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A bad thing is unfolding at NIH this week: It looks like the Trump administration is trying to replace key civil servant scientific leaders, the Institute Directors, with political hires. These directors control the NIH budget, tens of billions.

A bit of a video explainer here: 1/ πŸ§ͺ

13.11.2025 22:31 β€” πŸ‘ 673    πŸ” 432    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 35

And there it is…..

Announcement is made that the U.S. House will be out of session AGAIN next week

Two full months since their most recent vote

07.11.2025 21:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2340    πŸ” 979    πŸ’¬ 217    πŸ“Œ 125

DHS's position is now that if they, the government, take too long to process your work permit renewal application and you have to stop working and lose your job, well, deal with it, that's just the price of security.

Federal Register notice here: public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-19702.pdf

29.10.2025 13:44 β€” πŸ‘ 278    πŸ” 100    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 5
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Another shutdown consequence: Democrats can’t visit ICE detention facilities Democratic lawmakers had been suing the Trump administration over their previous attempts to visit ICE facilities.

NEW: ICE says it no longer has to provide Congress access to detention facilities β€” thanks to the shutdown.

That requirement was part of the appropriations law that expired last month β€” and now operations are funded by Trump’s megabill.

w/ @myahward.bsky.social

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

27.10.2025 21:34 β€” πŸ‘ 711    πŸ” 430    πŸ’¬ 85    πŸ“Œ 49
Want to HEAR something ANNOYING?
YouTube video by PoliticsGirl Want to HEAR something ANNOYING?

Are you kidding me? They want to pay him how much??
act.link/gi-teslm

youtube.com/shorts/CS6mU...

27.10.2025 23:11 β€” πŸ‘ 414    πŸ” 153    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 7
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In a coordinated move, multiple federal agencies joined BlueSky yesterday and turned to trolling the opposition. Our Assessment on Democratic Decline warns of this autocratic practice: attacking the free press and narrowing the space in which factual reporting can safely operate without retaliation.

18.10.2025 11:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2155    πŸ” 892    πŸ’¬ 462    πŸ“Œ 155
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Trump Administration Authorizes Covert C.I.A. Action in Venezuela

BREAKING

β€œThe Trump administration has secretly authorized the C.I.A. to conduct covert action in Venezuela, according to U.S. officials, stepping up a campaign against NicolΓ‘s Maduro, the country’s authoritarian leader.”

Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

15.10.2025 18:04 β€” πŸ‘ 432    πŸ” 193    πŸ’¬ 71    πŸ“Œ 60
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Vought: "We're gonna keep those RIFs rolling throughout this shutdown ... think the Minority Business Development Agency that divvies up business grants on basis of race. Think Environment Justice at EPA ... "

15.10.2025 18:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1027    πŸ” 360    πŸ’¬ 226    πŸ“Œ 91

2028: Trump wins all 50 states and wins big in California.

09.10.2025 22:25 β€” πŸ‘ 298    πŸ” 91    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 4

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

08.10.2025 02:14 β€” πŸ‘ 17412    πŸ” 9439    πŸ’¬ 889    πŸ“Œ 729

This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.

06.10.2025 01:44 β€” πŸ‘ 13536    πŸ” 4312    πŸ’¬ 699    πŸ“Œ 400
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Miller’s apparent elevation to shadow president and his seeming intent to declare an end to the constitutional order would, in any other administration, be treated as a executive branch meltdown that was immensely embarrassing for the president and requiring Miller’s immediate removal

05.10.2025 04:03 β€” πŸ‘ 6958    πŸ” 2096    πŸ’¬ 352    πŸ“Œ 166
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Google is blocking AI searches for Trump and dementia With Biden, AI Mode will provide a summarized answer.

"Google appears to have blocked AI search results for the query 'does trump show signs of dementia' as well as other questions about his mental acuity, even though it will show AI results for similar searches about other presidents."

www.theverge.com/news/789152/...

02.10.2025 15:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1209    πŸ” 575    πŸ’¬ 97    πŸ“Œ 72

Disney has backed down, but there's no evidence that Sinclair or Nexstar have learned their lesson.

If you haven't already done so, check the links in the thread below for stations in your area. Find the advertisers and let them know you're boycotting them until they remove ads from these stations.

22.09.2025 19:44 β€” πŸ‘ 3630    πŸ” 1576    πŸ’¬ 146    πŸ“Œ 49

There is no world in which it is normal for the president to publicly call upon his attorney general to hurry up and prosecute his political foes. It’s like the Watergate tapes but posted on social media. Let’s get a grip on what’s happening here.

21.09.2025 00:56 β€” πŸ‘ 59110    πŸ” 16351    πŸ’¬ 1344    πŸ“Œ 634
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Pause your doomscrolling and listen to this story.

20.09.2025 13:31 β€” πŸ‘ 3639    πŸ” 1255    πŸ’¬ 126    πŸ“Œ 194
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Now Sinclair wants a Kirk tribute during the Kimmel time slot on ABC, and is calling on Kimmel to donate to turning point USA

These are not normal times

18.09.2025 01:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1180    πŸ” 411    πŸ’¬ 244    πŸ“Œ 96

Fox News is just forging ahead tonight as though a card-carrying Democrat gunned down Charlie Kirk. The narrative is impervious to facts.

13.09.2025 01:20 β€” πŸ‘ 11960    πŸ” 2437    πŸ’¬ 612    πŸ“Œ 158

To do this, they used data from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), which CANNOT, under ANY circumstances, be used to ascertain that a vaccine *caused* an adverse event.

VAERS is a passive reporting system whereby anyone can submit a report of an adverse event after a vaccine.

12.09.2025 16:57 β€” πŸ‘ 71    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Postal traffic to U.S. drops over 80% after trade exemption rule ends, U.N. agency says The de minimis rule that allowed small packages worth less than $800 to be exempt from tariffs ended on Aug. 29.

Postal traffic to U.S. drops over 80% after trade exemption rule ends, U.N. agency says

Now they will try and privatize the post office due to their issue they created.

09.09.2025 11:52 β€” πŸ‘ 474    πŸ” 224    πŸ’¬ 30    πŸ“Œ 22
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Under Trump administration, ICE scraps paperwork officers once had to do before immigration arrests For years, officers were required to fill out "homework” before operations. But, one source noted, β€œit’s hard to fill out a worksheet that just says, β€˜Meet in the Home Depot parking lot.’”

This isn’t at all surprising, given that it’s essentially been publicly reported that Stephen Miller ordered ICE to arrest first and ask questions later, but it’s still worth noting. www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

They are not even pretending that they know anything about someone before arrest.

09.09.2025 12:08 β€” πŸ‘ 676    πŸ” 327    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 18
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Epstein Survivors Press Conference
Sept 3rd, 10:30 a.m. ET
Tune in to support them.

02.09.2025 15:10 β€” πŸ‘ 18074    πŸ” 7178    πŸ’¬ 381    πŸ“Œ 337
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ICE Gives No-Bid SUV Contract to Republican Donor with a History of Fraud The $2.25M award for ICE recruitment vehicles seemed to go around normal contracting procedures.

"ICE Gives No-Bid SUV Contract to Republican Donor with a History of Fraud"

The $2.25M award for ICE recruitment vehicles seemed to go around normal contracting procedures.

Read Jason Paladino's latest scoop for Zeteo:

27.08.2025 12:29 β€” πŸ‘ 994    πŸ” 409    πŸ’¬ 80    πŸ“Œ 35

note how Trump on a daily basis is trying to normalize the idea that he's a dictator

26.08.2025 16:44 β€” πŸ‘ 6931    πŸ” 2188    πŸ’¬ 651    πŸ“Œ 164
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A TJRS Deep Dive: Texas' EVEN MORE RACIST maps Just when you thought it couldn't get grimier, Texas Republicans lower the bar

TJRS Update: If you thought the FIRST Texas Republican racist gerrymander maps were bad… wait til you see the new ones! www.joyannreid.com/p/a-tjrs-dee...

20.08.2025 15:23 β€” πŸ‘ 411    πŸ” 159    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 7
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TEXAS HOUSE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
AUG 14, 2025
CHICAGO - Texas House Democrats announced today that they will only return to Texas once two critical conditions are met: the Legislature's adjournment sine die on Friday; and the introduction of California's redistricting maps that would neutralize the Trump-Abbott voter suppression effort.
Under the advice of legal counsel, Democrats must return to Texas to build a strong public legislative record for the upcoming legal battle against a map that violates both the current Voting Rights Act and the Constitution.
"Trump thought he could easily get his way in Texas with compliant Republicans, but Democrats fought back ferociously and took the fight to Trump across America. We will return to the House floor and to the courthouse with a clear message: the fight to protect voting rights has only just begun.

XHDC TEXAS HOUSE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AUG 14, 2025 CHICAGO - Texas House Democrats announced today that they will only return to Texas once two critical conditions are met: the Legislature's adjournment sine die on Friday; and the introduction of California's redistricting maps that would neutralize the Trump-Abbott voter suppression effort. Under the advice of legal counsel, Democrats must return to Texas to build a strong public legislative record for the upcoming legal battle against a map that violates both the current Voting Rights Act and the Constitution. "Trump thought he could easily get his way in Texas with compliant Republicans, but Democrats fought back ferociously and took the fight to Trump across America. We will return to the House floor and to the courthouse with a clear message: the fight to protect voting rights has only just begun.

Texas House Democrats signal they could return to the state soon, provided that β€œtwo critical conditions are met”

14.08.2025 19:28 β€” πŸ‘ 260    πŸ” 84    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 3
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🚨 Trump's new BLS nominee E.J. Antoni suggests pausing the monthly jobs report: Until it is corrected, the BLS should suspend issuing the monthly job reports but keep publishing the more accurate, though less timely, quarterly data

12.08.2025 16:24 β€” πŸ‘ 802    πŸ” 242    πŸ’¬ 290    πŸ“Œ 100

Read more: www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

12.08.2025 16:08 β€” πŸ‘ 64    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0
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BREAKING: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announces that he’s taking action to hold former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D) in contempt for continuing to support quorum-breaking Democrats, declaring β€œit’s time to lock [Beto] up.”

12.08.2025 16:08 β€” πŸ‘ 433    πŸ” 175    πŸ’¬ 110    πŸ“Œ 75
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Pentagon plan would create military β€˜reaction force’ for civil unrest Documents reviewed by The Post detail a prospective National Guard mission that, if adopted, would require hundreds of troops to be ready around-the-clock.

The proposal...represents another potential expansion of President Donald Trump’s willingness to employ the armed forces on American soil. It relies on a section of U.S. Code that allows the commander in chief to circumvent limitations on the military’s use within the United States.

12.08.2025 16:14 β€” πŸ‘ 863    πŸ” 391    πŸ’¬ 82    πŸ“Œ 37

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