UPDATE: Taxpayer bailout of Argentina may grow to $40 billion The bailout, which Trump admitted is of little benefit to Americans, keeps getting bigger.

$40 billion and counting to prop up a failed TV troll in Argentina. Governing is harder than it looks, Javier, no?

DOGE we found the waste, fraud and abuse for you 👇

@juddlegum.bsky.social
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Whenever you hear someone invoke the unitary executive, remember the image below.

This was an inevitable result of the unitary executive theory:
Empowering a president to tyrannically destroy institutions that ensured our government reflects the rule of law rather than his personal whim.

The New England Journal of Medicine and the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy will be publishing regular public health alerts to replace the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, which has been paused due to the federal government shutdown.

👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

It’s day 21 of the shut down and we are all feeling it.

🍽️Too good to go app (surplus food from local eateries/stores at ⬇️ prices)

🗺️https://myfedbenefitshelp.com/shutdown-assistance-map/

If you’re a CDC worker needing help or an ally wanting to support CDC workers 👉 www.cdcresourceportal.org

Perception is everything

This appeared on the Forest Service website:

Wait - @MarshaBlackburn refused to back @RonWyden’s subpoena of Epstein’s bank records, which show billions linked to sex trafficking?

Has her Epstein crusade been entirely performative?

Maybe local media could ask the governor wannabe about this?
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No charges for Jacksonville officers who punched Black man during arrest William Anthony McNeil Jr. questioned why he was pulled over and refused to get out of the car. An officer smashed his window and punched him in the face, video shows.

Prosecutors will not bring criminal charges against sheriff’s officers who wrestled a Black man out of a car during a traffic stop and punched him multiple times, the local sheriff said Monday.

Pam Bondi fires U.S. attorney whom N.J. judges had named to replace Trump ally Alina Habba Bondi blasted the federal judges as "politically minded" after they named Desiree Leigh Grace to replace Habba.

Attorney General Pam Bondi fired a federal prosecutor whom New Jersey's federal judges had named to replace interim US Attorney Alina Habba, who could not get confirmed.

Bondi is doing EXACTLY what she is accusing others of doing by making this political. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

This morning, the Atlantic published an article on David Geier, highlighting his history of publishing papers that claim associations between various vaccines and chronic conditions, including autism.

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You disagreeing with it doesn't change the truth, Scott. Consumers end up paying for a vast majority of tariffs. If businesses absorbed the cost increases, they'd go under. Like one toy company is on the verge of - they sued & won in trial court. youtu.be/dK__tC-HRMU

Can I laugh now at the irony of calling her

Federal Science Workers Say Agencies Are ‘Going in the Wrong Direction’ Hundreds of staffers at the National Institutes of Health, Environmental Protection Agency, NASA and the National Science Foundation have signed public letters to leadership opposing the direction in ...

Good Scientific American story about the letters of dissent from 4 federal science agencies (to date)...

www.scientificamerican.com/article/trum...

“the party being led by jeffrey epsteins best friend wants to repeatedly examine your childs genitals” is a true statement

Will Democrats Finally Insist On One Set Of Rules? There's no dignity in tolerating sucker punches.

“There's no dignity in tolerating sucker punches.”

And, uh, some personal news: This is also my last column for The Post. I was offered and accepted a buyout.
To answer one possible next question, I'm not sure what's next save taking some time off. If you want, you can enter your email at pbump.net and I'll let you know when I figure it out!

Call 202-224-3121 and tell your Senator to VOTE NO on rescissions

🚨 Reminder, WE WANT YOUR SENATOR on Putin's, er Trump's naughty list. Keep calling! 🚨

This seems bad.

Fucking Doge-bags.

There’s $3.5 billion in the bill through FY2029 for states to do things like build their own detention centers.

That said: the cost of the Everglades Detention Center is $450 million/year for 3,000 beds, which means that one facility alone would take up $1.8 billion of that funding.

Man Afraid to Ride Subway Named Head of NASA Trump has tapped Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy as NASA administrator.

good headline

As somebody who dug in my heels and fought, and paid a very heavy price for it, I can sympathize with the situation and not give them a pass for their actions. While I understand the challenge, they have a duty to meet it or leave, and not be an agent of fascism for the sake of a paycheck.

No fucking shit. Good politicians affirm our better angels, you tell the public what they think and why we share those values. Dems just opted to race to the bottom with the GOP.

Lawmakers Shocked to Discover What’s in Trump Tax Bill They Passed Republicans were caught off guard by the budget they rushed to Trump’s desk.

"The bill already has a handful of cosponsors, including Rep. Troy Nehls, who must have found his inclusion in this cleanup effort to be a mystical experience since he once said, 'Donald Trump is really never wrong. Think about it. He is never wrong.'"

"You have taken the presumption of regularity and you’ve destroyed it in my view"

Hard to explain to non lawyers what an explosive statement that is from a federal judge.

“..leaks to Government Executive revealed that the Interior Department has prepared to fire 1,500 people from the National Park Service, with more layoffs in the works at U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management and other branches.”

Mass layoffs can move forward, with devastating impacts for conservation and science - High Country News ‘Shortsighted’ cuts could eliminate bird banding program, federal bee research and much more.

High Country News did a story on the impacts of federal layoffs to conservation. It may be behind a paywall, so clips below.

“…when the initial pause was ordered, plans to fire staff of at least 17 agencies.. were..underway,with..impacts to..science, veteran health, small businesses, universities.”

In the rest of the country (mostly) there are these things called ✌️building codes✌️ that forbid building stuff on dirt that will soon be under water, especially when using public funds. But fascism wants what it wants so DeSantis uses Floridians’ money to make FL Donald’s fool.

5/6
We’re devastated to see our friends and colleagues discarded like this. These are some of the agency’s top talent—people who chose public service over higher-paying industry jobs. Now they’re being pushed out with no answers, no respect, and no support.

Senate Republicans just voted to pass the largest slashes to your health care and kids' nutrition assistance in our nation's history.

They're gambling with your lives to pay for tax cuts for their wealthiest friends.

The fight isn't over: call your reps at (202) 224-3121.