CharlotteB

Ask yourself:

Why would anyone who wasn’t an asset of the Russian government do this?

Why would any decent human being do this?

Today’s funny post. Finally something that brought a laughter to the front.

A Facebook Insider’s Exposé Alleges Bad Behavior at the Top “Careless People,” a memoir by a former Facebook executive, portrays feckless company leaders cozying up to authoritarian regimes.

Looking forward to read this! Is there a copy out somewhere in PDF that someone can post?

A Facebook Insider’s Exposé Alleges Bad Behavior at the Top www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/b...

Trump asks Supreme Court to allow him to end birthright citizenship | CNN Politics President Donald Trump’s administration asked the Supreme Court in a series of emergency appeals Thursday to allow him to move forward with plans to end birthright citizenship, elevating a fringe lega...

Hmm. Who was not born in USA?????

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Democratic Attorneys General Sue Over Gutting of Education Department The Trump administration cut about half the work force of the agency, saying it would enable it to deliver services more effectively. The attorneys general called the move “reckless and illegal.”

Breaking News: A coalition of 21 Democratic attorneys general sued the Trump administration, days after the Education Department fired more than 1,300 workers.

Education Department cutting nearly half of workforce | CNN Politics The US Education Department said it is cutting nearly 50% of its workforce, according to senior agency officials, as President Donald Trump has proposed eliminating the agency altogether.

No Education is a great way to suppress empowerment to the people.
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Dad of detained US tourist urges care on visa requirements Becky Burke, 28, has spent 10 days in a facility in Washington State and is desperate to come home.

Hmm. This is of course another sad story band concern before summer high season.
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It would be a real shame if y'all shared this online, printed out a few and hung up all around the Eastern Shore of Maryland. 😉

Many Fulbright scholars say they feel stranded after the Trump administration suspended their funding Fulbright scholars were among those in programs administered through the U.S. State Department who learned their funding has been frozen.

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I mean.... I donøt even know what to say. What are those people supposed to do..... What about the work they are doing.... promoting US values.....

Inside the Explosive Meeting Where Trump Officials Clashed With Elon Musk Simmering anger at the billionaire’s unchecked power spilled out in a remarkable Cabinet Room meeting. The president quickly moved to rein in Mr. Musk.

Simmering anger at Elon Musk’s unchecked power spilled out in a remarkable Cabinet Room clash. Read an inside account of the explosive meeting where President Trump checked the billionaire's power.

Is this a fire sale?

This is a pretty big attack on the First Amendment. And an encroachment on universities' powers to decide what protests to allow and who to expel.....

Musk rallies the far right in Europe. Tesla is paying the price. For the past two months, tech billionaire Elon Musk has promoted Germany’s far-right party in at least two dozen posts on his X platform, interviewed its leader, and told his 219 million followers it was the country’s “only hope.”

Tech billionaire Elon Musk’s far-right cheerleading appears to be coming at a price for Tesla, whose sales in Europe tumbled 45% in January from a year earlier, while rivals' rose by over 37%, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association reut.rs/3XqpA4O

Christiane Amanpour stunned watching Trump-Zelensky meeting go off the rails | CNN A tense exchange in the Oval Office between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky devolved into a shouting match over the future of US support in the war and Russia’s influ...

This says so much.
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What’s the alternative to kindle books? Thinking of closing Amazon account.

Embarrsing. What happened to respect?/

Opinion | The MAGA War on Speech (Gift Article) If only the powerful are free to speak their minds, it’s not free speech.

Sums up what is happening with free speech or the criminalization of it.

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o...

We are shutting down our online store at midnight Eastern in solidarity with the 2/28 Economic Blackout. We’ll be back on 3/1. Also, sorry about the long shipping timeframes and the lack of shirts—we’re working hard to catch up! We use small U.S. suppliers for our products.

A movement is calling for an 'economic blackout' on Friday. Here's what to know The People's Union USA, a grassroots group, is calling on Americans to join a national boycott by not shopping for 24 hours on Friday.

The People's Union USA, a grassroots group, is calling on Americans to join a national boycott by not shopping for 24 hours on Friday.

U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World Here are some of the 5,800 contracts the Trump administration formally canceled this week in a wave of terse emails.

Some of the projects that NO LONGER are
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/h...

Really not interested in this.

Judge Blocks Trump Executive Order to Suspend Refugee Program The preliminary injunction orders the government to effectively restore the decades-old U.S. Refugee Admissions Program while a lawsuit to preserve it proceeds.

A federal judge in Seattle on Tuesday blocked an executive order that President Trump signed shortly after he was sworn in that suspended a decades-old program admitting thousands of refugees into the U.S. each year.

The USAID stop-work order has far-reaching and longterm negative impact on students, schools, global collaboration, local communities and NGOs.
The International Educator (TIE Online) url:https://www.tieonline.com/article/6828/usaids-impact-on-international-schools?nid=75

Time to quit Amazon.

Excellent interview.

Louisiana health department says it will stop promoting mass vaccination. Here's what that could mean Louisiana’s surgeon general announced late Thursday that the state health department "will no longer promote mass vaccination." Here's what that could mean.

It has started.

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Trump Will Withhold Money From Schools That Require Covid Vaccines An estimated 15 colleges still required Covid vaccines for students as of late last year. No states require K-12 students to get the shots.

President Trump ordered on Friday that federal funding be withheld from schools and universities that require students to be vaccinated against Covid, White House officials said, another step in the administration’s campaign against coronavirus vaccine requirements.

Out with Airbnb.