Amy Atchison

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If you don’t want to open the news article, here’s the link to the notice

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The Trump Administration Is Trying to Revoke the ‘Roadless Rule.’ The Public Won’t Have Much Time to Weigh In — Inside Climate News The rule protecting remote wilderness areas received 1.6 million public comments when it was developed. People will have just 14 business days to comment on a key part of its rescission.

Y’all know what to do.

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AARP has historically had considerable political influence (relative, of course) in the US context. Do advocacy orgs for older adults have similar pull elsewhere? Age UK? BAGSO in Germany? National Seniors Australia?

Screenshot of the article that reads: It’s not just children. In addition to bolstering underfunded K-12 schools and protecting the rights of kids with disabilities, the department also manages the federal financial aid process for college students. “I am not certain whether or not students will be able to get financial aid next year,” Dominique Baker, a professor of education and public policy at the University of Delaware, told Vox.

Screenshot of the article that reads: While students and families are the most directly impacted by changes at the Education Department, those changes have also inspired a broader concern. Some of the programs terminated by DOGE are congressionally mandated, and if the president or Musk can simply stop them, “that means that Congress no longer actually functions,” Baker said. “There are no longer checks and balances for the executive branch,” Baker said. “A significant part of this goes beyond education and speaks to a constitutional crisis that shapes the future of our country.”

Here Vox's explainer for just what is going on at the Department of Education which includes me saying I don't have faith in financial aid disbursement next year and, oh yea, I think we're in a constitutional crisis

www.vox.com/policy/40233...

Screenshot of a tweet from October 2022 by @Arial_Comedy. “Tomatoes are the most patriotic plant. Because botanically, tomatoes are a fruit. But according to an 1893 Supreme Court ruling, they’re a vegetable. And there’s nothing more American than a court ruling that disagrees with science.

I googled so you don’t have to: Nix v. Hedden. (A tariff case.)

Promise of Victory Over H.I.V. Fades as U.S. Withdraws Support

A recent Lancet article calls PEPFAR “one of the most successful global health initiatives ever undertaken.” It had to be a huge success to have ANY hope of redressing the many injustices done to the Global South wrt HIV/AIDS. And now PEPFAR is being abandoned b/c of racism & xenophobia.

Promise of Victory Over H.I.V. Fades as U.S. Withdraws Support

A recent Lancet article calls PEPFAR “one of the most successful global health initiatives ever undertaken.” It had to be a huge success to have ANY hope of redressing the many injustices done to the Global South wrt HIV/AIDS. And now PEPFAR is being abandoned b/c of racism & xenophobia.

Mine would be most loyal fan (singular), except Maisie doesn’t have thumbs & can’t read.

Folks look at you like you’re crazy when you say we’re in the midst of the worst, most unprecedented constitutional crisis in 🇺🇸 history, & then, well, here it is, all in one post:

This is Faye. She wanted to bring a little sunshine into your life. Heard it can help with the happiness. 14/10 thank you so much Faye

Happy Loving Day!

Guard Soldiers Deployed in Trump's LA Crackdown Aren't Getting Paid Yet According to more than a dozen Guardsmen across four units who spoke to Military.com, none has received formal activation orders, the critical paperwork that not only authorizes their duty status, but...

The Guard doesn’t have official activation orders yet, so no official duty status (or pay). I don’t know if that matters, but I hope absence of orders + court ruling would give enough cover to their TAG to tip his reaction in California’s favor.
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This is a lie. We all saw the video. The Senator clearly identified himself, and he did not "lunge" toward anyone.
 
If these miserable propagandists will lie to you about roughing up a U.S. Senator in a room full of reporters, what won't they lie to you about?

Rest. Your brain needs it.

Trump can abolish national monuments, US Justice Department says — Reuters President Donald Trump has the power to abolish two national monuments in California established by his Democratic predecessor Joe Biden, as well as any others created by past presidents, according to...

Amidst the many other assaults on democracy & decency:
“White House spokesperson Harrison Fields in a statement cited the need to "*liberate our federal lands and waters to oil, gas, coal, geothermal, and mineral leasing.*" apple.news/AYbwyG7AZRyi...

May his memory bring you comfort.

I really have GOT to stop thinking they can’t go lower. They always can and always will.

I have to admit that I did not have “The Defense Department under a Republican administration resurrects Socialist Realism three decades after the USSR’s collapse” on my bingo card.

a close up of a woman 's face with a blue background that says cause ALT: a close up of a woman 's face with a blue background that says cause

This look is what immediately came to mind for me.

With apologies to Willem Dafoe, but… i.pinimg.com/736x/d8/b0/4...

Cartoon potato with caption “life is flabbering the gast out of me on an hourly basis.” From the TruthPotato account on Instagram. Underneath, it says “I don’t have any gasts left to flabber.”

I also have no gasts left to flabber.**
**I have tempted fate & in response, the administration will do something so horrific that I will be forced to summon a gast to flabber.

Corey Booker: “IF AMERICA
HASN'T BROKEN YOUR HEART, THEN YOU DON'T LOVE HER ENOUGH." 💙🥹

@booker.senate.gov dismantles a Confederate monument.

And, to be clear, it's almost certainly happening *because* the base has been screaming for action from elected Democrats.

This isn't "relax, they've got this." This is "keep yelling, it's working."