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Midwest dog lover, cold plunge aficionado, air filtration and ventilation nerd, fighting fascism, autocracy and kakistocracy as best I can. Gobbler of information and follower of too many (so much to learn!) No DMs
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Please read and share widely - Trump is degrading our current military and future military recruiting and preparedness by introducing partisanship and a de facto loyalty test.

Republican Congressmen Rep. JayObernolte (CA-23) gets destroyed! Great work!!! @dcombes.bsky.social

Be aware - bots

Again…it is happening. It will continue gaining momentum. Watch.

Elon’s evil munchkins sent this ridiculous email out to all 2 million or so Federal employees demanding they reply by midnight Monday. If you want to let them know what you did last week I’m bet they’d love to hear from you at [email protected]! I can’t wait to tell them about my norovirus symptoms!

Dear OPM FOIA staff - Remember to preserve all of these email responses, as we will be submitting FOIA requests for this consolidated compilation of information on what the entire federal government did last week. Thx - FOIA community

A MUST-SEE‼️ The PayPal Mafia—Musk, Thiel, Sacks, and Botha—have ties to apartheid South Africa & a hand in US policy and the election. • Elon Musk – Unelected co-president, dismantling the government for his own gain. FUN FACT: His grandfather wanted to scrap democracy for technocrat rule. 🧵

The National Institutes of Health had to stop considering new grant applications, delaying funding for research into diseases ranging from heart disease and cancer to Alzheimer's and allergies.

Last year, I was acutely aware of the impending threat of Project 2025. It was like witnessing a train derailment (that nobody else cared about or could see) in slow motion, knowing the catastrophe could be averted if only people would acknowledge the danger & take action-but no action was taken.

Get. Him. Out. Of. Our. Government.

Information was shared illegally. A career employee at the Social Security Administration provided unauthorized access to data to Elon Musk’s staffers. This employee, Leland Dudek, a data analyst, was recently promoted to acting commissioner by Trump.

Call today to let your Congressman know what you think about Elon Musk’s DOGE and its slash-and-burn cuts to the federal workforce and vital government programs. Leave a message if necessary. YOUR CALLS REALLY DO MAKE A DIFFERENCE! ☎️

Air-Score: a simple way to assess the quality of indoor air renewal in a room.

In recent years, our understanding of the transmission routes of respiratory viruses has evolved considerably. Clive Beggs, an aerosol scientist, states for example that 80% of COVID19 transmission is airborne. To believe that “COVID is not airborne” is to consider only 20% of contaminations.

📌New Research “randomized clinical trial provides robust & holistic evidence that indoor air purification notably improved pulmonary health in children, highlighting the importance of intensified indoor air purification in regions with high air pollution levels” #CleanAir

“A fascinating exploration of microbes that can travel through the air reveals how the pandemic marked a turning point for a crucial research field.” @linseymarr.bsky.social reviews @carlzimmer.com’s new book, AIR-BORNE www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Aura-CO2 is definitely one of our favorite CO2 monitors, and even more so with the adoption of Air-Score that we proposed to easily assess the quality of indoor air renewal. It is the first commercial product to offer a real-time display of the Air-Score. www.elichens.com/blog-posts/a...

Victoria DeLano is one of thousands of federal probationary employees fired in recent days by the new Department of Government Efficiency team. At the time of her firing, she said she was the only Office of Civil Rights investigator based in Alabama. www.al.com/educationlab...

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

Here’s what is going on. When you start firing the military’s top lawyers, that means you are getting ready to order the military to do unlawful things. Trump replaces those JAGs with men who will justify any future unlawful and unethical actions that he wants the military to do.

This gets my vote for tweet/post of the year. This is a RED ALERT post. This is exactly why he’s doing it.

Trump just fired the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Air Force General C.Q. Brown, and pushed out five other admirals and generals, including the first woman to lead the Navy. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

In 2020, the military was adamant about refusing to get involved in the election. That's why Trump hates General Mark Milley so much. Now, Trump is transforming the military into one that will back him up in 2029. We need to figure out how to prepare for that eventuality.

When the billionaire's were allowed to buy an election and now have unfettered access to the government. When our Congress people are afraid of losing favor with POTUS/DOGE, losing $ for their re-election and fear political violence from MAGA supporters who also have access to guns of war.

Focus on the positive: this has overall been a really bad week for Trump! open.substack.com/pub/theweekl...

No doubt last night’s purge reflects racism and misogyny. But those wrongs are just a cover for the far more serious evils and dangers that exist here.

On Wednesday I was the first to report Leland Dudek was on the verge of losing his job at the Social Security Administration when he was suddenly promoted to acting commissioner by Elon Musk. Thursday I published a story with more details. I’ll let you guess if I got any credit in this Post story:

Weaponized US AI surveillance?

Rep. Jason Crow: “The purge of senior officers at DOD is deeply troubling, but purging JAG officers worries me the most. “JAG officers interpret law for our commanders. They help determine what's lawful and constitutional. “Replacing these military lawyers with Trump loyalists is so dangerous.”

AOC: “Elon Musk is not going after efficiency — he is trying to gut everything good in 🇺🇸 for his own private profit… America is not for sale.” Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGXObpu...

This made me so angry I have to not actually say what it made me think.

WATCH: “You just said something that’s not true — that tens of millions of dead people are on that list… but the same report you cited said almost none of them have received Social security.” Trump’s Press Sec hides behind saying they “suspect” it, then runs away 🤔

People experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position.

AMERICA to the PENTAGON: STOP SPENDING $70,000 PER TOILET SEAT PETE HEGSETH: ... AMERICA to the PENTAGON: STOP SPENDING $70,000 PER TOILET SEAT PETE HEGSETH: We’re going to fire 76,000 Americans

Extortion, pure and simple.

I've been building and installing Corsi-Rosenthal boxes since the southern California wildfires were really bad a few weeks back and they've made a huge difference in my indoor air quality. Really highly recommend, should have done this years ago

Why did Hegseth just fire every top military branch lawyer? What did they refuse to sign off on? A Pulitzer awaits the reporters and outlet who can tell the public.

Modern-Day Peaceful Protest… TikTokers are hunting Cybertrucks—pulling up behind them and projecting anti-Elon Musk messages onto the tailgate. What’s genius: the driver has zero rear visibility & zero idea. The Cybertruck Hunters account launched a week ago and already dropped a dozen videos.

From the get go of the second Trump administration, it was clear that the president would try to pass a bunch of executive orders without any clear indication that he, or his trusted advisors, actually knew if it was legal. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/wha...

Since last week, the United States is now pro-Russia, anti-NATO, and anti-democracy. Everything we feared is real. What can we do about this? Where do we go from here? @djrothkopf.bsky.social and @normornstein.bsky.social tackle all of these pressing questions. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

So. It has officially happened. I have been officially let go from my position at CDC. I wasn’t a probationary employee. I had stellar performance reviews every year. I’ll be ok. But please understand that many worked HARD to get into these positions and were doing great public health work.

We are arms dealers to terrorists.

that Trumpers think the US Postal *SERVICE* should be a profit-making enterprise exposes the fallacy in their conception of government

Hundreds in DOGE purge had jobs not paid by taxpayers - lowering the amount of savings America sees by cuts Source: The Independent share.newsbreak.com/bnvi118b