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So far Vought's takeover of the #GAO is very quiet in the media. Please amplify. Please write your MoCs. #VoughtDarthVader

Biden could have asked him to end early and appointed new CG for 15 year term spanning Trump's project 2025 plans. "Current Leadership at GAO: Orice W. Brown has been serving as the Acting Comptroller General since December 30, 2025, following the end of Gene Dodaro's term." #GAO 2/2

Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/10/2026

Yes!!! Another guardrail knocked down. We're not resisting enough. #GAO #CongressionalWatchdog How this could have been avoided: Former Comptroller General: Gene L. Dodaro completed his 15-year term on December 29, 2025. 1/2

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I am angry tonight. Because tonight ICE shot a New Yorker. They shot a New Yorker while his five year old child was in the car. ICE makes this city less safe. We want them out. Now.

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Some of us are keeping a tally. Not all of Trump's 2.0 actions thus far are "official" acts of the presidency. He's careless. We're not. #corruption #InsiderTrading #LossOfImmunity

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It's going to be hard. Thanks to people like you educating others, we have a chance.

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"I would rather stand three times with a shield in battle than give birth once." ~ From the ancient Greek tragedy “Medea,” written by the playwright Euripides in 431 BCE. #childbirth

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Quiz: Choose your next insurance commissioner

Watch the state & local midterms too! One of the most important CA races is for insurance commissioner, a role affecting all residents, including responses to climate change & natural disasters. Learn more about the 2 Democrats running using this insurance commissioner quiz. #midterms

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Californians will elect a new insurance commissioner in 2026. Take our quiz to see if candidate Ben Allen or Jane Kim aligns with your values.

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Why are voters weighing in on clinic spending? Here’s what to know about Prop. 44

Proposition 44 would require clinics to spend more money on patient care. The union pushing the measure is the same one supporting the #billionaire tax proposal. Clinics say the measure will force closures.

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Prop. 44 would require clinics to spend more money on patient care, but clinics say the measure will bankrupt them.

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Trump suggests Iran could 'take out' Los Angeles and San Diego if it develops nuclear weapons

Dear Chief Justice Roberts: If Trump invites a terrorist attack on the United States, Is this an "official act" for which Trump has presidential immunity? Is it a prosecutable offense? Signed, John Q. Public

abcnews.com

President Donald Trump suggested Monday during a political rally in Nebraska that Iran could “take out” Los Angeles and San Diego, comments that drew condemnation.

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America’s financial system came close to the brink

The Treasury bond market has had its hair on fire for about 18 months now... "The greatest threat surely still comes from politics."

economist.com

Chaotic markets threatened to trigger a full-blown crisis

Federal Lawyer Quits, Warns Trump Admin Is Creating “a Shitty Country”

“Masked federal agents; the abandonment of Afghan allies; pardons and payouts for rioters and those who supported them; the rapid dismantling of USAID; our military likely committing war crimes; plus, a president who demeans the dead and sees himself as Jesus..." John Murdock, Interior Dept.

newrepublic.com

A veteran lawyer at the Department of Interior submitted a resignation letter warning about the complete “assault on the rule of law.”

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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Trump, Nauta, & De Oliveira ask to put off oral argument over suppression of Jack Smith's Vol 2. Attys for N & DeO have conflicts &, "vitally," Trump's counsel needs to time "to confer" with him, though case has been fully briefed since July. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Further, and vitally, counsel for President Trump, Kendra Wharton, requires time to adequately confer with President Trump in
preparation for oral argument.
Given President Trump's extensive
commitments, including travel and other obligations in advance of the
November 3, 2026, federal midterm elections, counsel will not have sufficient opportunity to meaningfully confer with her client while preparing for oral
argument on the currently scheduled November 2, 2026, argument date.

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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The case is in an odd posture & will likely need to be sent back to the district judge for more findings. Still, the DC Cir may shine a spotlight on what Ferguson’s FTC has been up to. (Disclosure: Long ago, I worked for Steve Brill, who later co-founded NewsGuard.) 4/4

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GripNoir @gripnoir.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Don't they meet and coexist constantly? #RealityDweller

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GripNoir @gripnoir.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Another reason to protect and love our #environment. The bird population decreased by one-third between 1970 and 2020. Shame on humans. www.birds.cornell.edu/home/bring-b...

birds.cornell.edu

Nearly 3 Billion Birds Gone

A new study finds steep, long-term losses across virtually all groups of birds in the U.S. and Canada

GripNoir @gripnoir.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

...Which diversion is illegal. This pocket rescission has been running into resistance from some judges. If Congress doesn't defend the power of the purse, there will be no more purses over which it has authority. #SeparationOfPowers #PowerOfThePurse

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

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I don’t think everyone realizes how bad things are for US science: For the fiscal year that just ended, the Trump regime withheld $1.4 billion from the National Science Foundation’s research budget, which is about 1/5 of its primary research budget.

nytimes.com

National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress (Gift Article)

The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.

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GripNoir @gripnoir.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Gracias. I hope you find meaningful work. Good luck sometimes makes an appearance!

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GripNoir @gripnoir.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

"Something will have gone out of us as a people if we ever let the remaining wilderness be destroyed." ~ Wallace Stegner