I found this today. Sheldon Whitehouse is my senator but this is important to all Americans. It seems there was a hidden gem in the big ugly bill which Whitehouse tried to amend but Republicans blocked him. The full story is under Whitehouse.senate.gov
At the Nuremberg trials, Karl Dönitz was convicted of war crimes for the sinking of civilian vessels. This is not a complicated question, it's been illegal for centuries.
Box Wine Barbie will now be US Attorney for the District of Columbia.
Senator John Fetterman tells Fox News that he believes President Trump is winning the trade war.
He also adds that he believes that Bill Maher is one of the oracles of the Democratic Party.
Alan Dershowitz acting exactly like you would expect a man who definitely kept his underwear on at Epstein Island to act
Leonardo José Colmenares Solórzano, a 31-year-old Venezuelan, wants the world to know that he was tortured over four months in a Salvadoran prison.
He said guards stomped on his hands, poured filthy water into his ears and threatened to beat him.
“It’s very disrespectful to show up and not wear a suit.” - John Fetterman
Ah, government efficiency.
The Trump administration is canceling presentations including book talks on important civil rights issues at the Carter Center & possibly elsewhere. Let’s celebrate these authors by buying & reading their books. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/a...
Group of ex-FBI agents 'accused of misconduct' rally behind FBI nominee Kash Patel: report: A group of former FBI agents called “The Suspendables” has joined forces with President Donald Trump's FBI director nominee Kash Patel as he awaits Senate confirmation, the Washington Post reported…
Wow the hush money payment coming early — they must be panicking about the bad PR www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
Part of what's happening really does seem to be a combination of folks believing the problem will solve itself when Trump implodes and not wanting to be in the first wave to storm the beach if storming the beach becomes unavoidable.
Zelenskiy communicated that he’d like Trump and his administration, which has ceded more and more to Russia every day, to “be more truthful.” He also said that Trump “lives in a disinformation space” and that said disinformation is coming straight from Russia.
Collaborators fired at USDA. Program officers fired at NSF. Study sections suspended indefinitely at NIH (also firings).
It's impossible to just keep your head down and do the work, as the work and the people are vanishing in front of us. 🧪
USDA Scrambles to Rehire Employees Who Were Combatting Bird Flu After “Accidentally”Firing Them.
USDA's National Animal Health Laboratory Network program lost 25% of its staff.
www.latintimes.com/usda-scrambl...
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This is outrageous! I’m demanding that Elon immediately come before Congress to testify about exactly why and how this happened.
These are American heroes serving the American people, not political pawns.
I really don't understand why pundits don't understand this.
MANY of you have better platforms than any Democrat this side of AOC.
If you spend all your time whining (some more) about Democrats, then you are being just as feckless, you are giving the GOP just as much of a pass, as the Dems are.
I am trying to cut down on the cussing, but then stuff like this happens.
STEM is my field. I spent over 3 decades working in it.
Fuck the GOP. Especially cowardly women.
"Female scientists are having their information deleted from government websites."
womenrefusingtobeerased.org
Letters went out to federal workers this morning stating they were fired due to poor performance. However, all employees had been rated as “exceptional” performers by their supervisors. Please keep these records and pursue wrongful termination claims. Let the lawsuits begin.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/16/w...
One year ago today, we lost a truly courageous patriot, Alexis Navalny, who was murdered while imprisoned in Russia.
Alexei Navalny, you will forever be remembered.
#PutinIsAWarCriminal
h/t @mccaininstitute.bsky.social
They just put out any shite thing they can think of and half the country swallows it.
it is genuinely incredible that all you have to do is scratch the surface and it becomes clear that each of these guys is a huge piece of shit
