There are currently 467 separate conflicts that require recusal

🧵 THREAD: Trump and Rubio have arrested the international humanitarian aid system and forced lifesaving aid programs to completely halt operations — despite an announcement earlier in the week claiming they had changed course. 1/

This is terrifying.

Elon Musk's friends have infiltrated another government agency: the General Services Administration. His former employees are trying to use White House credentials to access GSA's tech, giving them the potential to remote into laptops, read emails, and more:

this really is fascism he’s not playing around. he will put inexperienced, unqualified sycophants in all positions of power this is the end of the US we once knew

Civil rights complaint filed against Elizabeth district by former dean who objected to book ban https://www.chalkbeat.org/colorado/2025/01/29/civil-rights-complaint-filed-against-elizabeth-district-by-fired-dean/

Today’s Bonus Cartoon, by Jimmy Craig. #NewYorkerCartoons

"Also known as a concentration camp."

he wants the NIH & FDA to study the safety of a treatment that’s been deemed safe for a quarter century… but neither the NIH nor the FDA will legally be allowed to share their analyses & conclusions, so we’ll just have to take the word of brain-worm dude & his ever-lying boss *What* could go wrong.

this… is unspeakably worrisome www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

President Trump fired 15 independent inspectors general in a late-night massacre that was very likely illegal. Trump offered a weak defense of the purge that made it crystal clear that he doesn’t have a genuine rationale for the removals, as the law appears to require.

what the… www.instagram.com/reel/DFDbrAg...

“surprising”. sure. (The only this surprising is he’s changing his tie this time around.)

jesus. what an *sshole.

Costco shareholders made their stance crystal clear this week, voting overwhelmingly to back the retail giant’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.

Target is joining a wave of US companies pulling back on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, as right-wing pressure leads companies to alter their commitment to hiring diverse candidates and expanding access. Read more: cnn.it/42pypz1

Chicago Public Schools prevented officers from U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement from going into an elementary school on Chicago’s Southwest Side Friday and talking to students, according to school officials.

ICE showed up Friday morning to Hamline Elementary School, located in the New City neighborhood, principal Natasha Ortega said at a news conference. “We will not open our doors for ICE, and we are here to protect our children and make sure they have access to an excellent education,” Ortega said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin seems to have successfully convinced Donald Trump that diminishing America’s nuclear weapons reserves would be a good thing.

Trump's wind order "could impact essentially any wind project, even ones not sited on federal lands" reports @jael.bsky.social. “If in fact the federal government stops issuing approvals, a significant amount of the pipeline would be interrupted” says @americancleanpower.bsky.social's Jason Grumet

ah, I’d actually forgotten the 20 bizillion photos of an ugly, pouty, blank-faced man-child holding up illegible documents to show an aggressive and over-large Sharpie-scrawled “look mom, I can write” signature these really are the stupidest of times.

A federal judge in Seattle blocked the Trump administration from implementing an executive order curtailing the right to automatic birthright citizenship, calling it “blatantly unconstitutional”.

imagine if the rich and powerful were held accountable for their actions?

Daily life in 2025. #AI #Tech #JustLetMeBe #FFS

McCarthyism is back.

i don't have a joke here, i just think it's rad as hell that this guy is making tiny tiny homes that are attached to bikes for people experiencing homelessness in toronto

This is a great piece. "As deportations ramp up again, we have a choice: We can watch as our neighbors disappear or we can build on these proven strategies to protect the diverse communities we've built together."

anyone else notice how all of a sudden, women are “covering”? Melania & Ivanka at the inauguration, with their anti-décolleté/long sleeve/long skirt attire; these two, dressed like no ice nuns… No bright colours, nothing distinctive other than VERY LITTLE SKIN being shown… “Under his eye”, I guess?

No study section...no grant reviews No grant reviews...no grants awarded No grants awarded...no research No research...no functional NIH

I don't think people quite grasp how much danger the media is in.

The Israeli far-right celebrates the lifting of sanctions imposed by the Biden administration on some Israeli settlers. Why did US President Trump lift the sanctions?

Office of Management and Budget Chief Russell Vought refused to pinpoint where the sudden flurry of Day One executive orders had been drafted, despite the fact that many of them fell in line with Project 2025, a plan of Vought’s own design.

Trump administration orders "external communications ban" among federal health agencies including CDC, FDA, NIH, and HHS. They are currently and for an indeterminate period of time forbidden to publish health advisories, scientific reports, website updatess, social media posts, and more.

ceasefire my *ss a cruel government will always be cruel; this is the only truth we know for sure

I sure hope I speak for everyone when I say FFS. (I honestly despair. No one is interested in facts or truth any more?!) Meta to get rid of factcheckers and recommend more political content

ugh. Well, it would seem the pornbots and robotrolls have arrived. I am just not interested in having Bluesky become what Twitter is now. Well, it’s not going to happen to my account, anyway. Blocking, blocking, blocking away.

The 166-million-year-old footprint tracks, found at a quarry in southern England, mark one of the largest discoveries in decades.

and the world sits silent. this is not at all where I’d imagined we as humanity would be, on the cusp of 2025.😕

les authoritaires nationalistes aiment les authoritaires nationalistes ; que voulez-vous

RIP, Jimmy Carter. You were a good man.

meanwhile, Canada stays politely (and not so wisely) mute after multiple comments about swallowing us up as a “51st state”, while head Con-man PeePee Harehair and premiers like Demented Smith just keep on puckering up to the dangerous crazoid down south

and today, in Foreshadowing the Next Four Years of Constant Complaining and General Name-Calling, while Nothing Gets Done… Republican spending bill to avert government shutdown fails in House – as it happened

The world's richest man managed to take $190 million away from a *child cancer research center* with his posts yesterday. Funding now stripped in the new bill.