Beata Krupa
@beata5.bsky.social
A reluctant emigrant (40 years ago), retired communication faculty, democrat.
I really cannot believe it! From Guardian: "This May, Trump’s OMB quietly proposed a more than 400-page overhaul of the federal grant-making process ... The proposal would put nearly $1tn in grant-making into the hands of political appointees by October." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
‘Complete shock and dismay’: scientists unite against Trump’s $1tn grant attack
OMB proposal would upend entire grant-making system – and put vast sums into hands of political appointees
theguardian.com
Trump threatens a “whole civilization will die tonight." open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
Trump threatens a “whole civilization will die tonight."
This brings America into a new immoral universe
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Donald Trump has voted by mail multiple times in Florida. He then spent years calling mail-in voting "corrupt," "fraudulent," and "rigged." He didn't believe a word of it. He just needed you to. #TrumpVotedByMail
apnews.com/article/fact... FOCUS: A look at Trump's false and misleading claims in his State of the Union speech
FACT FOCUS: A look at Trump's false and misleading claims in his State of the Union speech
On inflation, immigration, tariffs and war, he presented a frequently distorted account as he claimed a “turnaround for the ages” and myriad achievements that don’t pass scrutiny.
apnews.com
The writer Ayn Rand, another person long-adored by conservatives, warned 63 years ago ... what people should be looking for if they feared socialism. In her view, the most glaring hallmark of a dictator was someone who builds monuments to himself.
builders.at
Yet another scandal that would have ended any other administration. Trump's salvation is that he's doing a hundred different things that would be huge scandals and impeachable offenses on their own, but pursued together they become a blob of vague criminality that's hard to tack down.
Federal Reserve@federalreserve.gov · 7mo agoVideo message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG... www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
“Man grows used to everything, the scoundrel!” Dostoyevsky wrote. Still valid. :(
Very comprehensive review of threats to midterm elections. Long read but worth it. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Donald Trump’s Plan to Subvert the Midterms Is Already Under Way
Our election system is reaching a breaking point.
theatlantic.com
Putin Is Escalating His War. If You Are Surprised, You Have Not Been Paying Attention. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/o...
Opinion | Putin Is Escalating His War. If You Are Surprised, You Have Not Been Paying Attention.
nytimes.com
And this one: This year’s escalation in tariff rates is expected to cost American households an average of $2,400 per year, according to estimates from the Budget Lab at Yale University. (www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
See where Trump’s tariffs are driving up prices on household items for now
Tariffs are causing price increases on everyday items. See what America imports from its top trading partners.
washingtonpost.com
If you were not concerned yet, you should be now. How fast are we moving into the control state! www.wired.com/story/ice-so...
ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team
Documents show that ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.
wired.com
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...
Trump Is Shutting Down the War On Cancer
nytimes.com
The Diary of Anne Frank is among the hundreds of books banned in Florida this year. When I was in school, it was required reading. (Guardian)
8/24/25💡Independence Day, Kharkiv, ignoring constant danger for one evening of singing🙏🇺🇦🙏
I didn't know that dismantling American values and laws would take less than a year. It is bad, but the speed of it shows how fragile freedom is.
