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"Noel has demonstrated that one smart guy can run an institution better than a whole team of people with decades of institutional knowledge. He’s done the same thing for the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory he did at his previous gig—managing Chicago’s meat-packing plants. "

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I wrote this last week, with info on how any international engagement NOAA does (there's a lot of it) had to be run through political appointees. I have heard now that almost none have been approved; basically everything, including things flagged as high priority or urgent, is listed as "on hold".

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Is the NYT going to try and gaslight us about this nazi salute too?

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I’ve been warning that the Tech Bros want the S.F. Presidio for a “freedom city”. Now this. 👇 1/

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This week’s No Mercy / No Malice… DOGE: What Can Be Done? www.profgalloway.com/doge-what-ca...

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I wanted to comment on this new piece on how firing bureaucrats ➡️ dictatorship. This is important research & you should read it. BUT, it is focusing mainly on cases where dictators succeeded. Are there important differences between these cases & the US? A 🧵 👇 theconversation.com/firing-civil...

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Republican US House from GA says we need to slash because we cannot afford these programs and personnel. No mention of the proposed $4.5T tax cut he will no doubt support and whether we can afford *that.*

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CSPAN Caller from West Virginia: I’m a diabetic and I’m on Medicare. When Biden was in there, my insulin was $6 for a 28 day supply. I just went to CVS, it went back up to $80…

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This time it is @anildash.com who has randomly (as in a tweet from 2021) made the front page of Reddit

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NSF fired 168 yesterday. Today its staff directory page says this:

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Here, @joshtpm.bsky.social picks up on excellent @wired.com reporting (by @kimzetter.bsky.social) ... ... to note that Musk and his DOGE lackeys are trying to centralize control over federal systems ... ... that were created disparate by design. For security! talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/doge-...

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OSHA cited Tesla in the death of an electrician at its TX plant last year. www.reuters.com/business/aut...

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First nuclear weapons management, now this. No one - Democrat or Republican - voted for this kind of incompetence.

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Whitehouse: "Remember Trump-Russia? The Mueller report said there was Trump-Russia. The bipartisan Senate intelligence report said there was Trump-Russia. Repeated trials brought in evidence showing Trump-Russia. There was, is, and forever shall be Trump-Russia."

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I had no idea there was a left leaning podcast that had any real traction… and this one is out ranking Joe Rogan! 😳 57 million vs. Rogan’s 50 million plays a month. #podcast #podcasts #joerogan

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My latest for the @thebarbedwire.bsky.social makes the case that Trump and Musk are marching us into a "new fascism" that may not look exactly like its historical predecessors but nevertheless draws on the ideology to rend the democratic state and rule of law. thebarbedwire.com/2025/02/13/e...

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"My lunch with Kevin Hassett was the moment in which I stopped believing in meritocracy...He was merely the product of a system that needed people like Kevin Hassett to exist. And this system was designed to protect and promote the Kevin Hassetts of the world, irrespective of how silly they were."

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Men who were once imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay write about the detention of migrants there now: "We are not just survivors of Guantánamo. We are witnesses. And we will not let the world forget." www.forever-wars.com/former-guant...

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NEW: CISA has frozen all of its election security work; the agency is also reviewing everything it’s done to help state and local officials secure their elections for the past eight years. www.wired.com/story/cisa-e...

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WATCH: @govkathyhochul.bsky.social responds to Trump declaring himself “the king” after attempting to end congestion pricing in NY — which she says won’t stand up to legal scrutiny & violates the state’s rights (If a Dem tried this in Tennessee our GOP supermajority would go nuts)

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We need to save some smoke for voters. Trump was very clear during the campaign that he planned to settle Russia's war on Ukraine quickly and on Putin's terms. 77 million people voted for him anyway, and now he's following through. American voters sold out our ally.

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