Pamela Pipes
@pammysue.bsky.social
Woke nature nerd looking for her tribe.
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Please repeat over and over:
“Bending to the whims of a bully will not end his cruelty. It will only embolden him. The response to authoritarianism isn’t acquiescence. Bullies respond to one thing, and one thing only: a punch in the face.”
—Gov. JB Pritzker
“Bending to the whims of a bully will not end his cruelty. It will only embolden him. The response to authoritarianism isn’t acquiescence. Bullies respond to one thing, and one thing only: a punch in the face.”
—Gov. JB Pritzker
April 16, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Please repeat over and over:
“Bending to the whims of a bully will not end his cruelty. It will only embolden him. The response to authoritarianism isn’t acquiescence. Bullies respond to one thing, and one thing only: a punch in the face.”
—Gov. JB Pritzker
“Bending to the whims of a bully will not end his cruelty. It will only embolden him. The response to authoritarianism isn’t acquiescence. Bullies respond to one thing, and one thing only: a punch in the face.”
—Gov. JB Pritzker
Spring time in west Texas! Snow today, back into the 80’s next week.
April 5, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Spring time in west Texas! Snow today, back into the 80’s next week.
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Reminder that 'savvy' political fact checkers spent the entire campaign telling voters that Trump was not going to do the things he obviously was going to do.
March 21, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Reminder that 'savvy' political fact checkers spent the entire campaign telling voters that Trump was not going to do the things he obviously was going to do.
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If you need help explaining to people what the Department of Education does and why it matters, this, from Ben Miller (hosted by @mattyglesias.bsky.social) is as good as it gets open.substack.com/pub/matthewy...
What the Department of Education actually does
America’s least understood and most efficient agency, explained
open.substack.com
March 17, 2025 at 1:45 PM
If you need help explaining to people what the Department of Education does and why it matters, this, from Ben Miller (hosted by @mattyglesias.bsky.social) is as good as it gets open.substack.com/pub/matthewy...
I’m watching the full concert now. As a life-long band nerd, this moves me to tears - both sad and happy. Kudos to the REAL Americans that made this happen for these kids. www.cbsnews.com/news/playing...
March 17, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I’m watching the full concert now. As a life-long band nerd, this moves me to tears - both sad and happy. Kudos to the REAL Americans that made this happen for these kids. www.cbsnews.com/news/playing...
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A classic MAGA self-own 🙄
Donald Trump Gets Brutal Reminder After Slamming His Own Trade Deal In Epic Self-Own
You really can't make this stuff up 🙄
www.comicsands.com
February 26, 2025 at 1:52 AM
A classic MAGA self-own 🙄
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The president's remarks were ripped as "morally disgusting" by Yale history professor Timothy Snyder, who is an expert on authoritarianism.
Donald Trump’s ‘Ghastly’ Ukraine Spin Blasted As ‘Echoing' Russian Propaganda
The president's remarks were ripped as "morally disgusting" by Yale history professor Timothy Snyder, who is an expert on authoritarianism.
www.huffpost.com
February 19, 2025 at 7:55 AM
The president's remarks were ripped as "morally disgusting" by Yale history professor Timothy Snyder, who is an expert on authoritarianism.
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Since 2011, the CFPB has returned over $20 billion to victims of financial fraud.
For every $1 in funding for the CFPB, more than $4 has been placed back in consumers’ pockets.
Elon Musk doesn't want you to know that it's one of the most efficient government agencies we have.
For every $1 in funding for the CFPB, more than $4 has been placed back in consumers’ pockets.
Elon Musk doesn't want you to know that it's one of the most efficient government agencies we have.
Why Musk and Trump Gutted the CFPB
YouTube video by Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
February 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Since 2011, the CFPB has returned over $20 billion to victims of financial fraud.
For every $1 in funding for the CFPB, more than $4 has been placed back in consumers’ pockets.
Elon Musk doesn't want you to know that it's one of the most efficient government agencies we have.
For every $1 in funding for the CFPB, more than $4 has been placed back in consumers’ pockets.
Elon Musk doesn't want you to know that it's one of the most efficient government agencies we have.
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Musk appears largely unshackled from ethical or oversight constraints despite wielding enormous influence over the American government and despite his businesses being deeply intertwined with the U.S. national security apparatus.
Did Trump Quietly Kill a Sensitive Pentagon Probe into Elon Musk?
The New York Times revealed last year that Musk and SpaceX failed to meet federal reporting requirements for Pentagon contractors. No one has asked: What’s going on with that today?
newrepublic.com
February 8, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Musk appears largely unshackled from ethical or oversight constraints despite wielding enormous influence over the American government and despite his businesses being deeply intertwined with the U.S. national security apparatus.
What’s your effective tax rate? I am sure it is a LOT more than 0.4%. Disgusting.
Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
Tesla Paid Zero Federal Income Tax in 2024, Despite $2.3 Billion in Income
This brings Tesla’s average tax rate over the past three years to 0.4 percent.
truthout.org
February 8, 2025 at 12:06 AM
What’s your effective tax rate? I am sure it is a LOT more than 0.4%. Disgusting.
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You know, because forcibly relocating 2.1 million people and ignoring international law is exactly what the Middle East needs right now.
World leaders blast Trump's absurd plan to displace Palestinians
Leaders across the world immediately rejected President Donald Trump’s nonsensical idea to ethnically cleanse the Gaza Strip within hours of him floating the proposal. In an appearance with ...
www.dailykos.com
February 5, 2025 at 4:10 PM
You know, because forcibly relocating 2.1 million people and ignoring international law is exactly what the Middle East needs right now.
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Even if Los Angeles were low on water, Trump’s executive orders wouldn’t help with that, because the federal government’s canal system doesn’t actually deliver any water to the Los Angeles area.
From @gristnews.bsky.social via @climatedesk.org:
From @gristnews.bsky.social via @climatedesk.org:
Trump's claim of routing water to Los Angeles is hogwash. It all goes to Central Valley megafarms.
"It’s an attempt to tie water supply to a natural disaster, but those connections don’t exist in reality.”
www.motherjones.com
February 5, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Even if Los Angeles were low on water, Trump’s executive orders wouldn’t help with that, because the federal government’s canal system doesn’t actually deliver any water to the Los Angeles area.
From @gristnews.bsky.social via @climatedesk.org:
From @gristnews.bsky.social via @climatedesk.org:
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The expert consensus is that tariffs will drive up prices for American companies and, in turn, consumers.
Trump’s tariffs: another disaster for the families who've lost everything
His one-two punch of deportations and import duties will make recovery slower—and way pricier.
www.motherjones.com
February 1, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The expert consensus is that tariffs will drive up prices for American companies and, in turn, consumers.
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The truth about Trump's tariffs is that the only people who will end up paying for them are you and me.
He's eagerly awaiting the opportunity to dole out exceptions to anyone who gives him favors in return.
He's eagerly awaiting the opportunity to dole out exceptions to anyone who gives him favors in return.
Trump's Tariffs Will Hurt Your Wallet
The truth about Trump's tariffs is that the only people who will end up paying for them are you and me. He's eagerly awaiting the opportunity to dole out exc...
www.youtube.com
February 1, 2025 at 12:34 AM
The truth about Trump's tariffs is that the only people who will end up paying for them are you and me.
He's eagerly awaiting the opportunity to dole out exceptions to anyone who gives him favors in return.
He's eagerly awaiting the opportunity to dole out exceptions to anyone who gives him favors in return.
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🧵 THREAD: Trump and Rubio have arrested the international humanitarian aid system and forced lifesaving aid programs to completely halt operations — despite an announcement earlier in the week claiming they had changed course. 1/
February 1, 2025 at 1:07 AM
🧵 THREAD: Trump and Rubio have arrested the international humanitarian aid system and forced lifesaving aid programs to completely halt operations — despite an announcement earlier in the week claiming they had changed course. 1/
People will die and Trump could not care less. How can his “Christian” followers be OK with this?
“People Will Die”: The Trump Administration Said It Lifted Its Ban on Lifesaving Humanitarian Aid. That’s Not True.
Organizations that provide vital care for desperate and vulnerable people around the world have been forced to halt operations, turn away patients and lay off staff. “I’ve never seen anything that sca...
www.propublica.org
January 31, 2025 at 11:03 PM
People will die and Trump could not care less. How can his “Christian” followers be OK with this?
Gee, that should make flying super safe.
Air traffic controllers have been emailed by the Trump administration urging them to quit their jobs and take mass “buyouts” just 24 hours after the D.C. plane crash.
Trump Admin Emails Air Traffic Controllers: Quit Your Jobs
Federal employees were told they could use their paid time off to explore “dream destinations” before quitting.
www.thedailybeast.com
January 31, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Gee, that should make flying super safe.
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Awww, poor baby!
'Everything I Say Leaks,' Zuckerberg Says in Leaked Meeting Audio
"There are a bunch of things that I think are value-destroying for me to talk about, so I’m not going to talk about those."
www.404media.co
January 31, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Awww, poor baby!
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Trump's baseless claims about the tragic plane collision in Washington, DC are not surprising—they are a pattern.
In the past, he also boosted false and disproven claims in the aftermath of terrorist attacks, a national pandemic, police brutality, and natural disasters. Here is the timeline:
In the past, he also boosted false and disproven claims in the aftermath of terrorist attacks, a national pandemic, police brutality, and natural disasters. Here is the timeline:
How Trump makes tragedies worse, a history
The president blaming DEI for a deadly plane crash is not the first time he's peddled conspiracy theories as the nation reels from a crisis.
www.motherjones.com
January 30, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Trump's baseless claims about the tragic plane collision in Washington, DC are not surprising—they are a pattern.
In the past, he also boosted false and disproven claims in the aftermath of terrorist attacks, a national pandemic, police brutality, and natural disasters. Here is the timeline:
In the past, he also boosted false and disproven claims in the aftermath of terrorist attacks, a national pandemic, police brutality, and natural disasters. Here is the timeline:
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grandpa keeps forgetting he's the government
January 30, 2025 at 5:48 PM
grandpa keeps forgetting he's the government
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The guy from The Apprentice, who hired a Fox weekend host to run the Pentagon and a cast member from the Real World to run the FAA (the two agencies associated with the incident) says the real cause of a deadly plain crash is DEI.
REPORTER: I'm trying to figure out how you can come to the conclusion right now that diversity had something to do with this crash.
TRUMP: Because I have common sense, ok? And unfortunately a lot of people don't
TRUMP: Because I have common sense, ok? And unfortunately a lot of people don't
January 30, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The guy from The Apprentice, who hired a Fox weekend host to run the Pentagon and a cast member from the Real World to run the FAA (the two agencies associated with the incident) says the real cause of a deadly plain crash is DEI.