Anne Cohen

Living & enjoying the sunshine while reveling in the greatness of the world and people around me. It's important to remember the good things!

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

Trump is seeking to pay for his new $1.5 trillion military budget by cutting the following:

$510 million - Grants for farmers and agricultural research
$82 million - Loans for rural small businesses (Fully eliminated)
$61 million - Support for farmers and food markets (Fully eliminated)
$240 million - School meals and food education for children abroad (Fully eliminated)
$659 million - Community building grants
$47 million - Support for minority-owned businesses (Fully eliminated)
$449 million - Economic development grants for communities
$1.6 billion - Weather forecasting, fisheries, and coastal protection (NOAA)
$993 million - Scientific research and technology standards
$150 million - Support for American exports and trade
$2.2 billion - Broadband and internet access programs
$8.5 billion - Funding for public schools
$1.5 billion - Vocational training and adult education (Fully eliminated)
$2.7 billion - College access and higher education support
$15.2 billion - Roads, bridges, and infrastructure projects
$1.1 billion - Home energy efficiency and clean energy programs (Fully eliminated)
$1.1 billion - Scientific research funding
$386 million - Environmental cleanup programs
$150 million - Cutting-edge clean energy research
$4 billion - Help paying home heating and cooling bills for low-income families (Fully eliminated)
$768 million - Refugee resettlement assistance
$819 million - Care and shelter for migrant children
$775 million - Local anti-poverty programs (Fully eliminated)
$5 billion - Public health programs, mental health services, and disease prevention
$5 billion - Medical research (NIH)
$129 million - Healthcare quality and safety research
$356 million - Emergency preparedness and disaster response
$1.3 billion - FEMA community disaster preparedness grants
$707 million - Cybersecurity protection for critical infrastructure
$52 million - Airport and transportation security
$40 million - Protection against chemical and biological weapons threats
$53 million - Funding for homeland security operations
$3.3 billion - Community development block grants for local neighborhoods (Fully eliminated)
$1.3 billion - Affordable housing construction grants (Fully eliminated)
$393 million - Programs to reduce homelessness
$529 million - Housing assistance for people living with HIV/AIDS (Fully eliminated)
$489 million - Housing and services for Native American communities
$50 million - Grants to help communities build more housing (Fully eliminated)
$60 million - Enforcement of fair housing and anti-discrimination laws
$58 million - Homebuyer and renter counseling services (Fully eliminated)
$45 million - Renewable energy development programs (Fully eliminated)
$1.7 billion - Grants for local law enforcement and public safety
$20 million - Civil rights mediation and legal access programs (Fully eliminated)
$1.6 billion - Job training for at-risk youth (Fully eliminated)
$395 million - Jobs program for low-income seniors (Fully eliminated)
$234 million - Worker safety and labor protection programs
$101 million - Enforcement of equal pay and workplace anti-discrimination laws
$46 million - Programs to combat child labor and forced labor abroad
$2 billion - International humanitarian aid
$1.2 billion - Food aid for hungry families abroad (Fully eliminated)
$4.3 billion - Global health and disease prevention programs
$2.7 billion - Funding for the United Nations and international partnerships
$642 million - International economic and treasury programs
$315 million - Democracy and anti-corruption programs abroad
$486 million - Grants for public transit projects
$4.2 billion - Electric vehicle charging infrastructure
$372 million - Airline service for rural and small communities
$145 million - Grants for sustainable and equitable infrastructure
$204 million - Loans and investment for underserved communities
$1.4 billion - IRS taxpayer services and enforcement
$100 million - Air pollution monitoring and reduction programs (Fully eliminated)
$1 billion - EPA grants to states for environmental protection
$2.5 billion - Clean drinking water and wastewater infrastructure funds
$90 million - Grants to reduce diesel pollution (Fully eliminated)
$3.4 billion - NASA space and earth science research
$297 million - NASA technology innovation programs
$1.1 billion - International Space Station operations
$143 million - STEM education programs
$309 million - Small business development and entrepreneurship programs
$170 million - Small Business Administration operations
$158 million - Loans for small businesses

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

The CEO of Palantir just said the quiet part out loud.
Alex Karp — whose company builds surveillance and defense technology for the U.S. government — just openly stated that AI will deliberately shift economic power away from highly educated, often female, Democratic-leaning workers and toward vocationally trained, working-class, often male voters.

He then admitted these technologies are — his word — “dangerous” and “suicidal,” and that the only justification for deploying them is the military argument: if we don’t, our adversaries will.

So let’s be clear about what was just said on the record: A defense contractor CEO told you AI is being built to restructure the American class system, that it will destroy the economic power of an entire political demographic, and that the only way to sell it to the public is to wrap it in national security.

[Jim Acosta @Acosta]

This is a damning piece about a torture prison that is being used by the Trump administration. That’s why the piece was pulled. All Americans deserve to see this story. Shame on Bari Weiss.

[Anne Cohen @SnowHoColorado]

@thegridkid EMBOLIZE is a missed panagram today in @NYTGames spelling bee! It’s a real word!

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

Stay in line.

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[Jo @JoJoFromJerz]

Holy shit, this “American girl” ad from @senecaprojectus is amazing!!!
Hard to see the letters I’m typing through the tears streaming down my face though.

[Andrew Desiderio @AndrewDesiderio]

There it is — DICK CHENEY will be voting for Kamala Harris, as @Liz_Cheney said earlier today at #TribFest24

[Amy Spitalnick @amyspitalnick]

That section on Israel & Gaza was *perfect.* Unequivocal support for Israeli security. Focus on hostage deal & ceasefire. And commitment to peace that ensures both Israeli & Palestinian safety, humanity, & self-determination.

Where most US Jews (& all Americans) are. #DNC2024

[Hen Mazzig @HenMazzig]

THAT is how you effectively call out terror while standing up for Israelis and Palestinians.

Thank you VP Harris.

[Greg Bluestein @bluestein]

This crowd is eating Duncan up. Chants of “USA” after he said: “Let me be clear to my Republican friends at home watching: If you vote for Kamala Harris in 2024, you’re not a Democrat. You’re a patriot.” #gapol https://t.co/5cMQefHf0R

[VANITY FAIR @VanityFair]

On Friday, Quinn Mitchell, a New Hampshire teen, was thrown out of a GOP event by security and local police after he was accused of being a “tracker.”

Click to read more from @besslevin: https://t.co/DNgVPYTuUe

[Mikel Jollett @Mikel_Jollett]

This isn’t hard to follow:

Trump gave military intel to the Russians. The Russians, who are extremely close allies with Iran, gave it to Iran.

Iran gave that information to Hamas.

Hamas used it to attack Israel.

This is why it intel security matters. Republicans DO NOT CARE.

[Tip Top Cocktails @TipTopCocktails]

Late night television + Espresso Martini…. It just makes sense.

[Anne Cohen @SnowHoColorado]

@Notaspellingbe1 and @thegridkid annatto is a word! https://t.co/CmI0N2KakI

[Anne Cohen @SnowHoColorado]

@thegridkid @NYTGames @thegridkid LARDON is a word! It’s a type of bacon.

[Anne Cohen @SnowHoColorado]

Shameful @CobbSchools got rid of @ADL #NoPlaceForHate -there’s a reason they don’t do better - they hide education.Bring in @Mona_Piano and @childrenofwill and learn TRUTHS! Pretending truths don’t exist only leads to elem schools using “great effort” to create a “new”nazi logo.

[Anne Cohen @SnowHoColorado]

@cottonjack1 @TindallSara @CobbSchools @ADL That’s a very rosy outlook. I experienced Anti-Semitism at Eastside Elementary on multiple occasions as a student. While maybe well-intended, they’re seriously lacking on non-white-washed education - it doesn’t help that @cobbcounty got rid of the @ADL #NoPlaceForHate program.

[Anne Cohen @SnowHoColorado]

@Ginger_Ball_Z @nytimes @thegridkid - get with it!