Tasha Gingerich
@tkgingerich.bsky.social
Just a girl without enough bookshelves.
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2026 is seeing that the U.S. Army is mobilizing a unit specialized for winter conditions, but not knowing if the intended mission is violent repression of an American city or stealing territory from a U.S. treaty ally.
January 18, 2026 at 3:29 PM
2026 is seeing that the U.S. Army is mobilizing a unit specialized for winter conditions, but not knowing if the intended mission is violent repression of an American city or stealing territory from a U.S. treaty ally.
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Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
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The message from the White House this morning is that, once again, it falls on ordinary American citizens to remain calm and professional when dealing with the heavily armed agents of the government because they are very emotional and might fly off into a murderous rage at the slightest insult.
January 11, 2026 at 3:19 PM
The message from the White House this morning is that, once again, it falls on ordinary American citizens to remain calm and professional when dealing with the heavily armed agents of the government because they are very emotional and might fly off into a murderous rage at the slightest insult.
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Trump went for a Covid shot and then set the CDC on fire.
If that ain’t that asshole in a nutshell.
If that ain’t that asshole in a nutshell.
October 11, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Trump went for a Covid shot and then set the CDC on fire.
If that ain’t that asshole in a nutshell.
If that ain’t that asshole in a nutshell.
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Thoughts and prayers to Cosplay Cop Kristi who had to brave the dogs, farmer’s markets, capybaras, and marathon runners of Portland this week.
October 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Thoughts and prayers to Cosplay Cop Kristi who had to brave the dogs, farmer’s markets, capybaras, and marathon runners of Portland this week.
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Earlier this year, ProPublica found that the sepsis rate in second-trimester pregnancy loss hospitalizations increased by more than 50% under Texas’ abortion ban.
Here’s how we did our analysis.
(Published Feb. 2025)
Here’s how we did our analysis.
(Published Feb. 2025)
Texas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We Did
Since Texas banned abortion, no one has studied the statewide effects on pregnant women experiencing complications. Here’s how we sifted through data on millions of pregnancy hospitalizations and anal...
www.propublica.org
September 21, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Earlier this year, ProPublica found that the sepsis rate in second-trimester pregnancy loss hospitalizations increased by more than 50% under Texas’ abortion ban.
Here’s how we did our analysis.
(Published Feb. 2025)
Here’s how we did our analysis.
(Published Feb. 2025)
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The Department of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the United States.
🔗 www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...
🔗 www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...
DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing
Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the Trump administration’s promise to go after the “radical left” a study showing most domestic terrosim is far-right was disappeared.
www.404media.co
September 16, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The Department of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the United States.
🔗 www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...
🔗 www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...
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Failure to ugly cry over a dead podcaster now a Federal offense.
September 16, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Failure to ugly cry over a dead podcaster now a Federal offense.
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Trump Administration Live Updates: White House Officials Vow Vast Crackdown on Liberal Groups
www.nytimes.com
September 15, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Not only is this a shockingly evil thing to say/believe, it's extraordinarily disturbing to realize how comfortable he is sharing his abhorrent beliefs without fear of repercussions.
Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."
September 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Not only is this a shockingly evil thing to say/believe, it's extraordinarily disturbing to realize how comfortable he is sharing his abhorrent beliefs without fear of repercussions.
This is how it's done.
I wrote my own Charlie Kirk obituary, and about valuing truth over manners: www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No Mourning
The white Christian nationalist provocateur wasn't a promoter of civil discourse. He preached hate, bigotry, and division
www.thenation.com
September 13, 2025 at 11:59 AM
This is how it's done.
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Holy shit. This legit gave me chills.
Texas State Rep. Ann Johnson clapped back at GOP members amid Wednesday's redistricting vote.
WHITE WOMEN, this is the model. We have more power than others. We are the last to be silenced. We have a responsibility to SPEAK so others are HEARD.
Texas State Rep. Ann Johnson clapped back at GOP members amid Wednesday's redistricting vote.
WHITE WOMEN, this is the model. We have more power than others. We are the last to be silenced. We have a responsibility to SPEAK so others are HEARD.
August 22, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Holy shit. This legit gave me chills.
Texas State Rep. Ann Johnson clapped back at GOP members amid Wednesday's redistricting vote.
WHITE WOMEN, this is the model. We have more power than others. We are the last to be silenced. We have a responsibility to SPEAK so others are HEARD.
Texas State Rep. Ann Johnson clapped back at GOP members amid Wednesday's redistricting vote.
WHITE WOMEN, this is the model. We have more power than others. We are the last to be silenced. We have a responsibility to SPEAK so others are HEARD.
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A Trump guts public broadcasting, entities like Prager “University”—a right-wing, unaccredited propaganda machine that cloaks itself in the language of education while spreading xenophobic hate—seek to fill that void.
This isn’t an accident. It’s a strategy.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/trumps-war...
This isn’t an accident. It’s a strategy.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/trumps-war...
Trump’s War on Truth: From Public Broadcasting to Prager “University”
"Prager University" is neither a university nor named after an academic—it's a dangerous right wing evangelical indoctrination machine
www.qasimrashid.com
August 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
A Trump guts public broadcasting, entities like Prager “University”—a right-wing, unaccredited propaganda machine that cloaks itself in the language of education while spreading xenophobic hate—seek to fill that void.
This isn’t an accident. It’s a strategy.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/trumps-war...
This isn’t an accident. It’s a strategy.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/trumps-war...
“I ain’t ever bought no prostitutes. I ain’t never raped nobody. I ain’t never paid anybody off. None of that stuff,” said G, a resident from one of the photographed tents.
“He’s much more of a criminal than I am.”
streetsensemedia.org/article/home...
“He’s much more of a criminal than I am.”
streetsensemedia.org/article/home...
Donald Trump threatens to clear encampments in D.C.
With D.C.’s MPD now under federal control and the National Guard coming to D.C., the fate of people in encampments remains up in the air.
streetsensemedia.org
August 13, 2025 at 2:54 PM
“I ain’t ever bought no prostitutes. I ain’t never raped nobody. I ain’t never paid anybody off. None of that stuff,” said G, a resident from one of the photographed tents.
“He’s much more of a criminal than I am.”
streetsensemedia.org/article/home...
“He’s much more of a criminal than I am.”
streetsensemedia.org/article/home...
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The US could see a 30-40% decline in new international student enrollment, resulting in nearly $7 billion in lost revenue and more than 60,000 fewer American jobs. https://www.nafsa.org/fall-2025-international-student-enrollment-outlook-and-economic-impact
August 3, 2025 at 1:20 PM
The US could see a 30-40% decline in new international student enrollment, resulting in nearly $7 billion in lost revenue and more than 60,000 fewer American jobs. https://www.nafsa.org/fall-2025-international-student-enrollment-outlook-and-economic-impact
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On a Tuesday in March, Rümeysa Öztürk writes, “I was thrust into a nightmare.”
For VF, the Fulbright scholar details what she witnessed in the six and a half weeks she spent inside a South Louisiana ICE detention center.
For VF, the Fulbright scholar details what she witnessed in the six and a half weeks she spent inside a South Louisiana ICE detention center.
“Even God Cannot Hear Us Here”: What I Witnessed Inside an ICE Women’s Prison
Tufts University doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk opens up about her 45 days in a South Louisiana processing facility—and the generous and compassionate women she met.
www.vanityfair.com
July 17, 2025 at 11:59 AM
On a Tuesday in March, Rümeysa Öztürk writes, “I was thrust into a nightmare.”
For VF, the Fulbright scholar details what she witnessed in the six and a half weeks she spent inside a South Louisiana ICE detention center.
For VF, the Fulbright scholar details what she witnessed in the six and a half weeks she spent inside a South Louisiana ICE detention center.
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It's not hard to imagine a scenario where migrant workers in the US are detained in ICE raids, thrown into Trump's migrant camps, then are sent off to work at the same farms and orchards they were originally picked up from, with the state taking what would have been their wage.
July 4, 2025 at 7:16 AM
It's not hard to imagine a scenario where migrant workers in the US are detained in ICE raids, thrown into Trump's migrant camps, then are sent off to work at the same farms and orchards they were originally picked up from, with the state taking what would have been their wage.
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July 4, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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RFK Jr is a threat to global health.
He is a danger to our society.
He does not care about health.
He does not know science.
He does not want to understand.
And he will continue to profit while he harms all of us for generations to come.
Read more:
news.immunologic.org/p/vaccines-d...
He is a danger to our society.
He does not care about health.
He does not know science.
He does not want to understand.
And he will continue to profit while he harms all of us for generations to come.
Read more:
news.immunologic.org/p/vaccines-d...
Vaccines don't contain 'harmful mercury'
Misinformation around vaccines and thimerosal has persisted for decades
news.immunologic.org
June 26, 2025 at 9:09 PM
RFK Jr is a threat to global health.
He is a danger to our society.
He does not care about health.
He does not know science.
He does not want to understand.
And he will continue to profit while he harms all of us for generations to come.
Read more:
news.immunologic.org/p/vaccines-d...
He is a danger to our society.
He does not care about health.
He does not know science.
He does not want to understand.
And he will continue to profit while he harms all of us for generations to come.
Read more:
news.immunologic.org/p/vaccines-d...
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Freedom of speech?
Trump threatens to use “heavy force” against anyone who protests his military parade this weekend, and note that he makes no exception for peaceful protesters
June 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Freedom of speech?
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Vaccines are rigorously tested, they are effective, and they save lives. More than 150 million lives have been saved in the past 50 years thanks to vaccines!
But you may be worried about what's in them?
So, let’s break it down ⬇
But you may be worried about what's in them?
So, let’s break it down ⬇
June 10, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Vaccines are rigorously tested, they are effective, and they save lives. More than 150 million lives have been saved in the past 50 years thanks to vaccines!
But you may be worried about what's in them?
So, let’s break it down ⬇
But you may be worried about what's in them?
So, let’s break it down ⬇