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Animal Behaviorist, Psychologist, Scientist, Conservationist, Senior Citizen. A son of the American Revolution and advocate for our governance of, by, and for the people.
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#News #DOGE DOGE: Taking America's left arm and right leg....

#News #USA #Ukraine #Europe #Russia www.cnn.com/2025/02/28/m... "Though a member of Russia’s state-owned news agency was allowed access to the Oval Office — albeit allegedly accidentally — pool staffers emphasized that the Associated Press and Reuters were not permitted to sit in on the talks."

#News #Ukraine #Russia #USA #Europe #World www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc... "The national-security system of the West is led by two men who cannot be trusted to defend America’s allies—and who deeply sympathize with the world’s most aggressive dictator."

#News #Ukraine #USA #Russia #Europe www.axios.com/2025/02/28/t... "Trump has plunged the U.S. into a state of unprecedented isolation on the world stage. The Zelensky debacle is likely to be remembered as an inflection point for Europe,..."

#News #Ukraine #Freedom #Russia #USA Cheney: An American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for.

#News #Ukraine #Politics www.reddit.com/r/europe/s/i...

#News #Politics #Ukraine #Russia www.thebulwark.com/p/breaking-t...

#News #Ukraine apnews.com/article/zele... "Before the blowup, Zelenskyy had been expected to sign a landmark economic agreement with the U.S. aimed at financing the reconstruction of war-damaged Ukraine, a deal that would have closely tied the two countries together for years to come."

#News #Ukaine www.reddit.com/r/UkraineWar...

#News #Politics #Science #Universities cleantechnica.com/2025/02/27/u... "During the Cultural Revolution, scientists and intellectuals were violently persecuted, universities were shut down, and research was labeled as counter-revolutionary, leading to a complete halt in scientific progress."

#Newsl #Health #Politics #NIH www.theatlantic.com/health/archi... "The longer the pause on NIH funding has dragged on, the more the American research community has descended into disarray. "

#News #Environment #Climate #Project2025 www-sfchronicle-com.translate.goog/opinion/sole... "Overall, Project 2025’s environmental rollbacks would decrease GDP by $320 billion per year by 2030 and $150 billion per year by 2050."

www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu... It’s possible that clouds and life are linked in an intimate cycle. It turns out that one of the best rainmakers is a type of bacteria called Pseudomonas.

#News #Science #NSF #Education #Politics spaceproject.govexec.com/commercial/2... "The National Science Foundation has been told to prepare for the loss of half of its staff and two-thirds of its funding. Other federal science agencies are facing similar threats of layoffs and funding cuts."

#News #Politics #DOGE #Musk www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... "In the latest embarrassment to befall the site, Doge has stealthily expunged all of the five largest items on the “wall of receipts” after the much-vaunted “savings” were revealed to be so much hot air."

#News #KGB #Russia #Politics #USA thehill.com/opinion/inte... "The former head of Kazakhstan’s intelligence service, Alnur Mussayev, recently claimed in a Facebook post that Donald Trump was recruited by the KGB in 1987, when the 40-year-old real-estate mogul first visited Moscow."

#News #Politics #Conservation #Environment #PublicLands time.com/7261219/pata... "This is just the beginning of what may become the most ruinous four years in U.S. climate action and conservation history. "

#News #Ukraine #Politics www.thesun.ie/news/1478049... "...Kyiv has sided with its heroic leader as Ukraine's Parliament, the Verkhovna Rada passed a resolution today securing Zelensky's presidency until the martial law is lifted."

#News #Politics #Veterans democrats-appropriations.house.gov/news/press-r... “Our veterans make significant sacrifices in service of our country, but those sacrifices do not seem to matter to President Trump and unchecked billionaire Elon Musk,”

#News #Politics #AXIS #Ukraine #Britain #Russia www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e... "In a chilling warning, former deputy prime minster Lord Heseltine said the US president risks forming a “new axis’ which will reward Russia and its allies."

#News #Constitution #DOJ #Politics #MAGA www.rawstory.com/trump-doj-26... "the Justice Department is under attack" by the new administration. "They're coming after the people that want to uphold the laws that exist,"

#News #Politics #PoliticalScience #Governance GIFTED READ www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv... "Patrimonialism is less a form of government than a style of governing.. Corruption is patrimonialism’s Achilles’ heel because the public understands it and doesn’t like it. "

#News #Science #Politics www.alternet.org/trump-nih-me... Stifling the creation of knowledge in the USA

#News #Politics #Ketamine #Musk hiphopwired.com/playlist/elo... “Kleptocratic ketamine addict,” wrote legal analyst Jennifer Taub.

#News #Politics #CivilService www.thebulwark.com/p/musk-doge-... A life of service to your country being treated like a useless waste of time....

#News #Ukraine #Russia #Starlink kyivindependent.com/us-threatens... "The United States has threatened to cut off Ukraine's access to Starlink satellite internet terminals if Kyiv does not reach a deal with the U.S. regarding critical mineral resources...."

#Cartoon #Politics #MAGA

#News #Politics #Cartoon Shush your mouth

#News #Politics www.newsweek.com/2024-electio... Excerpt: Democratic New York Representative Daniel Goldman has called for an investigation into Trump's "vote-counting computers" comment regarding Musk.

#News #Politics #Ukraine #Russia www.thedailybeast.com/murdochs-wal... "The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board has attacked President Donald Trump for his “assault” on Ukraine, warning that his “seeming desperation” for a peace deal could come at the expense of his own presidency."

#News #Politics www.avindman.com/p/how-is-dog... "The potential for these records falling into the wrong hands and being used for blackmail and other nefarious activities should be a concern for ordinary Americans, as well as any countries with commercial activities in the United States."

#News #Russia #Politics www.rawstory.com/trump-nato-2... "It's now irrevocable. There's not a shred of rational argument among European powers to trust the United States' commitment to NATO and Article Five." "Well, I think it increases the likelihood of war," he said.

#News #Politics #Russia #History open.substack.com/pub/thomhart... "In this article, Hartmann provides a useful and timely summary of what is known about Trump's many ties with Russia and the Soviet Union."

#News #Politics www.politico.com/news/2025/02... ...a Republican-aligned group, Building America’s Future, is spending at least $1.5 million in the state... Musk has donated to the group in the past, and it has backed some of President Donald Trump’s controversial Cabinet picks."

#News #Politics #Russia #Ukraine prospect.org/world/2025-0... "...the lesson is clear: America cannot be trusted, and all its former allies should start preparing for the worst, including developing their own nuclear deterrents in case of war with the U.S. itself. "

#News #Climate #Canada "USACE conceived a massively constructed continental water management scheme that was to divert water from rivers in Alaska south through Canada." thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

#News #Politics #DEI "...the crusade against DEI has been a way of laundering racist policies into the mainstream. The anti-woke right’s public focus on hollow cultural signifiers obscures their actual goal: undoing the gains made by the Civil Rights Movement." www.theverge.com/politics/613...

#News #Coup #Politics #Fascism “Trump enabled Musk’s capture of the federal government after illegally firing more than a dozen inspectors general despite Congress strengthening the laws protecting IGs less than three years ago … ” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

#News #Politics #Russia #NATO "In this situation, we should make it clear for the Europeans: now we can really strike Brussels, London or Paris, because we can forget about Article 5. You can forget the notion that Americans would step in on your behalf." www.msn.com/en-us/news/w...

#News #Politics #DOGE "Does no one outside of Musk and his team know how this data is being handled and used? Is it being manipulated? Are back doors into the system being added? Where is any extracted data being maintained?" www.rawstory.com/unhinged-dem...

#News #Ukraine #Politics "Informed observers generally take for granted that Russia would use a ceasefire to distract the United States and Europe, demobilize Ukraine, and attack again. This is not a plan that the Russians are working very hard to disguise." open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

#News #Coup #MAGA #Politics #Fascism "I want to be as direct and clear as I can be: There is an undemocratic administration in power, and they appear hellbent on undoing 250 years of adherence to the rule of law in this nation. It is an incredibly dangerous moment...." youtu.be/jrE0DOEcbRE?...

"Despotism delivers an unambiguous message: societies that suppress respect, centralize power, hoard wealth, and restrict information are on the path to authoritarian rule." open.substack.com/pub/drrasmus...

#News #Ukraine #Europe "If Russia does protract talks, it is possible that European defence industry can increase output across key classes of weapons....." rusi.org/explore-our-...

#News #Politics #Law #Tyranny “No system of ordered liberty can allow the Government to use the carrot of dismissing charges, or the stick of threatening to bring them again, to induce an elected official to support its policy objectives,...” slate.com/news-and-pol...

#News #Science #FRS #Disinformation "Fellowship in Royal Society is a big thing. Being removed is a bigger thing. Musk may be removed for disinformation among other things." www.nature.com/articles/d41...

#News #Politicis #Classified "Elon Musk’s overhaul of the federal government seems to have hit a snag: His Department of Government Efficiency posted classified information on its website. " newrepublic.com/post/191580/...

#News #Politics #Autocracy "An order from DOGE to the U.S. Treasury that blocked disbursement of NED funds has crippled the organization—which received $315 million for fiscal year 2025—and its affiliates...." www.thefp.com/p/trump-star...

#lNews #Politics Regime Change in the USA: Notice of Downgrade of Service to American Citizens www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

#News #Politics "...since like Russia, America now has a president who believes great powers are entitled to expansionism in their regional areas of influence. But rewarding Russia with a favorable settlement would set a disastrous precedent." edition.cnn.com/2025/02/13/p...