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Liberal Democrat moving to Bluesky to be amongst more like-minded people. I love to work on art and go hiking. I live near Smoky Mountain National Park, so I frequently hike there.
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dianavgalbraith.bsky.social
The state is waging war on the people.
petersterne.com Peter Sterne @petersterne.com · Apr 10
The Trump administration is now canceling people's Social Security Numbers, treating them as if they are legally dead. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/u...
Now, the administration is taking drastic steps to pressure some of those immigrants and others who had legal status to “self-deport” by effectively canceling the Social Security numbers they had lawfully obtained, according to documents reviewed by The New York Times and interviews with six people familiar with the plans. The goal is to cut those people off from using crucial financial services like bank accounts and credit cards, along with their access to government benefits. The effort hinges on a surprising new tactic: repurposing Social Security’s “death master file,” which for years has been used to track dead people who should no longer receive benefits, to include the names of living people who the government believes should be treated as if they are dead. As a result, they would be blacklisted from a coveted form of identity that allows them to make and spend money.
April 11, 2025 at 2:11 AM
pamlovesartnature.bsky.social
March 1, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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chrislhayes.bsky.social
uhhh kinda feels like maybe they should publish those birds flu studies?

www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
CDC scientific report resumes publication after unprecedented pause
But three studies about bird flu remain on hold even as the outbreak spreads.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 12, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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thedailybeast.bsky.social
OPINION | The deafening silence washing over Washington is dangerous for democracy.
Quiet Over Trump’s Kennedy Center Grab Risks ‘Capitulation’
“It’s another signal of how an authoritarian leader can use state power to defeat the opposition,” one democracy watchdog tells the Daily Beast.
www.thedailybeast.com
February 13, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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docvanden.bsky.social
Please call. Tell your family and neighbors to call. This is their second attempt at the nonprofit killer bill. If passed, it will allow Trump to have Treasury label any nonprofit that is politically inconvenient for him as “terrorist” to shut them up and mess up their funding.
celestepewter.bsky.social Celeste Pewter @celestepewter.bsky.social · Nov 16
As promised, updated scripts here for HR 9495, which will be headed back to the floor around Wednesday.

Yes, this is the bill that gives the Sec. Treasury powers to strip non-profits of their C3 status.

1. For House members,
2. For Senators,
3. For New Yorkers to call Schumer.

Please call.
November 17, 2024 at 5:59 AM
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therealhoarse.bsky.social
The hardest thing to get used to about Bluesky is not getting nasty replies from people who don’t know the difference between ‘your’ and ‘you’re’.
November 17, 2024 at 3:00 AM
pamlovesartnature.bsky.social
Just made this pretty Christmas lady. Working on art projects temporarily relieves the stress of current events.
November 17, 2024 at 8:32 PM
pamlovesartnature.bsky.social
My beautiful Sophie girl.
November 15, 2024 at 1:15 AM
pamlovesartnature.bsky.social
November 15, 2024 at 12:11 AM
pamlovesartnature.bsky.social
A few pics from the Blue Ridge Parkway in NC
November 14, 2024 at 11:06 PM