The Dapper Diner

Picture of DOGE guy Nate Cavanaugh

Screenshot of my DOGE letter “Dr. Joseph Rezek Dear NEH Grantee, This letter provides notice that the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is terminating your federal grant (Grant Application No. FEL29509824) effective April 3, 2025, in accordance with the termination clause in your Grant Agreement. Your grant no longer effectuates the agency's needs and priorities and conditions of the Grant Agreement and is subject to termination due to several reasonable causes, as outlined in 2CFR§200.340. For instance, NEH has reasonable cause to terminate your grant in light of the fact that the NEH is repurposing its funding allocations in a new direction in furtherance of the President's agenda. The President's February 19, 2025 executive order mandates that the NEH eliminate all non-statutorily required activities and functions. See Commencing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy, E.O. 14217 (Feb. 19, 2025). Your grant's immediate termination is necessary to safeguard the interests of the federal government, including its fiscal priorities. Any objections or appeals to this termination will be managed in strict accordance with the President's Executive Orders,

Last year, this guy (left) from DOGE used ChatGPT to find NEH grants that were too “DEI” for Trump, and canceled them, including mine, as shown by the letter I received last April (right). Huge new NYT article on the back story link below

These far-right conspiracists are pushing Trump to take control of voting Election deniers are lobbying the president to declare a national emergency.

The 17-page executive order Peter Ticktin is lobbying Trump to sign would completely upend how Americans vote and have their ballots counted in an unprecedented attempt to usurp powers that the Constitution gives to states and Congress.

Country singer Maren Morris: "I don’t have forgiveness for any of the Trumpers. You voted for this. He is a dementia-ridden, diaper-clad, cornball, ex-TV host, bankrupt to fuck. And you got bamboozled, and I get it, like, Fox News is a propaganda machine of just Cocomelon brain rot for boomers."

A woman wearing a ghillie suit holding an assault rifle while standing in shallow water. She’s looking off, scanning the horizon for threats.

It’s almost International Women’s Day and I’m currently thinking about some of the most badass women on earth: The Akashinga Rangers
These Zimbabwean women train hard to protect wildlife from the worst people on the planet: poachers

Four renowned Denver chefs are cooking all day Sunday to raise money for Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition

Four of Denver’s most renowned young Mexican-American chefs will spend all day Sunday cooking brisket tacos, carnitas, carne asada and more to raise funds for the Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition, serving food to anyone who donates.

Yay! THANK YOU! That feckin’ dot was driving me nuts.

You don’t actually have to really go live; just press the button, don’t confirm going live, and the dot goes away.

A very tall hamburger with lots of visible onion strains, lettuce, and cream cheese with fries. There was also ginger lemon marmalade on it.

Behold! A Yaks on 5 OMG Burger and their super fun decor. I'm very glad my husband and I have reached the stage where we know splitting a plate is sometimes the wisest choice. 😆🍽️🍔

I did notice this today. It was wonderful.

A very bright floral jumpsuit with stars and shit on it

I am on my way to tonight’s Brandi Carlile show and a bartender just asked if I chose my extremely loud bright floral jumpsuit specifically for the occasion

and yes yes I absolutely did if you see me plz feel free to tell me I’m pretty

Johnson not beating those in the closet gay allegations by garaging Trump's nuts in his mouth like that.

We used to aggressively clown dudes that wore their chef whites outside of the kitchen. Have a little self respect man. Is your whole identity the job?

‘Ugly’: Trump’s job market shrinks as oil fears mount The combination of a weakening labor market and higher energy prices poses serious risks to Republicans in the coming months.

“Ugly”: Oil prices are spiking and the job market is contracting.

That’s a dangerous combination for Trump.

"trust me, bro"

The Brak After Dark T-shirt Brak’s got a secret and he is not being subtle about it. This Hazy colorway keeps things muted and wearable, while the clean chest hit puts Brak front and center in that classic Space Ghost energy.  D...

@daylightcurfew.bsky.social has a new Brak shirt, everybody!

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President Trump's Pardons: An Embarrassment of Riches At least the specter of corruption in previous presidential administrations (Clinton’s pardon of Marc Rich or Biden’s pardon of his son) appeared to be an exception to the rule. Today, however, the ev...

That is insane: "Biden’s pardons eliminated roughly $680,000 in financial penalties owed to victims or the government. In contrast, Trump’s second-term pardons have forgiven criminal debts of more than $1.5 billion." www.cato.org/blog/embarra...

Stop calling this unexpected.

Threads thread: thriller_instinct 3d Is it okay to bully 40 and 50 year olds who are on social media just for being on it, cuz like why are you here - 254 Q 3.1K G 28 746 corporateash 18h ••• My ICQ UIN is 7231680. That number is burned into my consciousness. I inadvertently learned that you could see private conversations in public chat rooms when using Telnet instead of a browser on GeoCities. I can tell you the difference in audible dial-up handshakes between 1200, 2400, 14.4 kbps modems. I needed a edu email address to join Facebook after my university was admitted. We were here at the beginning. We made social media. You wouldn't be in my Top 8. I have usernames older than you. 852 Q62 G6 72

“I have usernames older than you.”.
Holy shit

Importantly they are planning to hire these people on 2 year contracts so what actually happened is they fired everyone so they could rehire them with worse working conditions and an easy revolving door with industry 🫩 🔭

Dead civilians to these guys are the feature not a bug.

Kristi No..no…no gonna work here anymore anyway

Classic crapple improvement!

Do the dump.

I'm sure hegseth will make sure this soldier gets punished.

China Tells Top Refiners to Suspend Diesel and Gasoline Exports China’s government has told the country’s largest oil refiners to suspend exports of diesel and gasoline as an escalating conflict in the Persian Gulf disrupts the arrival of crude from one of the world’s largest producing regions.

China’s government has told the country’s largest oil refiners to suspend exports of diesel and gasoline as an escalating conflict in the Persian Gulf disrupts the arrival of crude from one of the world’s largest producing regions

It's pretty balanced surprisingly in that you get that garum/patis/fish sauce flavor and saltiness, but can still taste the vermouth at the end.

Trying out a splash of that Veso anchovy vermouth at Bar Maritime in San Francisco

Sleeps With the Tinned Fishes at Bar Maritime in San Francisco: Ford's Gin, Veso Anchovy vermouth, sherry, celery bitters, & anchovy stuffed olive

A pink cocktail in a frosted glass garnished with a small pickled onion on a stick is set on a wooden table, alongside sunglasses and a glass of water.

Shucking Me Softly at Bar Maritime in San Francisco: Oyster shell infused Grey Goose vodka, Drai Siderale dry vermouth, black lemon bitters, & pickled pearl onion