āOur worst nightmare is that weather forecast offices will be so understaffed that there will be needless loss of life,ā wrote five former NWS directors from both Democratic and Republican administrations in an open letter on May 2nd.
In Houston, 44% of NWS positions are vacant.
Mark Greenās resignation reeks of political maneuvering disguised as a āprivate sector opportunity.ā The timingāright after casting the crucial vote to pass Trumpās massive billāand the sudden reversal of his earlier retirement plans donāt add up. This isnāt just a coincidence; itās a calculated move to manipulate the balance of power and push a partisan agenda. The public deserves transparency, not shady backroom deals.
BREAKING: Republican Congressman Mark Green has resigned, eroding the GOP margin by one vote.
The circumstances surrounding his resigning are currently unknown.
š·šŗš¤šŗšø CIA confirms: Russia helped Trump win the election
The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency has officially confirmed in a detailed review that the Kremlin actively interfered in the 2016 U.S. elections to support Donald Trumpās victory ā and that Vladimir Putin personally ordered the operation.
This isnāt just a theory ā itās intelligence fact, validated in the 2016 Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA), now publicly available via the CIAās official archive.
š According to the declassified report, Russian efforts included:
⤠Coordinated cyberattacks on the Democratic National Committee
⤠Disinformation campaigns on U.S. social media
⤠Targeted leaks of internal political communications
⤠And overt propaganda through state media like RT and Sputnik ā all with the explicit aim of undermining Hillary Clinton and boosting Trump.
Putinās goal was crystal clear: install a president in Washington who would weaken NATO, divide the West, and be reluctant to oppose Russian aggression. The CIA, FBI, and NSA were unanimous in their conclusion ā and yet, years later, it becomes even more evident why Trump consistently acts in line with Russian interests.
ā ļø Under Trumpās influence (and his allies like Elbridge Colby), the U.S. is now:
ā Halting air defense systems for Ukraine
ā Delaying funding while Ukrainians die under missile fire
ā Threatening to withdraw from NATO altogether
And why? Because the same man whose campaign directly benefited from Russian cyberattacks now leads a political movement that doesnāt see Russia as the enemy.
Letās be clear:
šŗšø The U.S. promised Ukraine security assurances in 1994 (Budapest Memorandum) in exchange for nuclear disarmament.
Today, those promises are broken. Not because of public will ā but because Russiaās candidate became Americaās president, and his agenda still echoes through U.S. foreign policy.
𤯠The most ironic twist?
While Trump presents himself as a nationalist, his actions consistently serve Moscow ā not the American people, not U.S. allies, and certainly not the cause of democracy.
This is what foreign influence in elections looks like when it succeeds. And we are all paying the price.
If only there was some kind of government agency assigned to monitor and give advance warning. Something like a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. That would be a great agency to fund well and never gut it's funding to give early warning to save lives in these situations.
Let me clear up some things for the stupid people in red hats.
1. It's very hard to get federally funded medicaid if you aren't working.
2. Only 8.4% of Medicaid recipients are healthy, non-working adults, accounting for less than 6 million recipients.
3. About 80% of those are middle-aged women, with most of those having left the workforce to take care of parents, etc.
4. Healthy 20-something men who spend all their time playing video games in the basement are going to be too lazy to fill out the paperwork to get medicaid.
5. Healthy 20 something men who spend all their time playing video games in the basement aren't going to the hospital for care.
6. Medicaid is not a monthly payment. It pays for your medical bills when you have them. When you don't have bills, it doesn't pay for anything because there is nothing to pay for.
Conclusion: Kicking healthy 20-something men off Medicaid isn't going to offset the Medicaid cuts. The Republicans are lying again.
LAT: Trump's ISIS detains and interrogates a 71-year old Los Angeles born man named RICK TAYLOR at Miami Airport because of the Obama-Biden sticker on his bag
Just in case you thought the Trump reign of terror wouldn't touch you
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Iām sorry for the long post but a lot of you have followed me for a long time, since 2016 when I was one of the first to repeatedly call out Trump for being a Russian asset.
I donāt know how else to say this, as a person who has studied cults (wrote a bestseller about it) and totalitarian states. Iāve been attacked on Fox News, berated by the VP and others and like many of you, Iāve gotten death threats.
So please believe me when I say this. Things have changed.
ICE is going to be the vehicle for fascism in this country. The extra-judicial practices (no warrants, no ID), the masks (anonymity leads to horrors again and again throughout history), the dehumanization of immigrants and Democrats (dehumanization precedes arrests, torture, murder, again and again).
No we are not going to be Nazi Germany because nothing in history matches Nazi Germany.
But fascism has arrived in America. Here is how it is going to happen:
ICE will be the vehicle, the gestapo empowered by the President, to enforce his will, first among vulnerable undocumented people, then among legal immigrants, then among political rivals, then among citizens who speak out against the Trump grift.
This is not a hypothetical. Itās happening.
That Big Dumb Racist bill gives $170 billion dollars for an organization which has no respect for the constitution, no oversight, nothing but marching orders from a couple racist, power-hungry madmen.
$170 billion to build hidden prisons with no oversight. To put this in perspective, this is 62% larger than the entire federal prison system.
$170 billion to drag people out of their places of work, parks, homes. $170 billion to hire racist little man babies who hide their faces as they assault children, old people, pregnant women.
How do you think this goes? How has this ever gone in history? We are entering a dark period.
Our only hope is to draw the line now. To stick up for our friends and neighbors, our co-workers and loved ones, who are undocumented and being hunted.
If morality or empathy for them is not enough to motivate you, fine. Then let this be your motivation: if you donāt draw this line, you are next.
Do you think Trump will grow a conscience? Do you think Stephen Miller will have any trouble going from, āthese people are criminalsā (them) to āthese people are helping criminals?ā (You, by being against Trump). To āwe must arrest the traitors opposing our efforts to arrest criminals?ā (You or anyone you care about who publicly opposes Trump.)
Do you think republican congressman are going to care? To lift onefinger to protect you? To do anything which gets in the way of Trumpās agenda?
A person who has no problem letting children with cancer die in order to put a few dollars in the pockets of rich men will have no problem with letting Democrats and activists rot in jail for trying to stop it.
This has happened again and again throughout the world. And now itās happening here.
I wish I had concrete plans. I donāt. Not now. All I know is the first step for change is identifying the gravity of the truth.
And the truth is fascism has arrived in America.
And we must stop it in its tracks or it will swallow all of us.
Devastating for future medical and law studentsā$50k loan cap per year. This wonāt even cover tuition for medical school or law schools. So only the rich will be able to afford to become doctors or lawyers, got it.
Hegseth halted weapons for Ukraine despite military analysis that the aid wouldnāt jeopardize U.S. readiness
The move blindsided the State Department, Ukraine, European allies and members of Congress, who demanded an explanation from the Pentagon.
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planned parenthood is not just abortions btw.
They provide cancer screenings, wellness checkups, std/sti testing and treatment, birth control, pregnancy tests abortion services, as well as access to prenatal care, AND post partum care.
New York Attorney General Letitia James says she will NOT drop the civil fraud case against Trump as she waits for the appeals court decision ā arguing presidents are not immune from civil litigation.
James' office says the matter "does not in any way affect Trump's ability to serve as president."
Leave nothing on the table ā Pres. Biden, publish theĀ ERA! It's an importantĀ amendment to the Constitution that would make sure no one faces discrimination just because of their gender.
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