Literally. And directly. And in myriad far-reaching ways. I will say more soon but I am in utter shock and disgust and grieving with friends and colleagues.

JUST IN: The 9th circuit court of appeals won’t clear the way for the mass firing of probationary employees at six key federal departments, leaving in place a lower court’s order reinstating thousands of terminated workers.

I’ve asked this question before. Now I’m SHOUTING it. Where the HELL are the Democrats? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/where-the-hell-are-the-democrats

we really need to stop saying “arrested” by ICE. the word you’re looking for is “kidnapped”.

multiple issues here: -it’s unamerican and unconstitutional for the federal govt—and certainly the executive on its own, arbitrarily and in secret—to create a speech code for visa holders -even if that was permissible, suddenly accosting her in the street and abducting her is wildly disproportionate

This is absolutely horrific.

Literally fuck this administration. Fuck this guy. Fuck their racism. Fuck their ignorance and stupidity. Fuck their fragility. Just fucking fuck off already. Also- side note- can we stop using his fucking face in media stories? We don’t need to see his mug too. /fin

Between the unsecured bombing chats and eliminating FEMA and trafficking legal residents to foreign labor prisons and supermaxxing measles and halting cancer research, it’s so hard these days to guess how you’re gonna die

I wish I was shocked. I am not. Try: “Pres issued another inflammatory EO declaring/overreaching on another topic he doesn’t have power to make decisions on. EO has no legal bearing.” REPORTERS- @nytimes.com History has its eyes on you and your role in our country’s current crisis.

You cannot understand the Signal story if you don't remember that Trump had a call on the proper USG channels and an intelligence analyst reviewed it and realized he needed to report a crime. That got Trump impeached. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/signa...

I crossed the memes to more accurately reflect the current situation.

I am apoplectic. At some point, I was afraid at what strategy may be going on with this admin. I think that was very generous thinking. I am now convinced they are all dumb as bricks and are going to get us all killed.

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The layers to this story, it is WILD. This is all wild.

I am not a financial scholar and I can GUARANTEE you that cutting Medicaid for 20 million people will not “keep the nation’s finances from spiraling out of control” when the president is spending millions of taxpayer $$ on personal golfing and upcharging to line his own pockets.

Utter chaos.

In <24 hours, Covid funding is DOGEd across HHS, CDC, NIH as if it and Long Covid didn't exist and there is no worry for future pandemics www.science.org/content/arti... www.nbcnews.com/health/healt... www.science.org/content/arti...

In case you’ve forgotten how we used to treat this sort of thing… There would be bipartisan calls for investigations Impeachment would be a foregone conclusion Several people would’ve resigned or been fired by end of day Back when responsible adults were in charge, not this insane clown posse

Very fun to explain the signal scandal to my 13 year old who truly understands the catastrophe of adding the wrong person to the group chat and absolutely fell out when I showed her the Mike Waltz emojis.

Termination of many E.P.A. grants made on the basis of what officials were told was a "significant error." www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Lied under oath. So easy to fact check, as any federal employee knows from yearly records training. Unbelievable incompetence. HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE!

Much of the media is complicit in the rise of this president. It was true in 2016. It is true now. Shame on you, @usatoday.com DO BETTER.

I 100% agree with this take and think it is infuriating. See also: phone trees. Lets them employ less humans, saves them money, wastes consumers’ time and probably saves them money when we get frustrated and give up.

Adding a journalist to a top secret government group chat about dropping bombs *IS* the kind of thing people who aren’t super politically literate can understand and find shocking/notable/disqualifying. Dems should seize on this and never ever let it go. I hope to hear about it in a decade

Absolutely unnecessary and preventable. This anti-health secretary should be investigated, removed, held accountable. But he won’t be. He’s being praised for this chaos.

There is always a tweet.

As a federal employee, we had yearly training on federal records laws, etc. Everything these asshats do is illegal.

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CDC has never had authority to give or enforce mandates. CDC is essentially an advisor. States implement that advice to varying degrees. When republicans say they want to reform CDC's authority they mean remove the ability to make recommendations. This is exactly what Project 2025 calls for.

The government can't threaten to cut funding to suppress certain viewpoints. This is especially crucial on college campuses. Read this letter from constitutional scholars on why the Trump administration's treatment of Columbia University is a threat to the First Amendment.

Every time you see someone powerful acting like a craven coward in the face of this authoritarian menace, let it stiffen your own spine. We are all we've got.

Roses are red Violets are blue

Jawdropping. You would expect this in a dictatorship, not the United States. This country is unrecognizable.

There’s always a tweet

All this doom ain’t gonna scroll itself

the real question is how long can this shit go on

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Donald Trump has reportedly spent $18 million worth of taxpayer money to play golf since his inauguration. This is happening as he slashes the federal workforce, guts funding for vital programs, and tees up major cuts to Medicaid to pay for more tax cuts for the rich. Hello?

CHUCK SCHUMER HAS TO GO. He’s way past his best by date and I’m not talking about age, I’m talking about usefulness. Senate Dems need to step up and have some courage.

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.

We’re still not shopping at Target.

It is clear that some of us understand the present danger & some don’t! I stand by the NO vote on the blank check for Trump & Elon… I’ve got no explanation nor agreement with Senate Dems being complicit in Trump’s Tyranny.

A French University is funding a Safe Place For Science program meant to recruit scientists who cannot continue their work in the US. www.univ-amu.fr/fr/public/a...

One of these things is not like the others

BREAKING: Trump admin must re-hire thousands of fired workers, judge rules. Calling the firings a “sham,” the judge found that the termination of probationary workers had essentially been done unlawfully. “Only agencies themselves have broad hiring & firing powers” shorturl.at/jVirI #BlueSky #MedSky

He would not be good for the agency. This is good news of a sort, but remain concerned for who they will scrounge up next.

Nothing will kill more children than the ongoing decimation of CDC, NIH, and USAID work to lift vaccine uptake in the US and world. Child survival rose 75% in the last 50 years. Vaccines account for 40% of that. Measles vax alone was 60% of the benefit. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...