Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legislation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legislation</span></a> is the first request by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> to TAKE BACK MONEY IT ALREADY APPROVED through annual spending bills. The bill reflects a list of cuts totaling $9.4 billion that were requested by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RussVought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RussVought</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OMB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OMB</span></a>. The bulk of the cuts—$8.3 billion—are to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForeignAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignAid</span></a> programs addressing global <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a>, international <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disaster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disaster</span></a> assistance & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hunger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hunger</span></a> relief.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanAutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanAutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
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Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified:<p>"Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz defended President Trump’s 'big, beautiful bill' over criticism that millions of people could lose health coverage, saying those who would face new work requirements should 'prove that you matter.'"</p><p>Work reporting requirements decrease Medicaid coverage, which the GOP needs to pass tax cuts for billionaires. </p><p><a href="https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5334508-dr-oz-medicaid-cuts-work-requirements/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thehill.com/policy/healthcare/</span><span class="invisible">5334508-dr-oz-medicaid-cuts-work-requirements/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicaid</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/insurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insurance</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/ACA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ACA</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/CMS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CMS</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/TaxCuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxCuts</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/OMB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OMB</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/CBO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CBO</span></a></p>
Don Hawkins - W7DAH<p><a href="https://substack.com/@politicsusa46/note/c-123014390" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">substack.com/@politicsusa46/no</span><span class="invisible">te/c-123014390</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/russellvought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>russellvought</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RepRosaDeLauro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RepRosaDeLauro</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OMB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OMB</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>America</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Law</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Justice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tRump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tRump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WeThePeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeThePeople</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Budget</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Religion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/separationofchurchandstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>separationofchurchandstate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/theocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Christofascists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christofascists</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Nazi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nazi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TruthMatters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TruthMatters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Truth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Truth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Election</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElectionsMatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionsMatter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vote</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MidtermElection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MidtermElection</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/November2026" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>November2026</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FFRF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FFRF</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/houseofrepresentatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>houseofrepresentatives</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NationalStrike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalStrike</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EatTheRich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EatTheRich</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PushBack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PushBack</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Boycott" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Boycott</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Perhaps for that reason, some <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> in Washington are now making even more audacious claims. On CNN over the weekend, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OMB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OMB</span></a> Dir <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RussVought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RussVought</span></a> insisted that “no one will lose coverage as a result of this bill.” Likewise, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JoniErnst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JoniErnst</span></a>, a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> senator from Iowa, recently told voters at a town hall, “Everyone says that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Medicaid</span></a> is being cut, people are going to see their benefits cut; that’s not true.” After one attendee shouted, “People will die,” Ernst replied, “We all are going to die.”</p>
Democracy Matters :verified:<p>Russell Vought is Big Evil.</p><p>Trump Official Backpedals as Wild ‘Trauma’ Plot Exposed<br><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-budget-chief-russell-vought-backpedals-as-wild-trauma-plot-exposed/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thedailybeast.com/trump-budget</span><span class="invisible">-chief-russell-vought-backpedals-as-wild-trauma-plot-exposed/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RussellVought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RussellVought</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BigEvil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigEvil</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OMB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OMB</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
Fight Fascism #RESIST<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@SeanCasten" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>SeanCasten</span></a></span> </p><p>This is the current director of <a href="https://toad.social/tags/OMB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OMB</span></a> Russell <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Vought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vought</span></a>’s raison d’etre <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CFPB</span></a> Quietly Kills Rule to Shield Americans From <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DataBrokers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DataBrokers</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RussVought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RussVought</span></a>, acting director of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Consumer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Consumer</span></a> Financial *Protection* Bureau, [also <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OMB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OMB</span></a> director & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a> architect] has canceled plans to more tightly <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/regulate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regulate</span></a> the sale of Americans’ sensitive <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PersonalData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalData</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <br><a href="https://archive.is/2025.05.14-170523/https://www.wired.com/story/cfpb-quietly-kills-rule-to-shield-americans-from-data-brokers/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.is/2025.05.14-170523/h</span><span class="invisible">ttps://www.wired.com/story/cfpb-quietly-kills-rule-to-shield-americans-from-data-brokers/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The communications director for the White House Office of Management & Budget</p><p>Before joining the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin as the communications director for the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OMB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OMB</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RachelCauley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RachelCauley</span></a> served on the board of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PatriotFreedomProject" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PatriotFreedomProject</span></a>. The nonprofit group was founded in direct response to the arrest of Hale-Cusanelli on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Jan6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jan6</span></a> charges.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FactCheck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FactCheck</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpLies</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/antisemitism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antisemitism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“We look forward to working with you to restore public access to apportionment data in accordance with statute,” they wrote.</p><p>The letter was signed by Representative Tom Cole of Oklahoma & Senator Susan Collins of Maine, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> chairs of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>House</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/appropriations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>appropriations</span></a> cmtes, & the 2 senior <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> on those panels, Representative Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut & Senator Patty Murray of Washington.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RussVought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RussVought</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OMB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OMB</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The top 2 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> on the congressional <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/appropriations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>appropriations</span></a> cmtes are quietly protesting the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> WH’s decision to take down a special website tracking federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/spending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spending</span></a>, escalating a battle between <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> & Trump over spending powers.</p><p>In a previously undisclosed letter sent last month to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RussVought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RussVought</span></a>, the director of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OMB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OMB</span></a>, the lawmakers questioned the rationale for shutting down the website, which they & advocacy groups said was a violation of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a>.<br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/us/politics/congress-white-house-spending-website.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=30672882-2D82-4825-873C-8B1419420A2B" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/05/06/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/congress-white-house-spending-website.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=30672882-2D82-4825-873C-8B1419420A2B</span></a></p>
MissConstrue<p>Ok y'all...I was going to take a rainy, lupus flare day and try to ignore the world and paint for a while, cause if the sun is out, I got too much stuff to do and then I'm too tired when the sun goes down. But then...my news feed blared at me like Pete Hegseth had just texted me war plans (again), and I saw the new <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/TrumpsterFire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpsterFire</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>budget</span></a>....and are you fucking kidding me with this? </p><p>According to the <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/OMB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OMB</span></a> summary, Trump's 2026 budget would cut over $4.5 billion from Title I and K-12 education programs, $4 billion from a program that provides heating assistance to low-income households, $2.4 billion from safe drinking water funding, $26 billion from rental assistance programs, $17 billion from the National Institutes of Health, $100 million from environmental justice programs, $1.3 billion from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/NOAA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NOAA</span></a> ), and $4.6 billion from the Labor Department.</p><p>Oh, and TRILLIONS in tax cuts to the wealthiest humans. </p><p><a href="https://mefi.social/tags/eattherich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eattherich</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Read <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>budget</span></a> proposal & its cover letter by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OMB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OMB</span></a> director / <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a> architect <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RussVought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RussVought</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a> Democratic Leader <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChuckSchumer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChuckSchumer</span></a> (NY) on Friday called Trump’s 2026 budget a “gut punch” to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/families" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>families</span></a>.</p><p>The budget proposes a $163 billion cut to federal spending next year, which would eliminate more than a fifth of the non-military spending excluding mandatory benefit programs.</p><p><a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Fiscal-Year-2026-Discretionary-Budget-Request.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uplo</span><span class="invisible">ads/2025/05/Fiscal-Year-2026-Discretionary-Budget-Request.pdf</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> is set to propose $163 billion in cuts to non-defense <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DiscretionarySpending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DiscretionarySpending</span></a> for the 2026 fiscal year in what's known as a "skinny budget" Friday.</p><p>The cuts are for spending <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> authorizes each year—which does not include spending on safety nets like <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Medicare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Medicare</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Medicaid</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a>.</p><p>The cuts…represent a 22.6% cut in projected <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/spending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spending</span></a> for the current fiscal year [as if costs weren’t going up]. They were confirmed by the White House <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OMB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OMB</span></a>….</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/05/02/nx-s1-5384318/trump-budget-cuts" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2025/05/02/nx-s1-53843</span><span class="invisible">18/trump-budget-cuts</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>§6 General Provisions [notably this puts <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OMB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OMB</span></a> Dir & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a> architect <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RussVought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RussVought</span></a> essentially in charge]<br>“the functions of the Director of the Office of Management & Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legislative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legislative</span></a> proposals.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveOrder</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConstitutionalCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConstitutionalCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Federalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Federalism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveOverreach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveOverreach</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>President <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> rescinded the order after he took office, but after taking office again in Jan, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> signed a new EO reinstating & renaming it.</p><p>Trump & his allies laid the groundwork for a new admin stocked w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/loyalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>loyalists</span></a>. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ScheduleF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScheduleF</span></a> was a significant part of that plan.</p><p>Many of the Trump allies who pushed for Schedule F now have key roles in the admin, including Dpty Chief of Staff <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StephenMiller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StephenMiller</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OMB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OMB</span></a> Dir <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RussVought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RussVought</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilService</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RussVought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RussVought</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s director of the Office of Management & Budget [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OMB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OMB</span></a>], previously endorsed an end to the federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/voucher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>voucher</span></a> program. He [falsely] wrote in 2022 that the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Section8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Section8</span></a> program in particular “brings with it crime, decreased property values, & results in dependency & subsidized irresponsibility.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/aporophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aporophobia</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/classism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>classism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/caste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>caste</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EconomicDiscrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicDiscrimination</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LowIncome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LowIncome</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/families" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>families</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RentalAssistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RentalAssistance</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>housing</span></a></p>
Dr. John Barentine FRAS<p>Concerning for space traffic management and the potential for space debris generation: the U.S. federal 'budget blueprint' would also end <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/TraCSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TraCSS</span></a> (Traffic Coordination System for Space) as we know it: “The <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/OMB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OMB</span></a> document … proposes a transfer of the Traffic Coordination System for Space to a nonprofit or a private sector partner, which could be a boon for Elon Musk’s <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceX</span></a>.”</p><p><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/11/white-house-plan-guts-noaa-climate-research-00286408" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">politico.com/news/2025/04/11/w</span><span class="invisible">hite-house-plan-guts-noaa-climate-research-00286408</span></a></p><p><a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Satellites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Satellites</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/SpaceDebris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceDebris</span></a></p>
Space Environmentalism<p>Concerning for space traffic management and the potential for space debris generation: the U.S. federal 'budget blueprint' would also end <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TraCSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TraCSS</span></a> (Traffic Coordination System for Space) as we know it: “The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OMB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OMB</span></a> document … proposes a transfer of the Traffic Coordination System for Space to a nonprofit or a private sector partner, which could be a boon for Elon Musk’s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceX</span></a>.”</p><p><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/11/white-house-plan-guts-noaa-climate-research-00286408" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">politico.com/news/2025/04/11/w</span><span class="invisible">hite-house-plan-guts-noaa-climate-research-00286408</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Satellites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Satellites</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpaceDebris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceDebris</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> budget could be cut nearly in half under an early version of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>budget</span></a> proposal to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a>, a move that would terminate billions of dollars’ worth of ongoing & future missions….<br>
The budget plan, sent to NASA by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RussVought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RussVought</span></a> led <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OMB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OMB</span></a>, would give NASA’s Science Mission Directorate $3.9B, down from its current budget of about $7.3B….</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BrainDrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrainDrain</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AntiIntellectualism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntiIntellectualism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/advancement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>advancement</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/progress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>progress</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>Update. "Global Science in Danger"<br><a href="https://blog.scielo.org/en/2025/03/26/global-science-in-danger/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.scielo.org/en/2025/03/26/</span><span class="invisible">global-science-in-danger/</span></a></p><p>"Recently, the government of the United States of America (USA) has frightened the scientific community…by censoring terms used in scientific communications and funding proposals…The idea that this is just relevant to American scientists or scientists from elsewhere working in America is not correct; with researchers the world over being affected. In the Netherlands, for instance, some researchers monitoring the state of forests…have received email messages, ostensibly from the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USGS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USGS</span></a> (United States Geological Survey) and labelled “High Priority”. A list of questions was attached with the request to respond with answers within a week of receiving the email. The USGS indicated that sending these messages had been ordered by the United States Office of Management and Budget (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OMB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OMB</span></a>)."</p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DefendResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendResearch</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Takedowns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Takedowns</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a></p>
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