A play in two acts.

Is this who we are? 😳🇺🇸

Abandoned in a Foreign War Zone One USAID employee’s experience in Kinshasa as the agency was dismantled.

"Even if the appeals process for some or all of them were to conclude that the administration acted unconstitutionally, that does not mean USAID is coming back. The workers are fired; the grants have been ended; the damage is done."

From interview of Lee Bollinger, 1st Amendment scholar who served as dean of @UMichLaw, president of @UMich, and president of Columbia University.
www.chronicle.com/article/were...

'Bloody Saturday' at Voice of America and other U.S.-funded networks Federal officials placed 1,000 employees at Voice of America on indefinite paid leave, while severing contracts with Radio Free Asia and other U.S.-funded networks.

"This story is based on interviews with 16 current and former employees of the U.S. Agency for Global Media and the networks it funds. All but Turner spoke on condition they not be named due to fear of professional retribution."

www.npr.org/2025/03/15/n...

March 20, 2025

Trump has rescinded a proclamation that established the Chuckwalla National Monument and the Sáttítla National Monument in California.

This list is so long and taking up so much real estate in his speech it’s almost like they want to distract from their massive cuts to Medicaid

Ukraine brings back 7 children from occupied territories, Russia Through the President of Ukraine’s Bring Kids Back UA initiative, at least 1,233 children have been safely returned home from Russian-occupied areas.

⚡️Ukraine brings back 7 children from occupied territories, Russia.

Seven Ukrainian children have been returned home under the President of Ukraine’s initiative, Bring Kids Back UA, according to Daria Zarivna, Director of the initiative and advisor to the Head of the Office of the President.

Pass it on.
#StandWithUkraine

Elon updated DOGE, claiming to have fixed the mistakes we all pointed out. But instead of correcting them, he just added more false claims. He even inflated his so-called “savings” total from $55 billion to $65 billion, when in reality, the actual increase is only from $2 billion to $2.3 billion.

What Federal Workers Considering Whistleblowing Should Know - Washingtonian Now, more than ever, America needs whistleblowers; let this guide be a helpful starting point. We include pointers on how to prepare and what to expect.

My advice to federal #whistleblowers during Trump 2.0.

Turn to experienced legal counsel including @wbaidlaw.bsky.social, which provides pro bono legal represention.

www.washingtonian.com/2025/02/28/w...

Hundreds of NOAA employees are being fired by Trump and DOGE.

The National Weather Service, which is part of NOAA, provides life saving weather forecasting in the US.

A study found that for every $1 invested in NWS, it produces $73 in value to Americans.

Again, this isn't about efficiency.

Some examples of research USGS does that is at risk with RIFs and restructuring:
- earth quake and volcano monitoring and warnings
- landslide risk assessments
- water quality testing
- wildlife conservation
- wildfire prevention and post-fire rehabilitation
- invasive species tracking

I immediately donated to World Central Kitchen Ukraine and another Ukrainian charity. Had to do something.

Dave Troy gets it 100%!

Why are so many still in denial?

Denial is a luxury that the US cannot afford at this time in history.

Tick-tock... tick-tock... tick-tock...

Francis Collins, the NIH Director for 12 years, led the Human Genome Project and other NIH efforts for 32 years, resigned today. Key words from his resignation letter
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/u...

They Worked to Prevent Death. The Trump Administration Fired Them. Public health teams are being gutted, imperiling efforts to safeguard organ donation and prevent maternal and infant death. Many workers expressed fear at what would happen to the work they left…

Hundreds of workers at the CDC. More than 1,000 at the NIH. Scores of staffers at the FDA.

Trump’s purge of federal employees includes those doing lifesaving work. Many of them expressed fear at what would happen to the projects they left behind.

By @anniewaldman.bsky.social & @deldeib.bsky.social

Trump administration cuts 18 jobs at North Chicago’s Lovell health care center: ‘It’s an outrageous betrayal’ Eighteen Lovell health care center workers lost their jobs as part of the cost-cutting efforts of the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE.

Adam Mulvey was one of 18 workers at North Chicago's Lovell health care center who lost their jobs, along with 6,000 veterans nationwide between Feb. 13 and 24, as part of the cost-cutting efforts of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

Musk’s Purges Suddenly Take a Horrific Turn—and Wreck an Ugly MAGA Lie We can now be depressingly confident that their mass cuts are killing people.

The fact that these cuts were handled this way—wantonly and recklessly—tells us everything we need to know about the administration’s true goal: To broadcast a clear message to the world that we are now shrugging off any sense of obligation to the global poor.

But he can sure say 500 times how good a deal maker T is.

It’s such a shame. And the R’s are enabling all this mess.

I’m glad to hear it. Sorry for the employees this also affects but we just can’t give money to this robber baron

NOAA & NWS staffers who want to speak to the media, feel free to reach out to me at hcarnell@cir.org or hcarnell.58 on signal

happy to talk but have been especially following DEI and climate flagged researchers, widespread economic impacts of science cuts, and protests.

Today was a better day. It’s hard to take time for myself in the morning with so much to do before heading to work, but I took a few minutes to meditate and it helped. More tomorrow. #careformyselffirst then face the world.

This is getting ridiculous. If a nominee can’t answer a question of fact like that, throw him out.

I love libraries…and books…and libraries with lots of books…and freedom to read 💙

@muellershewrote.bsky.social Why do you think the former Repub orgs like Lincoln or Bulwark seem more present and more energetic than long time Democratic orgs?

😳 this dude ran the FSB [KGB]!