Notices by Georgiann Baldino (obtener@mastodon.world), page 3

#Trump #Felon47

#VaccineStocks fall as Senate panel advances #RFK Jr.'s HHS secretary nomination

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/04/vaccine-stocks-fall-as-senate-advances-rfk-jr-hhs-nomination.html?__source=androidappshare

#TrumpMassDeportation

"The Sierra Sun Times reported the farm owned by Peter Belluomimi, a grower and packer of lemons, mandarin oranges, and navel oranges, recently had only five of 30 workers come to work. Those that are staying home are concerned about the #immigration operations."

https://progressivegrocer.com/deportation-fears-impact-californias-citrus-harvest
#USPolitics

"#Trump WH Press Secretary took hundreds of thousands of dollars in illegal campaign contributions...Per federal campaign finance law, #Leavitt should have re-designated or returned excess funds within 60 days of receiving the donations. But NOTUS’s review of the updated filings suggests she still hasn’t done so. Leavitt’s campaign is still required to return hundreds of thousands to donors."

Salon https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-wh-press-secretary-took-200109900.html
#USPolitics

#Adopt #FosterPets #dogsofmastodon #CatsOfMastodon #Maryland

@WarnerCrocker
Local Chicago news station is now reporting the officers were Secret Service, investigating a threat to a person over the TikTok ban.

#uspolitics #ElonMusk

#fact_checkers need not apply

#Netanyahu #USPolitics

#Meta employees criticize company's new speech policy [to end third-party fact checking], board additions

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/07/meta-employees-criticize-companys-new-speech-policy-board-additions.html?__source=androidappshare

Meta policy conflates truth with "free speech"

#Tesla #ConsumerProtection

#TrumpIsUnfitForOffice

#SchoolShootings

"the messages [Charles] Dickens intended to impart [in "A Christmas Carol"] to his readers [include] ...the deleterious effects of ignorance and want, the necessity for charity, the benefits of goodwill, family unity, and the need for celebration of the life force, including the pleasures of good food and drink, and good company."

JSTOR https://daily.jstor.org/annotations-a-christmas-carol-by-charles-dickens/

#BookBan #USPolitics

#FAA head Michael Whitaker to step down before Trump takes office

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/12/federal-aviation-administration-head-michael-whitaker-to-step-down-jan-20.html?__source=androidappshare

The new administration faces significant challenges, including shortage of air traffic controllers.

#SocialSecurity vs #PrivateInsurance
#uspolitics

"With [NC Gov.] Stein’s veto power strengthened though, Republicans in the Legislature quickly moved to mitigate the impact of the election. In a special session ...the #GOP introduced a series of measures designed to strip power from the incoming Democrats. And in case the cynicism wasn’t already obvious to everyone, they wrapped the power grab into a disaster relief package [for victims desperate for relief]." https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/north-carolina-republicans-helene-relief-bill-josh-stein-rcna183202 #USPolitics

#Project2025 #WomensHealth #immigrants

"Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum [said]...in response to #Trump’s claim that he’ll address this country’s fentanyl problem by putting a #tariff on Mexican imports. 'Mexico does not produce weapons. We do not consume synthetic drugs,' Sheinbaum...'what we do have is the people who are being killed by the crime that is responding to the demand in your country.”

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-mexico-president-claudia-sheinbaum-fentanyl-response-rcna182496 #USPolitics