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Elle MacNab
@ellemacnab.bsky.social
A NorCal resident hoping to make this world a better place.

https://ellemacnab.blogspot.com
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Save #NOAA
Weather forecasts are a public good.
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NOAA firings hit the birthplace of weather and climate forecasting
Dismissed researchers were improving severe weather predictions
www.science.org
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A majority of Marketplace enrollees, regardless of partisanship, say that health insurance is “very important” to their financial wellbeing, their peace of mind, and their ability to access health care.
December 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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ProPublica examined months of Fox News’ coverage and reviewed over 700 videos posted on social media.

The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
“Riots Raging”: The Misleading Story Fox News Told About Portland Before Trump Sent Troops
After reviewing coverage from the network and hours of social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision, ProPublica found that Fox’s portrayal of “Portland rioters” routinely instigating violence wa...
www.propublica.org
December 5, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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Raskin wrote in his letter, “President Trump increasingly appears to be exercising direct control over CBS’s editorial decisions, destroying CBS’s ‘journalistic integrity’ while violating its right to be free from governmental coercion and manipulation.” deadline.com/2025/12/trum...
Jamie Raskin Files Complaint To CBS News Ombudsman Over ‘60 Minutes’ Edits To Donald Trump Interview
Jamie Raskin filed a formal complaint over the way that CBS News edited its Donald Trump interview.
deadline.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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Trump just pardoned a known drug smuggling conspirator who was set to spend 40+ years in jail.

Why? The reasons may surprise you.
youtu.be/Rar0jTtghFE?si
Trump’s Inexplicable Pardon
YouTube video by Sen. Adam Schiff
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December 4, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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Costco just broke ranks with the majority of corporate America, suing the Trump administration on Friday for allegedly overstepping its authority to impose sweeping tariffs this year — and demanding its money back if the Supreme Court ultimately strikes them down. | Analysis https://cnn.it/48dmebg
December 3, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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This Giving Tuesday, independent local news matters more than ever. Without reporters sniffing around, asking hard questions or writing about a neighborhood's triumphs, our sense of community + trust in leaders fades fast.

Donate to support our team: blockclubchi.co/4pHhJvl
December 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Context
December 2, 2025 at 5:38 AM
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Disabled people were one of the first groups targeted by the Nazis.

They coined the term “useless eaters”.

They tested the gas chambers on us.

They knew most people wouldn’t fight to save our lives.

That’s why the President using the R slur is so dangerous.

We’re not expendable
December 1, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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(🚨) BREAKING: Hegseth Actually Committed *Multiple* War Crimes on *Multiple* Dates, As Did the Soldiers Who Followed His Criminal Orders
US military carried out second strike killing survivors on a suspected drug boat that had already been attacked, sources say | CNN Politics
The US military carried out a follow-up strike on a suspected drug vessel operating in the Caribbean on September 2 after an initial attack did not kill everyone on board, sources familiar with the ma...
www.cnn.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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Trump's Ukraine "peace" plan is a profit scheme: let Russia keep stolen territory, rebuild for U.S. gain. That's not defending democracy-it's selling it off.
Trump’s $2 Trillion Plan to Cash in on Ukraine ‘Peace’ Leaks
A Wall Street Journal report details how profit is at the center of Trump’s “peace” talks.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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I was really thrilled to get to work on The WIRED Guide to Digital Opsec for Teens with @aumasson.jp. I think we did a good job but also apologies in advance to the teens that we tried to make jokes and generally Be Chill. Also no paywall to make it easier to share! www.wired.com/story/digita...
The WIRED Guide to Digital Opsec for Teens
Practicing good “operations security” is essential to staying safe online. Here's a complete guide for teenagers (and anyone else) who wants to button up their digital lives.
www.wired.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Friends don’t let friends buy from corporations that enable Trump’s fascist agenda: weaintbuyingit.com/?utm_source=bluesky
November 28, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Elliott Erwitt, 1988
November 27, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Sigh

Listen.

Vote for democrats.
November 26, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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🍂🍁 Celebrating the last bit of fall in my favorite vest! 🍂🍁

ellemacnab.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-...
The Down Vest (my armor)
A quirky blog with musings about life, writing and chocolate cake.
ellemacnab.blogspot.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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While this NYT article pulls punches on Trump's madness, impulsivity, and delusions, it's useful in that it creates space for other articles about Trump's age and clear cognitive and physical decline to follow. Gift link.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Shorter Days, Signs of Fatigue: Trump Faces Realities of Aging in Office
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:33 AM
🍂🍁 Celebrating the last bit of fall in my favorite vest! 🍂🍁

ellemacnab.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-...
The Down Vest (my armor)
A quirky blog with musings about life, writing and chocolate cake.
ellemacnab.blogspot.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Mark Kelly: "My wife, Gabby Giffords, meeting with her constituents, shot in the head. Six people killed around her, a horrific thing. She spent six months in the hospital. We know what political violence is and we know what causes it too, The statements that Donald Trump made incites others."
November 25, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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The number of ways this is disgraceful behavior from the Secretary of Defense is...a lot.

Service members do have a duty to refuse illegal orders

All Americans have a 1st Amendment right to say that out loud.
Hegseth is now threatening to recall Sen. Mark Kelly to active duty in order to court martial him.
November 24, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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If you read Tatiana Schlossberg’s essay in the New Yorker yesterday and want to learn more about her work, here’s an interview she sat down for when she was promoting her book “Inconspicuous Consumption.”
Tatiana Schlossberg On The Power Of Our ‘Inconspicuous Consumption’
A new report finds global efforts to combat climate change over the past several years have been "gravely insufficient,” and according to the Global Commission on Adaptation, it's not so much money, but rather a lack of political leadership that's the source of the problem. A new book from former New York Times science reporter Tatiana Schlossberg details ways in which our everyday choices in clothing, technology, food and fuel contribute to the problem — and how consumers can make a difference by demanding more of the companies and governments behind the systems at play. Jim Braude was joined by Tatiana Schlossberg.
bit.ly
November 23, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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The oldest brewing school in the U.S. is leaving Chicago for Canada, citing Trump visa restrictions. blockclubchi.co/4oaLGmn
November 23, 2025 at 10:01 PM
haircut reveal
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
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November 23, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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„Quiet, Piggy!“ Just think about that for a minute, and what it means to live in a time when a President can assault a woman in public like that without any consequences.
It‘s quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.
November 23, 2025 at 6:09 PM