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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 6h

The New York Times should hire someone who understands how laws work.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 6h

President Trump on Wednesday signed a memorandum expanding his administration’s authority to repurpose unspent federal funds to pay members of the military during the government shutdown, escalating his challenge to the authority of Congress on spending matters.

Trump Signs Memo Expanding His Authority to Spend Federal Money

The president gave Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wide authority to repurpose funds to pay members of the military without approval from Congress, which has the sole constitutional authority to decide federal spending.

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 6h

"We want to be very aggressive where we can be in shuttering the bureaucracy," Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought also said. "Not just the funding, but the bureaucracy, that we now have an opportunity to do that." https://to.pbs.org/3W4Qezh

Federal workforce shutdown cuts will 'probably' exceed 10,000, Vought says

Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought said in an interview Wednesday on “The Charlie Kirk Show” that many more workforce cuts, known was RIFS or reductions-in-force plans, are planned a...

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 7h

I am sounding the alarm that the GOP is engaged in an all out attack voting rights and free and fair elections. Voter suppression, gerrymandering, and troops in blue cities are just some of the ways they are using to try to rig the rules to keep power in 2026 and beyond.

Pay attention and act!

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wweiss53.bsky.social @wweiss53.bsky.social · 6h

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Mamdani: "I just want to speak directly to the president. I will not be a mayor like Mayor Adams who will call you to stay out of jail. I won't be a disgraced governor like Andrew Cuomo who will call you to ask how to win this election. I can do those things on my own."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Mamdani: "I just want to speak directly to the president. I will not be a mayor like Mayor Adams who will call you to stay out of jail. I won't be a disgraced governor like Andrew Cuomo who will call you to ask how to win this election. I can do those things on my own."

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 11h

House Speaker Mike Johnson insisted Tuesday that he would not swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva until Democrats relent and end the government shutdown.

Grijalva, speaking alongside Democrats, including Sen. Mark Kelly, on Wednesday, said the delay “is not procedural. It’s intentional.” 🧵

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BISHTOONS @bishtoons.bsky.social · 1d

My latest cartoon

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 13h

Maybe Mike meant "stood on" Capitol Police?

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wweiss53.bsky.social @wweiss53.bsky.social · 10h

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 12h

What the fuck are we doing?

wweiss53.bsky.social @wweiss53.bsky.social · 10h

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 12h

What the fuck are we doing?

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 12h

What the fuck are we doing?

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

Tish James lit up the room last night — and her words echoed far beyond the walls of The United Palace. This is a fight for the future.

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wweiss53.bsky.social @wweiss53.bsky.social · 11h

Thanks for the reply

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Silvia Pineda-Munoz, PhD - Climate Ages @climateages.bsky.social · 19h

Microbes in groundwater are consuming enough methane to rival all wetland emissions combined.
But we're drilling deeper and pumping harder than this ancient filter can handle.

183 million years ago, runaway methane killed 80% of marine life. Now we have a choice.
🧪 #SciComm
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The Invisible Army Fighting Climate Change Beneath Your Feet

How groundwater microbes are silently consuming enough methane to rival global wetland emissions, and what happens if we overwhelm them We talk a lot about...

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wweiss53.bsky.social @wweiss53.bsky.social · 18h

Because he used flawed data in his vitamin C work?

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wweiss53.bsky.social @wweiss53.bsky.social · 18h

The bane of our existence

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Albert Vilella, PhD. @albertvilella.bsky.social · 19h

@jonCendpts, not on #Bluesky, on the large biotech capital financing themes:
"Whenever I see a $600M biotech investment, I think Bain likely orchestrated it. Sure enough. And Bain loves to tap a trend. In this case a US biotech with Chinese parts. "

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wweiss53.bsky.social @wweiss53.bsky.social · 20h

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

MIKE JOHNSON: I've not seen them cross the line yet.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 23h

Private equity takeover of US hospitals led to rise in patient deaths.

Cuts to staffing/investment; high debt, profiteering; worse patient outcomes.

More deaths in nursing homes, increased post-operative complications

Why is UK Govt handing the NHS to PE? Why no investigation of the impact of PE?

Private equity takeover of hospitals led to rise in Medicare emergency patient deaths, says study

Study found seven more deaths per 10,000 patients in private equity hospitals’ versus non-private equity hospitals

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wweiss53.bsky.social @wweiss53.bsky.social · 20h

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

MIKE JOHNSON: I've not seen them cross the line yet.

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Dan Rather @thedanrather.bsky.social · 20h

Government workers are just pawns for the president who is playing a game of chicken with people's lives.

Good Work If You Can Keep It

Before Trump dismantled the bureaucracy, working for the government was an honorable job

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wweiss53.bsky.social @wweiss53.bsky.social · 20h

There but for whatever may happen go I.

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Robert Rohde @rarohde.bsky.social · 20h

Hail is very non-uniformly distributed around the world.

For much of the world, you almost never see hail large enough to damage solar panels. The central USA does have some issues though.

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Map of hail frequency during the period 1979-2015 in days per year per 100km x 100km grid cell. From Prein & Holland (2018) "Global estimates of damaging hail hazard".

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

MIKE JOHNSON: I've not seen them cross the line yet.

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 21h

'My own “rip-off” degree in Old and Middle English led to my writing 100 Horrid Henry stories, millions of books sold worldwide and countless kids becoming readers.'
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Kemi Badenoch wants to end ‘rip-off degrees’ – but I wouldn’t have created Horrid Henry without mine | Francesca Simon

I studied Old and Middle English. Although I didn’t know it, I couldn’t have chosen a better subject to train me to become a children’s author, says author Francesca Simon

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