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Nonilex<p>The backlog has alarmed career ofcls who warn it could amount to illegal impoundment of funds.</p><p>Major <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>funding</span></a> agencies including the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> &amp; the National <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> Foundation [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NSF</span></a>] have been mired in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dysfunction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dysfunction</span></a> that has slowed the routine work of awarding new <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/grants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grants</span></a> &amp; sending billions in funding, appropriated by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a>, to researchers &amp; projects across the country.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OMB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OMB</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The conflict within <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PeteHegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PeteHegseth</span></a>’s inner circle persists even after he purged several political appointees in April &amp; attempts to portray a sense of unity among his remaining *brain trust*🤣. His claims, however, are belied by continued behind-the-scenes <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dysfunction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dysfunction</span></a>, brought on by unresolved personality conflicts, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/inexperience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inexperience</span></a>, vacancies in key <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pentagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pentagon</span></a> leadership roles &amp; a steady-state of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/paranoia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paranoia</span></a> over what political crisis is next…</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MilitaryPreparedness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MilitaryPreparedness</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Defense</span></a></p>
Inkican<p>Today is going to be very difficult for people separate from parents to protect their mental and emotional and sometimes physical health. Don't forget to be kind today.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mothersday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mothersday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dysfunction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dysfunction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/abuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>abuse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nocontact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nocontact</span></a></p>
-0--1-<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@flexghost" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>flexghost</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.ai/@msbw" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>msbw</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Xhitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Xhitter</span></a> has always been about the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LookAtMe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LookAtMe</span></a> culture. It's always been about <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Narcissism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Narcissism</span></a>. It's the equivalent of a 3 year old putting their underpants on their head in a living room and screaming for attention <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LookAtMe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LookAtMe</span></a> from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DrunkMommy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DrunkMommy</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DrunkDaddy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DrunkDaddy</span></a>: lots of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dysfunction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dysfunction</span></a> to go around from the parents as well as the kids.</p>
Geriatric Gardener<p>Excellent (long) piece!</p><p>“Apocalypse From Within: How American Imperial Decay Fuels Nuclear Risk: Why US Dysfunction is the Greatest Nuclear Threat”</p><p>by Raja Sohail Bashir in The Geopolitical Compass on Substack </p><p>“High-profile warnings from figures like Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, suggesting a declining America is uniquely prone to nuclear first-use, underscore a visceral fear demanding rigorous analysis”</p><p><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/hailyb/p/apocalypse-from-within-how-american?r=27oltk&amp;utm_medium=ios" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/hailyb/p</span><span class="invisible">/apocalypse-from-within-how-american?r=27oltk&amp;utm_medium=ios</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Press</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Decline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Decline</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Dysfunction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dysfunction</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nuclear</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FirstUse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstUse</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/War" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>War</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Risk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Risk</span></a></p>
Ecologia Digital<p><a href="https://mato.social/tags/webIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>webIndustry</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mato.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toot.cafe/@baldur" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>baldur</span></a></span> </p><p>"Even the <a href="https://mato.social/tags/paidjobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paidjobs</span></a> when they happen have much lower budgets and are employing fewer people.<br>This <a href="https://mato.social/tags/dysfunction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dysfunction</span></a> means that the “adjacent but still in the industry” jobs that used to pay for the <a href="https://mato.social/tags/passionprojects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>passionprojects</span></a> are fewer and farther between. More and more people have to rely on unrelated day jobs (or spouses) to stay in the industry and the cold hard truth is that most of them will burn out and leave eventually."</p><p><a href="https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/notes/2025/the-web-is-a-creative-industry/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">baldurbjarnason.com/notes/2025</span><span class="invisible">/the-web-is-a-creative-industry/</span></a></p>
Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a></p><p>Annual ‘winners’ for most egregious <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> healthcare profiteering announced</p><p>Selling body parts without consent and billing desperate parents $97,599 for air transport among worst examples</p><p>The 2024 “winners” of the annual <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Shkreli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shkreli</span></a> awards, given each year to perpetrators of the most egregious examples of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/profiteering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>profiteering</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dysfunction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dysfunction</span></a> within the healthcare industry, have been released from the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LownInstitute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LownInstitute</span></a>, an independent healthcare <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/thinktank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>thinktank</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/07/annual-awards-healthcare-profiteering" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j</span><span class="invisible">an/07/annual-awards-healthcare-profiteering</span></a></p>
-0--1-<p>The continued <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dysfunction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dysfunction</span></a> in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DemocraticParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DemocraticParty</span></a> paired with the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ruthlessness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ruthlessness</span></a> of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpublicanParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpublicanParty</span></a> will continue to drag the US down. Unfortunately for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Americans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Americans</span></a> this <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Asymmetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Asymmetry</span></a> is a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DeathSpiral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeathSpiral</span></a> <a href="https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/aoc-loses-house-oversight-committee-vote-gerry-connolly-rcna184581" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinio</span><span class="invisible">n/aoc-loses-house-oversight-committee-vote-gerry-connolly-rcna184581</span></a></p>
-0--1-<p>Media is useless. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheFourthEstateIsDead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheFourthEstateIsDead</span></a>, and acts just like the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DemocraticParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DemocraticParty</span></a>, as if <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> and the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> are acting in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GoodFaith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GoodFaith</span></a>. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Poynter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poynter</span></a> behaves similarly. The point of Trump's picks are to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DAMAGE_GOVERNMENT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DAMAGE_GOVERNMENT</span></a> and create <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dysfunction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dysfunction</span></a>-A <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DecapitationStrike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DecapitationStrike</span></a></p>
-0--1-<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>HistoPol</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://troet.cafe/@energisch_" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>energisch_</span></a></span> We can hope there will be a fight. The whole point of this <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DecapitationStrike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DecapitationStrike</span></a> is to actively cause <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dysfunction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dysfunction</span></a>. To damage government in a way people will buy the rhetoric from the right: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GovernmentIsBroken" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentIsBroken</span></a></p>
Kent Pitman<p>fallow days take root<br>mounting to crushing summed weight <br>of emptiness borne</p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/MastoPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastoPrompt</span></a>: <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/nourish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nourish</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/NegativeSpace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NegativeSpace</span></a><br><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/haiku" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>haiku</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/senryu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>senryu</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poem</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ShortPoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ShortPoem</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/SmallPoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SmallPoem</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/loneliness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>loneliness</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/starvation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>starvation</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/drought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>drought</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/dysfunction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dysfunction</span></a></p>
Coach Pāṇini ®<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Catiline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Catiline</span></a> Was Wicked</p><p>The Catilinarian Conspiracy of 63 BCE was a symptom of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/dysfunction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dysfunction</span></a> in the late <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Roman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Roman</span></a> Republic. It foreshadowed the rise of Roman imperialism. </p><p>Instability &amp; Corruption </p><p>The conspiracy emerged in a climate of intense rivalry and public corruption that was dominating the political atmosphere of the late <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Republic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republic</span></a>.</p><p><a href="http://inaniludibrio.com/2024/10/24/catiline-was-wicked/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">inaniludibrio.com/2024/10/24/c</span><span class="invisible">atiline-was-wicked/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a></p>
Evan Light<p>Also, it's very easy to lose sight of the principle that it's always a people problem—to treat the problem as an almost material thing, an object, that needs fixing.</p><p>I've made this mistake too many times. It's cost me.</p><p> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/changemanagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>changemanagement</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/dysfunction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dysfunction</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/organizations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>organizations</span></a></p>
Evan Light<p>As Gerry Weinberg would say, "There's always a problem and it is always a people problem." Believe otherwise at your own risk.</p><p><a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/changemanagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>changemanagement</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/dysfunction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dysfunction</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/organizations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>organizations</span></a></p>
Evan Light<p>As an engineer AND ESPECIALLY AS A MANAGER, I've encountered this so often.</p><p>Be wary. There's often **political** reasons for entrenched patterns like this, particularly when they are dysfunctional. You are likely to piss off someone who has motivated self-interest in keeping things this way.</p><p>Attempting to modify these sorts of behaviors risks activating an organization's immune system.</p><p>Ask me how I know... 🤦🏻‍♂️</p><p><a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/changemanagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>changemanagement</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/dysfunction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dysfunction</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/organizations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>organizations</span></a><br><a href="https://botsin.space/@picardtips/113080945461155083" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">botsin.space/@picardtips/11308</span><span class="invisible">0945461155083</span></a></p>
beSpacific<p>A chief architect of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a> is ready to shock Washington if <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> wins a second term <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/federalgovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>federalgovernment</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/civilservants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>civilservants</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/federalemployees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>federalemployees</span></a> Ruth Ben-Ghiat, a New York University history professor and author of “Strongmen: <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Mussolini" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mussolini</span></a> to the Present,” criticized Project 2025 as “a recipe for mass <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/chaos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chaos</span></a>, abuses of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>power</span></a>, and <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/dysfunction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dysfunction</span></a> in <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a>.” <a href="https://apnews.com/article/project-2025-russell-vought-trump-federal-government-38fc446832062e40fc2ccad6f3348dfd" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/project-202</span><span class="invisible">5-russell-vought-trump-federal-government-38fc446832062e40fc2ccad6f3348dfd</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>congress</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/executivebranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>executivebranch</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/legislation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>legislation</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/regulations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>regulations</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>justice</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>courts</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> means whatever the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JohnRoberts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JohnRoberts</span></a> court says it means, even when that meaning conflicts w/the basic principles of American <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a>.</p><p>It is against this backdrop of institutional <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dysfunction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dysfunction</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judicial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>judicial</span></a> arrogance that President <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a>, fresh from his decision to leave the campaign trail in favor of his vice president, introduced his three-point package of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> reforms.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PartisanCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PartisanCourt</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActivistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ActivistCourt</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExtremistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExtremistCourt</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CorruptCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorruptCourt</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DarkMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DarkMoney</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CourtReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CourtReform</span></a></p>
beSpacific<p>The <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/BloodBrainBarrier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BloodBrainBarrier</span></a>, a network of blood vessels and tissues that nurtures and protects the brain from harmful substances circulating in the blood—is disrupted in <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/AlzheimerDisease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlzheimerDisease</span></a>. Now, researchers at <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/MayoClinic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MayoClinic</span></a> and collaborators have uncovered unique <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/molecular" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>molecular</span></a> signatures of blood-brain barrier <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/dysfunction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dysfunction</span></a> that could point to new ways to diagnose and treat the disease. Their findings are published in Nature Communications.<br><a href="https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-06-vascular-brain-linked-alzheimer-disease.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">medicalxpress.com/news/2024-06</span><span class="invisible">-vascular-brain-linked-alzheimer-disease.html</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/publichealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publichealth</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/dementia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dementia</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The bill that cleared the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>House</span></a> sets up a clash — &amp; likely a prolonged negotiation — w/the Democratic-controlled <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a> as the 2 chambers work to reconcile &amp; merge their separate versions of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legislation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>legislation</span></a> in the months ahead. Earlier Fri, the Senate <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ArmedServices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArmedServices</span></a> Cmte released its version of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NDAA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NDAA</span></a> totaling $923.3B.<br>
This is exactly what happened last year, a fact many Democrats lamented angrily on the House floor this week.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dysfunction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dysfunction</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/extremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extremism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HouseRepublicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HouseRepublicans</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> Rep <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MarjorieTaylorGreene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarjorieTaylorGreene</span></a> on Wednesday officially triggered a vote on her motion to remove House <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Speaker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Speaker</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MikeJohnson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MikeJohnson</span></a>.</p><p>There were audible boos from lawmakers in the chamber as Greene spoke at length about her grievances with Johnson on the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>House</span></a> floor.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HouseRepublicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HouseRepublicans</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChaosCaucus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChaosCaucus</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TheDysfunctionIsThePoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheDysfunctionIsThePoint</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/governance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>governance</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dysfunction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dysfunction</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoteBlue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoteBlue</span></a> <br><a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-triggers-vote-motion-oust-speaker/story?id=110043228" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">abcnews.go.com/Politics/marjor</span><span class="invisible">ie-taylor-greene-triggers-vote-motion-oust-speaker/story?id=110043228</span></a></p>
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