Mara
@marabousil.bsky.social
Former medical marketer, "retired" to private patient advocacy and property investment, snowbird, and most importantly, horse and dog parent.
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Groupthink is “harming both our democracy and our individual well-being,” Arthur C. Brooks writes. “Here is how to know if you are falling prey to a collective illusion—and how to break free from it without fear”:
The Happiness of Choosing to Walk Alone
Going along with an untruth for fear of disagreeing with others is a form of self-betrayal that will make you miserable.
bit.ly
October 9, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Groupthink is “harming both our democracy and our individual well-being,” Arthur C. Brooks writes. “Here is how to know if you are falling prey to a collective illusion—and how to break free from it without fear”:
Demand accountability - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/st...
Investigate Trump officials for putting our national security at risk!
It's not only dangerous to the American public that this happened, but the fact that a reporter was inadvertently given access to these current plans in real time shows that Pete Hegseth and the rest ...
sign.moveon.org
March 27, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Demand accountability - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/st...
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The Health Resources and Services Administration at HHS provides funding for HIV/AIDs care, maternal health, and community health centers. Today some employees arrived at work to find their access revoked. Terminated without even being notified. Total number affected unknown.
@alt-hhs.bsky.social
@alt-hhs.bsky.social
February 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
The Health Resources and Services Administration at HHS provides funding for HIV/AIDs care, maternal health, and community health centers. Today some employees arrived at work to find their access revoked. Terminated without even being notified. Total number affected unknown.
@alt-hhs.bsky.social
@alt-hhs.bsky.social
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The Washington Post refused to run this ad. Sure would be a shame if it went viral.
February 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The Washington Post refused to run this ad. Sure would be a shame if it went viral.
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The Washington Post scrapped an upcoming print ad from a pair of advocacy groups calling for the firing of Elon Musk as head of the Department of Government and Efficiency.
Washington Post opted not to publish anti-Musk ad campaign after initially being open | CNN Business
The Washington Post scrapped an upcoming print ad from a pair of advocacy groups calling for the firing of Elon Musk as head of the Department of Government and Efficiency.
www.cnn.com
February 17, 2025 at 7:07 PM
The Washington Post scrapped an upcoming print ad from a pair of advocacy groups calling for the firing of Elon Musk as head of the Department of Government and Efficiency.
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No international body is searching for hundreds of Yazidi women and girls still held captive by the Islamic State. Instead, that task has been taken up by a sprawling network of activists, survivors, family members, informants and amateur detectives.
Volunteers Search for ISIS Kidnap Victims
No international body is searching for hundreds of Yazidi women and girls still held captive by the Islamist terrorists. Instead, their fates depend on a ragtag army of activists, relatives and armcha...
nyti.ms
February 16, 2025 at 5:41 PM
No international body is searching for hundreds of Yazidi women and girls still held captive by the Islamic State. Instead, that task has been taken up by a sprawling network of activists, survivors, family members, informants and amateur detectives.
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New guidance has been shared with coalition members. If you’re outside the coalition, please download anything you might need. Terminations will escalate this coming week.
February 17, 2025 at 3:23 AM
New guidance has been shared with coalition members. If you’re outside the coalition, please download anything you might need. Terminations will escalate this coming week.
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It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too.
EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them.
Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)
EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them.
Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)
February 14, 2025 at 11:47 PM
It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too.
EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them.
Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)
EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them.
Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)
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Gutting the CDC right as we’re on the cusp of major outbreaks of transmissible diseases is a very bad idea.
February 15, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Gutting the CDC right as we’re on the cusp of major outbreaks of transmissible diseases is a very bad idea.
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February 15, 2025
February 15, 2025
After World War II, the vast majority of Americans—Democrats and Republicans alike—agreed that the federal government should regulate business, provide a basic social safety net, promote infrastructur...
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February 16, 2025 at 3:35 AM
February 15, 2025
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Documents obtained by The Washington Post detail step-by-step plans the U.S. DOGE Service developed to purge federal agencies of diversity, equity, and inclusion workers and offices.
See inside DOGE’s playbook for eliminating DEI
Documents detail step-by-step plans by the U.S. DOGE Service to purge federal agencies of diversity, equity, and inclusion workers and offices. Here’s what comes next.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 15, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Documents obtained by The Washington Post detail step-by-step plans the U.S. DOGE Service developed to purge federal agencies of diversity, equity, and inclusion workers and offices.
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I am sure that my good friend Neil Gorsuch will not be swayed by his clerks that are taking money from Elon Musk.
by Neal Katyal
by Neal Katyal
February 8, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I am sure that my good friend Neil Gorsuch will not be swayed by his clerks that are taking money from Elon Musk.
by Neal Katyal
by Neal Katyal
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I think we might know where all the missing Dem ballots went
This is Ethan Shaotran. He's one of Musk's DOGE takeover hackers
2 yrs ago he won the Berkeley AI Hackathon
But in 2020 won the HackGT7 with a ballot altering program called BallotProof
Here's the deep dive that he couldn't scrub....
This is Ethan Shaotran. He's one of Musk's DOGE takeover hackers
2 yrs ago he won the Berkeley AI Hackathon
But in 2020 won the HackGT7 with a ballot altering program called BallotProof
Here's the deep dive that he couldn't scrub....
February 8, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I think we might know where all the missing Dem ballots went
This is Ethan Shaotran. He's one of Musk's DOGE takeover hackers
2 yrs ago he won the Berkeley AI Hackathon
But in 2020 won the HackGT7 with a ballot altering program called BallotProof
Here's the deep dive that he couldn't scrub....
This is Ethan Shaotran. He's one of Musk's DOGE takeover hackers
2 yrs ago he won the Berkeley AI Hackathon
But in 2020 won the HackGT7 with a ballot altering program called BallotProof
Here's the deep dive that he couldn't scrub....
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We’re all going to die.
February 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
We’re all going to die.
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The United States Military Academy has just eliminated all Cadet clubs and activities for POC. Most of these have existed for decades like the Society of Black Engineers. They were there when I was a Cadet in 1987. All of the religious ones remain. This isn’t DEI. It’s white Christian Nationalism.
February 5, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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He MUST NOT BE CONFIRMED.
SENATE NEWS: In a vote of 51-46 the senate is proceeding to an executive session to nominate Russell Vought as Director of the Office of Management and Budget. Vought has not clinched the nomination yet. Votes found below:
www.senate.gov/legislative/...
www.senate.gov/legislative/...
U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 119th Congress - 1st Session
www.senate.gov
February 4, 2025 at 2:14 AM
He MUST NOT BE CONFIRMED.
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Correct me if I’m wrong, but I’m pretty sure the Treasury Dept also handles all loan discharges including PSLF.
A lot of people who have had loans forgiven through PSLF are reporting that their loans are reappearing on their credit reports.
Don't think that's a coincidence.
A lot of people who have had loans forgiven through PSLF are reporting that their loans are reappearing on their credit reports.
Don't think that's a coincidence.
February 3, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I’m pretty sure the Treasury Dept also handles all loan discharges including PSLF.
A lot of people who have had loans forgiven through PSLF are reporting that their loans are reappearing on their credit reports.
Don't think that's a coincidence.
A lot of people who have had loans forgiven through PSLF are reporting that their loans are reappearing on their credit reports.
Don't think that's a coincidence.
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BREAKING: We are suing USTreasury for its unlawful disclosure of personal & financial information to Elon Musk’s DOGE.
This violation puts sensitive information about millions of Americans at risk.
This violation puts sensitive information about millions of Americans at risk.
February 3, 2025 at 11:05 PM
BREAKING: We are suing USTreasury for its unlawful disclosure of personal & financial information to Elon Musk’s DOGE.
This violation puts sensitive information about millions of Americans at risk.
This violation puts sensitive information about millions of Americans at risk.
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See our complaint on behalf of Alliance for Retired Americans, AFGE, and SEIU: www.citizen.org/wp-content/u...
www.citizen.org
February 3, 2025 at 11:05 PM
See our complaint on behalf of Alliance for Retired Americans, AFGE, and SEIU: www.citizen.org/wp-content/u...
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How Senate Democrats Can Shut Down Trump's Agenda with Procedural Hardball | Indivisible
indivisible.org/resource/how...
indivisible.org/resource/how...
How Senate Democrats Can Shut Down Trump's Agenda with Procedural Hardball
indivisible.org
February 4, 2025 at 12:35 AM
How Senate Democrats Can Shut Down Trump's Agenda with Procedural Hardball | Indivisible
indivisible.org/resource/how...
indivisible.org/resource/how...
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These DOGE guys' phone numbers & addresses are easy to find, in case anyone wants to file a FOIA request for all their communications (including those on any personal devices used to conduct government business), or serve them with evidence preservation demand letters in anticipation of litigation
Gavin Kliger, Elon's DOGE hitler youth shutting down USAID, is now indirectly responsible for the deaths of thousands of children. His Instagram appears to be @gkliger. He's scrubbing his online footprint.
Here's an archived copy of Kliger's resume: web.archive.org/web/20240418...
Here's an archived copy of Kliger's resume: web.archive.org/web/20240418...
February 3, 2025 at 7:22 AM
These DOGE guys' phone numbers & addresses are easy to find, in case anyone wants to file a FOIA request for all their communications (including those on any personal devices used to conduct government business), or serve them with evidence preservation demand letters in anticipation of litigation
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All of your most sensitive data and our country’s checkbook are in the hands of an unelected billionaire.
This is the most corrupt administration in history and it’s putting our economy & government in serious jeopardy.
It’s time to speak out and fight back.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
This is the most corrupt administration in history and it’s putting our economy & government in serious jeopardy.
It’s time to speak out and fight back.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Full Access to Treasury’s Payments System
www.nytimes.com
February 1, 2025 at 10:52 PM
All of your most sensitive data and our country’s checkbook are in the hands of an unelected billionaire.
This is the most corrupt administration in history and it’s putting our economy & government in serious jeopardy.
It’s time to speak out and fight back.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
This is the most corrupt administration in history and it’s putting our economy & government in serious jeopardy.
It’s time to speak out and fight back.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
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FIGHT BACK. If you are an employee at CDC your AFGE union is 2883 local. Join here: www.afge2883ga.org
Being a union member is not the same as being in a bargaining unit, but it is the first step to getting there and gives you legal representation by the union.
www.jurist.org/news/2025/01...
Being a union member is not the same as being in a bargaining unit, but it is the first step to getting there and gives you legal representation by the union.
www.jurist.org/news/2025/01...
US federal employee union sues over Trump administration plan to fire, reclassify government employees
Two unions representing US government workers filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging President Trump's efforts to reclassify up to 50,000 federal workers, making it easier to fire them. The American Fe...
www.jurist.org
February 3, 2025 at 3:56 AM
FIGHT BACK. If you are an employee at CDC your AFGE union is 2883 local. Join here: www.afge2883ga.org
Being a union member is not the same as being in a bargaining unit, but it is the first step to getting there and gives you legal representation by the union.
www.jurist.org/news/2025/01...
Being a union member is not the same as being in a bargaining unit, but it is the first step to getting there and gives you legal representation by the union.
www.jurist.org/news/2025/01...
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Indivisible is urging people to visit their senators' local offices between now and Thursday to demand that they use every tool—including denying a quorum and blocking unanimous consent—to fight the confirmation of Project 2025 architect Russell Vought for head of OMB docs.google.com/document/d/1...
February 3, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Indivisible is urging people to visit their senators' local offices between now and Thursday to demand that they use every tool—including denying a quorum and blocking unanimous consent—to fight the confirmation of Project 2025 architect Russell Vought for head of OMB docs.google.com/document/d/1...