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Farmers and small business owners were promised financial help for energy upgrades. They’ve been left holding the bill.

A quick thread 🧵...

#Farms #Farmers #IRA #DOGE #Agriculture

The Trump administration’s climate policies jeopardize research in disaster-prone Puerto Rico As one of the regions most affected by the global climate crisis, local scientists are struggling with canceled research grants and funding cuts from federal agencies.

The Trump administration’s climate policies jeopardize research in disaster-prone Puerto Rico.

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#PR #puertorico #Weather #Disaster #Trump

oh wow good morning fdhskjhjfdk The only ones left in stock are the Gilgamesh and Enkidu charm and the tiny wolfy charm :]

Yet another blatant lie Elon won’t correct.

Johns Hopkins’ controversial police force to hire as many as 30 officers in 2025 The controversial Johns Hopkins police force intends to add new officers to campuses in 2025 despite unrest on its Accountability Board and backlash from students, faculty and community members.

Johns Hopkins’ controversial police force to hire as many as 30 officers in 2025

“DEI now has become a substitution for the N-word,” said @nationalhomeless.bsky.social Executive Director Donald Whitehead. He also has lived experience with homelessness and commented on homelessness being reclassified as some form of affirmative action instead of evidence of valuable knowledge...

Counting Hate: At Least 61 Anti-LGBTQ+ Incidents in Texas Last Year The LGBTQ+ advocacy organization GLAAD, which tracks incidents, warned that threats against the queer community are likely to worsen under the Trump administration.

Among dozens of troubling incidents in 2024, the hate-tracking project of the nonprofit @glaad.bsky.social documented a wave of bomb threats linked to anti-LGBTQ+ influencer Libs of TikTok, including several targeting Texas locations of the Planet Fitness gym chain.

It’s official: Elon Musk’s staffers have now illegally obtained classified information from the USAID office.

Here’s a recap of what’s happening:

Big national media outlet still failing.
Headlines suggest some dispute over data access at US AID.
*Not connecting the dots with other DOGE moves.
*Not conveying illegality.
*Not communicating constitutional crisis.

Some fed employees have been advised to download their
Electronic Official Personnel Folder (eOPF) because they're hearing OPM is planning to cut off access tomorrow.

The folder includes all personal identifying info, performance reviews, benefits selections, raises.

Unclear why they'd do this.

Elon Musk Quoted tweet: Career Treasury officials are breaking the law every hour of every day by approving payments that are fraudulent or do not match the funding laws passed by Congress. This needs to stop NOW! Mario Nawfal Quote tweet: Should the treasury be put on the blockchain so this doesn't happen? Elon Musk Reply: Yes!

We are in such, such profound danger. They are doing the Reichstag fire to the most crucial and foundational payments layer of the Federal Government.

also if you see a website about a “strike” or other large-scale protest, and they ask you to “sign up” by giving your personal information, DO NOT GIVE THEM YOUR INFORMATION! they are almost certainly honeypots! and any that might not be can easily be compromised!

📣 MAJOR MAJOR PSA 📣

YOU DO NOT HAVE TO SIGN UP FOR A PROTEST. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO "REGISTER" TO SHOW SOLIDARITY. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO GIVE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND PHONE NUMBER TO HAND OUT AND DISTRIBUTE MATERIALS.

YOU JUST SHOW UP.

He is on a warpath against USAID, and the cruelty it will unleash is going to be immense. USAID provides emergency aid after natural disasters, tries to improve child health and nutrition, promotes good governance, funds literacy programs and programs that empower women, works on food security, etc.

Tuberculosis toll in Kansas City, Kansas, area rises to nearly 70 active cases • Kansas Reflector An outbreak of tuberculosis has been lingering in Kansas City since March 2024. What used to be fewer than 50 cases is now almost 70.

Tuberculosis toll in Kansas City, Kansas, area rises to nearly 70 active cases | via Maya Smith #ksleg

White House announces tariffs on products from Canada, Mexico, China • Kentucky Lantern President Donald Trump plans to implement tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China on Saturday, potentially starting off a trade war that would increase prices.

President Donald Trump plans to implement tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China on Saturday, potentially starting off a trade war that would likely lead to price increases on groceries and numerous other products.
@jennifershutt.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2025/01/31/d...

Updated DEI list of companies committed to DEI
Costco, Meijer,Kroger,Giant Grocery,Ben & Jerry’s,Ulta,Macy’s, Old Navy,Nordstrom’s,TJ Maxx,GoTo Foods (includes Moe’s Southwest Grill, Mcalister’s, Auntie Anne’s, Jamba, Cinnabon, and more…),Dollar Tree, Walgreens, Wegmans (for those on the east coast)

The Price of Speaking Up in Trump's America A bishop asked the president to show mercy to immigrants and scared children. The response tells us everything about the next four years.

How right-wing media and Republican leaders turned a bishop's prayer into a campaign of intimidation www.readtpa.com/p/the-price-...

After Catastrophic Bronx Fire, Nearly $400,000 in Donations Unspent The Bronx Community Foundation spent almost none of the funds it raised for victims of the 2022 Twin Parks apartment fire.

NEW: The Bronx Community Foundation raised over $400,000 for relief of the Twin Parks fire, which left 17 dead and hundreds injured in 2022. It was one of NYC's worst disasters in years.

Almost none of the money has been spent:

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"... As it turns out, people with evil principles are very loyal to the party that promises evil and delivers it.

There's a flip side to that coin. When a party actually is illegitimate, and you treat them as legitimate anyway, then people start to think you don't believe anything."

You won't believe this. My team and I make this show called SciShow that works hard to be rigorous and accurate while also being appealing and entertaining.

We reach a LOT of people every year with episodes about crabs and neutrinos and gender and cancer and vaccines.

It's great, I love it.

Donald Trump’s Day One Executive Orders Are Lawless The Trump administration targeted immigrants and LGBTQ+ people on its first day.

1/ Trump's second term began with a barrage of executive orders targeting immigrants and LGBTQ+ rights—from attacking birthright citizenship to defining "two sexes.” His efforts are unlawful and a clear move to shift the Overton window. rewirenewsgroup.com/2025/01/22/d...

Mr. Trump’s executive order indicates that in 30 days, all federal agencies will be required to confirm the immigration status of the parents before issuing documents like a passport.

If you are a visa holder/temp resident in the U.S., and your child was born here and doesn't have a passport, GET A PASSPORT FOR THEM IMMEDIATELY. Like, make the appointment this week.

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/u...

again tapping the sign: please support Wikipedia and other quality information sources - especially local news, double especially newsrooms that are worker owned and reader funded

STAY INFORMED! SUPPORT THE TRANS COMMUNITY! SUPPORT INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM!

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It's time to build a social movement for safe gun storage • Minnesota Reformer A social movement for secure firearm storage won’t bring back those we’ve lost, but it can save lives going forward.

Commentary: It’s time to build a social movement for safe gun storage minnesotareformer.com/2025/01/22/i...

Rated: True. Impeachment was designed on the assumption Americans could sustain a culture of civic virtue that transcended party affiliation and before the rise of a de facto two-party system marked by intense polarization.