ZenMamaBear
@zenmamabear.bsky.social
Horror movie connoisseur, all the books, animals, nature, art, history, art history, science, political junkie, lover of democracy, advocate, and I bake things occasionally. 🏳️🌈🇺🇦🏴☠️🧁
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Some strains of the MAGA movement hope to return to “what they see as a more natural world, where men are in charge, white people are in charge,” says @quinnslobodian.com, commenting on the role of masculinity in "right-wing accelerationism."
February 20, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Some strains of the MAGA movement hope to return to “what they see as a more natural world, where men are in charge, white people are in charge,” says @quinnslobodian.com, commenting on the role of masculinity in "right-wing accelerationism."
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Curtis Yarvin is just Ayn Rand in drag.
February 20, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Curtis Yarvin is just Ayn Rand in drag.
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Erm...they think all us feminists are going to reverse meekly into our wee girly boxes?! They're very very mistaken
February 20, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Erm...they think all us feminists are going to reverse meekly into our wee girly boxes?! They're very very mistaken
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The Justice Department said a Las Vegas woman filed more than 1,200 tax returns in order to fraudulently claim Covid-19 tax credits of nearly $100 million over a 16-month period beginning in June 2022.
Woman Pleads Guilty in Covid Tax Credit Scheme That Netted $33 Million
A Nevada business owner prepared and filed false tax returns to fraudulently obtain Covid relief money for her businesses and others, prosecutors said.
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2025 at 2:44 AM
The Justice Department said a Las Vegas woman filed more than 1,200 tax returns in order to fraudulently claim Covid-19 tax credits of nearly $100 million over a 16-month period beginning in June 2022.
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Navalny battled for an alternative to Putin’s regime – and paid the ultimate price. The Kremlin has made sure there cannot be another opposition figure like him.
One year on from Alexei Navalny’s death, what will his legacy be for Russia?
Navalny battled for an alternative to Putin’s regime – and paid the ultimate price. The Kremlin has made sure there cannot be another opposition figure like him.
tcnv.link
February 14, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Navalny battled for an alternative to Putin’s regime – and paid the ultimate price. The Kremlin has made sure there cannot be another opposition figure like him.
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Following a lengthy discussion about what constitutes “regalia,” a second bill protecting student’s rights to wear tribal regalia at graduation ceremonies passed through committee on Tuesday.
Second bill protecting Native regalia at school ceremonies passes committee • Source New Mexico
Following a lengthy discussion about what constitutes “regalia,” a second bill protecting student’s rights to wear tribal regalia at graduation ceremonies passed through committee on Tuesday. Senate…
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February 11, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Following a lengthy discussion about what constitutes “regalia,” a second bill protecting student’s rights to wear tribal regalia at graduation ceremonies passed through committee on Tuesday.
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Jay Lee, 20 at the time of his passing, was a student from Jackson who was gay and well-loved in the campus’s LGBTQ community in Oxford, Miss. Marches, gatherings and calls for justice followed Lee’s disappearance.
Missing UM Student Jay Lee’s Body Found at Dumping Site
Hunters found the remains of Jay Lee at a dumping site in Carroll County, ending a two-year search for the missing University of Mississippi student.
buff.ly
February 11, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Jay Lee, 20 at the time of his passing, was a student from Jackson who was gay and well-loved in the campus’s LGBTQ community in Oxford, Miss. Marches, gatherings and calls for justice followed Lee’s disappearance.
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“The Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) has removed from its website all information on current funding opportunities and directs visitors not to finalize any applications.”
Federal Office on Violence Against Women removes funding opportunities from website
The office, part of the Justice Department, is a key source of grants for nonprofits that work to help victims of domestic violence.
19thnews.org
February 11, 2025 at 8:05 PM
“The Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) has removed from its website all information on current funding opportunities and directs visitors not to finalize any applications.”
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A collection of Christian and Jewish groups sued the Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday over its policy of conducting immigration enforcement actions at places of worship.
Religious Groups Sue Homeland Security Over Immigration Arrests
After taking office, President Trump rescinded a policy that instructed immigration agents to steer clear of sensitive locations like churches, schools and hospitals.
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2025 at 8:08 PM
A collection of Christian and Jewish groups sued the Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday over its policy of conducting immigration enforcement actions at places of worship.
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Is Elon Musk Staging a Coup? Unelected Billionaire Seizes Control at Treasury Dept. & Other Agencies
Is Elon Musk Staging a Coup? Billionaire Seizes Control at Treasury Dept.
Elon Musk, the tech billionaire and unelected adviser to President Donald Trump, is asserting control over much of the federal bureaucracy and sensitive government computer systems despite lacking clear...
www.democracynow.org
February 3, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Is Elon Musk Staging a Coup? Unelected Billionaire Seizes Control at Treasury Dept. & Other Agencies
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🔥Trump/Musk/Project2025Fail🔥
January 30, 2025 at 5:35 PM
🔥Trump/Musk/Project2025Fail🔥
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Whatever you think of Tulsi Gabbard these days, past support for surveillance reform and whistleblowers should not be disqualifying.
If anything, senators should be grilling Gabbard about why she's softened those positions. Proud to join this letter. www.rightsanddissent.org/news/civil-l...
If anything, senators should be grilling Gabbard about why she's softened those positions. Proud to join this letter. www.rightsanddissent.org/news/civil-l...
Civil Liberties Groups to Senate: Upholding the Constitution Should Not Disqualify Nominees
We are civil liberties, human rights, and accountability organizations writing in advance of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing on Rep. Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination to be Director of Na...
www.rightsanddissent.org
January 30, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Whatever you think of Tulsi Gabbard these days, past support for surveillance reform and whistleblowers should not be disqualifying.
If anything, senators should be grilling Gabbard about why she's softened those positions. Proud to join this letter. www.rightsanddissent.org/news/civil-l...
If anything, senators should be grilling Gabbard about why she's softened those positions. Proud to join this letter. www.rightsanddissent.org/news/civil-l...
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Revealed: how Roman Abramovich dodged taxes on cost of running his fleet of superyachts
Revealed: how Roman Abramovich dodged taxes on cost of running his fleet of superyachts
Cyprus Confidential files suggest offshore scheme was used to evade tens of millions in VAT on long list of expenses
When it came to his fleet of superyachts, the Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich was nothing if not generous.
As 2011 drew to a close,…
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Revealed: how Roman Abramovich dodged taxes on cost of running his fleet of superyachts
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For more than a decade, Wisconsin native Douglas Cowgill has helped Americans in Canada navigate the complex task of renouncing their U.S. citizenship, cutting themselves loose from that nation’s Internal Revenue Service in the process.
Trump bump: U.S. citizenship renunciation inquiries surge in Canada, lawyers say
For more than a decade, Wisconsin native Douglas Cowgill has helped Americans in Canada navigate the complex task of renouncing their U.S. citizenship, cutting themselves loose from that nation’s Internal Revenue Service in the process.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
January 28, 2025 at 12:25 PM
For more than a decade, Wisconsin native Douglas Cowgill has helped Americans in Canada navigate the complex task of renouncing their U.S. citizenship, cutting themselves loose from that nation’s Internal Revenue Service in the process.
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Day One has turned into Day Seven, and those eggs are getting even more expensive. cnn.it/4h8W4s4
January 28, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Day One has turned into Day Seven, and those eggs are getting even more expensive. cnn.it/4h8W4s4
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Top EU diplomat Kaja Kallas made no secret yesterday that Brussels has sent an open invitation to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to attend a regular meeting of the bloc’s foreign ministers.
Rubio didn’t show up. In fact, there was no sign he replied.
Rubio didn’t show up. In fact, there was no sign he replied.
Trump’s Secretary of State Rubio ghosts Europe
European diplomats fear a Trumpian strategy of spurning the EU and playing “divide and rule” among the member countries.
www.politico.eu
January 28, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Top EU diplomat Kaja Kallas made no secret yesterday that Brussels has sent an open invitation to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to attend a regular meeting of the bloc’s foreign ministers.
Rubio didn’t show up. In fact, there was no sign he replied.
Rubio didn’t show up. In fact, there was no sign he replied.
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"Why don’t you do it on TV right now if you think it’s so, so banal?”
'Right now on TV!' CNN conservative Scott Jennings dared to repeat Musk's 'Nazi' salute
A pair of CNN panelists clashed over Elon Musk's straight-arm greeting that many compared to the Nazi Sieg Heil salute.The tech mogul performed the gesture twice during Donald Trump's post-inauguratio...
www.rawstory.com
January 28, 2025 at 12:38 PM
"Why don’t you do it on TV right now if you think it’s so, so banal?”
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Political distress is a bipartisan #mentalhealth issue, fueled by fear that bad leaders will lead to disastrous outcomes. A psychologist offers coping strategies for managing this #anxiety:
Feeling political distress? Here are coping strategies a psychologist shares with his clients
Politics in America have become more upsetting than ever for big chunks of the population, but there are ways to cope.
theconversation.com
January 28, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Political distress is a bipartisan #mentalhealth issue, fueled by fear that bad leaders will lead to disastrous outcomes. A psychologist offers coping strategies for managing this #anxiety:
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Existing as a trans person is not ‘deception’, but this narrative is being used to justify violence 👇
www.wearequeeraf.com/a-trans-teen...
www.wearequeeraf.com/a-trans-teen...
A trans teenager was stabbed nine times, but she’s already being blamed for it
Existing as a trans person is not ‘deception’, but this narrative is being used to justify violence
www.wearequeeraf.com
January 28, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Existing as a trans person is not ‘deception’, but this narrative is being used to justify violence 👇
www.wearequeeraf.com/a-trans-teen...
www.wearequeeraf.com/a-trans-teen...
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The story behind the database began with our need to understand how many “segregation academies" still operate.
More from @jenniferberryhawes.bsky.social:
More from @jenniferberryhawes.bsky.social:
How Segregated Are Your Local Private Schools? We Made a Tool to Help You Find Out.
Our reporters mined a trove of data that revealed detailed demographic information about private schools. That helped us find illuminating stories about how those schools divide communities.
www.propublica.org
January 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The story behind the database began with our need to understand how many “segregation academies" still operate.
More from @jenniferberryhawes.bsky.social:
More from @jenniferberryhawes.bsky.social:
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CDC Ordered To Stop Working With WHO Immediately
CDC Ordered To Stop Working With WHO Immediately
President Donald Trump signed an executive order beginning the year-long process to leave the World Health Organization on his first day in office.
www.forbes.com
January 28, 2025 at 1:08 PM
CDC Ordered To Stop Working With WHO Immediately
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"Especially with Trump coming into office again, with my and my family’s future cast into doubt, I wonder what things our own government might try to make us forget if it could."
Why My Memories of Being Taken From My Mom at the Border Came Flooding Back
I was taken from my mom at age 10. The memory of my agonizing journey has come flooding back since Trump’s reelection.
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January 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
"Especially with Trump coming into office again, with my and my family’s future cast into doubt, I wonder what things our own government might try to make us forget if it could."
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“Unity is not partisan," the Rt. Rev. Mariann Budde said.
Trump demands an apology from bishop who asked him to ‘have mercy’ on LGBTQ+ people and migrants
WASHINGTON (AP) — Referencing Trump’s belief that he was saved by God from assassination, the Right Rev. Mariann Budde said, “You have felt the providential hand of a loving God. In the name of our…
religionnews.com
January 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
“Unity is not partisan," the Rt. Rev. Mariann Budde said.
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Breaking News: A federal judge temporarily blocked President Trump’s executive order to end automatic citizenship for babies born on American soil. nyti.ms/4hjcm1u
January 23, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Breaking News: A federal judge temporarily blocked President Trump’s executive order to end automatic citizenship for babies born on American soil. nyti.ms/4hjcm1u
Inspiring to see that this young man overcame the militant alt-right #propaganda machine. #ClassWar #Trump #Musk
Christian Teen DESTROYS MAGA In 6 Minutes and 33 Seconds
YouTube video by Keith Edwards
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January 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Inspiring to see that this young man overcame the militant alt-right #propaganda machine. #ClassWar #Trump #Musk