What a tragedy. cc @rlswrites.bsky.social

Many at USIP have told me from the start that the reason the Trump administration has gone after them so aggressively is because of their really beautiful building.

This opinion piece by @rlswrites.bsky.social is important

My latest for @nytopinion “We live in a new world, where words like “women,” “gender” and “trauma” are banned or limited in research studies… The fringe went mainstream, and then became the U.S. government.” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/o...

Congress has to pass a budget, and if the Republicans who represent most of rural America wanted, they could demand that the farmers who got screwed by the Trump administration be made whole. Of course, that would require standing up for their constituents. Wonder what they'll do?

It’s amazing that one person can run six companies, manage the entire federal bureaucracy, and be model parent to 13 children. Truly a triumph of time management.

What these nihilistic vandals are doing to dismantle science & medicine—generations of expertise & public service & life improving benefits—is cultural revolution level national self harm. No foreign foe could inflict such brutal damage & senseless suffering on US so fast & effectively & unresisted.

Breaking - White House is forcing out top leadership at the National Archives. “The exodus of senior staff is seen as a huge loss for the agency, which is considered nonpartisan and dedicated to the preservation of history and documents.” www.cnn.com/2025/02/14/p...

Top two stories on WSJ right now make quite a pairing:

The Washington Post refers to “a clash between the White House and the AP” when in fact it’s the White House unilaterally punishing a news outlet for using a historical place name that would-be dictator Trump doesn’t like. “Clash,” my ass. It’s a fascist attack on the free press.

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He has a YouTube channel too youtube.com/@westmorelan...

I mean, who do voters think they are?

We just published a 3,000 word feature on Elon Musk's incursion into the federal government. Gift link here: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...

no funding if it seems like the research MIGHT involve a woman or a nonwhite person

Honey, you have it backwards

I honestly feel like I am losing my mind because the scale of what is happening just does not seem to be registering for most people and is not being reflected on the pages (or webpages) of our national newspapers.

Putin is full out celebrating our idiocy.

An excellent resource for federal civil servants. www.civilservicestrong.org

Oh. My. God.

It’s pretty insane that a private citizen can come in, hijack federal government servers, fire people, and steal their PII.

the richest man in the world has been installed in the government and he is very clearly trying to subvert it for his own ends.

We could have had a competent president, lower drug prices, home buyer assistance, a Cabinet filled with qualified adults and not sociopaths, global respect, and national sovereignty...

Three things: 1. This is a nonsense inquiry and basically all this Trump minion has got. Not impressed. 2. NPR gets less than 1 percent of direct funding from the feds. This will impact local stations, which have broad support. 3. Brendan is an unctuous toady. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/b...

Nothing to see here www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

Serious question: what is wrong with Kennedy? He seems to be struggling to speak…

In testimony to the Senate Finance Committee, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. displayed a lack of familiarity with Medicare and Medicaid, the government programs responsible for covering more than 150 million Americans.

Disgusting

Needs to be shouted from the rooftops as the grave warning that it is. Such IG audits also uncovered the family separation policy under Trump… www.nytimes.com/2025/01/29/o...

“I coached football long enough to know that, when somebody draws up a playbook, they plan on using it.” @governorwalz.mn.gov We told you. We told you. We told you.

Hey guys! I’ve started something new. My new Substack… Go check it out! jimacosta.substack.com/p/hold-on-to...

In this horrible month, if you are feeling as low as I am, I'm going to recommend 4 books that feel generous, hopeful, and immersive. 1. Molly Gloss's Hearts of Horses. 2. Jedediah Berry's The Naming Song. 3. Megan Giddings's The Women Could Fly 4. Minsoo Kang's The Melancholy of Untold History.

Immigration is so weird. Like: cartographical borders are completely man made. Animals don’t care about borders. Weather doesn’t care about borders. It’s just a problem we stupid humans have invented, and now feel we have to solve in the most dehumanizing way possible.

This administration has just put every American’s life in danger. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/u...

Trump: trying to single-handedly get unemployment figures into the double digits.

Excellent post

Fantastic piece by @hillaryfrank.bsky.social More of this, please—for our daughters AND our sons www.nytimes.com/2025/01/26/o...

Is #Hegseth going to be subjected to random drug testing? Asking for an entitlement program.

This same Christian Nationalist symbol is tattooed on the guy they just confirmed. Hegseth has raged against Muslims while drunk in public. He’s told racist jokes about Mexicans according to his sister-in-law. We know what he’s about and why he has that tattoo. So disgraceful.

This didn’t take long

Guest on Megyn Kelly this week: “So, that's the thing is the funniest joke we ever pulled on the Democrats was convincing them that Project 2025 wasn't real…it's over, we won, yes, we're going to do Project 2025. And the other thing is, it's good.”

“Inspectors general can uncover incompetence or wrongdoing that embarrasses administrations” …It’s no accident that this happened at midnight on a Friday night www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/u...

Hegseth. Because women don’t matter.

Instagram and Facebook have recently blurred, blocked or removed posts from two abortion pill providers. Instagram also suspended the accounts of several abortion pill providers and hid the providers from appearing in search and recommendations. nyti.ms/4h3PF1x

BIG Jackie Alemany scoop in @washingtonpost.com: An aide to Speaker Johnson advised against subpoena of star Jan. 6 witness Cassidy Hutchinson over concerns about public exposure of “sexual texts” from lawmakers. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Trump seems really interested in a 51st state… rather than #Greenland or #Canada, why not start with #DC? You know, the actual current citizens who have no representation in Congress?

Bloomsbury publishes most of my work in the UK, including the next novel. UK friends, please use any other bookseller while they work this out.