I keep saying this... both operationally and in research, the situation is still much worse than most people seem to realize or want to accept.

This also destroy the research and innovation engine that powers our economy, health, national security, national competitiveness, well-being, and overall future. A dangerous and shameful act.

Trump on his faith advisers: "They work right out of the White House. That's never been done before. No other president allowed that. They say 'separation between church and state.' I said, alright, let's forget about that for one time."

At a Dubai Conference, Trump’s Conflicts Take Center Stage (Gift Article) A deal for a state-backed Emirati firm to use a Trump-affiliated digital coin was announced in a panel that included the president’s son and his business partner, who promised, “This is only the begin...

This is the least talked about yet most corrupt activity we’re seeing.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/u...

Chris Krebs kicked off CBP’s Global Entry program | CNN Politics Chris Krebs’, President Donald Trump’s former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, membership in Global Entry has been revoked. Krebs, who has repeatedly attested to the s...

New- Chris Krebs’ “membership in Global Entry has been revoked. Krebs, who has repeatedly attested to the security of the 2020 election, told CNN he finds it hard to believe this isn’t another act of retribution…”
@jaketapper.bsky.social

www.cnn.com/2025/04/30/p...

Tim Naftali's tweet on the termination of the HAC members without cause.

Unhappy to confirm that the entire Historical Advisory Committee at the State Department received termination notices this afternoon (myself included). The HAC, set up by Congress, oversees the office that produces the FRUS series. history.state.gov/about/hac/in... 1/

"Our parent company, Paramount, is trying to complete a merger. The Trump administration must approve it. Paramount began to supervise our content in new ways"

The Secretary of the Navy, John Phelan, went to pay his respects to the servicemembers and civilians lost in Pearl Harbor on “June 7th, 1941.”

It looks good, except Pearl Harbor happened on December 7th.

It seems Mr. Phelan skipped that part of history class.

Only the best people, right?

The mainstream press viewpoint is that no one mainstream is racist, and therefore, as ideas approach the mainstream, they become less racist

State tells employees to report on one another for ‘anti-Christian bias’ “It’s very ‘Handmaid’s Tale’-esque,” one official said.

“The Trump administration has ordered State Department employees to report on any instances of coworkers displaying ‘anti-Christian bias’ as part of its effort to implement a sweeping new order on supporting employees of Christian faith.”

This is naked corruption that uses federal policy to pour money into the pockets of the President's largest campaign donor. Forcing the nation's 70-some million Social Security recipients to sign up for the website owned by a Nazi saluting billionaire is outrageous.

Trump Unveils Disgusting New Plan to Force Immigrants to Leave Donald Trump’s latest plan to kick immigrants out of the country is unbelievably cruel.

Trump’s administration has falsely declared more than 6,300 immigrants dead—adding the names and ss numbers of thousands of living, breathing people to the Social Security Administration’s Death Master File.

They will no longer be able to access their bank accounts or use their credit cards.

I just learned that the entire press team at the FDA was fired last week. The *entire* press team.

It's difficult to grasp how bizarre this is.

To wrap my brain around the idea, I made a list of things the FDA is responsible for, and that reporters now have no one at the agency to ask about... 🧪🛟

Wow!! I feel SO much better!!

If you don't want to see this horrible garbage happen in every future high-stakes election, make sure it demonstrably fails in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race by helping elect Susan Crawford

Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House.

We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.

They own what happens next.

“Purge of journalists” underway at Voice of America, I’m told. Ukrainian correspondent Ostap Yarysh already impacted.

Donald Trump’s America is commercial flights being delayed so Musk can fail at rockets.

This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.

This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.

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