Shannon Houston
@shannonhouston.bsky.social
Nonprofit comms person, mama of 2, MSW, lifelong New Englander. Liberty and justice for all. She/her. Opinions my own.
“I got no dime, but I got some time to hear his story.” - Robert Hunter
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“I got no dime, but I got some time to hear his story.” - Robert Hunter
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The most useful thing about forcing the votes is it reveals SO much information about what is going on here.
For instance, we now know just how freaked out leadership is about this issue that they are voting present rather than stopping debate altogether.
Total sea change.
For instance, we now know just how freaked out leadership is about this issue that they are voting present rather than stopping debate altogether.
Total sea change.
December 12, 2025 at 12:56 AM
The most useful thing about forcing the votes is it reveals SO much information about what is going on here.
For instance, we now know just how freaked out leadership is about this issue that they are voting present rather than stopping debate altogether.
Total sea change.
For instance, we now know just how freaked out leadership is about this issue that they are voting present rather than stopping debate altogether.
Total sea change.
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From 2018-2024, Delta made $7.993 billion, but got a tax refund of $375 million.
They then spent $3.9 billion on stock buybacks and $2.6 billion on dividend payouts to further enrich their wealthy CEOs and shareholders.
Tax cuts for rich corporations never trickle down.
They then spent $3.9 billion on stock buybacks and $2.6 billion on dividend payouts to further enrich their wealthy CEOs and shareholders.
Tax cuts for rich corporations never trickle down.
December 7, 2025 at 11:03 PM
From 2018-2024, Delta made $7.993 billion, but got a tax refund of $375 million.
They then spent $3.9 billion on stock buybacks and $2.6 billion on dividend payouts to further enrich their wealthy CEOs and shareholders.
Tax cuts for rich corporations never trickle down.
They then spent $3.9 billion on stock buybacks and $2.6 billion on dividend payouts to further enrich their wealthy CEOs and shareholders.
Tax cuts for rich corporations never trickle down.
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So Bondi and Kash make a big deal out of arresting the J6 pipe bomber then the guy confesses that he is a Trump supporter who thought the 2020 election was stolen and his lawyer is arguing that Trump’s broadly-worded J6 blanket pardon applies to him and he should go free. Poetry.
December 6, 2025 at 12:50 AM
So Bondi and Kash make a big deal out of arresting the J6 pipe bomber then the guy confesses that he is a Trump supporter who thought the 2020 election was stolen and his lawyer is arguing that Trump’s broadly-worded J6 blanket pardon applies to him and he should go free. Poetry.
Noooooooo 🤢
December 7, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Noooooooo 🤢
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Want to show love to your artists while also calling out Spotify for airing I.C.E. ads? Welcome to Spotify Unwrapped, get your downloadables here: spotifyunwrapped.net
December 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Want to show love to your artists while also calling out Spotify for airing I.C.E. ads? Welcome to Spotify Unwrapped, get your downloadables here: spotifyunwrapped.net
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in the movies this is the screensaver on the computers at the world’s most evil company
December 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
in the movies this is the screensaver on the computers at the world’s most evil company
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With so much false information online about immigrants and public benefits, including health care, it's critical to know the facts.
We're setting the record straight: www.nilc.org/articles/can...
We're setting the record straight: www.nilc.org/articles/can...
Can Undocumented Immigrants Access Health Care?
Setting the record straight about immigrants and public benefits.
www.nilc.org
December 5, 2025 at 8:55 PM
With so much false information online about immigrants and public benefits, including health care, it's critical to know the facts.
We're setting the record straight: www.nilc.org/articles/can...
We're setting the record straight: www.nilc.org/articles/can...
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New via @ariberman.bsky.social & me: For years, right-wing groups have pushed for access to voter rolls, hoping to bolster unproven claims of widespread fraud.
Now, Trump’s Justice Department is leading that effort. “The election deniers are now ascendant in the federal government.” bit.ly/4phNz1V
Now, Trump’s Justice Department is leading that effort. “The election deniers are now ascendant in the federal government.” bit.ly/4phNz1V
Trump’s DOJ is building a voter purge machine—powered by your private data
The federal agency ordinarily would prevent attacks on voting rights. Now it’s carrying them out.
bit.ly
December 5, 2025 at 5:21 PM
New via @ariberman.bsky.social & me: For years, right-wing groups have pushed for access to voter rolls, hoping to bolster unproven claims of widespread fraud.
Now, Trump’s Justice Department is leading that effort. “The election deniers are now ascendant in the federal government.” bit.ly/4phNz1V
Now, Trump’s Justice Department is leading that effort. “The election deniers are now ascendant in the federal government.” bit.ly/4phNz1V
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"The Donald Trump administration has changed which holidays qualify for free entrance to national parks, removing two holidays celebrating Black people and adding the president’s birthday."
National parks change prioritizes Trump birthday over days honoring Black people
Free entrance days at national parks no longer include MLK Day and Juneteenth.
www.sfgate.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:10 AM
"The Donald Trump administration has changed which holidays qualify for free entrance to national parks, removing two holidays celebrating Black people and adding the president’s birthday."
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No "two different realities" bullshit. One side is calling for release of the video, and the other is not.
NEWS --> Tons of fresh detail on what video of the strike shows: Rep Adam Smith says two men are sitting on capsized boat, drugs aren't visible. Rationale officials gave for killing is they *may* have been able to keep trafficking.
"It's bad," Smith says.
Read here:
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
"It's bad," Smith says.
Read here:
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
Hegseth Defense Collapses as Dems Reveal Horrific Video Strike Details
The ranking Democrat on the House Armed Services committee tells TNR after watching the video: “This is a big, big problem.”
newrepublic.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:03 PM
No "two different realities" bullshit. One side is calling for release of the video, and the other is not.
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I mean, this is an execution
December 5, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I mean, this is an execution
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NEW: DOGE isn’t dead, despite recent reports.
Operatives are still rolling out coding tests, leading software pilots, and more.
w/ @telliotter.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/what-i...
Operatives are still rolling out coding tests, leading software pilots, and more.
w/ @telliotter.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/what-i...
DOGE Isn’t Dead. Here’s What Its Operatives Are Doing Now
Contrary to popular reports, DOGE has “burrowed into the agencies like ticks,” government sources tell WIRED.
www.wired.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:01 PM
NEW: DOGE isn’t dead, despite recent reports.
Operatives are still rolling out coding tests, leading software pilots, and more.
w/ @telliotter.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/what-i...
Operatives are still rolling out coding tests, leading software pilots, and more.
w/ @telliotter.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/what-i...
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I am going to remind u now of my 2019 scoop: www.thedailybeast.com/fox-and-frie...
Fox News Host Pete Hegseth Privately Lobbied Trump to Pardon Accused War Criminals
The president isn’t just watching the network, he’s taking policy advice from its morning hosts.
www.thedailybeast.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I am going to remind u now of my 2019 scoop: www.thedailybeast.com/fox-and-frie...
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"On Sep. 3, 2025, Pete Hegseth appeared on Fox News to boast about the U.S. military’s attack the day before on a speedboat in the Caribbean. Hegseth showed Defense Department video of the attack: 'I watched it live'...But the video Hegseth released was truncated."
www.thebulwark.com/p/lies-cover...
www.thebulwark.com/p/lies-cover...
Lies, Coverup, and Videotape
Congress must thoroughly investigate the boat strikes.
www.thebulwark.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:32 PM
"On Sep. 3, 2025, Pete Hegseth appeared on Fox News to boast about the U.S. military’s attack the day before on a speedboat in the Caribbean. Hegseth showed Defense Department video of the attack: 'I watched it live'...But the video Hegseth released was truncated."
www.thebulwark.com/p/lies-cover...
www.thebulwark.com/p/lies-cover...
To all my nonprofit peeps doing Giving Tuesday today…
yoda from star wars is saying `` may the force be with you ! ''
Alt: yoda from star wars saying `` may the force be with you ! ''
media.tenor.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:35 PM
To all my nonprofit peeps doing Giving Tuesday today…
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We have spent more than 1,000 years trying to separate the awesome prosecutorial powers of the state from the personal whims and vendettas of the head of state.
Trump’s actions and ideology seek to reverse those gains.
Here’s the history he’d like to reverse www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/the-oldest...
Trump’s actions and ideology seek to reverse those gains.
Here’s the history he’d like to reverse www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/the-oldest...
The oldest abuse in human government
Donald Trump and the ‘king’s justice’
www.ifyoucankeepit.org
November 26, 2025 at 1:33 AM
We have spent more than 1,000 years trying to separate the awesome prosecutorial powers of the state from the personal whims and vendettas of the head of state.
Trump’s actions and ideology seek to reverse those gains.
Here’s the history he’d like to reverse www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/the-oldest...
Trump’s actions and ideology seek to reverse those gains.
Here’s the history he’d like to reverse www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/the-oldest...
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Among the reasons I see AI as a bubble is the GOP's ideological hostility to rational electricity policy.
As a matter of physics, economics, and politics, you can't sustain a data center boom while going backwards on solar & wind. The Earth-killing energy sources they love are just too expensive.
As a matter of physics, economics, and politics, you can't sustain a data center boom while going backwards on solar & wind. The Earth-killing energy sources they love are just too expensive.
‘The New Price of Eggs.’ The Political Shocks of Data Centers and Electric Bills
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Among the reasons I see AI as a bubble is the GOP's ideological hostility to rational electricity policy.
As a matter of physics, economics, and politics, you can't sustain a data center boom while going backwards on solar & wind. The Earth-killing energy sources they love are just too expensive.
As a matter of physics, economics, and politics, you can't sustain a data center boom while going backwards on solar & wind. The Earth-killing energy sources they love are just too expensive.
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The refusal to provide an alternative definition makes it clear that DHS is lobbying for “remigration” in the white supremacist sense: the ethnic cleansing of nonwhite Americans.
Kristi Noem refuses to directly answer a question about what Trump means by "remigration" -- a word that, as Kristen Welker notes, is often invoked by white nationalists in Europe
November 30, 2025 at 3:29 PM
The refusal to provide an alternative definition makes it clear that DHS is lobbying for “remigration” in the white supremacist sense: the ethnic cleansing of nonwhite Americans.
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It’s worth reading this article in full because it points out how while Epstein had a lot of friends, Thiel was one of the few he actually invested with.
November 25, 2025 at 2:47 AM
It’s worth reading this article in full because it points out how while Epstein had a lot of friends, Thiel was one of the few he actually invested with.
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This is heartbreakingly cruel and hypocritical. The same admin that has redefined refugee status to cover white South Africans is now going to drown thousands of refugees already approved for their status in red tape, potentially even seeking to strip some of their status and deport them.
Trump Admin planning a rule to re-decide whether *every* refugee who entered under Biden meets their criteria for a refugee. That’s 230,000 people! And no appeals!
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:46 AM
This is heartbreakingly cruel and hypocritical. The same admin that has redefined refugee status to cover white South Africans is now going to drown thousands of refugees already approved for their status in red tape, potentially even seeking to strip some of their status and deport them.
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NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 11:31 AM
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
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Not a single one in the Chicago apartment raid was charged with a crime, very cool that that was obviously done at the behest of a slum lord
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should resign and be criminally charged, according to critics who seized on a report revealing that zero people who were arrested in a high-profile raid were charged with a crime.
'Noem should resign over this': Fury over alleged DHS 'child kidnapping and trafficking'
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should resign and be criminally charged, according to critics who seized on a report revealing that zero people who were arrested in a high-profile raid were charged with a crime.ProPublica recently reported on the DHS raid on an apartment building that was al...
bit.ly
November 16, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Not a single one in the Chicago apartment raid was charged with a crime, very cool that that was obviously done at the behest of a slum lord
How do we hit the reset button on the entire government?
November 15, 2025 at 3:14 AM
How do we hit the reset button on the entire government?
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November 14, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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