Regina Oliver

Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Paul Noth. #NewYorkerCartoons nyer.cm/dE5ukWH

Devils Tower National Monument slashes hours without explanation - WyoFile The iconic destination cut its hours from around the clock to daytime only. Monument staff didn’t say if DOGE actions are behind the change.

Devils Tower National Monument will slash hours of operation from 24/7 to daytime only, the park announced Tuesday.

Monument staff didn't say if DOGE actions are behind the change, though social media users were quick to blame President Donald Trump and Elon Musk.

Thrust into unemployment, axed federal workers face relatives who celebrate their firing Scrambling to replace their health insurance and to find new work, some fired federal workers are running into another unexpected unpleasantry: Relatives cheering their job loss.

The nature of a cult is that it will turn you against your own family. Your loved ones will cheer as you are led off to the camps because hurting even you is what is necessary to bring on the glorious nation. apnews.com/article/trum...

"The American antisemitism now merges with the Russian antisemitism and reinforces it. The idea that Zelens'kyi is not a real president, and that his government is therefore not a real government, has been a very specific Russian antisemitic trope from the beginning."

YouTube video by Democracy Docket Judge Says Trump Admin Violated Court Order, Threatens Contempt

NEW VIDEO: I have never seen as many federal judges angry with the federal government as there are right now. And one judge in Rhode Island seems poised to find someone in criminal contempt.

Paige and I discuss.
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RFK Jr is already being treated as if he is the secretary of HHS. His confirmation won't be till next week. When this lunatic actually gets confirmed, it should come with an apology to every scientist and Doctor for letting them down and the people. People will die because of this decision.

Perfect

remarkable bravery

Democratic senators say they have 'grave concerns' over RFK Jr.'s potential financial conflicts Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Ron Wyden called on the HHS nominee to vow to recuse himself from certain decisions and promise not to profit from health litigation after leaving the post.

Let me get this straight: RFK Jr.’s idea of fixing his ethics issues is to hand his stake over to his son? The son who works at the same law firm that RFK Jr. made millions off of?

RFK Jr.'s nomination should not move forward one inch until we get answers.

Elon Musk has proposed that the Trump Administration shut down U.S.A.I.D., a move that would have a calamitous impact around the globe—and threaten our national security, Atul Gawande writes.
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Shutting down USAID is not about efficiency—it’s about undermining America’s global leadership. USAID counters extremism, fights diseases, and creates more markets for U.S. exports. This is reckless and dangerous.

Now we’re cooking!

Thank you for doing something, @schatz.bsky.social.

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This is what it looks like when you’re scared of tough questions.

Ron Wyden has started asking the right questions and demanding answers. I’m sure he’ll get a FU from Trump. They need to keep pushing.

Amazing words — both those written by Yeats and “We’ll survive…”

Well worth reading this, friends.

The National Association of Home Builders explains what happens if we make inputs for home construction, such as Canadian lumber, more expensive.

There has never been a larger gap in my (admittedly quite short) professional life between how lay folks and law profs are talking about what is happening in government right now. So much of what Trump is doing is just blatantly illegal — often in several ways at once.

In talking with reporters over the last week, I've been careful to talk, not just about "impoundments," which sounds technical and perhaps minor, but about "the power of the purse," which most people learned about in middle-school civics.

cannot be said enough that for a decade a critical number of americans have simply refused to accept that he means what he says

Has anybody filed for an injunction of any kind? There is no legal authority for Musk to be in Treasury cutting off payments! At best he's on an advisory committee.

If fed workers had a court order I think they would be more likely to stand up to him. Now they're being thrown to the wolves.

Mike Flynn again. Oh joy.

That whole 'women in lakes distributing swords' thing as a method of government is starting to look pretty good right now.

Pre-election, longtime friend shared that a sibling, after apparent thought, planned to vote for the felon. I was surprised; asked why. Reply: “Thinks he’ll be better for the economy.” I expressed what likely looked like sarcasm. Reply: “I won’t argue with” sibling. Keep thinking about that convo.

Pre-election, longtime friend shared that a sibling, after apparent thought, planned to vote for the felon. I was surprised; asked why. Reply: “Thinks he’ll be better for the economy.” I expressed what likely looked like sarcasm. Reply: “I won’t argue with” sibling. Keep thinking about that convo.

He put tariffs on China, Canada, Mexico & the EU. They’ll retaliate with tariffs against the USA.
So basically, Trump has started a trade war that pits the US against everybody, with China, Canada, Mexico, the EU, all still free to trade among themselves.

He’s the dumbest president ever elected.

The NTSB says it will no longer email news outlets or reporters with notifications of upcoming press conferences, including those on plane crashes in Washington and Philadelphia.

Instead, all notifications will be made on X.

We're filing a FOIA to find out more about the change in policy.

Trump: "Some of them are so bad..." Put them in front of the camera, Trump. Before you send them off to Guantanimo, show us the ones that are "so bad" no one wants them. Tell us what they did that was so bad that, while they were here, were not already in "our" jail system.