Amanda T
@amandatrej.bsky.social
Writer, teacher, mother, human. Student of history. I care about other people.
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I’m just going to leave this here… #repsummerlee
November 21, 2024 at 3:19 AM
I’m just going to leave this here… #repsummerlee
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they bundle this up as efficiencies and saving tax dollars but it’s ultimately going to be mass layoffs of govt jobs across the country - which means less tax income and more unemployment. not to mention the sheer disaster of the loss of some of these very essential govt services.
BARTIROMO: Are you expecting to close down entire agencies? President Trump has talked about the Department of Education, for example
RAMASWAMY: We expect mass reductions. We expect certain agencies to be deleted outright.
RAMASWAMY: We expect mass reductions. We expect certain agencies to be deleted outright.
November 17, 2024 at 4:15 PM
they bundle this up as efficiencies and saving tax dollars but it’s ultimately going to be mass layoffs of govt jobs across the country - which means less tax income and more unemployment. not to mention the sheer disaster of the loss of some of these very essential govt services.
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Earnest post, but: a thing I like here is it’s okay to have moments of happiness in public without being broadly scolded, and I believe that sustaining this kind of humanity will be very important as we resist fascism.
We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
November 12, 2024 at 1:22 AM
Earnest post, but: a thing I like here is it’s okay to have moments of happiness in public without being broadly scolded, and I believe that sustaining this kind of humanity will be very important as we resist fascism.
We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
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"this is fine"
British Library Manuscript - royal ms 20 a ii f3r
British Library Manuscript - royal ms 20 a ii f3r
November 16, 2024 at 11:36 AM
"this is fine"
British Library Manuscript - royal ms 20 a ii f3r
British Library Manuscript - royal ms 20 a ii f3r
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The Alien Enemies Act is unjust, racist, and ineffective. Given how some are looking to wield the law against immigrants, it’s also broad enough to invite abuse during peacetime.
Latino Immigrants Are Not ‘Alien Enemies’
Some politicians want to abuse a dangerous presidential power to deport noncitizens without safeguards or due process.
bit.ly
November 13, 2024 at 6:08 PM
The Alien Enemies Act is unjust, racist, and ineffective. Given how some are looking to wield the law against immigrants, it’s also broad enough to invite abuse during peacetime.
“Ho sketched out his excuse to repudiate birthright citizenship by framing immigrants who lack permanent legal status as ‘invading aliens’ whose children born on U.S. soil may be denied citizenship by states and the federal government.”
Judge Ho recently flip-flopped on birthright citizenship, too, despite his longstanding and vehement support for it … he is REALLY gunning for Clarence Thomas’ seat. slate.com/news-and-pol...
A SCOTUS Short-Lister Has Flip-Flopped to Embrace One of Trump’s Worst Positions
It took Judge James Ho less than a week after the election to bend the knee.
slate.com
November 15, 2024 at 10:11 PM
“Ho sketched out his excuse to repudiate birthright citizenship by framing immigrants who lack permanent legal status as ‘invading aliens’ whose children born on U.S. soil may be denied citizenship by states and the federal government.”
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Here's the difference. Democratic officials do not set out to harm people. When people disagree strongly they may experience real pain from policies they revile. But the point is not to cause harm.
Tangerine Mussolini is eagerly preparing to do harm. He is appointing people who 1/2
Tangerine Mussolini is eagerly preparing to do harm. He is appointing people who 1/2
November 15, 2024 at 9:58 PM
Here's the difference. Democratic officials do not set out to harm people. When people disagree strongly they may experience real pain from policies they revile. But the point is not to cause harm.
Tangerine Mussolini is eagerly preparing to do harm. He is appointing people who 1/2
Tangerine Mussolini is eagerly preparing to do harm. He is appointing people who 1/2
I just don’t understand how people can do this to their kids.
President-elect Donald Trump picked North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum to serve as both interior secretary and “energy czar,” a role that will orchestrate sweeping plans to repeal climate rules and boost oil and gas production on millions of acres of federal land.
Trump picks Burgum for ‘energy czar’ — and interior secretary
Trump taps North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum as both interior secretary and energy “czar” to oversee efforts to gut climate rules and expand fossil fuel production.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 15, 2024 at 10:00 PM
I just don’t understand how people can do this to their kids.
Funny how the president has “a mandate” only if it’s one of theirs.
November 15, 2024 at 2:41 PM
Funny how the president has “a mandate” only if it’s one of theirs.
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In case anyone was wondering what "obeying in advance" looks like
Jan. 6 defendant gets legal win from Obama judge because of Trump's victory
Defendant William Pope had argued that holding his trial now could cause more issues once the president-elect takes office.
www.newsweek.com
November 15, 2024 at 2:57 AM
In case anyone was wondering what "obeying in advance" looks like
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As in 2017, Donald Trump will come into office with a robust economy that his predecessor helped fashion. It's gonna be so annoying when Trump says that he's fixed inflation. www.politico.com/news/2024/11...
The Biden economy is about to get a new salesman: Donald Trump
Trump hammered the administration for creating an “economic catastrophe,” but some of his favorite gauges for assessing economic performance have been humming.
www.politico.com
November 15, 2024 at 11:50 AM
As in 2017, Donald Trump will come into office with a robust economy that his predecessor helped fashion. It's gonna be so annoying when Trump says that he's fixed inflation. www.politico.com/news/2024/11...
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No worries, just a random billionaire with no policy expertise having meetings with hostile regimes on behalf of an authoritarian who hasn't yet (re)taken office
Breaking News: Elon Musk, a top adviser to President-elect Donald Trump, met with Iran’s UN ambassador to discuss defusing Iranian-U.S. tensions during the next Trump term, two Iranian officials said.
Elon Musk Met With Iran’s U.N. Ambassador, Iranian Officials Say
The tech billionaire, a top adviser to President-elect Donald J. Trump, was reported to have discussed ways to defuse tensions between Iran and the United States.
nyti.ms
November 15, 2024 at 2:01 AM
No worries, just a random billionaire with no policy expertise having meetings with hostile regimes on behalf of an authoritarian who hasn't yet (re)taken office
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Trump’s nominees are DEI: Didn’t Earn It
Crockett: These are people who have railed against diversity equity and inclusion, trying to say that diverse candidates are somehow unqualified, but the reality is that what they want to do is more of this, put people that are not qualified in
November 14, 2024 at 4:29 AM
Trump’s nominees are DEI: Didn’t Earn It
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So. It’s RFK Jr.
There is no precedent for this in public health — someone who has spent years questioning the safety of vaccines now potentially overseeing the federal agency charged with vaccine safety.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/...
There is no precedent for this in public health — someone who has spent years questioning the safety of vaccines now potentially overseeing the federal agency charged with vaccine safety.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/...
Trump taps Robert F. Kennedy Jr., vaccine skeptic, to lead health department
The nearly $2 trillion agency administers health-insurance programs for millions of Americans, approves medications and oversees vaccine safety.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 14, 2024 at 11:35 PM
So. It’s RFK Jr.
There is no precedent for this in public health — someone who has spent years questioning the safety of vaccines now potentially overseeing the federal agency charged with vaccine safety.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/...
There is no precedent for this in public health — someone who has spent years questioning the safety of vaccines now potentially overseeing the federal agency charged with vaccine safety.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/...
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That’s the quote. I was looking for it. And here it is. Hannah Arendt on the Matt Gaetz as AG announcement
'This process includes the replacement of all first-rate talents, regardless of their political loyalties, with crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is the best guarantee of their loyalty.' (The Origins of Totalitarianism, renewed version, A Harvest Book New York, 1976, 339)
November 14, 2024 at 11:38 AM
That’s the quote. I was looking for it. And here it is. Hannah Arendt on the Matt Gaetz as AG announcement
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"And I can’t help but notice that since November 5, no one has eaten my cats."
Wow, Trump Has Already Fixed So Many Problems That Definitely Existed
Unbelievably, President-elect Trump hasn’t even been inaugurated yet, and he’s already solved so many of the problems he talked about on the campai...
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November 14, 2024 at 1:33 PM
"And I can’t help but notice that since November 5, no one has eaten my cats."
Yes. Sometimes there is poetic justice, no matter how small. It’s little acts like this that hopefully will help push us through.
Breaking News: The Onion, the satirical publication, said it won a bankruptcy auction to buy Infowars, a website run by the conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.
The Onion Buys Alex Jones’s Infowars Out of Bankruptcy
The satirical news site planned to turn Infowars into a parody of itself, mocking “weird internet personalities” who peddle conspiracy theories and health supplements.
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2024 at 2:27 PM
Yes. Sometimes there is poetic justice, no matter how small. It’s little acts like this that hopefully will help push us through.