It is becoming increasingly irrelevant what the regime leader says in #Trumpghanistan

The authoritarian regime formerly known as US is functionally under martial law

@usluck
There is no longer a govt in #Trumpghanistan only loyalty to the tangerine throne

This is at once encouraging - some states holding to science - and deeply disturbing - the forner US cleaving into sectarian enclaves.

#trumpghanistan

https://med-mastodon.com/@luckytran/115148245156561955

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Attached: 1 image Hawaii announced they are joining California, Oregon, and Washington’s West Coast Health Alliance which will provide their own science-based vaccine guidelines and make vaccines accessible to everyone.

Med-Mastodon

The cynical pragmatist in me says 'so what' but it is remarkable to watch the former US continue to fracture.

"Some Federal Judges Appear Done With SCOTUS’s Shadow Docket Bullshit"

https://www.techdirt.com/2025/09/04/some-federal-judges-appear-done-with-scotuss-shadow-docket-bullshit/

#trumpghanistan

Some Federal Judges Appear Done With SCOTUS’s Shadow Docket Bullshit

When federal judges with decades of experience start publicly mocking the Supreme Court’s lack of clarity, you know the system is broken. This week brought us two remarkable examples of lower…

Techdirt
@QasimRashid #trumpghanistan A country committing intellectual and financial suicide.
AI scientist Cao Ting leaves Microsoft lab for China’s Tsinghua University

Cao’s new role follows the tech giant’s decision to restrict work by Chinese scientists and relocate Beijing-based researchers to Canada.

South China Morning Post
Top mathematician Zhang says he left US for China due to political climate

Researchers in computers, chips or anything related to the military industry ‘need to be especially careful’, Shanghai native warns.

South China Morning Post

The effect of these tit for tat gerrymander actions is to increase division and partisanship.

Seeding the ground for political violence imho

"California Gov. Newsom signs legislation calling special election on redrawn congressional map"

https://apnews.com/article/california-texas-redistricting-congressional-map-4c22e21d5d4022d33a257045693b6fd4?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=68a79e3b39ef520001177f91

#trumpghanistan

Newsom signs legislation for California special election on redistricting

California voters will decide in a November special election whether to approve a redrawn congressional map designed to help Democrats win five more U.S. House seats next year. Lawmakers voted mostly along party lines Thursday to approve legislation calling for the special election. Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom then signed it. Republicans have sued and called for a federal investigation into the plan. California currently relies on an independent commission that is supposed to be nonpartisan to draw maps. Voters’ permission is needed to implement the new one. The special election is a response by Democrats to Texas Republicans’ push to redraw their state’s congressional map at President Donald Trump’s urging.

AP News
Rejoice! Walmart's Radioactive Shrimp Are Only a Little Radioactive

You could have a little radioactive shrimp as a treat. (Don't eat any more!)

ZME Science

@_9CL7T9k8cjnD_ I agree it is now likely the former US will endure decades of tyranny. For those of us outside the orange curtain, we are planning accordingly

#Trumpghanistan