Innocent children drowned to death in the Texas Hill Country.
The federal and state government failed them.
What are Donald Trump, Governor Abbott and House Republicans doing about it?
They are focused on gerrymandering the Texas congressional map and rigging the election.
11.07.2025 14:51 β π 1234 π 388 π¬ 131 π 32
It would really be great if, when journalists are interviewing Stephen Miller, who goes off a tirade on courts curbing executive power, could ask, What article of the Constitituon grants the power to:
1. Control immigration
2. Regulate international commerce
3. Suspend habeas
30.05.2025 15:19 β π 5923 π 1623 π¬ 222 π 58
Big hypocrisy for such a little man.
30.05.2025 11:08 β π 1271 π 205 π¬ 36 π 6
The Wisconsin Judge indicted by DOJ has filed a motion to dismiss her indictment. "The indictment is an ugly innovation." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
30.05.2025 15:09 β π 4190 π 974 π¬ 67 π 19
@timmiller.bsky.social: βIf you're using so much ketamine that you have bladder control issues, it might be time for a lifestyle change.β
31.05.2025 01:45 β π 4544 π 925 π¬ 221 π 56
Damn. This is dramatic. I had heard a couple days ago that a Nadler staffer had been arrested but was waiting for confirmation. So now we know what happened; ICE officers barged into the district office trying to arrest other people, handcuffed a staffer who pushed back, then let her go, no arrest.
31.05.2025 03:06 β π 1328 π 526 π¬ 50 π 33
Graphs showing 25 years of budgets for the National Institute of Health, NASA, and the NSF. In all cases, the proposed budget for next year is far, far below any year of the previous quarter century.
There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
31.05.2025 04:43 β π 15287 π 7913 π¬ 455 π 533
A big win! A panel of judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit just blocked the Trump administrationβs push to move forward with massive layoffs. The court denied the governmentβs request to overturn a lower court ruling, meaning the layoffs canβt happen, for now.
31.05.2025 02:48 β π 4946 π 686 π¬ 36 π 10
Dismal Midland Texas headlines! Rig count drops for a fifth consecutive week! Lowest number since the height of covid. Is this what MAGA voted for? π
31.05.2025 12:01 β π 194 π 48 π¬ 20 π 1
The implications of DOGEβs actions for Americans are huge. DOGE operatives are now embedded in the U.S. government, where they are mining Americansβ data to create a master database that can sort and find individuals. Former Ohio Democratic Party chair David Pepper called it βa full-scale redirection of the governmentβs digital nervous system into the hands of an unelected billionaire.β
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31.05.2025 08:51 β π 392 π 123 π¬ 14 π 1
*Raises hand*
31.05.2025 12:55 β π 2930 π 559 π¬ 52 π 11
Stephen Miller sure seems to be speaking for the White House a lot.
31.05.2025 14:07 β π 803 π 169 π¬ 105 π 14
There is one place, however, where Musk, with the help of his minions, achieved his goals. He did indeed shred U.S.A.I.D. Though a rump operation is now operating inside the State Department, the administration says that it has terminated more than 80 percent of U.S.A.I.D. grants. Brooke Nichols, an associate professor of global health at Boston University, has estimated that these cuts have already resulted in about 300,000 deaths, most of them of children, and will most likely lead to significantly more by the end of the year. That is what Musk's foray into politics accomplished.
Elon Musk is responsible for at least 300,000 deaths, a number that's steadily increasing, it doesn't include Ukrainian civilians murdered as a result of his attempt to protect the Russian navy when he disabled Starlink to sabotage a Ukrainian defence operation.
31.05.2025 08:41 β π 3192 π 1242 π¬ 129 π 59
Here's what a Texas oil executive from DOGE is doing inside the Interior Department
A Texas oil executive from Elon Muskβs government efficiency team has been tasked with overhauling the federal agency that manages vast tracts of public lands.
Trump hands Dept of Interior to Russia-linked oil exec:
"... given sweeping powers to overhaul the department that manages public lands
"...hasnβt divested his investments or filed an ethics commitment to break ties with companies that pose a conflict of interest"
apnews.com/article/hass...
31.05.2025 14:10 β π 3702 π 1916 π¬ 196 π 120
Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Cucumbers Sickens 45 People
A salmonella outbreak linked to cucumbers has sickened at least 45 people across 18 states, health officials said Friday and they warned that the number of people infected was likely higher.
31.05.2025 14:00 β π 1083 π 533 π¬ 127 π 68
Trumpβs safety research cuts heighten workplace risks, federal workers warn
Layoffs at US occupational safety and health agency leave people vulnerable to illness and injury, ex-workers caution
Trump Republicanism targets firefighters, first responders, miners, people who work in manufacturing:
"Weβre really losing 40 years worth of work. Even if they restart them, weβre going to have lost so many people to follow up...β
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
31.05.2025 14:03 β π 2392 π 814 π¬ 87 π 34
31.05.2025 13:40 β π 21898 π 6392 π¬ 422 π 244
When impartiality becomes inconvenient, just call it bias and cut the mic.
30.05.2025 20:28 β π 1427 π 259 π¬ 93 π 20
GOP legislatures in Alaska, Nebraska, and Missouri are trying overturn voter-approved referenda requiring paid sick leave.
And in 9 other red states, Republican lawmakers are trying to restrict citizen-led ballot measures altogether.
The GOP can't stand the will of the people.
30.05.2025 21:15 β π 2816 π 884 π¬ 100 π 51
Apparently statesβ rights stop the moment women board a plane with autonomy in their carry-on.
30.05.2025 21:36 β π 21573 π 6034 π¬ 302 π 159
250 Million Honeybees Escape After a Truck Rolls Over in Washington State
β250 million bees are now loose.β A tractor-trailer carrying 70,000 pounds of pollinator hives rolled over on a country road in Washington State on Friday, releasing an eye-popping number of honeybees, the authorities said.
30.05.2025 20:46 β π 1207 π 309 π¬ 231 π 286
30.05.2025 22:04 β π 1217 π 249 π¬ 62 π 16
Skulls of 19 Black Americans Return to New Orleans After 150 Years in Germany
In the 19th century, a New Orleans doctor sent the skulls of 19 Black Americans to a doctor in Germany, where they were used as part of now discredited racial science. The remains were recently returned to the city, where they will be laid to rest on Saturday.
31.05.2025 00:47 β π 6302 π 1391 π¬ 156 π 122
Businessman Accused of Orchestrating Attacks on Journalists
A federal grand jury indicted a former New Hampshire businessman this week on charges that he orchestrated attacks on the homes of journalists who had investigated claims of sexual misconduct against him.
30.05.2025 23:22 β π 1529 π 476 π¬ 87 π 41
C.D.C. Contradicts Kennedy and Keeps Advice That Children May Get Covid Shots
Breaking News: The CDC kept Covid shots on an updated vaccination schedule for children, days after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said they would be taken off.
30.05.2025 19:50 β π 11281 π 2096 π¬ 334 π 154
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