Lee Willoughby-Harris

Stayed there in 2019 and luckily hit the week local astronomy clubs set up to share their telescopes with visitors. So sad that it’s gone.

My greatest victory may be leaving you speechless! Although I’m not sure why 🤷🏻‍♀️

What Patriotism Requires An ode to a disappearing America

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"Nobody’s going to spit on our police officers," says Trump, who four months ago pardoned people who beat police officers with pipes, flagpoles, baseball bats and 2-by-4s at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Trump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding for programs with 'improper ideology' President Donald Trump has signed an executive order on the Smithsonian Institution that targets funding to programs that contain what he calls “divisive narratives” and “improper ideology.”

I knew it was coming but this news is still a gut punch. There is no way to tell the history of Black life in this country in an ideologically correct way per Trump, because Trump wants to erase Black history (and, I fear, life). apnews.com/article/trum...

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Religious groups who work with foreign aid have consistently told me the same thing, over and over, since the gutting of USAID: people — real people — are going to die, including children.

According to this NYTimes piece, it’s already begun.

Exclusive | Draft of Trump Executive Order Aims to Eliminate Education Department Secretary Linda McMahon would be directed to “take all necessary steps to facilitate the closure” based on “the maximum extent appropriate and permitted by law.”

Just restating the simple point: President lacks the constitutional authority to close a department created by Congress. Full stop. Both the creation and on-going funding of these Depts are LAWS not suggestions. This is criminal conduct. www.wsj.com/politics/pol... via @WSJ

Winston Churchill wore this when he visited the White House when his country was at war. #WinstonChurchill #Zelensky #WhiteHouse #PrimeMinister #UK

Winston Churchill wore this when he visited the White House when his country was at war. #WinstonChurchill #Zelensky #WhiteHouse #PrimeMinister #UK

“Why don't you wear a suit? You're at the highest level in this country's office & you refuse to wear a suit. A lot of Americans have problems with you not respecting the office.”

This and alsp remember, ONLY ONE THIRD of US citizens voted for him. The third that didn't vote are on the hook for this. The rest of us voted for Ms. Harris.

Where is CJ to ask if he knows how many reps make up the US House?

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"This is in violation of a presidential executive order. It needs to stop" -- Elon Musk, on Hannity's show, makes clear he has no idea how the American government works by asserting that Trump can use executive orders to unilaterally impound funds appropriated by Congress

Marc is a budget guy with the CRFB 👇🏽

We know it’s hard to debunk Elon’s firehose of lies. But try.

Anyone know if the CDC website is being rebuilt by folks looking for good trouble? Among the (un)intended consequences is disruption in public health classes needed for the major. I know about AMA—others?

I feel like I'm going insane every time I see a media story about DOGE that doesn't also mention the fact that the Government Accountability Office exists and performs the exact function that DOGE pretends to, only in a credibly constitutional, non-partisan, and conflict-of-interest-free manner

'Turn This Stuff Back On': Republicans Say USAID Cuts Are Going to Hurt American Farmers — NOTUS “This food is going places, and I love it. I mean, it’s packaged with an American flag printed on it,” said Rep. Glenn “GT” Thompson, chair of the House Agriculture Committee. “It’s good diplomacy.”

We’ll see more of this. A bunch more. Will it hit critical mass? I think it will.

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Some federal workers are ‘getting wealthy at taxpayer expense,’ says Elon Musk, whose companies have received at least $20 billion from the government

See here's how to do a headline.

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Easily the best, smartest, most useful piece I’ve come across since election night. A must-read.

👀 DOJ acknowledges making two significant errors during a court hearing last week on efforts to dismantle USAID

1) It said only 500 employees had been placed on leave. Actual number was 2,140.

2) Said only future contracts were stopped. Existing contracts were also stopped.

Elon—the richest man on Earth—is gutting the world’s largest provider of food aid. He could end world hunger single-handedly and still be the richest man alive. But he won’t.

Instead, he spent 40 million on Super Bowl ads attacking USAID!

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Hello! Your friendly neighborhood librarian who focuses on digital archiving.

Now is a good time to archive websites! You can toss them in the Internet Archive and/or help the Archive Team wiki.archiveteam.org

When Trump fired all those inspector generals, one of them was the IG for the Defense Department. He was examining whether Musk/ SpaceX were failing to meet reporting protocol to safeguard state secrets as huge beneficiaries of Pentagon contracts. 3/

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Thank you for honoring your oath and for standing up for the rule of law✊

A group of nine House Republicans have put forward a bill to reduce the early voting window in North Carolina to six days. For 2024 elections, early voting ran from 10/17-11/2. Under this proposed bill, that early voting window would've been 10/28-11/2, or six days. #ncpol

is it good or bad that a billionaire oligarch with close ties to foreign dictators is currently downloading the most sensitive information the us federal government has about its citizens to his own private servers?

#BlueCrew #FBR #Resist #ResistTrump #JailTheFelon

Pass it on please.

Thank you for sharing. Carol was an influential figure in the early days of my UP career.