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Trump rescinds executive order after law firm agrees to provide $40m in free services US president reverses threat to suspend security clearances and cancel federal contracts after meeting with chair of Paul, Weiss

This is freakishly wrong. Extortion, corruption, submission. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

It is a sad day for the legal industry. Paul Weiss, didn't just bend a knee, it set a new standard for shameful capitulation. This is a stain on the firm, every one of its partners, and the entire legal profession.

I could look at examples like this all day. We need inspiration to remind us that better cities are possible, and can be achieved with concerted effort.

This video on the development of cycling and pedestrian infrastructure in the Netherlands is similarly inspiring: youtu.be/SYHz93HXJFQ?...

Here’s a map of the NIH funding hit.

In an effort to purge ‘wokeness’ from science, Ted Cruz identified over $2 billion in federally funded research grants that supposedly promote “left-wing ideological crusades” or “neo-Marxist perspectives.” So, I mapped about it. Check it out here:

griggkyl.github.io/FinalProject/

society erred when we removed the computer from its honored place in the home and ushered it into every part of our profane world. we must rebuild the temple of the Computer Room

Why am I always talking about sewers and toilets? Because doing sewage and sanitation well is unglamorous, unsung hero work that is one of the foundations of a healthy society. @caltrain.com has wheelchair accessible toilets on board new trains and now has clean, well functioning platform toilets!

“While the impact radius of the Trump Administration’s path of destruction is almost certainly going to be wide-ranging, Graham Street looks to be an early warning sign.”

Flatly illegal.

If he wants to delete a federal agency, he needs to sign a bill passed by Congress into law.

Consider why he's not doing that here, and in so many other illegal actions since inauguration day.

#DEI 'Army Deletes Medgar Evers, Black Soldiers Section Name From Arlington National Cemetery Website'

The Army has deleted a segment honoring Black soldiers from the Arlington National Cemetery website, including Medgar Evers among others.

#Thisiswhywefight #Bluecrew #Resistance #Resist

This is incredibly scary. It’s horrifying to see just how much fascism our supposed opposition leaders are prepared to accommodate.

a woman in a suit stands at a podium with the words do not come above her ALT: a woman in a suit stands at a podium with the words do not come above her

To all foreign visitors:

Article Headline that reads "French scientist denied US entry after officers find phone messages criticizing Trump" Sub heading France's research minister said the scientist was traveling to Houston for a conference when his phone was searched

If you have to go to the US, take a burner phone and do not load social media apps.

If you have to go to the US, consider just not fucking going, it is not safe.

All hail the god king.

Listen to me, Democrats everywhere, you have got to be saying this kind of shit right now all the time like she has been. The literal least you can do. At least pretend like you have a fucking spine.

Benjamin Netanyahu @netanyahu In America and in Israel, when a strong right wing leader wins an election, the leftist Deep State weaponizes the justice system to thwart the people's will. They won't win in either place! We stand strong together. 1:59 PM • 3/19/25 • 632K Views Elon Musk @elonmusk 💯

Ah, yes, the famously leftist “Deep State”…

(In all seriousness though, pay attention to the dynamics here.)

I think about Representative Lewis a lot, I’m sad he’s gone, but happy he doesn’t have to see the second round of this shit. His words bring me comfort in dark times. ❤️

Want to tell the public what US government workers actually do, vs. the propaganda spewed by DOGE? This incredible website, "We the Builders," is asking for first-person testimonials from government workers about their actual jobs, and how they make the government work. www.wethebuilders.org

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& it has jumped to mammals.

Also, C19 was a immune system disregulator so that may make us more susceptible to subsequent infections - - whether viral (flu) or bacterial (pertussis aka whooping cough)

YouTube video by SciShow Bird Flu Should Have Killed One Billion People

Come learn about H5N1 aka Avian Influenza.

youtu.be/5CyVi4UzKxE?...

We should be grateful that it hasn't mutated to human to human transition yet.

I say yet because it's been ravaging wild birds, it decimated a colony of seals or sea lions (can't remember which)
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CISA controls the .gov domain registrar and the national public key infrastructure (PKI). This means Elon Musk has the ability to shut down any federal, state, or city government using a .gov domain.

Musk can also now prevent .gov agencies and officials from registering their .gov BlueSky handles

That’s how you write a headline, people.

Folks in these spaces gotta start fighting these folks

Like you a special kind of demon to deny books to babies that are already PRESUBSIDIZED

Everyday draws us closer to this option.

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Alas, so many of my fellow veterans voted for 🎃 Palpatine 'cause reasons. Who the hell knows. They must have thought he meant some other vets.

“This Is Some New and Very Dangerous Development.” Inside the Bloody Battle Over the DOJ's Crown Jewel Current and former SDNY colleagues of Emil Bove, Danielle Sassoon, and Hagan Scotten describe an office fighting to keep its independence under Trump, as its stars wage war against one another.

After talking to sources on every side, it's become clear the stakes in the Eric Adams case are far higher than one man's fate.

MAGA is looking to tame the famously-independent US Atty's office in Manhattan. They're trying to take DOJ's "crown jewel" for itself.

www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...

What we are living through now is the Upside Down version of FDR's first 100 days in office when he brought the US back from the brink with a slew of laws that saved lives & built new institutions.

Trump & Musk are moving with the same speed to destroy institutions & ruin lives, unwinding history.