ReginaLV
@aislinnmacandriu.bsky.social
Clothing Historian. Social Historian. Auntie to multitudes.
Enthusiastic supporter of Human Rights, with a very inappropriate sense of humor.
Enthusiastic supporter of Human Rights, with a very inappropriate sense of humor.
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The 17 experts who were ousted from an HHS vaccine committee have published a commentary on Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, saying that Robert Kennedy, Jr., and his self-picked panel are abandoning rigorous scientific review and open deliberation.
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
July 31, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The 17 experts who were ousted from an HHS vaccine committee have published a commentary on Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, saying that Robert Kennedy, Jr., and his self-picked panel are abandoning rigorous scientific review and open deliberation.
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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A Washington State church just got the green light to continue challenging a state law requiring employers to cover contraception open.substack.com/pub/jessica/...
Here's How They Ban Birth Control
7.31.25
open.substack.com
August 1, 2025 at 6:42 AM
A Washington State church just got the green light to continue challenging a state law requiring employers to cover contraception open.substack.com/pub/jessica/...
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The death penalty, "theoretically reserved for the worst of the worst" may in fact be "exploited by prosecutors for political advantage, even in cases where guilt is unclear," argues Elizabeth Bruenig:
‘I Need This to Be a Homicide’
Prosecutors who want to look tough on crime may be tempted to treat the death penalty as a political tool.
bit.ly
August 1, 2025 at 6:45 AM
The death penalty, "theoretically reserved for the worst of the worst" may in fact be "exploited by prosecutors for political advantage, even in cases where guilt is unclear," argues Elizabeth Bruenig:
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I'm sorry, nine HUNDRED former DOJ lawyers all signed this letter opposing Emil Bove's nomination to be an appellate federal judge?
900?!
900?!
July 16, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I'm sorry, nine HUNDRED former DOJ lawyers all signed this letter opposing Emil Bove's nomination to be an appellate federal judge?
900?!
900?!
No kidding
🚨 NYT: As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas
Some experts say staff shortages might have complicated forecasters’ ability to coordinate responses with local emergency management officials.
Gift link:
Some experts say staff shortages might have complicated forecasters’ ability to coordinate responses with local emergency management officials.
Gift link:
As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas
www.nytimes.com
July 6, 2025 at 7:34 AM
No kidding
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What does it cost to buy a vote to make America weaker?
Here’s a (super sad) list:
www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
Here’s a (super sad) list:
www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
GOP megabill littered with special tax breaks
GOP lawmakers said the provisions provided needed economic relief for some industries, while they took fire from deficit hawks.
www.politico.com
July 5, 2025 at 9:55 PM
What does it cost to buy a vote to make America weaker?
Here’s a (super sad) list:
www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
Here’s a (super sad) list:
www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
The actual name of the 1st concentration camp.
These are the very worst people the US has ever produced: Trump, Miller, DeSantis.
No one deserves this and especially not the people ICE is sweeping up.
No one deserves this and especially not the people ICE is sweeping up.
It's not just a nickname.
July 5, 2025 at 7:50 AM
The actual name of the 1st concentration camp.
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NEW: The nominee to run the Office of Special Counsel shared a 911 truther video last year on *911*, has ties to a holocaust denier, and said in a video we uncovered that straight white men are the smartest group and should be prioritized. He’s 30.
www.cnn.com/2025/07/02/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/07/02/p...
Trump’s pick to lead whistleblower office shared 9/11 truther video | CNN Politics
He’s 30, loyal to Trump and pushed election lies. It’s a role designed to be politically independent.
www.cnn.com
July 2, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: The nominee to run the Office of Special Counsel shared a 911 truther video last year on *911*, has ties to a holocaust denier, and said in a video we uncovered that straight white men are the smartest group and should be prioritized. He’s 30.
www.cnn.com/2025/07/02/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/07/02/p...
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NEW: A through line of Trump’s second term has been to change who is, and who can become, an American. That now includes threatening to strip naturalized Americans of citizenship, building a citizenship database and pushing $170B for mass deportations.
By: @Jaknutson.bsky.social
By: @Jaknutson.bsky.social
Trump's Attack on Citizenship Escalates With New DOJ Denaturalization Plan
Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.
www.democracydocket.com
July 2, 2025 at 3:43 PM
NEW: A through line of Trump’s second term has been to change who is, and who can become, an American. That now includes threatening to strip naturalized Americans of citizenship, building a citizenship database and pushing $170B for mass deportations.
By: @Jaknutson.bsky.social
By: @Jaknutson.bsky.social
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NEWS
A federal judge blocks RFK Jr. from dismantling U.S. healthcare agencies, finding the plan violated the Administrative Procedure Act.
She ends the ruling with these thoughts on the separation of powers.
Doc ag.ny.gov/sites/defaul...
A federal judge blocks RFK Jr. from dismantling U.S. healthcare agencies, finding the plan violated the Administrative Procedure Act.
She ends the ruling with these thoughts on the separation of powers.
Doc ag.ny.gov/sites/defaul...
July 1, 2025 at 6:52 PM
NEWS
A federal judge blocks RFK Jr. from dismantling U.S. healthcare agencies, finding the plan violated the Administrative Procedure Act.
She ends the ruling with these thoughts on the separation of powers.
Doc ag.ny.gov/sites/defaul...
A federal judge blocks RFK Jr. from dismantling U.S. healthcare agencies, finding the plan violated the Administrative Procedure Act.
She ends the ruling with these thoughts on the separation of powers.
Doc ag.ny.gov/sites/defaul...
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Voting rights groups are calling on the governors of Wisconsin and Arizona to block GOP-backed bills that would limit voting access. One bill would delay voting rights restoration in Wisconsin, while the other would cut early ballot drop-off days in Arizona.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
GOP Lawmakers in Swing States Are Still Working To Suppress Voting
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
July 1, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Voting rights groups are calling on the governors of Wisconsin and Arizona to block GOP-backed bills that would limit voting access. One bill would delay voting rights restoration in Wisconsin, while the other would cut early ballot drop-off days in Arizona.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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“Congress is about to impose massive harm on tens of millions of Americans,” @jonathanbchait.bsky.social writes, “in order to benefit a handful of other Americans who least need the help. The bill almost seems designed to generate a political backlash”:
They Didn’t Have to Do This
By passing Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, congressional Republicans have talked themselves into an incomprehensibly reckless plan.
bit.ly
July 1, 2025 at 7:02 PM
“Congress is about to impose massive harm on tens of millions of Americans,” @jonathanbchait.bsky.social writes, “in order to benefit a handful of other Americans who least need the help. The bill almost seems designed to generate a political backlash”:
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Combine Trump's love of the exercise of authoritarian power with Stephen Miller's hatred to non-white immigrants, and you get the terrible sight of of U.S. troops deployed here at home in the service of mass deportation.
@adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social and I discuss
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLd7...
@adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social and I discuss
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLd7...
Stephen Miller's Real And Insane Agenda (w/ Adrian Carrasquillo) | Bulwark on Sunday
YouTube video by The Bulwark
www.youtube.com
June 8, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Combine Trump's love of the exercise of authoritarian power with Stephen Miller's hatred to non-white immigrants, and you get the terrible sight of of U.S. troops deployed here at home in the service of mass deportation.
@adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social and I discuss
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLd7...
@adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social and I discuss
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLd7...
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In LA, officers deployed tear gas and shot rubber bullets at protesters fighting against ICE raids.
Here’s a reminder that those anti-protest weapons—which are billed as relatively safe—can actually cause serious harm.
Here’s a reminder that those anti-protest weapons—which are billed as relatively safe—can actually cause serious harm.
‘Nonlethal’ Anti-Protest Weapons Can Cause Serious Harm
Rubber bullets and tear gas are billed as relatively safe. They're anything but.
www.wired.com
June 8, 2025 at 8:02 PM
In LA, officers deployed tear gas and shot rubber bullets at protesters fighting against ICE raids.
Here’s a reminder that those anti-protest weapons—which are billed as relatively safe—can actually cause serious harm.
Here’s a reminder that those anti-protest weapons—which are billed as relatively safe—can actually cause serious harm.
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"Sending in the National Guard is meant to provoke, not pacify, and his power will only grow if he succeeds in tempting Americans to intemperate reactions that give him the authoritarian opening he’s seeking." @radiofreetom.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Trump Is Using the National Guard as Bait
Don’t give him the pretext he wants.
www.theatlantic.com
June 8, 2025 at 8:07 PM
"Sending in the National Guard is meant to provoke, not pacify, and his power will only grow if he succeeds in tempting Americans to intemperate reactions that give him the authoritarian opening he’s seeking." @radiofreetom.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
MORE BULLSHIT!
ICE arrested former Afghan Nat'l Army soldier—our ally against Taliban—at his home in TX.
He entered legally and atty says he has no criminal record. Was applying for asylum. Appears to be casualty of Trump decision de-documenting legal Afghan immigrants
www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/new...
He entered legally and atty says he has no criminal record. Was applying for asylum. Appears to be casualty of Trump decision de-documenting legal Afghan immigrants
www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/new...
Former Afghan soldier arrested at Houston-area home by ICE, stripped of asylum protections, attorney says | Houston Public Media
The soldier is one of at least 20,000 Afghans seeking asylum nationwide, having fled Afghanistan after aiding the U.S. military during the two-decades-long war there.
www.houstonpublicmedia.org
June 8, 2025 at 8:42 PM
MORE BULLSHIT!
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The same is true for raids on restaurants—rounding up people who are working hard and contributing to their community.
It’s obvious but worth drawing out what raids of Home Depot’s of all places is about. It’s rounding up people who are really eager for work and for whom there is work, peoples whose labor is in demand. We know this but shows just how far it is from rounding up just the bad guys.
June 8, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The same is true for raids on restaurants—rounding up people who are working hard and contributing to their community.
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For the first time in nearly 30 years, the Environmental Protection Agency did not publish a mandatory annual report detailing the pollution produced in the United States that contributes to climate change.
www.cbsnews.com/news/greenho...
www.cbsnews.com/news/greenho...
The EPA didn't release its annual U.S. greenhouse gas emissions report, but we got the data. Here's what we found
The Environmental Defense Fund published the Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks after filing a Freedom of Information Act request last month.
www.cbsnews.com
June 8, 2025 at 8:31 PM
For the first time in nearly 30 years, the Environmental Protection Agency did not publish a mandatory annual report detailing the pollution produced in the United States that contributes to climate change.
www.cbsnews.com/news/greenho...
www.cbsnews.com/news/greenho...
STOP THROWING THINGS AT THE COPS AND NG!
Stop OTHER PEOPLE from throwing things at them.
THAT will get us MARTIAL LAW.
STOP IT!
Stop OTHER PEOPLE from throwing things at them.
THAT will get us MARTIAL LAW.
STOP IT!
June 8, 2025 at 8:40 PM
STOP THROWING THINGS AT THE COPS AND NG!
Stop OTHER PEOPLE from throwing things at them.
THAT will get us MARTIAL LAW.
STOP IT!
Stop OTHER PEOPLE from throwing things at them.
THAT will get us MARTIAL LAW.
STOP IT!
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Big point that is being missed: without the insurrection act, the activated Guard troops are now federal army and cannot
Do law enforcement.
Period
Do law enforcement.
Period
June 8, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Big point that is being missed: without the insurrection act, the activated Guard troops are now federal army and cannot
Do law enforcement.
Period
Do law enforcement.
Period
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Meanwhile Trump has threatened people wearing masks -- if they are protesters, anyway
June 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Meanwhile Trump has threatened people wearing masks -- if they are protesters, anyway
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Why do these agents need masks and flak jackets to raid a nail salon? Are they afraid someone will threaten them with a pedicure?
June 8, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Why do these agents need masks and flak jackets to raid a nail salon? Are they afraid someone will threaten them with a pedicure?
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Cannot stress enough that this is a pitiful action by a weak, scared, pathetic group of insecure, wannabe authoritarians, and they should be mocked until the end of time for wanting to bring in the military over some people protesting them at a Home Depot.
they're doing this because the Insurrection Act sounds cool and edgy but they can't actually justify using the Insurrection Act. it's a silly action by an insecure administration desperately to seem manly and powerful. it should be criticized relentlessly, but it should also be laughed at.
Which makes me think that this is an effort to claim the insurrection act’s power without invoking the insurrection act’s authority. None of this is necessary, at all, and the governor should say so.
June 8, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Cannot stress enough that this is a pitiful action by a weak, scared, pathetic group of insecure, wannabe authoritarians, and they should be mocked until the end of time for wanting to bring in the military over some people protesting them at a Home Depot.