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Gross. I hope Texans start to see through this…

OPM has stated that a response is not necessary. However, if a response were required, here is their plan: Musk-directed emails to government employees, requesting details on their work over the past week, are expected to be fed into an AI system to assess job necessity.

Why should you care about an indirect cost? In my prior life, I was an assistant professor at the University of Texas, leading a research lab focused on a single mission: breaking the cycle of violence using infectious disease modeling. This so...

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I hope people will be able yo watch this here it is about rural farmers being impacted by Trump and how it will affect our food supply www.facebook.com/share/v/1Xwe...

2/8 Dismantling CFPB(Consumer Financial Protect Bureau), the agency that protects us from price gouging, fees, & big corporations committing fraud against us. From Project 2025, Vought has taken over as director of the CFPB, Doge removed Twitter, & website is no longer up. Call your reps & Vought!

Trump administration evicts former Coast Guard leader from her house with 3 hours notice — NBC News Trump fired Linda Fagan, the first female Coast Guard commandant, on his second day in office. A Trump official told her she had three hours to leave her house on Tuesday.

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The Department of Education is Ending its Civil Rights Investigations Related to Book Bans Here's what you need to know.

“But the good news is that, in Texas at least, we’re used to operating in a bad situation. We’re tough. And we know our task, which isn’t just fighting these battles but also recording and publicizing their effects.” franklinstrong.substack.com/p/the-depart...

The United States Military Academy has just eliminated all Cadet clubs and activities for POC. Most of these have existed for decades like the Society of Black Engineers. All of the religious ones remain. This isn’t DEI. It’s white Christian Nationalism. (Thank you Lesa for sharing this.)

Beautiful!

The rats are coming out of the woodwork. I still remember a time that public comments like these would ruin careers. I never thought I’d see the day we’d be going so far backwards.

Your new State Department Undersecretary for Diplomacy & Public Affairs

This is a crisis response app. If a diplomat is in danger, for any reason, this sends their whereabouts to diplomatic security in country and DC

If you have a suggestion for me, I’d love it. All the ones I posted are ones I’ve read and would recommend.

This one is about an historical figure who we see his name around but his story is not as famous.

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Despite everything going on politically, I hope to support everyone around me. With this being black history month, it might be a good time to add a book by a black author to your list or read a book about a black historical figure. Feel free to comment suggestions here.

Me too. I’ll start my photos here, but with my pinched nerve it might be a bit. 💞

Tell your US Representative and US Senator to Stop Elon Tell your US Representative and US Senator to Stop Elon's overreach into American citizens' data!

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