fuel Crunch From Thai farmers racing for diesel to Indian refinery executives monitoring the Persian Gulf through the night, energy buyers across import-dependent Asia are feeling the impact of a dramatic crunch.

2/ This is a far bigger fuel, fertilizer, food crisis for Asia and Europe than it is for the US.

Read @sstapczynski.bsky.social Bloomberg report on the energy shortages facing Asia. No paywall

This is a far bigger fuel, fertilizer, food crisis for Asia and Europe than it is for the US.

US dependence on Persian Gulf oil has almost never been lower

A thread by @sstapczynski.bsky.social on how Asia is alreaddy within days facing a destabilizing.
x.com/SStapczynski...

forever Putin's 'useful idiot'... 🤡

the president has no idea what he has set in motion. none.

www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

$1B per day that could
be invested in housing and schools and innovation and healthcare and this is where we are at

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they're not interested in 'diplomacy'...

A black background graphic with the seal of the American Foreign Service Association at the top. In large gold text the headline reads “A Diplomatic Vacuum in the Middle East.” Below it, white text lists several countries and states that U.S. embassies in Egypt, Iraq, Kuwait, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE have no confirmed ambassadors. The phrase “NO confirmed ambassadors” is highlighted in gold for emphasis.

Seven embassies. No ambassadors. Rubio’s 🤮 masterclass in diplomatic failure.