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A physicist by training, done a few things since. Horrified that we're still using fossil fuels in the 21st century. #climate #AI #dogs #politics #sustainability #science #language

Prominent DOGE Staffer Is Grandson Of Turncoat KGB Spy

Edward “Big Balls” Coristine happens to be the descendant of Valery Martynov, a KGB agent who spied for the US.

https://www.jacobsilverman.com/p/prominent-doge-staffer-is-grandson

I wrote about Coristine's apparent connections to the cybercrime community earlier this month:

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/02/teen-on-musks-doge-team-graduated-from-the-com/

Prominent DOGE Staffer Is Grandson Of Turncoat KGB Spy

Edward “Big Balls” Coristine happens to be the descendant of Valery Martynov, a KGB agent who spied for the US.

Jacob Silverman
In their further effort to choke off biomedical science in the US (and science, in general), the administration has found a way to further block NIH research grants despite being ordered to release funds appropriated by congress.
News in Nature https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00540-2
#science #uspol
Revealed: NIH research grants still frozen despite lawsuits challenging Trump order

The Trump administration is exploiting a loophole to keep a funding freeze in place, leaving researchers in limbo.

Pete Buttigieg talks about directions for Democrats.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=jKJisnaLP6Y&si=uVlDO5xxjv89p9Pe
Pete Buttigieg Delivers HARD TRUTHS That EVERY Democrat Needs to Hear

YouTube

One way to understand what's happening in America is these people(Trump/Musk/Rs)committing all these obvious crimes/power grabs do not expect to pay a price...ever. This is not the behavior of people who think you can jail them/vote them out of office.

They'll escalate the crimes to make that true.

Big respect for ex Vikings punter Chris Kluwe calling out MAGA for what it is 😎

https://youtu.be/D6k2xktUot4?si=9YaWGF0pgqIYKFyH

#chrisKluwe #uspol #politics #maga

Former Vikings Chris Kluwe arrested after calling MAGA a 'Nazi movement' at city council protest

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Lessons for the resistance 2.0 on how to fight back against Trump

Defeatism and demoralisation are rampant in Trump’s second term. But we cannot give up

The Guardian
He’s really good at this!
This is what a Democrat meeting the moment sounds like. We need more like this. A lot more.
https://youtu.be/G3_SLAzHMmc?si=WpBDMG5bh_rnPMGn
Pritzker invokes Nazi references, criticizing Trump, during budget speech

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Whew! This thread from Illinois's Governor JB Pritzker: 🔥

#Via Governor JB Pritzker/ govpritzker.illinois.gov‬
Feb 19, 2025, 1:44 PM

"The root that tears apart your foundation begins as a seed of distrust, hate, and blame.

The seed that grew into a dictatorship in Europe didn’t arrive overnight.

It started with everyday Germans mad about inflation and looking for someone to blame."

1/5

Another one? Seriously??🤦🏻‍♀️

“US Dept of Agriculture on Tuesday said that, over the weekend, it accidentally fired "several" agency employees who are working on the federal government's response to the H5N1 avian flu outbreak.

In a statement, the agency said it is trying to quickly reverse the firings”
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/doge/usda-accidentally-fired-officials-bird-flu-rehire-rcna192716

USDA says it accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is trying to rehire them

The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Tuesday said it accidentally fired "several" employees to combat the bird flu and is working to rehire them.

NBC News