Shanna
@shannac.bsky.social
Mom, professor, out-of-practice classical guitarist, and accidental cat collector. Here to learn and stay hopeful in the midst of the sudden fear and uncertainty.
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“Disaster money is just sitting,” one FEMA employee tells WIRED. “Every single day applicants are asking their FEMA contact ‘where’s my money?’ And we are ordered to just say nothing and redirect.” Trump wants to use the FEMA budget to build concentration camps around the world.
FEMA's Chaotic Summer Has Gone From Bad to Worse
Following a week of strife at the disaster relief agency, Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem told FEMA employees to "be vocal" about their positive experiences with the Trump administration.
www.wired.com
August 29, 2025 at 3:02 PM
“Disaster money is just sitting,” one FEMA employee tells WIRED. “Every single day applicants are asking their FEMA contact ‘where’s my money?’ And we are ordered to just say nothing and redirect.” Trump wants to use the FEMA budget to build concentration camps around the world.
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Colbert for President.
July 18, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Colbert for President.
Words can't describe how much I despise the MAGAts. I hope the tables turn and hope they receive their comuppance. Absolutely infuriating. youtu.be/rxGT0D7IiZ8?...
"This is absolutely insane!"
YouTube video by C-SPAN
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July 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Words can't describe how much I despise the MAGAts. I hope the tables turn and hope they receive their comuppance. Absolutely infuriating. youtu.be/rxGT0D7IiZ8?...
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NEW: The Department of Veterans Affairs will REDUCE staff by 30,000 - one-third of whom are Veterans themselves - by the end of September.
July 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM
NEW: The Department of Veterans Affairs will REDUCE staff by 30,000 - one-third of whom are Veterans themselves - by the end of September.
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BREAKING: Six leading medical organizations filed a lawsuit on Monday against Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, and the health dept, charging that recent decisions limiting access to vaccines were unscientific and harmful to the public.
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www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/h...
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Medical Societies Sue Kennedy and H.H.S. Over Vaccine Advice
www.nytimes.com
July 7, 2025 at 4:30 PM
BREAKING: Six leading medical organizations filed a lawsuit on Monday against Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, and the health dept, charging that recent decisions limiting access to vaccines were unscientific and harmful to the public.
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www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/h...
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And now I know why the Del Rio TX radiosonde, despite NOAA / NWS cuts, couldn't have missed a balloon release: it is automated! It's data played a crucial role in providing advance warning for the Texas flash flood tragedy that has claimed over 50 lives. www.youtube.com/shorts/aamw0...
Del Rio Automated Radiosonde Observing System (AROS)
YouTube video by NWSSanAntonio
www.youtube.com
July 6, 2025 at 12:59 AM
And now I know why the Del Rio TX radiosonde, despite NOAA / NWS cuts, couldn't have missed a balloon release: it is automated! It's data played a crucial role in providing advance warning for the Texas flash flood tragedy that has claimed over 50 lives. www.youtube.com/shorts/aamw0...
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I'm attending John Lewis Actions's event, “GOOD TROUBLE LIVES ON:” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/john-lewis-a...
GOOD TROUBLE LIVES ON: · John Lewis Actions
The League of Women Voters of Williamson County invites you to an online Teach-In on the fight for voting rights in Texas, past and present. This event will be a live-stream of our in-person event at ...
www.mobilize.us
July 4, 2025 at 3:39 AM
I'm attending John Lewis Actions's event, “GOOD TROUBLE LIVES ON:” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/john-lewis-a...
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Can Hakeem Jeffries please speak for just 3.5 more years
July 3, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Can Hakeem Jeffries please speak for just 3.5 more years
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A new study in the Lancet says the closure of USAID could lead to the premature deaths of more than 14 million people in less than five years, including 4.5 million children under the age of 5.
Donald Trump chose this. www.theguardian.com/...
Donald Trump chose this. www.theguardian.com/...
Obama and Bush call Trump’s USAID closure a ‘travesty’ as report warns of 14 million extra deaths
Former presidents Barack Obama and George W Bush and singer Bono send emotional message to staff as organisation closes
www.theguardian.com
July 3, 2025 at 6:36 AM
A new study in the Lancet says the closure of USAID could lead to the premature deaths of more than 14 million people in less than five years, including 4.5 million children under the age of 5.
Donald Trump chose this. www.theguardian.com/...
Donald Trump chose this. www.theguardian.com/...
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Please don’t presume this is now an American president making a serious decision for the good of America, not a malignant despot desperate to be seen as a strong man.
June 22, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Please don’t presume this is now an American president making a serious decision for the good of America, not a malignant despot desperate to be seen as a strong man.
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#ProudBlue
Video credit: @jesscraven101.bsky.social
The horrific trauma Los Angeles is experiencing right now is real.
The pure emotion Jess shows in this video is being felt by most of us here.
Video credit: @jesscraven101.bsky.social
The horrific trauma Los Angeles is experiencing right now is real.
The pure emotion Jess shows in this video is being felt by most of us here.
June 20, 2025 at 4:56 AM
#ProudBlue
Video credit: @jesscraven101.bsky.social
The horrific trauma Los Angeles is experiencing right now is real.
The pure emotion Jess shows in this video is being felt by most of us here.
Video credit: @jesscraven101.bsky.social
The horrific trauma Los Angeles is experiencing right now is real.
The pure emotion Jess shows in this video is being felt by most of us here.
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“You can comfort yourself with the notion your position is secure as long as you stay in line…with Trump. But is that really what you envisioned when you sought public office—that your legacy would be defined by obedience to a cruel, bigoted and vengeful man?”
www.americaamerica.news/p/a-letter-t...
www.americaamerica.news/p/a-letter-t...
A Letter to Republicans
I have some questions for GOP members of Congress...before it's too late
www.americaamerica.news
June 20, 2025 at 1:26 PM
“You can comfort yourself with the notion your position is secure as long as you stay in line…with Trump. But is that really what you envisioned when you sought public office—that your legacy would be defined by obedience to a cruel, bigoted and vengeful man?”
www.americaamerica.news/p/a-letter-t...
www.americaamerica.news/p/a-letter-t...
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I want to see everyone repost this one. Canada is stepping it up while the US sinks further and further to a new low.
Well done, Canada.
Well done, Canada.
June 20, 2025 at 3:28 AM
I want to see everyone repost this one. Canada is stepping it up while the US sinks further and further to a new low.
Well done, Canada.
Well done, Canada.
Rep. Adam Smith, perfectly sums up the craziness and simple lack of common sense of the Trump administration and MAGA movement. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kks...
'Nobody On This Committee Knows What That Means': Smith Demands Transparency From Hegseth On Cuts
YouTube video by Forbes Breaking News
www.youtube.com
June 20, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Rep. Adam Smith, perfectly sums up the craziness and simple lack of common sense of the Trump administration and MAGA movement. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kks...
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Gutting California’s national parks — places like Yosemite, Joshua Tree, and the Redwoods all at risk.
That’s what Trump’s doing by pulling federal funding. He's putting our national parks on the chopping block.
www.npr.org/2025/06/10/n...
That’s what Trump’s doing by pulling federal funding. He's putting our national parks on the chopping block.
www.npr.org/2025/06/10/n...
Trump's efforts to cut National Parks budget faces bipartisan pushback
President Trump wants to cut hundreds of millions of dollars from the National Park Service budget this year and much more next year. The effort is facing bipartisan criticism.
www.npr.org
June 18, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Gutting California’s national parks — places like Yosemite, Joshua Tree, and the Redwoods all at risk.
That’s what Trump’s doing by pulling federal funding. He's putting our national parks on the chopping block.
www.npr.org/2025/06/10/n...
That’s what Trump’s doing by pulling federal funding. He's putting our national parks on the chopping block.
www.npr.org/2025/06/10/n...
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O-4 upbraided by more experienced O-5 over his incompetence.
damn -- Duckworth to Hegseth: "If you want to be the DHS secretary, maybe you can apply for that job when you're fired from this one due to your incompetence."
June 18, 2025 at 3:55 PM
O-4 upbraided by more experienced O-5 over his incompetence.
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Senate Republicans choose billionaires over hospitals. Unbelievable.
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
Hospitals stunned by Senate GOP’s Medicaid plan
Republicans want to curtail taxes states have imposed to increase payments to hospitals.
www.politico.com
June 18, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Senate Republicans choose billionaires over hospitals. Unbelievable.
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
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Duckworth to Hegseth: "You are blowing through money like my fellow cadets and I did in our first liberty after basic camp. Luckily I didn't end up with a questionable tattoo ... you're just an unqualified yes man who can't tell the president how to keep Americans safe."
June 18, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Duckworth to Hegseth: "You are blowing through money like my fellow cadets and I did in our first liberty after basic camp. Luckily I didn't end up with a questionable tattoo ... you're just an unqualified yes man who can't tell the president how to keep Americans safe."
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Immigrants play a crucial role in taking care of some of the most vulnerable Americans — and now they're being pushed out of the country.
The immigrants caring for the elderly are losing their jobs
More than 41% of home health aides in the U.S. last year were foreign-born.
www.axios.com
June 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Immigrants play a crucial role in taking care of some of the most vulnerable Americans — and now they're being pushed out of the country.
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Senator Padilla (D-CA) took to the Senate floor to emotionally describe what led to him being forcefully removed from a news conference last week by being forced to the ground, handcuffed, and detained when he tried to question Trump's response to the protests in LA. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jyC...
Sen. Alex Padilla breaks down in tears on Senate floor recounting Noem news conference removal
YouTube video by CBS News
www.youtube.com
June 17, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Senator Padilla (D-CA) took to the Senate floor to emotionally describe what led to him being forcefully removed from a news conference last week by being forced to the ground, handcuffed, and detained when he tried to question Trump's response to the protests in LA. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jyC...
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June 15, 2025 at 3:47 PM