Starrsie

I just really need everybody to understand that everything that’s happening in and to the global economy now (and all the businesses and people in it) is the entirely predictable result of the intentional decisions of one guy who doesn’t understand how the global economy works.

Completely wild to watch the US government knowingly (and with great fanfare) cause harm to its own people. #goldenage

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WTAF

Tragic and heinous

Good morning!

#TaxDollars

Ouch!

The Bay Area weather radar (KMUX) has been out of service for more than 24 hours now. An expensive broken part needs to be replaced and specially ordered, but that may not be possible due to ongoing freeze on government credit card spending, I’ve been told.

Donald Trump has disgraced the United States of America in countless ways since he first entered political life ten years ago.

But he had never disgraced the nation as badly as he did today.

He has brought shame on this country to an extent I had never thought possible. And he has only just begun.

10 years ago today I walked out of the hospital after surviving Ebola.

Back then I begged the world to strengthen our response to that crisis and prepare for others.

I’ve been reflecting on what we’ve learned over the last decade.

And the role of the U.S. in global health🧵

Murphy: "The destruction of our democracy is part of this story ... this is super unpopular, what they are doing. Nobody wants their healthcare to disappear ... so how do you get away with it? You try to destroy our democracy. You try to crush dissent. You threaten members of Congress with arrest."

Dear Manager,

1. I drank a whiskey drink.
2. I drank a vodka drink.
3. I drank a lager drink.
4. I drank a cider drink.
5. I sang the songs that remind me of the good times; I sang the songs that remind me of the better times.

THOUGHTS ON UKRAINE Were we wrong about Zelensky, the hero of Ukraine? Were we wrong to feel the brotherhood of freedom in their struggle to resist the unprovoked attack upon their young nation? When they fought the bully Putin to a standstill with righteous resistance. When they stood up to the tyrant and stoically paid the price in patriots' blood, were we not thrilled at their courage? How do we now turn away? To stand by, mute and cowed, as the men who would be king: Putin, Trump and Musk, huddle in their fortress and decide the fate of nations, shutting out the people they betray? Is this what has become of the cradle of liberty, ...and the home of the brave..? That we slide the hidden dagger in the back of those who were our champions? While our allies in the defeat of Hitler and Stalin witness our betrayal in disbelief... JAmes Taylor

@jamestaylor-com.bsky.social’s self-titled debut album was released in the USA in February, 1969. He was one of the guiding voices of my generation. He generally stays silent on politics, but, he could hold it in no longer.

Thank you, once again, Sweet Baby James.

#StandWithUkraine

Who says this?!
They’re a bunch of playground bullies.

The Trump presidency is a threat to the well being of the American people.

food-borne illnesses are a great way to "make america healthy again"

FAA Employees Say Trump and Musk's Purge Is a 'Threat' to Air Safety Donald Trump and Elon Musk fired hundreds of Federal Aviation Administration employees. The administration argues it won’t affect air safety.

“There are currently four people remaining over there to do the work of 15 people. The danger to the national airspace can’t be understated."

"This is a very real threat to the American flying public.”

EXCLUSIVE ⤵️

A screenshot of an email notifying Spotsylvania parents that funding for a program for youth with disabilities has been canceled

the richest man in the world has decided that your kids don't deserve special education programs

Führerprinzip.

Infant mortality rises in states with abortion bans, study finds Increases in infant mortality have been found in U.S. states that enacted abortion bans or severe restrictions after the Supreme Court overturned the landmark ruling that guaranteed a right to the procedure, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.

after the overturning of roe, black infant mortality has spiked nearly 11% in states with abortion bans:

www.reuters.com/world/us/inf...

The “find out” phase of all these firings is getting more terrifying by the minute.

This is so smart. @petebuttigieg.bsky.social , thoughts ?

And if you see this. A reminder. This is not Twitter. You can engage here and have thoughtful discussions !

We all look forward to reading your thoughts

How much Elon Musk makes from the government a day: $8 million.

How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65

Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?

Sorry, 63 million Medicaid recipients,

Elon Musk needs another rocket and Peter Thiel needs a seventh yacht.

Priorities, amirite?

Ps: Don't get sick.

Be best,

Republicans

Venezuelan Migrant Sent to Guantánamo Bay Is ‘Not a Criminal,’ Family Pleads (Gift Article) Luis Alberto Castillo arrived in the United States so that he could “give everything to his son,” said his sister. Then, while scrolling on TikTok, she found out he was headed to Guantánamo.

We only know this man is in Gitmo because Noem tweeted a propaganda photo that included him and his sister saw it. He has no criminal record. He entered the US in January and immediately made an appointment with CBP to claim asylum. They sent him to a concentration camp bc of his basketball tattoo.

Liz Cheney to JD Vance:

"You don’t get to rage-quit the Republic just because you are losing. That’s tyranny."

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Each year USAID buys 2 billion dollars worth of crops grown by US farmers across the land
American food aid comes from American farmers
Life saving food is rotting on the docks.
Farmers in DC are have lost $340 million in unpaid bills since foreign aid was halted

Gutting USAID threatens billions of dollars for U.S. farms, businesses U.S. businesses that sold goods and services to USAID are in limbo, including American farms dealing in rice, wheat and soybeans.

US farmers sold $2 billion of food to USAID. Not any more.

- US farmers provided 41% of food delivered by USAID
- $340M of purchases/shipments are now paused. Over 680,000 tonnes.
- Food stranded in Houston
- Aid stopped in transit.

The world’s poor starving, food rotting & US farmers screwed.

Trump’s actions are putting the U.S. at serious risk for a terrorist attack, whether biological or otherwise, as MAGA cheers. The danger of something like that happening is almost too horrific to contemplate. Not just the events themselves but the rights that were stripped with the Patriot Act.