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Team Maryland will keep working for you.

We won't back up, and we won't back down.

Breaking: HHS, Commerce, Probably Other Agencies Send Entire Staff Email Blaming Democrats for Shutdown Please forgive the multiple editions in one day — occasionally I'll send breaking news out such as this. On Tuesday afternoon, employees at the Department for Health and Human Services and the Depart...

My guess is this was coordinated across the entire executive branch, like a Hands Across the Hatch Act Violation event or something

I feel like I'm drowning

Today, my NIH colleagues and I did something scary but really important. We spoke up about egregious harms we are seeing happen to research participants and public health through thoughtless and politicized policies at NIH. 🧵1/3

apnews.com/article/nih-...

Bethesda Declaration — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE Support NIH Staff Now!

There is a second support letter that the public can sign.

You can help advance medical
cures in the US, and defend against Trump’s tyrannical attacks on the country, by signing it. Please do. We hope for your support.
And please share with your family and friends!

‘Unrecognizable and highly toxic’: NIH staffers speak out ahead of Senate hearing on budget cuts - The Boston Globe More than 300 staffers signed a letter to the NIH director urging him to stop politically motivated cuts to research grants.

“I feel like I’ve reached my personal limit for the duck and cover approach,” she said. “I just don’t think we’re able to effectively uphold the science anymore.”

I totally agree. Night museum would be great

I have a coalition of Canadians who I don't even know trying to find replacement fishes for Sassy's favorite toy from PetValu since they closed all US shops. The Internet is sometimes wonderful 😭 crossing our fingers (paws?)

Stay strong, hold the line

Rather than magick on a national level, my guidance has been to focus on the soul of the land of our towns, states and regions, with the intention of cleansing, protection and blessing amid chaos. State birds, flowers, and minerals can be helpful allies to call on.

They're coming for smut.

OK bill SB593 makes open door romance (where smex scenes are described) a FELONY & punishable by 10 years in prison or $100k fine PER BOOK. Will also affect narrators, performances, book sellers, etc.

This is a test case bill. If it passes here, they'll push it elsewhere.

I had a cookie

I've been asking for days with no answer

We are not allowed to run for office if we are federal employees. We'd have to quit our jobs. I despise the fact that the people who most know how govt works can't run.

Approximately 20 members of Elon Musk’s staff have begun working within the Education Department. They have gained access to multiple sensitive internal systems, including a financial aid dataset containing the personal information of millions of students enrolled in the federal student aid program.

There's also a lot of us civil servants who aren't "the bad guys".

Did someone else happen?

How does one join?

Elon Musk staff has been caught installing hard drives inside the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the Treasury Department, and the General Services Administration (GSA).

This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942.

I know. I was there in those camps.

I also have never had buttered noodles and that sounds awful

The face of somebody who is driving me up a wall. He's lucky it's a cute face

Irene IS the shit

FAA says a military helicopter collided with the American Airlines passenger jet from Wichita near DCA.

There must be immediate hearings on how the federal government/Department of Defense allowed this to happen and if removal of safety protocols and recent personnel changes led to this incident.

If not Project 2025, why Project 2025 shaped…

cute funny cat meme art

I'm still working on the tarot cards! I'll probably take a break every few cards to draw something unrelated, like this. 

Orion the black cat. She likes the fire. 🔥

Artwork made with Procreate.

#blackcats #meme #illustrator

I woke up with "we rise, we rise, we resist" in my head

I'm tired