@bethbutler504.bsky.social
Lifelong Community Organizer in the American South. Based in New Orleans.
As if Bill Gates is actually shocked with Trump administration’s cutting and reorganizing of the U.S. Agency for International Development. “I believe that was a gigantic mistake, and that’s partly why we’ve had the turmoil and increase in deaths this year” Gates said www.wsj.com/health/for-f...
For First Time in Decades, Child Deaths Will Rise This Year
Almost a quarter of a million more children around the world are projected to die in 2025 than in 2024.
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December 5, 2025 at 2:15 AM
As if Bill Gates is actually shocked with Trump administration’s cutting and reorganizing of the U.S. Agency for International Development. “I believe that was a gigantic mistake, and that’s partly why we’ve had the turmoil and increase in deaths this year” Gates said www.wsj.com/health/for-f...
Karl Rove calls attention to when a Win is not a Win and Republican doom: A GOP Win Foretells Midterm Trouble by @KarlRove
www.wsj.com/opinion/a-go... via @WSJopinion
www.wsj.com/opinion/a-go... via @WSJopinion
Opinion | A GOP Win Foretells Midterm Trouble
The double-digit drop in the Republican margin from 2024 demands changes.
www.wsj.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Karl Rove calls attention to when a Win is not a Win and Republican doom: A GOP Win Foretells Midterm Trouble by @KarlRove
www.wsj.com/opinion/a-go... via @WSJopinion
www.wsj.com/opinion/a-go... via @WSJopinion
"the magazines had remained open to students of all backgrounds, not just to target audiences. But Dr. Hood said that wasn’t enough to avoid federal scrutiny..a zine “for women, by women,” it didn’t abide by the federal guidance." (unless you count the Constitution) www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
U. of Alabama Suspends Black and Female Student Magazines, Citing D.E.I. Guidance
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December 4, 2025 at 3:51 PM
"the magazines had remained open to students of all backgrounds, not just to target audiences. But Dr. Hood said that wasn’t enough to avoid federal scrutiny..a zine “for women, by women,” it didn’t abide by the federal guidance." (unless you count the Constitution) www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
Trump may want to prevent this but his whack job team are all about it (Sen Mike Johnson, etc) www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
Poll Suggests G.O.P. Will Face More Blame if Obamacare Subsidies Go Away
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December 4, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Trump may want to prevent this but his whack job team are all about it (Sen Mike Johnson, etc) www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
Mr. Alder told investigators that he had seen Mr. Gamboa “psyching himself up” hunched down in “combat mode” as he assembled his rifle against a wall near the protest, and yelled at him to drop his gun, but Alder shot a bystander who died as well as wounding Gamboa. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
Armed Volunteer Charged in Fatal Shooting at Utah ‘No Kings’ Protest
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December 4, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Mr. Alder told investigators that he had seen Mr. Gamboa “psyching himself up” hunched down in “combat mode” as he assembled his rifle against a wall near the protest, and yelled at him to drop his gun, but Alder shot a bystander who died as well as wounding Gamboa. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
RIP Steve Cropper The original Booker T & the MG’s lineup, three-quarters of which was Black (Mr. Cropper was white), helped integrate Stax at a time when the four men would not have been permitted to appear on a public bandstand together in the segregated South. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/a...
Steve Cropper, Guitarist, Songwriter and Shaper of Memphis Soul Music, Dies at 84
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December 4, 2025 at 3:25 PM
RIP Steve Cropper The original Booker T & the MG’s lineup, three-quarters of which was Black (Mr. Cropper was white), helped integrate Stax at a time when the four men would not have been permitted to appear on a public bandstand together in the segregated South. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/a...
The volunteer sensed part of it was his frustrations with the uncertainty of America’s immigration process, the volunteer said. His family feared being deported to Afghanistan as his application for a Special Immigrant Visa dragged on www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
A Volunteer’s Dire Warnings About the National Guard Shooting Suspect
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December 4, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The volunteer sensed part of it was his frustrations with the uncertainty of America’s immigration process, the volunteer said. His family feared being deported to Afghanistan as his application for a Special Immigrant Visa dragged on www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
Republican women: failed to listen to them or engage in direct conversations on major political and policy issues, suggesting that doing so was a cultural challenge — an evangelical Christian who has often voiced firm views about the distinct roles men and women play. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
Republican Anger Erupts at Johnson as Party Frets About Future
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December 4, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Republican women: failed to listen to them or engage in direct conversations on major political and policy issues, suggesting that doing so was a cultural challenge — an evangelical Christian who has often voiced firm views about the distinct roles men and women play. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
NYT Editorial: "Trump administration will exploit the process to protect any of its allies named (starting with the president himself) and to embarrass Democrats, Congress should be ready to defy Mr. Trump on this subject again and investigate the Justice Department www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/o...
Opinion | Trump Has Made the Epstein Saga a Case Study in Manipulation
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December 4, 2025 at 3:07 PM
NYT Editorial: "Trump administration will exploit the process to protect any of its allies named (starting with the president himself) and to embarrass Democrats, Congress should be ready to defy Mr. Trump on this subject again and investigate the Justice Department www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/o...
Thanks to @Think504.com. Basically unconstitutional--Act 399 subtext: opens a jail cell for any person of color. Taxpayers will be forced to pay for the state's litigation, even tho Trump's support is thru the floor for his Gestapo and economy. blacksourcemedia.com/sb15-louisia...
Act 399: Louisiana’s New Immigration Crackdown Is Really a Crackdown on Protest, Local Power, and Civil Rights - Black Source Media
SB15 strengthens ICE, weakens protest rights, and overrides local authority. This article explains its real impact on immigrants, communities, and New Orleans.
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December 4, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Thanks to @Think504.com. Basically unconstitutional--Act 399 subtext: opens a jail cell for any person of color. Taxpayers will be forced to pay for the state's litigation, even tho Trump's support is thru the floor for his Gestapo and economy. blacksourcemedia.com/sb15-louisia...
Unmentioned: Unaffordability. married women are having fewer children than during the baby boom or 1990s. average births/ married woman at replacement rate 2.1. For unmarried women is lower,wouldn’t affect childbirths if getting married wasn't plunging wsj.com/opinion/the-...
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December 3, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Unmentioned: Unaffordability. married women are having fewer children than during the baby boom or 1990s. average births/ married woman at replacement rate 2.1. For unmarried women is lower,wouldn’t affect childbirths if getting married wasn't plunging wsj.com/opinion/the-...
Michael and Susan Dell to Put $250 in 25 Million Children’s Accounts www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/b...
Michael and Susan Dell to Put $250 in 25 Million Children’s Accounts
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December 3, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Michael and Susan Dell to Put $250 in 25 Million Children’s Accounts www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/b...
Neither Franklin the Turtle Nor Sabrina Carpenter Wants to Appear in Trump Posts www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
Neither Franklin the Turtle Nor Sabrina Carpenter Wants to Appear in Trump Posts
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December 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Neither Franklin the Turtle Nor Sabrina Carpenter Wants to Appear in Trump Posts www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
How this will affect the many MAGA owned tourist-related operations during a not great season, the immigrant families with one member in the application phase, the lack of info about how ICE can track cars, etc ... Federal Immigration Operation Starts in New Orleans www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
Federal Immigration Operation Starts in New Orleans
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December 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
How this will affect the many MAGA owned tourist-related operations during a not great season, the immigrant families with one member in the application phase, the lack of info about how ICE can track cars, etc ... Federal Immigration Operation Starts in New Orleans www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
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This is the most consequential story for the 2026 midterms. Yet, I cannot find it anywhere on legacy media. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOJ Sues Six More States in Sweeping Push to Obtain Unredacted Voter Rolls
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:21 PM
This is the most consequential story for the 2026 midterms. Yet, I cannot find it anywhere on legacy media. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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🤨 Yes, he said this. There is video footage.
www.forbes.com/sites/sarado...
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December 3, 2025 at 1:27 PM
🤨 Yes, he said this. There is video footage.
www.forbes.com/sites/sarado...
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Not joking: has one reporter responded to his preposterous Sgt Schultz “I know nothing” schtick by immediately asking:
* Doesn’t this level of ignorance disqualify you as speaker?
* Do you really think we are so dumb to believe you?
* Do you think it is appropriate to insult the voters like this?
* Doesn’t this level of ignorance disqualify you as speaker?
* Do you really think we are so dumb to believe you?
* Do you think it is appropriate to insult the voters like this?
RAJU: If defenseless survivors were killed, would that constitute a violation of the laws of war?
MIKE JOHNSON: I'm not going to prejudge any of that. I was pretty busy yesterday. I didn't follow a lot of the news.
MIKE JOHNSON: I'm not going to prejudge any of that. I was pretty busy yesterday. I didn't follow a lot of the news.
December 3, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Not joking: has one reporter responded to his preposterous Sgt Schultz “I know nothing” schtick by immediately asking:
* Doesn’t this level of ignorance disqualify you as speaker?
* Do you really think we are so dumb to believe you?
* Do you think it is appropriate to insult the voters like this?
* Doesn’t this level of ignorance disqualify you as speaker?
* Do you really think we are so dumb to believe you?
* Do you think it is appropriate to insult the voters like this?
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The MAGA "Christians," whose Bibles tell them to shelter the homeless, no questions asked, are now saying a homeless person has to work, go through mental health and drug treatment, BEFORE they get housing?
So you're leaving them homeless. www.startribune.com/trump-plan-w...
So you're leaving them homeless. www.startribune.com/trump-plan-w...
Trump plan would shift billions in homeless funds from housing to requiring work and treatment
Service providers and advocates say move would set back decades of progress in helping homeless get off the streets.
www.startribune.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:17 PM
The MAGA "Christians," whose Bibles tell them to shelter the homeless, no questions asked, are now saying a homeless person has to work, go through mental health and drug treatment, BEFORE they get housing?
So you're leaving them homeless. www.startribune.com/trump-plan-w...
So you're leaving them homeless. www.startribune.com/trump-plan-w...
The real estate market is off for a number of reasons: Trump's economy, climate change/sky high insurance/death to FEMA, gentrification but Zillow thinks tricking folks will help them and Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
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December 3, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The real estate market is off for a number of reasons: Trump's economy, climate change/sky high insurance/death to FEMA, gentrification but Zillow thinks tricking folks will help them and Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
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Thank you DJT: “U.S. factory activity contracted for the ninth month in November, with the purchasing managers’ index falling to 48.2 from 48.7 in Oct..Business conditions remain soft as higher costs from tariffs, the government shutdown, increased global uncertainty www.wsj.com/economy/u-s-...
U.S. Factory Activity Contracts Faster Than Expected
ISM said U.S. factory activity slipped at a faster pace than expected in November, as businesses continue to face a hit from higher tariffs, according to a survey of manufacturing firms.
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December 2, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Thank you DJT: “U.S. factory activity contracted for the ninth month in November, with the purchasing managers’ index falling to 48.2 from 48.7 in Oct..Business conditions remain soft as higher costs from tariffs, the government shutdown, increased global uncertainty www.wsj.com/economy/u-s-...
Watch the hype. Actual $ are higher due to inflation, there are no other increases and order volume fell. Black Friday spending raises eyebrows over US economy - Newsweek share.google/MDE9pCaQIRyr...
Black Friday spending raises eyebrows over US economy
While spending soared to almost $12 billion, per one estimate, the data shows a more complicated economic picture.
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December 1, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Watch the hype. Actual $ are higher due to inflation, there are no other increases and order volume fell. Black Friday spending raises eyebrows over US economy - Newsweek share.google/MDE9pCaQIRyr...
Karl Rove calling for new leaders who affect action not social media--"It’s likely to get louder and the topics more idiotic until someone shows a better way. That’s years off, the sooner someone starts, the sooner we’ll be free of this. And voters will be grateful."
www.wsj.com/opinion/vote...
www.wsj.com/opinion/vote...
Opinion | Voters Would Be Grateful for Less Political Noise
All they seem to hear these days is pointless shouting over inanities or insanities. Meanwhile their real wants and needs sit unaddressed.
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December 1, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Karl Rove calling for new leaders who affect action not social media--"It’s likely to get louder and the topics more idiotic until someone shows a better way. That’s years off, the sooner someone starts, the sooner we’ll be free of this. And voters will be grateful."
www.wsj.com/opinion/vote...
www.wsj.com/opinion/vote...
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Bash: "Do you believe if there was a second strike to eliminate any survivors that it constitutes a war crime?"
Mark Kelly: "It seems to."
Bash: "If you received that order, would you have carried it out?"
Mark Kelly: "No…Going after survivors in the water is unlawful."
Mark Kelly: "It seems to."
Bash: "If you received that order, would you have carried it out?"
Mark Kelly: "No…Going after survivors in the water is unlawful."
November 30, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Bash: "Do you believe if there was a second strike to eliminate any survivors that it constitutes a war crime?"
Mark Kelly: "It seems to."
Bash: "If you received that order, would you have carried it out?"
Mark Kelly: "No…Going after survivors in the water is unlawful."
Mark Kelly: "It seems to."
Bash: "If you received that order, would you have carried it out?"
Mark Kelly: "No…Going after survivors in the water is unlawful."