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we’re gonna be doing this a lot

submitted 5 days ago • 24 comments

The Trump admin has "disrupted the response" to bird flu by withholding reports and canceling meetings with both Congress and state health officials, leading to confusion and concern among federal staff, states, veterinarians and health experts. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

submitted 9 days ago • 87 comments

As is being noted, the acting heads are not random people. They were selected by the Trump administration. Even they are resigning.

submitted 10 days ago • 44 comments

The carefully managed water systems in California's Central Valley saw a sudden deluge after the Army Corps of Engineers unexpectedly released reservoir water. “In 25 years, I’ve never seen anything like this. I was given no explanation at all.”

submitted 23 days ago • 159 comments

BREAKING WaPo: An aide to Mike Johnson advised Republicans against subpoenaing Cassidy Hutchinson as part of their investigation into the Jan. 6 to prevent the release of sexually explicit texts that lawmakers sent her. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

submitted 31 days ago • 196 comments

BREAKING, via The Seattle Times: Trump's executive order to restrict birthright citizenship is blocked for at least the next two weeks by a Reagan appointee in Seattle who eviscerated the Trump lawyers present defending the order. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

submitted 31 days ago • 214 comments

The Justice Department has ordered the civil rights division to halt almost all of its investigative activity dating from the Biden admin and not pursue new indictments, cases or settlements. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

submitted 31 days ago • 40 comments

Federal employees have now received emails warning that they could face repercussions if they do not report on co-workers who work in diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility positions that might have gone unnoticed by government supervisors. www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...

submitted 31 days ago • 163 comments

Stop fearing what may happen and fight what does happen

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

NYT: Trump begins selling a new crypto token, in a move assailed as an ethical breach. “It is literally cashing in on the presidency — creating a financial instrument so people can transfer money to the president’s family” one ethics lawyer said www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...

submitted 36 days ago • 291 comments

Two things, both true: 1) 200 is not a wholly-unprecedented number of agents and this is likely to be the kind of operation that doesn’t round up people so much as scare them. 2) it still scares them and part of the point is to scare them. Fight the hype with facts; know the hype causes harm.

submitted 36 days ago • 19 comments

The Russian disinformation network “Matryoshka” has launched a new campaign on Bluesky. Eliot Higgins, founder of the investigative journalism group Bellingcat, has been one of the first researchers to detect its activity. So far, four Russian-made fake videos have been identified on the platform.

submitted 49 days ago • 1173 comments

Over the past few weeks, I’ve gone from the fear that “show less like this” button is a simple placebo to the sneaking suspicion that the algorithm might actually consider it positive engagement.

submitted 77 days ago • 0 comments

RFK jr. confirmation hearings derailed after he is discovered sexting with a senate staffer mid-questioning

submitted 101 days ago • 0 comments

Even by the very low expectations I have for social media, the *other places* have become completely miserable experiences Thanks in advance to anyone aspiring to make this a better and healthier space, for however long that can hold

submitted 108 days ago • 0 comments