Shaheer
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Shaheer
@shaheerbukhari.bsky.social
Get me out of this wet suit and into a dry martini
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New, from me:
The Trump administration is already making it easier for partisan political appointees to fire career civil servants.
A new policy will also allow them to politicize who is hired into the civil service. The spoils system returns! 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-politi...
The Politicization of Federal Hiring
A new Trump policy undermines the goal of a nonpartisan public service
donmoynihan.substack.com
June 3, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Pakistan has activated the Geran Doctrine, according to local journalists. It’s a military strategy centered on preemptive precision strikes, approved by the Prime Minister and designed to neutralise threats before they escalate.
April 30, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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🧵 THREAD: A federal whistleblower just dropped one of the most disturbing cybersecurity disclosures I’ve ever read.

He's saying DOGE came in, data went out, and Russians started attempting logins with new valid DOGE passwords

Media's coverage wasn't detailed enough so I dug into his testimony:
April 18, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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Decide yourself if radio's gonna stay
April 13, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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Can you imagine this band in these times? 😍

Dead Kennedys – California Uber Alles – Official Music Video

#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #deadkennedys #californiauberalles #history #punkrockhistory
April 11, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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Exclusive: Military contractors are pitching the White House on an unprecedented prison plan for detained immigrants.

Former Blackwater CEO Erik Prince wants to cut a deal to skirt immigration laws and transport detainees from the U.S. to El Salvador.
Military contractors pitch unprecedented prison plan for detained immigrants
Erik Prince wants to cut a deal to skirt immigration laws and transport detainees from the US to El Salvador
www.politico.com
April 11, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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Kennedy’s comments on the Novavax covid vaccine approval delay aren’t scientifically accurate and don’t conform with FDA law, experts said.
Kennedy’s Comments On Novavax Delay Scientifically, Legally Inaccurate, Experts Say
The HHS Secretary publicly acknowledged the unusual delay of Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine licensure, but his justification was neither scientifically accurate nor legally justifiable, experts said.
insights.citeline.com
April 10, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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All those young male Gamers for Trump, now finding out that he made gaming consoles and a lot of other electronics much more expensive, and created delays with delivery that have no end in sight.
April 11, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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The US judicial system is already suffering from the predations of corporations who are aggressively rolling back the clock on law and order in favour of corporate political outcomes
Lose the courts, lose the war.
www.acslaw.org/analysis/rep...
Dark Money and the Courts: The Right Wing Takeover of the Judiciary | ACS
This page shares reporting and analysis documenting a secret donor network and the Far Right’s strategy for turning the judiciary into a tool for partisan and corporate interests.
www.acslaw.org
March 31, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Keep hearing people say protests against first Trump administration were ineffective. Evidence suggests otherwise.
Many “savvy” folks argue protests can’t work. Evidence suggests otherwise.

“Muslim ban set off a fury of protests across US, garnering tremendous media attention and discussion… Portraying ‘Ban’ at odds with inclusive elements of American identity prompted some citizens to shift their attitudes…”
A Change of Heart? Why Individual-Level Public Opinion Shifted Against Trump’s “Muslim Ban” - Political Behavior
Public opinion research suggests that rapid and significant individual-level fluctuations in opinions toward various policies is fairly unexpected absent methodological artifacts. While this may gener...
link.springer.com
March 25, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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“Government should be run like a business” is mostly misguided, but one lesson from business that government should take is that volatile, unreliable behavior makes others less likely to do business with you.
Tariffs hurt the economy, yes, but a cycle of threaten, tariff, fold and rescind does too.
March 5, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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The thing about delaying auto tariffs a month is that, guess what, you're still going to be dealing with the Canadian/Mexican response, and both have significant leverage. Also: delaying a month does nothing to solve the problem of totally integrated supply chains.
March 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM