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Sean Fay-Wolfe | Diamond Axe Studios @seanfaywolfe.bsky.social · 28d

Here are some things that Charlie Kirk said in his life.

The man is dead, and so it only seems fair to share his legacy by cataloguing the values he spread while alive.

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Dennis Goris @dennisgoris.bsky.social · Aug 28

I miss the old brand #CDC

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · Aug 4

@gregcasar.bsky.social gets far too little attention from people.

Greg Casar @gregcasar.bsky.social · Aug 4

Imagine in another country a corrupt president was trying to change the election laws.

Then that president's political ally threatened to remove all the legislators of the other party to get it done.

That's what's happening in Texas right now.

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Diana Strassmann @dstrassmann.bsky.social · Aug 3

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/o.... Hiding the truth won’t make it go away

Opinion | What to Do When the President Acts Like a Five-Year-Old?

www.nytimes.com

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Diana Strassmann @dstrassmann.bsky.social · Jul 18

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Are you kidding me?

Trump administration to destroy nearly $10m in contraceptives

Long-acting contraceptives will not be sent abroad to women in need, a move costing US taxpayers $167,000

www.theguardian.com

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Diana Strassmann @dstrassmann.bsky.social · Jun 24

Sheer cruelty - where is Abbot’s moral conscience?
www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/tex...

Abbott vetoes summer food aid program, forgoing $450M in federal funds

Texas is one of a dozen states that doesn't participate in the Summer EBT program that gives low-income children meals when school is out.

www.houstonchronicle.com

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Diana Strassmann @dstrassmann.bsky.social · Jun 20

Great article citing the work of feminist economist, Nancy Folbre, on how to fix the decline in birth rates. These are issues that feminist economists have been working on for decades, beginning with the idea that children are a public good. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/w...

The Feminist Case for Spending Billions to Boost the Birthrate

www.nytimes.com

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · Apr 22

Previous to the FDA, folks would put chalk and plaster of Paris in milk to make it appear white. They could also add formaldehyde to cover the smell and taste of spoiled milk.

A screenshot of a Reuters article stating that the US FDA suspended milk quality test workforce cuts.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Apr 19

Last night was the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British troops.

I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.

Remind you of anyone?

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NPR @npr.org · Apr 16

All 27 scientists at this CDC lab were told their duties were "unnecessary," and now viral outbreak investigations have been halted.

In the middle of a hepatitis outbreak, U.S. shutters the one CDC lab that could help

All 27 scientists at this CDC lab were told their duties were "unnecessary," and now viral outbreak investigations have been halted

www.npr.org

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · Apr 15

Either the U.S. government *is* able to exert monetary and diplomatic pressure on El Salvador sufficient to produce Abrego Garcia’s release, or it isn’t.

The latter would be either a bald-faced lie or a pretty stunning concession of our national impotence. The Vice President should pick one.

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Diana Strassmann @dstrassmann.bsky.social · Apr 13

That’s what Nazis do

Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · Apr 13

The insanity of it all.

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Diana Strassmann @dstrassmann.bsky.social · Apr 13

What is the US coming to?

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · Apr 12

CDC denies help for lead poisoning in Milwaukee schools due to layoffs www.cbsnews.com/news/milwauk...

CDC denies help for lead poisoning in Milwaukee schools due to layoffs

The CDC rejected a request for help "due to the complete loss" of their lead poisoning experts.

www.cbsnews.com

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Rick @colonelhogans.bsky.social · Apr 11

Human kindness still exists ♥️

Norway just entered a bill to give transgender Americans asylum in the country of Norway…

LGBTQ+ STRONG! 🌈✨♥️

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Diana Strassmann @dstrassmann.bsky.social · Apr 2

How is this good policy? Certainly doesn’t enhance human welfare www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/c...

Entire Staff Is Fired at LIHEAP

The move threatens to paralyze the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which helps to offset high utility bills for roughly 6.2 million people nationwide.

www.nytimes.com

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Diana Strassmann @dstrassmann.bsky.social · Apr 2

Awesome news! Yay! Take that (f)Elon!

Dannie D 🦋 @dannied.bsky.social · Apr 2

We Won! We will not be bought and paid for!

Diana Strassmann @dstrassmann.bsky.social · Mar 30

You’ve been given free access to this article from The Economist as a gift. You can open the link five times within seven days. After that it will expire.

A faster rollout of malaria vaccines would save many lives
economist.com/middle-east-...

A faster rollout of malaria vaccines would save many lives

But someone needs to pay for it—just when aid budgets are being slashed

economist.com

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Diana Strassmann @dstrassmann.bsky.social · Mar 25

Texas - the pro death state

ProPublica @propublica.org · Mar 24

Dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since the state banned abortion, our analysis shows.

As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.

Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.

ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.

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Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · Mar 23

Imagine thinking a guy who charges around $100K for a vehicle with glued on metal panels that just fall off is the one to be trusted anywhere near our government.

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Diana Strassmann @dstrassmann.bsky.social · Mar 23

That’s what liars do. Let’s hold his feet to the fire

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Mar 23

Presented with evidence that innocent people who are not members of any gang were wrongly deported to a slave prison in El Salvador, Homan flatly insists that all of them were in fact gang members (but he's unwilling to detail any evidence showing it)

Diana Strassmann @dstrassmann.bsky.social · Mar 23

Cruel

Keith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · Mar 23

Rodney Taylor is a beloved Georgia barber who came to the United States from Liberia with his mother when he was only two years old. He applied for citizenship but was denied. But this year, ICE arrested him, locked him up, and has scheduled him to be deported to a faraway country he's never known.

Recently engaged, beloved barber arrested by ICE | How his immigration story is questioning the system

Rodney Taylor, a Georgia barber, has been pursuing permanent residency for years. Now, he faces deportation to Liberia despite being in the U.S. since childhood.

www.11alive.com

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Diana Strassmann @dstrassmann.bsky.social · Mar 20

What a total racist

Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · Mar 20

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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · Mar 19

The administration is removing phone support for Soc Security recipients. Making it more difficult for seniors to get their checks. It’s a back door way to cut SS benefits. Horrific.

If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved

benefit.me

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Diana Strassmann @dstrassmann.bsky.social · Mar 17

Spring is coming, and azaleas are in full bloom. Despite all, there is still much beauty in the world.

Diana Strassmann @dstrassmann.bsky.social · Mar 15

Musk is the epitome of white supremacy, thinking he is so special that his life and those of his friends is worth depriving so many others of their lives Hundreds of Thousands Will Die www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-...

Hundreds of Thousands Will Die

The writer, surgeon, and former U.S.A.I.D. administrator Atul Gawande on the Trump Administration’s decimation of foreign aid and the consequences around the world.

www.newyorker.com