NS Wainwright

And this one

Also called Dream of the Red Chamber

Book that made an enormous impression on me

What is the department of defense EVEN DOING BANNING BOOKS? I’m so sorry.

Judge orders Trump administration to temporarily reinstate foreign aid funding President Donald Trump last month signed an executive order that issued a blanket pause on U.S. foreign aid.

BREAKING: A judge has ordered the Trump administration to temporarily allow the disbursement of foreign aid.

YouTube video by Russian Media Monitor Evgeny Popov says Trump is doing Russia's job

Meanwhile in Russia: state TV host Evgeny Popov says that Trump is doing Moscow's job by ripping apart the Western world — whipsawing right through it, the way Russia always wanted to. Popov says that it's truly amazing.
youtu.be/JG29upm5HPE

Senate Democrats Demand Clarity About Musk’s Efforts at Education Dept. In a letter released on Thursday, a coalition of 16 Democrats asked the department to explain what data associates of Elon Musk’s had scraped from the agency’s servers.

Millions of families rely on the Department of Education to help them achieve the American Dream. They need answers about whether an unelected billionaire now has access to some of their most sensitive personal information. I’m going to stay on this.

Executive wants to frame the NIH indirects cut as $4B in savings.

But given that NIH returns $2.5 on every $1 investment, this would actually cost US economy a net $6 BILLION (per year!). Not to mention the human costs of wrecking education and research sectors and the communities they serve.

Holy shit this cartoon.

I really don’t want any of our money to pay for ethnic cleansing so two shite businessmen can put up a resort Hotel Gaza.

How abt: calculate our federal taxes, send the amount to our state governments (if not toadying) w instructions: “please use to keep health care programs, schools, nursing homes, Medicare, Medicaid, etc. going; if the Federal Government starts to do its job, send remainder of funds to it.”

For a guy who holds citizenship in three different countries he’s pretty f’ing mouthy and judgemental. I guess because HE’s got two other places to go without having to beg for asylum if things don’t work out here.

FBI agents, prosecutors fear retribution from Jan. 6 rioters pardoned by Trump Officials involved in Jan. 6 prosecutions say the Trump administration isn't protecting them from threats. "We don't think they'll care — unless and until one of us gets killed," an official told NPR.

Officials involved in Jan. 6 prosecutions say the Trump administration isn't protecting them from threats. "We don't think they'll care — unless and until one of us gets killed," an official told NPR.

Public Service: The Backbone of American Democracy An email recently sent to federal employees by Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was not only tone-deaf but emblematic of a profound misunderstanding of public service. T…

Public service is not a “lower productivity” endeavor. It is the foundation of our democracy, and its value is incalculable.

#holdtheline #forkoff

Yep. Probably a bad sign when the FBI Director nominee repeatedly takes the 5th

New lawsuit: The AFL-CIO is asking a federal judge to block unelected billionaire Elon Musk's DOGE from accessing Department of Labor systems, which the union warns could give Musk sensitive information about investigations into his companies.

That is an f—-ing powerful statement of a quilt. It’s fascinating —without the bluntly evocative title, I don’t know if I’d have understood. Or to amend that, how long it would have taken me to get there.

5:30 am in Seattle

Amen.

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