Pete Wyckoff

Kennedy Cancels Nearly $500 Million in mRNA Vaccine Contracts

The current administration is trying very hard to make sure the American people are vulnerable to disease. What kind of government behaves this way? What kind of nation stands for it? www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/h...

This is unacceptable…

Trump Fired America’s Economic Data Collector. History Shows the Perils.

I am glad that the NYT is giving this move the coverage it deserves and hope it does not fade from our consciousness. This is tin-pot dictator shit, not acceptable behavior from the leader of the greatest democracy on earth. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/b...

How Republican E.V. Cuts Could Put U.S. Carmakers Behind China

The One Big Beautiful Bill reads like it was written by the Chinese Government. No actual patriot could possibly vote for it. And yet, 50 Republican Senators just did….

How Republican E.V. Cuts Could Put U.S. Carmakers Behind China www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/b...

And the Republicans are about to completely give the future of energy to China. As a patriot, this pisses me off…

People need to hear and understand this…

Seems like maybe they shouldn’t do that. Thanks for the accurate headline NYT…could also add that it will screw the climate and every non-rich American….

‘Kill shot’: GOP megabill targets solar, wind projects with new tax

This is absolutely insane…. www.politico.com/live-updates...

Tina Smith confronts U.S. Sen. Mike Lee following posts about deadly Minnesota shootings Though the Utah senator took the time to listen, Smith said he did not apologize for what he said.

When people show you who they are, believe them…. Mike Lee has shown us who he is in the last four days

www.startribune.com/tina-smith-c...

I do believe that budget bills are true statements about a country’s values. This Big Beautiful Bill is big. But it is also ugly and gross:

Transcript: Read Gavin Newsom’s Speech Criticizing Trump Over Protests In a prime time address, Gov. Gavin Newsom of California sharply criticized President Trump for sending in the military to handle the protests in Los Angeles.

This is an important speech: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/u...

Exactly

National Climate Assessment Authors Are Dismissed by Trump Administration The Trump administration told researchers it was “releasing” them from their roles. It puts the future of the assessment, which is required by Congress, in doubt.

The US National Climate Assessment is a national treasure. The authors are volunteers, & it was a career highlight for me to have been the Lead Author of the NCA6 Climate Mitigation Chapter. The career public servants who led my chapter & the overall NCA6 are heroes. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/c...

National Climate Assessment Authors Are Dismissed by Trump Administration The Trump administration told researchers it was “releasing” them from their roles. It puts the future of the assessment, which is required by Congress, in doubt.

If we don’t study climate change, it will go away. Right? www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/c...

Couldn’t agree more….

Russia’s Escape From Trump’s Tariffs Raises Questions The Trump administration says sanctions imposed on Moscow mean the U.S. does little trade with Russia, but questions persist about the motivations.

Hmm….

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/b...

I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.

Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker

Watching live. You should too. Getting inspired. #holdthefloor www.youtube.com/live/v2utlMx...

Cory Booker Slams Trump’s Policies in Marathon Senate Floor Speech The New Jersey senator criticized the president’s plans for Social Security, education, immigration and health care, saying the “nation is in crisis.” He began speaking Monday night and was still goin...

This is how you do it. Thank you @booker.senate.gov! www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/u...

Of all the ways the U.S. has lost its way today, this one is particularly causing me to despair today…https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/us/politics/trump-south-africa-white-afrikaners-refugee.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Post from Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard that reads: Any unauthorized release of classified information is a violation of the law and will be treated as such.

Circling back on this…

this is great and gets to what might be the defining attribute of this administration which is that trump himself is barely aware of what is happening

How Elon Musk’s DOGE Cuts Leave a Vacuum That China Can Fill The Department of Government Efficiency is shuttering organizations that Beijing worried about most, or actively sought to subvert.

If I were asked to design the perfect Manchurian Candidate- a President who was acting to do China’s bidding while pretending to be a Chinese adversary- President Trump is who I would come up with…. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/u...

We’re stepping up to help victims of crime where the Trump Administration is failing.
 
Our budget helps fund vital public safety services like response centers, domestic violence shelters, and other supports for crime victims.

This is exactly right. Perhaps the most shameful display by an American President in my lifetime. I have never seen someone so hell bent on undermining both American security and American values…

I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.

18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.

We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org

Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts.

Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵

Agreed

You know what Congress can just do? Grow a freakin spine and say no to a wannabe dictator. Seems better than enabling a constitutional crisis and abdicating your solemn responsibilities. Just spitballing here, but I think that would be a good idea. Right?

Unpopular but true: many parts of government really help people. Often even do it well. When you do things like this, you hurt people….