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How We Got More Donny

The post below isn’t making exactly the point it thinks it is. The NIH was honoring only women and minorities in this hallway. That suggested two things: a bias against white men and a preoccupation with politics over health. How did that work out for us?

Erasure. At the National Institute of Health, posters of women and scientists of color have been taken down. Shared by @ivancalcantara.bsky.social

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— Antonia Juhasz (@antoniajuhasz.bsky.social) February 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM

A Ton of Luck Today

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Dreadfully Correct Analogy

So America, you got back with your ex who's supposed to be in prison, and he invited over his drug-addict buddy who's now rifling through your purse and just got his hands on your credit card.

— Rob Tracinski (@tracinski.bsky.social) February 8, 2025 at 3:23 AM

The Future Looks Stupid

Welcome to the "find out" stage.

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— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec.bsky.social) February 8, 2025 at 1:56 AM

A Bad Look

So money already appropriated and granted for SNAP, Medicaid, Medicare and Head Start can be cancelled, but not the $137k for new drapes and things for Pete Hegseth’s government-provided house. www.forbes.com/sites/antoni...

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— Daniel Goldman (@danielsgoldman.dg4ny.co) February 7, 2025 at 9:18 PM

Good Gamble

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When Donny Makes You His Bitch ...

... you have to make someone else yours:

The husband of an Indian-American wife and the father of 3 Indian-American kids wants to bring back the staffer who posted “normalize Indian hate.”

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— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen.bsky.social) February 7, 2025 at 11:58 AM

People Who Broke Our Immigration Laws ...

... are aghast that they’ve been treated like criminals:

US officials kept around 100 deported Indian migrants in shackles for their 40-hour flight home, including during bathroom breaks, in the latest incident to spark anger overseas at President Donald Trump’s migration crackdown.

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— CNN (@cnn.com) February 7, 2025 at 10:20 AM

Yikes

The Ill-Matched Couple, by Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1530, 📸 by @Mikeyyowens

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— ArtButMakeItSports (@artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social) February 7, 2025 at 8:51 AM

Highly Determined

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Heh

Trump: I think we should invade Easter Island. MAGA: Easter Islanders are demanding liberation! NY Times: Easter Island, more important than you think. Pentagon: Put together some invasion plans for Easter Island. Trump: Actually I meant Malta.

— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec.bsky.social) February 6, 2025 at 10:41 AM

Benny Hill Could Not Be Reached for Comment

attempting to describe the vibes of the moment. have yet to do better than: "imagine watching a documentary reenacting the burning of the Library of Alexandria set to the soundtrack of 'Yakety Sax'"

— Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò (@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social) February 5, 2025 at 10:59 PM

Minor Risk?

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Who Would Know Better?

In related news, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth will determine for himself whether what he is doing is sexual assault.

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— Domestic Enemy Hat (@kenwhite.bsky.social) February 5, 2025 at 5:02 PM