@betsyblaney.bsky.social
Former journalist and professional tennis player. Retired.
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you were our last hope
a poster that says " then the emperor has already won " on the bottom
ALT: a poster that says " then the emperor has already won " on the bottom
media.tenor.com
December 14, 2025 at 12:57 AM
you were our last hope
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Stop accepting the cynical notion that “nothing can be done” about guns, or anything else for that matter. Every time you give up hope, the emperor has already won.
December 14, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Stop accepting the cynical notion that “nothing can be done” about guns, or anything else for that matter. Every time you give up hope, the emperor has already won.
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It's inconvenient for people interested in Dem factional fights, or Obama 2012 veterans trying to get consulting work. But we have known since several days after the election that Trump gained fewer votes from 2020-2024 in swing states that were exposed to campaign messages than in other states. /1
December 11, 2025 at 4:21 PM
It's inconvenient for people interested in Dem factional fights, or Obama 2012 veterans trying to get consulting work. But we have known since several days after the election that Trump gained fewer votes from 2020-2024 in swing states that were exposed to campaign messages than in other states. /1
@nicollewallace.bsky.social I am so happy whenever Sue Gordon comes on your show, Nicolle. Her clear-eyed takes on this time in America is so welcome! Hope to see her more!
December 6, 2025 at 1:10 AM
@nicollewallace.bsky.social I am so happy whenever Sue Gordon comes on your show, Nicolle. Her clear-eyed takes on this time in America is so welcome! Hope to see her more!
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Under the Trump Regime, Theology is a professional degree but public health and nursing aren’t.
@drjudystone.bsky.social explains the implications of this and why it will cause harm in her latest.
@drjudystone.bsky.social explains the implications of this and why it will cause harm in her latest.
What Is A “Professional Degree” And Why Does It Matter?
Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the Dept of Education proposes redefining "professional degrees" to exclude degrees in nursing, NP/PA, Public Health, PT/OT and more
www.forbes.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Under the Trump Regime, Theology is a professional degree but public health and nursing aren’t.
@drjudystone.bsky.social explains the implications of this and why it will cause harm in her latest.
@drjudystone.bsky.social explains the implications of this and why it will cause harm in her latest.
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#Thugs
"Leaving his home in Ontario to work at a food bank Thursday morning, Carlos Jimenez pulled over to warn a group of federal agents that they should wrap up their stop of a car quickly because school-age children would soon gather there to take the bus, his lawyers said Sunday."
"Leaving his home in Ontario to work at a food bank Thursday morning, Carlos Jimenez pulled over to warn a group of federal agents that they should wrap up their stop of a car quickly because school-age children would soon gather there to take the bus, his lawyers said Sunday."
US citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents children would be coming to get bus, lawyers say
U.S. citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents about children gathering at bus stop, lawyers say
Lawyers for Carlos Jimenez said he was in fear after an agent threatened him with chemical spray, then pointed a gun at him.
www.latimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
#Thugs
"Leaving his home in Ontario to work at a food bank Thursday morning, Carlos Jimenez pulled over to warn a group of federal agents that they should wrap up their stop of a car quickly because school-age children would soon gather there to take the bus, his lawyers said Sunday."
"Leaving his home in Ontario to work at a food bank Thursday morning, Carlos Jimenez pulled over to warn a group of federal agents that they should wrap up their stop of a car quickly because school-age children would soon gather there to take the bus, his lawyers said Sunday."
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Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to support public TV stations after federal cuts
Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to support public TV stations after federal cuts
Thirty paintings by Bob Ross are set to be auctioned to support public television stations
abcnews.go.com
October 7, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to support public TV stations after federal cuts
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Anyone who may ever need assistance from FEMA should read this.
That's basically most of us.
That's basically most of us.
ProPublica and @theassemblync.bsky.social found that in some North Carolina counties, homeowners with the highest incomes received two to three times as much FEMA housing assistance as those with lower incomes after Hurricane Helene.
By @jenniferberryhawes.bsky.social and Ren Larson
By @jenniferberryhawes.bsky.social and Ren Larson
Arduous and Unequal: The Fight to Get FEMA Housing Assistance After Helene
An analysis by ProPublica and The Assembly of the more rural counties in North Carolina hardest hit by Helene shows that the households that got the most aid tended to have the highest incomes.
www.propublica.org
October 5, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Anyone who may ever need assistance from FEMA should read this.
That's basically most of us.
That's basically most of us.
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The wheels of justice grind slowly yet finely. Now that Abrego Garcia has been granted the right to pursue discovery the Trump Regime is going to run for the hills yelping like a scalded dog. Unless of course the 5 Trump suckers on the Supreme Court decide yet again to act as Trump's attorneys.
BREAKING: A federal judge finds that there is evidence Kilmar Abrego was VINDICTIVELY PROSECUTED. The judge GRANTS Abrego's motion for discovery and a hearing, and the government must now PROVE it did not vindictively prosecute Mr. Abrego. 1/
October 3, 2025 at 10:12 PM
The wheels of justice grind slowly yet finely. Now that Abrego Garcia has been granted the right to pursue discovery the Trump Regime is going to run for the hills yelping like a scalded dog. Unless of course the 5 Trump suckers on the Supreme Court decide yet again to act as Trump's attorneys.
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Some statistics about the 16 blue states Russ Vought wants to target:
- 39% of the country lives in those states.
- They contribute 44% of GDP.
- They are also home to almost a third of 2024 Trump voters, some 24 million of them.
www.pbump.net/o/sorry-abou...
- 39% of the country lives in those states.
- They contribute 44% of GDP.
- They are also home to almost a third of 2024 Trump voters, some 24 million of them.
www.pbump.net/o/sorry-abou...
Sorry about your luck, 24 million Trump voters
It has been the case since Donald Trump's first tenure as president that he wants to slice the size of the federal workforce. During his period in the political wilderness (also known as the Biden adm...
www.pbump.net
October 2, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Some statistics about the 16 blue states Russ Vought wants to target:
- 39% of the country lives in those states.
- They contribute 44% of GDP.
- They are also home to almost a third of 2024 Trump voters, some 24 million of them.
www.pbump.net/o/sorry-abou...
- 39% of the country lives in those states.
- They contribute 44% of GDP.
- They are also home to almost a third of 2024 Trump voters, some 24 million of them.
www.pbump.net/o/sorry-abou...
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This is a 9-0 Supreme Court decision from just last year.
September 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
This is a 9-0 Supreme Court decision from just last year.
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This is the best article to read on the ominous motives behind Jimmy Kimmel’s cancelation. This is not about Kirk. It about the government controlling our media. wapo.st/4nwhz92
Column | Kimmel’s suspension confirms what many suspected after Colbert’s cancellation
Media companies must punish Trump critics if they want their mega-mergers approved.
wapo.st
September 18, 2025 at 2:22 PM
This is the best article to read on the ominous motives behind Jimmy Kimmel’s cancelation. This is not about Kirk. It about the government controlling our media. wapo.st/4nwhz92
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Here is my best guidance, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons nearly nine years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
snyder.substack.com
September 18, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Here is my best guidance, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons nearly nine years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
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Devastating numbers for Trump in Economist/YouGov poll:
➡️Economy is fair/poor (71%), not excellent/good (27%)
➡️Economy is getting worse (54%), not better (23%)
➡️Trump (57%), not Biden (22%), is more responsible for it.
➡️62% disapprove of his handling of inflation/prices, 55% on jobs/the economy.
➡️Economy is fair/poor (71%), not excellent/good (27%)
➡️Economy is getting worse (54%), not better (23%)
➡️Trump (57%), not Biden (22%), is more responsible for it.
➡️62% disapprove of his handling of inflation/prices, 55% on jobs/the economy.
September 13, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Devastating numbers for Trump in Economist/YouGov poll:
➡️Economy is fair/poor (71%), not excellent/good (27%)
➡️Economy is getting worse (54%), not better (23%)
➡️Trump (57%), not Biden (22%), is more responsible for it.
➡️62% disapprove of his handling of inflation/prices, 55% on jobs/the economy.
➡️Economy is fair/poor (71%), not excellent/good (27%)
➡️Economy is getting worse (54%), not better (23%)
➡️Trump (57%), not Biden (22%), is more responsible for it.
➡️62% disapprove of his handling of inflation/prices, 55% on jobs/the economy.
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I have a couple of comments about the "free speech hero" narrative about Charlie Kirk.
First, was Charlie Kirk really notable for supporting the free speech of people he disagreed with? I haven't noticed that, though I could have missed it.
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First, was Charlie Kirk really notable for supporting the free speech of people he disagreed with? I haven't noticed that, though I could have missed it.
/1
September 11, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I have a couple of comments about the "free speech hero" narrative about Charlie Kirk.
First, was Charlie Kirk really notable for supporting the free speech of people he disagreed with? I haven't noticed that, though I could have missed it.
/1
First, was Charlie Kirk really notable for supporting the free speech of people he disagreed with? I haven't noticed that, though I could have missed it.
/1
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US coverage of Trump at US Open
September 7, 2025 at 10:07 PM
US coverage of Trump at US Open
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"ABC and ESPN refused to kowtow. While they didn’t linger on Trump when he was shown during the national anthem … they didn’t filter out the reaction to him, either. The jeers and catcalls, resounding in Arthur Ashe Stadium, were clearly audible."
www.usatoday.com/story/sports...
www.usatoday.com/story/sports...
September 8, 2025 at 12:59 AM
"ABC and ESPN refused to kowtow. While they didn’t linger on Trump when he was shown during the national anthem … they didn’t filter out the reaction to him, either. The jeers and catcalls, resounding in Arthur Ashe Stadium, were clearly audible."
www.usatoday.com/story/sports...
www.usatoday.com/story/sports...
@nrarmour.bsky.social Pitch-perfect column about USTA’s stupid effort to muzzle broadcasters at US Open men’s final, Nancy. Thank you!
September 8, 2025 at 1:09 AM
@nrarmour.bsky.social Pitch-perfect column about USTA’s stupid effort to muzzle broadcasters at US Open men’s final, Nancy. Thank you!
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The USTA’s censorship of Trump dissent at the US Open is cowardly, hypocritical and un-American | Bryan Armen Graham
The USTA’s censorship of Trump dissent at the US Open is cowardly, hypocritical and un-American | Bryan Armen Graham
By asking broadcasters not to show any protest against Donald Trump at Sunday’s final, the governing body has caved to fear while contradicting its own history of spectacle
www.theguardian.com
September 7, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The USTA’s censorship of Trump dissent at the US Open is cowardly, hypocritical and un-American | Bryan Armen Graham
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It’s almost as if Trump and Hegseth haven’t the faintest fucking clue how to defend a nation. www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
September 6, 2025 at 1:37 AM
It’s almost as if Trump and Hegseth haven’t the faintest fucking clue how to defend a nation. www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
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When I was in the Army, we had a term for a soldier whom everyone else despised.
We called them "That Guy."
That Guy could be any rank: private, sergeant, lieutenant, colonel.
(thread)
We called them "That Guy."
That Guy could be any rank: private, sergeant, lieutenant, colonel.
(thread)
September 6, 2025 at 2:57 AM
When I was in the Army, we had a term for a soldier whom everyone else despised.
We called them "That Guy."
That Guy could be any rank: private, sergeant, lieutenant, colonel.
(thread)
We called them "That Guy."
That Guy could be any rank: private, sergeant, lieutenant, colonel.
(thread)
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Reminder: @propublica.org is still tracking how immigration agents use force when they make arrests.
Do you have video or other documentation of forceful or violent arrests by immigration agents that we should review? Please reach out.
email: nicole.foy@propublica.org
Signal: @nicolefoy.27
Do you have video or other documentation of forceful or violent arrests by immigration agents that we should review? Please reach out.
email: nicole.foy@propublica.org
Signal: @nicolefoy.27
Citizens, crying kids, pregnant women, people who aren't the target...it doesn't seem to matter who's inside the car when immigration officers want to make an arrest. They smash the window anyway
@mckenziefunk.com & I tracked these arrests all over the U.S. projects.propublica.org/trump-ice-sm...
@mckenziefunk.com & I tracked these arrests all over the U.S. projects.propublica.org/trump-ice-sm...
Bloodied Faces, Sobbing Children: Immigration Officers Smash Car Windows to Speed Up Arrests
We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims its officers use a “mini...
projects.propublica.org
September 6, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Reminder: @propublica.org is still tracking how immigration agents use force when they make arrests.
Do you have video or other documentation of forceful or violent arrests by immigration agents that we should review? Please reach out.
email: nicole.foy@propublica.org
Signal: @nicolefoy.27
Do you have video or other documentation of forceful or violent arrests by immigration agents that we should review? Please reach out.
email: nicole.foy@propublica.org
Signal: @nicolefoy.27
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NEW: Trump's nominee to run the Bureau of Labor Statistics ran an anonymous Twitter account filled with sexually degrading attacks on Kamala Harris, anti-gay slurs, and far-right conspiracy theories.
www.cnn.com/2025/09/05/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/09/05/p...
Trump’s pick to lead Bureau of Labor Statistics ran anonymous Twitter account filled with sexually degrading and bigoted attacks | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics operated a since-deleted Twitter account that featured sexually degrading attacks on Kamala Harris, derogatory remarks about gay...
www.cnn.com
September 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM
NEW: Trump's nominee to run the Bureau of Labor Statistics ran an anonymous Twitter account filled with sexually degrading attacks on Kamala Harris, anti-gay slurs, and far-right conspiracy theories.
www.cnn.com/2025/09/05/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/09/05/p...
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1/ If you are feeling overwhelmed by the fast paced of legal news, remember that it’s deliberate. It’s a strategy Trump uses, flooding the zone in hopes that people will tune out. Read what you need to know here to get ready for the week: joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a...
September 1, 2025 at 12:51 PM
1/ If you are feeling overwhelmed by the fast paced of legal news, remember that it’s deliberate. It’s a strategy Trump uses, flooding the zone in hopes that people will tune out. Read what you need to know here to get ready for the week: joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a...