Martin Nagle

Martin Nagle

@martinnagle.bsky.social

Concerned citizen, technologist, investor, singer/songwriter, actor/director, barkeep, political junkie, cat whisperer, gallows humorist #resistance #Ukraine 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

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Martin Nagle
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Every time White House spokespeople pontificate about "illegal criminal aliens" I throw up in my mouth, because they're really after any immigrant from anywhere for any reason they can think of (unless they're rich, white or right-wing): #Trump #immigration www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

washingtonpost.comU.S. visas can be denied for obesity, cancer and diabetes, Rubio saysThe Trump administration has directed visa officers to consider obesity and other chronic health conditions when deciding whether to grant visas to immigrants.
Martin Nagle
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Even the Trump "administration" blanches at the prospect of this parasitical, inside-player enterprise having immunity from lawsuits - very telling. #Trump #immigration #corruption www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

washingtonpost.comImmigrant detention firm seeks immunity in case before Supreme CourtA lower court denied Geo Group’s claim that it couldn’t be sued for forced-labor allegations at an ICE detention center because it was working for the government.

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Natasha Bertrand
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NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...

edition.cnn.comExclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN PoliticsThe United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
Martin Nagle
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To many people, it appears as if the Trump "administration" is intentionally destroying the United States from the inside. Here's a good example of one of their subject policies: driving scientists into the arms of "Communist" Chine: #Trump #incompetence www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...

washingtonpost.comWhy Trump’s cuts to scientific research are a big win for ChinaChina is attracting American scientific talent, especially in STEM fields, partly due to funding cuts and immigration restrictions under President Donald Trump.
Martin Nagle
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That the Trump administration doesn't see anything wrong with the clear pattern in these images, tells you all you need to know about what's bouncing around in their empty heads: #Trump #politics #corruption www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

washingtonpost.comLabor Department social media campaign depicts a White male workforceThe campaign has drawn scrutiny, with critics saying it is not realistically portraying the country’s diversity and is sending messages that feel exclusionary.

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Dave Jorgenson
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Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!

Martin Nagle
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Once again, the right wing majority on the Supreme Court decides a massive issue on the emergency "shadow docket", avoiding the inconvenience of the administration having to present its case in court. Shameful. #SCOTUS #incompetence www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

washingtonpost.comSupreme Court lifts limits on immigration raids in the Los Angeles areaThe raids sparked major protests in Southern California. President Donald Trump deployed troops from the California National Guard and Marines in response.
Martin Nagle
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"President" #Trump should stop working so hard to prove that he's an #idiot, abjectly unqualified for the Presidency and a disgrace to his office. We already get it, sir. We see the #incompetence and #corruption. Enough already - go back to golfing! www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

washingtonpost.comTrump vows to punish critics after slaying of Charlie KirkPresident Donald Trump and his staff blame “radical left political violence” for the killing of their friend and Republican activist.
Martin Nagle
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Wtf is the #Tesla board thinking? Apparently this whacko weasel has them by the short hairs, so they plan to reward him instead of showing him the door after his serial transgressions. Anyone with half a brain should dump their stock in response. #Musk www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

washingtonpost.comTesla offers Elon Musk pay package worth $1 trillion — with conditionsThe electric-vehicle maker’s board proposed a compensation agreement that would dramatically increase the CEO’s personal wealth over the course of a decade.
Martin Nagle
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It's long past time to acknowledge that HHS is overrun by conspiracy theory-driven, anti-vaccers, and for Republican Senators to demand a new housecleaning, this time starting at the top by demanding the resignation of nutjob RFK Jr: #Trump #incompetence www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...

washingtonpost.comKey NIH leader questioned vaccines, according to whistleblower complaintsThe documents provide a window into the ongoing upheaval inside the National Insitutes of Health, in which political review has been inserted into the scientific process.
Martin Nagle
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In which the #Trump "administration" betrays its own supporters in its zeal to pretend #climate change does not exist, and force everyone else to pretend that, too: #incompetence www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...

washingtonpost.comA red state community bet on carbon capture. Trump is blocking it.Amid fierce global competition to dominate the cement industry’s future, Trump’s gutting of climate incentives puts plants in GOP strongholds in a bind.
Martin Nagle
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Happy #caturday! This is Leona, a very friendly and intelligent feral kitten, and relatively uncommon female orange tabby, who is currently being socialized in an outdoor environment ahead of her initial veterinary care.

Martin Nagle
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It's becoming more and more clear that his illegal #tariffs - the Boy King's favorite rattle - are undeniably unconstitutional, and are not going to end well: #Trump #incompetence www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

washingtonpost.comAppeals court strikes down Trump’s tariffs as illegal but leaves them in placeTrump’s cornerstone economic policy faced another challenge as a federal appeals court ruled he did not have the authority under an emergency powers act to impose them.
Martin Nagle
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The #Trump "administration" continues to find ways to evade Federal civil service protections and force out those who aren't addled by the same blind fealty and #MAGA -favored alternate realities the Cabinet secretaries are: #politics #corruption www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

washingtonpost.comDOJ reassigned top attorneys. They quit after feeling sidelined.People familiar with the Sanctuary Cities Enforcement working group say members were assigned menial busy work, and their impression was that the real goal was to force senior career lawyers to resign...
Martin Nagle
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More rancid and risible misinformation from conspiracy theory-spouting #idiot RFK Jr., as he continues to run HHS and CDC into the ground: #Trump #politics #incompetence www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

washingtonpost.comRFK Jr. links SSRIs and mass shootings. What does science say?Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suggested that psychiatric drugs may have played a role in the Minnesota Catholic school shooting — a statement widely criticized as unsupported by science.
Martin Nagle
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The #Trump "administration", which claims to want families in the USA to have more children, can't resist attacking those same families: #incompetence www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

washingtonpost.comTrump administration cuts grants for child care on college campusesThe Education Department has cut off funding for campus-based child care at over a dozen colleges, objecting to child care providers teaching young children about gender and race.
Martin Nagle
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Since floods, earthquakes and hurricanes do not take vacations, it's only a matter of time before the "administration" is caught with its britches down, its #corrupt, politicized, bad-faith mishandling of FEMA exposed for all to see: #Trump #politics www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...

washingtonpost.comFEMA staffers warn that Trump officials’ actions risk a Katrina-level disasterAbout 180 FEMA employees, many of them anonymous, signed a letter to Congress arguing that the agency’s leadership has hindered its ability to effectively manage emergencies.
Martin Nagle
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Benjamimn Netanyahu has now allowed that this was a "tragic mishap". Including the double-tap that took out first responders? But after dozens of such atrocities, the assertion that this was an accident lacks credibility: #Gaza www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

washingtonpost.comIsraeli attack on Gaza hospital kills 20, including journalists and medicsTwo Israeli strikes hit the same building just minutes apart, including after journalists and rescue workers had rushed to the scene, footage shows.
Martin Nagle
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Without no hint of respect for due process, President #Trump once again attempts to arrogate unto himself powers that Congress never intended him to possess in the first place: #corruption www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

washingtonpost.comFederal Reserve governor Lisa Cook says she’ll fight Trump’s move to fire herThe president said he would remove Cook immediately, citing unproven allegations of mortgage fraud. Cook said he has no power to fire her and that she would not resign.
Martin Nagle
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Federal personnel decisions at critical agencies are now effectively being determined by Laura Loomer and other nut-jobs in the disinformation-driven far-right media ecosystem, while our "leader" exercises his vanity on the daily: #Trump #incompetence www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

washingtonpost.comTrump, Gabbard fired top CIA Russia expert days after Alaska summitDays after the Alaska summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Donald Trump ordered the security clearance revocation of a top CIA official and Russia expert.
Martin Nagle
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The #Trump "administration" fires EPA staffers for exercising their First Amendment rights. This White House has repeatedly demonstrated its belief that those rights only accrue to a favored few - such as a loudmouthed #felon at the top: #corruption www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

washingtonpost.comTrump officials fire EPA employees for signing dissent letterThe move to terminate the staffers marks an escalation in the Trump administration’s effort to clamp down on dissent within the federal bureaucracy.
Martin Nagle
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President Trump has nominated the "RFK Jr. of economics" to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics, who wants to take us back to a 19th century economic model. Because if we're going to be a sick country, we may as well be a poor country too! #Trump #idiot www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

washingtonpost.com6 controversial ideas from Trump’s pick for top labor statistics jobE.J. Antoni, chief economist at the Heritage Foundation, has raised questions from economists and policymakers across the political spectrum for his views, experience and misunderstanding of economic ...