kehaus.bsky.social @kehaus.bsky.social · 21/04/2025www.statnews.com/2025/04/21/t...statnews.comNIH moving to ban all future grants to universities with DEI programs or Israel boycotts, document suggestsNIH appears to be preparing to prohibit the awarding of new grants to institutions that have DEI programs or boycott Israeli companies 020
Reposted by @kehaus.bsky.socialNPR @npr.org · 21/04/2025BREAKING NEWS: The White House has begun the process of looking for a new secretary of defense, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly.npr.orgThe White House has begun process of looking for new secretary of defenseThe White House has begun the process of looking for a new secretary of defense, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly. 3779372517752
Reposted by @kehaus.bsky.socialQasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 03/04/2025Trump's former FCC chair is back to finish his job of waging war on a free and fair Internet — and corporate media is cowardly silent on it. Here's what you need to know, because it is too dangerous to remain ignorant to this massive assault on our free speech www.qasimrashid.com/p/we-cannot-...qasimrashid.comWe Cannot Ignore the War on Free & Fair InternetAjit Pai is back, and with him a wave of corruption that could undermine free speech for all of us—yet corporate media continues to ignore it 8222120
Reposted by @kehaus.bsky.socialBrian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 08/03/2025@aoc.bsky.social: "They're saying cut $880 billion from the Energy & Commerce Committee. I sit on that committee. Almost the entire budget that Energy & Commerce explores is Medicaid and Medicare. There is no way they can make their math square without enormous and devastating cuts to Medicaid." 141101602821
Reposted by @kehaus.bsky.socialNPR @npr.org · 08/03/2025Trail creator Charlie Gandy says the X-Tx will reveal parts of the Lone Star State that most Texans have never seen. via @texaspublicradio.bsky.socialtpr.orgxTx Trail creator intends to reveal a hidden Texas to the adventurousTrail creator Charlie Gandy says the X-Tx will reveal parts of the Lone Star State that most Texans have never seen. 2021826
Reposted by @kehaus.bsky.socialSmokey @discoheauxhp.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Wearing pink as "protest" is evil as fuck to me because they are modeling to us what they think "the right to protest" is "supposed to" look like. Inactive, soft, silent, empty ultimately useless. They don't want anything to change, and they want us to want that too. 0153
Reposted by @kehaus.bsky.socialRead the book Read Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell) @jphillll.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Everything in this administration is based on letting Elon musk and other oligarchs steal from you 7806238
Reposted by @kehaus.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/03/2025This was literally announced today. "Make American Healthy Again." apnews.com/article/trum...apnews.comTrump administration to drop lawsuit against Louisiana petrochemical plant, AP sources sayThe Trump administration plans to drop a federal lawsuit against a synthetic rubber manufacturer accused of worsening cancer risks for residents near its Louisiana plant, according to two sources fami... 321431423
Reposted by @kehaus.bsky.socialRt. Hon. Rakesh @densaer.bsky.social · 01/03/2025Can confirm. Former USAID here, and I’ve been approached twice in the last 30 days. 329133524734
Reposted by @kehaus.bsky.socialBrian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 02/03/2025Pete Hegseth just reportedly ordered the US military’s Cyber Command to “stand down” from all planning against Russia. Analysts have been ordered not to follow or report on Russian threats. One inside source said, “Putin is on the inside now.”theguardian.comTrump administration retreats in fight against Russian cyber threatsRecent incidents indicate US is no longer characterizing Russia as a cybersecurity threat, marking a radical departure: ‘Putin is on the inside now’ 1265134535927
Reposted by @kehaus.bsky.socialFilipe Campante @filipecampante.bsky.social · 26/02/2025We’re witnessing a Brexit-level instance of completely unnecessary economic destruction. A country that’s not hit by any shock, but simply chooses policy self-harm. 15163471951
Reposted by @kehaus.bsky.socialSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 27/02/2025We are in trouble. 29049031615
Reposted by @kehaus.bsky.socialJust Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 26/02/2025On the HHS Leadership call today: 1 employee from CMS (Center for Medicare/Medicaid Service) and 2 employees from SSA (Social Security Administration) have died by suicide after their firing. 1424114136115
kehaus.bsky.social @kehaus.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Chips Act on the Chopping Block? Mass Firings at NIST Raise Concerns Over AI Safety Risks in the US Semiconductor Industry. informationsecuritybuzz.com/nist-us-semi...informationsecuritybuzz.comNIST Purge Puts US Semiconductors, AI Safety At RiskMass firings at NIST threaten the CHIPS Act, AI safety, and cybersecurity programs, raising concerns over U.S. tech and national security. 010
Reposted by @kehaus.bsky.socialHouston Chronicle @houstonchronicle.com · 24/02/2025Residents were shocked by Gov. Greg Abbott's social media post saying Colony Ridge would be "targeted" by state troopers and immigration officials Monday, and some didn't hear the news before federal agents began making arrests across the community.houstonchronicle.comColony Ridge residents on edge after armed agents make immigration arrestsResidents were shocked by Gov. Greg Abbott's social media post saying Colony Ridge would be "targeted" by state troopers and immigration officials. 41517
Reposted by @kehaus.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 23/02/2025Republicans are getting rude awakenings in town halls across the United States. Here is our message:meidasplus.comMessage from Meidas Founder…MAGA IS TERRIFIEDBy Ben Meiselas 340121532465
Reposted by @kehaus.bsky.socialPeter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 18/02/2025Want to go visit the national parks this year? Sorry. The reservation system is shut down, EMT personnel are gone, so don't get hurt or lost. No one can clean the bathrooms or cabins, so they'll be closed. Rangers are fired. www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...sfchronicle.comYosemite halts camping reservations, with no timetable for their returnYosemite halts camping reservations, with no timetable for their return at a time when federal employees are being laid off 801174008815
Reposted by @kehaus.bsky.socialWIRED @wired.com · 12/02/2025SCOOP: DOGE has started gutting a key US technology agency. At least dozens of workers at the Technology Transformation Service were fired on Wednesday, a day after similar sudden cuts at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.wrd.cmDOGE Has Started Gutting a Key US Technology AgencyAt least dozens of workers at the Technology Transformation Service were fired on Wednesday, a day after similar sudden cuts at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. 33772382
Reposted by @kehaus.bsky.socialNews Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 12/02/2025BREAKING: France, Germany, Poland, Italy, Spain & UK sign a joint statement vowing to protect Ukraine’s sovereignty & demanding a role in the peace talks. This is leadership. It’s also unprecedented. A western alliance is having to form against a new, twin & united threat: Trump & Putin. 672234827029
Reposted by @kehaus.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12/02/2025When Trump took office, the NLRB had 24 separate investigations into Musk’s corporations for violating workers’ rights. But presto...Trump fired three officials at that agency, effectively stalling the board's ability to rule on cases. See how this works?nytimes.comElon Musk’s Business Empire Scores Benefits Under Trump Shake-UpGovernment investigations into Mr. Musk’s companies are stalling amid President Trump’s firings and Biden administration resignations. 16343001727
Reposted by @kehaus.bsky.socialPOLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 05/02/2025COMMENTARY: "The only language Trump understands is that of power. It does little good to use the language of rules or laws," writes columnist Ivo Daalder. "For Denmark or others to get their way, they’ll have to speak the language of power."politico.euLike it or not, the rules-based order is no moreIn Trump’s world, it does little good to use the language of treaties or rules or laws. For Denmark and others to get their way, they’ll have to speak the language of power. 29380113
Reposted by @kehaus.bsky.socialJustin Sandefur @justsand.bsky.social · 04/02/2025Elon says 90% of US aid never reaches communities. He confuses USAID's 90% reliance on intermediaries -- US companies delivering HIV drugs, WFP delivering food aid -- with waste. Comical if not so dangerous. @rachelbonnifield.bsky.social & I break down where aid goes: www.cgdev.org/blog/no-90-p... 601358425
Reposted by @kehaus.bsky.socialToby Morton @tobymorton.bsky.social · 29/01/2025Just called the ICE hotline where people can call to report undocumented immigrants and reported Elon Musk. 3997483
Reposted by @kehaus.bsky.socialAaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 20/01/2025The mainstream media is already normalizing Donald Trump. I won't, and neither should you. This is why legacy media is dying. 252132381483
Reposted by @kehaus.bsky.socialSeth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 16/01/2025It's weird how the party that was obsessed with the idea that George Soros was supposedly an evil, media-controlling billionaire pulling the strings of the Democrats has now embraced a billionaire President who's invited a bevy of high profile billionaire media moguls to attend his inauguration. 481093275
Reposted by @kehaus.bsky.socialTechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 15/01/2025Bluesky is getting its own photo-sharing app, Flashestcrn.chBluesky is getting its own photo-sharing app, FlashesMore good news for those looking to exit Meta’s social app ecosystem in favor of a more open alternative: An independent developer is building a photo-sharing app for Bluesky called Flashes. The soon-to-launch app is powered by the same technology that… 887329696665
Reposted by @kehaus.bsky.socialThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 15/01/2025"When it comes to Trump world, the projection of fear is not a bug: It is a feature of their revitalized deportation machine." Or, you might say, the fear is the point. The latest Huddled Masses from @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/the-fear-i...thebulwark.comThe Fear Is the PointThe administration won’t have time, money or resources to enact mass deportations right away. But they can scare the hell out of everybody. 1113030
Reposted by @kehaus.bsky.socialAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 15/01/2025In 2020, I asked why so many Republicans had abandoned the values they had previously held. Still relevant. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...theatlantic.comHistory Will Judge the ComplicitWhy have Republican leaders abandoned their principles in support of an immoral and dangerous president? 1883575906
Reposted by @kehaus.bsky.socialMore Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 08/01/2025Elon Musk is almost done building a lithium refinery that will need up to 8 million gallons of water per day. And it's twenty miles outside Corpus Christi, which is so dry the local water company distributes shower timers at high school football games. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comMusk’s Massive Tesla Lithium Plant Hunts for Water in Drought-Hit TexasA lithium factory in a dry Gulf Coast county epitomizes the EV maker’s build now, ask later ethos. 1281799833
Reposted by @kehaus.bsky.socialHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 09/01/2025January 8, 2025:heathercoxrichardson.substack.comJanuary 8, 2024At least four wildfires tearing across Los Angeles have killed at least five people and forced the evacuation of at least 130,000 more, and have flattened about 42 square miles (109 square kilometers)... 612165464
Reposted by @kehaus.bsky.socialThe Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 09/01/2025Tens of millions of American Christians are embracing a charismatic movement known as the New Apostolic Reformation, which seeks to destroy the secular state, @mccrummen.bsky.social reports. Now their war begins.theatlantic.comThe Army of God Comes Out of the ShadowsTens of millions of American Christians are embracing a charismatic movement known as the New Apostolic Reformation, which seeks to destroy the secular state. 60249112
Reposted by @kehaus.bsky.socialAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 07/01/2025"When conspiracy theories and nonsense cures are widely accepted, the evidence-based concepts of guilt and criminality vanish quickly too." www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...theatlantic.comThe New RasputinsAnti-science mysticism is enabling autocracy around the globe. 12235651233
kehaus.bsky.social @kehaus.bsky.social · 09/01/2025“Using children and education as conduits for labelling the existence of LGBTQ as "propaganda." Discriminatory legislation is an early sign of democratic backsliding.” 020
Reposted by @kehaus.bsky.socialHenry Farrell @himself.bsky.social · 07/01/2025We're getting the social media crisis wrong The bigger problem isn't disinformation. It's degraded democratic publics. On Zuckerberg today and Musk over the last few weeks. www.programmablemutter.com/p/were-getti...programmablemutter.comWe're getting the social media crisis wrongThe bigger problem isn't disinformation. It's degraded democratic publics 51662258
Reposted by @kehaus.bsky.socialKate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Fact-checking wasn’t “biased” against conservatives. Conservatives just shared more false content. If there’s a sportsball game and one team fouls four times as much, it’s not “biased” for the ref to call four times as many fouls against that team. 10360942016
Reposted by @kehaus.bsky.socialSeth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 08/01/2025Gosh, I wonder if there's any connection between this finding and the tech bros' embrace of an elitist, anti-democratic brand of politics in which they and their small cohort of "the elect" have determined themselves to be the sole and rightful masters of politics, society, and public discourse. 7369118
Reposted by @kehaus.bsky.socialQasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 19/12/2024Here are the 6 MAGA extremists (and their public phone numbers) who have intro'd a bill to allow South Carolina to execute women who receive an abortion. If you haven't heard about SC H3537, it's because corporate media has ignored it. Here's how to fight back: www.qasimrashid.com/p/s-carolina... 23420191678
Reposted by @kehaus.bsky.socialKate Aronoff @katearonoff.bsky.social · 17/12/2024I wrote about the narrative that AI will create an energy crisis: a great way to build unnecessary fossil fuel infrastructure & cement the market share of a few big companies w/o stopping to ask if that’s necessary ft. @jgkoomey.bsky.social & @smw.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/1894...newrepublic.comWhat If Tech Execs Don’t Really Need All These Data Centers?The rush to build new computing and energy infrastructure for artificial intelligence comes with a lot of unintended consequences—especially if this new infrastructure isn’t actually needed. 815250
Reposted by @kehaus.bsky.socialDuncan Dyogo @duncandyogo.bsky.social · 07/12/2024When the system is designed to manipulate truth, expect chaos. Gaslighting, normalized injustice, and emotional manipulation will become the norm. Stay vigilant, think critically, and resist any narrative that's not pro-democracy. Question Everything, Stay Informed and RESIST to the bone. 37417
