Michelle
@mlwardroberts.bsky.social
Happily Married-Mom of two adult kids-Gen Xer-Midwest Blue Dog Democrat-
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#ICYMI: In April, we reported that at least a dozen members of Congress wrote to the Trump administration with questions about citizens detained, questioned and even held at gunpoint by ICE agents.
None of them received an answer.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
None of them received an answer.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
Congress Has Demanded Answers to ICE Detaining Americans. The Administration Has Responded With Silence.
Amid increasing reports that U.S. citizens have been caught up in the Trump administration’s immigration dragnet, a dozen members of Congress have written to the government with pointed questions.…
www.propublica.org
June 14, 2025 at 3:00 AM
#ICYMI: In April, we reported that at least a dozen members of Congress wrote to the Trump administration with questions about citizens detained, questioned and even held at gunpoint by ICE agents.
None of them received an answer.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
None of them received an answer.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
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A 24-year-old transgender man from Minnesota who had been missing since December was subjected to violence and torture before his body was found last week in a field in New York, the authorities said. Five people were arrested in connection with his death and charged with murder, the police said.
Trans Man Killed in New York Was Tortured for Two Months, Police Say
The body of Sam Nordquist, 24, was found in a field after he had been reported missing. The district attorney in Ontario County, N.Y., called the circumstances surrounding the death “beyond depraved.”
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2025 at 8:31 PM
A 24-year-old transgender man from Minnesota who had been missing since December was subjected to violence and torture before his body was found last week in a field in New York, the authorities said. Five people were arrested in connection with his death and charged with murder, the police said.
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So many men, including many liberals, told women we were overreacting.
February 13, 2025 at 10:45 PM
So many men, including many liberals, told women we were overreacting.
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Minnetonka-based Cargill, Inver Grove Heights-based CHS Inc. and Minneapolis trader Sinamco sold a total of $70 million in sorghum, wheat and peas to the agency’s Food for Peace program, according to records shared with the Minnesota Star Tribune on Thursday.
Shuttering of USAID could mean the end of millions in income for Midwest farm operations
Frozen by Elon Musk’s DOGE personnel, the USAID program purchased $70 million in commodities in 2024 from Minnesota vendors.
www.startribune.com
February 6, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Minnetonka-based Cargill, Inver Grove Heights-based CHS Inc. and Minneapolis trader Sinamco sold a total of $70 million in sorghum, wheat and peas to the agency’s Food for Peace program, according to records shared with the Minnesota Star Tribune on Thursday.
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U.S. farmers and agribusinesses, including Minnesota ventures from ag giants to processors of yellow split peas, could lose money after Elon Musk's dismantling of USAID.
Shuttering of USAID could mean the end of millions in income for Midwest farm operations
Frozen by Elon Musk’s DOGE personnel, the USAID program purchased $70 million in commodities in 2024 from Minnesota vendors.
www.startribune.com
February 6, 2025 at 10:00 PM
U.S. farmers and agribusinesses, including Minnesota ventures from ag giants to processors of yellow split peas, could lose money after Elon Musk's dismantling of USAID.
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See it's funny, because there probably was a time in U.S. history when an unelected plutocrat gaining illicit access to government systems would have resulted in him being dragged out of whatever government building he was in at the moment by his balls by armed government agents within +/- 3 minutes
Analysis: We do not know what exactly Elon Musk is doing to the federal government | CNN Politics
Americans don’t know the full extent of what Musk is doing as he embeds alongside President Donald Trump at the top of the federal government.
www.cnn.com
February 2, 2025 at 1:40 AM
See it's funny, because there probably was a time in U.S. history when an unelected plutocrat gaining illicit access to government systems would have resulted in him being dragged out of whatever government building he was in at the moment by his balls by armed government agents within +/- 3 minutes
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ICYMI, new piece/thread from me
The awful news that Elon Musk clashed with a top Treasury official in an effort to access govt payment systems raises a crucial question: Did Trump authorize this, or not?
I talked to former officials who explain why this is a key question, and why it's so alarming:
newrepublic.com/article/1910...
I talked to former officials who explain why this is a key question, and why it's so alarming:
newrepublic.com/article/1910...
Trump and Elon Musk Just Pulled Off Another Purge—and It’s a Scary One
Did Musk’s alleged effort to access the government’s payment systems have Trump’s blessing? Or was he going rogue? Either scenario is bad, but one’s a little worse.
newrepublic.com
February 1, 2025 at 12:34 PM
ICYMI, new piece/thread from me
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An AI-powered weapon detection system failed to pick up the handgun a 17-year-old Nashville student used in a school shooting Wednesday that left a 16-year-old girl dead.
AI weapon detection system at Antioch High School failed to detect gun in Nashville shooting
A district official said the system failed to detect the shooter's handgun because of where cameras were located inside school.
www.nbcnews.com
January 23, 2025 at 9:35 PM
An AI-powered weapon detection system failed to pick up the handgun a 17-year-old Nashville student used in a school shooting Wednesday that left a 16-year-old girl dead.
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Imagine ever having thought anything other than this was going to happen
January 23, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Imagine ever having thought anything other than this was going to happen
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HANNITY: “People who were violent with police - why did they get a pardon?”
TRUMP: “They were treated so badly… they knew the election was rigged (nope) and they were protesting the vote… they were very minor incidents (nope)… would’ve been cumbersome to look at each case…”
TRUMP: “They were treated so badly… they knew the election was rigged (nope) and they were protesting the vote… they were very minor incidents (nope)… would’ve been cumbersome to look at each case…”
January 23, 2025 at 4:29 AM
HANNITY: “People who were violent with police - why did they get a pardon?”
TRUMP: “They were treated so badly… they knew the election was rigged (nope) and they were protesting the vote… they were very minor incidents (nope)… would’ve been cumbersome to look at each case…”
TRUMP: “They were treated so badly… they knew the election was rigged (nope) and they were protesting the vote… they were very minor incidents (nope)… would’ve been cumbersome to look at each case…”
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She called for kindness and mercy.
Trump Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt: "It was supposed to be a unifying and bipartisan church service ... everybody there was shocked and mortified by the disturbing comments from this bishop who chose to weaponize the pulpit ... she spewed lies."
January 23, 2025 at 12:08 AM
She called for kindness and mercy.
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If you are ready to advocate to your representatives (or friends and families) about the economic value of NIH funded research, you can check your state at www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
January 22, 2025 at 10:19 PM
If you are ready to advocate to your representatives (or friends and families) about the economic value of NIH funded research, you can check your state at www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
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Obama was right. The floodgates opened to special interest groups, silencing the people.
15 years ago, politics was fundamentally changed for the worse after SCOTUS opened the door for corrupt politicians and rich oligarchy's to advance their own agenda.
#StopTheOligarchy
15 years ago, politics was fundamentally changed for the worse after SCOTUS opened the door for corrupt politicians and rich oligarchy's to advance their own agenda.
#StopTheOligarchy
January 21, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Obama was right. The floodgates opened to special interest groups, silencing the people.
15 years ago, politics was fundamentally changed for the worse after SCOTUS opened the door for corrupt politicians and rich oligarchy's to advance their own agenda.
#StopTheOligarchy
15 years ago, politics was fundamentally changed for the worse after SCOTUS opened the door for corrupt politicians and rich oligarchy's to advance their own agenda.
#StopTheOligarchy
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some reporters have been too loose with phrasing like DEI. makes it sound like it's all abt post-George Floyd murder stuff. As he notes, they're ditching anti-discrimination policies that go back to LBJ.
If DEI has just "gotten out of hand," then why is the Trump administration going all the way back to a 1965 LBJ civil rights executive order for repeal?
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Trump Just Revoked Anti-Discrimination Rules Enacted By LBJ In 1965
The new president just unwound a landmark anti-discrimination measure implemented amid the height of the Civil Rights Movement.
www.huffpost.com
January 22, 2025 at 9:13 PM
some reporters have been too loose with phrasing like DEI. makes it sound like it's all abt post-George Floyd murder stuff. As he notes, they're ditching anti-discrimination policies that go back to LBJ.
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President Trump granted a pardon to Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the Silk Road drug marketplace. Ulbricht was serving a life sentence for creating a site in a shady corner of the internet to sell heroin, cocaine and other illicit substances.
Trump Pardons Ross Ulbricht, Creator of Silk Road Drug Marketplace
Ross Ulbricht was serving a life sentence for creating a site in a shady corner of the internet to sell heroin, cocaine and other illicit substances.
www.nytimes.com
January 22, 2025 at 12:19 PM
President Trump granted a pardon to Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the Silk Road drug marketplace. Ulbricht was serving a life sentence for creating a site in a shady corner of the internet to sell heroin, cocaine and other illicit substances.
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📷 'I’ve covered inaugurations since 2004 and the president-elect dancing with the Village People is like nothing I’ve seen before ... Of course the crowd of supporters gathered here loved every minute' — Brian Snyder reut.rs/3DZsDdw
January 21, 2025 at 4:32 PM
📷 'I’ve covered inaugurations since 2004 and the president-elect dancing with the Village People is like nothing I’ve seen before ... Of course the crowd of supporters gathered here loved every minute' — Brian Snyder reut.rs/3DZsDdw
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Despite a ban from Park District work after he was asked to resign from a top post there for his involvement in the agency’s sexual abuse lifeguard scandal, a longtime government employee has again found a job with a Chicago alderman.
Man banned from Chicago Park District jobs after scandal now working for alderman
Despite a ban from Park District work after he was asked to resign from a top post there for his involvement in the agency’s sexual abuse lifeguard scandal, a longtime government employee has…
www.chicagotribune.com
January 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Despite a ban from Park District work after he was asked to resign from a top post there for his involvement in the agency’s sexual abuse lifeguard scandal, a longtime government employee has again found a job with a Chicago alderman.
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President Donald Trump signed an executive order revoking the security clearance of 51 former intelligence officials who signed a 2020 letter arguing that emails from a laptop belonging to Hunter Biden carried “all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation.”
Trump revokes security clearances of former officials who signed Hunter Biden laptop letter with executive action | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday revoking the security clearance of 51 former intelligence officials who signed a 2020 letter arguing that emails from a laptop belonging to Hunt...
www.cnn.com
January 21, 2025 at 3:00 AM
President Donald Trump signed an executive order revoking the security clearance of 51 former intelligence officials who signed a 2020 letter arguing that emails from a laptop belonging to Hunter Biden carried “all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation.”
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RFK Jr. failed to report making hundreds of thousands of dollars off his anti-vaccine nonprofit, which he claimed he never took a cent from, The Daily Beast reported Wednesday.
RFK Jr. Secretly Got Rich Off of “Public Health” Efforts
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s anti-vax nonprofit turns out to be just another scam.
newrepublic.com
January 19, 2025 at 4:56 PM
RFK Jr. failed to report making hundreds of thousands of dollars off his anti-vaccine nonprofit, which he claimed he never took a cent from, The Daily Beast reported Wednesday.
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Bluesky is getting its own photo-sharing app, Flashes
Bluesky is getting its own photo-sharing app, Flashes
More good news for those looking to exit Meta’s social app ecosystem in favor of a more open alternative: An independent developer is building a photo-sharing app for Bluesky called Flashes. The soon-to-launch app is powered by the same technology that…
tcrn.ch
January 15, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Bluesky is getting its own photo-sharing app, Flashes
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live your life in such a way that the entire world doesn't burst out laughing when your rocket blows up
January 17, 2025 at 12:52 AM
live your life in such a way that the entire world doesn't burst out laughing when your rocket blows up
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Mark Cuban posted a TikTok video that he wants to support or invest in somebody who creates a TikTok replacement built on the bluesky AT protocol.
January 17, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Mark Cuban posted a TikTok video that he wants to support or invest in somebody who creates a TikTok replacement built on the bluesky AT protocol.
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After Donald Trump's inauguration in 2017, artist Caroline Waterman joined her local 'Women's March', part of the largest single-day protest in US history. This year she said she is so demoralized she cannot bring herself to join a planned anti-Trump event reut.rs/40MK3mF
Why there's no big 'Women's March' this Trump inauguration
The crushing defeat of Kamala Harris has left liberal women exhausted and laid bare racial divides in the women's rights movements that will take some time to heal, more than a dozen activists and organizers told Reuters.
reut.rs
January 17, 2025 at 1:07 PM
After Donald Trump's inauguration in 2017, artist Caroline Waterman joined her local 'Women's March', part of the largest single-day protest in US history. This year she said she is so demoralized she cannot bring herself to join a planned anti-Trump event reut.rs/40MK3mF
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I'm curious as to why it takes The Daily Mail to inform Americans that the Trumps have just recently been revealed to be tight with yet another nest of alleged child sex traffickers?
With Trump co-president Elon Musk out here daily declaring that no one cares about protecting kids more than him?
With Trump co-president Elon Musk out here daily declaring that no one cares about protecting kids more than him?
Disgraced Alexander brothers partied with Trumps at the White House
Accused rapists the Alexander brothers who once dominated the Miami real estate market were hobnobbed with the Trumps at the White House for Hanukkah in 2020 and the inauguration.
www.dailymail.co.uk
January 16, 2025 at 5:05 AM
I'm curious as to why it takes The Daily Mail to inform Americans that the Trumps have just recently been revealed to be tight with yet another nest of alleged child sex traffickers?
With Trump co-president Elon Musk out here daily declaring that no one cares about protecting kids more than him?
With Trump co-president Elon Musk out here daily declaring that no one cares about protecting kids more than him?