Reposted by NoBo PedroSenator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 10h🚨 A federal judge has halted Trump's attempts to close the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center in MD. For decades, experts at BARC have protected our food & farmers, including from threats like cyclospora. We'll keep working to protect BARC & these dedicated civil servants.wjla.comJudge halts Trump admin. plan that permanently closes key USDA research center in MarylandA federal judge has temporarily blocked a Trump administration plan to reorganize the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which included plans to shut down the Belt 629097
NoBo Pedro @nobopedro.bsky.social · 17hwww.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...theatlantic.comHi, I’m Your New Press Secretary, and It’s My First Time Reading Words Out LoudA very uncomfortable 14 minutes 032
Reposted by NoBo PedroAlexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 14/10/2026hi I’m your new press secretary and this is my first time reading words out loud www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...theatlantic.comHi, I’m Your New Press Secretary, and It’s My First Time Reading Words Out LoudA very uncomfortable 14 minutes 34855153
Reposted by NoBo PedroSenator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 13/10/2026Despite a court order, Trump kept using your tax dollars to run his propaganda ads. From his gold-plated ballroom, to his new DC golf course, to these illegal ads, Trump will use your tax dollars to do everything but lower your costs. He & his minions must reimburse taxpayers.washingtonpost.comTrump blew past deadline to halt running taxpayer-funded campaign-style adsA coalition of nonprofits had sued, calling the ads “propaganda.” The president has said campaign funds would be used to pay for the commercials going forward. 24374110
NoBo Pedro @nobopedro.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Par for the course-they seem to be into an inverse meritocracy thing 000
Reposted by NoBo PedroSenator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 13/10/2026Did you know businesses with federal govt contracts aren’t allowed to spend for or against federal candidates? How then has Elon Musk, whose companies get billions in contracts, spent hundreds of millions in our elections? The answer: A giant loophole I'm working to close. 25700200
Reposted by NoBo PedroSenator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 12/10/2026Trump's continued attacks on @repilhan.bsky.social the Somali American community, & our Muslim neighbors are a heinous attempt to distract from his complete & utter failure as president. Every American should be chilled to the bone: these are the actions of a dictatorship not a democracy. 36947245
NoBo Pedro @nobopedro.bsky.social · 13/10/2026and, just to be clear, this is the president. Of the United States. 000
Reposted by NoBo PedroSenator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 12/10/2026Trump’s destruction of parts of a DC public park in violation of a federal judge’s order cannot go unpunished. This land, like the Kennedy Center & Yosemite belongs to the people, not him. The perpetrators need to be held in contempt. 31446133
NoBo Pedro @nobopedro.bsky.social · 12/10/2026I’ll believe ICE is prioritizing criminals when they deport Elon. 010
NoBo Pedro @nobopedro.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Ross has a looong and growing list of apologies to deliver 000
NoBo Pedro @nobopedro.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Wonder why Elon lives in Austin — he’d be so much more at home in Vidor. 000
NoBo Pedro @nobopedro.bsky.social · 12/10/2026On a closely related note 👇👇👇 Funding the authoritarian takeover 👇👇👇 www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/u...nytimes.comInside Elon Musk’s $276 Million Midterm Rescue Mission for Republicans (Gift Article)The world’s richest person has quietly become by far the biggest known midterm donor, trying to save Republicans’ Senate majority with some of the largest donations in American political history. 000
Reposted by NoBo PedroJoshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 11/10/2026The NIH proposal to conceal reviewer scores from program officers, investigators, and advisory councils is ill-conceived, introduces disproportionate weight to small percentile differences, diminishes the role of scientific peer review, and should be withdrawn in its entirety. a 🧵joshuasweitz.substack.comWhat is NIH Leadership Trying to Hide from Researchers & the Public?A NIH proposal to conceal reviewer rankings of investigator-initiated research grants is ripe for misuse & demands a collective response (by October 13). 5177103
NoBo Pedro @nobopedro.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Such an important read -- already hazy in memory and too easily whitewashed, the sober recounting reminds us how deeply disordered, broken, damaging the administration has been in less than 2 years. 100
NoBo Pedro @nobopedro.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Animal Farm mentality has fully consumed the administration. What a revolting pig he’s become. 000
Reposted by NoBo PedroHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Stephen Miller, you’re not fooling anyone. 36356141226
NoBo Pedro @nobopedro.bsky.social · 11/10/2026genuinely sick bunch of mfers -- get my American values out of your mouth! 000
Reposted by NoBo PedroNIH Vigils @nihvigils.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Ahem. impeachvought.comimpeachvought.comImpeach VoughtWe are current and former federal workers from across the government. We have witnessed first-hand the harm Russell Vought has inflicted on American communities. We are urging Congress to act now to p... 37930
NoBo Pedro @nobopedro.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Jay Bhattacharya: Academic Freedom! Donald Trump: Use my words. Or else! Folks: F*ck y'all! 000
NoBo Pedro @nobopedro.bsky.social · 09/10/2026The perverse inversion of 'academic freedom' under Bobby and Jay: because undermining public trust and eliminating sources of independent authority is essential for the authoritarian takeover. 000
NoBo Pedro @nobopedro.bsky.social · 09/10/2026The perverse inversion of 'academic freedom' under Bobby and Jay: because undermining public trust and eliminating sources of independent authority is essential for the authoritarian takeover. 010
NoBo Pedro @nobopedro.bsky.social · 09/10/2026The perverse inversion of 'academic freedom' under Bobby and Jay: because undermining public trust and eliminating sources of independent authority is essential for the authoritarian takeover. 010
Reposted by NoBo PedroSenator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 09/10/2026Once again, an independent watchdog found the Trump admin illegally withheld funds, including ~$80 million intended for the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality here in MD. Congress must re-appropriate these funds & make clear we will not tolerate these illegal cuts.washingtonsun.comCongress’ Watchdog Finds Trump Illegally Withheld More Than $1 Billion in Federal FundsThe White House impounded funds from the EPA and HHS last year, the Government Accountability Office reports. 16335111
NoBo Pedro @nobopedro.bsky.social · 09/10/2026can a blithering idiot be a reliable judge of super intelligence? 000
NoBo Pedro @nobopedro.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Imagine the collective one-finger salute when this one dropped in the inbox today 020
NoBo Pedro @nobopedro.bsky.social · 07/10/2026…and the stiff-spined NIH leadership imagined in the post?? On a related note👇 bsky.app/profile/usfr... 010
NoBo Pedro @nobopedro.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Among the lesser discussed and more destructive trolls in a historically destructive administration, Harmeet Dhillon, evil is thy name and nature. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/u...nytimes.comJustice Dept. Turns to Partisans and Conspiracists to Fill Depleted Ranks (Gift Article)The civil rights unit has recruited people whose questionable work histories and dearth of education and experience might have disqualified them in the past, former officials said. 011
NoBo Pedro @nobopedro.bsky.social · 04/10/2026sure thing, Daffy Duck opining on US healthcare policy, why not -- that's how we roll now, apparently. 000
Reposted by NoBo PedroBlue Dot in Red State @bluedotin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026(The Atlantic) Fascinating article... I recommend at least the first five to six paragraphs to get the flavor. It focuses on Kash Patel and his efforts to do anything he can to keep Trump happy. Stunning subservience and adulation, not the FBI director. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...theatlantic.comIs There Anything Kash Patel Won’t Do for Trump Before the Midterms?“The president wants indictments. He wants people in handcuffs.” 3227
NoBo Pedro @nobopedro.bsky.social · 01/10/2026‘Dumbest’ or most dishonest? (Or all of the above?) 001
NoBo Pedro @nobopedro.bsky.social · 01/10/2026You know you’re terminally f’d when Gaetz is a fanboy. 000
NoBo Pedro @nobopedro.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This is for real. What a f*ing embarrassing barrel of buffoons running our government. 000
NoBo Pedro @nobopedro.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Buffoon defined, with Kennedy from Louisiana riding shotgun. 141
NoBo Pedro @nobopedro.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Yes it would be spent better elsewhere, but $170M to keep Jay occupied and out of trouble with his little pet “make science reliable again” project may not be the worst investment. 000