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For an admin that claims to care so much about drug addiction that they're blowing up boats, it's strange that they're cutting $2 BILLION in funding for substance abuse and mental health services…
Read @citizencohn.bsky.social's Breakdown only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-take...
Read @citizencohn.bsky.social's Breakdown only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-take...
Trump Takes Another Blowtorch to Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service
Potentially $2b was just cut from a key HHS agency with bipartisan support.
www.thebulwark.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:25 PM
For an admin that claims to care so much about drug addiction that they're blowing up boats, it's strange that they're cutting $2 BILLION in funding for substance abuse and mental health services…
Read @citizencohn.bsky.social's Breakdown only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-take...
Read @citizencohn.bsky.social's Breakdown only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-take...
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It’s not ‘fantasy’: I know Nigel Farage abused people for their nationality – because I was one of them | Rickard Berg
It’s not ‘fantasy’: I know Nigel Farage abused people for their nationality – because I was one of them | Rickard Berg
I remember him as a racist bully, and his allegation that other ex-Dulwich boys and I are liars tells me he hasn’t changed, says former Dulwich college pupil Rickard Berg
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 2:46 PM
It’s not ‘fantasy’: I know Nigel Farage abused people for their nationality – because I was one of them | Rickard Berg
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Greenwashing, illegality and false claims: 13 climate litigation wins in 2025
Greenwashing, illegality and false claims: 13 climate litigation wins in 2025
Legal action has brought important decisions, from the scrapping of fossil fuel plants to revised climate plans
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Greenwashing, illegality and false claims: 13 climate litigation wins in 2025
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vanity fair photographer christopher anderson posts this story on his instagram, suggesting he intentionally posed stephen miller underneath a painting of native americans
December 18, 2025 at 10:07 PM
vanity fair photographer christopher anderson posts this story on his instagram, suggesting he intentionally posed stephen miller underneath a painting of native americans
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Dominic Grieve’s response to Nigel Farage’s ‘let’s leave the ECHR’ stunt in parliament is spot on.
November 1, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Dominic Grieve’s response to Nigel Farage’s ‘let’s leave the ECHR’ stunt in parliament is spot on.
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A British newspaper (The Mirror) reacts to Trump’s speech.
September 24, 2025 at 2:12 PM
A British newspaper (The Mirror) reacts to Trump’s speech.
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🧵A week ago, these words were spoken at the HB city council meeting by local Proud Boy Luke Dennis.
Along with accusations towards @chriswarcraft.bsky.social and OVSD Trustee Clayton-Tarvin, his suggestion that he thinks that Kanan is capable of 💀 is an incredibly dangerous one.
Along with accusations towards @chriswarcraft.bsky.social and OVSD Trustee Clayton-Tarvin, his suggestion that he thinks that Kanan is capable of 💀 is an incredibly dangerous one.
September 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
🧵A week ago, these words were spoken at the HB city council meeting by local Proud Boy Luke Dennis.
Along with accusations towards @chriswarcraft.bsky.social and OVSD Trustee Clayton-Tarvin, his suggestion that he thinks that Kanan is capable of 💀 is an incredibly dangerous one.
Along with accusations towards @chriswarcraft.bsky.social and OVSD Trustee Clayton-Tarvin, his suggestion that he thinks that Kanan is capable of 💀 is an incredibly dangerous one.
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What happens if you don’t do background checks or training for thousands of people and you give them all total authority?
ICE has been caught looting and destroying property at Pittsburgh restaurants. They even tried to break into the safes. They loaded food, supplies and equipment into vehicles
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ICE has been caught looting and destroying property at Pittsburgh restaurants. They even tried to break into the safes. They loaded food, supplies and equipment into vehicles
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August 9, 2025 at 11:11 PM
What happens if you don’t do background checks or training for thousands of people and you give them all total authority?
ICE has been caught looting and destroying property at Pittsburgh restaurants. They even tried to break into the safes. They loaded food, supplies and equipment into vehicles
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ICE has been caught looting and destroying property at Pittsburgh restaurants. They even tried to break into the safes. They loaded food, supplies and equipment into vehicles
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Elites and institutions have not “collapsed.” They have not “changed their tunes.” They have not “failed.” They are not “cowards.”
They were and are simply been focused only on their own self-preservation and profit.
Nothing has changed. They simply made a cost benefit analysis, and fascism wins.
They were and are simply been focused only on their own self-preservation and profit.
Nothing has changed. They simply made a cost benefit analysis, and fascism wins.
July 30, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Elites and institutions have not “collapsed.” They have not “changed their tunes.” They have not “failed.” They are not “cowards.”
They were and are simply been focused only on their own self-preservation and profit.
Nothing has changed. They simply made a cost benefit analysis, and fascism wins.
They were and are simply been focused only on their own self-preservation and profit.
Nothing has changed. They simply made a cost benefit analysis, and fascism wins.
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Maybe gonna do a “Trump Corruption Tier List” here’s what I have so far. Trying to focus on things that are pretty cut and dried “using the power of the presidency for personal enrichment.” What am I missing?
July 31, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Maybe gonna do a “Trump Corruption Tier List” here’s what I have so far. Trying to focus on things that are pretty cut and dried “using the power of the presidency for personal enrichment.” What am I missing?
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Starmer and Reeves should consider wealth tax, says former shadow chancellor
Starmer and Reeves should consider wealth tax, says former shadow chancellor
Anneliese Dodds urges government not to duck ‘big decisions’ in autumn budget
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The Treasury should consider a wealth tax to close the growing gap in the public finances, according to a Labour former shadow chancellor.
Anneliese Dodds, who held the role under Keir Starmer in opposition, said ministers must have a “full and frank discussion” with the public about the “really big decisions” they had to take at this autumn’s budget. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
July 31, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Starmer and Reeves should consider wealth tax, says former shadow chancellor
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This is just a sampling of the vast armada of fossil-fuel front groups and captured lobbyists they have out defending the $700+ billion annual subsidy we provide these polluters, by tolerating their pollute-for-free business model. Epic corruption.
Who Are the Climate Deniers Fighting the Endangerment Finding?
DeSmog has been tracking the efforts of fossil fuel trade associations, policymakers, and industry backed-groups out to demolish U.S. climate policy for years.
www.desmog.com
July 31, 2025 at 4:04 PM
This is just a sampling of the vast armada of fossil-fuel front groups and captured lobbyists they have out defending the $700+ billion annual subsidy we provide these polluters, by tolerating their pollute-for-free business model. Epic corruption.
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🚨 NEW - Star Trek: #StrangeNewWorlds Season 3 - "A Space Adventure Hour" Review!
A Holodeck episode in #StarTrek? Sounds crazy, right? Well, Strange New Worlds has gone there in the latest episode!
🖖 Our review:
trekcentral.net/star-trek-st...
A Holodeck episode in #StarTrek? Sounds crazy, right? Well, Strange New Worlds has gone there in the latest episode!
🖖 Our review:
trekcentral.net/star-trek-st...
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 - "A Space Adventure Hour" Review – Trek Central
A Holodeck episode in Star Trek? Sounds crazy, right? But being serious for a moment. A Holodeck adventure in Strange New Worlds? Yep, that is crazy! Well, this week's episode, titled "A Space…
trekcentral.net
July 31, 2025 at 4:05 PM
🚨 NEW - Star Trek: #StrangeNewWorlds Season 3 - "A Space Adventure Hour" Review!
A Holodeck episode in #StarTrek? Sounds crazy, right? Well, Strange New Worlds has gone there in the latest episode!
🖖 Our review:
trekcentral.net/star-trek-st...
A Holodeck episode in #StarTrek? Sounds crazy, right? Well, Strange New Worlds has gone there in the latest episode!
🖖 Our review:
trekcentral.net/star-trek-st...
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In addition to seeking to cut short environmental reviews, the executive order would open the door for the federal government to rescind sections of the federal rule that seeks to keep the public safe during rocket launches and reentries.
By @heathervogell.bsky.social & @tophersanders.bsky.social
By @heathervogell.bsky.social & @tophersanders.bsky.social
Trump Administration Looking to Slash Environmental Protection Rules for Rocket Launches
A draft executive order viewed by ProPublica directs the secretary of transportation to “use all available authorities to eliminate or expedite” environmental reviews for launch licenses — a change El...
www.propublica.org
July 27, 2025 at 2:03 PM
In addition to seeking to cut short environmental reviews, the executive order would open the door for the federal government to rescind sections of the federal rule that seeks to keep the public safe during rocket launches and reentries.
By @heathervogell.bsky.social & @tophersanders.bsky.social
By @heathervogell.bsky.social & @tophersanders.bsky.social
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There's a ton of great stuff in @lioneltrolling.bsky.social 's 'When The Clock Broke' deserving of a fuller review
...but this tidbit about "new class theory" feels particularly relevant to how Trump uses populism to shield (favored) corporate elites from scrutiny.
...but this tidbit about "new class theory" feels particularly relevant to how Trump uses populism to shield (favored) corporate elites from scrutiny.
July 21, 2025 at 12:24 AM
There's a ton of great stuff in @lioneltrolling.bsky.social 's 'When The Clock Broke' deserving of a fuller review
...but this tidbit about "new class theory" feels particularly relevant to how Trump uses populism to shield (favored) corporate elites from scrutiny.
...but this tidbit about "new class theory" feels particularly relevant to how Trump uses populism to shield (favored) corporate elites from scrutiny.
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Israeli strikes kill at least 38 in Gaza as ceasefire talks reach critical point
Israeli strikes kill at least 38 in Gaza as ceasefire talks reach critical point
Benjamin Netanyahu travels to Washington as momentum gathers in negotiations for a US-sponsored deal
Israeli warplanes launched a wave of strikes in Gaza on Sunday, killing at least 38 Palestinians, according to hospital officials, as talks over a ceasefire in the devastated territory reached a critical point.
Officials at Nasser hospital in the southern city of Khan Younis said 18 people were killed by strikes in al-Mawasi, a nearby coastal area that is crowded with tented encampments of those displaced by fighting elsewhere. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
July 6, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Israeli strikes kill at least 38 in Gaza as ceasefire talks reach critical point
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"Don't speak ill of the dead" is gaslighting by people who won't behave while alive.
June 28, 2025 at 9:01 PM
"Don't speak ill of the dead" is gaslighting by people who won't behave while alive.
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the Star Tribune just called me and told me they would not be publishing the obituary I wrote for my father as it is “unfair to him” and “in poor taste” so here it is and fuck the strib ✌🏻
June 28, 2025 at 6:20 PM
the Star Tribune just called me and told me they would not be publishing the obituary I wrote for my father as it is “unfair to him” and “in poor taste” so here it is and fuck the strib ✌🏻
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In a world where AI answers blindly regurgitate sponsored product reviews and manufacturer’s marketing materials, it’s important to know what to look for and what to ignore.
Here are our 10 tips for choosing an air purifier you won’t regret buying 🧵
Here are our 10 tips for choosing an air purifier you won’t regret buying 🧵
May 14, 2025 at 11:53 AM
In a world where AI answers blindly regurgitate sponsored product reviews and manufacturer’s marketing materials, it’s important to know what to look for and what to ignore.
Here are our 10 tips for choosing an air purifier you won’t regret buying 🧵
Here are our 10 tips for choosing an air purifier you won’t regret buying 🧵
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Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started
June 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started
@theguardian.com Brian Wilson was a musical genius. Are there any left? Erm, has your writer ever heard of Calvin Harris? Hes only gone and had the most UK number 1s in the 2010s. www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Brian Wilson was a musical genius. Are there any left?
In pop, which equates genius with innovation, recent artists have not pioneered new forms like those from the 60s. Has the digital age sidelined invention and promoted the derivative for ever?
www.theguardian.com
June 14, 2025 at 12:42 PM
@theguardian.com Brian Wilson was a musical genius. Are there any left? Erm, has your writer ever heard of Calvin Harris? Hes only gone and had the most UK number 1s in the 2010s. www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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The first law in England banning homosexuality was created in 1533, during the reign of Henry VIII. It only became legal again in England in 1967.
That's why we have #PrideMonth
Come and find us at #PompeyPride today, on Southsea Common!
That's why we have #PrideMonth
Come and find us at #PompeyPride today, on Southsea Common!
June 7, 2025 at 7:14 AM
The first law in England banning homosexuality was created in 1533, during the reign of Henry VIII. It only became legal again in England in 1967.
That's why we have #PrideMonth
Come and find us at #PompeyPride today, on Southsea Common!
That's why we have #PrideMonth
Come and find us at #PompeyPride today, on Southsea Common!
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McGovern: "Now of course you don't want anybody to know what you're doing here. It's because you know this bill betrays the people who voted for you...you are intentionally hiding what you are doing...that's what you guys think is big and beautiful: greed, corruption, & tax breaks for billionaires."
May 21, 2025 at 5:28 AM
McGovern: "Now of course you don't want anybody to know what you're doing here. It's because you know this bill betrays the people who voted for you...you are intentionally hiding what you are doing...that's what you guys think is big and beautiful: greed, corruption, & tax breaks for billionaires."
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Boyle: "This is really the breaking news ... because of the size of the deficits, because of the paygo act, that would trigger sequestration of Medicare, and it would total over $500 billion. The official figure that CBO confirms is $535 billion in cuts to Medicare."
May 21, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Boyle: "This is really the breaking news ... because of the size of the deficits, because of the paygo act, that would trigger sequestration of Medicare, and it would total over $500 billion. The official figure that CBO confirms is $535 billion in cuts to Medicare."