Ruth Moxon
@moxonruth.bsky.social
Reader, traveler, public health advocate. Supporter of democracy and the rule of law.
They should be ashamed.
July 1, 2025 at 5:14 PM
They should be ashamed.
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Now imagine how much care he will exercise as HHS Secy to protect your children and grandchildren.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, posted photos on Sunday of himself and his grandchildren swimming in a contaminated Washington creek where swimming is not allowed because it is used for sewer runoff.
RFK Jr. Swims in Washington Creek That Flows With Sewage and Bacteria
www.nytimes.com
May 13, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Now imagine how much care he will exercise as HHS Secy to protect your children and grandchildren.
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Even if you (wrongly) believe that some immigrants lack due process rights, what’s to stop the government from claiming that *you* are an undocumented immigrant; removing you to El Salvador; citing an “administrative error”; and refusing to do anything to bring you back?
The answer is due process.
The answer is due process.
April 15, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Even if you (wrongly) believe that some immigrants lack due process rights, what’s to stop the government from claiming that *you* are an undocumented immigrant; removing you to El Salvador; citing an “administrative error”; and refusing to do anything to bring you back?
The answer is due process.
The answer is due process.
“We need to remember that freedom doesn’t mean freedom from shared responsibility. Real liberty includes empathy…While we need herd immunity… what we need even more is to restore the values that make herd immunity possible: trust, cooperation, and a shared commitment to protecting the vulnerable.”
“Public health isn’t the sum of individual choices. It’s our collective agreement to protect the most vulnerable among us: the elderly, the immunocompromised, the uninsured, the people who can’t isolate or work remotely.”
Personal choice has been weaponized to undermine public health
“Public health isn’t the sum of individual choices. It’s our collective agreement to protect the most vulnerable among us,” writes MeiLan Han.
www.statnews.com
April 12, 2025 at 12:04 PM
“We need to remember that freedom doesn’t mean freedom from shared responsibility. Real liberty includes empathy…While we need herd immunity… what we need even more is to restore the values that make herd immunity possible: trust, cooperation, and a shared commitment to protecting the vulnerable.”
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I still can’t figure out when “we can deport you” turned into “we can put you in a hell hole prison in a third country, indefinitely, with no legal recourse.”
April 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I still can’t figure out when “we can deport you” turned into “we can put you in a hell hole prison in a third country, indefinitely, with no legal recourse.”
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Pundits are - in vain - looking to economics and politics when trying to explain Trump's behavior.
But, in reality, the central place to look if we want to understand Trump and his policies is this:
The psychology of dominance.
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But, in reality, the central place to look if we want to understand Trump and his policies is this:
The psychology of dominance.
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April 9, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Pundits are - in vain - looking to economics and politics when trying to explain Trump's behavior.
But, in reality, the central place to look if we want to understand Trump and his policies is this:
The psychology of dominance.
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But, in reality, the central place to look if we want to understand Trump and his policies is this:
The psychology of dominance.
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If you’re continuously stunned by the behavior of gerrymandered GOP representatives in the world of Citizens United, don’t be.
Here’s how to think of them:
They are no longer public servants.
Improving public outcomes is not their goal. Nor do they do better in life…
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If you’re continuously stunned by the behavior of gerrymandered GOP representatives in the world of Citizens United, don’t be.
Here’s how to think of them:
They are no longer public servants.
Improving public outcomes is not their goal. Nor do they do better in life…
1/
April 5, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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If you’re continuously stunned by the behavior of gerrymandered GOP representatives in the world of Citizens United, don’t be.
Here’s how to think of them:
They are no longer public servants.
Improving public outcomes is not their goal. Nor do they do better in life…
1/
If you’re continuously stunned by the behavior of gerrymandered GOP representatives in the world of Citizens United, don’t be.
Here’s how to think of them:
They are no longer public servants.
Improving public outcomes is not their goal. Nor do they do better in life…
1/
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@jessicatarlov.bsky.social hopefully you'll get a follow-up opportunity.
Ranking Member @delauro.house.gov fixed this OMB letter: "This isn’t about politics. This is about truth and accountability to the American people." bsky.app/profile/dela...
April 2, 2025 at 9:14 PM
@jessicatarlov.bsky.social hopefully you'll get a follow-up opportunity.
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Pete Hegseth recklessly disclosed sensitive military attack plans that jeopardized American lives.
And previously embarrassed us in front of our NATO allies in Brussels.
Why does this guy still have a job?
And previously embarrassed us in front of our NATO allies in Brussels.
Why does this guy still have a job?
March 27, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Pete Hegseth recklessly disclosed sensitive military attack plans that jeopardized American lives.
And previously embarrassed us in front of our NATO allies in Brussels.
Why does this guy still have a job?
And previously embarrassed us in front of our NATO allies in Brussels.
Why does this guy still have a job?
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“Can you imagine a worse way to persuade people that you will fight for them than agreeing to abandon your most vulnerable friends at the slightest provocation from the playground's meanest bully? I can't.”
I wrote about the practical strategic necessity of doing "impossible" things, the moral and strategic emptiness of making the middle your destination, and the way persuasion requires vision, and vision requires standing for something.
www.the-reframe.com/the-unmovabl...
www.the-reframe.com/the-unmovabl...
The Unmovable Sink
How do you make impossible things possible? Same way anyone ever did: By trying.
www.the-reframe.com
March 23, 2025 at 4:44 PM
“Can you imagine a worse way to persuade people that you will fight for them than agreeing to abandon your most vulnerable friends at the slightest provocation from the playground's meanest bully? I can't.”
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Ukraine as a sovereign nation can make alliances as it pleases. Russia has attacked Ukraine to strip it of its sovereignty. Russia is now trying to get the US to do something to Ukraine it cannot do itself.
Russia will seek ‘ironclad’ guarantees in any peace deal on Ukraine that NATO nations will exclude Kyiv from membership and that Ukraine will remain neutral, a Russian deputy foreign minister said reut.rs/4iw1lKV
Russia demands 'ironclad' guarantees in peace treaty with Ukraine
Russia will seek "ironclad" guarantees in any peace deal on Ukraine that NATO nations will exclude Kyiv from membership and that Ukraine will remain neutral, a Russian deputy foreign minister said in remarks published on Monday.
reut.rs
March 18, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Ukraine as a sovereign nation can make alliances as it pleases. Russia has attacked Ukraine to strip it of its sovereignty. Russia is now trying to get the US to do something to Ukraine it cannot do itself.
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🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
March 12, 2025 at 2:19 PM
🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
This is a perfect way to prepare for whatever the State of the Union brings on Tuesday night — an event with Timothy Snyder about the threats of authoritarianism and what we can do to resist it! If you've read his book, you know this will be good. I signed up, join me! social.redwine.blue/s/7ZFK0M7w
Register here.
social.redwine.blue
February 27, 2025 at 10:06 PM
This is a perfect way to prepare for whatever the State of the Union brings on Tuesday night — an event with Timothy Snyder about the threats of authoritarianism and what we can do to resist it! If you've read his book, you know this will be good. I signed up, join me! social.redwine.blue/s/7ZFK0M7w
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This needs to be amplified.
February 26, 2025 at 10:06 PM
This needs to be amplified.
Just watched the final #Reidout and want to express huge respect for @joyannreid.bsky.social. Her message and the class and grace she exhibited under awful circumstances were phenomenal. Thanks, Joy, for all you have done on behalf of democracy and our country. Looking forward to your next steps. 💙
February 25, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Just watched the final #Reidout and want to express huge respect for @joyannreid.bsky.social. Her message and the class and grace she exhibited under awful circumstances were phenomenal. Thanks, Joy, for all you have done on behalf of democracy and our country. Looking forward to your next steps. 💙
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The Trump administration cites a survey that only 6% of federal employees are working full time in their offices. The number isn’t true. Why do administration and elected officials keep relying on it? @sengelberg.bsky.social takes a closer look.
The Trump Administration Keeps Citing an Untrue Stat as It Targets Federal Workers
A “survey of our niche audience for our niche audience” was the source for the claim that only 6% of federal employees are working full time in their offices. The number isn’t true. Why do administrat...
www.propublica.org
February 24, 2025 at 1:19 PM
The Trump administration cites a survey that only 6% of federal employees are working full time in their offices. The number isn’t true. Why do administration and elected officials keep relying on it? @sengelberg.bsky.social takes a closer look.
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👇 In addition to never wanting to hear Lisa Murkowski or Susan Collins being called "moderates" ever again, I never want to hear a single word about national security or foreign policy from Tom Cotton taken seriously by major media outlets or supposedly serious journalists ever again:
I will never get over all the very serious national security knowers in the Senate who just voted to confirm Grayzone Kim Philby www.npr.org/2025/02/12/n...
Tulsi Gabbard confirmed as director of national intelligence, overcoming skepticism
The former lawmaker faced questions about her level of experience and past comments about autocratic leaders, but ultimately the Senate confirmed her on Wednesday afternoon.
www.npr.org
February 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
👇 In addition to never wanting to hear Lisa Murkowski or Susan Collins being called "moderates" ever again, I never want to hear a single word about national security or foreign policy from Tom Cotton taken seriously by major media outlets or supposedly serious journalists ever again:
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THIS! You don’t get to pick and choose. A PERSON IS A PERSON PERIOD! if your beliefs are that strong go do something else.
February 8, 2025 at 12:21 AM
THIS! You don’t get to pick and choose. A PERSON IS A PERSON PERIOD! if your beliefs are that strong go do something else.
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2/ Friends, it was never about "putting Christ back in govt." It was always about power, money, and selfishness.
May we make better choices, tomorrow.
/ENDS
May we make better choices, tomorrow.
/ENDS
February 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
2/ Friends, it was never about "putting Christ back in govt." It was always about power, money, and selfishness.
May we make better choices, tomorrow.
/ENDS
May we make better choices, tomorrow.
/ENDS
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Why is this so hard to understand?
Murphy: "We need to act like a real opposition party in the middle of a constitutional and democracy crisis. That means we should not be moving forward nominees or legislation in the Senate. Ds should not be giving votes to nominee or legislation in the Senate until Rs get serious about this crisis"
February 5, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Why is this so hard to understand?