TravisC
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TravisC
@traviscittell.bsky.social
We all have "Smart" things, but too many have no wisdom.
May 10, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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• It's May Day! We have a list of local demonstrations and protests if you want to, as @mudede.bsky.social writes, "let the man know that we are the people who rule the world"

• Now the US Forest Service is conducting sweeps

• The ocean might turn purple

www.thestranger.com/slog-am/2025...
Slog AM: Homeless Swept From Forest, Trump Says Girls Must Do With Just Two Dolls, Earth Might Turn Purple
Seattle's only news roundup.
www.thestranger.com
May 1, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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from today's post —
thanks for reading it!
link to the whole
thing is here: bit.ly/3EgpGWa
April 2, 2025 at 5:15 PM
March 20, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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The Chief Justice dared to make a statement against the orange clown’s desire to impeach judges who rule against his actions. My guess is Dump won’t be happy about that.

www.cnn.com/2025/03/18/p...
Chief Justice Roberts rebukes Trump and GOP rhetoric about impeaching judges | CNN Politics
Chief Justice John Roberts pushed back on President Donald Trump’s escalating rhetoric against the federal judiciary on Tuesday in a highly unusual statement that appeared to be aimed at the president...
www.cnn.com
March 18, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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“Give us back the Statue of Liberty. It was our gift to you. But apparently you despise her.” The mighty woman with a torch promised a home for the huddled masses yearning to breathe free. “Today, this land is ceasing to be what it was,” French politician Glucksmann said.😢
apnews.com/article/fran...
From France comes a call for Trump's America to return Lady Liberty. Here's why it won't happen
A French politician has suggested the U.S. is no longer worthy of keeping the Statue of Liberty. A member of the European Parliament and co-president of a small left-wing party, Raphaël Glucksmann's c...
apnews.com
March 17, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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And the next president can pardon them anyway, is that how it works now?
March 14, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Love our local woke company!
DEI and good wages. What’s not to love?
March 12, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Senator Mark Kelly is a combat fighter pilot and Navy captain who bravely served his country.
 
Elon Musk is a multi-billionaire trying to dismantle the VA who called Kelly, a veteran who put his life on the line, a “traitor.”
 
Disgusting.
March 11, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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The department store chain, founded in 1670, can't pay its debts and says the pandemic, inflation and now trade tensions have hurt its financial future.
Canada's Hudson's Bay has survived 355 years. Now the store is in crisis
The department store chain, founded in 1670, can't pay its debts and says the pandemic, inflation and now trade tensions have hurt its financial future.
www.npr.org
March 10, 2025 at 11:12 PM
March 7, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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• Trump lied so much during his speech because Trump is a liar

• Honest question for Dems: What the actual fuck?

• Local rich weirdo Brian Heywood is meddling again

www.thestranger.com/slog-am/2025...
Slog AM: Trump Made a Speech of Lies Last Night, Rep. Al Green Was the Only Dem to Stand Up to Him, WA Republicans Are Weird About Parents’ Bill of Rights
The Strangers morning news roundup.
www.thestranger.com
March 5, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday reined in some of the Trump administration's sweeping effort to eliminate foreign aid that has been authorized by Congress.
Supreme Court upholds lower court order to force USAID to pay contractors
In an order, the justices left in place a lower court order that so far has only required the Trump administration to pay contractors for foreign aid work that has already been completed — roughly $2 ...
www.npr.org
March 5, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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What he said about Social Security payments has been repeatedly debunked - so the question isn’t whether he’s lying about this, the question is why.

What is this a pretext for? He and the GOP have long shown interest in going after Social Security. What are they going to try?
March 5, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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And yet here we are, plunging cartoonishly downward already.
March 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Or yesterday's oval office... youtu.be/QpjLj9r1dvE?...
White Trash Party
YouTube video by The Afghan Whigs - Topic
youtu.be
March 1, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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David Johansen, punk legend and New York Dolls frontman, has died at the age of 75 → cons.lv/MlevVi
March 1, 2025 at 4:34 PM
February 28, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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A meeting between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy grew contentious, with Trump telling Zelenskyy that "you're not acting at all thankful" for U.S. support.
Trump and Zelenskyy's meeting turns into a heated argument
A meeting between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy grew contentious, with Trump telling Zelenskyy that "you're not acting at all thankful" for U.S. support.
www.npr.org
February 28, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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Right, because this is totally normal 🙄
Trump Just Unveiled Cringey New Merch During An Oval Office Press Conference—And It's So Awkward
Totally normal, nothing to see here 🙄
www.comicsands.com
February 27, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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JUST IN: A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to resume hundreds of millions of dollars in payments for U.S. Agency for International Development projects.
Judge tells Trump administration it has less than 2 days to resume USAID funding
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to resume hundreds of millions of dollars in payments for U.S. Agency for International Development projects.
www.npr.org
February 26, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general.

If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
February 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Stand with science. Always.
DISEASES ERADICATED OR DECIMATED BY SCIENCE:
1. Chickenpox
2. Diphtheria
3. Measles
4. Pertussis
5. Pneumococcal Infection
6. Polio
7. Tetanus
8. Typhoid
9. Yellow Fever
10. Smallpox

DISEASES ERADICATED OR DECIMATED BY RFK JR. OR PRAYER:
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February 14, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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“This budget rips health care away from millions while handing out $4.5 trillion in tax breaks to billionaires and wealthy corporations. It slashes $230 billion from food assistance programs and $880 billion in cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act.” 🤦‍♀️

www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
House GOP panel passes budget blueprint with $4.5 trillion in tax cuts and steep spending reductions
The Republican-led Budget Committee approved a sweeping proposal to unlock Trump's agenda, sending it to the full House.
www.nbcnews.com
February 15, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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If you don't have one we will be your valentine and you don't have to get us anything because the rules of the world don't apply to alternative rock there is no scarcity here only abundance
February 14, 2025 at 8:38 PM