Helene G
@carolinawren.bsky.social
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My god.
From Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her ‘60 Minutes’ colleagues, posted by the NYT Michael Grynbaum:
From Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her ‘60 Minutes’ colleagues, posted by the NYT Michael Grynbaum:
December 22, 2025 at 3:49 AM
My god.
From Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her ‘60 Minutes’ colleagues, posted by the NYT Michael Grynbaum:
From Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her ‘60 Minutes’ colleagues, posted by the NYT Michael Grynbaum:
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It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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Since we began tallying school book bans in 2021, thousands of books have been targeted repeatedly – as many as 147X for @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social’s Looking for Alaska and 142 for @jodipicoult.bsky.social’s Nineteen Minutes.
These Are The Top 52 Banned Books Since 2021: pen.org/top-52-banne...
These Are The Top 52 Banned Books Since 2021: pen.org/top-52-banne...
Top 52 Banned Books: The Most Banned Books in U.S. Schools
The 52 most banned books of the last four school years include National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize winners.
pen.org
December 16, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Since we began tallying school book bans in 2021, thousands of books have been targeted repeatedly – as many as 147X for @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social’s Looking for Alaska and 142 for @jodipicoult.bsky.social’s Nineteen Minutes.
These Are The Top 52 Banned Books Since 2021: pen.org/top-52-banne...
These Are The Top 52 Banned Books Since 2021: pen.org/top-52-banne...
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Newest image of Earth and Moon as seen from Space by Japanese satellite - Himawari-8
December 16, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Newest image of Earth and Moon as seen from Space by Japanese satellite - Himawari-8
This is insane.
I think this is bad, and probably another low point for some very basic notions of human decency in the United States.
December 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
This is insane.
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If anyone cares at all, EV battery recycling is now hitting 99% recovery for important metals
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
New recycling tech recovers nearly pure nickel and cobalt from old EV batteries
Researchers have developed an eco-friendly recycling tech that extracts 99 percent pure nickel and cobalt from waste batteries.
interestingengineering.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:17 AM
If anyone cares at all, EV battery recycling is now hitting 99% recovery for important metals
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
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1/ THREAD: This year ICE has sent a record 600 immigrant kids into federal shelters, more than in the previous four years combined. Data suggests some are being separated from their families.
For one 15-year-old, it began with a cracked windshield 👇
For one 15-year-old, it began with a cracked windshield 👇
November 25, 2025 at 2:01 AM
1/ THREAD: This year ICE has sent a record 600 immigrant kids into federal shelters, more than in the previous four years combined. Data suggests some are being separated from their families.
For one 15-year-old, it began with a cracked windshield 👇
For one 15-year-old, it began with a cracked windshield 👇
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NEW: Today we published a new investigation into something happening largely out of view: immigrant kids getting separated from their families and placed in federal shelters, in some cases after something as mundane as a traffic stop🧵 1/
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
ICE Sent 600 Immigrant Kids to Detention in Federal Shelters This Year. It’s a New Record.
Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. New data suggests separations are happening all over the count...
www.propublica.org
November 24, 2025 at 6:58 PM
NEW: Today we published a new investigation into something happening largely out of view: immigrant kids getting separated from their families and placed in federal shelters, in some cases after something as mundane as a traffic stop🧵 1/
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
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One of the big Neo-Confederate MAGA accounts who claimed to be "colonial American heritage stock of 1690"
...turned out to be a Turk.
...turned out to be a Turk.
November 23, 2025 at 6:24 PM
One of the big Neo-Confederate MAGA accounts who claimed to be "colonial American heritage stock of 1690"
...turned out to be a Turk.
...turned out to be a Turk.
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X rolled out a new feature overnight showing where accounts are based. This network of “Trump-supporting independent women” that claimed to be “real Americans” are based in Thailand.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
November 23, 2025 at 12:55 PM
X rolled out a new feature overnight showing where accounts are based. This network of “Trump-supporting independent women” that claimed to be “real Americans” are based in Thailand.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
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Ahead of Veterans Day, I was honored to welcome a flight of veterans and their families as they arrived in DC.
November 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Ahead of Veterans Day, I was honored to welcome a flight of veterans and their families as they arrived in DC.
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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CNBC - US job cuts last month surged 183% from September and went up 175% from than the same month a year ago. This is now the worst year for layoffs since 2009. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/06/job-c...
Job cuts in October hit highest level for the month in 22 years, Challenger says
Job cuts for October totaled 153,074, a 183% surge from September.
www.cnbc.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:02 PM
CNBC - US job cuts last month surged 183% from September and went up 175% from than the same month a year ago. This is now the worst year for layoffs since 2009. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/06/job-c...
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Don't forget that Zohran Mamdani spent his entire campaign standing proudly beside the trans community. He went to trans rights rallies just to show support. He proudly waved trans rights flags without hesitation. He refused to back down in support of trans rights. That makes me happy.
November 5, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Don't forget that Zohran Mamdani spent his entire campaign standing proudly beside the trans community. He went to trans rights rallies just to show support. He proudly waved trans rights flags without hesitation. He refused to back down in support of trans rights. That makes me happy.
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Read more: www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
US citizen, 67, ‘has six ribs broken’ by Border Patrol agents, his running club says
The incident unfolded Saturday in Chicago’s Old Irving Park neighborhood, where residents say federal agents disrupted a children’s Halloween parade
www.independent.co.uk
October 31, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Read more: www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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When the ICE agent is Canadian… 🇨🇦 😍😂
October 24, 2025 at 8:20 PM
When the ICE agent is Canadian… 🇨🇦 😍😂
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Biden wasn’t president yet. These folks aren’t too bright
October 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Biden wasn’t president yet. These folks aren’t too bright
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The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
October 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
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The First Amendment explicitly guarantees:
-the right of the people peaceably to assemble
-to petition the Government for a redress of grievances
-the free exercise of religion
-freedom of speech
If this priest had also been press, ICE would have violated all five 1A freedoms at once.
-the right of the people peaceably to assemble
-to petition the Government for a redress of grievances
-the free exercise of religion
-freedom of speech
If this priest had also been press, ICE would have violated all five 1A freedoms at once.
October 8, 2025 at 2:57 AM
The First Amendment explicitly guarantees:
-the right of the people peaceably to assemble
-to petition the Government for a redress of grievances
-the free exercise of religion
-freedom of speech
If this priest had also been press, ICE would have violated all five 1A freedoms at once.
-the right of the people peaceably to assemble
-to petition the Government for a redress of grievances
-the free exercise of religion
-freedom of speech
If this priest had also been press, ICE would have violated all five 1A freedoms at once.
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wrote this line yesterday:
"If President Trump were, in other words, trying to instigate some kind of national divorce, it is hard to imagine what he would be doing differently than this."
"If President Trump were, in other words, trying to instigate some kind of national divorce, it is hard to imagine what he would be doing differently than this."
October 6, 2025 at 2:08 AM
wrote this line yesterday:
"If President Trump were, in other words, trying to instigate some kind of national divorce, it is hard to imagine what he would be doing differently than this."
"If President Trump were, in other words, trying to instigate some kind of national divorce, it is hard to imagine what he would be doing differently than this."
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In the spring, Trump cut $500 million from aid to food banks.
But they had already ordered 94 million pounds of food from the program — all abruptly canceled.
People at food banks noticed. The cuts meant less meat and lighter pickups.
We visualized it:
projects.propublica.org/trump-food-c...
But they had already ordered 94 million pounds of food from the program — all abruptly canceled.
People at food banks noticed. The cuts meant less meat and lighter pickups.
We visualized it:
projects.propublica.org/trump-food-c...
Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...
projects.propublica.org
October 3, 2025 at 11:32 AM
In the spring, Trump cut $500 million from aid to food banks.
But they had already ordered 94 million pounds of food from the program — all abruptly canceled.
People at food banks noticed. The cuts meant less meat and lighter pickups.
We visualized it:
projects.propublica.org/trump-food-c...
But they had already ordered 94 million pounds of food from the program — all abruptly canceled.
People at food banks noticed. The cuts meant less meat and lighter pickups.
We visualized it:
projects.propublica.org/trump-food-c...
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New photo shows House Democrats in full attendance to stop government shutdown while the Republican side of the chamber is empty.
September 30, 2025 at 5:06 PM
New photo shows House Democrats in full attendance to stop government shutdown while the Republican side of the chamber is empty.
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I am just going to keep posting that the TX governor recently pardoned a political murderer.
The dude texted "I'm going to shoot protestors", then went and shot a Black Lives Matter protester. He was convicted in a jury trial.
Hard to find a more blatant example of celebrating political violence.
The dude texted "I'm going to shoot protestors", then went and shot a Black Lives Matter protester. He was convicted in a jury trial.
Hard to find a more blatant example of celebrating political violence.
Gov. Greg Abbott pardons Daniel Perry, veteran who killed police brutality protester in 2020
A Travis County jury sentenced Perry to 25 years in prison last year, prompting Abbott to ask the state parole board to review his case.
www.texastribune.org
September 15, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I am just going to keep posting that the TX governor recently pardoned a political murderer.
The dude texted "I'm going to shoot protestors", then went and shot a Black Lives Matter protester. He was convicted in a jury trial.
Hard to find a more blatant example of celebrating political violence.
The dude texted "I'm going to shoot protestors", then went and shot a Black Lives Matter protester. He was convicted in a jury trial.
Hard to find a more blatant example of celebrating political violence.
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Many of the homeless are military veterans with PTSD
Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."
September 13, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Many of the homeless are military veterans with PTSD