Searching for Sanity
@boomerutopian.bsky.social
Blue state resident looking for comfort in a world gone mad. I cook, read, walk and sometimes cry. Puzzles are my meditation.
Very interested in how to effectively dismantle the trends toward kleptocracy and autocracy.
Very interested in how to effectively dismantle the trends toward kleptocracy and autocracy.
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Zohran: "I mean, think about when you fly. We have made it such a difficult experience to go through TSA that there's now a financial incentive to sign up for a separate program that can move you through it quicker. We have monetized the dysfunction."
December 18, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Zohran: "I mean, think about when you fly. We have made it such a difficult experience to go through TSA that there's now a financial incentive to sign up for a separate program that can move you through it quicker. We have monetized the dysfunction."
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My understanding is that food donations are great, but the best bang for everyone's buck is to just give money to food banks. They usually have negotiated relationships where they can get the best prices and thus the most food.
November 1, 2025 at 6:49 PM
My understanding is that food donations are great, but the best bang for everyone's buck is to just give money to food banks. They usually have negotiated relationships where they can get the best prices and thus the most food.
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🧵This horrific story is being reported all over Latin America, but not the US.
Randall Gamboa, a Costa Rican, was deported from the US in such a critical health condition it required an ambulance flight.
He then died upon his return to Costa Rica after being detained for 8 months by DHS.
Randall Gamboa, a Costa Rican, was deported from the US in such a critical health condition it required an ambulance flight.
He then died upon his return to Costa Rica after being detained for 8 months by DHS.
October 28, 2025 at 2:32 AM
🧵This horrific story is being reported all over Latin America, but not the US.
Randall Gamboa, a Costa Rican, was deported from the US in such a critical health condition it required an ambulance flight.
He then died upon his return to Costa Rica after being detained for 8 months by DHS.
Randall Gamboa, a Costa Rican, was deported from the US in such a critical health condition it required an ambulance flight.
He then died upon his return to Costa Rica after being detained for 8 months by DHS.
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Between June 2022 and June 2024, at least 412 people across the country have been charged for crimes related to their pregnancies.
These arrests show that, amid the conservative movement to enshrine rights to fetuses, being pregnant is not just a health status. Sometimes, it’s a criminal liability.
These arrests show that, amid the conservative movement to enshrine rights to fetuses, being pregnant is not just a health status. Sometimes, it’s a criminal liability.
When miscarriages become crimes
412 women faced criminal charges for pregnancy outcomes. This is what fetal personhood looks like.
www.motherjones.com
October 1, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Between June 2022 and June 2024, at least 412 people across the country have been charged for crimes related to their pregnancies.
These arrests show that, amid the conservative movement to enshrine rights to fetuses, being pregnant is not just a health status. Sometimes, it’s a criminal liability.
These arrests show that, amid the conservative movement to enshrine rights to fetuses, being pregnant is not just a health status. Sometimes, it’s a criminal liability.
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NEW: Trump's OMB is still controlling agency spending in secret despite a court order requiring transparency—and they're doing it by abusing footnotes.
Today, we asked the Court to ensure that OMB makes all of this information public.
Today, we asked the Court to ensure that OMB makes all of this information public.
OMB’s latest effort to conceal spending data - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
OMB should not be doling out funds behind closed doors and must make public the contents of legally binding spend plans that apportion fund. Full transparency is critical for effective oversight.
www.citizensforethics.org
September 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
NEW: Trump's OMB is still controlling agency spending in secret despite a court order requiring transparency—and they're doing it by abusing footnotes.
Today, we asked the Court to ensure that OMB makes all of this information public.
Today, we asked the Court to ensure that OMB makes all of this information public.
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Billy Bragg talks about the Global Sumud Flotilla Mission, UK complicity and dedicates his latest song, Hundred Year Hunger to the mission.
#GlobalSumudFlotilla #GlobalMovementToGaza #SailToGaza
#GlobalSumudFlotilla #GlobalMovementToGaza #SailToGaza
September 20, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Billy Bragg talks about the Global Sumud Flotilla Mission, UK complicity and dedicates his latest song, Hundred Year Hunger to the mission.
#GlobalSumudFlotilla #GlobalMovementToGaza #SailToGaza
#GlobalSumudFlotilla #GlobalMovementToGaza #SailToGaza
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As someone who has covered the rise of Black support for MAGA extensively, it hit Garrison Hayes hard: Where are those voters now that Trump is wiping this history from the books?
Read more: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/09/black-maga-voters-history-erasure-video/
Read more: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/09/black-maga-voters-history-erasure-video/
September 19, 2025 at 9:15 PM
As someone who has covered the rise of Black support for MAGA extensively, it hit Garrison Hayes hard: Where are those voters now that Trump is wiping this history from the books?
Read more: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/09/black-maga-voters-history-erasure-video/
Read more: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/09/black-maga-voters-history-erasure-video/
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Here is the deleted report in it's entirety: web.archive.org/web/20250911...
DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing
Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the Trump administration’s promise to go after the “radical left” a study showing most domestic terrosim is far-right was disappeared.
www.404media.co
September 16, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Here is the deleted report in it's entirety: web.archive.org/web/20250911...
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remember folks, we cant have gun restrictions because if we do the federal government will occupy our streets, imprison people without due process, ship dissidents to foreign gulags and things of that nature
August 27, 2025 at 6:42 PM
remember folks, we cant have gun restrictions because if we do the federal government will occupy our streets, imprison people without due process, ship dissidents to foreign gulags and things of that nature
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Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
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"Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief." - Chris Murphy (read his summary below)
April 4, 2025 at 6:23 AM
"Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief." - Chris Murphy (read his summary below)
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Ernest Hemingway wrote this in 1935…
March 7, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Ernest Hemingway wrote this in 1935…
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It's so embarrassing to read a book. You should already know the information that's in there
January 24, 2025 at 7:49 PM
It's so embarrassing to read a book. You should already know the information that's in there
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Nancy Mace is an excellent example of what happens to a plausibly sane member of the House from a competitive district after being thrown into a gerrymandered district and needing a new sphere of position-taking.
November 20, 2024 at 4:24 PM
Nancy Mace is an excellent example of what happens to a plausibly sane member of the House from a competitive district after being thrown into a gerrymandered district and needing a new sphere of position-taking.
I’m new here at BlueSky, and happy to have arrived. Im not looking to grow a following, so will rarely post original content. Thank you to everyone who fills my feed with thoughtful insights. PS, the iPad interface is awful.
November 14, 2024 at 8:16 PM
I’m new here at BlueSky, and happy to have arrived. Im not looking to grow a following, so will rarely post original content. Thank you to everyone who fills my feed with thoughtful insights. PS, the iPad interface is awful.