Tara
@yaytara.bsky.social
💜She/her... I'm all about that "DEI, woke gender ideology, and the green new deal."
💰Fundraiser for the good of humanity (i.e., redistribute that wealth)
💿Podcaster with my bestie @skipshufflerepeatpodcast
🐈Cats not kids
💰Fundraiser for the good of humanity (i.e., redistribute that wealth)
💿Podcaster with my bestie @skipshufflerepeatpodcast
🐈Cats not kids
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If you're 60, 69.1% of all job growth since your birth occurred under Democratic administrations.
If you're 45, that number is 74.7%.
If you're under 30, the number is 100%.
If you're 45, that number is 74.7%.
If you're under 30, the number is 100%.
March 6, 2025 at 10:57 AM
If you're 60, 69.1% of all job growth since your birth occurred under Democratic administrations.
If you're 45, that number is 74.7%.
If you're under 30, the number is 100%.
If you're 45, that number is 74.7%.
If you're under 30, the number is 100%.
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This is the first page of this morning’s edition of the Globe and Mail (arguably the English Canadian paper of record)
I don’t remember seeing anything like this before
I don’t remember seeing anything like this before
March 5, 2025 at 3:29 PM
This is the first page of this morning’s edition of the Globe and Mail (arguably the English Canadian paper of record)
I don’t remember seeing anything like this before
I don’t remember seeing anything like this before
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I run a business I started myself, unlike politicians and execs who inherited theirs but still claim to speak for small business owners like me. So when they say universal healthcare or paid leave would “hurt small businesses,” I have to ask: who are you talking to??
March 6, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I run a business I started myself, unlike politicians and execs who inherited theirs but still claim to speak for small business owners like me. So when they say universal healthcare or paid leave would “hurt small businesses,” I have to ask: who are you talking to??
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Amazed my editor let me get this sentence in:
“Alito, raising his flag of opposition, was joined in dissent on Wednesday by Justices Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, and Brett Kavanaugh.”
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“Alito, raising his flag of opposition, was joined in dissent on Wednesday by Justices Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, and Brett Kavanaugh.”
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The Supreme Court, barely, upholds our three-branch system of government
A bright light — and several dark warnings — in Wednesday's 5-4 vote rejecting the Trump admin's request to toss out a district court order requiring USAID payments.
www.lawdork.com
March 6, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Amazed my editor let me get this sentence in:
“Alito, raising his flag of opposition, was joined in dissent on Wednesday by Justices Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, and Brett Kavanaugh.”
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“Alito, raising his flag of opposition, was joined in dissent on Wednesday by Justices Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, and Brett Kavanaugh.”
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"before the first abortion ban went into effect, the rate of sepsis for this patient population was remarkably steady.
After the first ban was passed in 2021, it shoots up by more than 50%"
@propublica.org's Lizzie Presser on the increased threat of sepsis, post-Roe:
After the first ban was passed in 2021, it shoots up by more than 50%"
@propublica.org's Lizzie Presser on the increased threat of sepsis, post-Roe:
More pregnant women face life-threatening sepsis in wake of strict abortion laws
In the years since the Supreme Court overturned the right to abortion and since Texas instituted one of the country’s strictest abortion bans, the state has seen an increased rate of sepsis among wome...
www.pbs.org
February 28, 2025 at 2:22 AM
"before the first abortion ban went into effect, the rate of sepsis for this patient population was remarkably steady.
After the first ban was passed in 2021, it shoots up by more than 50%"
@propublica.org's Lizzie Presser on the increased threat of sepsis, post-Roe:
After the first ban was passed in 2021, it shoots up by more than 50%"
@propublica.org's Lizzie Presser on the increased threat of sepsis, post-Roe:
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This is evil. Pure evil.
February 26, 2025 at 10:20 PM
This is evil. Pure evil.
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I was at a punk show in 83 where a skinhead jumped up on stage and gave a Nazi salute.
The bass player hit him with his bass, knocking him into the crowd and 150 people collectively hauled his ass out of the venue and threw him in the mud.
This was the right and only appropriate response.
The bass player hit him with his bass, knocking him into the crowd and 150 people collectively hauled his ass out of the venue and threw him in the mud.
This was the right and only appropriate response.
If you are at an event where someone on stage gives a Hitler salute and that person is not dragged off by security and kicked out, you are at a Nazi rally.
February 21, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I was at a punk show in 83 where a skinhead jumped up on stage and gave a Nazi salute.
The bass player hit him with his bass, knocking him into the crowd and 150 people collectively hauled his ass out of the venue and threw him in the mud.
This was the right and only appropriate response.
The bass player hit him with his bass, knocking him into the crowd and 150 people collectively hauled his ass out of the venue and threw him in the mud.
This was the right and only appropriate response.
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“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
February 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
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"[O]ffenses related to events that occurred at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021" — the pardon language — now means whatever the fuck Pam Bondi, Emil Bove, and Donald Trump say it means, apparently.
NEW: The Justice Department now says Donald Trump’s sweeping pardons for Jan. 6 rioters covers unrelated gun charges some faced after the FBI searched their homes.
It’s moving to drop felony charges against Daniel Ball and Elias Costianes.
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
It’s moving to drop felony charges against Daniel Ball and Elias Costianes.
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
February 21, 2025 at 1:56 AM
"[O]ffenses related to events that occurred at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021" — the pardon language — now means whatever the fuck Pam Bondi, Emil Bove, and Donald Trump say it means, apparently.
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NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.
https://propub.li/43487Tj
https://propub.li/43487Tj
Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
propub.li
February 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.
https://propub.li/43487Tj
https://propub.li/43487Tj
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The Trump official currently dismantling USAID was caught in a secret meeting with a group of pro-Russian separatists in the Balkans.
Those he met with are under American sanctions for trying to restart the Bosnian war in the name of Christian nationalism. 1/
Those he met with are under American sanctions for trying to restart the Bosnian war in the name of Christian nationalism. 1/
February 17, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The Trump official currently dismantling USAID was caught in a secret meeting with a group of pro-Russian separatists in the Balkans.
Those he met with are under American sanctions for trying to restart the Bosnian war in the name of Christian nationalism. 1/
Those he met with are under American sanctions for trying to restart the Bosnian war in the name of Christian nationalism. 1/
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🚨 SCOOP: DOGE is seeking personal taxpayer data at IRS, sources tell me. 🚨
Trump admin is pushing IRS to agree to an MOU that would give DOGE access to granular data on every taxpayer, business and nonprofit in the country.
Trump admin is pushing IRS to agree to an MOU that would give DOGE access to granular data on every taxpayer, business and nonprofit in the country.
Musk’s DOGE seeks access to personal taxpayer data, raising alarm at IRS
Musk’s DOGE seeks access to personal taxpayer data at IRS
www.washingtonpost.com
February 17, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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after the overturning of roe, black infant mortality has spiked nearly 11% in states with abortion bans:
www.reuters.com/world/us/inf...
www.reuters.com/world/us/inf...
Infant mortality rises in states with abortion bans, study finds
Increases in infant mortality have been found in U.S. states that enacted abortion bans or severe restrictions after the Supreme Court overturned the landmark ruling that guaranteed a right to the procedure, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.
www.reuters.com
February 14, 2025 at 7:46 PM
after the overturning of roe, black infant mortality has spiked nearly 11% in states with abortion bans:
www.reuters.com/world/us/inf...
www.reuters.com/world/us/inf...
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Gavin Kliger posted on substack two days ago that he joined DOGE because he was inspired by a nazi. Now he has access to some of the most sensitive taxpayer data at the IRS.
February 17, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Gavin Kliger posted on substack two days ago that he joined DOGE because he was inspired by a nazi. Now he has access to some of the most sensitive taxpayer data at the IRS.
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Incompatible with the claim that they're making the government more efficient, not that that was a credible goal.
And there it is. Republicans have proposed a $4 trillion debt limit increase.
Four trillion dollars.
Four trillion dollars.
February 12, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Incompatible with the claim that they're making the government more efficient, not that that was a credible goal.
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This is absolutely insane. Musk’s DOGE crew just straight up *took* $80 million from an NYC bank account!
Okay what is going on here. Are the accounts at a private banking entity? Does the federal government have direct debit permission set up? So many questions as to how Treasury instructed this payment. (Via NY Post’s Craig McCarthy)
February 12, 2025 at 7:39 PM
This is absolutely insane. Musk’s DOGE crew just straight up *took* $80 million from an NYC bank account!
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1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
grants.nih.gov
February 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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As Trump tries to dismantle the Department of Education, remember that his plan to cut the corporate tax rate to 15% would give the 100 largest corporations a tax cut larger than the entire department's K-12 budget.
Really think about how twisted this all is.
Really think about how twisted this all is.
February 5, 2025 at 12:00 AM
As Trump tries to dismantle the Department of Education, remember that his plan to cut the corporate tax rate to 15% would give the 100 largest corporations a tax cut larger than the entire department's K-12 budget.
Really think about how twisted this all is.
Really think about how twisted this all is.
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NEW — DOGE is preparing to purge an unknown number of USAID accounts. Source in the dept. said Musk youth employee Gavin Kliger has been made administrator of all systems, bypassing usual clearance process. If an account is shut down, employee loses access to email, shared files, internal systems.
February 4, 2025 at 9:46 PM
NEW — DOGE is preparing to purge an unknown number of USAID accounts. Source in the dept. said Musk youth employee Gavin Kliger has been made administrator of all systems, bypassing usual clearance process. If an account is shut down, employee loses access to email, shared files, internal systems.
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"Elon Musk is not the president, but it appears that he—a foreign-born, unelected billionaire who was not confirmed by Congress—is exercising profound influence over the federal government of the United States...It is nothing short of an administrative coup."
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
The ‘Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly’ of the United States Government
Elon Musk’s bureaucratic coup is under way.
www.theatlantic.com
February 4, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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This is an existential moment for federal scientists and other public servants as they face pressures to resign. We must do everything we can to safeguard the federal science enterprise. Thoughts and recommendations from me out in @nature.com today: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘Despair is not an option’ — how scientists can help protect federal research
Government scientists in the US must be clear-eyed and continue to serve the public.
www.nature.com
February 4, 2025 at 5:44 PM
This is an existential moment for federal scientists and other public servants as they face pressures to resign. We must do everything we can to safeguard the federal science enterprise. Thoughts and recommendations from me out in @nature.com today: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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