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Margaret Keck

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Professor Emerita, Political Science, Johns Hopkins University.

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Yes, I was also wondering about the zoo.

28.03.2025 19:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Now they are going after the Smithsonian.

28.03.2025 01:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

There is generally a high minimum balance requirement in order to have an account without fees. My daughter avoided having a bank account for quite a while. If you are living paycheck to paycheck, it’s hard to navigate.

25.03.2025 15:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

In some countries this position is known as a Political Officer.

21.03.2025 21:42 β€” πŸ‘ 3308    πŸ” 884    πŸ’¬ 153    πŸ“Œ 32

It’s a good time to donate to The Internet Archive.

21.03.2025 14:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Three books and a slew of articles.

21.03.2025 01:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Pentagon Removes Webpages Celebrating Racial Integration of the Armed Forces Several webpages that celebrated the armed forces’ history of racial integration have...

β€œAn Army webpage from 2008 that lauded the 60th anniversary of President Harry Truman’s 1948 integration order has disappeared. It was available as recently as last year, web archives show” talkingpointsmemo.com/news/pentago...

20.03.2025 20:47 β€” πŸ‘ 834    πŸ” 377    πŸ’¬ 67    πŸ“Œ 75

The Times is carrying it, with pictures.

21.03.2025 01:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I posted this article (gifted) on FB, and it was removed. The same thing happened to another NYT piece I posted earlier today.

21.03.2025 00:59 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That’s the point.

18.03.2025 20:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I thought that stuff belonged in the national archives.

01.03.2025 20:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes. Nauseating, embarassing…

28.02.2025 20:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s disgraceful.

25.02.2025 19:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
map of government employment by congressional district by party, percent employed by federal government, and number of federal employees

map of government employment by congressional district by party, percent employed by federal government, and number of federal employees

Lots of GOP House members have large numbers of federal employees in their districts. Yes, DC metro is hardest hit by DOGE, but the pain from cuts will be felt across the country. crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/...

23.02.2025 18:54 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 4
table of top 10 GOP districts for federal employment

table of top 10 GOP districts for federal employment

Here's a list of the top 10 Republicans in terms of federal employment (and their office phone numbers).

23.02.2025 19:00 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Gregg is a former Marine and Forest Service ranger. He's saved the lives of hikers dangling off a cliff or going through cardiac arrest, and he's bravely fought forest fires to save small rural towns.

100% of his salary is paid by WA state.

Elon fired him. Share his story.

23.02.2025 18:35 β€” πŸ‘ 18771    πŸ” 10110    πŸ’¬ 590    πŸ“Œ 532

What a jerk.

14.02.2025 16:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Path to American Authoritarianism What comes after democratic breakdown.

www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state... This is by far the best, clearest and most realistic analysis of what we're in for that I've seen.

12.02.2025 00:18 β€” πŸ‘ 874    πŸ” 486    πŸ’¬ 49    πŸ“Œ 86

Confirmation bias?

11.02.2025 13:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So is it now only going to be legal to hire white dudes?

09.02.2025 19:56 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So Costco will only be allowed to hire white men?

09.02.2025 19:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Isn’t he the one who was getting permission to change code?

06.02.2025 21:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks for this!

05.02.2025 19:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, I took that as a declaration of interest.

05.02.2025 13:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So what are the odds that these folks crash the Treasury Department’s computer system, either after they empty it or in the process…

04.02.2025 22:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Well, Edelweiss and La Marseillaise (sp?) were more inspirational…

04.02.2025 22:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That’s the most positive news I’ve seen all week.

04.02.2025 15:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

None of mine would have either, but they never really were, for methodological reasons.

04.02.2025 13:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It would be interesting to see if he does it.

03.02.2025 16:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump ally Peter Marocco behind evisceration of USAid: β€˜He’s a destroyer’ Campaign ally sowed trail of enmity during first Trump presidency and allegedly was present at January 6 riot

β€œMarocco strode into the offices of USAID this week flanked by members of Musk’s DOGE…with clipboards in hand. Several hours later, almost 60 senior officials from the office had been put on paid leave.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

01.02.2025 20:19 β€” πŸ‘ 56    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1