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With the newly installed leaders of the military. They won’t be likely to disobey his orders. Some will relish them.

There are two people in Congress-the chairs of the Senate & House Appropriations Committees-who have enormous power over the illegal impoundment of funds appropriated by Congress, which is sowing chaos across the US. They need to be relentlessly contacted at their offices, in person and by phone. 1/

THIS is how it’s done.

How we did it: Texas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We Did

OMG. Don’t make me agree with Mike Pence!

Yep. That should work. No reason to consider the last 30+ years of science.

What. The. Hell. And why are our leaders sitting by and watching this happen?

This story can't be repeated enough. The GOP is lined up behind the guy who is so incompetent that his quasi-gov't agency did this. They're confirming his highly questionable nominees & hurting the American people. And "accidentally"? It was stupidity, not accident. www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

A friend from the VA just sent this and asked me to share. PMDB is Prevention and Management of Disruptive Behavior in the workplace. THIS is the real war against women: being forced to say there are only 2 genders but not being allowed to mention 96% of violence is perpetrated by men.

Don’t you just love how the people who wanted school open during the pandemic think we don’t need a Department of Education?

Has FEMA been canceled for these states?

"Under no circumstances should any sane person take his health advice. Nor should any senator consent to give him authority over government agencies that regulate our food and medicines."

Pressed to provide evidence of fraud that Musk has discovered, Leavitt waves around "screenshots of contracts" that go "against the president's policies" (going against Trump's policies is not fraud)

I am all for cutting fraud and abuse. But… 1)against DTs new policy does not equate with fraud or abuse

Elon Musk is an unelected bureaucrat. What do EM and his child say about unelected (and elected) bureaucrats?

How quickly a reaction by the WH? Like, “tariff on Canada” quickly or “USAID rethinking” quickly?

Farmers report missing millions of dollars of funding they were promised by the U.S. Agriculture Department, despite promises from the Trump administration that a federal funding freeze would not apply to projects directly benefiting individuals.

Hey NYTimes — *now* you’re lighting the beacons? NOW?!? After months of “Sauron: Avatar Of Evil… Or Extreme Uniter?” thumbsucker reporting you’re screaming what we’ve known since 2015? Fuck all the way off.

Jesuit Priest 👇🏽

#standwithUSAID #saveforeignaid

USAID overview #standwithUSAID #saveforeignaid

But not foreign aid. When are we going to hear some clear explanations about how foreign aid benefits the US?

With so much going on right now, it’s hard to know where to focus your attention. But Donald Trump shutting down both the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention and the Federal School Safety Advisory Board endangers America’s children and we really should be talking about that more.

An explainer about how health research funding happens and why this NIH funding cycle shutdown matters: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Lower.

Exactly how low can they go? We are going to find out. They keep digging and digging.

In 2014 Dutch scientists left a hamster wheel outside, to see if wild animals would use it like their domesticated counterparts. The answer: hell yes! 734 visits from wild mice - plus rats, shrews, slugs ("running" being subjective here) & even frogs and snails. The apparent reason: fun. Just fun.

“You maniacs! You blew it up! Damn you! Goddamn you all to hell!"

Vaccines work. Masks work. Lockdowns are sometimes necessary. Access to affordable healthcare/medicines is a human right. Immigrants are generally an asset. Equality/Diversity/Inclusion policies are a good idea. Abortion is sometimes needed to save life. Keep saying these things. Truth is important.

Fascist traitor - Benedict Donald

With ICE raids already starting, remember this when you get asked if you've seen anyone they're looking for, NO I don't remember I haven't seen anyone I don't know Fuck off Ok, maybe not the last one, but erase your memory Be an ally

The Trump admin has cancelled the panels that approve NIH grants, & is also banning scientists from communicating with the public, attending conferences, and hiring. NIH is the largest funder of biomedical research in the world. This will severely halt the development of many lifesaving treatments.

Well, this is more than a little concerning.

Why are they editing it out? Who are they fooling? This is who “our” government wants in the door.

Will anyone ask him or his administration who this benefits?