My take today on Jeff Bezos since I met him at his struggling start up in the 1990s in Seattle: Twice the muscles, half the man.

Uh-oh. This is foreboding

Opinion | What’s Happening Is Not Normal. America Needs an Uprising That Is Not Normal. It will take a concerted effort by every sector of our society to respond to Trumpism’s threat.

David Brooks: It’s time for a comprehensive national civic uprising. It’s time for Americans in universities, law, business, nonprofits & the scientific community, civil servants &beyond to form one coordinated mass movement. -

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This was a very revealing, calculated meeting designed to characterize Zelensky/Ukraine as "deserving" of the "punishment" of an unfair deal that Trump/Vance are angling to give Putin.

Let's unpack.....

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Off topic but In many ways sounds like how retail workers are treated every week

Deal!

Every time Trump is elected God sends a plague.

NIH ban on renewing senior scientists adds to assaults on its in-house research Policy follows firings of tenure-track scientists and suspension of training programs

I have worked with many untenured staff scientists & PIs at NIH. They are incredible colleagues who chose science in public service over more lucrative careers. Devaluing their commitment & professionalism is among the most cruel aspects of the DOGE purge

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I’m sorry but this isn’t getting enough attention.

When RFK Jr. was asked about a young child who died of measles in Texas, he responded “It's not unusual. We have measles outbreaks all the time.”

This is the first Measles death in the US in 10 years.

The Department of Ed has a form to snitch on DEI policies in schools.

I’d be a shame if we broke it with thousands of responses… enddei.ed.gov

As people are trying to understand how courts enforce their orders, this DOJ Org Chart may come in handy. The courts don’t have their own enforcement agency. The US Marshal’s Service is part of DOJ.

NIH doesn’t just support infectious disease research—it drives breakthroughs in cancer, childhood diseases, heart disease, diabetes & more.

Thanks to NIH, we have:
💉 Cancer immunotherapy
❤️ Cholesterol-lowering statins
🩸 Insulin for diabetes

Investing in NIH = investing in life-saving discoveries.

I love this. This should be the symbol of the new rebel coalition.

C.I.A. Sends White House an Unclassified Email With Names of Some Employees (Gift Article) The list of partial names was provided in an effort to comply with an executive order to trim the federal work force.

C.I.A. Sends White House an Unclassified Email With Names of Some Employees www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/u...

CDC datasets uploaded before January 28th, 2025 : Centers for Disease Control and Prevention : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive An archive of all CDC datasets uploaded to https://data.cdc.gov/browse before January 28th, 2025. Excludes corrupt datasets and data not publicly accessible.

Thank you to the anonymous data hero who archived critical public health data sets before they were removed/altered from the public. Medical researchers, public health professionals and scientists rely on data. Share widely #medsky #pubhealthsky

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I do not recall a 24 hour or one week news cycle with more disturbing news about the state of the presidency and the US government in it than those of today and the past seven days. January 6 was nothing compared to this. But make no mistake, this too is the gov't being torn apart by a mob of thugs.

I know very little about it but it seems to me that in the coming days The Supreme Court Justices are going to have to decide whether they are custodians of the constitution or accessories after the fact.

On 7 April 1933, the German government issued the Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service, which excluded Jews and other political opponents of the Nazis from all civil service positions. One provision aimed to remove personnel deemed unreliable due to their political beliefs.

it's hard to read the chart in the screenshot but what this moron is actually complaining about isn't "DEI" staff, it's special education teachers. these ghouls are coming for people with disabilities and they aren't even shy about it.

Really love this cartoon from the great Michael De Adder. The outpouring of support coming in has been truly amazing! Thanks everybody!

Embrace the change, letting go of what no longer serves you, and stepping into new adventures with courage and hope. The past has shaped you, but the future is yours to create

💙🩵💙🩵💙🩵

The Senate should reject Russell Vought’s nomination to be Director at OMB - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington Russell Vought should not be confirmed as Director at OMB since he was a central figure in attempting to implement Schedule F.

Trump team is sabotaging our government. OMB nominee Russell Vought has said he wants to put career civil servants “in trauma,” so that when “they wake up in the morning, we want them to not want to go to work because they are increasingly viewed as the villains.” Why? Privatize and monetize!

Jim Acosta announces on air that he's leaving CNN and says, "it is never a good time to bow down to a tyrant ... don't give in to the lies."

It rained, dummy

Trump is calling for ethnic cleansing—“clean out that whole thing” was his phrase!—but the NYT manages to make him sound like a humanitarian.

Thank you to Josh Allen and the entire Buffalo Bills team for the season. A couple of calls could've gone the other way in the AFC Championship game, but they also missed a couple needed plays. In the end, they overcame low expectations and gave us all something to hope for. Thank you.
#BillsMafia

Photos: Fans welcome Buffalo Bills home from Kansas City Buffalo Bills fans showed up to the Buffalo airport to welcome home players and coaches and thank the team for a good season.

Buffalo Bills fans showed up to the Buffalo airport to welcome home players and coaches and thank the team for a good season.