Candy Barnes

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Watchdog warns Trump's gutting of USAID leaves $8.2 bln unspent aid with no oversight The Trump administration's move to gut the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has crippled the agency's ability to conduct any proper oversight of unspent aid worth $8.2 billion, an independent government watchdog said on Monday.

The Trump administration's move to gut the US Agency for International Development has crippled the agency's ability to conduct any proper oversight of unspent aid worth $8.2 billion, an independent government watchdog said reut.rs/4181H4k

Just a little something I whipped up today. Edible decor, smooth vanilla buttercream on this lemon cake with luscious raspberry buttercream filling. YUM!

❗️Putin is not preparing for negotiations, not for peace, but for the continuation of the war—they are increasing their army by more than 100,000 soldiers, – Zelensky

Effective immediately: CDC can't talk to WHO. What will that mean for world health? Staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have been told to halt all communication with the World Health Organization.

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Do you click on the post to open it up in this window?
Ps. I have no idea who you are without a name

There appear to be at least three separately operating heel factions breaking things within the government in wholly different ways right now. There's the Miller-headed immigration one, the DOGE/Elon one, and a Project 2025 OMB one. This dynamic hasn't showed up in mainstream reporting at all.

Boom!! That’s how it’s done!! 🇲🇽 🇨🇦

At what point do we start calling what Elon Musk is doing inside our government a coup

Purging anyone who was involved in bringing to justice Trump‘s brownshirts. This is what a fascist does.

Sometimes gutting the little things pack the biggest punch to our democracy. Keep an eye out for changes to CISA! #project2025

“Raging Misogynist” Now Federal Government H.R.’s Top Lawyer The Office of Personnel Management’s new general counsel has a history of racist and sexist social media posts.

The federal government's new top HR attorney has said "Consent is probably modern society’s most pernicious fetish" and "Slaves owe us reparations," according to a new report from @pogo.org. www.pogo.org/investigatio...

I’ll be honest, this week there was more to destroy the rule of law than in trumps first term,

And i have no idea what the Democrats are doing to fight back. Or even saying. Crickets

Can anyone explain to me what the function of the Democratic Party is today and how it is serving that function?

Are they still around? If so, is there any evidence of that?

The Supreme Court Could Gut Access to Birth Control This Year Opinion | With Trump back in the Oval Office, access to contraception is, sadly, not something that people can bank on anymore.

Wrote about a Supreme Court case that could start a nationwide rollback on birth control rights. Braidwood v. Becerra is nominally about insurance coverage, but as we witnessed with abortion, making reproductive healthcare less accessible is a stepping stone to bans. My first in @democracydocket.com

People are going to disappear

Why I remain hopeful about America Even as darkness falls

Why I remain hopeful about America
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The Supreme Court will hear a challenge to a provision of the Affordable Care Act that requires insurers to cover the cost of preventative health treatments such as cancer screenings.

Understand what's at stake: voxdotcom.visitlink.me/1xCuGx

Single bird flu mutation could let it latch easily to human cells, study finds The potential mutation would allow the avian influenza virus sweeping through cattle herds to attach to a receptor protein on the surface of our cells.

Scientists are reporting that it would take just a single mutation in the version of bird flu that has swept through U.S. cattle herds to produce a virus adept at latching on to human cells, a much simpler step than previously imagined.

Walmart Cuts DEI Initiatives, Cognition’s Approach To AI Coding And More The published version of Forbes' Future of Work newsletter delivers the latest news for chief human resources officers and other talent managers on disruptive technologies, managing the workforce and ...

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When he was president, Trump cut back this proposed expansion. During the 2024 campaign, his allies ran ads saying he supported overtime workers because he proposed tax cuts on overtime pay—and this meant he was pro-worker. No one paid much attention to this contradiction. I, though, wrote about it.

Vivek Ramaswamy suggested “If your Social Security number ends in an odd number you’re out. If it ends in an even number you’re in. There’s a 50 percent cut right there. Of those who remain if your SS number starts in an even number you’re in, and if it starts with an odd number you’re out. 75% cut.

Believe them when they say this...they have become completely unhinged

Trump ignores transition rules. It’s a ‘hostile takeover,’ ally says. Donald Trump’s transition team has begun what a close ally calls a hostile takeover of the federal government, ignoring the rules for the handover of power in the process.

Trump ignores transition rules. It’s a ‘hostile takeover,’ ally says. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

New @CookPolitical: over 153.5M now counted, Trump's popular vote lead down to 1.68%: www.cookpolitical.com/v…

Trump 76,666,332 (49.93%)
Harris 74,086,596 (48.25%)

I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget