Reinstate Target's DEI Programs NOW! When companies invest in DEI, they invest in people. Now's the time for Target to stand firm in its values, not retreat. Will you add your name to call on Target's leadership to reinstate its DEI prog...

When companies invest in DEI, they invest in people. Now's the time for Target to stand firm in its values, not retreat. Will you add your name to call on Target's leadership to reinstate its DEI programs? sign.moveon.org/petitions/ta...

February 7, 2025 Maya Miller of the New York Times reported today that the congressional phone system has been jammed with tens of millions of calls from outraged constituents contacting their representatives to deman...

I'm posting a lot of letters from Heather Cox Richardson these days, but I believe they're all a worthwhile read:

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February 6, 2025 The U.S.

More lies. And, oh yeah, let's abolish the Air traffic controllers and replace them with an automated system written by a company that has satellites. Just speculating here, but I wonder if the company he has in mind has an MO of "work fast and break things".
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February 4, 2025 Shortly after 1:00 this morning, Vittoria Elliott, Dhruv Mehrotra, Leah Feiger, and Tim Marchman of Wired reported that, according to three of their sources, “[a] 25-year-old engineer named Marko Elez...

When I started my career as a software engineer we used to test software before releasing it. By contrast, the kids Musk has just released on our government's databases are brought up in his "move fast and break things" philosophy. Read the following and weep.

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February 3, 2025 I’m going to start tonight by stating the obvious: the Republicans control both chambers of Congress: the House of Representatives and the Senate.

Another one worth reading ...

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February 1, 2025 Throughout now-president Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign, it was clear that his support was coming from three very different factions whose only shared ideology was a determination to destroy the federal...

Scary ...
February 1, 2025
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Analysis: The DC plane crash highlights the flaws of Trump’s ‘government as a business’ playbook | CNN Business It’s one of the more obviously flawed ideas embraced by both President Donald Trump and his right-hand man Elon Musk: That government should be run like a business.

Quite simply, it’s no way to govern. Government can always be more efficient, but FOTUS’s scorched earth tactics are making us less safe, will do real damage, and will make our government even LESS efficient.

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You’ll notice that he didn’t want to declassify any files related to his good friend pedophile rapist sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein or his mysterious death under William Barr’s watch. 🧐

Meta has settled a lawsuit against Trump. Meta will pay $25 million. The reporters explained that Trump demanded the settlement from Meta chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg after the 2024 election, saying the case had to be dealt with before Zuckerberg could be “brought into the tent.”

YouTube video by CNN Danish official explains why he told Trump to 'f*** off'

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January 25, 2025 We have all earned a break for this week, but as some of you have heard me say, I write these letters with an eye to what a graduate student will need to know in 150 years.

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Good idea.
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