Connie
@thespindleshay.bsky.social
Fan of humanity, equal rights, and pop music. Abolish ICE. Defund the Police. Free Palestine. Trans Rights are Human Rights.
Background image by Amanda Moore, Portland.
Background image by Amanda Moore, Portland.
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GOP operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman, convicted election fraudsters, were paid $960,000 in the second quarter to secure a pardon for a former nursing-home operator who defrauded the government of $38 million. Trump pardoned the man, Joseph Schwartz, last month.
Inside the New Fast Track to a Presidential Pardon
Even some of the president’s closest advisers have been surprised by a number of the recent series of pardons.
www.wsj.com
December 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
GOP operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman, convicted election fraudsters, were paid $960,000 in the second quarter to secure a pardon for a former nursing-home operator who defrauded the government of $38 million. Trump pardoned the man, Joseph Schwartz, last month.
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I’m back after a 3 day suspension for sharing a link to publicly available police reports exposing Blood Tribe nazis. They also removed the post. Bluesky evidently prioritizes the protection of literal, active nazis over community safety. Unfortunately for BT, they’re already in the sunlight now :)
December 25, 2025 at 4:19 AM
I’m back after a 3 day suspension for sharing a link to publicly available police reports exposing Blood Tribe nazis. They also removed the post. Bluesky evidently prioritizes the protection of literal, active nazis over community safety. Unfortunately for BT, they’re already in the sunlight now :)
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75 migrants. $7.5 million. So the going rate we’re paying a country to take migrants we’re deporting is $100k each. That’s an insane waste of money on top of the cruelty of sending people to a country they have no ties to. thehill.com/policy/inter...
Palau signs memo with Trump administration to take 75 migrants from US
Palau, a small archipelago in the western Pacific Ocean, signed a memo of understanding with the Trump administration to take up to 75 “third-country nationals,” in exchange for $7.5 million in for…
thehill.com
December 25, 2025 at 8:31 AM
75 migrants. $7.5 million. So the going rate we’re paying a country to take migrants we’re deporting is $100k each. That’s an insane waste of money on top of the cruelty of sending people to a country they have no ties to. thehill.com/policy/inter...
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concentration camps.
ICE documents reveal plan to hold 80,000 immigrants in warehouses
The Trump administration wants to build seven large-scale deportation hubs to speed up deportations, internal ICE documents show.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 24, 2025 at 1:55 PM
concentration camps.
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🚨Beware all women: do NOT record your period & ovulation info on your health apps.
Governor Hochul vetoed my landmark health data privacy bill with @lizkrueger.bsky.social that would have prevented tech companies from using & selling our data without consent.
@nyclu.org @newyorkstateag.bsky.social
Governor Hochul vetoed my landmark health data privacy bill with @lizkrueger.bsky.social that would have prevented tech companies from using & selling our data without consent.
@nyclu.org @newyorkstateag.bsky.social
December 20, 2025 at 6:17 PM
🚨Beware all women: do NOT record your period & ovulation info on your health apps.
Governor Hochul vetoed my landmark health data privacy bill with @lizkrueger.bsky.social that would have prevented tech companies from using & selling our data without consent.
@nyclu.org @newyorkstateag.bsky.social
Governor Hochul vetoed my landmark health data privacy bill with @lizkrueger.bsky.social that would have prevented tech companies from using & selling our data without consent.
@nyclu.org @newyorkstateag.bsky.social
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CECOT has a max capacity of 40,000.
There are over 50,000 Black men in solitary confinement in the US today.
Black men are most likely to be falsely arrested and charged while 100% innocent. You can be in jail for over a year before your trial. During that time you can be forced to do slave labor.
There are over 50,000 Black men in solitary confinement in the US today.
Black men are most likely to be falsely arrested and charged while 100% innocent. You can be in jail for over a year before your trial. During that time you can be forced to do slave labor.
December 23, 2025 at 4:56 AM
CECOT has a max capacity of 40,000.
There are over 50,000 Black men in solitary confinement in the US today.
Black men are most likely to be falsely arrested and charged while 100% innocent. You can be in jail for over a year before your trial. During that time you can be forced to do slave labor.
There are over 50,000 Black men in solitary confinement in the US today.
Black men are most likely to be falsely arrested and charged while 100% innocent. You can be in jail for over a year before your trial. During that time you can be forced to do slave labor.
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CBS paid the president of the United States millions in bribe money and now they censor news reports so it does not annoy him. I don’t know how much plainer we can put this.
December 22, 2025 at 12:14 PM
CBS paid the president of the United States millions in bribe money and now they censor news reports so it does not annoy him. I don’t know how much plainer we can put this.
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Here’s a gift link to this stunner Washpost story, quoting the 60 Minutes correspondent on the CECOT story, who accuses Bari Weiss of spiking the piece all because the Trump Administration wouldn’t comment.
“Government silence is a statement, not a VETO.”
wapo.st/3YL4T3D
“Government silence is a statement, not a VETO.”
wapo.st/3YL4T3D
‘60 Minutes’ correspondent says CBS’s Bari Weiss abruptly pulled segment on Trump deportations
CBS News pulled a ‘60 Minutes’ segment about a prison in El Salvador one day before it was set to air because the Trump administration declined to participate.
wapo.st
December 22, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Here’s a gift link to this stunner Washpost story, quoting the 60 Minutes correspondent on the CECOT story, who accuses Bari Weiss of spiking the piece all because the Trump Administration wouldn’t comment.
“Government silence is a statement, not a VETO.”
wapo.st/3YL4T3D
“Government silence is a statement, not a VETO.”
wapo.st/3YL4T3D
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Fair Contract Now for ProPublica Guild
We, the workers of ProPublica, provide our readers with deeply researched, unbiased news that holds power to account. This work is more important now than ever, but our staff can’t properly contribute...
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December 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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well shit
1/ At bargaining yesterday, @propublica.org management said that they should have 100% discretion to replace workers with AI and would not commit to labeling future AI-generated content.
December 21, 2025 at 2:05 PM
well shit
Damn it! Another one bites the dust. I'm left with only Propublica at this point.
Al Jazeera Media Network says initiative will shift role of AI 'from passive tool to active partner in journalism'.
Al Jazeera launches new integrative AI model, ‘The Core'
Al Jazeera Media Network says initiative will shift role of AI 'from passive tool to active partner in journalism'.
www.aljazeera.com
December 21, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Damn it! Another one bites the dust. I'm left with only Propublica at this point.
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Amid soaring starvation in the Kakuma Refugee Camp, one young mother of two said she had considered taking her own life to save her children, “because I heard the U.N. takes care of the kids when the parents are gone.”
After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death
“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.
www.propublica.org
December 21, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Amid soaring starvation in the Kakuma Refugee Camp, one young mother of two said she had considered taking her own life to save her children, “because I heard the U.N. takes care of the kids when the parents are gone.”
RAYE - Escapism (Live at The Royal Albert Hall) youtu.be/wl3LKSWn2KY
RAYE - Escapism. (Live at The Royal Albert Hall)
YouTube video by RAYE
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December 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
RAYE - Escapism (Live at The Royal Albert Hall) youtu.be/wl3LKSWn2KY
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December 20, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
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HHS’ proposed rules say the FDA will go after retailers and manufacturers of binders made to treat gender dysphoria
December 18, 2025 at 4:37 PM
HHS’ proposed rules say the FDA will go after retailers and manufacturers of binders made to treat gender dysphoria
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It is utterly catastrophic that RFK Jr. plans to end CDC recommendations for most childhood vaccines.
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
December 20, 2025 at 12:50 AM
It is utterly catastrophic that RFK Jr. plans to end CDC recommendations for most childhood vaccines.
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
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DEVELOPING: Video out of Rialto shows an ICE agent accelerating a pickup truck straight at an unarmed man running on foot. He dodges at the last second, gets hit anyway, goes down, then is swarmed and detained.
ICE turned a vehicle into a weapon — and this time it’s on camera.
ICE turned a vehicle into a weapon — and this time it’s on camera.
December 19, 2025 at 7:25 PM
DEVELOPING: Video out of Rialto shows an ICE agent accelerating a pickup truck straight at an unarmed man running on foot. He dodges at the last second, gets hit anyway, goes down, then is swarmed and detained.
ICE turned a vehicle into a weapon — and this time it’s on camera.
ICE turned a vehicle into a weapon — and this time it’s on camera.
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Cases of Black students being called the N-word, taunted by classmates saying "white power" are being ignored by the Trump administration.
@megomatz.bsky.social, @jodiscohen.bsky.social and I found the Ed Dept has not acted on any racial harassment cases since Jan. 21 to hold districts accountable.
@megomatz.bsky.social, @jodiscohen.bsky.social and I found the Ed Dept has not acted on any racial harassment cases since Jan. 21 to hold districts accountable.
Monkey Sounds, “White Power” and the N-Word: Racial Harassment Against Black Students Ignored Under Trump
Since Trump returned to office, the Education Department’s civil rights office has not resolved a single racial harassment investigation. It sends a message that “people impacted by racial discriminat...
www.propublica.org
December 19, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Cases of Black students being called the N-word, taunted by classmates saying "white power" are being ignored by the Trump administration.
@megomatz.bsky.social, @jodiscohen.bsky.social and I found the Ed Dept has not acted on any racial harassment cases since Jan. 21 to hold districts accountable.
@megomatz.bsky.social, @jodiscohen.bsky.social and I found the Ed Dept has not acted on any racial harassment cases since Jan. 21 to hold districts accountable.
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This is huge. Trump has successfully prosecuted a state official for bucking his racist war on immigrants. If they can get a judge, they can get anyone. Gift article.
Judge Convicted of Obstructing Agents as They Sought Undocumented Immigrant
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:01 AM
This is huge. Trump has successfully prosecuted a state official for bucking his racist war on immigrants. If they can get a judge, they can get anyone. Gift article.
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Noem is using the Brown University shooter to end an entire visa program, but it should be noted that Pete Hegseth, just today, murdered more than twice as many people
December 19, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Noem is using the Brown University shooter to end an entire visa program, but it should be noted that Pete Hegseth, just today, murdered more than twice as many people