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Killing children by denying aide isn't genocide? Maybe not technically but it feels like it.

👇🏽🎯 scrap the cap

So let's review. Over the last 24 hrs we've learned that two DOGErs embedded at IRS are finalizing a plan to share your tax data with people throughout the government; that's plainly illegal. Meanwhile Mike Johnson claims that Elon is already pouring your Social Security data into his AI and he's...

Sounds like a good idea as we enter tornado season quickly followed by hurricane season.

Since I'm not on FB today due to the boycott, I'm sharing my puzzle frustration here. Wordle 1,350 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr has paused multiple vaccine projects – including one to create a new Covid-19 vaccine in pill form.

Sen. Rick Scott set a high bar for stealing stuff.

B of A: “.. the termination of #USAID will .. result in fewer crop purchases from US farmers. In 2024, USAID purchased $2 billion in U.S. grown corn, soybeans, wheat, vegetable oil, and peas from farmers, representing 1-2% of annual exports ..”

Trump pardoned the sentence of arguably the single biggest drug trafficker in American history on his second day in office!

Chatting with my stylist during my haircut, I was shocked by her ignorance. She admitted that she's unaware of events but her sister is very worried. I did my best to provide some information. Its up to all of us to use everyday interactions to inform our community.

February 18, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

Years ago, after the Cambridge Analytica scandal, I interviewed a former fb employee, and I remember her continually emphasizing that these tech bros weren't evil geniuses, but were, in fact, dangerous because they were utterly clueless, totally reckless, and had too much power.

Posted at 2:16 a.m. Federal judge issued emergency order prohibiting Musk’s DOGE from accessing personal & financial data on millions of Americans at the Treasury Department, noting the possibility for irreparable harm. Also ordered “immediately destroy any and all copies of material downloaded…”

If you're more upset with Biden being forced to consider the extraordinary step of peremptorily pardoning his own officials then you are about Trump appointing someone who’s promised to use the federal govt to exact personal retribution for Trump, then you need to think a little more critically.