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Donald Trump proposed significant budget cuts to NASA,
which included defunding many science missions at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL),
leading to extensive layoffs and a demoralizing environment for staff.
This action threatened the continuation of major projects, including the Mars Sample Return mission

Trump Administration Proposes Drastic Cuts to NASA Science Funding, Threatening JPL - Monterey Park Today
The Trump administration has proposed a 23% cut to NASA's overall budget, including a 46% reduction in funding for the agency's science programs. This would cancel 53 science missions and reduce funding for others, including projects at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in California. The proposal has drawn bipartisan criticism from members of Congress, who rejected similar cuts last year. However, the uncertainty could still slow grants and contracts at NASA in the meantime.

The Raiders haven’t turned a corner; they’ve just stopped spiraling https://raiderramble.com/2026/03/21/the-raiders-havent-turned-a-corner-theyve-just-stopped-spiraling/

Its #Easter coming soon, and while I don't go in for any of the #religious stuff, I do mark the return of easter candy. In particular #LauraSecord eggs.
For the non-

Laura Secord Easter Cream Eggs - Food & Wine Chickie Insider
When I was a small kid growing up in eastern Quebec, a tradition in my family and many others was to get a Laura Secord Cream Egg for Easter. Laura Secord is Canada’s largest and best known chocolatier. The dark chocolate-coated egg with its white and yolk-yellow creamy center was a special treat. The pale […]

6 days after returning from Panama, I had outpatient surgery for a total left knee replacement. This was my third joint replacement (Rt Knee Jan 2016, left hip Nov 2025). Look Out Col Steve Austin. All is going well, but knees are tough, one must strictly follow the rehab exercises especially in the first two weeks - there's a limited window to get range of motion back 😰.
So far so good. I’m keeping up on exercises, and ditched the walker for a cane today. 🤞

I‘m sure the laid off stuff is glad they are still considered human 🙄🤮
StanChart To Cut Over 7,000 Jobs, Boost AI To Replace 'Lower-Value Human Capital' - Slashdot https://slashdot.org/story/26/05/19/1640224/st…

Internal chats: in March, xAI offered employees $420 in exchange for completed tax filings as training data for Grok, but the bonuses haven't been paid out (Carmen Arroyo/Bloomberg)

Tennessee Democrat Steve Cohen announces retirement (Sabrina Lam/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/05/15/congress/steve-cohen-tennessee-retire-00923361
http://www.memeorandum.com/260516/p3#a260516p3

Early this month, a single pen stroke effectively ended representative
Steve Cohen’s career in Congress.
The man who has represented Memphis for 19 years will turn 77 later this month,
but he wasn’t planning on retiring.
He hadn’t lost any primary.
The reason was that his district had been erased around him.
A new electoral map, passed by the Republican-led state legislature and signed by Bill Lee, the governor,
divides the ninth district three wa…

Raiders Talking Big Step With Maxx Crosby After Trade Rumors https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/raiders-talking-big-step-with-maxx-crosby-after-trade-rumors/

Polls have closed in Illinois, where a series of bitterly contested primaries will decide which members of a new generation of politicians will try to replace several Democratic mainstays
-- including Senator Richard J. Durbin, the party’s No. 2 in the Senate.
The Senate primary and down-ballot races in deep-blue Illinois have seized national attention as longtime lawmakers step aside and Democrats hope to gain momentum heading into midterm elections that have been reshaped by …

Illinois Primary Election Live Updates: Polls Close, Vote Counting Underway
With Senator Richard J. Durbin retiring, the Democratic primary features two House members, Raja Krishnamoorthi and Robin Kelly, and Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton. AIPAC, the pro-Israel group, was a factor in several House races.