Ann Haugo

Seems like a great improvement.

Paul Martin, the inspector general for the USAID, has been fired after resisting the administration. Just a day ago, his office released a report warning that staff reductions and spending freezes put hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars at risk of misuse and waste. This is the way.

"Daddy says he owns you. Can you get me an ice cream?"

Acting EPA Administrator James Payne has dismissed all members of two of the agency’s most influential science advisory panels, allowing the Trump administration to reshape them.

Aldi is on the list of large donors to the Trump campaign or Republicans in general…

You guys need to see this and take it in…

Wise words from someone who is a target. And he’s been listening.

Petition below. Signed.

I love this

It continues. It’s

And so it begins.

These people will not storm the Capital building. They will not assault police officers or hang gallows for bureaucrats. They respect the peaceful transfer of power.

Anyone who says the two parties are the same are blatantly wrong. They are not, we are not.

#resist

Minnesota Republicans are attempting to hijack the state legislature—holding a sham election after the House was adjourned.

These assaults on democracy by the GOP are a new normal. Let's fight back, from the state house to the White House.

Dear god, someone make him stop the capitalizing-for-emphasis crap. I can’t listen to him speak, and it’s almost as bad reading his poorly written releases, whether authored by him or not.

Durbin uses new report to accuse Justices Thomas and Alito of violating disclosure laws | CNN Politics A top Senate Democrat on Saturday accused conservative Supreme Court justices of violating federal disclosure laws in a lengthy report that caps a monthslong investigation by the Senate Judiciary Comm...

“As a result of information gathered by subpoenas, we know the extent to which the Supreme Court is mired in an ethical crisis of its own making.”
www.cnn.com/2024/12/21/p...

Breaking: Senate Dems' report on SCOTUS ethics inquiry decries "culture of misconduct" Judiciary Dems' majority staff report calls for Congress to act given that "the justices have allowed ethical misconduct to persist for decades."

BREAKING: Senate Dems' report on SCOTUS ethics inquiry decries "culture of misconduct," Thomas's gifts, Alito's failure to recuse, and Roberts's refusal to act.

New, this morning at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/senate-jud...

Justice Clarence Thomas Did Not Disclose Additional Trips From Billionaire Patron, Democrats Say The revelation was included in a report by Democratic staff members on the Senate Judiciary Committee who had conducted a 20-month investigation into ethics practices at the Supreme Court.

Justice Clarence Thomas failed to disclose two additional trips from a billionaire patron, Senate Democrats revealed on Saturday after conducting a 20-month investigation into ethics practices at the Supreme Court.

Malakai and Odin agree.

Texas Dance Company F*cked Around, Now Must Pay $560,000 to Fired Black Dancers - The Barbed Wire Six months after the prestigious Dallas Black Dance Theatre chose to f*ck around — by wrongfully firing all of its dancers just days before the season was set to start — they’re now finding out the ha...

Dallas Black Dance Theatre fired all of its dancers just days before the season was set to start because they attempted to unionize. On Sunday, the theater reached a $560k settlement with 10 retired dancers — and it agreed to write personal apologies to each one.

thebarbedwire.com/2024/12/10/t...

NOBODY KNOWS just how many Americans per year are killed off by health insurance companies delaying and denying coverage because they DON’T SHARE THE DATA.

Why McMahon isn’t DeVos 2.0 (opinion) Daniel A. Collier writes that Linda McMahon’s approach as secretary of education may not mirror that of Betsy DeVos.

Writing for @insidehighered.com , @dcollier74.bsky.social compares Trump's billionaire education secretaries, arguing that McMahon could be a more strategic, determined and ruthless force in reshaping the department www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

Such a cutie!!

YouTube video by Coldplay Coldplay - ALL MY LOVE (Official Video) (Directors' Cut)

That feel good thingy you need right now.

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Thoughts?

The trickle-down myth is deeply embedded in the American psyche and it’s beyond time to excise it.

5 a.m., before our snowfall. This was my attempt to go back to bed for an hour… It has begun.
#dogsofbluesky #dogsky #siberianhusky #husky

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.

One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Book 9

#booksky💙📚
#bookchallenge

Lazy Saturday. Good thing the furniture’s comfortable…

#dogsky #blueskydogs

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.

One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

8/10
#booksky💙📚
#bookchallenge