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In which "From the American People" (our former motto) takes on a particularly ominous tone.
open.substack.com/pub/deadder/...
#stealfromthepoor #USAID #USAIDSavesLives #humanrights #humanitarian
@deadder.bsky.social @altusaid.altgov.info @usaidstopwork.bsky.social @thelastmileusaid.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/deadder/...
#stealfromthepoor #USAID #USAIDSavesLives #humanrights #humanitarian
@deadder.bsky.social @altusaid.altgov.info @usaidstopwork.bsky.social @thelastmileusaid.bsky.social
July 5, 2025 at 2:34 PM
In which "From the American People" (our former motto) takes on a particularly ominous tone.
open.substack.com/pub/deadder/...
#stealfromthepoor #USAID #USAIDSavesLives #humanrights #humanitarian
@deadder.bsky.social @altusaid.altgov.info @usaidstopwork.bsky.social @thelastmileusaid.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/deadder/...
#stealfromthepoor #USAID #USAIDSavesLives #humanrights #humanitarian
@deadder.bsky.social @altusaid.altgov.info @usaidstopwork.bsky.social @thelastmileusaid.bsky.social
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At some point everybody’s gonna realize it’s all Stephen Miller
Extremely dark that the entire U.S. government is lying down to be steamrolled by something called the Trump agenda for fear of some force called "Donald Trump" while the actual Donald Trump has no idea what's happening
Helluva @notusreports.bsky.social scoop showing that Trump has no idea what's in his budget bill. Seems like something that ought to get a lot more attention.
Also this: a republican house member actually admits that they are attacking medicaid. Yes, they are.
www.notus.org/congress/rec...
Also this: a republican house member actually admits that they are attacking medicaid. Yes, they are.
www.notus.org/congress/rec...
July 2, 2025 at 11:28 PM
At some point everybody’s gonna realize it’s all Stephen Miller
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You hear this a lot on the left but it isn't true. USAID did not "fail to tell its story to Americans," the right targeted the agency with lies and misinformation.
Ultimately this narrative turns conservative attacks into even more calls for the left to reform.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/o...
Ultimately this narrative turns conservative attacks into even more calls for the left to reform.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/o...
June 30, 2025 at 4:06 PM
You hear this a lot on the left but it isn't true. USAID did not "fail to tell its story to Americans," the right targeted the agency with lies and misinformation.
Ultimately this narrative turns conservative attacks into even more calls for the left to reform.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/o...
Ultimately this narrative turns conservative attacks into even more calls for the left to reform.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/o...
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"USAID became so efficient at quietly stopping millions of deaths worldwide that most Americans didn’t even know many of the humanitarian disasters were occurring." 3 million lives saved for just $6/year per US household. And most Americans won't notice it's gone. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/o...
Opinion | Why We Couldn’t Sell America on U.S.A.I.D.
www.nytimes.com
June 29, 2025 at 5:56 PM
"USAID became so efficient at quietly stopping millions of deaths worldwide that most Americans didn’t even know many of the humanitarian disasters were occurring." 3 million lives saved for just $6/year per US household. And most Americans won't notice it's gone. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/o...
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“and every June you’ll have to spend a day rapidly reloading the page to see how many of your rights have expired” -the Founders probably
June 27, 2025 at 3:33 PM
“and every June you’ll have to spend a day rapidly reloading the page to see how many of your rights have expired” -the Founders probably
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Unfortunately Josh is nice and funny. Watch his special on YouTube tonight!
Some people need to be reminded what antisemitism really looks like.
(I love this silly riffy moment from my special Positive Reinforcement, which premieres on YouTube this Friday night at 8pm!!!)
(I love this silly riffy moment from my special Positive Reinforcement, which premieres on YouTube this Friday night at 8pm!!!)
June 27, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Unfortunately Josh is nice and funny. Watch his special on YouTube tonight!
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Much as I would not dare to predict the consequences of this war, I do think we can summarize it thusly so far:
A smart and evil man manipulated a stupid and evil man into a war against a fanatical and evil regime.
A smart and evil man manipulated a stupid and evil man into a war against a fanatical and evil regime.
June 22, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Much as I would not dare to predict the consequences of this war, I do think we can summarize it thusly so far:
A smart and evil man manipulated a stupid and evil man into a war against a fanatical and evil regime.
A smart and evil man manipulated a stupid and evil man into a war against a fanatical and evil regime.
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Harriet Tubman #quilt by my Mom, Vera P. Hall, who makes quilts celebrating Black people who fought for their own freedom. This seems to be the crowd favorite of the “We Didn’t Wait for Freedom” series. Happy #Juneteenth #quilting
June 19, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Harriet Tubman #quilt by my Mom, Vera P. Hall, who makes quilts celebrating Black people who fought for their own freedom. This seems to be the crowd favorite of the “We Didn’t Wait for Freedom” series. Happy #Juneteenth #quilting
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The repression of trans people is not, by and large, a grassroots outpouring of hatred from the American people. It's something that's been carefully planted and tended over years by a handful of media people and their pet reporters.
Heightened Scrutiny, a very good doc about the Supreme Court case that was just ruled on, does an impeccable and infuriating job laying out just how culpable the NYT and Atlantic are for the nation’s transphobia www.avclub.com/sundance-202...
June 18, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The repression of trans people is not, by and large, a grassroots outpouring of hatred from the American people. It's something that's been carefully planted and tended over years by a handful of media people and their pet reporters.
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June 14, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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It's one of my favorite legal topics to write about reason.com/2023/12/18/v...
June 13, 2025 at 8:38 PM
It's one of my favorite legal topics to write about reason.com/2023/12/18/v...
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it's like what the image says. they think they're kings — they think they rule us — and they want us to obey youtu.be/ULdUsHB-7VE
Kristi Noem's threat to do a Jan. 6 to California and the arrest of Senator Alex Padilla
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
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June 12, 2025 at 11:02 PM
it's like what the image says. they think they're kings — they think they rule us — and they want us to obey youtu.be/ULdUsHB-7VE
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The insight here is that "the muscle you exercise gets stronger". So imagining there's a "real" person underneath the lies and cruelty is a vain hope. Don't wait for a better JD Vance to emerge. He choked that dude out.
June 13, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The insight here is that "the muscle you exercise gets stronger". So imagining there's a "real" person underneath the lies and cruelty is a vain hope. Don't wait for a better JD Vance to emerge. He choked that dude out.
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Coyote pups at Graceland Cemetery!
June 12, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Coyote pups at Graceland Cemetery!
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The @nytimes.com is set to launch a podcast about transgender healthcare today. The NYT has a long pattern of biased, inaccurate trans coverage, and ignoring critiques of these coverage failures. Learn more about the critiques here and below.
The New York Times Continues to Double Down on Biased, Inaccurate Transgender Coverage | GLAAD
The New York Times’ coverage of transgender people and issues has been critiqued for years by trans people, the broader LGBTQ community, and allies. Now instead of directly addressing the critiques, m...
glaad.org
June 5, 2025 at 4:45 PM
The @nytimes.com is set to launch a podcast about transgender healthcare today. The NYT has a long pattern of biased, inaccurate trans coverage, and ignoring critiques of these coverage failures. Learn more about the critiques here and below.
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🌈 "The long-discussed and often trite ‘is Pride still a protest?’ conversation, has a clear and present answer this year — fuck yes."
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/this-pride-month-is-going-to-be-unparalleled-to-any-in-recent-years/
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/this-pride-month-is-going-to-be-unparalleled-to-any-in-recent-years/
This Pride Month is going to be unparalleled to any in recent years
Charged with a palpable anger, passion and a vigour that is unparalleled and unlike any in recent years
www.wearequeeraf.com
June 5, 2025 at 10:04 AM
🌈 "The long-discussed and often trite ‘is Pride still a protest?’ conversation, has a clear and present answer this year — fuck yes."
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/this-pride-month-is-going-to-be-unparalleled-to-any-in-recent-years/
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/this-pride-month-is-going-to-be-unparalleled-to-any-in-recent-years/
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You all need to treat Harry Potter IP like we’re treating the Tesla brand.
April 17, 2025 at 1:47 PM
You all need to treat Harry Potter IP like we’re treating the Tesla brand.
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A court has sentenced Beka Jaiani to life in prison for the murder of transgender woman Kesaria Abramidze. Jaiani was found guilty of committing a particularly brutal, gender-based murder, as well as systematic beatings motivated by intolerance toward gender identity.
April 16, 2025 at 7:49 AM
A court has sentenced Beka Jaiani to life in prison for the murder of transgender woman Kesaria Abramidze. Jaiani was found guilty of committing a particularly brutal, gender-based murder, as well as systematic beatings motivated by intolerance toward gender identity.
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Remarkable. A whole article that might be titled how all us super powerful people turned out to be Donald Trump bitches www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
April 4, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Remarkable. A whole article that might be titled how all us super powerful people turned out to be Donald Trump bitches www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
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Oh I throw mud at the men too. I am equal opportunity hating on fake space tourism while people on earth have unmet material needs because of the very people who use obscene wealth to leave the planet.
It is very much really space. It's suborbital, but they will leave the atmosphere which means they will be in space.
I'm not a fan of space tourism, but I'm not fan of throwing mud at women for doing something men do regularly either.
I'm not a fan of space tourism, but I'm not fan of throwing mud at women for doing something men do regularly either.
April 5, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Oh I throw mud at the men too. I am equal opportunity hating on fake space tourism while people on earth have unmet material needs because of the very people who use obscene wealth to leave the planet.
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Headed to Athens tonight for a few days if you have any recommendations.
April 5, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Headed to Athens tonight for a few days if you have any recommendations.
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Trump just opened up a procedural avenue for Dems to force votes on the tariffs he announced yesterday. A quick explainer-
April 3, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Trump just opened up a procedural avenue for Dems to force votes on the tariffs he announced yesterday. A quick explainer-
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Wow who could’ve guessed that this would happen
It’s almost as if USAID was a pillar of American soft power and influence in the world
It’s almost as if it was entirely predictable that America’s adversaries would work to fill the void left by USAID’s destruction
It’s almost as if USAID was a pillar of American soft power and influence in the world
It’s almost as if it was entirely predictable that America’s adversaries would work to fill the void left by USAID’s destruction
April 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Wow who could’ve guessed that this would happen
It’s almost as if USAID was a pillar of American soft power and influence in the world
It’s almost as if it was entirely predictable that America’s adversaries would work to fill the void left by USAID’s destruction
It’s almost as if USAID was a pillar of American soft power and influence in the world
It’s almost as if it was entirely predictable that America’s adversaries would work to fill the void left by USAID’s destruction
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I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.
April 2, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.