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March 15

submitted 3 hours ago • 1 comment

Just thinking about what the US looked like before the EPA existed

submitted 1 day ago • 703 comments

Good trouble... jamieraskin.com/doge-privacy...

submitted 2 days ago • 9 comments

Office of @raskin.house.gov provided a letter template to officially request your federal personal data from DOGE in accordance with the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552a(d)(1) and this could be interesting jamieraskin.com/doge-privacy...

submitted 3 days ago • 80 comments

New report shows that NIH grants fueled $95 billion in economic activity and 407,782 jobs in 2024. That's not to mention the countless lives that biomedical research has saved. Show me a better investment than that. www.forbes.com/sites/michae...

submitted 2 days ago • 25 comments

Farmworkers mourn the passing of @repraulgrijalva.bsky.social, the son of immigrants who became a community organizer & passionate advocate for farmworkers. In Congress, he coauthored bills to protect field workers from extreme heat & achieve immigration reform. Read more @ ufw.org/raulgrijalva

submitted 1 day ago • 9 comments

I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable. Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes. Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.

submitted 1 day ago • 5275 comments

Yup.

submitted 1 day ago • 154 comments

Wow! Amazing thread! bsky.app/profile/anna...

submitted 1 day ago • 34 comments

Dean Martin wants to know - did you call your senator?? Did you tell them to vote NO on this CR that provides a blank check for Elon & Trump #resist

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

📢 Today we joined the March for Science. What happens when federal science programs are cut? 🚨 Tomorrow, we launch a project tracking the real-world impacts of these decisions for all Americans. Stay tuned. #MarchForScience #IMPACTSSurvey #ThisAffectsEveryone

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts. Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵

submitted 15 days ago • 439 comments

I have written a short statement responding to mass firings today of #NOAA / National Weather Service (#NWS) staff (which were concentrated among recent hires as well as highly experienced staff who had recently been promoted). Please see below screenshot & below for full text.

submitted 15 days ago • 64 comments

Hilarious. After the DOGErs set up the new government-wide all employee email system in late January OPM, where it is housed, sent out an advisory which states explicitly that no employee ever has to respond to any of the emails. See 4.2 and 4.3. www.opm.gov/media/kfpozk...

submitted 19 days ago • 176 comments

This is a wild, WILD situation. The President is at least allowing, licensing these emails though clearly not directing them. Meanwhile parts of the uniformed military are directing civilians within DOD to ignore them. Same at State and according to Dilanian FBI. But DOJ is saying do what the ...

submitted 20 days ago • 88 comments

Several good things are happening according r/fednews so I am going to drop them here. If federal workers are fighting back, how much more us? A thread/

submitted 20 days ago • 37 comments

NIH indirects case update: Hearing ongoing now, and I'll try to live tweet some notable exchanges. Prior to more detailed arguments, Judge Kelley starts off with a few point questions to both sides: (I'm paraphrasing here)

submitted 21 days ago • 16 comments

A Democrathicc Party to make FDR look like a conservative

submitted 22 days ago • 11 comments

The way that US businesses are acting like pussies about all this Trump admin stuff is something. Like… y’all probably spend billions of dollars on lobbyists and swaying candidates and elections. All of a sudden, cat’s got your tongue? 🧵 (1)

submitted 22 days ago • 7 comments

Elon’s “efficiency” purge has fired the “probationary” employees at Medicare, including attorneys who ensure beneficiaries get the care they need and YOUR payroll taxes aren’t used on waste, fraud, and abuse. If you’re hiring and are looking for exceptional legal talent, please comment here.

submitted 26 days ago • 1 comment

Republicans fail to pass a bill to keep the government open that they negotiated with themselves after detonating a bipartisan deal that they had negotiated with Democrats

submitted 85 days ago • 209 comments

These are the Representatives on the House Ethics Committee who have the report on Mike Gaetz. ☎️ & if you’re a constituent mention that! Message: “Please release the ethics report on Mike Gaetz. The Senate and the American people deserve to read it.” Thank you!

submitted 118 days ago • 0 comments

If you don’t like the Cabinet pics, please let your Senators know. They need you to back them up. Call ☎️ 202-224-3121 twice, for both of them — especially the Republicans! I would call mine, but I live in DC and don’t have any — use your power! ✊🏻

submitted 119 days ago • 0 comments