@bitchkitten1986.bsky.social
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James Talarico: Does your bill replacing counselors with untrained religious chaplains require them to have any training/qualifications?
Republican: No
Talarico: I offered an amendment to require school chaplains to respect freedom of religion, and you refused to accept that?
Republican: Correct
Republican: No
Talarico: I offered an amendment to require school chaplains to respect freedom of religion, and you refused to accept that?
Republican: Correct
December 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
James Talarico: Does your bill replacing counselors with untrained religious chaplains require them to have any training/qualifications?
Republican: No
Talarico: I offered an amendment to require school chaplains to respect freedom of religion, and you refused to accept that?
Republican: Correct
Republican: No
Talarico: I offered an amendment to require school chaplains to respect freedom of religion, and you refused to accept that?
Republican: Correct
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The Roberts court just helped Trump rig the midterms
The Roberts court just helped Trump rig the midterms
The Supreme Court reinstated the Trump-inspired congressional map in Texas.
www.motherjones.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:15 AM
The Roberts court just helped Trump rig the midterms
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More than 60 Democratic legislators sent a letter to the Trump administration that expresses “grave concerns” about ongoing removals to so-called “third countries” to which immigrants have no connection.
Democrats demand answers on third country deportations
“We are concerned that the Trump Administration is offshoring the immigration detention system in an apparent attempt to evade the due process requirements of the US Constitution."
www.motherjones.com
September 26, 2025 at 12:01 AM
More than 60 Democratic legislators sent a letter to the Trump administration that expresses “grave concerns” about ongoing removals to so-called “third countries” to which immigrants have no connection.
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#100/2025
County elections board chair James Yokeley Jr. [R-NC] was charged with felony child abuse after being caught on video putting cocaine and MDMA in his granddaughters’ ice cream at a Dairy Queen.
What kind of monster does that?
Can we get 100 reposts for our 100th crime tracked in 2025?
County elections board chair James Yokeley Jr. [R-NC] was charged with felony child abuse after being caught on video putting cocaine and MDMA in his granddaughters’ ice cream at a Dairy Queen.
What kind of monster does that?
Can we get 100 reposts for our 100th crime tracked in 2025?
GOP Official Accused of Drugging Granddaughters’ Dairy Queen
The North Carolina man was allegedly filmed putting “hard objects” in their milkshakes.
www.thedailybeast.com
August 28, 2025 at 8:49 PM
#100/2025
County elections board chair James Yokeley Jr. [R-NC] was charged with felony child abuse after being caught on video putting cocaine and MDMA in his granddaughters’ ice cream at a Dairy Queen.
What kind of monster does that?
Can we get 100 reposts for our 100th crime tracked in 2025?
County elections board chair James Yokeley Jr. [R-NC] was charged with felony child abuse after being caught on video putting cocaine and MDMA in his granddaughters’ ice cream at a Dairy Queen.
What kind of monster does that?
Can we get 100 reposts for our 100th crime tracked in 2025?
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Police have been disabling safeguards on AI-written police reports—and defense lawyers don't even know they're being used.
Government documents show police disabling AI oversight tools
Departments aren't reviewing or disclosing AI-written police reports—which are now being used in plea deals.
www.motherjones.com
August 17, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Police have been disabling safeguards on AI-written police reports—and defense lawyers don't even know they're being used.
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"Today, Governor Abbott signs his billionaire voucher scam into law.
Remember this day next time a school closes.
Remember this day next time a teacher quits.
Remember this day next time your property taxes go up because the state is defunding our schools.”
Remember this day next time a school closes.
Remember this day next time a teacher quits.
Remember this day next time your property taxes go up because the state is defunding our schools.”
May 3, 2025 at 8:12 PM
"Today, Governor Abbott signs his billionaire voucher scam into law.
Remember this day next time a school closes.
Remember this day next time a teacher quits.
Remember this day next time your property taxes go up because the state is defunding our schools.”
Remember this day next time a school closes.
Remember this day next time a teacher quits.
Remember this day next time your property taxes go up because the state is defunding our schools.”
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How we reported “You’re Here Because of Your Tattoos”
How we reported “You’re Here Because of Your Tattoos”
An interview with Noah Lanard and Isabela Dias on an investigation into Venezuelans sent to El Salvador.
www.motherjones.com
April 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
How we reported “You’re Here Because of Your Tattoos”
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RFK Jr. is launching a government registry to track autistic Americans using private medical records.
RFK Jr. Set to Launch Disease Registry Tracking Autistic People
And he’s using private medical records to make it happen.
newrepublic.com
April 22, 2025 at 5:36 PM
RFK Jr. is launching a government registry to track autistic Americans using private medical records.
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“The government responded to plaintiffs’ discovery requests by producing nothing of substance,” Abrego Garcia’s lawyers wrote.
Attorneys For Kilmar Abrego Garcia Say Trump Administration Isn’t Cooperating
www.huffpost.com
April 22, 2025 at 6:22 PM
“The government responded to plaintiffs’ discovery requests by producing nothing of substance,” Abrego Garcia’s lawyers wrote.
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“Your agreement makes you complicit in efforts to undermine the rule of law," they fumed to five prominent firms that paid off Trump to avoid his attacks.
Democrats Demand Answers From Top Law Firms That Caved To Trump's Wishes
“Your agreement makes you complicit in efforts to undermine the rule of law," they fumed to five prominent firms that paid off Trump to avoid his attacks.
www.huffpost.com
April 22, 2025 at 7:06 PM
“Your agreement makes you complicit in efforts to undermine the rule of law," they fumed to five prominent firms that paid off Trump to avoid his attacks.
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Latest from @julialurie.bsky.social, on the proposed budget cuts at RFK Jr.'s HHS: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
HHS plans to cut the national suicide hotline’s program for LGBTQ youth
In February, the program received an average of 2,100 contacts per day.
www.motherjones.com
April 22, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Latest from @julialurie.bsky.social, on the proposed budget cuts at RFK Jr.'s HHS: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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It's long past time to ban insider trading in Congress.
April 10, 2025 at 12:06 PM
It's long past time to ban insider trading in Congress.
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It boggles the mind that Democrats could lose because they were blamed for an inflation they didn’t cause.
While Republicans could win on a campaign of inflation they’ll intentionally cause.
But here we fucking are with 104% tariffs on China.
“When ignorance gets started, it knows no bounds."
While Republicans could win on a campaign of inflation they’ll intentionally cause.
But here we fucking are with 104% tariffs on China.
“When ignorance gets started, it knows no bounds."
April 9, 2025 at 5:57 PM
It boggles the mind that Democrats could lose because they were blamed for an inflation they didn’t cause.
While Republicans could win on a campaign of inflation they’ll intentionally cause.
But here we fucking are with 104% tariffs on China.
“When ignorance gets started, it knows no bounds."
While Republicans could win on a campaign of inflation they’ll intentionally cause.
But here we fucking are with 104% tariffs on China.
“When ignorance gets started, it knows no bounds."
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Who better to lead a counterterrorism center than someone who has aided and supported the right-wing paramilitary movement?
Gabbard’s pick to run a counterterrorism center aided the start of a right-wing paramilitary group
Joe Kent, a promoter of conspiracy theories, has long associated with extremists.
www.motherjones.com
April 9, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Who better to lead a counterterrorism center than someone who has aided and supported the right-wing paramilitary movement?
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Insurrection Barbie doesn’t seem to be familiar with how mail works.
April 9, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Insurrection Barbie doesn’t seem to be familiar with how mail works.
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They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.
-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.
-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.
April 10, 2025 at 12:32 PM
They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.
-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.
-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.
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Biggest insider trading market manipulation scheme in history.
They aren't even bothering to hide it.
They aren't even bothering to hide it.
April 10, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Biggest insider trading market manipulation scheme in history.
They aren't even bothering to hide it.
They aren't even bothering to hide it.
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6/ The choice is stark: a global #NewDeal forged by uneasy allies, or a barbed-wire #dystopia where #billionaires auction #democracy to the highest bidder. This pact is not the sole path, but it may be the steadiest hand against collapse—a flicker of hope in the gathering dark.
March 27, 2025 at 3:03 PM
6/ The choice is stark: a global #NewDeal forged by uneasy allies, or a barbed-wire #dystopia where #billionaires auction #democracy to the highest bidder. This pact is not the sole path, but it may be the steadiest hand against collapse—a flicker of hope in the gathering dark.
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⚡️FIGHT THE OLIGARCHY RALLY ⚡️
STARTING TOMORROW.
Nevada. Arizona. Colorado.
You, me, and Bernie.
Dem and GOP districts. ❤️💙
See you there 💪🏽🌞
STARTING TOMORROW.
Nevada. Arizona. Colorado.
You, me, and Bernie.
Dem and GOP districts. ❤️💙
See you there 💪🏽🌞
March 19, 2025 at 2:45 PM
⚡️FIGHT THE OLIGARCHY RALLY ⚡️
STARTING TOMORROW.
Nevada. Arizona. Colorado.
You, me, and Bernie.
Dem and GOP districts. ❤️💙
See you there 💪🏽🌞
STARTING TOMORROW.
Nevada. Arizona. Colorado.
You, me, and Bernie.
Dem and GOP districts. ❤️💙
See you there 💪🏽🌞
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The Trump administration just shut down a food safety committee to prevent bacteria in baby formula.
They are also threatening to fire employees who prevent deli meat from being infected with Listeria and applesauce from being laced with lead.
They are also threatening to fire employees who prevent deli meat from being infected with Listeria and applesauce from being laced with lead.
Food Safety Jeopardized by Onslaught of Funding and Staff Cuts
The Trump administration halted some food testing and shut down a committee studying bacteria in infant formula. Earlier funding cutbacks under the Biden administration now threaten state labs and ins...
www.nytimes.com
March 19, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The Trump administration just shut down a food safety committee to prevent bacteria in baby formula.
They are also threatening to fire employees who prevent deli meat from being infected with Listeria and applesauce from being laced with lead.
They are also threatening to fire employees who prevent deli meat from being infected with Listeria and applesauce from being laced with lead.
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Want a new recipe for disaster? Health Secretary RFK Jr thinks bird flu should be allowed to spread so “the birds which are immune can be identified”.
Experts are understandably horrified.
Experts are understandably horrified.
RFK Jr.’s Prescription for Bird Flu on Farms: Let It Spread
The health secretary has suggested allowing the virus to spread, so as to identify birds that may be immune. Such an experiment would be disastrous, scientists say.
www.nytimes.com
March 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Want a new recipe for disaster? Health Secretary RFK Jr thinks bird flu should be allowed to spread so “the birds which are immune can be identified”.
Experts are understandably horrified.
Experts are understandably horrified.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has suggested allowing bird flu to spread, so as to identify birds that may be immune. Veterinary scientists said that would be inhumane, dangerous and have enormous economic consequences.
RFK Jr.’s Prescription for Bird Flu on Farms: Let It Spread
The health secretary has suggested allowing the virus to spread, so as to identify birds that may be immune. Such an experiment would be disastrous, scientists say.
www.nytimes.com
March 19, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has suggested allowing bird flu to spread, so as to identify birds that may be immune. Veterinary scientists said that would be inhumane, dangerous and have enormous economic consequences.