Irishyankee811
@irishyankee811.bsky.social
Retired psychotherapist and alcohol/drug counselor. Nature lover. Avid reader. History buff. Art lover. New Englander. Enjoys travel, culture. Married with adult kids.
My latest @npr.org story: USPS mail carriers interviewing households for the #2030Census is part of a Trump administration pitch to take over the Postal Service, which Congress set up to be independent of the White House. I wrote about the legal and logistical hurdles, plus privatization fears
Postal workers conducting the census is part of a Trump pitch for a USPS takeover
The Trump administration has suggested bringing the U.S. Postal Service under White House control, and having mail carriers conduct the census. Here's what to know about the controversial ideas.
www.npr.org
March 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Looking for mrjesseduquette, political cartoonist. He was removed from the meta platforms.
March 7, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Looking for mrjesseduquette, political cartoonist. He was removed from the meta platforms.
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“They spent years in jail.”
No they didn’t. #January6thInsurrection was only four years ago.
Most have spent less than 2 years.
Good job Donald! Your own personal violent militia. 🪶😡 #ImpeachTrumpNow
No they didn’t. #January6thInsurrection was only four years ago.
Most have spent less than 2 years.
Good job Donald! Your own personal violent militia. 🪶😡 #ImpeachTrumpNow
January 23, 2025 at 4:04 AM
“They spent years in jail.”
No they didn’t. #January6thInsurrection was only four years ago.
Most have spent less than 2 years.
Good job Donald! Your own personal violent militia. 🪶😡 #ImpeachTrumpNow
No they didn’t. #January6thInsurrection was only four years ago.
Most have spent less than 2 years.
Good job Donald! Your own personal violent militia. 🪶😡 #ImpeachTrumpNow
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Pete Hegseth’s nomination to lead the Pentagon clears a key hurdle in the Senate - NBC News
January 23, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Pete Hegseth’s nomination to lead the Pentagon clears a key hurdle in the Senate - NBC News
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15 years after Citizens United, which transformed every corporate treasury in America into a potential political slush fund, we now see the result: government of billionaires, by oligarchs, for plutocrats.
January 21, 2025 at 10:20 PM
15 years after Citizens United, which transformed every corporate treasury in America into a potential political slush fund, we now see the result: government of billionaires, by oligarchs, for plutocrats.
We managed to get through the day without news from Washington DC. Read a speech by MLK.
January 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM
We managed to get through the day without news from Washington DC. Read a speech by MLK.
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We need leaders not in love with money but in love with justice. Not in love with publicity but in love with humanity."
—Martin Luther King, Jr.
—Martin Luther King, Jr.
January 20, 2025 at 10:17 PM
We need leaders not in love with money but in love with justice. Not in love with publicity but in love with humanity."
—Martin Luther King, Jr.
—Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Pestilence dispensing raw milk in the 1880s. One might have thought we would have gotten beyond this but apparently ignorance is bliss.
January 19, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Pestilence dispensing raw milk in the 1880s. One might have thought we would have gotten beyond this but apparently ignorance is bliss.
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A reminder that what #Meta is doing is targeted solely at the #USA to appease the incoming #Musk / #Trump administration. If Meta wants to continue operating around the world, it has to continue to conform to the laws and regulations in those places. #EU
Meta has "no plans to end fact-checking in the EU", the company clarified and "will review its EU content moderation obligations before making changes" www.politico.eu/article/mark...
Zuck goes full Musk, dumps Facebook fact-checking program
Meta will replace it with so-called community notes like on the X platform. The content moderation changes won’t be rolled out in the EU for now.
www.politico.eu
January 8, 2025 at 12:56 PM