MIbirdguy
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You dont have to have empathy for someone who had none and actively campaigned against that very basic concept of human emotion.
September 11, 2025 at 2:40 PM
You dont have to have empathy for someone who had none and actively campaigned against that very basic concept of human emotion.
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Charlie Kirk started the Professor Watchlist, which caused friends of mine and their families to be terrorized by right-wing assholes. So, you know, fuck everyone trying to find some nugget of decency in that shitpile.
September 11, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Charlie Kirk started the Professor Watchlist, which caused friends of mine and their families to be terrorized by right-wing assholes. So, you know, fuck everyone trying to find some nugget of decency in that shitpile.
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Both of the co-founders of Turning Point USA died from things that were preventable, but which they mocked and urged this nation to ignore. Bill Montgomery was killed in 2020 by COVID and Charlie Kirk was killed in 2025 by gun violence.
September 10, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Both of the co-founders of Turning Point USA died from things that were preventable, but which they mocked and urged this nation to ignore. Bill Montgomery was killed in 2020 by COVID and Charlie Kirk was killed in 2025 by gun violence.
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they didn't do this when democratic lawmakers were targeted by a gunman. the mainstream media barely peeped when a Kyle Rittenhouse fan did a mass shooting at a Portland protest. Democrats and the mainstream media are just terrified of conservatives to the point where no one else's lives matter
September 11, 2025 at 5:54 AM
they didn't do this when democratic lawmakers were targeted by a gunman. the mainstream media barely peeped when a Kyle Rittenhouse fan did a mass shooting at a Portland protest. Democrats and the mainstream media are just terrified of conservatives to the point where no one else's lives matter
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Jessica: I also heard no complaints when Mike Johnson decided to abdicate his job to say actually congress isn't in session anymore because I don't want to have to vote on turning over the Epstein files…. so be equal opportunity in your complaints about fleeing your job
August 5, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Jessica: I also heard no complaints when Mike Johnson decided to abdicate his job to say actually congress isn't in session anymore because I don't want to have to vote on turning over the Epstein files…. so be equal opportunity in your complaints about fleeing your job
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america first is when you can’t criticize or boycott a government committing a genocide halfway across the world
The Trump administration will deny emergency preparedness funds to cities and states boycotting Israel, which is heinous but unsurprising. The Trump admin literally wants its political enemies to die.
The American Jewish Committee supports the Trump admin’s policy. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
The American Jewish Committee supports the Trump admin’s policy. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
US links $1.9 billion in state disaster funds to Israel boycott stance
The Trump administration said states and cities will not receive funding to prepare for natural disasters if they choose to boycott Israeli companies, according to an agency statement.
www.reuters.com
August 4, 2025 at 6:57 PM
america first is when you can’t criticize or boycott a government committing a genocide halfway across the world
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“They should’ve come here legally,” MAGA says. Well, they did. One Afghan interpreter was arrested after a green card appointment. Another? Detained after his asylum hearing. Both helped U.S. troops. Now ICE wants to deport them.
Masked ICE Agents Detain Interpreter Who Helped U.S. Military
The Afghan man was living the U.S. legally and was detained during a routine green card appointment.
www.thedailybeast.com
August 4, 2025 at 3:43 PM
“They should’ve come here legally,” MAGA says. Well, they did. One Afghan interpreter was arrested after a green card appointment. Another? Detained after his asylum hearing. Both helped U.S. troops. Now ICE wants to deport them.
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NEW: The Trump administration is pushing its anti-trans agenda globally at the United Nations.
U.S. delegates have objected to use of the word “gender” in U.N. documents during forums on topics as varied as women’s rights, science and technology, global health, toxic pollution and chemical waste.
U.S. delegates have objected to use of the word “gender” in U.N. documents during forums on topics as varied as women’s rights, science and technology, global health, toxic pollution and chemical waste.
The Trump Administration Is Promoting Its Anti-Trans Agenda Globally at the United Nations
U.S. delegates have objected to use of the word “gender” in U.N. documents during forums on topics as varied as women’s rights, science and technology, global health, toxic pollution and chemical wast...
www.propublica.org
August 5, 2025 at 11:25 AM
NEW: The Trump administration is pushing its anti-trans agenda globally at the United Nations.
U.S. delegates have objected to use of the word “gender” in U.N. documents during forums on topics as varied as women’s rights, science and technology, global health, toxic pollution and chemical waste.
U.S. delegates have objected to use of the word “gender” in U.N. documents during forums on topics as varied as women’s rights, science and technology, global health, toxic pollution and chemical waste.
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Turning old plastic into new plastic is really, really hard.
Products made with dyes, flame retardants and other toxic chemicals create a health hazard when heated for recycling, severely limiting the products you can make from recycled plastic.
(Published Aug. 2024)
Products made with dyes, flame retardants and other toxic chemicals create a health hazard when heated for recycling, severely limiting the products you can make from recycled plastic.
(Published Aug. 2024)
When Is “Recyclable” Not Really Recyclable? When the Plastics Industry Gets to Define What the Word Means.
Companies whose futures depend on plastic production are trying to persuade the federal government to allow them to put the label “recyclable” on plastic shopping bags and other items virtually…
www.propublica.org
August 5, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Turning old plastic into new plastic is really, really hard.
Products made with dyes, flame retardants and other toxic chemicals create a health hazard when heated for recycling, severely limiting the products you can make from recycled plastic.
(Published Aug. 2024)
Products made with dyes, flame retardants and other toxic chemicals create a health hazard when heated for recycling, severely limiting the products you can make from recycled plastic.
(Published Aug. 2024)
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This shouldn’t be surprising. The only way to fight back is to… actually fight back.
If Democrats want to improve their approval rating (or far more importantly, make actual change), we need real leadership to put up real resistance to authoritarianism.
apnews.com/article/ap-p...
If Democrats want to improve their approval rating (or far more importantly, make actual change), we need real leadership to put up real resistance to authoritarianism.
apnews.com/article/ap-p...
‘They roll right over’: Many Democrats call their party weak and ineffective, AP-NORC poll finds
A poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that many Democrats see their political party as “weak” or “ineffective.”
apnews.com
August 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
This shouldn’t be surprising. The only way to fight back is to… actually fight back.
If Democrats want to improve their approval rating (or far more importantly, make actual change), we need real leadership to put up real resistance to authoritarianism.
apnews.com/article/ap-p...
If Democrats want to improve their approval rating (or far more importantly, make actual change), we need real leadership to put up real resistance to authoritarianism.
apnews.com/article/ap-p...
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Leonardo José Colmenares Solórzano, a 31-year-old Venezuelan, wants the world to know that he was tortured over four months in a Salvadoran prison.
He said guards stomped on his hands, poured filthy water into his ears and threatened to beat him.
He said guards stomped on his hands, poured filthy water into his ears and threatened to beat him.
Now That They’re Free, Venezuelan Men Want the World to Know What They Endured in CECOT
Venezuelan men deported by the Trump administration say they endured months of physical and mental abuse inside a Salvadoran prison. Though happy to be home, they say the fact that they were released…
www.propublica.org
August 3, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Leonardo José Colmenares Solórzano, a 31-year-old Venezuelan, wants the world to know that he was tortured over four months in a Salvadoran prison.
He said guards stomped on his hands, poured filthy water into his ears and threatened to beat him.
He said guards stomped on his hands, poured filthy water into his ears and threatened to beat him.
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The BLS did exactly what it's supposed to do: provide accurate, nonpartisan data. When the numbers showed Trump's "economic boom" was actually a bust (33k jobs vs claimed 291k), he fired the messenger. After all, when it rains too much, true leaders fire the meteorologists.
We’re officially in Donald Trump’s mad king era
All the books that are fit to cook.
www.motherjones.com
August 2, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The BLS did exactly what it's supposed to do: provide accurate, nonpartisan data. When the numbers showed Trump's "economic boom" was actually a bust (33k jobs vs claimed 291k), he fired the messenger. After all, when it rains too much, true leaders fire the meteorologists.
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The Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced today that it will begin phasing out its operations, following Congress’s recent decision to revoke previously allocated federal funding. CPB said it is initiating an “orderly wind-down” after nearly six decades.
August 2, 2025 at 12:08 AM
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced today that it will begin phasing out its operations, following Congress’s recent decision to revoke previously allocated federal funding. CPB said it is initiating an “orderly wind-down” after nearly six decades.
lol blocked by the PetsAgainstTrump person for pointing out that taking a prey animal out of the mouth of a predator isn’t actually good or beneficial if you like animals or care about nature. Predators are a vital part of the food chain and generally have to work way harder to feed themselves.
July 29, 2025 at 4:24 PM
lol blocked by the PetsAgainstTrump person for pointing out that taking a prey animal out of the mouth of a predator isn’t actually good or beneficial if you like animals or care about nature. Predators are a vital part of the food chain and generally have to work way harder to feed themselves.
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Mental health conditions, like suicides & overdoses, are the leading underlying causes of maternal deaths in the US.
Antidepressants save women's lives—& they're safe.
So why is RFKJr's FDA hell-bent on undermining their use among pregnant & postpartum moms?
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Antidepressants save women's lives—& they're safe.
So why is RFKJr's FDA hell-bent on undermining their use among pregnant & postpartum moms?
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Is the FDA about to keep pregnant women from taking antidepressants?
A panel of experts repeated what one women's health expert called "MAHA talking points."
www.motherjones.com
July 27, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Mental health conditions, like suicides & overdoses, are the leading underlying causes of maternal deaths in the US.
Antidepressants save women's lives—& they're safe.
So why is RFKJr's FDA hell-bent on undermining their use among pregnant & postpartum moms?
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Antidepressants save women's lives—& they're safe.
So why is RFKJr's FDA hell-bent on undermining their use among pregnant & postpartum moms?
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Every news outlet that reports on US stocks "surging" should be required to note that the wealthiest 10% of Americans hold more than 90% of all the value of US stocks.
July 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Every news outlet that reports on US stocks "surging" should be required to note that the wealthiest 10% of Americans hold more than 90% of all the value of US stocks.
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NEW: “Staggering” Water Loss Driven by Groundwater Mining Poses Global Threat
A new study finds that freshwater resources are rapidly disappearing, creating arid “mega” regions and causing sea levels to rise.
By @abrahm.bsky.social
A new study finds that freshwater resources are rapidly disappearing, creating arid “mega” regions and causing sea levels to rise.
By @abrahm.bsky.social
“Staggering” Water Loss Driven by Groundwater Mining Poses Global Threat
A new study finds that freshwater resources are rapidly disappearing, creating arid “mega” regions and causing sea levels to rise.
www.propublica.org
July 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
NEW: “Staggering” Water Loss Driven by Groundwater Mining Poses Global Threat
A new study finds that freshwater resources are rapidly disappearing, creating arid “mega” regions and causing sea levels to rise.
By @abrahm.bsky.social
A new study finds that freshwater resources are rapidly disappearing, creating arid “mega” regions and causing sea levels to rise.
By @abrahm.bsky.social
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democrats love to be completely useless and not take up the mantle on 80-20 slamdunk issues
Nancy Pelosi characterizes the Epstein scandal and seeming coverup as "a distraction" from kitchen table issues
July 17, 2025 at 6:47 PM
democrats love to be completely useless and not take up the mantle on 80-20 slamdunk issues
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“one officer told her: “Mentioning freedom of Gaza, Israel, genocide, all of that all come under proscribed groups, which are terror groups that have been dictated by the government.”
Absolutely chilling
Absolutely chilling
Armed police threatened to arrest Kent protester for holding Palestinian flag
Officers accused Laura Murton who also had a sign saying ‘Free Gaza’ of supporting a proscribed organisation
www.theguardian.com
July 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
“one officer told her: “Mentioning freedom of Gaza, Israel, genocide, all of that all come under proscribed groups, which are terror groups that have been dictated by the government.”
Absolutely chilling
Absolutely chilling
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this is who democrats lost to
July 1, 2025 at 8:10 PM
this is who democrats lost to
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Our tax code is based on a fiction—the idea that investment gains aren’t income until the underlying investments are sold.
Even if the richest 0.01 percent had to relinquish all of what our tax code counts as income, the wealth gap between them and the rest would keep growing.
Even if the richest 0.01 percent had to relinquish all of what our tax code counts as income, the wealth gap between them and the rest would keep growing.
Even sky-high income tax rates won’t stop the relentless rise of the richest
Tackling America's wealth gap will require more powerful tactics.
www.motherjones.com
July 1, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Our tax code is based on a fiction—the idea that investment gains aren’t income until the underlying investments are sold.
Even if the richest 0.01 percent had to relinquish all of what our tax code counts as income, the wealth gap between them and the rest would keep growing.
Even if the richest 0.01 percent had to relinquish all of what our tax code counts as income, the wealth gap between them and the rest would keep growing.
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So much for the “we don’t mind immigrants, we just want them to do it ‘the right way’”
The White House has ordered the US Dept. of Justice to prioritize denaturalization: voiding the citizenship of US citizens.
Who will it denaturalize? "Any" case that it "determines to be sufficiently important".
Point 10 leaves the criteria opaque and arbitrary.
substack.com/redirect/169...
Who will it denaturalize? "Any" case that it "determines to be sufficiently important".
Point 10 leaves the criteria opaque and arbitrary.
substack.com/redirect/169...
July 1, 2025 at 12:24 PM
So much for the “we don’t mind immigrants, we just want them to do it ‘the right way’”
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According to an analysis by Michael Thomas, founder and CEO of the clean energy data platform Cleanview, the bill will increase electricity costs substantially for customers in every state—in some cases by more than 20 percent.
Senate version of "beautiful" bill will "kill" America's clean energy sector, experts say
New taxes on wind and solar are "truly bizarre, a self-defeating measure."
www.motherjones.com
July 1, 2025 at 3:21 PM
According to an analysis by Michael Thomas, founder and CEO of the clean energy data platform Cleanview, the bill will increase electricity costs substantially for customers in every state—in some cases by more than 20 percent.
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