Tzo
@tzobets.bsky.social
Eastern NC, native, 39 for a few more months!
"Those who give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." - Ben Franklin ... we been fucking up for a while now.
"Those who give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." - Ben Franklin ... we been fucking up for a while now.
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In the first half of 2025. China installed 212 gigawatts of solar capacity. The U.S. installed 12 gigawatts.
August 21, 2025 at 6:14 PM
In the first half of 2025. China installed 212 gigawatts of solar capacity. The U.S. installed 12 gigawatts.
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By slashing teams that gather critical data, the Trump administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working — and created a black hole of information whose consequences could ripple out for decades.
(Published April)
(Published April)
Trump’s War on Measurement Means Losing Data on Drug Use, Maternal Mortality, Climate Change and More
By slashing teams that gather critical data, the administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working — and created a black hole of information whose…
www.propublica.org
August 2, 2025 at 1:00 AM
By slashing teams that gather critical data, the Trump administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working — and created a black hole of information whose consequences could ripple out for decades.
(Published April)
(Published April)
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The United States, in the entirety of its history, has never had a government so corrupt.
The blinding lack of transparency, accountability, responsibility and the utter lawlessness is killing us.
From the White House to SCOTUS, from Congress to FBI, we are a putrid version of what we were.
The blinding lack of transparency, accountability, responsibility and the utter lawlessness is killing us.
From the White House to SCOTUS, from Congress to FBI, we are a putrid version of what we were.
August 1, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The United States, in the entirety of its history, has never had a government so corrupt.
The blinding lack of transparency, accountability, responsibility and the utter lawlessness is killing us.
From the White House to SCOTUS, from Congress to FBI, we are a putrid version of what we were.
The blinding lack of transparency, accountability, responsibility and the utter lawlessness is killing us.
From the White House to SCOTUS, from Congress to FBI, we are a putrid version of what we were.
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There’s something taunting, almost bullying, about this lack of reasoning, as if the Supreme Court is saying to the country: You don’t even deserve an explanation.
Dismantling the Department of Education, Without Saying Why
The American people deserve to know the Court’s reasoning.
www.theatlantic.com
July 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
There’s something taunting, almost bullying, about this lack of reasoning, as if the Supreme Court is saying to the country: You don’t even deserve an explanation.
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Jeffries has been filibustering against the final vote for the One Big Brutal Bill Act for hours now
#biguglybill
#biguglybill
After the GOP caved and voted to advance the big bill (219 to 213), with just one Republican, Rep Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, joining all Democrats to oppose the measure, the House began the debates at 3:28am.
July 3, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Jeffries has been filibustering against the final vote for the One Big Brutal Bill Act for hours now
#biguglybill
#biguglybill
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In a mere matter of days, we can house migrants, but not our homeless. Because being cruel is always the motivation. #AlligatorAuschwitz
July 2, 2025 at 7:19 PM
In a mere matter of days, we can house migrants, but not our homeless. Because being cruel is always the motivation. #AlligatorAuschwitz
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the stories that come out of the ICE camps are going to look like the stories that come out of every camp system; rampant corruption, epidemic disease, physical and sexual abuse on a vast scale, a death rate far higher than normal, and medical abuses.
July 2, 2025 at 10:28 PM
the stories that come out of the ICE camps are going to look like the stories that come out of every camp system; rampant corruption, epidemic disease, physical and sexual abuse on a vast scale, a death rate far higher than normal, and medical abuses.
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"If they can delay until the end of September, then that's it," the staffer adds. "Those projects are not going to happen. That money goes straight back to Treasury."
That's why both CDC staffers who spoke with NPR say this amounts to impounding the agency's funding.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
That's why both CDC staffers who spoke with NPR say this amounts to impounding the agency's funding.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
'Where's our money?' CDC grant funding is moving so slowly layoffs are happening
The state and local health departments that rely on CDC funding say the money is not coming in on time and no one can tell them why. Some are laying off staff.
www.npr.org
July 3, 2025 at 2:37 AM
"If they can delay until the end of September, then that's it," the staffer adds. "Those projects are not going to happen. That money goes straight back to Treasury."
That's why both CDC staffers who spoke with NPR say this amounts to impounding the agency's funding.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
That's why both CDC staffers who spoke with NPR say this amounts to impounding the agency's funding.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
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Final vote. 50-50. VP breaks the tie.
One single GOP Senator could have stopped this abomination. Saved millions of parents from watching their child go hungry. Saved the lives destroyed when Medicaid disappears.
They will all live forever with the horror of this bill.
One single GOP Senator could have stopped this abomination. Saved millions of parents from watching their child go hungry. Saved the lives destroyed when Medicaid disappears.
They will all live forever with the horror of this bill.
July 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Final vote. 50-50. VP breaks the tie.
One single GOP Senator could have stopped this abomination. Saved millions of parents from watching their child go hungry. Saved the lives destroyed when Medicaid disappears.
They will all live forever with the horror of this bill.
One single GOP Senator could have stopped this abomination. Saved millions of parents from watching their child go hungry. Saved the lives destroyed when Medicaid disappears.
They will all live forever with the horror of this bill.
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What if we stop the tax cuts at people making over 10 million so not everyone loses their healthcare?
No.
What about 100 million?
No.
What about 500 million?
No.
But people are going to die?
No and smiles while saying it.
No.
What about 100 million?
No.
What about 500 million?
No.
But people are going to die?
No and smiles while saying it.
July 1, 2025 at 1:52 PM
What if we stop the tax cuts at people making over 10 million so not everyone loses their healthcare?
No.
What about 100 million?
No.
What about 500 million?
No.
But people are going to die?
No and smiles while saying it.
No.
What about 100 million?
No.
What about 500 million?
No.
But people are going to die?
No and smiles while saying it.
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@fetterman.senate.gov you must resign.
You are no longer representing the values of the Democratic party.
We helped you get elected and now you spit in our faces by helping the orange rapist felon consolidate power.
It's embarrassing and you should be ashamed.
#FettermanResign
You are no longer representing the values of the Democratic party.
We helped you get elected and now you spit in our faces by helping the orange rapist felon consolidate power.
It's embarrassing and you should be ashamed.
#FettermanResign
June 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
@fetterman.senate.gov you must resign.
You are no longer representing the values of the Democratic party.
We helped you get elected and now you spit in our faces by helping the orange rapist felon consolidate power.
It's embarrassing and you should be ashamed.
#FettermanResign
You are no longer representing the values of the Democratic party.
We helped you get elected and now you spit in our faces by helping the orange rapist felon consolidate power.
It's embarrassing and you should be ashamed.
#FettermanResign
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I know we're all tired of hearing that something is Nazi talk but that's fucken Nazi talk
“[These] inner-city rats, they live off the federal government. And that’s one reason we’re $37 trillion in debt. And it’s time we find these rats and we send them back home, that are living off the American taxpayers, that are working very hard every week to pay taxes.” www.al.com/politics/202...
Tuberville says ‘inner city rats’ live off the American taxpayers: Trump should send them ‘back home’
"These inner city rats, they live on the federal government," Tuberville said in the interview.
www.al.com
June 28, 2025 at 3:34 AM
I know we're all tired of hearing that something is Nazi talk but that's fucken Nazi talk
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Important and touching reminder.
"I'm so lucky to be his American dream...."
"I'm so lucky to be his American dream...."
June 26, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Important and touching reminder.
"I'm so lucky to be his American dream...."
"I'm so lucky to be his American dream...."
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It’s hard to overstate how angry rank and file Dems are at the Dem establishment right now. And if I were a self-preservationist incumbent I would take note.
June 25, 2025 at 1:44 AM
It’s hard to overstate how angry rank and file Dems are at the Dem establishment right now. And if I were a self-preservationist incumbent I would take note.
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The time is now to #ground and be ready to act proactively, not react, shut down, or fixate on things beyond our control.
"We knew this was coming. We knew it was coming. We here now. Ground yourself. Take care of yourself... We need you on the other side."
#wisdom #mindfulness #Iranbombing #build
"We knew this was coming. We knew it was coming. We here now. Ground yourself. Take care of yourself... We need you on the other side."
#wisdom #mindfulness #Iranbombing #build
June 23, 2025 at 12:11 AM
The time is now to #ground and be ready to act proactively, not react, shut down, or fixate on things beyond our control.
"We knew this was coming. We knew it was coming. We here now. Ground yourself. Take care of yourself... We need you on the other side."
#wisdom #mindfulness #Iranbombing #build
"We knew this was coming. We knew it was coming. We here now. Ground yourself. Take care of yourself... We need you on the other side."
#wisdom #mindfulness #Iranbombing #build
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This is a vital message: one of the larger reasons BlueSky is refreshingly free of alt-right shitlords is because in the early days we made a gentleperson’s agreement to starve these fuckos out and it worked. No likes, no quotes, no engagement. They got bored and left. Please keep the Old Ways.
June 18, 2025 at 11:17 PM
This is a vital message: one of the larger reasons BlueSky is refreshingly free of alt-right shitlords is because in the early days we made a gentleperson’s agreement to starve these fuckos out and it worked. No likes, no quotes, no engagement. They got bored and left. Please keep the Old Ways.
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The FBI cuts domestic terrorism staffing and tracking system in May, and there is an assassination by a domestic terrorism in June.
June 17, 2025 at 12:34 PM
The FBI cuts domestic terrorism staffing and tracking system in May, and there is an assassination by a domestic terrorism in June.
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Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA)
Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ)
Mayor Ras Baraka (D-Newark)
Judge Hannah Dugan (WI)
Controller Brad Lander (D-NYC)
This is not normal. This is not okay. We cannot let them convince us that this is normal or okay.
Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ)
Mayor Ras Baraka (D-Newark)
Judge Hannah Dugan (WI)
Controller Brad Lander (D-NYC)
This is not normal. This is not okay. We cannot let them convince us that this is normal or okay.
June 18, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA)
Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ)
Mayor Ras Baraka (D-Newark)
Judge Hannah Dugan (WI)
Controller Brad Lander (D-NYC)
This is not normal. This is not okay. We cannot let them convince us that this is normal or okay.
Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ)
Mayor Ras Baraka (D-Newark)
Judge Hannah Dugan (WI)
Controller Brad Lander (D-NYC)
This is not normal. This is not okay. We cannot let them convince us that this is normal or okay.
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The common trend in the arrests of Sen Padilla, or Comptroller Lander, or Marcos Leao, or any other US citizen, is that they are immediately released. The admin knows they have no legal standing. They know a legal challenge would create a bright line bar. It’s about the chilling effect. Full stop.
June 18, 2025 at 12:13 AM
The common trend in the arrests of Sen Padilla, or Comptroller Lander, or Marcos Leao, or any other US citizen, is that they are immediately released. The admin knows they have no legal standing. They know a legal challenge would create a bright line bar. It’s about the chilling effect. Full stop.
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@bradlander.bsky.social: Trump "is trying to destroy our empathy. That's what authoritarians do... We've got that Statue of Liberty out in the harbor saying, send me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses.... That's what New York City is built on. That's why I love it. And he hates it."
June 18, 2025 at 1:44 AM
@bradlander.bsky.social: Trump "is trying to destroy our empathy. That's what authoritarians do... We've got that Statue of Liberty out in the harbor saying, send me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses.... That's what New York City is built on. That's why I love it. And he hates it."
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Mr. Antiwar President has us inches away from a Civil War at home and a nuclear war abroad in defense of an ally that is starting random hot regional wars to detract from its ongoing genocide. I’m sure all of this will just naturally cool off.
June 17, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Mr. Antiwar President has us inches away from a Civil War at home and a nuclear war abroad in defense of an ally that is starting random hot regional wars to detract from its ongoing genocide. I’m sure all of this will just naturally cool off.