Christine Reilly
@c8reilly.bsky.social
Liberal, agnostic humanist, theatre lover, stuck in FL but love NYC. Animal lover, concerned citizen of the world.
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⚡️ Russia tightens grip on occupied Ukraine with illegal mobilization and child militarization, experts warn
Russia tightens grip on occupied Ukraine with illegal mobilization and child militarization, experts warn
While leaked reports of a U.S.-proposed peace plan have sparked international debates about the future of Ukraine`s occupied territories and the people who live there, Russia is forging ahead, entrenc...
kyivindependent.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:14 PM
⚡️ Russia tightens grip on occupied Ukraine with illegal mobilization and child militarization, experts warn
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NEW from me: the Trump administration is moving new chemicals that have some link to data centers to the front of the line for approvals — creating huge loopholes to push all kinds of chemicals through, experts tell me, under potential political pressure
The Trump Administration’s Data Center Push Could Open the Door for New Forever Chemicals
The EPA is prioritizing review of new chemicals to be used in data centers. Experts say this could lead to the fast approval of new types of forever chemicals—with limited oversight.
www.wired.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM
NEW from me: the Trump administration is moving new chemicals that have some link to data centers to the front of the line for approvals — creating huge loopholes to push all kinds of chemicals through, experts tell me, under potential political pressure
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The economic case for preserving America's wetlands
The economic case for preserving America's wetlands
Healthy wetlands can save money, homes, and lives—if Donald Trump leaves them intact.
www.motherjones.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:45 PM
The economic case for preserving America's wetlands
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Let me tell you what the upshot is from the now-dropped Georgia January 6 case:
A rich white man can with impunity plot to overthrow our government with 18 co-defendants—in a plot with a death toll—if a Black woman involved in the investigation had inadvisable sex.
*That* is how racist America is.
A rich white man can with impunity plot to overthrow our government with 18 co-defendants—in a plot with a death toll—if a Black woman involved in the investigation had inadvisable sex.
*That* is how racist America is.
November 26, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Let me tell you what the upshot is from the now-dropped Georgia January 6 case:
A rich white man can with impunity plot to overthrow our government with 18 co-defendants—in a plot with a death toll—if a Black woman involved in the investigation had inadvisable sex.
*That* is how racist America is.
A rich white man can with impunity plot to overthrow our government with 18 co-defendants—in a plot with a death toll—if a Black woman involved in the investigation had inadvisable sex.
*That* is how racist America is.
Demand to know how much the occupation of cities is costing. actionnetwork.org/letters/troo...
Demand an investigation into the costs of Trump's troop deployments
Donald Trump’s military occupation of U.S. cities has already cost the American public $473 billion, according to an expert estimate provided exclusively to The Intercept. The expenditures come as Tru...
actionnetwork.org
November 26, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Demand to know how much the occupation of cities is costing. actionnetwork.org/letters/troo...
Some #Tallahassee locals I know getting the word out about the dangers we face. #SaveDemocracy #ThisIsFascism
November 8, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Some #Tallahassee locals I know getting the word out about the dangers we face. #SaveDemocracy #ThisIsFascism
STOP THE BEAR MASSACRE. No reliable data show bears have "recovered" to the degree which supports culling. act.sierraclub.org/events/detai... #Tallahassee #NoBearHunt #Nov17 #FLCapitol
November 7, 2025 at 4:04 PM
STOP THE BEAR MASSACRE. No reliable data show bears have "recovered" to the degree which supports culling. act.sierraclub.org/events/detai... #Tallahassee #NoBearHunt #Nov17 #FLCapitol
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JD Vance’s half-brother suspected of voter fraud — the very thing the GOP rages against. Read the full exclusive story at bit.ly/3WD92FZ
#Cincinnati #CoryBowman #JDVance #OhioPolitics #VoterFraud #Brothers #Politics #Exclusive #RawStory
#Cincinnati #CoryBowman #JDVance #OhioPolitics #VoterFraud #Brothers #Politics #Exclusive #RawStory
November 2, 2025 at 10:57 PM
JD Vance’s half-brother suspected of voter fraud — the very thing the GOP rages against. Read the full exclusive story at bit.ly/3WD92FZ
#Cincinnati #CoryBowman #JDVance #OhioPolitics #VoterFraud #Brothers #Politics #Exclusive #RawStory
#Cincinnati #CoryBowman #JDVance #OhioPolitics #VoterFraud #Brothers #Politics #Exclusive #RawStory
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Sean Duffy has found a way to turn even the most mundane highway procurement matters into an opportunity for pandering to the MAGA base.
His secret sauce? Using the Department of Transportation to spread the Gospel and advance his mission to make America fecund again.
His secret sauce? Using the Department of Transportation to spread the Gospel and advance his mission to make America fecund again.
Sean Duffy’s holy war at the Transportation Department
“Could we bring Jesus up from the basement?”
www.motherjones.com
November 2, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Sean Duffy has found a way to turn even the most mundane highway procurement matters into an opportunity for pandering to the MAGA base.
His secret sauce? Using the Department of Transportation to spread the Gospel and advance his mission to make America fecund again.
His secret sauce? Using the Department of Transportation to spread the Gospel and advance his mission to make America fecund again.
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The most terrified people in the world about Trump’s upcoming summit with Xi are the Taiwanese. With good reason.
October 26, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The most terrified people in the world about Trump’s upcoming summit with Xi are the Taiwanese. With good reason.
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She knows how to sell a product, but that product is not "news"
She's not afraid to take on a mob, but that "mob" is "most Americans who are not billionaires she constantly flatters"
She's an entrepreneur, if that's a synonym for grifter.
Imagine being "amazed" at the hostile reaction to all that
She's not afraid to take on a mob, but that "mob" is "most Americans who are not billionaires she constantly flatters"
She's an entrepreneur, if that's a synonym for grifter.
Imagine being "amazed" at the hostile reaction to all that
This is really smart. Amazed at the hysteria over the ascendance of a woman entrepreneur who clearly knows how to cover and sell news and who's not afraid to take on a mob. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss
The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.
www.theatlantic.com
October 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM
She knows how to sell a product, but that product is not "news"
She's not afraid to take on a mob, but that "mob" is "most Americans who are not billionaires she constantly flatters"
She's an entrepreneur, if that's a synonym for grifter.
Imagine being "amazed" at the hostile reaction to all that
She's not afraid to take on a mob, but that "mob" is "most Americans who are not billionaires she constantly flatters"
She's an entrepreneur, if that's a synonym for grifter.
Imagine being "amazed" at the hostile reaction to all that
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Trump was POTUS on J6.
It was Trump’s FBI.
Biden’s win had not even been certified yet.
Trump’s lies are beyond insane.
It was Trump’s FBI.
Biden’s win had not even been certified yet.
Trump’s lies are beyond insane.
October 12, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Trump was POTUS on J6.
It was Trump’s FBI.
Biden’s win had not even been certified yet.
Trump’s lies are beyond insane.
It was Trump’s FBI.
Biden’s win had not even been certified yet.
Trump’s lies are beyond insane.
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Allegations of corruption and other impropriety have surfaced repeatedly during Paxton’s career. The GOP-majority Texas House voted to impeach him in 2023 over allegations that he abused his office to aid a campaign donor. The TX Senate acquitted and returned him to office after a two-week trial.
October 9, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Allegations of corruption and other impropriety have surfaced repeatedly during Paxton’s career. The GOP-majority Texas House voted to impeach him in 2023 over allegations that he abused his office to aid a campaign donor. The TX Senate acquitted and returned him to office after a two-week trial.
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"Paxton went from being a middle-class lawyer to a multimillionaire during his two decades on a public official’s salary, according to thousands of pages of previously unreported documents that shed new light on the personal finances of one of the Republican Party’s most-watched midterm candidates."
October 9, 2025 at 9:25 PM
"Paxton went from being a middle-class lawyer to a multimillionaire during his two decades on a public official’s salary, according to thousands of pages of previously unreported documents that shed new light on the personal finances of one of the Republican Party’s most-watched midterm candidates."
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CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?
October 9, 2025 at 2:34 PM
CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?
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I’m sure this is very comforting to American federal workers not getting paid right now.
Secretary Scott Bessent says the U.S. has “directly purchased Argentine pesos,” and the Treasury Department has “finalized a $20 billion currency swap framework with Argentina’s central bank.”
October 9, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I’m sure this is very comforting to American federal workers not getting paid right now.
American Gulag www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
American Gulag
The brutal rollout of Trump's police state.
www.motherjones.com
October 9, 2025 at 7:56 PM
American Gulag www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Huge week here @wired.com as we're rolling out our Politics Issue. First up, check out this cover, which we're also posting all over cities across the US.
September 22, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Huge week here @wired.com as we're rolling out our Politics Issue. First up, check out this cover, which we're also posting all over cities across the US.
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OLIVER: “I’d argue @disney & Bob Iger need to stand by @jimmykimmel and his staff — history is also going to remember the cowards who knew better. Giving the bully your lunch money doesn’t make him go away, it just makes him come back hungrier each time.” 🎯
September 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
OLIVER: “I’d argue @disney & Bob Iger need to stand by @jimmykimmel and his staff — history is also going to remember the cowards who knew better. Giving the bully your lunch money doesn’t make him go away, it just makes him come back hungrier each time.” 🎯
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David Letterman on his career mocking presidents: “Beating up on these people, rightly or wrongly, accurately or perhaps inaccurately, in the name of comedy—not once were we squeezed by anyone from any governmental agency, let alone the dreaded FCC.”
Watch more: bit.ly/4n0Uv2p #TAF25
Watch more: bit.ly/4n0Uv2p #TAF25
September 22, 2025 at 4:16 PM
David Letterman on his career mocking presidents: “Beating up on these people, rightly or wrongly, accurately or perhaps inaccurately, in the name of comedy—not once were we squeezed by anyone from any governmental agency, let alone the dreaded FCC.”
Watch more: bit.ly/4n0Uv2p #TAF25
Watch more: bit.ly/4n0Uv2p #TAF25
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As of noon ET, Fox News has not mentioned reports that its then-employee Tom Homan accepted a bag of cash from undercover FBI agents as part of a corruption probe closed under the Trump administration. www.mediamatters.org/immigration/...
Fox averts its eyes from former employee Homan reportedly receiving a bag of cash
www.mediamatters.org
September 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
As of noon ET, Fox News has not mentioned reports that its then-employee Tom Homan accepted a bag of cash from undercover FBI agents as part of a corruption probe closed under the Trump administration. www.mediamatters.org/immigration/...
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How is immigration law different from affirmative action law? Hmm. slate.trib.al/ZbVNJGN
The Supreme Court Says the Constitution Is Colorblind, Unless ICE Is Searching You
Chief Justice John Roberts famously declared, “The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.”
slate.trib.al
September 22, 2025 at 4:26 PM
How is immigration law different from affirmative action law? Hmm. slate.trib.al/ZbVNJGN
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Why Democrats can’t match Trump’s gerrymander push before the 2026 midterms.
Why Democrats can’t match Trump’s gerrymander push
Legal hurdles make it practically impossible for blue states to redraw maps before the 2026 midterms.
www.politico.com
September 22, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Why Democrats can’t match Trump’s gerrymander push before the 2026 midterms.
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President Trump has spent months chipping away at the barriers that have long protected the Justice Department from political interference.
Federal prosecutors are bracing for what comes next as he escalates that effort rapidly.
Federal prosecutors are bracing for what comes next as he escalates that effort rapidly.
Trump’s new demands on Justice Department raise alarm among prosecutors
The president is rapidly intensifying the pressure he’s putting on federal prosecutors, prompting some observers to questions whether their traditional independence can survive.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
President Trump has spent months chipping away at the barriers that have long protected the Justice Department from political interference.
Federal prosecutors are bracing for what comes next as he escalates that effort rapidly.
Federal prosecutors are bracing for what comes next as he escalates that effort rapidly.
Happening here now. Gift article.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/business/china-censorship-jimmy-kimmel.html?unlocked_article_code=1.n08.GYap.m9mpnFA0QC3Z&smid=bs-share
How to Silence Dissent, Bit by Bit Until Fear Takes Over
www.nytimes.com
September 22, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Happening here now. Gift article.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/business/china-censorship-jimmy-kimmel.html?unlocked_article_code=1.n08.GYap.m9mpnFA0QC3Z&smid=bs-share