Martin Blanco
@martinbl36.bsky.social
Parent/Husband, Creator/Cohost Podcast @IWishiwereaprosciutto Producer/Writer/Performer for THE FLAGPOLE RADIO CAFE, instagram - flatstanleytucci, Disney enthusiast, believer in science and kindness
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Trumpism in one chart
2025 is now, officially, the worst year for job creation outside of recession since 2003.
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January 9, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Trumpism in one chart
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Good time to follow Bellingcat, which has done crucial, dependable evidentiary work for many years
For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies
January 9, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Good time to follow Bellingcat, which has done crucial, dependable evidentiary work for many years
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Some thoughts about the murder by ICE in Minnesota.
This is the time for all of us to demand much better and to show what’s right.
This is the time for all of us to demand much better and to show what’s right.
January 8, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Some thoughts about the murder by ICE in Minnesota.
This is the time for all of us to demand much better and to show what’s right.
This is the time for all of us to demand much better and to show what’s right.
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Excellent, damning analysis of the video of the killing of Ms Good, from the NYT, including a quick debunking of the “evidence” the President showed other Times reporters last night.
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
Video: Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
An analysis of footage from three camera angles shows that the motorist was driving away from — not toward — a federal officer when he opened fire.
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Excellent, damning analysis of the video of the killing of Ms Good, from the NYT, including a quick debunking of the “evidence” the President showed other Times reporters last night.
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
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Emily Heller, an eyewitness, is speaking out to set the record straight. Officers were screaming at Renee Nicole Good, “Move, move, move.”
So she moved, and they shot her multiple times? Then Noem and Trump branded her a domestic terrorist. Does everyone see how absolutely insane that sounds?
So she moved, and they shot her multiple times? Then Noem and Trump branded her a domestic terrorist. Does everyone see how absolutely insane that sounds?
January 8, 2026 at 3:06 AM
Emily Heller, an eyewitness, is speaking out to set the record straight. Officers were screaming at Renee Nicole Good, “Move, move, move.”
So she moved, and they shot her multiple times? Then Noem and Trump branded her a domestic terrorist. Does everyone see how absolutely insane that sounds?
So she moved, and they shot her multiple times? Then Noem and Trump branded her a domestic terrorist. Does everyone see how absolutely insane that sounds?
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Editorial in the National Catholic Reporter: "The vice president's comments justifying the death of Renee Good are a moral stain on the collective witness of our Catholic faith. His repeated attempts to blame Good for her own death are fundamentally incompatible with the Gospel."
Catholic Vice President Vance takes to social media to justify killing of Renee Good
After the tragic shooting of Renee Good at the hands of ICE, the Catholic vice president of the United States took to social media to justify the killing.
www.ncronline.org
January 8, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Editorial in the National Catholic Reporter: "The vice president's comments justifying the death of Renee Good are a moral stain on the collective witness of our Catholic faith. His repeated attempts to blame Good for her own death are fundamentally incompatible with the Gospel."
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This was murder. Trump is defending a murder, a murder committed on his behalf.
America is not being made safe. It is becoming more dangerous each and every day because Donald Trump is a criminal who commands and encourages others to commit crimes on his behalf—as he has done for years.
America is not being made safe. It is becoming more dangerous each and every day because Donald Trump is a criminal who commands and encourages others to commit crimes on his behalf—as he has done for years.
Trump: "I have just viewed the clip of the event which took place in Minneapolis. It is a horrible thing to watch. The woman screaming was, obviously, a professional agitator, and the woman driving the car was very disorderly, obstructing and resisting ... "
January 7, 2026 at 11:50 PM
This was murder. Trump is defending a murder, a murder committed on his behalf.
America is not being made safe. It is becoming more dangerous each and every day because Donald Trump is a criminal who commands and encourages others to commit crimes on his behalf—as he has done for years.
America is not being made safe. It is becoming more dangerous each and every day because Donald Trump is a criminal who commands and encourages others to commit crimes on his behalf—as he has done for years.
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The woman murdered in cold blood in Minneapolis today by ICE on behalf of Trump was not, as Sec. Noem, a "domestic terrorist." ICE agents were the domestic terrorists here—and they work for her, and ultimately him.
January 7, 2026 at 11:50 PM
The woman murdered in cold blood in Minneapolis today by ICE on behalf of Trump was not, as Sec. Noem, a "domestic terrorist." ICE agents were the domestic terrorists here—and they work for her, and ultimately him.
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Trump, Noem, and this entire criminal administration must be held accountable by Congress for their myriad crimes against the public. It is the solemn constitutional and moral duty of all members of Congress to exercise their legal authority to remove them from executive office.
January 7, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Trump, Noem, and this entire criminal administration must be held accountable by Congress for their myriad crimes against the public. It is the solemn constitutional and moral duty of all members of Congress to exercise their legal authority to remove them from executive office.
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PGA golfer, Scottie Scheffler was arrested for striking an officer with his car in a similar incident to the Minnesota woman. Scottie also was clearly moving away from the cop and the cop hung on to his car. Charges declined by DA next day and no one shot him.
January 8, 2026 at 10:37 AM
PGA golfer, Scottie Scheffler was arrested for striking an officer with his car in a similar incident to the Minnesota woman. Scottie also was clearly moving away from the cop and the cop hung on to his car. Charges declined by DA next day and no one shot him.
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We built a visual archive of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, showing exactly what happened through the lenses of the people who were there. In Chapter 4, we show how federal investigators found the rioters and built the largest criminal case in U.S. history.
Jan. 6, 2021: A visual archive of the Capitol attack
NPR’s Jan. 6 archive brings together reporting, video, documents and testimony to show what really happened during the Capitol riot. Explore the timeline, cases and evidence behind the attack.
n.pr
January 8, 2026 at 12:14 PM
We built a visual archive of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, showing exactly what happened through the lenses of the people who were there. In Chapter 4, we show how federal investigators found the rioters and built the largest criminal case in U.S. history.
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Within the last 6 months, 402 attacks on science have been counted. “Attacks on science” include actions, statements, or decisions from an elected official in a federal agency that results in the censoring, manipulation or misinforming on science data/results/conclusions conducted w/in the govt.🧪
We are six months into the second Trump administration and the scale and severity of its assault on our nation's science and democracy has been unrelenting.
Today, @ucs.org releases a detailed assessment of the damage so far and where we go from here: www.ucs.org/resources/sc... #ProtectScience
Today, @ucs.org releases a detailed assessment of the damage so far and where we go from here: www.ucs.org/resources/sc... #ProtectScience
Science and Democracy Under Siege
Documenting Six Months of the Trump Administration’s Destructive Actions
www.ucs.org
July 23, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Within the last 6 months, 402 attacks on science have been counted. “Attacks on science” include actions, statements, or decisions from an elected official in a federal agency that results in the censoring, manipulation or misinforming on science data/results/conclusions conducted w/in the govt.🧪
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cue 50,000 more "blue sky's echo chamber problem" stories
A Nazi owns Twitter, right wing billionaires own the Wall Street Journal and the LA Times, and CBS is run by a right wing nepo baby who just fired one of the network’s biggest stars for criticizing Donald Trump. Here’s why America has a left-wing media bias problem.
July 18, 2025 at 8:39 PM
cue 50,000 more "blue sky's echo chamber problem" stories
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Well, the first 8 minutes of the FDA panel on menopause hormone therapy was Makary spouting disinformation
July 18, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Well, the first 8 minutes of the FDA panel on menopause hormone therapy was Makary spouting disinformation
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Colbert will be all right, maybe even better off. The world's his oyster and I'm sure MSNBC and Netflix will come calling. He could stand up the biggest late night YouTube channel in days. But they are just torching the Late Show, an institution, solely to appease a dictator. And that fucking sucks.
July 18, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Colbert will be all right, maybe even better off. The world's his oyster and I'm sure MSNBC and Netflix will come calling. He could stand up the biggest late night YouTube channel in days. But they are just torching the Late Show, an institution, solely to appease a dictator. And that fucking sucks.
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Monday is a distraction from Sunday. Tuesday is a distraction from Monday. Wednesday is a distraction from Tuesday.
Fascism is flooding the zone with shit and calling everything a distraction.
If everything is a distraction, nothing is.
Fascism is flooding the zone with shit and calling everything a distraction.
If everything is a distraction, nothing is.
July 18, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Monday is a distraction from Sunday. Tuesday is a distraction from Monday. Wednesday is a distraction from Tuesday.
Fascism is flooding the zone with shit and calling everything a distraction.
If everything is a distraction, nothing is.
Fascism is flooding the zone with shit and calling everything a distraction.
If everything is a distraction, nothing is.
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Trump files lawsuit against Murdoch, WSJ and NewsCorp over Epstein birthday card expose
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Trump sues WSJ over Epstein birthday card expose
The president has filed a libel lawsuit in Florida against the right-wing media mogul and journalists who wrote the story
www.independent.co.uk
July 18, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Trump files lawsuit against Murdoch, WSJ and NewsCorp over Epstein birthday card expose
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Yeah, isn’t he horrible? Why would we want to watch someone who is so sharp and kind!?
July 18, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Yeah, isn’t he horrible? Why would we want to watch someone who is so sharp and kind!?
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Great piece.
Typical funny Molly touches like this one about the carrot cake.
Typical funny Molly touches like this one about the carrot cake.
July 18, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Great piece.
Typical funny Molly touches like this one about the carrot cake.
Typical funny Molly touches like this one about the carrot cake.
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UNEARTHED: Donald Trump judges the 1991 Look of the Year modeling competition organized by Elite Model Management, featuring participants as young at 14-years-old.
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July 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
UNEARTHED: Donald Trump judges the 1991 Look of the Year modeling competition organized by Elite Model Management, featuring participants as young at 14-years-old.
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Going back to Reagan's approach, or even worse. The idea of AIDS as a "gay disease" has always meant many Republicans want to pretend it doesn't exist, and let patients die. Add that to the Trump admin's hostility toward scientific health care in general, and you have a recipe for mass murder. ⚕️ 🧪
Grateful for journalists who keep their eyes on the things that most of us can’t/don’t.
Including this: HHS is proposing to stop NIH support for HIV clinical guidelines. Uh oh. 🫣🧪🛟
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
Including this: HHS is proposing to stop NIH support for HIV clinical guidelines. Uh oh. 🫣🧪🛟
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
Administration to phase out NIH support of HIV clinical guidelines
The National Institutes of Health will phase out its support of the clinical practice guidelines that advise doctors how to diagnose and treat HIV.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 22, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Going back to Reagan's approach, or even worse. The idea of AIDS as a "gay disease" has always meant many Republicans want to pretend it doesn't exist, and let patients die. Add that to the Trump admin's hostility toward scientific health care in general, and you have a recipe for mass murder. ⚕️ 🧪
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As the Trump administration steps up attacks on US universities and scientific institutions, the EU is campaigning hard to attract scientists from the US. A Nature Careers feature explores the question of how many US scientists the EU can take. #Academicsky 🧪
Some US researchers want to leave the country. Can Europe take them?
As the Trump administration steps up attacks on US universities and scientific institutions, the European Union is campaigning hard to attract scientists from the United States. But how many can the bloc take?
go.nature.com
June 22, 2025 at 10:24 PM
As the Trump administration steps up attacks on US universities and scientific institutions, the EU is campaigning hard to attract scientists from the US. A Nature Careers feature explores the question of how many US scientists the EU can take. #Academicsky 🧪
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One of the most spectacular tricks that the “wellness” grift has managed to pull off is convincing people that their industry is untainted by money. That they are all doing it out of their deep concern for their customers’ health.
Yet the global supplement industry alone is worth $177 billion.
Yet the global supplement industry alone is worth $177 billion.
June 18, 2025 at 11:41 PM
One of the most spectacular tricks that the “wellness” grift has managed to pull off is convincing people that their industry is untainted by money. That they are all doing it out of their deep concern for their customers’ health.
Yet the global supplement industry alone is worth $177 billion.
Yet the global supplement industry alone is worth $177 billion.
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Yes, most med schools already do this, but (per quotes here) this risks being a Trojan Horse: one could easily see mainstream nutrition ppl who've advocated for improved med school curriculum amping RFK Jr.'s position, despite it being an entree pt for his other problematic nutrition positions. 🛟
RFK Jr. Plans to Pull Medical Schools' Funding if They Don't Teach Nutrition
Kennedy says he will issue the edict within a year
www.medpagetoday.com
June 18, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Yes, most med schools already do this, but (per quotes here) this risks being a Trojan Horse: one could easily see mainstream nutrition ppl who've advocated for improved med school curriculum amping RFK Jr.'s position, despite it being an entree pt for his other problematic nutrition positions. 🛟