For all those people who think “the left got more radical,” this is what the evolution of the GOP has looked like over the past few years.

Inside the Collapse at NIH Administration officials pressured NIH to avoid clear advice from the agency’s own lawyers to restart grant funding now.

I talked to NIH officials, current and former, about what's been happening inside the agency since the Trump administration shut down their grantmaking pipeline in January. Their stories showed just how willing our new leaders are to break the law: www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

Trump Team Weighs Pulling Funding for Moderna Bird Flu Vaccine US health officials are reevaluating a $590 million contract for bird flu shots that the Biden administration awarded to Moderna Inc., people familiar with the matter said.

I’ve been saying for over two decades there is no better bargain in the area of national defense than a proactive response to the threat of H5N1.

Finally, someone was willing to do it…and now, of course, the GOP wants to kill it.

You take 30 years off and all of a sudden there are a bunch of new versions. Sheesh.

You're not overwhelmed. You're under attack.

if we staff ICE with Uvalde police officers, they'll never enter schools

Banking regulator rescinds more than 200 job offers for examiners it needs A government-wide hiring freeze is adding to a staffing shortage at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., complicating the agency’s efforts to oversee thousands of banks across the country.

do you enjoy knowing that when you deposit money in a US bank, you won't lose that money? nice, right?

it's because bank deposits are insured by FDIC.

i don't know what FDIC ever did to these people, but apparently it too is now on their blow-it-up list:

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.

I didn't anticipate being this high up the Martin Niemöller 2025 rewrite. Exhilarating.

White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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Hey, can you grab the corkscrew - it's in the junk drawer.

No not that one. The other one.
No not that one. The other one.
No not that one. The other one.
Thanks!

Fine so far, you mean.

Any day now you're going to need an iPod charging cord.

THREAD: A timeline for you of facts. I'm just sharing facts, so no need to get yelly or upset.

1. DoJ opened two investigations into Trump and the coup in January 2021 within two weeks of the attack on the Capitol 1/

22. So with all these facts, folks can hate and rage and blame whomever they want. For me, the blame lies squarely with republicans, slow court schedules, Trump, and the corrupt, bought-and-paid-for, billionaire-captured bullshit supreme court. END/

Start again!

and a happy Gesundwidth to you too!

uno gnoccho

Hi! 😊

I don't think it's coming from a creepy place, kid-wise, but I definitely see how being blindsided with it would be triggering for you.

Maybe an awkward expression of "I wish I could have a hug from Grandma" as a digital native without thinking through how you might receive it.

It has taken me a while to come round to this, but for many cases you're exactly right.