Ashley Gates
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These two chuckleheads don't even know how mental health screenings work. How are they cabinet secretaries????? What an insane thing to advocate against. Perhaps they need to be screened themselves. Disturbing.
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RFK Jr. wants to end mental health screenings in schools. Experts say it's a bad idea
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy and Education Secretary Linda McMahon are against schools giving kids standardized questionnaires about their mental well-being. But experts say they are wrong.
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September 17, 2025 at 2:56 AM
These two chuckleheads don't even know how mental health screenings work. How are they cabinet secretaries????? What an insane thing to advocate against. Perhaps they need to be screened themselves. Disturbing.
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Is this what the abundance agenda gets us? Forget the permits, just tunnel right under Nashville. It seems Metro engineers haven't even been provided with the plans. (I doubt there are any.)
Nashville mayor's office queries Boring Company about tunnel plan • Tennessee Lookout
Metro Nashville Mayor Freddie O'Connell has questions about the proposed “Music City Loop,” focusing primarily on emergency service responses.
tennesseelookout.com
August 7, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Is this what the abundance agenda gets us? Forget the permits, just tunnel right under Nashville. It seems Metro engineers haven't even been provided with the plans. (I doubt there are any.)
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ICE is going to parks in Los Angeles and kidnapping nannies who are caring for small children
The children are witnessing these kidnappings and being held in custody until their parents are contacted
Women and children in parks
The children are witnessing these kidnappings and being held in custody until their parents are contacted
Women and children in parks
June 14, 2025 at 12:55 AM
ICE is going to parks in Los Angeles and kidnapping nannies who are caring for small children
The children are witnessing these kidnappings and being held in custody until their parents are contacted
Women and children in parks
The children are witnessing these kidnappings and being held in custody until their parents are contacted
Women and children in parks
When I am in a room with elected officials for my job, I'm expected to know who they are. Usually local mayors and commissioners. You'd think the same would be expected of federal law enforcement and secret service agents.
June 12, 2025 at 10:12 PM
When I am in a room with elected officials for my job, I'm expected to know who they are. Usually local mayors and commissioners. You'd think the same would be expected of federal law enforcement and secret service agents.
State governments do not have the capacity or expertise to handle major disaster relief. Especially small states. It will be hugely inefficient for individual states to staff up their emergency management agencies to compensate for the lost capacity FEMA provided.
WATCH: “We want to see FEMA eliminated.”
Trump & Noem say they want to end FEMA and give storm-torn states LESS money — while Trump takes personal credit for it. (Likely helping Red states more readily)
As they take credit for the job FEMA is currently doing. 🤔
Trump & Noem say they want to end FEMA and give storm-torn states LESS money — while Trump takes personal credit for it. (Likely helping Red states more readily)
As they take credit for the job FEMA is currently doing. 🤔
June 11, 2025 at 12:11 PM
State governments do not have the capacity or expertise to handle major disaster relief. Especially small states. It will be hugely inefficient for individual states to staff up their emergency management agencies to compensate for the lost capacity FEMA provided.
The country that depends on these immigrants to harvest our food and build our houses has somehow reached its limit?
June 11, 2025 at 11:54 AM
The country that depends on these immigrants to harvest our food and build our houses has somehow reached its limit?
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April 28, 2025: Migrants are making SOS signs out of their bodies so drones can see them at our country's concentration camps.
April 30, 2025 at 7:08 PM
April 28, 2025: Migrants are making SOS signs out of their bodies so drones can see them at our country's concentration camps.
Overdose deaths are a horrible tragedy, and not funny at all. But this bullshit math and logic is. The Trump admin just needs to put down their calculators. They can't be trusted with numbers.
www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/dona...
www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/dona...
Pam Bondi claims Donald Trump has saved 258 million American lives in 100 days
Pam Bondi has claimed that Donald Trump has saved the lives of 258 million Americans as she praised the president's first 100 days in office during a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday, 30 April. The Attorn...
www.independent.co.uk
May 1, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Overdose deaths are a horrible tragedy, and not funny at all. But this bullshit math and logic is. The Trump admin just needs to put down their calculators. They can't be trusted with numbers.
www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/dona...
www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/dona...
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The US went from concern that China’s Belt-Road initiative was making gains in Africa, to ceding the world’s fastest-growing continent to China by pulling out the State Dept and cancelling various initiatives.
This from the White House that says the top international priority is outcompeting China.
This from the White House that says the top international priority is outcompeting China.
April 20, 2025 at 11:34 AM
The US went from concern that China’s Belt-Road initiative was making gains in Africa, to ceding the world’s fastest-growing continent to China by pulling out the State Dept and cancelling various initiatives.
This from the White House that says the top international priority is outcompeting China.
This from the White House that says the top international priority is outcompeting China.
Who are these people that sign up to be ICE agents? Do they feel proud of the work that they do?
March 27, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Who are these people that sign up to be ICE agents? Do they feel proud of the work that they do?
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A bill that would remove protections from an estimated 80% of Tennessee's wetlands advanced through a Senate committee Wednesday over the objections of several scientists and environmental advocates.
Environmentalists: Second attempt at wetlands bill would leave 80% vulnerable to development | Chattanooga Times Free Press
A bill that would remove protections from an estimated 80% of Tennessee's wetlands advanced through a Senate committee Wednesday over the objections of several scientists and environmental advocates.
www.timesfreepress.com
March 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
A bill that would remove protections from an estimated 80% of Tennessee's wetlands advanced through a Senate committee Wednesday over the objections of several scientists and environmental advocates.
"I'll never live in a neighborhood with an HOA" is a statement made by privileged people who can live wherever, who get lucky and find an established neighborhood, or who are willing to live in rural areas.
March 23, 2025 at 2:42 AM
"I'll never live in a neighborhood with an HOA" is a statement made by privileged people who can live wherever, who get lucky and find an established neighborhood, or who are willing to live in rural areas.
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Hi, I'm the guy who used to oversee the federal government's agency IT telecommunications contracts. This is extremely bad. There is absolutely no need for this. Not only is it a huge security exposure, but the simplest explanation for this is that it is meant to be a security exposure.
Elon Musk’s Starlink Expands Across White House Complex
Trump administration officials said the company donated the internet service, saying the gift had been vetted by the lawyer overseeing ethics issues in the White House Counsel’s Office.
www.nytimes.com
March 18, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Hi, I'm the guy who used to oversee the federal government's agency IT telecommunications contracts. This is extremely bad. There is absolutely no need for this. Not only is it a huge security exposure, but the simplest explanation for this is that it is meant to be a security exposure.
No more charter schools until we can figure out how to make sure they are run properly. 2 months from graduation and the kids may not have been earning valid credits. How awful for these students.
UPDATE: HCS says 21 Chatt Prep teachers were unlicensed as they recommend to revoke charter
Kenya White, a former Chatt Prep teacher indicted on charges of kidnapping and sexual exploitation of a minor, is now facing federal charges following his recent arrest. Local 3 News is actively seeki...
www.local3news.com
March 13, 2025 at 3:03 PM
No more charter schools until we can figure out how to make sure they are run properly. 2 months from graduation and the kids may not have been earning valid credits. How awful for these students.
Parents are already being told in IEP meetings that their child will have to transfer schools next year. This will affect the most profoundly disabled and vulnerable children in our district.
Mother says Hamilton County Schools' proposal to relocate students counters federal law
UPDATE:Tuesday evening, Superintendent Justin Robertson responded to concerns about the proposal. He says..."We are still funding exceptional ed positions in ou
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March 13, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Parents are already being told in IEP meetings that their child will have to transfer schools next year. This will affect the most profoundly disabled and vulnerable children in our district.
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While the State Department CAN revoke *visas* with very little legal process involved, stripping someone of a green card is done by DHS (not the State Department) and requires filing formal charges alleging a violation of immigration law and a removal hearing in front of an immigration judge.
March 9, 2025 at 11:05 PM
While the State Department CAN revoke *visas* with very little legal process involved, stripping someone of a green card is done by DHS (not the State Department) and requires filing formal charges alleging a violation of immigration law and a removal hearing in front of an immigration judge.
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Setting aside the incredibly dangerous and fascist aspect of this, is there actual evidence that Khalil was a “Hamas supporter”? Or is the standard for a green-card holder being sent to a secret location and possibly deported just “critical of Israel”?
March 9, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Setting aside the incredibly dangerous and fascist aspect of this, is there actual evidence that Khalil was a “Hamas supporter”? Or is the standard for a green-card holder being sent to a secret location and possibly deported just “critical of Israel”?
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"History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."
February 28, 2025 at 9:25 PM
"History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."
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President Zelenskyy showed more backbone and self-respect in one Oval Office meeting than the entire GOP has collectively demonstrated over the last 9 years.
He is standing up for his people while Trump mows through ours.
He is standing up for his people while Trump mows through ours.
February 28, 2025 at 6:32 PM
President Zelenskyy showed more backbone and self-respect in one Oval Office meeting than the entire GOP has collectively demonstrated over the last 9 years.
He is standing up for his people while Trump mows through ours.
He is standing up for his people while Trump mows through ours.
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This was a disgusting display by the soft, uninformed VP Vance trying to school Zelensky, the man who has led his country through the most surprisingly resilient and effective fight for sovereignty against a global superpower.
Every negative stereotype about America is confirmed in this exchange.
Every negative stereotype about America is confirmed in this exchange.
ZELENSKYY: Putin broke the ceasefire. What kind of diplomacy, JD, are you speaking about?
VANCE: I think it's disrespectful to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media
VANCE: I think it's disrespectful to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media
February 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
This was a disgusting display by the soft, uninformed VP Vance trying to school Zelensky, the man who has led his country through the most surprisingly resilient and effective fight for sovereignty against a global superpower.
Every negative stereotype about America is confirmed in this exchange.
Every negative stereotype about America is confirmed in this exchange.
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71 years old and finally achieving his dream of killing children.
Not just some children here or there, like he's been doing, but thousands of children annually, systematically, by destroying one of the pillars of public health, one of the greatest achievements of humanity.
Not just some children here or there, like he's been doing, but thousands of children annually, systematically, by destroying one of the pillars of public health, one of the greatest achievements of humanity.
The most shocking thing about this is that anyone took him at his word.
February 19, 2025 at 1:45 AM
71 years old and finally achieving his dream of killing children.
Not just some children here or there, like he's been doing, but thousands of children annually, systematically, by destroying one of the pillars of public health, one of the greatest achievements of humanity.
Not just some children here or there, like he's been doing, but thousands of children annually, systematically, by destroying one of the pillars of public health, one of the greatest achievements of humanity.
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This is fucking incredible.
![REYES: [The order] calls an entire category of people dishonest, dishonorable, undisciplined, immodest, who lack integrity, people who have taken an oath to defend this country, people who have been under fire, people who have received medals for taking fire for this country. I want to know from the government whether that language expresses 'animus.' Does that express animus? DOJ ATTORNEY: Not in any constitutional- REYES: In a commonsense way. This is a policy from the President of the United States affecting thousands of people ... to call an entire group of people, lying dishonest people who are undisciplined, immodest and have no integrity. How is that anything other than showing animus? DOJ ATTORNEY: I don't have an answer for you. REYES: You do have an answer, you just don't want to give it... People can make solid arguments as to why some or even most transgender people shouldn't be in the military We're dealing with unadulterated animus. We are dealing with the president of the United States dealing with a group of people serving their country... calling them liars. (Reyes then said she changed her courtroom orders to bar people who graduated from UVA law school from appearing before her because "they're all liars and lack integrity and are undisciplined and can't possibly meet the high rigors of benign a lawyer for the government" She made the DOJ lawyer sit down on that basis, then after he did, she called him back up and asked whether that was a display of animus.)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mmtjkssv6jeneahkgfdxuy7p/bafkreicmr3wybkn6acxmmdf4vuqnzxho2nk7kp3v7tx7vkclg2cjmwvixm@jpeg)
February 18, 2025 at 7:53 PM
This is fucking incredible.
Thank you, civil servants, for all your hard work
Sen. Tim Kaine tells federal employees to ignore Trump’s offer to quit with pay for months. “Don’t be fooled. He’s tricked hundreds of people with that offer. If you accept that offer and resign he’ll stiff you just like he stiffed the contractors. He doesn’t have any authority to do this.”
January 29, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Thank you, civil servants, for all your hard work
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While trying to investigate how many students were affected by Tennessee laws increasing penalties for making threats, I realized that lawmakers are sometimes as in the dark as the public. www.propublica.org/article/tenn...
How Many Students Have Been Expelled Under Tennessee’s School Threats Law? There’s No Clear Answer.
Tennessee gives public agencies wide latitude to refuse to release data. That made it challenging for our reporters to figure out just how many students were affected.
www.propublica.org
January 28, 2025 at 6:29 PM
While trying to investigate how many students were affected by Tennessee laws increasing penalties for making threats, I realized that lawmakers are sometimes as in the dark as the public. www.propublica.org/article/tenn...