Betty
@esmenkin.bsky.social
Retired MD, raising future service dogs, Sienna-van camping, attending YouTube University for home repairs/camping/solar/succulents/…
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harris out with a better statement than schiff
BREAKING: Kamala Harris issues statement on Los Angeles.
June 9, 2025 at 12:01 AM
harris out with a better statement than schiff
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THIS is what I’m talking about. I hope this letter is followed by legal action. He’s not my favorite, but thanks to @governor.ca.gov for responding to our calls to act.
June 9, 2025 at 12:06 AM
THIS is what I’m talking about. I hope this letter is followed by legal action. He’s not my favorite, but thanks to @governor.ca.gov for responding to our calls to act.
Chris Hedges sums up where we are and how we got here: open.substack.com/pub/michaelm...
American Idiot(s)
There is an explanation to the madness we are witnessing — and, once again, the conscience of the country, the Pulitzer Prize winner Chris Hedges, tells us exactly what we don’t want to hear.
open.substack.com
June 9, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Chris Hedges sums up where we are and how we got here: open.substack.com/pub/michaelm...
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When non-citizens reside with you in your land, you shall not wrong them. Rather, the non-citizens who reside with you shall be to you as your citizens; you shall love each one as yourself, for you were non-citizens in the land of Egypt: I God am your God.
Leviticus 19:33-34
Leviticus 19:33-34
🚨 Support Los Angeles immigrant communities 🚨
Please consider donating to one or all of the following orgs:
Immigrant Defenders Law Center: give.immdef.org/donate
LA Jail Support / Bail Fund:
account.venmo.com/u/jailsuppor...
Unión del Barrio:
uniondelbarrio.org/main/support...
Please consider donating to one or all of the following orgs:
Immigrant Defenders Law Center: give.immdef.org/donate
LA Jail Support / Bail Fund:
account.venmo.com/u/jailsuppor...
Unión del Barrio:
uniondelbarrio.org/main/support...
June 9, 2025 at 12:11 AM
When non-citizens reside with you in your land, you shall not wrong them. Rather, the non-citizens who reside with you shall be to you as your citizens; you shall love each one as yourself, for you were non-citizens in the land of Egypt: I God am your God.
Leviticus 19:33-34
Leviticus 19:33-34
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ABC wants to stifle freedom of speech now. Was anything Moran said untrue? Nope.
June 8, 2025 at 9:28 PM
ABC wants to stifle freedom of speech now. Was anything Moran said untrue? Nope.
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Trump has fantasized about creating a new fascist zone in Gaza (with Trump hotels).
We're watching networked, crypto-financed anti-democratic extremism cloaked in innovation language.
Fascism disguised as disruption.
Sovereignty sold to the highest bidder. www.techpolicy.press/trumps-gaza-...
We're watching networked, crypto-financed anti-democratic extremism cloaked in innovation language.
Fascism disguised as disruption.
Sovereignty sold to the highest bidder. www.techpolicy.press/trumps-gaza-...
Trump’s Gaza Fantasy and the Network State: The Tech-Fueled Future of Privatized Sovereignty | TechPolicy.Press
We’re watching the rise of a new anti-democratic extremism—networked, crypto-financed, and cloaked in the language of freedom, writes Gil Duran.
www.techpolicy.press
June 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Trump has fantasized about creating a new fascist zone in Gaza (with Trump hotels).
We're watching networked, crypto-financed anti-democratic extremism cloaked in innovation language.
Fascism disguised as disruption.
Sovereignty sold to the highest bidder. www.techpolicy.press/trumps-gaza-...
We're watching networked, crypto-financed anti-democratic extremism cloaked in innovation language.
Fascism disguised as disruption.
Sovereignty sold to the highest bidder. www.techpolicy.press/trumps-gaza-...
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Illuminating convo b/w @hcrichardson.bsky.social & @gilduran.com on the bonkers & utterly dystopian ideology behind the technofascist policies that Trump & his billionaire cronies are determined to impose on the US.
www.theframelab.org/my-talk-with...
www.theframelab.org/my-talk-with...
My talk with Heather Cox Richardson about Tech Fascism
Gil Duran and Heather Cox Richardson discuss Curtis Yarvin, whose Dark Enlightenment ideas inspired tech's NeoReactionary movement and JD Vance
www.theframelab.org
June 8, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Illuminating convo b/w @hcrichardson.bsky.social & @gilduran.com on the bonkers & utterly dystopian ideology behind the technofascist policies that Trump & his billionaire cronies are determined to impose on the US.
www.theframelab.org/my-talk-with...
www.theframelab.org/my-talk-with...
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Law enforcement is violently targeting press at protests around Los Angeles, from easily recognizable "mainstream" outlets to freelancers and independents. ALL press have explicit legal protections in California. #JournalismIsNotACrime.
This evidence thread may get graphic. 🧵👇
This evidence thread may get graphic. 🧵👇
June 8, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Law enforcement is violently targeting press at protests around Los Angeles, from easily recognizable "mainstream" outlets to freelancers and independents. ALL press have explicit legal protections in California. #JournalismIsNotACrime.
This evidence thread may get graphic. 🧵👇
This evidence thread may get graphic. 🧵👇
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Statement from all Democratic governors.
June 8, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Statement from all Democratic governors.
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When Joe Biden did stuff like this, Fox would play the clips over and over like it was as significant as the moon landing
President Trump stumbles while walking up the stairs to Air Force One
June 8, 2025 at 8:39 PM
When Joe Biden did stuff like this, Fox would play the clips over and over like it was as significant as the moon landing
Belle hits the nail on the head. youtu.be/EOEvBdqWN7U?...
Let's talk about LA, Trump, and the National Guard....
YouTube video by Belle of the Ranch
youtu.be
June 8, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Belle hits the nail on the head. youtu.be/EOEvBdqWN7U?...
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My institution will not concede to the lawless and unwarranted retaliation of the Trump administration. In addition to terrorizing our students, this is just the latest in a string of actions meant to destroy Harvard and reshape all of US higher ed in Trump's image. www.harvard.edu/president/ne...
Supporting Our International Students and Scholars
We have just filed a complaint and a motion for a temporary restraining order will follow. As we pursue legal remedies, we will do everything in our power to support our students and scholars. We have...
www.harvard.edu
May 23, 2025 at 2:28 PM
My institution will not concede to the lawless and unwarranted retaliation of the Trump administration. In addition to terrorizing our students, this is just the latest in a string of actions meant to destroy Harvard and reshape all of US higher ed in Trump's image. www.harvard.edu/president/ne...
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Newsom’s authority is explained in footnote 1 here: open.substack.com/pub/stevevla...
156. Federalizing the California National Guard
President Trump's Saturday night "memorandum" federalizing 2000 California National Guard troops is a tentative step toward abusing authorities for domestic use of the military, but a dangerous one.
open.substack.com
June 8, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Newsom’s authority is explained in footnote 1 here: open.substack.com/pub/stevevla...
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"Clearly conveying risks can help: The 1-in-500 death rate from measles far outweighs the extraordinarily rare serious vaccine side effects. That may sound obvious, but it’s often missing from public discussion."
theconversation.com/game-theory-...
theconversation.com/game-theory-...
Game theory explains why reasonable parents make vaccine choices that fuel outbreaks
Vaccine hesitancy isn’t a moral failure – it’s a property of a system in which people must balance personal and collective interests.
theconversation.com
June 8, 2025 at 3:31 AM
"Clearly conveying risks can help: The 1-in-500 death rate from measles far outweighs the extraordinarily rare serious vaccine side effects. That may sound obvious, but it’s often missing from public discussion."
theconversation.com/game-theory-...
theconversation.com/game-theory-...
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Keeping an eye on this. It could be beneficial if blue states joined together to provide essential services to their people.
June 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Keeping an eye on this. It could be beneficial if blue states joined together to provide essential services to their people.
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Goldman: Both of the issues Marjorie Taylor Greene raised—were widely publicized and thoroughly debated in committee and on the House floor.
If you’re publicly admitting that you didn’t know what you were voting on and now regret it—you’re not competent or qualified to serve in Congress.
If you’re publicly admitting that you didn’t know what you were voting on and now regret it—you’re not competent or qualified to serve in Congress.
June 8, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Goldman: Both of the issues Marjorie Taylor Greene raised—were widely publicized and thoroughly debated in committee and on the House floor.
If you’re publicly admitting that you didn’t know what you were voting on and now regret it—you’re not competent or qualified to serve in Congress.
If you’re publicly admitting that you didn’t know what you were voting on and now regret it—you’re not competent or qualified to serve in Congress.
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The federal government is moving to take over the California National Guard and deploy 2,000 soldiers.
That move is purposefully inflammatory and will only escalate tensions.
That move is purposefully inflammatory and will only escalate tensions.
June 8, 2025 at 12:14 AM
The federal government is moving to take over the California National Guard and deploy 2,000 soldiers.
That move is purposefully inflammatory and will only escalate tensions.
That move is purposefully inflammatory and will only escalate tensions.
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Since yesterday, immigration and other law enforcement have inflicted terror and chaos on residents of LA. The leader of California's largest union was among those arrested for protesting ICE's cruelty.
Congress must hold President Trump accountable and stop him from terrorizing our communities.
Congress must hold President Trump accountable and stop him from terrorizing our communities.
ICE launches ‘military-style’ raids in Los Angeles: What we know
More than 40 people arrested by immigration officials in ‘oppressive and vile paramilitary operation’, advocates say.
www.aljazeera.com
June 7, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Since yesterday, immigration and other law enforcement have inflicted terror and chaos on residents of LA. The leader of California's largest union was among those arrested for protesting ICE's cruelty.
Congress must hold President Trump accountable and stop him from terrorizing our communities.
Congress must hold President Trump accountable and stop him from terrorizing our communities.
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Kristi Noem in Feb 2024: If Biden federalizes the National Guard [to handle border issues], we’ve got a war on our hands.”l
Kristi Noem in 2025 as DHS Secretary: …federalizing the National Guard.
Kristi Noem in 2025 as DHS Secretary: …federalizing the National Guard.
June 8, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Kristi Noem in Feb 2024: If Biden federalizes the National Guard [to handle border issues], we’ve got a war on our hands.”l
Kristi Noem in 2025 as DHS Secretary: …federalizing the National Guard.
Kristi Noem in 2025 as DHS Secretary: …federalizing the National Guard.
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My statement on the Antisemitism Awareness Act ahead of tomorrow's Senate markup:
April 29, 2025 at 8:08 PM
My statement on the Antisemitism Awareness Act ahead of tomorrow's Senate markup:
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Denmark aims to eradicate cervical cancer by 2040 thanks to a national HPV vaccination campaign and screening program.
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
Denmark could eradicate cervical cancer by 2040: study
Denmark aims to eradicate cervical cancer by 2040 thanks to a national HPV vaccination campaign and screening programme, the Danish Cancer Society said on Monday.
www.ctvnews.ca
April 16, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Denmark aims to eradicate cervical cancer by 2040 thanks to a national HPV vaccination campaign and screening program.
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
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This is so bleak - people with so little civic commitment that they will break the law to shutter a program centered on civic work
My bff’s son works for Americorps and received a decommissioning letter today. DOGE is gutting the program. I’m so angry and disappointed DOGE would go after a program that does such good work. @marisakabas.bsky.social @kairyssdal.bsky.social @katiephang.bsky.social
April 16, 2025 at 11:15 AM
This is so bleak - people with so little civic commitment that they will break the law to shutter a program centered on civic work
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Ruby Bridges risked everything to integrate Louisiana schools.
Iberville Parish still honors those who fought to keep her out.
One symbolizes bravery. The other symbolizes oppression.
We know who deserves the monument.
#ReclaimHistory #AntiConfederateHistoryMonth
Iberville Parish still honors those who fought to keep her out.
One symbolizes bravery. The other symbolizes oppression.
We know who deserves the monument.
#ReclaimHistory #AntiConfederateHistoryMonth
April 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Ruby Bridges risked everything to integrate Louisiana schools.
Iberville Parish still honors those who fought to keep her out.
One symbolizes bravery. The other symbolizes oppression.
We know who deserves the monument.
#ReclaimHistory #AntiConfederateHistoryMonth
Iberville Parish still honors those who fought to keep her out.
One symbolizes bravery. The other symbolizes oppression.
We know who deserves the monument.
#ReclaimHistory #AntiConfederateHistoryMonth