Have you heard? There’s a new bill that makes it harder for millions of eligible Americans to vote. Join me and @standupamerica.bsky.social in urging Congress to vote NO on the SAVE Act: act.standupamerica.com/letters/no-o...
Almost all NOAA Research websites that rely on cloud services - including Amazon, Google and WordPress - are poised to disappear at midnight ET Saturday after a contract was targeted for "early termination." Labs may also feel the effects.
Story for @bloomberg.com (free link):
For real #UnitedAirlines?
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Take your time, USPS. It was only a small Priority Mail package going to Florida.
Because you TOTALLY asked for this… and MapQuest has NOTHING better to do…
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Think of it as the Upside Down but more... minimalist. Pls share so we can behold your genius (or judge you, lovingly) 😘
How much Elon Musk makes from the government a day: $8 million.
How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65
Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?
CORRUPTION: Musk is abusing his position to block investigations into his own corporations⬇️
The Missouri Woman Who Burned Down Multiple Businesses in Puerto Rico is No Longer a Free Woman
One would think this would be a bigger news story, but that’s okay because it matters to us and this update is for others who feel the same.
📄 NEW: "A First Hand Account of a Brazen Crypto Scam" This week, I woke up to news that my name had been used to promote a naked crypto scam. It imploded in two hours, but not before 17,000 people made $45 million in trades.
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Listen to Holly Clemons, Vouchers are not Conservative and NO ONE wants them except a a few parents who love handouts and subsidies. #txlege #vouchers
I approve this message! Even The Onion gets it! For those unaware, Lin Manuel Miranda & his father lobbied for PROMESA, the law Barack Obama signed to install a Financial Oversight and Management Board (FOMB) with more power than Puerto Rico’s government and the ones who signed the COFINA contract,
Lloyd Austin was confirmed 93–2.
Mark Esper was confirmed 90–8.
James Mattis was confirmed 98–1.
Ashton Carter was confirmed 93–5.
Leon Panetta was confirmed 100–0.
Robert Gates was confirmed 95–2.
Pete Hegseth will likely be confirmed at 50-50.
Most unqualified nominee in American history.
When speaking to experts in Latin America, I've been told that the use of military planes by the United States could be seen as an insult. And now it seems they were right; Mexico's president just refused to accept a deportation flight for the first time in years.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
Yeah, it’s absolutely part of Trump’s strategy to wear us down via a shock and awe deployment of executive orders, news chaos, etc etc.
But,if I’m being real, I think a lot of folks on the left — myself included — feed the chaos by panicking constantly, shoving the news in each other’s faces.
Buried in the Executive Orders, is one that halts all funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
White House en español, gone. Jan. 20, 2025
Jane, it’s hard to explain but let’s just say USA is taking good advantage at having great military, and tax heavens for the 1-2 percenters. They will lobby their way to status quo. No political party in Congress has PR status in their agenda.
Caribbean Matters: As long as Puerto Rico is a colony, blackouts will continue www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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No one in Texas, particularly Houston, needs to be told about Tony Buzzbe. We know, we know.
So far to the right, that makes Rand Paul seem like a normal moderate.
www.politico.com/live-updates...
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The Art Museum of Houston never gets any less beautiful.
That idiot in Vieques 🙄
Darling, we have a whole board FOMB.
Does that include Asians and Canadians or just brown people?
