Debs Mo
@vebgo.bsky.social
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Once you correctly recognize Trump's tariffs as a way to fund his intended upper-class tax cut with an immediate tax increase on poor and working Americans ... you can't see the tariffs any other way. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Ultimate Bait and Switch of Trump’s Tariffs
How to understand the phony trade deals with Britain and China
www.theatlantic.com
May 12, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Once you correctly recognize Trump's tariffs as a way to fund his intended upper-class tax cut with an immediate tax increase on poor and working Americans ... you can't see the tariffs any other way. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Trump (or more precisely, his plutocrat/petrostate overlords) approach to climate monitoring:
May 12, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Trump (or more precisely, his plutocrat/petrostate overlords) approach to climate monitoring:
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This study in The Lancet found that cuts to US spending on PEPFAR, the program to deliver H.I.V. and AIDS relief abroad, could cost the lives of 500,000 children by 2030.
Half a million kids.
Kids.
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-04...
Half a million kids.
Kids.
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-04...
Nearly 500,000 children could die from AIDS-related causes by 2030
Experts including Prof Lucie Cluver, Professor of Child and Family Social Work, Department of Social Policy and Intervention, and Dr Seth Flaxman, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science
www.ox.ac.uk
May 8, 2025 at 12:32 PM
This study in The Lancet found that cuts to US spending on PEPFAR, the program to deliver H.I.V. and AIDS relief abroad, could cost the lives of 500,000 children by 2030.
Half a million kids.
Kids.
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-04...
Half a million kids.
Kids.
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-04...
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Slowly, people are starting to die. 💔🇪🇹
This is the deadly aftermath of the USAID cuts in Ethiopia.
The silence is killing. The world needs to speak up for them. 📢🚨
#Ethiopia #USAID
🔗 addisstandard.com/eight-idps-d...
This is the deadly aftermath of the USAID cuts in Ethiopia.
The silence is killing. The world needs to speak up for them. 📢🚨
#Ethiopia #USAID
🔗 addisstandard.com/eight-idps-d...
Eight IDPs die over three months from hunger, lack of medicine in Tigray; humanitarian conditions deteriorate in Amhara following USAID suspension - Addis Standard
Eight IDPs die over three months from hunger, lack of medicine in Tigray; humanitarian conditions deteriorate in Amhara following USAID suspension Addis Standard News -
addisstandard.com
May 6, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Slowly, people are starting to die. 💔🇪🇹
This is the deadly aftermath of the USAID cuts in Ethiopia.
The silence is killing. The world needs to speak up for them. 📢🚨
#Ethiopia #USAID
🔗 addisstandard.com/eight-idps-d...
This is the deadly aftermath of the USAID cuts in Ethiopia.
The silence is killing. The world needs to speak up for them. 📢🚨
#Ethiopia #USAID
🔗 addisstandard.com/eight-idps-d...
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TANK vs TESLA
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
May 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
TANK vs TESLA
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
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The rules of the internet clearly state that when you see Tom Holland's Umbrella, you're required to share it.
It's been 8 years since the iconic moment Tom Holland lip-synced "Umbrella" by Rihanna for Zendaya. 🎥
May 7, 2025 at 4:52 PM
The rules of the internet clearly state that when you see Tom Holland's Umbrella, you're required to share it.
Congrats to Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pureval, who trounced Vance’s brother in the Cincinnati mayoral primary! Unfortunately we’ll have this same matchup in the November general election because Vance’s brother came in 2nd in the open primary with a paltry 13% of the votes to Aftab’s 82.5%
JD Vance's brother got clobbered in primary for mayor of Cincinnati
Vice President JD Vance's brother is trying to make politics into the family business with a bid for mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio.
But in Tuesday’s primary, Vance's half brother—Cory Bowman—got ...
www.dailykos.com
May 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Congrats to Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pureval, who trounced Vance’s brother in the Cincinnati mayoral primary! Unfortunately we’ll have this same matchup in the November general election because Vance’s brother came in 2nd in the open primary with a paltry 13% of the votes to Aftab’s 82.5%
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Claudia Sheinbaum:“Plan Mexico is the path that I am certain will lead us to a Mexico with more well-paid jobs, with less poverty & inequality...with a lower carbon footprint that respects the environment and increases our self-sufficiency and sovereignty"
www.netzeropolicylab.com/mexico-green...
www.netzeropolicylab.com/mexico-green...
April 29, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Claudia Sheinbaum:“Plan Mexico is the path that I am certain will lead us to a Mexico with more well-paid jobs, with less poverty & inequality...with a lower carbon footprint that respects the environment and increases our self-sufficiency and sovereignty"
www.netzeropolicylab.com/mexico-green...
www.netzeropolicylab.com/mexico-green...
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"You know, as an example, red lead was used to make cheddar... A can of coffee could be coffee, but it could be ground bone, or charred shells, or dirt." Deborah Blum on our bad food past -- and how to avoid it being our future:
buttondown.com/theswordandt...
buttondown.com/theswordandt...
How to Not Get Poisoned in America
The minute I saw that Robert Kennedy Jr., a notorious disease-loving health crank, was going to be responsible for the nation’s health—and the health of its...
buttondown.com
April 30, 2025 at 4:11 PM
"You know, as an example, red lead was used to make cheddar... A can of coffee could be coffee, but it could be ground bone, or charred shells, or dirt." Deborah Blum on our bad food past -- and how to avoid it being our future:
buttondown.com/theswordandt...
buttondown.com/theswordandt...
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This is a widely inaccurate & dangerous mischaracterization. The vaccine was developed in fetal cells obtained from two elective abortions in the early 1960s. There is not abortion debris floating around in the vaccine. And the Vatican has okayed its use. RFK Jr. is again spreading disinformation.
RFK Jr on measles: "The MMR vaccine contains a lot of aborted fetus debris."
May 1, 2025 at 2:14 AM
This is a widely inaccurate & dangerous mischaracterization. The vaccine was developed in fetal cells obtained from two elective abortions in the early 1960s. There is not abortion debris floating around in the vaccine. And the Vatican has okayed its use. RFK Jr. is again spreading disinformation.
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“I understand the reasons why this might be the position of those making the decisions for the agency, but understanding does not allow me to agree or to capitulate” 🔥🔥🔥
This is a remarkable letter and everyone should read it.
April 27, 2025 at 3:41 AM
“I understand the reasons why this might be the position of those making the decisions for the agency, but understanding does not allow me to agree or to capitulate” 🔥🔥🔥
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Said "no dessert until everyone finishes the meal" and.
The preschooler threw up her fist and shouted "up with the workers, down with the boss"
AND THEN THE TODDLER THREW UP HER TINY FIST IN SOLIDARITY
The preschooler threw up her fist and shouted "up with the workers, down with the boss"
AND THEN THE TODDLER THREW UP HER TINY FIST IN SOLIDARITY
April 12, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Said "no dessert until everyone finishes the meal" and.
The preschooler threw up her fist and shouted "up with the workers, down with the boss"
AND THEN THE TODDLER THREW UP HER TINY FIST IN SOLIDARITY
The preschooler threw up her fist and shouted "up with the workers, down with the boss"
AND THEN THE TODDLER THREW UP HER TINY FIST IN SOLIDARITY
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The House just passed its budget resolution, so reconciliation is now officially underway. This is their bill to destroy Medicaid and SNAP while cutting taxes disproportionately for the rich.
THIS IS VERY REAL and can be enacted even if all Ds vote no.
Thread on what's to come and WHERE TO FIGHT.
THIS IS VERY REAL and can be enacted even if all Ds vote no.
Thread on what's to come and WHERE TO FIGHT.
April 10, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The House just passed its budget resolution, so reconciliation is now officially underway. This is their bill to destroy Medicaid and SNAP while cutting taxes disproportionately for the rich.
THIS IS VERY REAL and can be enacted even if all Ds vote no.
Thread on what's to come and WHERE TO FIGHT.
THIS IS VERY REAL and can be enacted even if all Ds vote no.
Thread on what's to come and WHERE TO FIGHT.
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The Trump Administration is trying to get rid of an entire set of people and institutions. This is more than an attack on individual agencies. All autocracies do this. And the effects of this purge will be profound and long lasting. My latest for the Nation. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Trump and RFK Jr. Are Destroying a Generation of Knowledge
The gutting of the administrative state, of the universities, and of expertise is like something out of the Cultural Revolution.
www.thenation.com
April 10, 2025 at 9:42 AM
The Trump Administration is trying to get rid of an entire set of people and institutions. This is more than an attack on individual agencies. All autocracies do this. And the effects of this purge will be profound and long lasting. My latest for the Nation. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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It's worth noting that the two things that this study found to be effective in avoiding deaths caused by coal pollution—closing coal power plants and installing emission control devices—are also the two things that the Trump administration is trying to undermine.
April 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
It's worth noting that the two things that this study found to be effective in avoiding deaths caused by coal pollution—closing coal power plants and installing emission control devices—are also the two things that the Trump administration is trying to undermine.
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Exactly. Trump said this in 2014 or so, as quoted by @sarahkendzior.bsky.social
April 6, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Exactly. Trump said this in 2014 or so, as quoted by @sarahkendzior.bsky.social
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Barack Obama is calling on universities, law firms, and journalists to stand up for their beliefs—and to examine their hearts to see if they’re truly willing to fight for them!
#academicfreedom
#ruleoflaw
#freespeech
#academicfreedom
#ruleoflaw
#freespeech
April 5, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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For the full newsletter on this, go here: open.substack.com/pub/davidpep...
April 5, 2025 at 2:15 PM
For the full newsletter on this, go here: open.substack.com/pub/davidpep...
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If you’re continuously stunned by the behavior of gerrymandered GOP representatives in the world of Citizens United, don’t be.
Here’s how to think of them:
They are no longer public servants.
Improving public outcomes is not their goal. Nor do they do better in life…
1/
If you’re continuously stunned by the behavior of gerrymandered GOP representatives in the world of Citizens United, don’t be.
Here’s how to think of them:
They are no longer public servants.
Improving public outcomes is not their goal. Nor do they do better in life…
1/
April 5, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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If you’re continuously stunned by the behavior of gerrymandered GOP representatives in the world of Citizens United, don’t be.
Here’s how to think of them:
They are no longer public servants.
Improving public outcomes is not their goal. Nor do they do better in life…
1/
If you’re continuously stunned by the behavior of gerrymandered GOP representatives in the world of Citizens United, don’t be.
Here’s how to think of them:
They are no longer public servants.
Improving public outcomes is not their goal. Nor do they do better in life…
1/
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BBC News - Anti-Trump protests in cities across US declare 'hands off'
www.bbc.com/news/article...
cc @gtconway.bsky.social
#handsoff
www.bbc.com/news/article...
cc @gtconway.bsky.social
#handsoff
'Hands Off': Anti-Trump protests gather in cities across the US
Thousands of protesters have gathered for the most visible opposition movement of Trump's second term.
www.bbc.com
April 5, 2025 at 9:48 PM
BBC News - Anti-Trump protests in cities across US declare 'hands off'
www.bbc.com/news/article...
cc @gtconway.bsky.social
#handsoff
www.bbc.com/news/article...
cc @gtconway.bsky.social
#handsoff
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50501 Cincinnati showed up! ❤️🩹🤍💙
@50501movement.bsky.social @maddow.msnbc.com Cincinnati! The Queen City that says no Kings!
April 5, 2025 at 9:10 PM
50501 Cincinnati showed up! ❤️🩹🤍💙
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@50501movement.bsky.social @maddow.msnbc.com Cincinnati! The Queen City that says no Kings!
April 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM
@50501movement.bsky.social @maddow.msnbc.com Cincinnati! The Queen City that says no Kings!