@theinsidethought.bsky.social
Chris Hayes fangirl. 1986 Mets. History is my religion.
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NEW: The closure effectively hobbles the VA’s efforts to investigate and eliminate long-standing racial inequities that the department itself has acknowledged.
“The consequences will be dire, wide-reaching and deadly,” an advocate for Black veterans said.
By @vernalcoleman.bsky.social
“The consequences will be dire, wide-reaching and deadly,” an advocate for Black veterans said.
By @vernalcoleman.bsky.social
The Office That Investigates Disparities in Veterans’ Care Is Being “Liquidated”
The closure effectively hobbles the VA’s efforts to investigate and eliminate long-standing racial inequities that the department itself has acknowledged. “The consequences will be dire, wide-reaching...
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March 11, 2025 at 8:41 PM
NEW: The closure effectively hobbles the VA’s efforts to investigate and eliminate long-standing racial inequities that the department itself has acknowledged.
“The consequences will be dire, wide-reaching and deadly,” an advocate for Black veterans said.
By @vernalcoleman.bsky.social
“The consequences will be dire, wide-reaching and deadly,” an advocate for Black veterans said.
By @vernalcoleman.bsky.social
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Breaking News: Ukraine agreed to turn over the revenue from some of its minerals to the U.S., a Ukrainian official said, after an intense pressure campaign from President Trump that included insults and threats.
U.S. and Ukraine Agree to Minerals Deal, Officials Say
President Trump, who had insisted he wanted “payback” for past military aid to Kyiv, suggested President Volodymyr Zelensky would visit Washington this week to sign a deal, which he called a “very big...
www.nytimes.com
February 25, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Breaking News: Ukraine agreed to turn over the revenue from some of its minerals to the U.S., a Ukrainian official said, after an intense pressure campaign from President Trump that included insults and threats.
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February 21, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Just listened to the guys at bsky.app/profile/pitc... interview CT senator Chris Murphy. We need that man (and others like him). Help elevate his voice and his message of hope.
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Justice Dept. to Drop Discrimination Case Against Elon Musk’s SpaceX www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/u...
Justice Dept. to Drop Discrimination Case Against Elon Musk’s SpaceX
The Justice Department had sued SpaceX in 2023, accusing the company of violating federal law by refusing to hire refugees and people granted asylum in the United States.
www.nytimes.com
February 21, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Justice Dept. to Drop Discrimination Case Against Elon Musk’s SpaceX www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/u...
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This is why you fight these cowards.
The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.
Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights.
He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.
The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.
Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights.
He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.
a stammering Tom Homan on AOC: "She's the dumbest congresswoman ever elected to Congress."
February 18, 2025 at 3:17 AM
This is why you fight these cowards.
The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.
Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights.
He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.
The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.
Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights.
He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.
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Wherein Elon says the quiet, corrupt part out loud:
He intends to steal the private IRS data of his political enemies.
How soon before he does the same to his economic competitors?
Or you?
He intends to steal the private IRS data of his political enemies.
How soon before he does the same to his economic competitors?
Or you?
February 18, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Wherein Elon says the quiet, corrupt part out loud:
He intends to steal the private IRS data of his political enemies.
How soon before he does the same to his economic competitors?
Or you?
He intends to steal the private IRS data of his political enemies.
How soon before he does the same to his economic competitors?
Or you?
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Over the past week, several recent ex-State Dept officials reached out to me with a major concern. DOGE could soon access a huge defense-export database that represents a massive, if not transformational corruption opportunity for Musk & allies. Meet USXports:
Musk and DOGE Might Soon Have Access to the Most Lucrative Defense-Contract Database of All
Ex-officials warn Zeteo that the USXports database is a means for Musk to undercut competitors to SpaceX in the defense sector.
zeteo.com
February 18, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Over the past week, several recent ex-State Dept officials reached out to me with a major concern. DOGE could soon access a huge defense-export database that represents a massive, if not transformational corruption opportunity for Musk & allies. Meet USXports:
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President Donald Trump posted his distain of paper straws to his social media platform Truth Social
Trump says he will take on paper straws with executive order
www.newsweek.com
February 8, 2025 at 1:26 AM
President Donald Trump posted his distain of paper straws to his social media platform Truth Social
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"More than 75 years after the Nakba, when many Palestinians were driven from their homes into Gaza, and for more than a half-century, since 1967, of direct Israeli occupation, siege and its repeated assaults, Palestinians in Gaza still demand control of their land."
Trump Proposes Ethnic Cleansing of Gaza to Build “Riviera of the Middle East”
By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan More than 75 years after the Nakba, when many Palestinians were driven from their homes into Gaza, and for more than a half-century, since 1967, of direct Israeli…
www.democracynow.org
February 6, 2025 at 8:45 PM
"More than 75 years after the Nakba, when many Palestinians were driven from their homes into Gaza, and for more than a half-century, since 1967, of direct Israeli occupation, siege and its repeated assaults, Palestinians in Gaza still demand control of their land."
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Melania Trump Holds Paint Swatches Up Against Bellowing Void
February 6, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Melania Trump Holds Paint Swatches Up Against Bellowing Void
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The Dumbest of Trade Wars enacted by the Dumbest Administration for these Dumbest of Times.
I’ve got to agree with the Wall Street Journal editorial board this time.
February 2, 2025 at 10:15 PM
The Dumbest of Trade Wars enacted by the Dumbest Administration for these Dumbest of Times.
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cannot be said enough that for a decade a critical number of americans have simply refused to accept that he means what he says
I hold a lot of disdain for the people who didn’t see this coming given P2025 but it does seem like the actual support for these goals is nonexistent, everyone who voted for him did so under the incredibly stupid assumption that he wouldn’t do this
February 2, 2025 at 1:44 AM
cannot be said enough that for a decade a critical number of americans have simply refused to accept that he means what he says
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Several conversations today w people in the key executive departments. And while the particulars are hard to pin down my impression is that the Musk take over stuff is considerably worse than is being presented in the press. By this I don’t necessarily things they *done* yet but the level of …
February 2, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Several conversations today w people in the key executive departments. And while the particulars are hard to pin down my impression is that the Musk take over stuff is considerably worse than is being presented in the press. By this I don’t necessarily things they *done* yet but the level of …
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In what is believed to be the first criminal case of its kind in the post–Roe v. Wade era, a New York-based telemedicine provider has been indicted in Louisiana—which has one of the strictest abortion bans in the country—for supplying the abortion pill to a teenage patient in that state.
Louisiana indicts NY doctor for telemedicine abortion
It's the first known criminal charge against a physician under a state's shield laws.
www.motherjones.com
February 1, 2025 at 1:42 AM
In what is believed to be the first criminal case of its kind in the post–Roe v. Wade era, a New York-based telemedicine provider has been indicted in Louisiana—which has one of the strictest abortion bans in the country—for supplying the abortion pill to a teenage patient in that state.
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Elon Musk staff has been caught installing hard drives inside the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the Treasury Department, and the General Services Administration (GSA).
February 1, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Elon Musk staff has been caught installing hard drives inside the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the Treasury Department, and the General Services Administration (GSA).
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On this day 12 years ago, @kcg.bsky.social posted the “This is Fine” comic.
January 9, 2025 at 4:32 PM
On this day 12 years ago, @kcg.bsky.social posted the “This is Fine” comic.
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"Our appetite for regulations comes and goes in cycles. We have regulation for a reason. Bad times—catastrophes and disasters—bring about good regulations. Good regulation creates the conditions that prevent disasters," says @chrislhayes.bsky.social.
December 14, 2024 at 1:08 AM
"Our appetite for regulations comes and goes in cycles. We have regulation for a reason. Bad times—catastrophes and disasters—bring about good regulations. Good regulation creates the conditions that prevent disasters," says @chrislhayes.bsky.social.
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They’re planning a heist in plain sight.
“This is an enormous heist. They’re just backing the truck up to the government in front of all of us. A massive bailout to the crypto world,” says @chrislhayes.bsky.social on the GOP crypto bill.
December 7, 2024 at 2:55 AM
They’re planning a heist in plain sight.
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I don’t take credit for this meme, but I do co-sign.
December 7, 2024 at 1:12 PM
I don’t take credit for this meme, but I do co-sign.
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The right is getting nervous their followers are realizing they've been lied to.
December 7, 2024 at 4:45 PM
The right is getting nervous their followers are realizing they've been lied to.
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When she’s right she’s right
December 7, 2024 at 10:19 PM
When she’s right she’s right
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Fun fact: there’s never been a Democratic director of the FBI in its entire history.
December 1, 2024 at 12:21 AM
Fun fact: there’s never been a Democratic director of the FBI in its entire history.