Maria
@betterdays08.bsky.social
Landscape & nature photographer (photos posted are mine and not created with AI) ; Whovian and LOTR fan; mom to 3; dog lover 🐶; moderator on VERO; 💙🐶🌳👩🔬🌊
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NEW: An Irish tourist visiting the US was jailed by ICE for 3 months after overstaying 3 days due to medical issue. Thomas agreed to be deported, but instead went to federal prison where he recounted horrific conditions + no medical care.
“Nobody's safe from the system if they get pulled into it"
“Nobody's safe from the system if they get pulled into it"
Irish tourist jailed by Ice for months after overstaying US visit by three days: ‘Nobody is safe’
Exclusive: For roughly 100 days, Thomas says he faced harsh detention conditions, despite agreeing to deportation
www.theguardian.com
July 15, 2025 at 6:41 PM
NEW: An Irish tourist visiting the US was jailed by ICE for 3 months after overstaying 3 days due to medical issue. Thomas agreed to be deported, but instead went to federal prison where he recounted horrific conditions + no medical care.
“Nobody's safe from the system if they get pulled into it"
“Nobody's safe from the system if they get pulled into it"
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Today, the Environmental Protection Agency announced it will shut down its Office of Research and Development and eliminate thousands of agency jobs. According to the agency, this office has long served as the scientific backbone of its efforts to protect both public health and the environment.
July 18, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Today, the Environmental Protection Agency announced it will shut down its Office of Research and Development and eliminate thousands of agency jobs. According to the agency, this office has long served as the scientific backbone of its efforts to protect both public health and the environment.
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July 11, 2025 at 11:43 AM
This was a practice run for cities throughout America. Convince me that I am wrong.
This is footage from today in MacArthur Park.
Minutes before, there were more than 20 kids playing — then, the MILITARY comes through.
The SECOND I heard about this, I went to the park to speak to the person in charge to tell them it needed to end NOW.
Absolutely outrageous.
Minutes before, there were more than 20 kids playing — then, the MILITARY comes through.
The SECOND I heard about this, I went to the park to speak to the person in charge to tell them it needed to end NOW.
Absolutely outrageous.
July 8, 2025 at 11:36 AM
This was a practice run for cities throughout America. Convince me that I am wrong.
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The builders behind Alligator Alcatraz and other detention sites are top DeSantis donors.
They scored no-bid or “emergency” contracts worth tens of millions—while funneling cash into his political machine.
Pay-to-play isn’t just speculation—it’s backed by the paper trail.
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They scored no-bid or “emergency” contracts worth tens of millions—while funneling cash into his political machine.
Pay-to-play isn’t just speculation—it’s backed by the paper trail.
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July 8, 2025 at 3:49 AM
The builders behind Alligator Alcatraz and other detention sites are top DeSantis donors.
They scored no-bid or “emergency” contracts worth tens of millions—while funneling cash into his political machine.
Pay-to-play isn’t just speculation—it’s backed by the paper trail.
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They scored no-bid or “emergency” contracts worth tens of millions—while funneling cash into his political machine.
Pay-to-play isn’t just speculation—it’s backed by the paper trail.
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A reminder: FEMA is no longer going door-to-door to assist disaster victims
[From our Climate Desk partner @wired.com]
[From our Climate Desk partner @wired.com]
FEMA will no longer go door-to-door to assist disaster victims
The move, says one agency worker, will “severely hamper our ability to reach vulnerable people.”
www.motherjones.com
July 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
A reminder: FEMA is no longer going door-to-door to assist disaster victims
[From our Climate Desk partner @wired.com]
[From our Climate Desk partner @wired.com]
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Beshear: "These work requirements really aren't getting people back to work. They are about increasing the paperwork on everybody ... when somebody misses that one box, they are kicked off for six months or more."
July 6, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Beshear: "These work requirements really aren't getting people back to work. They are about increasing the paperwork on everybody ... when somebody misses that one box, they are kicked off for six months or more."
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Some hospitals in the U.S. are without essential staff because international doctors who were set to start their medical training this week were delayed by the Trump administration’s travel and visa restrictions.
Foreign medical residents fill critical positions at U.S. hospitals, but many now face visa issues
Some hospitals in the U.S. are without essential staff because international doctors who were set to start their medical training this week were delayed by the Trump administration's travel and visa…
buff.ly
July 4, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Some hospitals in the U.S. are without essential staff because international doctors who were set to start their medical training this week were delayed by the Trump administration’s travel and visa restrictions.
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He just dropped $280,000,000 worth of artillery in a war that’s not ours, but our grandparents have to live on Ramen noodles because America can’t afford Meals on Wheels anymore.
Make it make sense.
Make it make sense.
June 22, 2025 at 8:27 PM
He just dropped $280,000,000 worth of artillery in a war that’s not ours, but our grandparents have to live on Ramen noodles because America can’t afford Meals on Wheels anymore.
Make it make sense.
Make it make sense.
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BREAKING: New COVID Variant NB.1.8.1 Linked to Severe ‘Razor Blade Throat’ Symptom, Experts Warn.
June 13, 2025 at 11:46 AM
BREAKING: New COVID Variant NB.1.8.1 Linked to Severe ‘Razor Blade Throat’ Symptom, Experts Warn.
This is a US senator they are handcuffing for trying to ask a question. No one is safe.
This video from Senator Padilla's staff, shared to Twitter by Fox LA's Elex Michaelson, shows Padilla forced to the ground by men wearing FBI uniforms who then handcuff him behind his back. This is after he is forcibly removed from the Noem press conference for asking a question.
June 12, 2025 at 7:01 PM
This is a US senator they are handcuffing for trying to ask a question. No one is safe.
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We feed you.
They hunt us.
They hunt us.
June 11, 2025 at 5:05 AM
We feed you.
They hunt us.
They hunt us.
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Not a doctor. Not a scientist. No. A longtime heroin addict and current steroid enthusiast who perjured himself in confirmation hearings in order to pursue a twisted agenda that will kill more Americans than Osama Bin Laden.
Kennedy Removes All C.D.C. Vaccine Panel Experts
www.nytimes.com
June 10, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Not a doctor. Not a scientist. No. A longtime heroin addict and current steroid enthusiast who perjured himself in confirmation hearings in order to pursue a twisted agenda that will kill more Americans than Osama Bin Laden.
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This is on all the Senators who turned a blind eye and voted to confirm. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/h...
Kennedy Removes All C.D.C. Vaccine Panel Experts
www.nytimes.com
June 9, 2025 at 9:41 PM
This is on all the Senators who turned a blind eye and voted to confirm. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/h...
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BREAKING: RFK Jr. removes all 17 members of vaccine committee for CDC
RFK Jr. removes all 17 members of vaccine committee for CDC
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. removed all 17 members of the panel that makes vaccine recommendations to the CDC.
www.axios.com
June 9, 2025 at 9:24 PM
BREAKING: RFK Jr. removes all 17 members of vaccine committee for CDC
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Are Trump's actions in LA a distraction?
@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "A hundred percent. It's all about news cycles. Whatever he can to distract. I mean, disastrous economic policies... Even his his biggest sycophant in the country, Elon Musk, said likely a recession in the second half of the year."
@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "A hundred percent. It's all about news cycles. Whatever he can to distract. I mean, disastrous economic policies... Even his his biggest sycophant in the country, Elon Musk, said likely a recession in the second half of the year."
June 9, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Are Trump's actions in LA a distraction?
@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "A hundred percent. It's all about news cycles. Whatever he can to distract. I mean, disastrous economic policies... Even his his biggest sycophant in the country, Elon Musk, said likely a recession in the second half of the year."
@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "A hundred percent. It's all about news cycles. Whatever he can to distract. I mean, disastrous economic policies... Even his his biggest sycophant in the country, Elon Musk, said likely a recession in the second half of the year."
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Kamala was f*cking right !!!!!
June 8, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Kamala was f*cking right !!!!!
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A teacher breaks down after ICE causes multiple schools to lockdown during graduation ceremonies and parents to flee for their lives.
Only the soulless aren’t hurting from what is happening in our country. This is affecting all of us.
Only the soulless aren’t hurting from what is happening in our country. This is affecting all of us.
June 7, 2025 at 2:05 AM
A teacher breaks down after ICE causes multiple schools to lockdown during graduation ceremonies and parents to flee for their lives.
Only the soulless aren’t hurting from what is happening in our country. This is affecting all of us.
Only the soulless aren’t hurting from what is happening in our country. This is affecting all of us.
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Good morning.
If the Republican budget bill passes:
- 40% of the country will lose money
- 15 million people will lose their health care
- the richest families will get a $270,000 tax cut
- the debt will go up 2.4 TRILLION dollars
Who is asking for that??
If the Republican budget bill passes:
- 40% of the country will lose money
- 15 million people will lose their health care
- the richest families will get a $270,000 tax cut
- the debt will go up 2.4 TRILLION dollars
Who is asking for that??
June 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Good morning.
If the Republican budget bill passes:
- 40% of the country will lose money
- 15 million people will lose their health care
- the richest families will get a $270,000 tax cut
- the debt will go up 2.4 TRILLION dollars
Who is asking for that??
If the Republican budget bill passes:
- 40% of the country will lose money
- 15 million people will lose their health care
- the richest families will get a $270,000 tax cut
- the debt will go up 2.4 TRILLION dollars
Who is asking for that??
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The Department of Homeland Security is NOT making our country safer.
They're ignoring immigration laws.
They're handcuffing moms, zip tying children and disappearing them without hearings or due process.
They're weaponizing DHS to purge people from the population.
They're hiding their faces.⬇️
They're ignoring immigration laws.
They're handcuffing moms, zip tying children and disappearing them without hearings or due process.
They're weaponizing DHS to purge people from the population.
They're hiding their faces.⬇️
June 3, 2025 at 1:29 PM
The Department of Homeland Security is NOT making our country safer.
They're ignoring immigration laws.
They're handcuffing moms, zip tying children and disappearing them without hearings or due process.
They're weaponizing DHS to purge people from the population.
They're hiding their faces.⬇️
They're ignoring immigration laws.
They're handcuffing moms, zip tying children and disappearing them without hearings or due process.
They're weaponizing DHS to purge people from the population.
They're hiding their faces.⬇️
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🎁. The Republican bill gives ICE bonuses and adds huge $$$ to Noem's Gestapo. It cuts just about everything that helps regular people.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/u...
Trump and Allies Sell Domestic Policy Bill With Falsehoods
www.nytimes.com
June 2, 2025 at 11:23 AM
🎁. The Republican bill gives ICE bonuses and adds huge $$$ to Noem's Gestapo. It cuts just about everything that helps regular people.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/u...
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reputable medical journals keep saying that RFK and his pro-disease friends are full of shit and so naturally they must be shunned www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
RFK Jr. threatens to bar government scientists from publishing in leading medical journals
The health secretary said the New England Journal of Medicine, the Journal of the American Medical Association and The Lancet are in bed with pharma.
www.politico.com
May 27, 2025 at 11:20 PM
reputable medical journals keep saying that RFK and his pro-disease friends are full of shit and so naturally they must be shunned www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
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14 million people could lose their Medicaid coverage.
22 million people could see their health insurance skyrocket.
And they're doing all of it so they can give millionaires and billionaires and their mega-corporations more tax breaks.
Everyone is seeing this, right?
22 million people could see their health insurance skyrocket.
And they're doing all of it so they can give millionaires and billionaires and their mega-corporations more tax breaks.
Everyone is seeing this, right?
May 21, 2025 at 11:14 AM
14 million people could lose their Medicaid coverage.
22 million people could see their health insurance skyrocket.
And they're doing all of it so they can give millionaires and billionaires and their mega-corporations more tax breaks.
Everyone is seeing this, right?
22 million people could see their health insurance skyrocket.
And they're doing all of it so they can give millionaires and billionaires and their mega-corporations more tax breaks.
Everyone is seeing this, right?