Margie
@marjorievalin.bsky.social
One husband, 2 cats, 3 kids, not necessarily in order of importance. Always "busy" with something I can't explain. I paint. I sarcasm. Married because even cynics need a partner in crime.
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U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1 trillion.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed EIGHT straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed EIGHT straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
December 22, 2025 at 11:01 PM
U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1 trillion.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed EIGHT straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed EIGHT straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
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really cannot be emphasized enough that bari weiss has literally never done journalism. i don’t mean that in the pejorative sense. i mean that in the “has never performed the job she was hired to do” sense
One explanation for Bari killing the story is that she did so as a public act of fealty to the administration. But another is that, as an inexperienced journalist, she doesn’t understand that a refusal to go on the record is a kind of comment in and of itself
December 22, 2025 at 2:19 PM
really cannot be emphasized enough that bari weiss has literally never done journalism. i don’t mean that in the pejorative sense. i mean that in the “has never performed the job she was hired to do” sense
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Looking for the truth about what it was like inside CECOT?
Earlier this year, we spoke to the men the Trump administration deported to El Salvador. Hear about what they endured, in their own words: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8INs141xeQ
Earlier this year, we spoke to the men the Trump administration deported to El Salvador. Hear about what they endured, in their own words: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8INs141xeQ
December 23, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Looking for the truth about what it was like inside CECOT?
Earlier this year, we spoke to the men the Trump administration deported to El Salvador. Hear about what they endured, in their own words: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8INs141xeQ
Earlier this year, we spoke to the men the Trump administration deported to El Salvador. Hear about what they endured, in their own words: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8INs141xeQ
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Breaking news: The United States faces millions of measles cases over the next 25 years if vaccination rates for the disease drop 10 percent, according to new research published Thursday.
Millions of U.S. measles cases forecast over 25 years if shots decline
Measles, once virtually wiped out in the United States, could become commonplace again if declining vaccination rates continue, a new model shows.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 24, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Breaking news: The United States faces millions of measles cases over the next 25 years if vaccination rates for the disease drop 10 percent, according to new research published Thursday.
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OMG! I've been asked to be a part of the Not The White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Sat, Apr 26 @ 9 PM ET, presented by Political Voices Network! Join us for fearless comedy that rips into media spin. Tickets are $20.26, live or on demand, at meethook.live/not. #FreeSpeech #NotTheWHCD
April 24, 2025 at 12:03 AM
OMG! I've been asked to be a part of the Not The White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Sat, Apr 26 @ 9 PM ET, presented by Political Voices Network! Join us for fearless comedy that rips into media spin. Tickets are $20.26, live or on demand, at meethook.live/not. #FreeSpeech #NotTheWHCD
I just tried to post the substack article at this link twice on FB. Both times it was removed, so I am posting it here & on every other social platform I am on. Please share to show Zuck and his ilk that censorship and fascism is not yet the law of the land. vajenda.substack.com/p/oz-the-cru...
Oz, the Cruel and Powerful, Takes the Reins of Medicare and Medicaid
He hits the gate running with a page out of the fascist playbook
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April 24, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I just tried to post the substack article at this link twice on FB. Both times it was removed, so I am posting it here & on every other social platform I am on. Please share to show Zuck and his ilk that censorship and fascism is not yet the law of the land. vajenda.substack.com/p/oz-the-cru...
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At least one US president cares to denounce this attack.
April 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
At least one US president cares to denounce this attack.
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Breaking news: The European Commission is issuing burner phones and basic laptops to some US-bound staff to avoid the risk of espionage — a measure traditionally reserved for trips to China www.ft.com/content/20d0...
April 14, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Breaking news: The European Commission is issuing burner phones and basic laptops to some US-bound staff to avoid the risk of espionage — a measure traditionally reserved for trips to China www.ft.com/content/20d0...
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ICE stripped a German green card holder naked, drove him from Boston to Vermont to Rhode Island, put him in a cold shower, deprived him of medication, sleep and food until he collapsed.
No one knows why he was detained.
No one knows why he was detained.
Green card holder from New Hampshire 'interrogated' at Logan Airport, detained
Fabian Schmidt’s family said they are unsure of why he is being held. They said he has a recently renewed green card, and no active issues in court.
www.nhpr.org
March 15, 2025 at 6:02 PM
ICE stripped a German green card holder naked, drove him from Boston to Vermont to Rhode Island, put him in a cold shower, deprived him of medication, sleep and food until he collapsed.
No one knows why he was detained.
No one knows why he was detained.
Who ARE these people! Or perhaps more to the point, what is wrong with them? I will never ever understand how anyone can support this mentally unhinged unintelligible conveyor of destruction. coloradosun.com/2025/04/10/c...
Support for Trump among Colorado Republicans remains overwhelming, even if they’re uneasy about economy
A recent poll revealed that 87% of registered GOP voters in Colorado had a favorable opinion of Trump at the end of March, though 61% felt the current state of the economy was fair or poor
coloradosun.com
April 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Who ARE these people! Or perhaps more to the point, what is wrong with them? I will never ever understand how anyone can support this mentally unhinged unintelligible conveyor of destruction. coloradosun.com/2025/04/10/c...
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DOGE signed an agreement with Louis DeJoy to slash 10,000 jobs from the already-understaffed USPS.
The USPS is the nation’s lifeline, ensuring delivery to every corner of the country.
We cannot allow it to be dismantled, sold off, and handed over to billionaires for profit.
The USPS is the nation’s lifeline, ensuring delivery to every corner of the country.
We cannot allow it to be dismantled, sold off, and handed over to billionaires for profit.
March 16, 2025 at 6:01 PM
DOGE signed an agreement with Louis DeJoy to slash 10,000 jobs from the already-understaffed USPS.
The USPS is the nation’s lifeline, ensuring delivery to every corner of the country.
We cannot allow it to be dismantled, sold off, and handed over to billionaires for profit.
The USPS is the nation’s lifeline, ensuring delivery to every corner of the country.
We cannot allow it to be dismantled, sold off, and handed over to billionaires for profit.
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NEW: A source tells me that response teams for FEMA set to deploy to the South Carolina wildfires are unable to travel because their government issued travel cards have had their limits reduced to $1. FEMA response team cards were supposed to be exempt.
March 4, 2025 at 1:37 AM
NEW: A source tells me that response teams for FEMA set to deploy to the South Carolina wildfires are unable to travel because their government issued travel cards have had their limits reduced to $1. FEMA response team cards were supposed to be exempt.
Democrats! Wake the hell up!
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Democrats! Wake the hell up!
Boycott Trump’s address to Congress tonight. If you must go, make good trouble.
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March 4, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Democrats! Wake the hell up!
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Seems like Hegseth's Stand Down Our Defenses Against Russia order should be getting a bit more attention.
March 2, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Seems like Hegseth's Stand Down Our Defenses Against Russia order should be getting a bit more attention.
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Time to start posting pictures like this over and over. Everyone. Every day On all social media including Twitter. Especially Twitter where Magaotts are rampant. We need to flood twitter as much as calls to Congress as Congress is all over Twitter. Use an alias if you need to #twitter #protest.
March 2, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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This is a bigger issue than people realize. Not just jobs lost. But their families losing benefits. Landlords losing tenants. Cities and towns losing revenue. This is how recessions start
Ready Fire Aim is no way to govern.
Ready Fire Aim is no way to govern.
More accurate, fewer words;
"There are plenty of contractors going under".
A friend furloughed 75% of staff (furlough w/paying for health insurance for three months), 50% exec pay cut, 25% rest of staff to keep as many people w/salary.
PS: Wasn't 18F a government office, not a contractor.
"There are plenty of contractors going under".
A friend furloughed 75% of staff (furlough w/paying for health insurance for three months), 50% exec pay cut, 25% rest of staff to keep as many people w/salary.
PS: Wasn't 18F a government office, not a contractor.
March 2, 2025 at 2:14 PM
This is a bigger issue than people realize. Not just jobs lost. But their families losing benefits. Landlords losing tenants. Cities and towns losing revenue. This is how recessions start
Ready Fire Aim is no way to govern.
Ready Fire Aim is no way to govern.
Trump and trolls kick AP out of the White House press pool and decides who has access? Lets see who else controls what the press says? China. Russia. Middle eastern countries run by terrorisrs. Welcome to the new America. Democracy is over. www.bbc.com/news/article...
White House takes control of press pool that covers Trump - BBC News
It will determine which outlets participate in the rotating pool that reports from the Oval Office and Air Force One.
www.bbc.com
February 26, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Trump and trolls kick AP out of the White House press pool and decides who has access? Lets see who else controls what the press says? China. Russia. Middle eastern countries run by terrorisrs. Welcome to the new America. Democracy is over. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Fire the Muskrat. Now.
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Fire the Muskrat. Now.
Call 202-224-3121.
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February 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Fire the Muskrat. Now.
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The CDC has an ultra-competitive 2-year program to train "the best of the best" to lead public health labs.
Most of the current class were terminated over the weekend. www.science.org/content/arti... (by @meredithwadman.bsky.social)
Most of the current class were terminated over the weekend. www.science.org/content/arti... (by @meredithwadman.bsky.social)
Ax falls on elite group of Ph.D.s training to lead U.S. public health labs
Most of the fellows in CDC’s highly competitive Laboratory Leadership Service were fired last weekend
www.science.org
February 20, 2025 at 12:23 PM
The CDC has an ultra-competitive 2-year program to train "the best of the best" to lead public health labs.
Most of the current class were terminated over the weekend. www.science.org/content/arti... (by @meredithwadman.bsky.social)
Most of the current class were terminated over the weekend. www.science.org/content/arti... (by @meredithwadman.bsky.social)
The conservative media is going bonkers trying to normalize Trump
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The conservative media is going bonkers trying to normalize Trump
Friends,
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February 20, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The conservative media is going bonkers trying to normalize Trump
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I hover between BlueSky & thinking I should go back to Twitter as much as I hate it. Here, we're just talking to ourselves. Twitter is stressful but I feel our voices should be heard there to counter rampant MAGA insanity. Do you think that's just an exercise in frustration?
February 16, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I hover between BlueSky & thinking I should go back to Twitter as much as I hate it. Here, we're just talking to ourselves. Twitter is stressful but I feel our voices should be heard there to counter rampant MAGA insanity. Do you think that's just an exercise in frustration?
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This is so smart. @petebuttigieg.bsky.social , thoughts ?
And if you see this. A reminder. This is not Twitter. You can engage here and have thoughtful discussions !
We all look forward to reading your thoughts
And if you see this. A reminder. This is not Twitter. You can engage here and have thoughtful discussions !
We all look forward to reading your thoughts
I keep saying Dems need to do a daily briefing on Capitol Hill and fill the void, fact check the WH. Hire Pete Buttigeig and give him a staff to do this.
February 14, 2025 at 6:15 PM
This is so smart. @petebuttigieg.bsky.social , thoughts ?
And if you see this. A reminder. This is not Twitter. You can engage here and have thoughtful discussions !
We all look forward to reading your thoughts
And if you see this. A reminder. This is not Twitter. You can engage here and have thoughtful discussions !
We all look forward to reading your thoughts