HBB
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Let’s do this. She/Her/Hers.
(This is my fully political account. @hollybbronson is my everything account.)
(This is my fully political account. @hollybbronson is my everything account.)
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(2/2) Several OR cities are dealing with this due to property tax compression from taxes passed in the 90s, but no other city of Salem’s size in OR has even THOUGHT about shuttering their libraries. City Manager and Council seem all for funding the cops though!!
More at savesalemlibrary.carrd.co
More at savesalemlibrary.carrd.co
Save Salem Public Library (OR)
Act now to help Salem, Oregon residents protect their public library from further defunding and loss of staff.
savesalemlibrary.carrd.co
January 24, 2025 at 3:49 AM
(2/2) Several OR cities are dealing with this due to property tax compression from taxes passed in the 90s, but no other city of Salem’s size in OR has even THOUGHT about shuttering their libraries. City Manager and Council seem all for funding the cops though!!
More at savesalemlibrary.carrd.co
More at savesalemlibrary.carrd.co
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Okay, I’m hoping this will gain some traction on Bluesky *inhales* SALEM PUBLIC LIBRARY IN OREGON IS IN DANGER OF CLOSING. This sets a dangerous precedent for state capital libraries!!
This is a continuation of the saga from last year, when we were saved at the last second by the then-mayor. (1/2)
This is a continuation of the saga from last year, when we were saved at the last second by the then-mayor. (1/2)
January 24, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Okay, I’m hoping this will gain some traction on Bluesky *inhales* SALEM PUBLIC LIBRARY IN OREGON IS IN DANGER OF CLOSING. This sets a dangerous precedent for state capital libraries!!
This is a continuation of the saga from last year, when we were saved at the last second by the then-mayor. (1/2)
This is a continuation of the saga from last year, when we were saved at the last second by the then-mayor. (1/2)
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“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
January 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
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Trump has deployed active military to help round up migrants and put them into detention camps.
The military forced us out of our homes at gunpoint in 1942 because we were considered possibly disloyal Americans. They sent us to internment camps for four years.
History is repeating. Pay attention.
The military forced us out of our homes at gunpoint in 1942 because we were considered possibly disloyal Americans. They sent us to internment camps for four years.
History is repeating. Pay attention.
January 23, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Trump has deployed active military to help round up migrants and put them into detention camps.
The military forced us out of our homes at gunpoint in 1942 because we were considered possibly disloyal Americans. They sent us to internment camps for four years.
History is repeating. Pay attention.
The military forced us out of our homes at gunpoint in 1942 because we were considered possibly disloyal Americans. They sent us to internment camps for four years.
History is repeating. Pay attention.
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When a single billionaire can accumulate more money in 10 seconds than their employees make in one year, while workers struggle to meet the basic cost of rent and medicine, then yes, every billionaire really is a policy failure.
Read our op-ed here ⤵️
Read our op-ed here ⤵️
Billionaires Should Not Exist
Yes, every billionaire really is a policy failure.
www.teenvogue.com
January 23, 2025 at 10:19 PM
When a single billionaire can accumulate more money in 10 seconds than their employees make in one year, while workers struggle to meet the basic cost of rent and medicine, then yes, every billionaire really is a policy failure.
Read our op-ed here ⤵️
Read our op-ed here ⤵️
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Hey Federal and other public sector workers: we appreciate you and your work matters.
January 24, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Hey Federal and other public sector workers: we appreciate you and your work matters.
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“They’re a BRICS nation, Spain. Do you know what a BRICS nation is? You’ll figure it out,” he told the reporter from the presidential desk in the Oval Office.”
But they're not.
BRICS = Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa
apnews.com/article/trum...
But they're not.
BRICS = Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump mistakes Spain for a member of the BRICS bloc and repeats the threat of massive tariffs
U.S. president Donald Trump has apparently confused Spain for a member of the BRICS bloc of developing economies, causing some head-scratching and jitters over possible tariffs in Madrid.
apnews.com
January 22, 2025 at 2:54 AM
“They’re a BRICS nation, Spain. Do you know what a BRICS nation is? You’ll figure it out,” he told the reporter from the presidential desk in the Oval Office.”
But they're not.
BRICS = Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa
apnews.com/article/trum...
But they're not.
BRICS = Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa
apnews.com/article/trum...
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The folks obsessively posting about egg prices for the past few years have gone strangely quiet just as egg prices hit an all-time high.
January 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
The folks obsessively posting about egg prices for the past few years have gone strangely quiet just as egg prices hit an all-time high.
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If DOGE were serious, it would also eliminate the nickel, which costs 13.78 cents to make. It was first issued in 1866, when it had roughly the same purchasing power as a dollar today.
January 23, 2025 at 10:48 PM
If DOGE were serious, it would also eliminate the nickel, which costs 13.78 cents to make. It was first issued in 1866, when it had roughly the same purchasing power as a dollar today.
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The U.S. stockmarket falls both when:
1. The U.S. announces new tariffs (dark blue bars)
2. Other countries announce retaliatory tariffs (light blue and gray bars)
We lose both on the punch and counterpunch.
(Source: Goldman)
1. The U.S. announces new tariffs (dark blue bars)
2. Other countries announce retaliatory tariffs (light blue and gray bars)
We lose both on the punch and counterpunch.
(Source: Goldman)
January 24, 2025 at 11:14 AM
The U.S. stockmarket falls both when:
1. The U.S. announces new tariffs (dark blue bars)
2. Other countries announce retaliatory tariffs (light blue and gray bars)
We lose both on the punch and counterpunch.
(Source: Goldman)
1. The U.S. announces new tariffs (dark blue bars)
2. Other countries announce retaliatory tariffs (light blue and gray bars)
We lose both on the punch and counterpunch.
(Source: Goldman)
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The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH**
* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
Egg prices are soaring again. Here’s why and what to expect
Bird flu has killed millions of hens in recent weeks, shrinking the supply of eggs and hiking up prices at grocery stores.
www.kcur.org
January 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH**
* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
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Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Matt Reuter. #NewYorkerCartoons
January 23, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Matt Reuter. #NewYorkerCartoons
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With ICE raids already starting, remember this when you get asked if you've seen anyone they're looking for,
NO
I don't remember
I haven't seen anyone
I don't know
Fuck off
Ok, maybe not the last one, but erase your memory
Be an ally
NO
I don't remember
I haven't seen anyone
I don't know
Fuck off
Ok, maybe not the last one, but erase your memory
Be an ally
January 23, 2025 at 2:53 AM
With ICE raids already starting, remember this when you get asked if you've seen anyone they're looking for,
NO
I don't remember
I haven't seen anyone
I don't know
Fuck off
Ok, maybe not the last one, but erase your memory
Be an ally
NO
I don't remember
I haven't seen anyone
I don't know
Fuck off
Ok, maybe not the last one, but erase your memory
Be an ally
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Mockler: What message would you have for Trump?
Warren: Live up to your promise. You ran for office saying you were going to make life better—well then, do it. Renaming the Gulf of Mexico, pardoning people who beat up police officers—that’s not making life better for everyday Americans.
Warren: Live up to your promise. You ran for office saying you were going to make life better—well then, do it. Renaming the Gulf of Mexico, pardoning people who beat up police officers—that’s not making life better for everyday Americans.
January 24, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Mockler: What message would you have for Trump?
Warren: Live up to your promise. You ran for office saying you were going to make life better—well then, do it. Renaming the Gulf of Mexico, pardoning people who beat up police officers—that’s not making life better for everyday Americans.
Warren: Live up to your promise. You ran for office saying you were going to make life better—well then, do it. Renaming the Gulf of Mexico, pardoning people who beat up police officers—that’s not making life better for everyday Americans.
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16 of the 26 Day One executive orders signed by Trump were ripped straight from the pages of Project 2025.
Russ Vought, an architect of Project 2025, testifies before the Senate today as Trump's OMB nominee.
Project 2025 was always the MAGA agenda.
Russ Vought, an architect of Project 2025, testifies before the Senate today as Trump's OMB nominee.
Project 2025 was always the MAGA agenda.
Trump’s First Orders Parrot Project 2025 Manifesto He Disavowed
After distancing himself from the corporate policy agenda during his campaign, President Donald Trump is issuing executive orders torn straight from its pages.
www.levernews.com
January 22, 2025 at 6:51 PM
16 of the 26 Day One executive orders signed by Trump were ripped straight from the pages of Project 2025.
Russ Vought, an architect of Project 2025, testifies before the Senate today as Trump's OMB nominee.
Project 2025 was always the MAGA agenda.
Russ Vought, an architect of Project 2025, testifies before the Senate today as Trump's OMB nominee.
Project 2025 was always the MAGA agenda.
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Pamela Hemphill, who served 60 days in prison for her role in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, said she did not want a pardon. “Absolutely not,” Hemphill said. “It’s an insult to the Capitol Police.” nyti.ms/4hmt67M
January 23, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Pamela Hemphill, who served 60 days in prison for her role in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, said she did not want a pardon. “Absolutely not,” Hemphill said. “It’s an insult to the Capitol Police.” nyti.ms/4hmt67M
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NEW: Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, a Democrat, just announced she's launching a campaign for governor.
January 22, 2025 at 1:20 PM
NEW: Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, a Democrat, just announced she's launching a campaign for governor.
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I am excited to endorse Jocelyn Benson for Governor of Michigan. We share a passion for marathon running. Just as she has conquered the miles, I am confident she will tackle the challenges facing Michigan with the same determination and spirit she exhibits as Michigan's Secretary of State.
January 23, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I am excited to endorse Jocelyn Benson for Governor of Michigan. We share a passion for marathon running. Just as she has conquered the miles, I am confident she will tackle the challenges facing Michigan with the same determination and spirit she exhibits as Michigan's Secretary of State.
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The “A” in DEIA stands for accessibility. Federal workers with disabilities, including many veterans, deserve respect and the opportunity to work in public service. A diverse, equitable, inclusive, and accessible workplace makes public service better and makes everyone’s lives better.
January 23, 2025 at 12:35 AM
The “A” in DEIA stands for accessibility. Federal workers with disabilities, including many veterans, deserve respect and the opportunity to work in public service. A diverse, equitable, inclusive, and accessible workplace makes public service better and makes everyone’s lives better.
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Devastating for scientists and their research, and everyone who benefits from that research.
I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.
I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.
NIH appears to have canceled/postponed all of its study sections—the independent review panels that approve federal grants for health research.
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
January 22, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Devastating for scientists and their research, and everyone who benefits from that research.
I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.
I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.
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Leopard journalism is on a roll.
The evidence that Trump is hurting his own voters—and may have decided he no longer cares what they think, as he personally won’t need their votes again—is mounting. Indeed, it’s already a veritable mountain.
Enjoy another fact-filled report in this ongoing series.
The evidence that Trump is hurting his own voters—and may have decided he no longer cares what they think, as he personally won’t need their votes again—is mounting. Indeed, it’s already a veritable mountain.
Enjoy another fact-filled report in this ongoing series.
It’s Day 3 of a Disastrous Presidency and the Numbers Are In: No One Likes What Donald Trump Is Doing—Including MAGAs
So who exactly is he doing all this for?
sethabramson.substack.com
January 23, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Leopard journalism is on a roll.
The evidence that Trump is hurting his own voters—and may have decided he no longer cares what they think, as he personally won’t need their votes again—is mounting. Indeed, it’s already a veritable mountain.
Enjoy another fact-filled report in this ongoing series.
The evidence that Trump is hurting his own voters—and may have decided he no longer cares what they think, as he personally won’t need their votes again—is mounting. Indeed, it’s already a veritable mountain.
Enjoy another fact-filled report in this ongoing series.
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Trump is moving to close down the Civilian Protection Center of Excellence (CP CoE) at the Department of Defense.
The CP CoE is responsible for helping to mitigate civilian casualties and responding to civilian harm in active combat environments.
The CP CoE is responsible for helping to mitigate civilian casualties and responding to civilian harm in active combat environments.
January 23, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Trump is moving to close down the Civilian Protection Center of Excellence (CP CoE) at the Department of Defense.
The CP CoE is responsible for helping to mitigate civilian casualties and responding to civilian harm in active combat environments.
The CP CoE is responsible for helping to mitigate civilian casualties and responding to civilian harm in active combat environments.