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Shutting down existing EV charging hardware, which has already been paid for, is the definition of government waste. But I don't hear DOGE doing anything about this… 🙄 electrek.co/2025/02/21/t...

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DOGE: Department of Grift and Extortion

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As Gernot Wagner said over on Mastodon, Shutting down already installed infrastructure isn't "efficiency," it's sabotage. electrek.co/2025/02/21/t...

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Pay attention to this. Replacing JAGs with loyalists enables whatever orders Trump and Hegseth issue to be interpreted as lawful.

submitted 1 day ago • 430 comments

Shutting down already-installed infrastructure in the name of government "efficiency" while also harming business competitors of a government official who just happens to have his own network of EV chargers.

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What these nihilistic vandals are doing to dismantle science & medicine—generations of expertise & public service & life improving benefits—is cultural revolution level national self harm. No foreign foe could inflict such brutal damage & senseless suffering on US so fast & effectively & unresisted.

submitted 7 days ago • 510 comments

This filing from Gov Shapiro is well worth a read. 🔥 Attn: political reporters! We’ll see what the judges have to say, but this is compelling evidence that the Trump admin is not following the restraining orders.

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Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) sued President Donald Trump’s administration Thursday to get them to unfreeze over $3 billion of federal funding allocated to his state’s agencies over the next several years. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

submitted 9 days ago • 96 comments

Arguably the central story of American life in the 21st century. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/b...

submitted 8 days ago • 123 comments

1. I have said it before and I will say it again that the last election was decided not on policy, but on information, and given the result of that election, it’s safe to say that we have entered a new era, a kind of American Dark Ages, in which superstition, fear and ignorance reign supreme.

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More than 60 actions taken by President Trump during his first month in office bear the fingerprints of Project 2025, the right-wing blueprint for overhauling the federal government. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

submitted 8 days ago • 28 comments

Over @urbaninstitute.bsky.social, my new research on the financial feasibility of small-scale apartment buildings. Right now, high land costs & high debt costs combine to make duplexes & triplexes really difficult to build. Cities need to enable 5, 6, 7+ unit buildings if they want more housing.

submitted 10 days ago • 7 comments

Here you can find the numbers of federal employees in every state and Congressional district in the country: crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/...

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BREAKING: Judge Nichols has issued his written order formalizing his decision to block the Trump administration from putting 2,200 USAID workers on leave tonight. He also orders the reinstatement of 500 workers previously put on leave. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

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Trump’s tax agenda outlined by the White House today will add at least $5 trillion to the debt, potentially much more. Per new analysis by nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. www.crfb.org/blogs/trump-...

submitted 16 days ago • 94 comments

If this happens - and if Musk et al get control of BLS - then all economic bets are off. I can’t say it any more plainly than that.

submitted 18 days ago • 153 comments

"Two-thirds of the staff of the President’s Malaria Initiative, an organization founded by former President George W. Bush, have been fired, including some of the most senior and respected scientists working on malaria control in the world..." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...

submitted 18 days ago • 406 comments

Donald Trump and Elon Musk, with this blitzkrieg, are killing people. All the Republicans in Congress are accomplices. And Trump voters bear responsibility for this, too.

submitted 18 days ago • 92 comments

I ran $100 billion in Infrastructure and IRA programs at EPA. We obligated over $70 billion onto signed awards and contracts to protect public health and the environment. All that funding is currently frozen. Here are the facts… 🔌💡 1/X

submitted 22 days ago • 44 comments

This is the best explanation around of the Trump Admin “funding freeze” state of play, particularly with respect to EPA funding.

submitted 21 days ago • 1 comment

Democratic lawmakers need to understand something: Imagine your house is on fire. Fire truck shows up. Firefighters get out. They look at the fire, then at you, and say: "Such a fire is a grave threat. This house will not sustain." And just stand there. This is how many of you are coming across.

submitted 22 days ago • 358 comments

Census.gov appears to be down

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Traditional New Orleans architecture under the snow. #sneauxday

submitted 32 days ago • 80 comments

okay so what legal authority does elon musk have to commandeer the office of personnel management and access reams of sensitive data? www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...

submitted 22 days ago • 937 comments

Jim Acosta announces on air that he's leaving CNN and says, "it is never a good time to bow down to a tyrant ... don't give in to the lies."

submitted 25 days ago • 3342 comments

The people now in charge of the Office of Personnel Management apparently don’t know how to scrub PDF metadata, and have exposed the original authors of the guidance they’re publishing. Two, Noah Peters and James Sherk, have links to the Heritage Foundation and Project 2025.

submitted 26 days ago • 220 comments

Physics does not care about our politics, and ultimately the world will continue to warm until we get global emissions of CO2 to (net) zero.

submitted 31 days ago • 22 comments

i think the executive orders directing agencies to end energy efficiency regulations and open up more land to drilling and mining is so indicative of the character of the american right — in its view everything, whether people or our larger environment, is something to be exploited and dominated

submitted 32 days ago • 1217 comments

We are hoping to pass a bill this year in WA state prohibiting employers from requiring driver's licenses when other transportation modes could work. The bill has it's first hearing Tuesday! lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/202...

submitted 36 days ago • 7 comments

So @microsoft.com has apparently forced AI garbage no actual writer wants into the latest version of Word. Here’s how to disable this insulting shit:

submitted 37 days ago • 167 comments

Not that we really need more ways to show how unusually warm 2024 was... Here's the joyplot updated with the past year.

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NEW: Meta has quietly dismantled the system that prevented misinformation from spreading in the United States. Machine-learning classifiers that once identified viral hoaxes and limited their reach have now been switched off, Platformer has learned www.platformer.news/meta-ends-mi...

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For your weekend reading consideration: My story in @vox.com explaining why giant SUVs are like cigarettes: Both can kill you, even if you don't use them. No paywall: www.vox.com/future-perfe...

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The Tulsa Race Massacre was not committed by an uncontrolled mob but was the result of “a coordinated, military-style attack” by white citizens, the Justice Department said in a report. It was the first time the U.S. government has given an official account of the 1921 massacre of Black residents.

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If you're interested, you can find a summary of the latest research on wildfire and climate change in the US here: nca2023.globalchange.gov/chapter/2/

submitted 43 days ago • 13 comments

2024 daily temperatures compared to past years. A frightening graphic from the BBC. #ClimateEmergency

submitted 42 days ago • 168 comments

I’m so saddened by this story. The mindset that some people slip into when they are behind the wheel of a personal vehicle is one of extreme entitlement.

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Here’s the news story about Steven. His attacker was arrested www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/a...

submitted 43 days ago • 14 comments

I just heard that a fellow low-vision nondriver and disability advocate was killed. He and a friend were almost hit in a crosswalk in Burien, WA and when they expressed frustration, the driver got out and attacked Steven. He died from his injuries. I'm heartbroken and so angry.

submitted 50 days ago • 60 comments

Get off Meta. Get off Facebook. Get off Threads.

submitted 43 days ago • 13 comments

Scott Goldstein, US DOT, kicking off the #TRBAM session on induced travel, reflecting on scholarly research showing that adding roadway capacity worsens pollution and congestion.

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NEW: In a letter urging AG Garland to block Jack Smith's report, Trump reveals: -His team has reviewed the report for 3 days; -It is critical of several incoming Trump officials; -It is critical of X's handling of Trump search warrant w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2025/01...

submitted 46 days ago • 49 comments

Jan 6th was a violent attack on our country, not a “day of love.” The truth is well documented, witnessed by dozens of GOP officials, it’s up to us to defend it against the relentless lies. My latest: adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/defending-...

submitted 48 days ago • 1220 comments

Jeff Bezos never wanted this cartoon to become public. He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit. Make sure everyone sees this cartoon.

submitted 49 days ago • 1092 comments

@rebeccaclewis.bsky.social joined a group of public transit enthusiasts who borrowed one of their parents' cars to try to become the first people tolled when congestion pricing started at midnight. Read about it on @cityandstateny.bsky.social: www.cityandstateny.com/personality/...

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