Steve B
@stevebugguy.bsky.social
Hospice Chaplain who loves bugs, other animals and progressive politics (in that order); supports efforts to combat climate change and systemic racism
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From June: the Trump Admin’s cruelest immigration policies can all be traced back to Stephen Miller. (June 25, 2025)
December 31, 2025 at 7:46 PM
From June: the Trump Admin’s cruelest immigration policies can all be traced back to Stephen Miller. (June 25, 2025)
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Karoline Leavitt is a professional liar
Trump’s press secretary is paid by the taxpayers to hoodwink the taxpayers.
Trump’s press secretary is paid by the taxpayers to hoodwink the taxpayers.
April 16, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Karoline Leavitt is a professional liar
Trump’s press secretary is paid by the taxpayers to hoodwink the taxpayers.
Trump’s press secretary is paid by the taxpayers to hoodwink the taxpayers.
The Trump administration terminated funding for polio, H.I.V., malaria and nutrition programs around the world this week. I guess “Love thy neighbor” only includes Americans!
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/h...
U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World (Gift Article)
Here are some of the 5,800 contracts the Trump administration formally canceled this week in a wave of terse emails.
www.nytimes.com
March 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The Trump administration terminated funding for polio, H.I.V., malaria and nutrition programs around the world this week. I guess “Love thy neighbor” only includes Americans!
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/h...
Trump coordinating with Israel on blocking all aid into Gaza makes us complicit in a war crime - using starvation as a weapon of war. Republicans don't care how many children die of starvation and from freezing. They are not "pro-life!" abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
Israel block on Gaza aid coordinated with Trump administration, Israeli source says
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office on Sunday said the country had imposed a blockade on all humanitarian aid heading into the Gaza Strip.
abcnews.go.com
March 2, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Trump coordinating with Israel on blocking all aid into Gaza makes us complicit in a war crime - using starvation as a weapon of war. Republicans don't care how many children die of starvation and from freezing. They are not "pro-life!" abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
A new poll shows that by a nearly 2-1 margin, voters oppose President Trump’s plans to issue an executive order to abolish the U.S. Department of Education. protectborrowers.org/new-poll-con...
New Poll Confirms: Trump’s Plan to Abolish Department of Education is Extremely Unpopular Among Voters - Student Borrower Protection Center
Poll comes as Trump continues unconstitutional authoritarian takeover of federal agencies and prepares to take excecutive action to dismantle U.S. Department of Education.
protectborrowers.org
February 18, 2025 at 4:18 PM
A new poll shows that by a nearly 2-1 margin, voters oppose President Trump’s plans to issue an executive order to abolish the U.S. Department of Education. protectborrowers.org/new-poll-con...
Our president thinks he is above the law and doesn't need to follow any court orders. He just posted on Truth Social: "He who saves his country does not violate any law." www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Trump suggests he’s above the law with ominous Napoleon quote
Trump’s allies and Elon Musk are attacking checks and balances with threats to the courts
www.independent.co.uk
February 16, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Our president thinks he is above the law and doesn't need to follow any court orders. He just posted on Truth Social: "He who saves his country does not violate any law." www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
66% of Americans think Donald Trump is not focusing enough on lowering prices. x.com/CBSNewsPoll/...
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x.com
February 12, 2025 at 4:05 PM
66% of Americans think Donald Trump is not focusing enough on lowering prices. x.com/CBSNewsPoll/...
Why Donald Trump chose to fire several inspectors general from major federal agencies:
“This is Donald Trump’s way of telling us he’s terrified of accountability." - Sen. Chuck Schumer
“He broke the law, and not just any law, but a law meant to crowd out waste, fraud and abuse." - Sen Adam Schiff
“This is Donald Trump’s way of telling us he’s terrified of accountability." - Sen. Chuck Schumer
“He broke the law, and not just any law, but a law meant to crowd out waste, fraud and abuse." - Sen Adam Schiff
Adam Schiff Names One Reason Trump May Have Fired Several Inspectors General
The Democratic senator said the president "broke the law."
www.huffpost.com
January 27, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Why Donald Trump chose to fire several inspectors general from major federal agencies:
“This is Donald Trump’s way of telling us he’s terrified of accountability." - Sen. Chuck Schumer
“He broke the law, and not just any law, but a law meant to crowd out waste, fraud and abuse." - Sen Adam Schiff
“This is Donald Trump’s way of telling us he’s terrified of accountability." - Sen. Chuck Schumer
“He broke the law, and not just any law, but a law meant to crowd out waste, fraud and abuse." - Sen Adam Schiff
President Trump endorsed the genocide and ethnic cleansing in Gaza, saying that we need to "just clean out” the Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, and reauthorized the use of 2000 pound US bombs to help make this happen.
Trump suggests Palestinians leave Gaza and ‘we just clean out’ territory
US president says he wants people to move to neighbouring nations, after resuming shipments of 2,000lb bombs to Israel
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM
President Trump endorsed the genocide and ethnic cleansing in Gaza, saying that we need to "just clean out” the Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, and reauthorized the use of 2000 pound US bombs to help make this happen.
An "essential part of U.S. history" is no longer being taught to our military. The Air Force has removed some training courses to comply with Trump’s crackdown on DEI initiatives. Some of the removed courses included historical videos of the Black Tuskegee Airmen and Women Airforce Service Pilots.
January 26, 2025 at 4:57 PM
An "essential part of U.S. history" is no longer being taught to our military. The Air Force has removed some training courses to comply with Trump’s crackdown on DEI initiatives. Some of the removed courses included historical videos of the Black Tuskegee Airmen and Women Airforce Service Pilots.
Trump's administration announced it was re-launching the program "Remain in Mexico," which forced non-Mexican asylum seekers to wait in Mexico until their cases in the US were resolved. Such a move would require the country receiving the asylum-seekers to agree, and Mexico has not done so.
Mexico refuses U.S. military flight deporting migrants, sources say
Mexico has refused a request from President Donald Trump's administration to allow a U.S. military aircraft deporting migrants to land in the country, a U.S. official and a Mexican official told Reuters.
www.reuters.com
January 25, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Trump's administration announced it was re-launching the program "Remain in Mexico," which forced non-Mexican asylum seekers to wait in Mexico until their cases in the US were resolved. Such a move would require the country receiving the asylum-seekers to agree, and Mexico has not done so.
The optics of giving the 3 richest people in the world front row seats in front of his Cabinet at Trump's inauguration, tells us everything we need to know about the corruption that will be part and parcel to this administration.
January 23, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The optics of giving the 3 richest people in the world front row seats in front of his Cabinet at Trump's inauguration, tells us everything we need to know about the corruption that will be part and parcel to this administration.
White supremacists love when DEI programs are scrapped because they know it will reduce the number of people of color in companies that many of them work for.
January 23, 2025 at 2:20 PM
White supremacists love when DEI programs are scrapped because they know it will reduce the number of people of color in companies that many of them work for.
"With polls indicating sharp partisan divisions about the merits of clemency for the Jan. 6 insurrectionists, the president’s action will divide, not unify. It will inflame divisions, not heal them. That possibility does not bode well for a country already on edge and divided into warring camps."
Opinion | Trump’s pardons of Jan. 6 insurrectionists turn the Founders’ vision on its head
As one of the first acts of his presidency, it certifies his view that we are two nations, not one.
www.msnbc.com
January 21, 2025 at 2:18 AM
"With polls indicating sharp partisan divisions about the merits of clemency for the Jan. 6 insurrectionists, the president’s action will divide, not unify. It will inflame divisions, not heal them. That possibility does not bode well for a country already on edge and divided into warring camps."
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ICE is planning immigration raids starting Tuesday. Please amplify.
January 19, 2025 at 6:42 PM
ICE is planning immigration raids starting Tuesday. Please amplify.
"Donald Trump has nominated more than a dozen billionaires to be in his government. Three of the wealthiest people in the world will be next to him on the dais when he takes the oath of office. Donald Trump and the Republicans have a government of, by and for the ultra-wealthy."
- Dan Pfeiffer
- Dan Pfeiffer
January 19, 2025 at 5:25 PM
"Donald Trump has nominated more than a dozen billionaires to be in his government. Three of the wealthiest people in the world will be next to him on the dais when he takes the oath of office. Donald Trump and the Republicans have a government of, by and for the ultra-wealthy."
- Dan Pfeiffer
- Dan Pfeiffer
"At a time of massive income and wealth inequality..it would be an outrage to provide hundreds of billions of dollars in additional tax breaks to large corporations and the wealthiest people in this country. Any new tax cuts should go to the working families of this country."
- Bernie Sanders
- Bernie Sanders
SEN BERNIE SANDERS: My plan for the Trump presidency. What I will--and won't--do
There are many areas where I am in agreement with President-elect Trump. They include prescription drugs, capping interest rates on credit cards and trade.
www.foxnews.com
January 19, 2025 at 3:40 PM
"At a time of massive income and wealth inequality..it would be an outrage to provide hundreds of billions of dollars in additional tax breaks to large corporations and the wealthiest people in this country. Any new tax cuts should go to the working families of this country."
- Bernie Sanders
- Bernie Sanders
"We must not throw millions of people off of the health care they have by making massive cuts to Medicaid and other public health programs..Medicaid is a lifeline not only for millions of Americans, but also for over a million seniors in nursing homes and people with disabilities."
- Bernie Sanders
- Bernie Sanders
SEN BERNIE SANDERS: My plan for the Trump presidency. What I will--and won't--do
There are many areas where I am in agreement with President-elect Trump. They include prescription drugs, capping interest rates on credit cards and trade.
www.foxnews.com
January 19, 2025 at 3:37 PM
"We must not throw millions of people off of the health care they have by making massive cuts to Medicaid and other public health programs..Medicaid is a lifeline not only for millions of Americans, but also for over a million seniors in nursing homes and people with disabilities."
- Bernie Sanders
- Bernie Sanders
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Four years ago, Trump handed Biden a nation in the throes of a deadly pandemic and economic collapse.
On Monday, Biden will hand Trump a post-covid America with an economy that's been bolstered by major public investments.
The cycle of Democrats cleaning up GOP messes goes on.
On Monday, Biden will hand Trump a post-covid America with an economy that's been bolstered by major public investments.
The cycle of Democrats cleaning up GOP messes goes on.
How Democrats Clean Up the Messes Left by Republicans | Robert Reich
Republicans accuse Democrats of being fiscally irresponsible. But time and again, it’s the Democrats who are forced to clean up the economic messes they inhe...
www.youtube.com
January 18, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Four years ago, Trump handed Biden a nation in the throes of a deadly pandemic and economic collapse.
On Monday, Biden will hand Trump a post-covid America with an economy that's been bolstered by major public investments.
The cycle of Democrats cleaning up GOP messes goes on.
On Monday, Biden will hand Trump a post-covid America with an economy that's been bolstered by major public investments.
The cycle of Democrats cleaning up GOP messes goes on.
When three people on top own more wealth than the bottom half of America …
When a handful of corporations control the economy …
When you get one vote but billionaires can spend hundreds of millions of dollars to elect the candidate of their choice …
That’s oligarchy.
- Bernie Sanders
When a handful of corporations control the economy …
When you get one vote but billionaires can spend hundreds of millions of dollars to elect the candidate of their choice …
That’s oligarchy.
- Bernie Sanders
January 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM
When three people on top own more wealth than the bottom half of America …
When a handful of corporations control the economy …
When you get one vote but billionaires can spend hundreds of millions of dollars to elect the candidate of their choice …
That’s oligarchy.
- Bernie Sanders
When a handful of corporations control the economy …
When you get one vote but billionaires can spend hundreds of millions of dollars to elect the candidate of their choice …
That’s oligarchy.
- Bernie Sanders
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Let’s be clear about why Meta is removing fact checking.
January 10, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Let’s be clear about why Meta is removing fact checking.
"There’s a lot of high-ranking people talking about Greenland, and the people of Greenland, as an object, as property, as something that can be bought. It’s taking away our voice and dehumanizing us."
What do Greenlanders make of Donald Trump’s advances for their home?
Though few welcome idea of being acquired by the US, status quo as part of Denmark is not universally popular
www.theguardian.com
January 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
"There’s a lot of high-ranking people talking about Greenland, and the people of Greenland, as an object, as property, as something that can be bought. It’s taking away our voice and dehumanizing us."
"I would like to begin by addressing the heinous attack on the United States Capitol. Like all Americans, I am outraged by the violence, lawlessness and mayhem....The demonstrators that infiltrated the Capitol, have defiled the seat of American democracy." - Donald Trump, Jan 7, 2021
x.com
x.com
January 8, 2025 at 3:34 AM
"I would like to begin by addressing the heinous attack on the United States Capitol. Like all Americans, I am outraged by the violence, lawlessness and mayhem....The demonstrators that infiltrated the Capitol, have defiled the seat of American democracy." - Donald Trump, Jan 7, 2021
In other news, Facebook will now allow users to refer to “women as household objects or property" and allow “allegations of mental illness or abnormality when based on gender or sexual orientation."
Calling women ‘household objects’ now permitted on Facebook after Meta updated its guidelines | CNN Business
Meta on Tuesday announced sweeping changes to how it moderates content that will roll out in the coming months, including doing away with professional fact checking. But the company also quietly updat...
www.cnn.com
January 8, 2025 at 2:49 AM
In other news, Facebook will now allow users to refer to “women as household objects or property" and allow “allegations of mental illness or abnormality when based on gender or sexual orientation."