It’s so hot in DC that tree stumps are just catching fire

Here's the full Trump-Vought FY27 budget proposal. www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u... It lists NIH as "-$5 billion" with a top line budget of $41B. The math doesn't math tho bc FY26 budget was $48.7, making $41B a $7.7B (not $5B) cut. Also calls to eliminate NIMHD, FIC & NCCIH.

I do agree that Director Bhattacharya did step in SOMETHING on April 1, 2025. (or, rather, stepped into a great institution and started turning it into 💩)

Watch Director Bhattacharya's performance at CPAC really got to me. I chose to share some of my observations with him. Hold on... 1/11

CBS turned their news operation into propaganda, kicked Colbert off the air for making too much trouble, and all that just to have Charles Barkley go on the air on one of their most-watched telecasts of the year and say this lmao

My resignation letter

SCHIFF: I don't want to hold up the rest of what DHS does, so I've fully supported vote after vote to fund TSA KERNEN: That's a carve out. It's not a clean bill, which has been business as usual SCHIFF: Well, business as usual right now is people getting killed in the streets. So I'm not for that

Um……

Average immigration detention deaths per month from FY 2010 to FY 2024: 0.69 Average immigration detention deaths per month in FY 2025: 1.75 Average immigration detention deaths per month so far in FY 2026: 4.6 www.npr.org/2026/03/10/g...

NIH’s response to this article, that “NIH supports a fair and objective review process that evaluates proposals based on scientific merit.” not so subtly suggests that they think women on average do science that is less meritorious.

I regret to inform America that this was just posted by the HHS Secretary.

This meme captures our current mood. Public health is being systematically dismantled. People will suffer. People will die. Of course we’re angry. (1/2)

If there were credible allegations against a Democratic president that he had punched a 13 yr old girl in the face after she bit his penis while he was raping her, Fox would be running that shit on a loop 24/7 and calling for his arrest/execution let alone his impeachment.

Compelling story from KFF News/CNN Listen to the sound clips to get a clear sense of what has been happening at NIH. www.cnn.com/2026/03/05/h...

Trump is once again fighting wokeness this afternoon

So... A friend was supposed to give a PURELY SCIENTIFIC talk at NIH within the next couple of weeks and it was cancelled because of a "new process" where all speakers/talks have to be CLEARED BY A POLITICAL APPOINTEE.

Democrats Need to Be Better on the Issue of D.C. Statehood And I'm not talking about professional Democrats, but people like you and me. By way of G. Elliot Morris: Democrats are only +15 for D.C. statehood. We need to be better than that. And it's not just about the two senate seats either, it's…

No more poopy Potomac!

@wmata.com just want to say my Red Line operator should have his own radio show. The station announcements have made my morning!

"That's the way it is," says the five-time draft dodger to our military families who fear their loved one in uniform could be next. What a disgrace.

Radiohead is demanding that the Trump administration take down a pro-ICE promotional video featuring a version of its song “Let Down” without permission. Full statement from the band:

The Constitution clearly gives Congress the power to spend taxpayer funds, and no law allows the president to halt if he feels some US states aren’t being “good stewards” of the money. In case there’s any confusion on this, the Impoundment Control Act forbids it. Taxation without representation.

The U.S. men's hockey team reveals why men in America are failing at a spectacular rate. History will remember their celebrating MAGA's misogyny, ignorance, and their embrace of Trump's cult of personality, corruption and fascism. God bless the US women's hockey team. 💪

Republicans clap like seals after Trump recites his made-up foreign investment numbers

Letz go even bigger and better,,, ALL Female US Olympians and Paralympian medalists are invited out to celebrate in Viva Las Vegas for the SHE GOT GAME Weekend ,,, Hit a guy up and LETZ GOOO

It’s both funny and cosmically correct that the U.S. men’s hockey chodes will have to sit through 2+ hours of rambling from their addled little king while the U.S. Women’s team gets to skip the speech and party with Flavor Flav in Vegas

This made me laugh more than I care to admit

Good news: after 390 years of manels, single-gender events are officially forbidden at Harvard. Oh. Never mind. Single-gender events are fine as long as all participants are men and occur "accidentally".

Universal healthcare… that is the answer

Pritzker demands a $1,700 refund per family for the people of Illinois after Trump's tariffs were ruled unconstitutional. Dems, pay attention. This is your midterms message.

Trump: "I can do anything I want to do to them ... I'm allowed to destroy the country."

“Not” a fascist dictator

“Now, rather than largely ignoring the actual operations of one agency, he can largely ignore the actual operations of two.” "It seems the one qualification for this job is rubber-stamping RFK Jr’s agenda." "I wonder if Jay will now do twice as many podcasts." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

What in the actual f?!?!?!?

@altfda.altgov.info challenged us to list #5Things that each of us Alts think have caused the most damage in our agencies over the past year. Each of the five items is chock full of sub-items…adding up to far more “things.” Here goes.

Fascism is here. 🇺🇸 CBS is dead. ☠️ More people will now see this interview Trump tried to bury than ever would have otherwise. 👀

If you think there’s NOTHING in our heritage (or in any nation’s) to be unapologetic about, you’re a fool. A dangerous fool.

May this one day happen to them.

Here is an image the NIH Director just shared on Twitter: A poster of him wearing a tattoo from a convicted rapist.

What???????? Would actually need to say the complete opposite…

It’s been 22 days since we’ve had trash collection… and we still wait…

NEWS: Some D.C. residents say they haven’t gotten their trash picked up in three weeks. The post-storm collection challenges have also tied into some broader concerns with services from the D.C. Department of Public Works, @maustermuhle.bsky.social reports:

Our nation is being destroyed by Trump and the Republican Party. I used to get a surge of pride to live so close to the White House. Now it’s a construction project for our megalomaniac president

And the new NCI Director moves to piss away his scientific credibility. First, killing cancer cells is a very low bar; many compounds kill cancer cells and are not the least bit useful for treating cancer. 1/2

Bad Bunny understood the assignment…

The funny thing about that show? Not a word of it was in English, but it was one of the more patriotic halftime shows I’ve seen. “The only thing more powerful than hate is love” “Together, we are America”

Goddamn, that was a great halftime show. Take a bow, Bad Bunny. 10/10. 🇵🇷🇺🇸

FROZEN SOLID DC -- to a degree we seldom see. CWG photographer Kevin Ambrose (@dcstormchaser.bsky.social) visited and photographed the National Mall on Sunday morning -- after two weeks straight of mostly freezing weather. Here are four of his photos.