Barb Cohan-Saavedra
@bjcohan.bsky.social
Phillies baseball, glass art, handmade jewelry, great food, black coffee, rule of law, social justice and world peace. Ex-DOJ. Resist!
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Rep. Jamie @raskin.house.gov: "Here's something every American can do and ought to do: Get your FOIA request in" to DOGE.
Congressman Raskin explains how he's fighting back against Elon Musk's DOGE. Watch the full interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYnN...
Congressman Raskin explains how he's fighting back against Elon Musk's DOGE. Watch the full interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYnN...
March 13, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Rep. Jamie @raskin.house.gov: "Here's something every American can do and ought to do: Get your FOIA request in" to DOGE.
Congressman Raskin explains how he's fighting back against Elon Musk's DOGE. Watch the full interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYnN...
Congressman Raskin explains how he's fighting back against Elon Musk's DOGE. Watch the full interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYnN...
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BREAKING: Trump team has removed the top IRS attorney as career staff resist demands to give DOGE access to sensitive taxpayer records, multiple sources say
DHS has sought home addresses of undocumented immigrants who pay taxes
W/ @jacobbogage.bsky.social & co
DHS has sought home addresses of undocumented immigrants who pay taxes
W/ @jacobbogage.bsky.social & co
March 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM
BREAKING: Trump team has removed the top IRS attorney as career staff resist demands to give DOGE access to sensitive taxpayer records, multiple sources say
DHS has sought home addresses of undocumented immigrants who pay taxes
W/ @jacobbogage.bsky.social & co
DHS has sought home addresses of undocumented immigrants who pay taxes
W/ @jacobbogage.bsky.social & co
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“Here is the unavoidable truth: the Washington Post I joined, the one I came to love, is not the Washington Post I left.” @ruthmarcus.bsky.social writes about her decision to resign from the paper in the wake of editorial changes made by its owner, Jeff Bezos.
Why I Left the Washington Post
Owner Jeff Bezos wants to transform the Opinions section of the paper, where I worked for forty years. After the publisher killed my column disagreeing with that move—it appears here in full—I decided...
www.newyorker.com
March 12, 2025 at 2:15 PM
“Here is the unavoidable truth: the Washington Post I joined, the one I came to love, is not the Washington Post I left.” @ruthmarcus.bsky.social writes about her decision to resign from the paper in the wake of editorial changes made by its owner, Jeff Bezos.
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6 questions, 3 scotches.
February 14, 2025 at 10:30 PM
6 questions, 3 scotches.
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"US criminals" implies American citizens.
This is unconstitutional. Citizens are entitled to rights under the US Constitution. The US Constitution doest exist in El Salvador.
Human and civil rights organizations across the board need to file lawsuits across the country before anyone is sent!
This is unconstitutional. Citizens are entitled to rights under the US Constitution. The US Constitution doest exist in El Salvador.
Human and civil rights organizations across the board need to file lawsuits across the country before anyone is sent!
February 4, 2025 at 4:05 AM
"US criminals" implies American citizens.
This is unconstitutional. Citizens are entitled to rights under the US Constitution. The US Constitution doest exist in El Salvador.
Human and civil rights organizations across the board need to file lawsuits across the country before anyone is sent!
This is unconstitutional. Citizens are entitled to rights under the US Constitution. The US Constitution doest exist in El Salvador.
Human and civil rights organizations across the board need to file lawsuits across the country before anyone is sent!
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I’m old enough to remember when we had 3 branches of government. Forget checks and balances. I guess we are a Muskocracy now.
February 3, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I’m old enough to remember when we had 3 branches of government. Forget checks and balances. I guess we are a Muskocracy now.
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www.citizen.org/news/advocac... now we are talking!
Advocacy Group, Unions Sue Treasury Department Over Illegal DOGE Data Access - Public Citizen
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Represented by Public Citizen Litigation Group and State Democracy Defenders Fund, the Alliance for Retired Americans, the…
www.citizen.org
February 3, 2025 at 11:41 PM
www.citizen.org/news/advocac... now we are talking!
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Well played, President Claudia Sheinbaum, for committing troops already at the border since 2021, knowing perfectly well President Man Baby would have no idea and take it as a win.
February 3, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Well played, President Claudia Sheinbaum, for committing troops already at the border since 2021, knowing perfectly well President Man Baby would have no idea and take it as a win.
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Heads up! The @aclu.org Immigrant Rights Project has an EXCELLENT online resource available in multiple languages to walk immigrants or advocates through various scenarios of encounters with immigration officials or police. It includes contact #s for local ACLU offices.
www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
Know Your Rights | Immigrants' Rights | ACLU
Regardless of your immigration status, you have guaranteed rights under the Constitution. Learn more here about your rights as an immigrant, and how to express them.
www.aclu.org
January 24, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Heads up! The @aclu.org Immigrant Rights Project has an EXCELLENT online resource available in multiple languages to walk immigrants or advocates through various scenarios of encounters with immigration officials or police. It includes contact #s for local ACLU offices.
www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
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Please RP!
LGBTQ youth are calling crisis hotlines in record numbers
Fears have escalated with the Trump³⁴'s anti-LGBTQ actions and the release of his J6 goons onto our streets
Image below has hotline numbers that can help
We have to stick together. We must remain visible. We can not obey in advance
Fears have escalated with the Trump³⁴'s anti-LGBTQ actions and the release of his J6 goons onto our streets
Image below has hotline numbers that can help
We have to stick together. We must remain visible. We can not obey in advance
January 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Please RP!
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MERITOCRACY my ass. DEI for White, incompetent, ethically compromised men: contrarian.substack.com/p/the-greate...
The Greatest DEI Disaster Ever
Democratic Senators--especially the women--shed a glaring light on a sketchy, uninformed nominee who has no business lording over the Pentagon
contrarian.substack.com
January 25, 2025 at 2:35 AM
MERITOCRACY my ass. DEI for White, incompetent, ethically compromised men: contrarian.substack.com/p/the-greate...
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Good move. These thugs got commutations, not pardons.
JUST IN: Judge MEHTA has barred Stewart Rhodes and other Oath Keepers whose sentences were *commuted* from going into Washinton or the U.S. Capitol without permission from the court.
January 24, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Good move. These thugs got commutations, not pardons.
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The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH**
* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
Egg prices are soaring again. Here’s why and what to expect
Bird flu has killed millions of hens in recent weeks, shrinking the supply of eggs and hiking up prices at grocery stores.
www.kcur.org
January 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH**
* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
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ABC, NBC & CBS dedicated about 16 minutes of airtime last night to the California wildfires without once mentioning climate change.
Since the news failed do it's job, here's a short summary of the role of climate change and wildfire risk:
www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfir...
Since the news failed do it's job, here's a short summary of the role of climate change and wildfire risk:
www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfir...
Wildfire climate connection
Climate change, including increased heat, extended drought, and a thirsty atmosphere, has been a key driver in increasing the risk and extent of wildfires in the western United States during the last ...
www.noaa.gov
January 8, 2025 at 8:03 PM
ABC, NBC & CBS dedicated about 16 minutes of airtime last night to the California wildfires without once mentioning climate change.
Since the news failed do it's job, here's a short summary of the role of climate change and wildfire risk:
www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfir...
Since the news failed do it's job, here's a short summary of the role of climate change and wildfire risk:
www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfir...
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$1,131,794,901
That's how much Big Oil has spent over the last 30 years paying off Congress to look the other way on climate action while the planet burns.
Well, the planet is burning.
Don't let them look away.
That's how much Big Oil has spent over the last 30 years paying off Congress to look the other way on climate action while the planet burns.
Well, the planet is burning.
Don't let them look away.
January 9, 2025 at 2:12 AM
$1,131,794,901
That's how much Big Oil has spent over the last 30 years paying off Congress to look the other way on climate action while the planet burns.
Well, the planet is burning.
Don't let them look away.
That's how much Big Oil has spent over the last 30 years paying off Congress to look the other way on climate action while the planet burns.
Well, the planet is burning.
Don't let them look away.
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Underreported: Elon just picked the head of NASA—a massive conflict-of-interest that will damage a government entity that he partners with, depends on, and in some cases competes with. The nominated NASA director is a high-school dropout billionaire who is pals with Musk. He has no business at NASA.
December 4, 2024 at 7:34 PM
Underreported: Elon just picked the head of NASA—a massive conflict-of-interest that will damage a government entity that he partners with, depends on, and in some cases competes with. The nominated NASA director is a high-school dropout billionaire who is pals with Musk. He has no business at NASA.
I’ve been saying this for decades.
Tell him.
“Seventy percent of the illegal weapons seized from criminals in Mexico come from your country. We do not produce these weapons, nor do we consume synthetic drugs. Tragically, it is in our country that lives are lost to the violence resulting from meeting the drug demand in yours”
November 29, 2024 at 4:36 PM
I’ve been saying this for decades.
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A third of us tried to save two thirds of us from themselves.
They’re about to find out.
They’re about to find out.
November 29, 2024 at 1:58 AM
A third of us tried to save two thirds of us from themselves.
They’re about to find out.
They’re about to find out.
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Remember this. We are weaker now. “Trump has groomed us.” Try to hold and speak and advocate what you know is right and true. We’ve already moved so far. Don’t change your standards to accommodate their shameless incompetence & cruelty.
November 20, 2024 at 2:24 PM
Remember this. We are weaker now. “Trump has groomed us.” Try to hold and speak and advocate what you know is right and true. We’ve already moved so far. Don’t change your standards to accommodate their shameless incompetence & cruelty.
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What happened here with Don Jr at the SpaceX launch today
November 20, 2024 at 2:43 AM
What happened here with Don Jr at the SpaceX launch today
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McConnell finally does too little, too late.
November 18, 2024 at 5:30 AM
McConnell finally does too little, too late.
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So Trump’s Border Czar nominee wrote the section on the border for Project 2025’s manifesto and Trump’s FCC nominee wrote the section on the FCC for Project 2025. But Trump had no connection to it and doesn’t know anything about it.
November 18, 2024 at 12:15 PM
So Trump’s Border Czar nominee wrote the section on the border for Project 2025’s manifesto and Trump’s FCC nominee wrote the section on the FCC for Project 2025. But Trump had no connection to it and doesn’t know anything about it.
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Good morning from JD Vance’s research library on Section 4 of the Twenty-Fifth Amendment
November 18, 2024 at 11:11 AM
Good morning from JD Vance’s research library on Section 4 of the Twenty-Fifth Amendment