Meg
@madmegg.bsky.social
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Meg
@madmegg.bsky.social
· Jan 20
'Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal.' -Martin Luther King Jr
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The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
January 7, 2026 at 8:26 PM
The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
What I read this year:
I thoroughly enjoyed every book I read except one, Gravity's Rainbow, which I did not finish reading & did not enjoy after about halfway. Maybe I will enjoy it another year.
I thoroughly enjoyed every book I read except one, Gravity's Rainbow, which I did not finish reading & did not enjoy after about halfway. Maybe I will enjoy it another year.
December 31, 2025 at 7:10 PM
What I read this year:
I thoroughly enjoyed every book I read except one, Gravity's Rainbow, which I did not finish reading & did not enjoy after about halfway. Maybe I will enjoy it another year.
I thoroughly enjoyed every book I read except one, Gravity's Rainbow, which I did not finish reading & did not enjoy after about halfway. Maybe I will enjoy it another year.
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Neo-conservativism presaged Trumpian neo-fascism in several respects. It saw violence as a positive policy option not a defensive last resort. It held laws, norms and the lives of non-white people in total contempt. And many, many centrists either cringed in deference to it or actively collaborated.
Dick Cheney, vice-president and giant of Republican politics, dies aged 84
Dick Cheney, vice-president and giant of Republican politics, dies aged 84
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VP served under presidents from Nixon to George W Bush
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Cheney will be remembered for key role after 9/11
The former White House chief of staff, congressman, secretary of defense and US vice-president Dick Cheney has died, his family has said. He was 84.
A Yale dropout who avoided service in Vietnam, Cheney nonetheless became a giant of Republican politics. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Neo-conservativism presaged Trumpian neo-fascism in several respects. It saw violence as a positive policy option not a defensive last resort. It held laws, norms and the lives of non-white people in total contempt. And many, many centrists either cringed in deference to it or actively collaborated.
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You may not have food or healthcare for your children, but did you know that the White House will now have a classy dance floor for nepotistic pedophiles
October 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
You may not have food or healthcare for your children, but did you know that the White House will now have a classy dance floor for nepotistic pedophiles
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TIMELINE CLEANSER… MEMPHIS…
October 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM
TIMELINE CLEANSER… MEMPHIS…
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lol this entire era of politics has proven to me that rules are indeed fake
October 7, 2025 at 1:36 AM
lol this entire era of politics has proven to me that rules are indeed fake
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Asked about Trump's new directive (NSPM-7) targeting "anti-Christian," "anti-capitalism" and "anti-American" speech, Sen. Elissa Slotkin says she hasn't read it.
YOU'RE ON THE HOMELAND SECURITY COMMITTEE, IT IS LITERALLY YOUR JOB TO OVERSEE THESE THINGS
YOU'RE ON THE HOMELAND SECURITY COMMITTEE, IT IS LITERALLY YOUR JOB TO OVERSEE THESE THINGS
September 30, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Asked about Trump's new directive (NSPM-7) targeting "anti-Christian," "anti-capitalism" and "anti-American" speech, Sen. Elissa Slotkin says she hasn't read it.
YOU'RE ON THE HOMELAND SECURITY COMMITTEE, IT IS LITERALLY YOUR JOB TO OVERSEE THESE THINGS
YOU'RE ON THE HOMELAND SECURITY COMMITTEE, IT IS LITERALLY YOUR JOB TO OVERSEE THESE THINGS
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the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!
September 30, 2025 at 2:43 PM
the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!
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Morning walk
September 26, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Morning walk
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The Trump administration took away food assistance from millions of families and kids to pay for tax breaks for giant corporations, then cancelled the government’s study on hunger.
Another disgusting attack on working families.
Another disgusting attack on working families.
Trump Administration to Stop Measuring Food Insecurity
www.nytimes.com
September 23, 2025 at 11:42 PM
The Trump administration took away food assistance from millions of families and kids to pay for tax breaks for giant corporations, then cancelled the government’s study on hunger.
Another disgusting attack on working families.
Another disgusting attack on working families.
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Stolen from an Animorphs Facebook group.
September 23, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Stolen from an Animorphs Facebook group.
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More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
www.miamiherald.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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NEW: For-Profit Corporations Are Buying Up More Psychiatric Hospitals. Some Flout Federal Law With Scarce Repercussions. by @emcahan.bsky.social
For-Profit Corporations Are Buying Up More Psychiatric Hospitals. Some Flout Federal Law With Scarce Repercussions.
Psychiatric hospitals — increasingly owned by for-profit corporations — are illegally turning away patients during crises. Yet only a handful face penalties, with fines that are trivial, a ProPublica ...
www.propublica.org
September 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
NEW: For-Profit Corporations Are Buying Up More Psychiatric Hospitals. Some Flout Federal Law With Scarce Repercussions. by @emcahan.bsky.social
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Fact-checkers working hard to keep up…
September 23, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Fact-checkers working hard to keep up…
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Obituary: Libertarianism, 13, Dies in Argentina Chainsaw Accident
www.thenerdreich.com/libertariani...
www.thenerdreich.com/libertariani...
Libertarianism, 13, Dies in Argentina Chainsaw Accident
It was preceded in death by conservatism, which fell to a terminal case of fascism in 2016.
www.thenerdreich.com
September 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Obituary: Libertarianism, 13, Dies in Argentina Chainsaw Accident
www.thenerdreich.com/libertariani...
www.thenerdreich.com/libertariani...
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#OtD 15 Sep 1970 police in New Orleans, Louisiana attacked an office associated with the Black Panthers, opening fire for over 20 minutes on the adults and children inside. The attack came the morning after two police informants were beaten by locals shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...
September 15, 2025 at 10:10 AM
#OtD 15 Sep 1970 police in New Orleans, Louisiana attacked an office associated with the Black Panthers, opening fire for over 20 minutes on the adults and children inside. The attack came the morning after two police informants were beaten by locals shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...
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Honestly people who believed the initial @wsj.com lies about the bullets just failed a basic media literacy test.
The WSJ is just printing white wing press releases and if you don’t know that by now I don’t know what to tell you.
The WSJ is just printing white wing press releases and if you don’t know that by now I don’t know what to tell you.
September 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Honestly people who believed the initial @wsj.com lies about the bullets just failed a basic media literacy test.
The WSJ is just printing white wing press releases and if you don’t know that by now I don’t know what to tell you.
The WSJ is just printing white wing press releases and if you don’t know that by now I don’t know what to tell you.
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Political violence has had its global center in the United States. Saying it has no place here is just fucking stupid and ahistorical. A lie. It just usually happens to one class around the globe.
September 10, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Political violence has had its global center in the United States. Saying it has no place here is just fucking stupid and ahistorical. A lie. It just usually happens to one class around the globe.
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Women are the fastest-growing population of incarcerated people. And if Republicans get their way, more pregnant women will be joining their ranks.
Rebecca Rodriguez Carey's new book, Birth Behind Bars, offers a rare look at what it’s like to be pregnant behind bars.
Rebecca Rodriguez Carey's new book, Birth Behind Bars, offers a rare look at what it’s like to be pregnant behind bars.
Republicans Want More Pregnant Women in Prisons. A New Book Describes What It’s Like.
As pregnancy criminalization is on the rise, Birth Behind Bars offers a rare look at what it’s like to be pregnant behind bars.
www.motherjones.com
September 10, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Women are the fastest-growing population of incarcerated people. And if Republicans get their way, more pregnant women will be joining their ranks.
Rebecca Rodriguez Carey's new book, Birth Behind Bars, offers a rare look at what it’s like to be pregnant behind bars.
Rebecca Rodriguez Carey's new book, Birth Behind Bars, offers a rare look at what it’s like to be pregnant behind bars.
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They shout “America first” but are always putting Americans last.
Cutting SNAP and food assistance doesn’t make children healthy. You can’t talk about making America healthy again while taking food out of their mouths
Cutting SNAP and food assistance doesn’t make children healthy. You can’t talk about making America healthy again while taking food out of their mouths
September 9, 2025 at 10:31 PM
They shout “America first” but are always putting Americans last.
Cutting SNAP and food assistance doesn’t make children healthy. You can’t talk about making America healthy again while taking food out of their mouths
Cutting SNAP and food assistance doesn’t make children healthy. You can’t talk about making America healthy again while taking food out of their mouths
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The lack of mainstream coverage of regular huge protests reminds me of a talk from a Twitter employees who explained that they had to drop BLM off the Trending Tags section because otherwise it would have been there permanently. The modern media environment has no appetite for sustained movements.
The crowd has no beginning and no end as it begins its march to the White House
September 7, 2025 at 12:03 AM
The lack of mainstream coverage of regular huge protests reminds me of a talk from a Twitter employees who explained that they had to drop BLM off the Trending Tags section because otherwise it would have been there permanently. The modern media environment has no appetite for sustained movements.
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Last month, workers at Sugared + Bronzed locations in Los Angeles and Santa Monica voted to unionize with Communications Workers Local 9505—forming the first salon chain union in the country. @nataschaelena.bsky.social reports labornotes.org/2025/09/how-...
How Spray Tan Technicians and Sugaring Aestheticians Built the First Salon Chain Union in the Country
Most of us have had a manager we see too much of. For workers in the salon industry, that can take on a whole new meaning. “My first day, I saw my manager naked because I spray tanned her,” said Tia-M...
labornotes.org
September 5, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Last month, workers at Sugared + Bronzed locations in Los Angeles and Santa Monica voted to unionize with Communications Workers Local 9505—forming the first salon chain union in the country. @nataschaelena.bsky.social reports labornotes.org/2025/09/how-...
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Shelby County, where Musk’s xAI facility sits, has Tennessee’s highest rate of ER visits for asthma.
For the majority-Black residents of the area, emissions from the company’s methane gas turbines exacerbate longstanding public health concerns.
By @wendicthomas.bsky.social, @mlk50.com
For the majority-Black residents of the area, emissions from the company’s methane gas turbines exacerbate longstanding public health concerns.
By @wendicthomas.bsky.social, @mlk50.com
Inside the Memphis Chamber of Commerce’s Push for Elon Musk’s xAI Data Center
In the face of intense public opposition, the city’s Chamber of Commerce has gone to unusual lengths to promote Musk’s xAI facility: sending out a mailer, for the first time in recent memory, that inc...
www.propublica.org
September 5, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Shelby County, where Musk’s xAI facility sits, has Tennessee’s highest rate of ER visits for asthma.
For the majority-Black residents of the area, emissions from the company’s methane gas turbines exacerbate longstanding public health concerns.
By @wendicthomas.bsky.social, @mlk50.com
For the majority-Black residents of the area, emissions from the company’s methane gas turbines exacerbate longstanding public health concerns.
By @wendicthomas.bsky.social, @mlk50.com
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Thomas Massie lists Paul Singer as one of the pro-Trump billionaires targeting him as he pushes to release the Epstein Files.
This week, Singer will perform with US Ambassador Mike Huckabee & Knesset speaker Amir Ohana at a concert "celebrating that America & Israel have never been closer."
This week, Singer will perform with US Ambassador Mike Huckabee & Knesset speaker Amir Ohana at a concert "celebrating that America & Israel have never been closer."
September 4, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Thomas Massie lists Paul Singer as one of the pro-Trump billionaires targeting him as he pushes to release the Epstein Files.
This week, Singer will perform with US Ambassador Mike Huckabee & Knesset speaker Amir Ohana at a concert "celebrating that America & Israel have never been closer."
This week, Singer will perform with US Ambassador Mike Huckabee & Knesset speaker Amir Ohana at a concert "celebrating that America & Israel have never been closer."