J. A. Curtis

"They'll never cut Social Security" is the new "they'll never overturn Roe v Wade."

Dream promotion ends with a DOGE layoff for Baltimore federal worker Democrats are inviting laid-off federal workers like Katie Stahl to the Capitol on Tuesday to call attention to what they say have been indiscriminate job cuts.

“She was on probationary status only because she was promoted. So she was doing everything right.” “It’s important for President Trump and members of Congress to see people like Katie, who aren’t just faceless individuals.”

She hoped Trump’s victory would change her life, but not like this Ryleigh Cooper is normally more focused on motherhood than politics. Then came DOGE.

I find it very hard to empathize or sympathize with this woman. You voted based on your own desire for free IVF, in a country where there are nearly 400,000 children in foster care. And despite knowing the man for whom you voted is a vile misogynist.

I feel such genuine fear for our futures.

May the lord open

Why the Left Should Embrace Pronatalism If concerns about population decline are sometimes overstated, the effects of an aging society are genuinely troubling from a prosocial point of view.

@dinkypod.bsky.social
Oh, barf. Also, having reasonable policies for people who choose to have children shouldn’t be called “pro-natalist.” That’s just basic human decency and respect for living beings.

Chinese tariffs to take effect, ratcheting up trade war with U.S. Chinese tariffs on U.S. products including LNG, coal and agricultural equipment are set to be imposed Monday, in response to Trump’s 10 percent blanket levy.

“The new levies[…]will disproportionately damage employment opportunities in counties which voted for Trump, according to Brookings Institution research, with around two-thirds of all jobs in industries affected by the tariffs in Trump-voting areas of states like Indiana, Michigan and Texas.”

In Maryland—

NIH AWARDS FUNDING:
$2.74 B

JOBS SUPPORTED:
23,225

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY SUPPORTED:
$5.7 B

Trump and Musk Are Destroying the Basics of a Healthy Democracy An apolitical bureaucracy run by public servants who respect the law is one of the greatest achievements a society can attain—and these two men have no respect for it.

Donald Trump’s "contempt for government employees is not driven by some sort of noble, reformist instinct: He distrusts public service because he does not understand it," Tom Nichols writes.

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Make it make sense 🙃

The ‘Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly’ of the United States Government Elon Musk’s bureaucratic coup is under way.

“The end game for Musk seems to be just as it was with Twitter: seize a polarized, inefficient institution; fuse his identity with it; and then use it to punish his enemies and reward his friends. DOGE is a moon-shot program to turn the government into Musk’s personal political weapon.”

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Trump’s Campaign to Dismantle the Government The president is pursuing the long-standing conservative goal of neutralizing the federal bureaucracy.

“What’s destroyed in a flash of ideological fervor, at the behest of a president who abhors dissent, can’t be so easily replaced, if at all.”

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New best friend, Shadow the farm cat.

Delightful company @ Slate Farm Brewery.

God I hope I look like Kim Gordon at 71 when I am 71, or even 41. #fireaid #kimgordon

There is no equity here. It’s breaking me of all hope.

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It’s all so depressing

Column | Jordan Poole might be the NBA’s biggest cat guy. Fur real. In the hidden world of NBA cat lovers, the Wizards’ Jordan Poole stands apart.

Palate cleanser in a world of 💩

Absolutely not!

Look at those child poverty rates. Social mobility in US and Italy are very similarly stagnant, with some of the worst scores among industrialized economies, and it shows

That sounds like hell to me. Checks out.

But which one?! I’m thinking Karamel Sutra. Which has the added sexy insinuation :: wink wink nudge nudge::