Stacey B

#catsofbluesky #caturday

CATS!!! With Jobs...

This.

A procedural vote on the "One Big Beautiful Bill" in the House (vote on the "rule" for the bill, a necessary step to open debate and eventually vote on the bill.) 217 was needed to pass. It was 207 - 216. It has been left open in the hope they can get some Rep votes back. Hoping they stand strong.

Luke Pollard is sat in a suit in a House of Commons Committee room in Westminster Parliament giving evidence to MPs on the Defence Committee

The chat group, national security breach is not a Washington story. It is GLOBAL.

Right now, UK Armed Forces Minister Luke Pollard is in Parliament being grilled by MPs on what military & security operational details are shared with the United States.

Trust in the US has been shredded.

The Trump administration halted funding for a national database that tracked domestic terrorism, hate crimes, and school shootings, as part of broad cuts to violence prevention programs. The move eliminated a critical resource designed to enhance public safety amid persistent and pressing threats.

The bigger question we should be asking is: Why are Trump officials using Signal for their communications instead of formal, traceable channels?

The answer seems clear — to avoid transparency.

Vaccine skeptic hired to head federal study of immunizations and autism A long-discredited researcher and vaccine skeptic will conduct a government study on whether vaccines cause autism.

"It’s not clear how or why Geier, who is not a physician and has an undergraduate degree from the Univ. of Maryland at Baltimore County, was chosen...

"He was disciplined by Maryland regulators over a decade ago for practicing medicine without a license...

www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Where are a LOT of people. It's shameful.

Elon Musk staffers are drawing six-figure government salaries funded by taxpayers.

BREAKING: irony dead.

Opinion | Three Former E.P.A. Leaders: You’ll Miss It When It’s Gone When the next environmental catastrophe arrives, who will be there to deal with the emergency and its aftermath?

"Most of EPA’s work happens behind the scenes, like when one of its enforcement teams raided a warehouse in Colorado full of mislabeled oil barrels that had been prepared for a landfill and discovered they contained nuclear waste..."

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/o...

Relevant History: The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act of 1883 established the first comprehensive merit-based civil service system in the US.

It was intended to do away with "The Spoils System" whereby unqualified people got govt jobs for their political loyalty, a bad system we've returned to.

Did this help? #news #media #uspolitics TikTok video by UnderTheDeskNews

This is a really great breakdown by Under the Desk News and actually brought my frazzled nerves a bit of calm.

Imagine if @aoc @sanders.senate.gov , every dem, SIMULTANEOUSLY held Town Halls where they allowed grant and contract recipients to explain to the country what it is they do and why it's important

Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone

Call it a Day Of Transparency

Crews scrape off signage displaying “U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT” off of the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C.

nbcnews.to/3CGQb6u

THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT, eh?
pod.link/1780356693

Swasticars 🤣

Greenland is not for sale.
And in other words….👇

#hero #shero

Geez. 🤦‍♀️

Not at all surprising...