Rachel
@thistlewind.bsky.social
Involved mom, wife, daughter, sister, human. Kansas City sports.❤️ 💙 Striving for kindness...with a potty mouth.
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Firing over 100 immigration judges.
Arresting immigrants outside of their immigration hearings.
Pausing asylum decisions.
And now? Cancelling citizenship ceremonies, the final step to becoming a U.S. citizen.
Just remember that Trump never cared about "legal immigration."
Arresting immigrants outside of their immigration hearings.
Pausing asylum decisions.
And now? Cancelling citizenship ceremonies, the final step to becoming a U.S. citizen.
Just remember that Trump never cared about "legal immigration."
December 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Firing over 100 immigration judges.
Arresting immigrants outside of their immigration hearings.
Pausing asylum decisions.
And now? Cancelling citizenship ceremonies, the final step to becoming a U.S. citizen.
Just remember that Trump never cared about "legal immigration."
Arresting immigrants outside of their immigration hearings.
Pausing asylum decisions.
And now? Cancelling citizenship ceremonies, the final step to becoming a U.S. citizen.
Just remember that Trump never cared about "legal immigration."
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excited to award my kids the Burger King Peace Prize this weekend
December 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
excited to award my kids the Burger King Peace Prize this weekend
My kid is taking Latin I his Senior year of high school. He loves it, which just blows my mind. Anyway...just got an email from his teacher. He has this in his signature block:
tū nē cēde malīs, sed contrā audentior ītō
“Do not give in to misfortunes, but advance more boldly against them”
tū nē cēde malīs, sed contrā audentior ītō
“Do not give in to misfortunes, but advance more boldly against them”
December 5, 2025 at 7:48 PM
My kid is taking Latin I his Senior year of high school. He loves it, which just blows my mind. Anyway...just got an email from his teacher. He has this in his signature block:
tū nē cēde malīs, sed contrā audentior ītō
“Do not give in to misfortunes, but advance more boldly against them”
tū nē cēde malīs, sed contrā audentior ītō
“Do not give in to misfortunes, but advance more boldly against them”
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Hepatitis B is a serious liver infection that can be transmitted during childbirth and have long-lasting effects. The vaccine has been shown to be effective in preventing the disease. The CDC's guidance has been in place since 1991, and hepatitis B cases in children have dropped.
December 5, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Hepatitis B is a serious liver infection that can be transmitted during childbirth and have long-lasting effects. The vaccine has been shown to be effective in preventing the disease. The CDC's guidance has been in place since 1991, and hepatitis B cases in children have dropped.
I need some joy-scrolling to offset the doom. Anything Happy happening that you'd like to share?
December 5, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I need some joy-scrolling to offset the doom. Anything Happy happening that you'd like to share?
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Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
The evidence of corporate consolidation is everywhere.
It means more power for them and less freedom for you.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
The evidence of corporate consolidation is everywhere.
It means more power for them and less freedom for you.
Netflix's $83 billion takeover of Warner Bros Discovery would mean more corporate consolidation.
Netflix, by far the #1 streamer, would take over HBO Max, the #3 streaming service.
This giant merger could violate antitrust law and hurt consumers.
Netflix, by far the #1 streamer, would take over HBO Max, the #3 streaming service.
This giant merger could violate antitrust law and hurt consumers.
December 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
The evidence of corporate consolidation is everywhere.
It means more power for them and less freedom for you.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
The evidence of corporate consolidation is everywhere.
It means more power for them and less freedom for you.
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This will surely surprise most Americans today, but historians have recently discovered that before Donald Trump, it was actually incredibly rare for a president to demand the public execution of this political opponents and press critics.
November 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
This will surely surprise most Americans today, but historians have recently discovered that before Donald Trump, it was actually incredibly rare for a president to demand the public execution of this political opponents and press critics.
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an example of starting to believe your own bullshit. does anyone think being a drug smuggler is a "fight"? It's a business. they're so deep into this "narco-terrorist" language they're thinking these are some kind of hardened cocaine ideologues. theyre all eager to join Mar a Lago.
Q: What did you see in the second strike?
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
December 5, 2025 at 3:24 AM
an example of starting to believe your own bullshit. does anyone think being a drug smuggler is a "fight"? It's a business. they're so deep into this "narco-terrorist" language they're thinking these are some kind of hardened cocaine ideologues. theyre all eager to join Mar a Lago.
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Skip it and watch John Oliver's exposé on Bari Weiss, her billionaire-bankrolled 'university', and her Free Press employing two worthless hires in what looks to be mostly empty office space.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gieT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gieT...
Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
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December 4, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Skip it and watch John Oliver's exposé on Bari Weiss, her billionaire-bankrolled 'university', and her Free Press employing two worthless hires in what looks to be mostly empty office space.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gieT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gieT...
Roger Marshall is a tool. The very definition of an old, white guy who continues to fail upward.
Aaaaand there it is.
The "Not my lane, haven't read it, I don't know nothin' about it Sycophant Speaker Sgt. Schultz default response.
Pathetic.
The "Not my lane, haven't read it, I don't know nothin' about it Sycophant Speaker Sgt. Schultz default response.
Pathetic.
Q: You outlined the dangers posed by drugs. So what explanation do you have for Trump pardoning the former president of Honduras?
SEN. ROGER MARSHALL: I don't know the details. Happy to look into it. I can't speak to it
Q: Alright. Um. Ok. Like, no thought on it?
MARSHALL: I haven't researched it
SEN. ROGER MARSHALL: I don't know the details. Happy to look into it. I can't speak to it
Q: Alright. Um. Ok. Like, no thought on it?
MARSHALL: I haven't researched it
December 3, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Roger Marshall is a tool. The very definition of an old, white guy who continues to fail upward.
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Devastating. Trump admin selling off historic public art to the highest bidder. "It is a tragic irony that murals meant to represent the contract between the government and its citizens would be sold to the highest bidder rather than preserved for posterity." www.alternet.org/trump-destro...
Trump admin selling off historic public art to the highest bidder
Painted figures haunt an empty building. A boy leaning on a pair of crutches. A father and son wandering a barren railroad track. A nuclear family at a picnic table. These poignant scenes were painted...
www.alternet.org
December 2, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Devastating. Trump admin selling off historic public art to the highest bidder. "It is a tragic irony that murals meant to represent the contract between the government and its citizens would be sold to the highest bidder rather than preserved for posterity." www.alternet.org/trump-destro...
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"Underbussing" is a word I have only seen in print in the last two days, & gotta say, as neologisms go this is a good one.
From @hcrichardson.bsky.social's (invaluable) Letters from an American:
From @hcrichardson.bsky.social's (invaluable) Letters from an American:
December 2, 2025 at 7:04 PM
"Underbussing" is a word I have only seen in print in the last two days, & gotta say, as neologisms go this is a good one.
From @hcrichardson.bsky.social's (invaluable) Letters from an American:
From @hcrichardson.bsky.social's (invaluable) Letters from an American:
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"Every soldier is taught from week one of basic training that the Constitution outranks any individual. And they learn, early and often, that their duty includes refusing unlawful commands—even from senior officers, even from civilian officials."
-- Retired Army lt. general below at @thebulwark.com
-- Retired Army lt. general below at @thebulwark.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:06 PM
"Every soldier is taught from week one of basic training that the Constitution outranks any individual. And they learn, early and often, that their duty includes refusing unlawful commands—even from senior officers, even from civilian officials."
-- Retired Army lt. general below at @thebulwark.com
-- Retired Army lt. general below at @thebulwark.com
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RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
December 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Holidays, days off, long weekends...it sure makes it more and more difficult to want show up to a day job.
November 30, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Holidays, days off, long weekends...it sure makes it more and more difficult to want show up to a day job.
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And if you've previously picked a side, you don't have to stay there. Whatever you may have thought Trump was, he's proven his unfit. Let's be pro-democracy now. We can go back to party politics when we get through this.
“If you are a person of influence in this country, maybe it’s time to pick a f**king side,” Sen. Chris Murphy said.
Democratic Senator Drops F-Bomb In Fiery Response To Trump’s ‘HANG THEM’ Attack
“If you are a person of influence in this country, maybe it’s time to pick a f**king side,” Sen. Chris Murphy said.
www.huffpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:44 PM
And if you've previously picked a side, you don't have to stay there. Whatever you may have thought Trump was, he's proven his unfit. Let's be pro-democracy now. We can go back to party politics when we get through this.
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NEW: ProPublica has identified dozens of instances in which the Trump administration’s DOT has moved to cut, weaken or delay safety regulations for cars, trucks, planes, trains and even oil pipelines.
Experts say the changes will cost lives.
Experts say the changes will cost lives.
How Trump’s Transportation Department Is Loosening Safety Rules Meant to Protect the Public
ProPublica has identified dozens of instances in which the Trump administration’s DOT has moved to cut, soften or delay safety regulations for cars, trucks, planes, trains and even oil pipelines. Experts say the changes will cost lives.
www.propublica.org
November 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: ProPublica has identified dozens of instances in which the Trump administration’s DOT has moved to cut, weaken or delay safety regulations for cars, trucks, planes, trains and even oil pipelines.
Experts say the changes will cost lives.
Experts say the changes will cost lives.
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the nuzzi story is fun and all but at the center of it is the elevation of a man who has dedicated his life to making children catch preventable diseases to a position where he can enact harm at enormous scale
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 3:19 AM
the nuzzi story is fun and all but at the center of it is the elevation of a man who has dedicated his life to making children catch preventable diseases to a position where he can enact harm at enormous scale
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ESQUIRE: “ICE is hiring literally anybody, and it’s terrifying… people who flunk the exam, criminal records… yet they’re allowed to tear children from their beds at night.”
www.esquire.com/news-politic...
www.esquire.com/news-politic...
November 20, 2025 at 5:05 AM
ESQUIRE: “ICE is hiring literally anybody, and it’s terrifying… people who flunk the exam, criminal records… yet they’re allowed to tear children from their beds at night.”
www.esquire.com/news-politic...
www.esquire.com/news-politic...
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1. Texas A&M has voted that Professors must seek out official permission to talk about trans people, sexuality, or race.
One of the professors said that the new policy would make routine lessons on things like the Holocaust impossible.
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One of the professors said that the new policy would make routine lessons on things like the Holocaust impossible.
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Texas A&M Votes That Professors Must Have Permission To Discuss Trans People, Sexuality or Race
The Texas Board of Regents said it wasn’t restricting “teaching,” but professors—and a university press release—says otherwise.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:27 AM
1. Texas A&M has voted that Professors must seek out official permission to talk about trans people, sexuality, or race.
One of the professors said that the new policy would make routine lessons on things like the Holocaust impossible.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
One of the professors said that the new policy would make routine lessons on things like the Holocaust impossible.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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my wife and her entire team were fired over Zoom from their program manager jobs at a local nonprofit Seattle hospital this Spring because Trump just stopped paying Medicaid reimbursements. and this is a relatively affluent urban center
we're really not prepared for what's coming
we're really not prepared for what's coming
As a direct result of President Trump's Big Ugly Bill, almost 300 jobs will be cut from Providence Swedish's First Hill, Cherry Hill, Ballard, and Issaquah hospitals and clinics. These are not the only layoffs we've seen in our health care system in Washington state in recent months.
Providence Swedish to eliminate nearly 300 positions
The cuts will affect jobs at Providence Swedish’s First Hill, Cherry Hill, Ballard and Issaquah hospitals and nearby clinics.
www.seattletimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:49 PM
my wife and her entire team were fired over Zoom from their program manager jobs at a local nonprofit Seattle hospital this Spring because Trump just stopped paying Medicaid reimbursements. and this is a relatively affluent urban center
we're really not prepared for what's coming
we're really not prepared for what's coming
Small towns, man. I don't want to live in one but it's not the worst place to be from. Just got a random text from the heating and plumbing guy asking if we needed to winterize the barn at Mom's this year. I didn't remember if we'd even turned the water on but had him double-check. (1/2)
November 19, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Small towns, man. I don't want to live in one but it's not the worst place to be from. Just got a random text from the heating and plumbing guy asking if we needed to winterize the barn at Mom's this year. I didn't remember if we'd even turned the water on but had him double-check. (1/2)
My wish for you today. Happy Wednesday!
November 19, 2025 at 12:21 PM
My wish for you today. Happy Wednesday!