avanb2
@avanb2.bsky.social
Life long liberal, blissfully atheist, lover of all animals and very few people. Too old to put up with any more BS. Rogier van den Weyden fan. Here to toast marshmallows in the widening gyre with you all. NB: I believe profanity is necessary these days.
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· Mar 26
Re:eradicating Dept of Education- "Every educated person is a future enemy. " Martin Bormann talking about policies of 3rd reich. Learn from history!
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This seems like the most straightforward and also basically accurate message.
instead of saying this was good strategy, maybe senate dems should say: "the republicans were going to kill people by starving them to death, and because we aren't monsters, we decided to let this fight go. We'll keep fighting. Stop electing monsters."
November 11, 2025 at 2:50 PM
This seems like the most straightforward and also basically accurate message.
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November 11, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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I have a list of serious questions regarding the current administration's "expertise" in making any decisions for women's health care! The #WarOnWomen continues.
FDA to remove black box warning from hormone replacement therapy drugs scdailygazette.com/2025/11/11/r...
FDA to remove black box warning from hormone replacement therapy drugs • SC Daily Gazette
The FDA plans to remove warnings from hormone replacement therapy drugs that can be used to address symptoms of menopause.
scdailygazette.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I have a list of serious questions regarding the current administration's "expertise" in making any decisions for women's health care! The #WarOnWomen continues.
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Many will ignore these stories because they're tough to see, but they're also powerful.
Do your "PRO-LIFE" MAGA neighbors support this cruelty, the murder of these babies? The ICE miscarriages? Do they support torturous detention &
#ICELawlessness?
Share this on socials!
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Do your "PRO-LIFE" MAGA neighbors support this cruelty, the murder of these babies? The ICE miscarriages? Do they support torturous detention &
#ICELawlessness?
Share this on socials!
bsky.app/profile/male...
Not many people are talking about the children being harmed by #ICELawlessness but it's important to talk about.
What's happening to these kids is being paid for by our tax dollars.
We're paying for the torture of children.
I know this is beyond grim, but we must let people know about this!
What's happening to these kids is being paid for by our tax dollars.
We're paying for the torture of children.
I know this is beyond grim, but we must let people know about this!
November 11, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Many will ignore these stories because they're tough to see, but they're also powerful.
Do your "PRO-LIFE" MAGA neighbors support this cruelty, the murder of these babies? The ICE miscarriages? Do they support torturous detention &
#ICELawlessness?
Share this on socials!
bsky.app/profile/male...
Do your "PRO-LIFE" MAGA neighbors support this cruelty, the murder of these babies? The ICE miscarriages? Do they support torturous detention &
#ICELawlessness?
Share this on socials!
bsky.app/profile/male...
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BREAKING: The UK has stopped sharing intelligence with the US on suspected drug-trafficking ships in the Caribbean, saying it won’t be complicit in strikes it believes are illegal-CNN
November 11, 2025 at 3:37 PM
BREAKING: The UK has stopped sharing intelligence with the US on suspected drug-trafficking ships in the Caribbean, saying it won’t be complicit in strikes it believes are illegal-CNN
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The biggest democracy news of the day and its only 11am! www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Utah Judge Strikes Down GOP Gerrymander, Restores Voter-Approved Fair Map
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The biggest democracy news of the day and its only 11am! www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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As the country celebrates its veterans and the service they provided, it’s worth noting that the current president is actively fighting to keep 1.2 million veterans from receiving their food benefits.
www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
SNAP Helps 1.2 Million Veterans With Low Incomes, Including Thousands in Every State
About 1.2 million veterans live in households that participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps).[1] Thousands of veterans in every state — who...
www.cbpp.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:20 PM
As the country celebrates its veterans and the service they provided, it’s worth noting that the current president is actively fighting to keep 1.2 million veterans from receiving their food benefits.
www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
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In a world where the incumbent president bowed to pressure and stepped aside, it doesn’t seem like such a monumental ask to switch minority leaders.
November 11, 2025 at 1:59 AM
In a world where the incumbent president bowed to pressure and stepped aside, it doesn’t seem like such a monumental ask to switch minority leaders.
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STEWART: “Well, funny f*cking story.” 😕
November 11, 2025 at 4:40 AM
STEWART: “Well, funny f*cking story.” 😕
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What was the damn point of the shutdown? People missed paychecks, families went without SNAP, and Democrats walked away with nothing.
This isn’t about moderates versus the far left. It’s about who’s actually fighting for people who are struggling.
She nails where so many of us are right now.
This isn’t about moderates versus the far left. It’s about who’s actually fighting for people who are struggling.
She nails where so many of us are right now.
November 11, 2025 at 3:58 AM
What was the damn point of the shutdown? People missed paychecks, families went without SNAP, and Democrats walked away with nothing.
This isn’t about moderates versus the far left. It’s about who’s actually fighting for people who are struggling.
She nails where so many of us are right now.
This isn’t about moderates versus the far left. It’s about who’s actually fighting for people who are struggling.
She nails where so many of us are right now.
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Trump has legalized crime if you’re a prominent Republican or married to one.
November 11, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Trump has legalized crime if you’re a prominent Republican or married to one.
not mine....
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Damn Kim Davis is pissed at SCOTUS for not taking up her case. #LoveIsLove
November 11, 2025 at 2:39 AM
not mine....
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ashamed of myself for how much I ❤️ this...
Damn Kim Davis is pissed at SCOTUS for not taking up her case. #LoveIsLove
November 11, 2025 at 2:38 AM
ashamed of myself for how much I ❤️ this...
probably never...
Voters want a Democratic Party that fights back against the forces that have rigged the system and made their lives more difficult.
A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates.
When will party leadership learn this lesson?
A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates.
When will party leadership learn this lesson?
November 11, 2025 at 2:36 AM
probably never...
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No notes….nailed it 🎯
November 11, 2025 at 1:34 AM
No notes….nailed it 🎯
I hate it when I have to say that they are right (from @zeteo.com tonight.)
Multiple Trump aides and allies kept gratuitously using terms such as “losers” and “pussies” as they reveled in the relief from a shutdown that even President Trump acknowledged was getting Republicans “killed” politically.
Multiple Trump aides and allies kept gratuitously using terms such as “losers” and “pussies” as they reveled in the relief from a shutdown that even President Trump acknowledged was getting Republicans “killed” politically.
November 11, 2025 at 2:35 AM
I hate it when I have to say that they are right (from @zeteo.com tonight.)
Multiple Trump aides and allies kept gratuitously using terms such as “losers” and “pussies” as they reveled in the relief from a shutdown that even President Trump acknowledged was getting Republicans “killed” politically.
Multiple Trump aides and allies kept gratuitously using terms such as “losers” and “pussies” as they reveled in the relief from a shutdown that even President Trump acknowledged was getting Republicans “killed” politically.
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This isn't "internal recriminations." It's voters expressing overwhelming opposition to what the people they elected to represent them are doing, and anyone--either in journalism or politics--who characterizes it as infighting is either not seeing and hearing what's right in front of them or lying.
The sooner we get past internal recriminations and back to fighting united, the better off we all are — the likelier our victory next November.
November 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
This isn't "internal recriminations." It's voters expressing overwhelming opposition to what the people they elected to represent them are doing, and anyone--either in journalism or politics--who characterizes it as infighting is either not seeing and hearing what's right in front of them or lying.
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🥗 A botulism outbreak linked to infant formula, and there's nobody employed at the CDC to brief policymakers or do anything about it, because Trump fired them all.
The reckless irresponsibility of the Trump administration knows no bounds.
www.cspi.org/statement/fi...
The reckless irresponsibility of the Trump administration knows no bounds.
www.cspi.org/statement/fi...
Fired CDC workers must be reinstated to help in infant formula outbreak policy response
www.cspi.org
November 10, 2025 at 9:17 PM
🥗 A botulism outbreak linked to infant formula, and there's nobody employed at the CDC to brief policymakers or do anything about it, because Trump fired them all.
The reckless irresponsibility of the Trump administration knows no bounds.
www.cspi.org/statement/fi...
The reckless irresponsibility of the Trump administration knows no bounds.
www.cspi.org/statement/fi...
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Update: In 3 recent editorials, WaPo failed to disclose owner Jeff Bezos's interest in the matter under discussion.
WaPo added one disclosure after @bgrueskin.bsky.social called it out.
Two weeks after my story, the other two editorials still have none. And the paper still won't say why
WaPo added one disclosure after @bgrueskin.bsky.social called it out.
Two weeks after my story, the other two editorials still have none. And the paper still won't say why
'Washington Post' editorials omit a key disclosure: Bezos' financial ties
Three times in the past two weeks, editorials at the 'Washington Post' failed to disclose that they focused on matters in which owner Jeff Bezos had a material interest.
www.npr.org
November 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Update: In 3 recent editorials, WaPo failed to disclose owner Jeff Bezos's interest in the matter under discussion.
WaPo added one disclosure after @bgrueskin.bsky.social called it out.
Two weeks after my story, the other two editorials still have none. And the paper still won't say why
WaPo added one disclosure after @bgrueskin.bsky.social called it out.
Two weeks after my story, the other two editorials still have none. And the paper still won't say why
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“The worst view of current economic conditions since 1951… 61% blame Trump… 79% of independents have a negative view of Trump’s economic policies… if these numbers hold Republicans can wave adios to the house, and maybe the senate…”
November 10, 2025 at 6:28 PM
“The worst view of current economic conditions since 1951… 61% blame Trump… 79% of independents have a negative view of Trump’s economic policies… if these numbers hold Republicans can wave adios to the house, and maybe the senate…”
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“The shift under Mr. Patel has struck directly at the Five Eyes relationship through the removal of senior agents who spent years fighting Islamic extremists or blunting counterintelligence threats alongside operatives from allied countries.”
F.B.I. Director Is Said to Have Made a Pledge to Head of MI5, Then Broken It
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
“The shift under Mr. Patel has struck directly at the Five Eyes relationship through the removal of senior agents who spent years fighting Islamic extremists or blunting counterintelligence threats alongside operatives from allied countries.”
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Right, the answer isn't to abandon the party to these weasels.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
November 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Right, the answer isn't to abandon the party to these weasels.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.