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jeffbarrus.bsky.social
Communications professional, middle-aged punk, gamer, public health and foreign policy geek, father of twins, a grain of sand in the gears
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so uhhhh did Elon shut down the National Sex Offender Registry too? www.nsopw.gov

The heads of multiple federal agencies have told their employees not to respond to Musk’s email. Seems like Musk would’ve gotten approval for this draconian change in policy from Trump, with Cabinet officers informed in advance. But no, because this admin is in utter chaos.

Nigel Farage & Liz Truss happy at an event too fascistic even for the political heir to the Le Pens… www.bbc.com/news/article...

🙏 #TeslaTakedown

NEW — 19-year-old DOGE engineer Edward Coristine turns out to be the grandson of former KGB spy Valery Martynov, who played a role in a sprawling 1980s espionage saga. www.jacobsilverman.com/p/prominent-...

'where Steve Bannon tossed off a Nazi salute and Musk appeared in a “Dark MAGA” baseball cap sporting a chainsaw and basking in the adulation of the MAGA/CPAC faithful awash in the joy a certain kind of individual derives from destruction and pain.'

We’re THIS CLOSE to another Elon-submarine-pedophile moment.

In a feat of impeccable timing, the wonderful editors at the Lewis & Clark Law Review have finished their work on my article, "Is Originalism Bullshit?" The final version is now online at SSRN: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Layoffs and contract cancellations sweeping the Social Security Administration. I've been told that following data programs have been canceled: *National Beneficiary Survey (NBS): Provides SSA, Congress w/ info about factors that can help SSI/SSDI recipients find employment

If you’re wondering why I declined to talk to the NYTimes, then you haven’t been following my account for very long. They bear a direct responsibility for the current situation we find ourselves in, and I responded by laying out my position and that I would only talk to @jamellebouie.net

🔥🔥🔥 Former Vikings punter Chris Kluwe was arrested for civil disobedience after speaking against a MAGA display that the city council of Huntington Beach agreed to put up at the public library…..that’s what’s up….every word👇

Trump is surrendering America. Trump is the opposite of strong. He is a tiny, weak, small, scared, trembling, sissy, husk of a man. There is nothing manly about his fat, sweaty, smelly, gross, makeup'ed self An absolute joke

America can't be trusted to keep our word anymore. We are the bad guys now.

I am not making this up: Republicans have introduced legislation… to increase your bank fees.

Interesting speech by Vince Gilligan, who is clearly chagrined over the bad-fan response to Walter White: www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/v...

So, we are shipping migrants to Panama, where they will be housed in a camp in the jungle.

provided guidelines: “do not mention trans ppl in your summaries”

@juliusgoat.bsky.social

democrats won’t admit it, but my family’s economic outlook has gotten a LOT better since Trump took office. but what do i know? i don’t have a fancy economics degree, i’m just a regular guy who runs an airplane scrapyard

Well I guess we don't have to worry about how much they COST any more

Yeah, that's exactly what this anti DEI purge is all about. Censoring minorities and expelling trans people out of public life.

i feel like it's an open question whether or not the flu vaccine will even be available next season

At least 7 plane crashes since Trump and Musk destroyed aviation safety in the United States. That's an average of 1 plane crash every 3 days. 1/29 – Washington, D.C. 1/31 – Pennsylvania 2/5 – Washington 2/6 – Alaska 2/10 – Arizona 2/12 – California 2/16 – Georgia

worth saying again these these unilateral cuts are illegal. neither trump nor musk has the authority to unilaterally slash appropriated funds.

Good for you ProPublica! Stand Strong! @propublica.org

And so it begins

What Trump has done for US farmers so far: -frozen their foreign aid program (and left their food to rot) -encouraged EU to ban their products -frozen legally-owed reimbursements for their energy efficiency upgrades etc. -threatened to deport half their workforce -suppressed research on bird flu

Another way the dictatorship might kill you. This is from a friend who is a retired air traffic controller.

This is a program for teenagers with serious disabilities who are finishing high school and transitioning to their next steps in life. Trump just axed it, effective immediately, in the middle of the night, with no notice.

I’ve been sitting here for ten minutes trying to articulate my rage at this. One word: eugenics. Our kids. Our wonderful, worthy kids.