Dapper Gatsby... same as it ever was

They're running the Shock Doctrine disaster capitalist playbook on the world's biggest economy--the one that performed better than almost any other industrialized country post-COVID because of Biden's excellent economic stewardship.

Something that’s very clear is that Trump is old and checked out. He wants to play the role of president but has zero interest in doing the job and is happy to outsource the real work to Musk, Vought and a crew of feral zealots.

Musk claims DOGE ‘restored’ Ebola prevention effort. Officials disagree. USAID’s initiatives to fight Ebola and other diseases have been gutted, current and former agency officials said.

Elon Musk said DOGE made a mistake by cutting USAID’s Ebola prevention but it had been “restored.”

That’s not true, current and former officials told me and @johnphudson.bsky.social.

“There have been no efforts to ‘turn on’” Ebola prevention, said Nidhi Bouri, who oversaw team until January.

Is there a constitutional procedure for committing a sitting US president?

The analogy is precise. And the White House response was nasty and disingenuous. This will be a major test of the courts – I think that they will pass it; but it is fundamental. I’ll have an article up on this at @thenewrepublic.bsky.social shortly plus a longer Substack on @talkingfeds.bsky.social

I, a person who has taken and taught general relativity and passed a qualifying exam based on Wald (!), pointed out the earth is round in response to the suggestion that flight paths should be straight and a man who is a genomicist came into my mentions and told me I didn’t understand curvature

At University of Cambridge, I was asked if I maintain a sense of optimism about climate change. My answer:

Yes, because unlike cancer, where we often don't know the cause and don't have a cure, we know exactly why global temperatures are rising and how to stop it. We just need the political will.

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As an excuse to cut Medicaid, Johnson cites fraud—which exists thanks to shady vendors/providers who can and should be prosecuted. But for "waste and abuse," NOTHING beats the for-profit health insurance industry, including Medicare Advantage (which is dispensable, but Project 2025 aims to expand).

@webbdiscoveries.bsky.social

#cosmology After atoms were generated, the photons were allowed to move freely.

When Musk’s role in govt or in FAA oversight was under consideration, perhaps it was fair to say “raising concerns about conflicts.” When he announced SpaceX would redesign the ATC system, that was at least a clear conflict. Now they’re buying SpaceX products to do it, it is just plain corruption.

@webbdiscoveries.bsky.social

#cosmology At the beginning of the Universe there was a soup of photons and electrons, together with other particles.

Neal: "Jesse James at least had the respect to wear a mask. They should be wearing masks for what they're doing today."

#TheBurnItHurts #GankedOnAdderall #DODEdipshits #DarkDays

I watch these and she never said those words/ phrases

Musk, the richest person in the world (along w/#SteveBannon) has set his sights on controlling US & by proxy the global political & economic parameters of the body politic thru manipulation of MAGA & small "Democrat wins" 2 years down the road in the mid-terms are weak sauce strategies. #NowsTheTime

"All humans want to control themselves. Strong people control themselves via self-mastery. Weak people don't have self-mastery, so they attempt to control themselves by controlling others. Autocrats aren't strong; they're dependent & weak. They need to subvert others' freedom to feel self-control."

Remember: Feeling overwhelmed is the point. When you recognize this, you regain some power. Take breaks. Process... Build community: Share the cognitive load. Network intelligence beats individual overload. Remember: They want you scattered. Yr focus is resistance."

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#PowerToThePositive #InThisTogether #JustBreathe #LoveWins #SpeakTruthToPower #KeepOnKeepinOn #NeverGiveUp #AdvocateEducateInspire

#Project2025 It's not even been a full week yet #AreYouPayingAttentionYet?

Happy 5th "Large boulder the size of a small boulder" anniversary!
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#SpeakTruthToPower #KeepOnKeepinOn #NeverGiveUp #AdvocateEducateInspire
“I do this so the country won’t change me.” #AJMuste

#Project2025 "Trump's nominee to lead Office of Management & Budget, #RussVought, will be a key architect of the efforts to re-engineer the administrative state. Vought: "When they wake up in the morning, we want them to not want to go to work because they are increasingly viewed as the villains."

MAGA has made sure that the conspiracy theorists whoit could be argued lengthened & worsened the COVID epidemic are now in charge or all aspects of public health. And the world is on the verge of a MAJOR #BirdFlu slow-rolling pandemic that is wiping out waterfowl as well as the poultry industry.

It's not even been a week & the MAGA grievance campaign/ #Project2025 dismantling of guardrails & regulatory agencies is snowballing at an unreal pace...

Trump Shuts Down All Science Until He Figures Out What The Hell Is Going On If you want cancer research, pay for it yourself.

"Trump Admin has put virtually all federally funded health sci. research on hold for no apparent reason this week, imposing wholesale restrictions on the NIH incl. “the abrupt cancellation of meetings such as grant review panels. “The impact... appears devastating.” www.wonkette.com/p/trump-shut...

#Project2025 #DarkDaysAreHere "One unfortunate coping mechanism is the urge to scapegoat individuals and organizations for what happened. The #CDC & its pubs were often in the center of this storm, & some now want to blame them for all that they were unhappy about.""

#EndlessWarIsModernPlague #RafahInRuins "Some 16,000 buildings are completely destroyed, 80% of #Rafah's agricultural land has been destroyed, & all of its electricity networks, landlines, water wells & sewage pumping stations are destroyed or severely damaged"

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