President Shit’s First 100 Days: Day 70

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Always, the people are responsible for wicked lawmakers, oppressors, exploiters, criminals in government, tyrants in power, thieves, liars, malefactors and murderers in the capitals of the world. You, the man in the street, the man in the factory and in the shop, the man on the farm, the man in the office, you, the man everywhere, are guilty of the creatures whose crimes against you have been so monstrous, and will be again, by your own consent – if you give it …” –Taylor Caldwell, “The Devil’s Advocate” (1952) – pgs. 332 – 338


Another Week In Hell: Tuesday

President Shit’s Public Schedule:

Tuesday, April 1 2025
9:00 AMIn-Town Pool Call TimeThe White House In-Town Pool
12:00 PMPress Briefing by the White House Press Secretary Karoline LeavittJames S. Brady Press Briefing Room On Camera
12:30 PMThe President and the Vice President have lunchU.S. Department of State Pre-Credentialed Media
3:30 PMThe President signs Executive OrdersOval Office Closed Press

The U.S. beekeeping industry is in crisis over the shocking and unexplained deaths of hundreds of millions of bees over the last eight months.

It’s an unfolding disaster for the industry. Blake Shook, one of the nation’s top beekeepers, has found tens of thousands of dead insects at his businesses. He said that he’s never seen losses like this.”

The data is showing us this is the worst bee loss in recorded history,” Shook told “CBS Saturday Morning.

“Researchers are struggling to understand what’s causing the deaths.

Juliana Rangel, an entomologist at Texas A&M University, has been studying bee hives in her lab. There are a few potential explanations, she said, including changing habitats and weather patterns. But there’s no certain answer, she said. 

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One of Shook’s businesses focuses on rebuilding dead hives. He’s receiving an alarming number of those hives, he said, from commercial operations across the country. Beekeeping groups say 25% of those commercial operations may be put out of business by year’s end because of the losses.”

I got a call from a friend who had 20,000 beehives at the start of the winter, and he’s at less than 1,000. He said ‘This is it, I’m done.’ I’ve had far too many of those calls in the last few weeks,” Shook said. “It’s not just a beekeeper issue. This is a national food security issue.”

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This was a pdf fact sheet report posted from House Committee on the Judiciary, Ranking member Jamie Raskin in February.

In case you missed it Sunday night:

For decades, Voice of America projected American values and fact-based news to hundreds of millions worldwide. It’s now off the air due to an executive order from President Donald Trump — a move some say could help America’s adversaries. https://cbsn.ws/4lgbAFg

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— 60 Minutes (@60minutes.bsky.social) March 31, 2025 at 7:11 AM

What Trump’s silencing of Voice of America means for listeners worldwide:

Voice of America is silent after President Trump effectively shut down the broadcaster. VOA journalists are speaking out about what this could mean for an audience of 360 million around the world.

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60 Minutes Overtime: The history of Voice of America:

The Congressionally funded broadcaster is both a global information source and an American foreign policy tool. Now, with an executive order, the Trump administration silenced VOA for the first time in 83 years.

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