Erin
@erinbythesea.bsky.social
Observer, Rain Measurer. Land, Ocean, & Clean Air Appreciator. Mother of life-long learners.
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CW: protester being struck in the head by a pepper ball
Footage I took earlier of the moment Reverend David Black, a regular protester outside of the Broadview Detention Center, was shot in the head with a pepper ball by ICE agents on the roof of the facility.
Footage I took earlier of the moment Reverend David Black, a regular protester outside of the Broadview Detention Center, was shot in the head with a pepper ball by ICE agents on the roof of the facility.
September 20, 2025 at 2:22 AM
CW: protester being struck in the head by a pepper ball
Footage I took earlier of the moment Reverend David Black, a regular protester outside of the Broadview Detention Center, was shot in the head with a pepper ball by ICE agents on the roof of the facility.
Footage I took earlier of the moment Reverend David Black, a regular protester outside of the Broadview Detention Center, was shot in the head with a pepper ball by ICE agents on the roof of the facility.
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The guy that ordered 8 fighter jets to perform a low altitude fly-over in an effort to drown out Epstein survivors is the same guy who wants you to believe he's innocent.
September 4, 2025 at 2:30 AM
The guy that ordered 8 fighter jets to perform a low altitude fly-over in an effort to drown out Epstein survivors is the same guy who wants you to believe he's innocent.
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As we await the Trump-Putin summit here in Anchorage, keep in mind that when Trump and others speak of “swapping” territory to reach a peace deal in Ukraine, all the territory under discussion is Ukrainian territory, taken by Russia by force.
August 15, 2025 at 3:35 AM
As we await the Trump-Putin summit here in Anchorage, keep in mind that when Trump and others speak of “swapping” territory to reach a peace deal in Ukraine, all the territory under discussion is Ukrainian territory, taken by Russia by force.
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The media assumes Trump is full of shit
The markets assume Trump is full of shit
Voters assume Trump is full of shit
But what if they're wrong & we're speeding toward failed state territory?
Even optimistically we're at the mercy of an aspiring autocrat who's unhinged & fixated on hurting people
The markets assume Trump is full of shit
Voters assume Trump is full of shit
But what if they're wrong & we're speeding toward failed state territory?
Even optimistically we're at the mercy of an aspiring autocrat who's unhinged & fixated on hurting people
July 22, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The media assumes Trump is full of shit
The markets assume Trump is full of shit
Voters assume Trump is full of shit
But what if they're wrong & we're speeding toward failed state territory?
Even optimistically we're at the mercy of an aspiring autocrat who's unhinged & fixated on hurting people
The markets assume Trump is full of shit
Voters assume Trump is full of shit
But what if they're wrong & we're speeding toward failed state territory?
Even optimistically we're at the mercy of an aspiring autocrat who's unhinged & fixated on hurting people
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"Accordingly, it is my pleasure and my honor to announce my nomination of Jerome Powell to be the next Chairman of the Federal Reserve." - Donald Trump
July 16, 2025 at 9:17 PM
"Accordingly, it is my pleasure and my honor to announce my nomination of Jerome Powell to be the next Chairman of the Federal Reserve." - Donald Trump
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ALERT:
Former Justice Dept official to CBS News - "The rules don't exist anymore"
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Former Justice Dept official to CBS News - "The rules don't exist anymore"
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July 11, 2025 at 1:38 AM
ALERT:
Former Justice Dept official to CBS News - "The rules don't exist anymore"
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Former Justice Dept official to CBS News - "The rules don't exist anymore"
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“ICE will have twice as many agents as the FBI and will have its own huge and growing prison system (which it operates independently) as its masked and un-uniformed officers continue to snatch people off of the streets and mete out violence as they see fit.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-americ...
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-americ...
The American Police State Is Here
ICE is about to eclipse the FBI as America's most important law enforcement agency. That's bad. Super-duper bad.
www.thebulwark.com
July 8, 2025 at 6:02 PM
“ICE will have twice as many agents as the FBI and will have its own huge and growing prison system (which it operates independently) as its masked and un-uniformed officers continue to snatch people off of the streets and mete out violence as they see fit.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-americ...
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-americ...
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Can ICE agents be re-purposed to help with natural disasters like floods or are they only good as masked kidnappers?
July 5, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Can ICE agents be re-purposed to help with natural disasters like floods or are they only good as masked kidnappers?
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There have been claims that NOAA/NWS did not foresee catastrophic TX floods--but that's simply not true. This was undoubtedly an extreme event, but messaging rapidly escalated beginning ~12 hrs prior. Flood Watch mid PM, "heads up" outlook late PM, flash flood warnings ~1am.
WPC issued as many as six MPDs for the deadly flash flooding in the TX Hill Country starting yesterday evening and lasting through much of today. The first MPD generally set the stage for what was to come, while the next three shown were as the event unfolded.
July 5, 2025 at 3:50 PM
There have been claims that NOAA/NWS did not foresee catastrophic TX floods--but that's simply not true. This was undoubtedly an extreme event, but messaging rapidly escalated beginning ~12 hrs prior. Flood Watch mid PM, "heads up" outlook late PM, flash flood warnings ~1am.
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Today proves that Republicans were serious about one promise: to cut taxes for the wealthy. All the rest was bullshit.
July 3, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Today proves that Republicans were serious about one promise: to cut taxes for the wealthy. All the rest was bullshit.
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If you wanted to cause long term damage to the economic future of the United States, it’s hard to imagine a better way to do it than forcing scientific talent to go elsewhere.
It’s almost like the long term damage is the point.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
It’s almost like the long term damage is the point.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Scientists warn US will lose a generation of talent because of Trump cuts
Political interference and chaotic cuts to staff, programs and grants at the National Science Foundation are producing ‘devastating consequences’
www.theguardian.com
July 3, 2025 at 4:33 PM
If you wanted to cause long term damage to the economic future of the United States, it’s hard to imagine a better way to do it than forcing scientific talent to go elsewhere.
It’s almost like the long term damage is the point.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
It’s almost like the long term damage is the point.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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With the gigantic budget increases for ICE, the militarization of our city streets, the new high-capacity for-profit concentration camps, the SCOTUS-blessed legal protections for violent right-wing criminals, and the criminalization of free thought, we are now a totalitarian police state.
June 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
With the gigantic budget increases for ICE, the militarization of our city streets, the new high-capacity for-profit concentration camps, the SCOTUS-blessed legal protections for violent right-wing criminals, and the criminalization of free thought, we are now a totalitarian police state.
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I remember when Obama was supposed to be ushering in sharia law, too.
And yet here we are. Un-sharia’d.
And yet here we are. Un-sharia’d.
June 27, 2025 at 3:21 AM
I remember when Obama was supposed to be ushering in sharia law, too.
And yet here we are. Un-sharia’d.
And yet here we are. Un-sharia’d.
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MUST WATCH: Rep. Kim Schrier calls out RFK Jr.’s lies
June 24, 2025 at 10:50 PM
MUST WATCH: Rep. Kim Schrier calls out RFK Jr.’s lies
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If Democrats truly want to appeal to young men, they should probably start presenting themselves as the party that definitively *won’t* draft you into an illegal war.
June 22, 2025 at 6:42 PM
If Democrats truly want to appeal to young men, they should probably start presenting themselves as the party that definitively *won’t* draft you into an illegal war.
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AOC: “It is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment.”
June 22, 2025 at 2:03 AM
AOC: “It is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment.”
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If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people:
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
June 22, 2025 at 2:47 AM
If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people:
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
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BREAKING: In a unanimous decision, a federal court of appeals has ruled that Louisiana's law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in all public school classrooms is unconstitutional.
We’ll keep saying it: Public schools are not Sunday schools.
We’ll keep saying it: Public schools are not Sunday schools.
June 20, 2025 at 7:50 PM
BREAKING: In a unanimous decision, a federal court of appeals has ruled that Louisiana's law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in all public school classrooms is unconstitutional.
We’ll keep saying it: Public schools are not Sunday schools.
We’ll keep saying it: Public schools are not Sunday schools.
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Since it is Juneteenth, I will share a lil something...
My ancestors were slaves in Texas & were freed on June 19, 1865. They came together to meet with other ex-slaves & formed the Limestone County 19th of June Organization. They bought 30 acres of land on Lake Mexia.
My ancestors were slaves in Texas & were freed on June 19, 1865. They came together to meet with other ex-slaves & formed the Limestone County 19th of June Organization. They bought 30 acres of land on Lake Mexia.
June 19, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Since it is Juneteenth, I will share a lil something...
My ancestors were slaves in Texas & were freed on June 19, 1865. They came together to meet with other ex-slaves & formed the Limestone County 19th of June Organization. They bought 30 acres of land on Lake Mexia.
My ancestors were slaves in Texas & were freed on June 19, 1865. They came together to meet with other ex-slaves & formed the Limestone County 19th of June Organization. They bought 30 acres of land on Lake Mexia.
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I googled to see who this guy is and the first image was of him standing in front of the White House showing off his press pass.
June 16, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I googled to see who this guy is and the first image was of him standing in front of the White House showing off his press pass.
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Utah voters: Are these really your values? Mike Lee is the best you can do?
June 16, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Utah voters: Are these really your values? Mike Lee is the best you can do?
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If the United States saw what the United States is doing in the United States, the United States would invade the United States to liberate the United States from the tyranny of the United States.
June 13, 2025 at 7:24 PM
If the United States saw what the United States is doing in the United States, the United States would invade the United States to liberate the United States from the tyranny of the United States.
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ICE kidnaps Albuquerque man...
“They just pulled him out of the car, threw him on the ground, putting their feet on his back and head....
lifted him up by his neck and forced him into the truck”
He disappeared and is not listed as being in custody
Reports @patricklohmann.bsky.social
“They just pulled him out of the car, threw him on the ground, putting their feet on his back and head....
lifted him up by his neck and forced him into the truck”
He disappeared and is not listed as being in custody
Reports @patricklohmann.bsky.social
ICE arrested an Albuquerque man. He ended up in the hospital. Now no one knows where he is. • Source New Mexico
Last Saturday around 8 a.m., as she followed her husband to a mechanic in Albuquerque’s South Valley, Daniela Marina Diaz-Ortiz says she and her 5-year-old daughter watched, terrified, as federal immi...
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June 11, 2025 at 11:19 PM
ICE kidnaps Albuquerque man...
“They just pulled him out of the car, threw him on the ground, putting their feet on his back and head....
lifted him up by his neck and forced him into the truck”
He disappeared and is not listed as being in custody
Reports @patricklohmann.bsky.social
“They just pulled him out of the car, threw him on the ground, putting their feet on his back and head....
lifted him up by his neck and forced him into the truck”
He disappeared and is not listed as being in custody
Reports @patricklohmann.bsky.social
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AP footage of Senator Alex Padilla being physically removed from Kristi Noem's press conference about the LA @schiff.senate.gov @congresstran.bsky.social
Thank you, Senator @padilla.senate.gov
Thank you, Senator @padilla.senate.gov
June 12, 2025 at 6:07 PM
AP footage of Senator Alex Padilla being physically removed from Kristi Noem's press conference about the LA @schiff.senate.gov @congresstran.bsky.social
Thank you, Senator @padilla.senate.gov
Thank you, Senator @padilla.senate.gov