@andimo22.bsky.social
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Howard Lutnick suggested in an interview that only “fraudsters” would complain if their checks don’t arrive this month.
Trump’s Billionaire Commerce Secretary Threatens to Shut Down Social Security
Howard Lutnick suggested in an interview that only “fraudsters” would complain if their checks don’t arrive this month.
truthout.org
March 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Howard Lutnick suggested in an interview that only “fraudsters” would complain if their checks don’t arrive this month.
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Fact check. True ☑️⚖️👇🏾
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but “I was only following orders” was rejected as a defense at the Nuremberg Trials.
March 23, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Fact check. True ☑️⚖️👇🏾
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They will never be forgotten Donald, no matter how hard you try.
Trump Blasted After Military Scrubs WWII Navajo Code Talkers From Websites Due To 'DEI'
You can scrub them from your websites, Donald, but they will never be forgotten.
www.comicsands.com
March 19, 2025 at 7:08 PM
They will never be forgotten Donald, no matter how hard you try.
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"My name is Mahmoud Khalil and I am a political prisoner. I am writing to you from a detention facility in Louisiana where I wake to cold mornings and spend long days bearing witness to the quiet injustices underway against a great many people precluded from the protections of the law."
“I Am a Political Prisoner,” Writes Mahmoud Khalil From ICE Jail
In the weeks ahead, students, advocates and elected officials must unite to defend the right to protest for Palestine.
truthout.org
March 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
"My name is Mahmoud Khalil and I am a political prisoner. I am writing to you from a detention facility in Louisiana where I wake to cold mornings and spend long days bearing witness to the quiet injustices underway against a great many people precluded from the protections of the law."
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DOGE has attacked life-saving programs, including:
-Malaria & HIV/AIDS prevention
-NOAA forecasting & FEMA disaster response
-USDA food safety
-FAA aviation safety
-FDA flu vaccine research
This will result in needless suffering — all to pave the way for billionaire tax cuts.
-Malaria & HIV/AIDS prevention
-NOAA forecasting & FEMA disaster response
-USDA food safety
-FAA aviation safety
-FDA flu vaccine research
This will result in needless suffering — all to pave the way for billionaire tax cuts.
DOGE Is Going to Kill a Lot of Americans
The Democratic Party could spell this out clearly and consistently for voters.
prospect.org
March 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
DOGE has attacked life-saving programs, including:
-Malaria & HIV/AIDS prevention
-NOAA forecasting & FEMA disaster response
-USDA food safety
-FAA aviation safety
-FDA flu vaccine research
This will result in needless suffering — all to pave the way for billionaire tax cuts.
-Malaria & HIV/AIDS prevention
-NOAA forecasting & FEMA disaster response
-USDA food safety
-FAA aviation safety
-FDA flu vaccine research
This will result in needless suffering — all to pave the way for billionaire tax cuts.
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What a different world we could have.
March 9, 2025 at 5:06 PM
What a different world we could have.
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Watch my Witch Wave interview with Vera Sola AKA Danielle Aykroyd now. We talk ghosts, spiritual songwriting, finding your voice and more: youtu.be/-jJWUzUX8BQ?...
Ghost Songs and Spiritualism with Vera Sola AKA Danielle Aykroyd | The Witch Wave with Pam Grossman
YouTube video by Pam Grossman
youtu.be
March 6, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Watch my Witch Wave interview with Vera Sola AKA Danielle Aykroyd now. We talk ghosts, spiritual songwriting, finding your voice and more: youtu.be/-jJWUzUX8BQ?...
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Alina Habbard posted: NOTHING CAN STOP THIS MAN FROM FIGHTING FOR HIS COUNTRY.
David Simon had a succinct 2-word response: “Bone spurs.”
David Simon had a succinct 2-word response: “Bone spurs.”
March 5, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Alina Habbard posted: NOTHING CAN STOP THIS MAN FROM FIGHTING FOR HIS COUNTRY.
David Simon had a succinct 2-word response: “Bone spurs.”
David Simon had a succinct 2-word response: “Bone spurs.”
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The department ended nearly 10,000 foreign aid programs — including some granted exemptions just days earlier - via @propublica.org
Trump’s State Department Is Ending Life-Saving Aid Programs Without Review
The department ended nearly 10,000 foreign aid programs — including some granted exemptions just days earlier.
buff.ly
March 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The department ended nearly 10,000 foreign aid programs — including some granted exemptions just days earlier - via @propublica.org
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Elon Musk called Social Security a "ponzi scheme." This is absolute rubbish. Social Security has paid every benefit owed to every eligible American for 85 years. Perhaps the bigger "ponzi scheme" is the $38 billion spent by taxpayers to prop up his corporations?
March 2, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Elon Musk called Social Security a "ponzi scheme." This is absolute rubbish. Social Security has paid every benefit owed to every eligible American for 85 years. Perhaps the bigger "ponzi scheme" is the $38 billion spent by taxpayers to prop up his corporations?
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200 million dollars of waste.
February 22, 2025 at 1:50 PM
200 million dollars of waste.
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A new poll indicates that 62% of Americans are particularly upset with Trump’s failure so far to lower the costs of consumer goods — a key promise during his 2024 campaign.
Poll Shows 6 in 10 Americans Think Trump Hasn’t Done Enough to Address Rising Costs
A majority of Americans are also pessimistic or afraid of what’s to come over the next four years of Trump’s term.
buff.ly
February 21, 2025 at 10:55 PM
A new poll indicates that 62% of Americans are particularly upset with Trump’s failure so far to lower the costs of consumer goods — a key promise during his 2024 campaign.
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No lie detected.
Zelenskyy Drops Brutal Truth Bomb About Trump's 'Disinformation' After He Blamed Ukraine For Russian War
No lie detected 💪🏼
www.comicsands.com
February 19, 2025 at 10:52 PM
No lie detected.
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"Peatlands occupy just 3% of all land, but contain more carbon than all of the world’s forests. However, farmers and miners are draining the peatlands, releasing so much CO2 that if they were a country, they would be the fourth biggest polluter in the world." 🧪🌍
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
World’s largely unprotected peatlands are ticking ‘carbon bomb’, warns study
Bogs and swamps are a colossal carbon store but their continued destruction would blow climate change targets
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2025 at 2:54 PM
"Peatlands occupy just 3% of all land, but contain more carbon than all of the world’s forests. However, farmers and miners are draining the peatlands, releasing so much CO2 that if they were a country, they would be the fourth biggest polluter in the world." 🧪🌍
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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This letter, from now-resigned prosecutor Danielle Sassoon to Pam Bondi, is worth reading in full. Simply put, there is no non-corrupt reason for dismissing Eric Adams’ case. The Trump DOJ is itself obstructing both justice and the rule of law.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Read Danielle Sassoon’s Letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi
Danielle R. Sassoon, Manhattan’s acting U.S. attorney, writes to Attorney General Pam Bondi, refusing to drop the case against Mayor Eric Adams.
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2025 at 9:55 PM
This letter, from now-resigned prosecutor Danielle Sassoon to Pam Bondi, is worth reading in full. Simply put, there is no non-corrupt reason for dismissing Eric Adams’ case. The Trump DOJ is itself obstructing both justice and the rule of law.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Musk claims to be a champion for white people, but 40% of Medicaid recipients nationally are white; in states like KY, WV, and MO, whites are 74%, 65%, and 86% of Medicaid recipients, respectively.
The only group Musk champions is rich people. Everybody else can die.
www.kff.org/medicaid/sta...
The only group Musk champions is rich people. Everybody else can die.
www.kff.org/medicaid/sta...
Distribution of People Ages 0-64 with Medicaid by Race/Ethnicity | KFF
disparity, Disparities
www.kff.org
February 13, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Musk claims to be a champion for white people, but 40% of Medicaid recipients nationally are white; in states like KY, WV, and MO, whites are 74%, 65%, and 86% of Medicaid recipients, respectively.
The only group Musk champions is rich people. Everybody else can die.
www.kff.org/medicaid/sta...
The only group Musk champions is rich people. Everybody else can die.
www.kff.org/medicaid/sta...
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🧵"So this is how liberty dies..."
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
February 13, 2025 at 11:38 AM
🧵"So this is how liberty dies..."
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
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February 2, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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A few things Trump just made more expensive for you:
Gas
Cars
TVs
iPhones
Xboxes
Avocados
Strawberries
Furniture
Power tools
Modelo
Refrigerators
Microwaves
Clothes
Bananas
Tequila
Maple syrup
Gas
Cars
TVs
iPhones
Xboxes
Avocados
Strawberries
Furniture
Power tools
Modelo
Refrigerators
Microwaves
Clothes
Bananas
Tequila
Maple syrup
Trump slaps tariffs on Canada, Mexico, China, risking higher prices for U.S. consumers.
Trump slaps tariffs on Canada, Mexico, China, risking higher prices for U.S. consumers
The new levies on America’s top trade partners could drive prices higher for cars, electronics, lumber and more, threatening to crimp an economy that the president has vowed to improve.
www.nbcnews.com
February 1, 2025 at 10:26 PM
A few things Trump just made more expensive for you:
Gas
Cars
TVs
iPhones
Xboxes
Avocados
Strawberries
Furniture
Power tools
Modelo
Refrigerators
Microwaves
Clothes
Bananas
Tequila
Maple syrup
Gas
Cars
TVs
iPhones
Xboxes
Avocados
Strawberries
Furniture
Power tools
Modelo
Refrigerators
Microwaves
Clothes
Bananas
Tequila
Maple syrup
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Please, everyone, drop what you’re doing and read this:
I go to @timothysnyder.bsky.social and @hcrichardson.bsky.social for historical perspective and contemporary context about the dystopia we're experiencing. Snyder's post today has both, plus real actionable guidance. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
The Logic of Destruction
And how to resist it
open.substack.com
February 2, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Please, everyone, drop what you’re doing and read this:
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As of Jan. 15, a biography of Vera Rubin on the observatory’s website included a section titled, “She advocated for women in science.”
That language was gone Monday morning. Some of it was later restored — but not all of it.
By @lisalsong.bsky.social
That language was gone Monday morning. Some of it was later restored — but not all of it.
By @lisalsong.bsky.social
The Rewriting of a Pioneering Female Astronomer’s Legacy Shows How Far Trump’s DEI Purge Will Go
The federal webpage for an observatory named for the late astronomer Vera Rubin was edited to omit any recognition of the fact that science remains a male-dominated field or that the observatory was…
propub.li
February 2, 2025 at 1:00 AM
As of Jan. 15, a biography of Vera Rubin on the observatory’s website included a section titled, “She advocated for women in science.”
That language was gone Monday morning. Some of it was later restored — but not all of it.
By @lisalsong.bsky.social
That language was gone Monday morning. Some of it was later restored — but not all of it.
By @lisalsong.bsky.social
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A reminder: Tariffs are a regressive tax that drives up prices on everyday goods. They disproportionately hurt the working class and poor who bear the brunt of higher costs while wealthier consumers feel significantly less impact.
February 2, 2025 at 12:50 AM
A reminder: Tariffs are a regressive tax that drives up prices on everyday goods. They disproportionately hurt the working class and poor who bear the brunt of higher costs while wealthier consumers feel significantly less impact.