Kiki Noir

Text at top: Care By Any Other Name - Medicaid in the States List of Medicaid Program names by state Source: Healthcare.gov

Thinking about how many people in the US don't realize they depend on Medicaid because it may be called something else in their state.

#ProtectMedicaid! Call your Senators and tell them to vote NO!

Chart from @caringacross.org

The media is not covering the protests against oligarchy that are occurring nationwide.

Portland, Oregon - 3/8/2025 at noon ✊

Am I the only one that's been hearing Pink Floyd's The Wall playing in the background of their mind since the election?

I’d like to announce my forthcoming US history book, covering a decisive but tumultuous era in that country’s history, titled “The trade policies of the United States: 10:30 am to 1:30 pm on Friday, March 7, 2025” It will be 400 pages.

‘A disruptive effect’: How slashing staff at the Social Security Administration is sparking fears the system could collapse | CNN Politics Millions of Americans could soon feel the impact of the deep staffing cuts being planned at the Social Security Administration, which is undergoing a massive reorganization that the acting commissione...

‘A disruptive effect’: How slashing staff at the Social Security Administration is sparking fears the system could collapse

www.cnn.com/2025/03/08/p...

Erich Fromm, The Heart of Man (1964)

SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft explodes midflight for a second time, disrupting Florida air traffic | CNN SpaceX pulled off the rocket booster catch maneuver during its eighth test flight but the Starship spacecraft exploded over the Caribbean, according to reports from residents.

Perfect metaphor for what he's doing to the country too. amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/03/...

Social Security Workers Aren’t Allowed to Read This Story New internet restrictions at the embattled SSA have cut off access to WIRED, along with other “general news” websites like The Washington Post and The New York Times.

And guess what? Social security workers aren't allowed to read this story :(

Why? New internet restrictions at the embattled SSA have cut off access to WIRED, along with other “general news” websites like The Washington Post and The New York Times.

Donald Trump Has Already Spent $10.7 Million Of Taxpayer Money Playing Golf Somehow, the expense has flown under the radar of the waste, fraud and abuse experts at DOGE.

www.yahoo.com/news/donald-...

‘Time for It to Die’: The Chaotic Killing Off of the Government Don’t count on the courts to stop it.

"Half the government could be gone, and the half that’s left could be unrecognizable, before most people know it and anyone can do anything about it." A little help over here? New from @jilldlawrence.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/time-for-i...

'Concerned about our democracy': Protesters rally in Northeast Portland against federal mass layoffs, firings From the Bonneville Power Administration to the National Forest Service, federal cuts are impacting Oregonians.

www.kgw.com/article/news...

Federal properties in Oregon, Washington slated to be sold off by Trump administration Over 400 federal properties, including in Oregon and Washington, could be sold after the Trump administration deemed them as "not core to government operations."

www.kgw.com/article/news...

Elon Musk Spreads Falsehoods About Social Security, Including Calling It a “Ponzi Scheme” Musk pushed the repeatedly debunked claim that Social Security was making payments to “dead people.”…

truthout.org/articles/elo...

American Medical Association (AMA) The American Medical Association (AMA) is the largest and only national association that convenes 190+ state and specialty medical societies and other critical stakeholders. Our mission is to promote ...

Since the CDC is no longer allowed to give health updates you might follow the AMA on YouTube youtube.com/@americanmed...

Oregon Trail reference. You are dead because you listened to RFK.

Best Oregon Trail reference ever.

The List of Trump's Forbidden Words That Will Get Your Paper Flagged at NSF It's fascism, plain and simple.

gizmodo.com/the-list-of-...

Words that can lose you your funding...

You might not see it in the mainstream media, but over 10,000 people protested today at Tesla showrooms across the country, another 10,000+ rallied in support of national parks, and more than 1,000 gathered in Vermont to protest Vance’s visit.

I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.

18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.

We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org

Education Policy Reforms Are Key Strategies for Increasing the Married Birth Rate The fertility rate in the United States has dropped to 1.6,

Keep women uneducated and making babies. The Heritage Foundation has had a very big hand in project 2025. When you know about that it's easier to understand why they are giddy to cut federal funding for education and birth control. www.heritage.org/education/re...

Stop Project 2025 Comic Trump's Project 2025 is a detailed plan to shut you up, and shut you out. Don’t let it do either. Read on, then vote.

stopproject2025comic.org

They lived through Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover. Now, they have advice for federal government employees | CNN Business As Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency associates barrel through the federal government, former Twitter (now X) employees have seen this all before.

They lived through Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover. Now, they have advice for federal government employees

www.cnn.com/2025/02/05/t...

We are remembering civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks. ❤️As we celebrate what would have been her 112th birthday, let's reflect on some of her most inspiring moments.

🔗: people.com/politics/ros...

list of banned keywords

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

BREAKING: David Hogg, a survivor of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting just been elected Vice Chair of the DNC.

CONGRATS!

Judges in Jan. 6 cases and watchdog groups recoil at Justice Department's deletion of records The DOJ's decision to delete Jan. 6 case summaries and related webpages has also drawn the ire of one of the rioters.

www.cbsnews.com/news/jan-6-j...

US Government Websites Are Disappearing in Real Time A growing number of US government websites have gone offline as of Saturday, including several related to USAID and others focused on youth programs, Africa, and more.

www.wired.com/story/us-gov...

The universe speaks in mysterious ways.

CDC Purging Its Website After Trump Orders Agency removed certain pages related to gender issues, HIV, and that said 'pregnant people'

www.medpagetoday.com/publichealth...