A federal employee directory helped us figure out just how many workers have left federal health agencies since the beginning of President Donald Trump’s second term. Here’s how we crunched the numbers. By @pratheekrebala.bsky.social @anniewaldman.bsky.social @bxroberts.org
Little kids with brain cancer. That’s who Donald Trump and RFK Jr. are screwing over by cutting health care.
The extent to which ICE is ignoring all civil rights and due process is astounding — and indicative of a culture where they’ve been told they can do literally no wrong. Agency and admin leaders must face sanctions and legal consequences.
Belly laughing!! LOL!😂
I’m absolutely begging reporters to stop suggesting that Lisa Cook stated that she would use both properties as a principal residence on her mortgage APPLICATIONS Mortgage APPLICATIONS and mortgage AGREEMENTS are not the same thing We have no idea what she represented on the APPLICATIONS
"His mother told NBC4 that the agent told her son they had confused him with someone else, but to “look at the bright side: you’re gonna have an exciting story to tell your friends when you go back to school”." WTF www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Every time your electricity bill goes up for the next 10 years, it can be traced back to this Administration’s actions. They are making solar and wind power illegal to build in the United States. They are artificially restricting supply while demand is going up.
#medsky
The USS Lake Erie, a guided missile cruiser, has passed through the Panama Canal into the Caribbean to join other US warships and a submarine off Venezuela.
This “explicit” is a weird editorial choice. The constitution gives the president no power over this at all. It’s not ambiguous.
I’m serious. This REALLY infuriates me. @nbcnews.com @cbsnews.com @cnn.com Do your job. You failed to lift this up in 2024. If farmers are hurting, explain why and who is to blame. And remind Americans that we paid BILLIONS for Trump’s first tariff blunder. It’s so irresponsible to ignore this.
One thing that's particularly maddening about what's happening today—beyond that it's happening—is that when people talk about how we are moving toward authoritarianism, toward fascism, by a collection of narcissistic sociopaths, many Americans' eyes glaze over.
Some view it as hyperbole; others don't even know what the words mean. But it's all textbook. Textbook history, textbook political science, textbook psychology, textbook social psychology. Elementary stuff, not obscure. And it's happening in real time, right before our eyes.
The party of “family values” is attacking our kids.
Interrogator and witness shared the same goal—they were both there to make Trump happy—and their exchange reflected this arrangement.” Yup.
About the weird DOJ Trump/Epstein interview: “It was a damage-control operation… not so much investigating Epstein and Maxwell’s crimes as attempting to exculpate President Donald Trump….“
And expected.
Medicare for all, paid leave, universal childcare. Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed. Getting big money out of politics. Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages. If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.
That's because our "exceptionalism" consists simply in the fact that currently, for the most part, we are exceptionally dense and uninformed as a nation.
« L'État, c'est moi, et l'État devrait tout commander, tant que l'État c'est moi. » — Le roi Donald XIV (alias Donald le Gros)
Once again I ask, what’s it going to take?
While ICE agents can note in their database if someone they’ve investigated turns out to be a citizen, they are not required to do so. As a result, records are often wrong and left uncorrected even after agents have been told of a mistake. (Published March 2025)
You’d like to think Trumpsters would care more about fixing the problem than silencing and punishing the crew’s warnings. “Captain, we think there’s an iceberg ahead.” “That’s insubordinate — to the brig with you!”
Trump is attempting more ILLEGAL cuts to government investments, trying to push Congress to the side entirely. This is a brazen attempt to steal Congress's power to be YOUR voice on taxpayer spending. Trump does NOT have a line-item veto, much less a retroactive one.
No one voted for this.
Love to see this.
Clueless in Anchorage, as Putin chumps Trump again and again and again. Is it just incompetence, or does Putin have something on him?
This is good: With Trump/RFK destroying CDC, JB Pritzker's officials are exploring the possibility of buying Covid vaccines from manufacturers and distributing them in-state themselves, source tells me. Dem govs must step up and fill the void. New piece from me: newrepublic.com/article/1998...
I'd like to request a picture of Putin in the Oval Office, please.
Putin’s respect for Trump = zero. Trump usually flares up when disrespected. What does Putin have on him?
Who voted for this? Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/w...
“I don’t have any choice” says the kidnapper.
It just keeps getting better.
Bye, bye MIss Allgonna die!
« ‹ Si cela ne se produit pas d’ici lundi, la date limite établie par le président Trump, cela signifie qu’une fois de plus, le président Poutine a joué le président Trump ›, a déclaré Macron …. » www.observatoiredeleurope.com/macron-pouti...
Just in time for Taco Tuesday
At 3 pm Wed., a woman was stabbed just off a busy intersection on H Street, NE. National Guard members were dining al fresco at a taqueria DIRECTLY across the street, yet the suspect got away. "So safe," a local texted us. Our postcard from an Occupied D.C.: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
A dramatic, extremely worrying moment; over 61,000 people held in ICE detention. That is the highest number ever on record in United States history; roughly 6,000 higher than the previous record set under Trump six years ago, and over 21,000 higher than when Trump took office just seven months ago.
The CDC is gutting a program that monitors foodborne illnesses. The program will now only track infections caused by two pathogens, rather than eight. Hello? How does this “Make America Healthy Again”?
Texas will see energy prices soar as supply/demand does its work, and as more expensive fossil plants get called up to fill in for lost clean energy.
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns. The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate. Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care. The list goes on and on. Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
DOGE isn't fighting fraud — it's potentially exposing Americans to more of it. And now a Social Security Administration whistleblower is resigning after apparently being punished for trying to warn the public. Nothing about this fake government agency is "efficient."
it shouldn't be easier to get a gun in America than the covid vaccine
The country that captures this much free energy will be able to capture Taiwan in a couple of hours. Too bad Taiwan's chief "ally" lacks foresight and is addicted to the money it gets from fossil fuels.
I vaguely remember tweeting something like the country that effectively captures this free energy source at scale will rule the 21st century. whelp.
Unbelievably bad. “The CDC you knew is over. Unless someone takes radical action, there is nothing there that can be salvaged.” www.advocate.com/politics/dem...
Migrants sent by the US to the Guantanamo Bay naval base in Cuba earlier this year faced “abusive and inhumane detention conditions” that seriously affected their physical and mental health and even led to some suicide attempts, according to a new report by Human Rights Watch.
This is a big one.
Wrote about Comer/Mace attempting to doxx and intimidate Wikipedia editors in an effort to force their own viewpoint onto Wikipedia.
Trump revokes Vice President Harris's Secret Service protection. edition.cnn.com/2025/08/29/p...
In response to the tragedy of Vance's election as V.P., I am praying fervently that he will be struck dumb for the remainder of his term.
The Department of Homeland Security is reportedly barring states and organizations that receive government funds from helping undocumented immigrants. This will make it harder for the most vulnerable people to get help in the aftermath of disasters. It was always about cruelty.
Someone tell DOGE a way that the gov't could have been more efficient, by not building a stunt concentration camp...
Today is the ninth day that the homepage of Reginfo.gov — the federal government website for informing the public about what survey data and other information agencies collect — has displayed a notice saying it's "currently undergoing revisions" with no further explanation
Give us a break. The only action you guys have taken is to weaken gun laws, allowing scores of criminals to get guns; shut down funding for anti-violence programs in our cities; close the Office of Gun Violence Prevention. You've taken action - and it's gotten people killed.
Last night @andersoncooper asked me whether we could pass any laws making our children safer. I gave him an honest answer. So long as Trump and congressional Republicans are in the pocket of the gun lobby, there's not a chance.
ANGRY @jvl.bsky.social took to @thebulwark.com today: "Trump is waging war against the American government. When he’s done, he’ll use his government to wage war against Americans." www.thebulwark.com/p/the-cdc-th...
No words. This is… a) …laughable b) …dangerous c) …damaging
Masked ICE agents abducting people off the street mirror the secret police tactics of Soviet Russia—not the world’s oldest democracy. @repespaillat.bsky.social and I introduced the No Secret Police Act to bring these agents into the light and stop ICE from acting like a rogue authoritarian force.
A cult of personality. What could go wrong?
Shortly after Trump met with Putin in Alaska, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard abruptly ousted a CIA expert who had helped brief Trump’s team in the lead-up to the meeting. By naming this person in a memo, Gabbard appears to have identified a CIA officer who was operating under cover.
Donald Trump is purging the CDC leadership and putting in charge the guy who thought RFK Jr. was doing a “great job” after measles cases hit a record high. These fools can’t be trusted with your health.
There’s a reason Dr. King's historic 1963 rally was called “The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.” As he warned the nation, "We all too often have socialism for the rich and rugged free market capitalism for the poor." Real freedom requires economic freedom for all.
Lots of action from the D.C. Circuit just now on the foreign aid impoundment case. In a nutshell, the original panel amended its ruling (to narrow it significantly and let some claims go forward); the full Court denied rehearing given the amendment, and the new ruling goes into immediate effect:
Hello, everyone. Today, thanks to @sbg1.bsky.social and @newyorker.com, I learned a new word. The word is: "butt-snorkeler."
Join #StandUpForScience and signers of the #KatrinaDeclaration this Thursday at 8pm ET/5pm PST for a virtual FEMA rally and teach-in. RSVP ➡️ actionnetwork.org/events/virtu...
🚨 We need to pay attention to what’s happening at the CDC. This isn’t bureaucratic drama — it’s a political takeover of our public health agency. The fallout will hit vaccines, outbreaks, and crisis response. Our health is on the line. We can’t look away.
📢 This Sunday in Raleigh, NC: Join me and North Carolina AG @jeffjacksonnc.bsky.social for a veterans’ town hall. We’ll be talking about how Trump's agenda is hurting veterans and working families — and how Democrats can fight back. Register here! ⤵️ www.mobilize.us/ncdems/event...
The national Democratic Party has forgotten how to fight. But in this critical moment, we need fighters — not folders. We need a Democratic Party that is a little less Washington and a little more Texas.
Wishing everyone, but especially Lisa Cook, a lovely day www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
Convicted felon, Donald Trump, is on a crusade to hurt Americans because there isn’t any other reason to explain why he is making immigration checks of firefighters who are IN THE MIDST OF BATTLING WILDFIRES a priority. Trump makes America less safe everyday.
Donald Trump's authoritarian power grab continues. Getting rid of independent regulators means higher costs and worse deals for working families. But Trump’s billionaire buddies? They keep winning big. Firing Robert Primus doesn’t help families. I’m glad he’s fighting back.
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This right here.
Actually, John usually called it “a gas station run by gangsters, with an army.” Waiting to see how Trump bails out Putin as Ukraine piles up Russian casualties and blows up its oil and gas infrastructure. Gangster with no gas station can’t pay army.
Ex-orphan Zongoloni was desperate to be a mum! When Murera gave birth to Mwana in 2023, Zongoloni made unsuccessful attempts to kidnap the baby. After watching Lima Lima and Sonje become mums, it was finally her turn. In April 2025, she gave birth to Zigi - a wonderful moment for our ex-orphan.
Lets face it: Donald Trump is merely Vladimir Putin in a fat suit. That's DT gave Putin another "couple of weeks" to bomb the stuffing out of Kiev before coming up with another refusal to negotiate. At this rate he can drag out the war until Trump leaves office. (If he leaves).
Military has money for this but they are cutting VA medical service funding.
This is why my bill to require forensic audit of Doggie data mischief is so important. What if they left a back door into the Social Security data gold mine for Elon Musk or others to access? Until there’s an honest audit, they are not to be believed.
RFK Jr. and Donald Trump are already sending our health care system into chaos by ripping insurance away from 15 million people. Now, they’re making it harder to get a handle on measles, flu, and other public health threats. It’s Trump politicizing every part of government.
in other words—a man who is being politically persecuted by a country has to point out to the country currently persecuting him that he will be politically persecuted by the country that the country now persecuting him wants to send him to in order to be further persecuted
Hooray for gutsy FEMA employees, and shame on their incompetent boss.
And they have nothing to say about the U.S. addiction to GUNS. Bump stocks legalized by Supreme Ct., ghost guns legalized by Minnesota Supreme Ct. More guns than people in the U.S., just what our wannabe Dictator needs to realize all his cruel and violent plans.
"'People don’t want to reach this conclusion: This is authoritarianism."
The reason Kilmar Abrego Garcia was not eligible for asylum in 2019 was nothing to do with the merits of his case. It was because of the one year filing deadline, which requires a person to apply for asylum within one year of entering the US. It's now been less than a year since he entered the US!
This is a major story. “Trump wants Greenland”? King Leopoldo wanted the Congo. And took it. It’s naked imperialism. And espionage. More than 80% of the population of Greenland is indigenous. “Beautiful” Inuits are not “asking Trump to take over.” They categorically don’t want it.
Trump’s attempt to remove Fed Governor Lisa Cook is illegal and politically motivated. It threatens Fed independence—and the economy. The courts must block this. Here's my full statement—it explains exactly how this will hurt the economy in a (hopefully) accessible way: www.epi.org/press/trumps...
Never before in our history has one man exercised such unbridled discretion affecting the lives of so many of us, while simultaneously preventing others — Congress, the courts, the American people — from having a say or even knowing what he’s going to do next. This is what dictatorship looks like.
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MAGA NYT: DOGE Put Critical Social Security Data at Risk, Whistle-Blower Says DOGE team members uploaded a database with the personal information of hundreds of millions of Americans to a vulnerable cloud server, according to the agency’s chief data officer. 🎁link: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...
More fossil fuel thuggery, this time aimed at Brown University, in the service of climate denial. “Shut up your researchers or we’ll sic the Trump administration on your funding.” Classy.
Why Trump built a staff of incompetent sycophants My latest for The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/25/trump-staff-incompetent-sycophants
Donald Trump can try to stop offshore wind. But he will not succeed.