Cori Shepherd
@corishep.bsky.social
Oscar-nom, Emmy-win filmmaker. Tracker of the Miraculous. Love hard, fight clean, try like All That’s Holy is now at stake.
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"Fewer than half of all Christians surveyed — and just 55% of Evangelicals — felt the administration's first 100 days reflected Christian values."
Three-quarters of Evangelicals concerned about Trump's foreign aid cuts, plans for Medicaid: poll
Three‑quarters of Evangelical Christian voters say they are concerned about the Trump administration's planned cuts to foreign assistance, as a nationwide survey released this week suggests that reduc...
www.christiandaily.com
May 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
"Fewer than half of all Christians surveyed — and just 55% of Evangelicals — felt the administration's first 100 days reflected Christian values."
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SCOOP: A startup founder and early DOGE recruiter posted in a Palantir alumni Slack recruiting for a new DOGE-related project. The project's goal, he said, is to automate work that's currently performed by 70,000 federal workers. w/ @telliotter.bsky.social:
www.wired.com/story/doge-r...
www.wired.com/story/doge-r...
A DOGE Recruiter Is Staffing a Project to Deploy AI Agents Across the US Government
A startup founder told a Palantir alumni Slack group that AI agents could do the work of tens of thousands of government employees. He was met with emojis of clowns and a man licking a boot.
www.wired.com
May 2, 2025 at 4:35 PM
SCOOP: A startup founder and early DOGE recruiter posted in a Palantir alumni Slack recruiting for a new DOGE-related project. The project's goal, he said, is to automate work that's currently performed by 70,000 federal workers. w/ @telliotter.bsky.social:
www.wired.com/story/doge-r...
www.wired.com/story/doge-r...
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Animating too much absolutely sensible outrage at Trumpism is an appeal to parental figures who aren’t there. “He should not be allowed”; “He should be arrested”; “This can’t be permitted.” Passive voice, all of which begs, “by whom?” It’s an appeal to an order that has already broken.
April 27, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Animating too much absolutely sensible outrage at Trumpism is an appeal to parental figures who aren’t there. “He should not be allowed”; “He should be arrested”; “This can’t be permitted.” Passive voice, all of which begs, “by whom?” It’s an appeal to an order that has already broken.
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Almost every line of this story would have been simply unbelievable a few months ago:
—Pioneering cancer researcher;
—*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
—Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
—"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.
Read it.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
—Pioneering cancer researcher;
—*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
—Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
—"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.
Read it.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
New images could change cancer diagnostics, but ICE detained the Harvard scientist who analyzes them
Without scientist Kseniia Petrova’s expertise, no one can fully unlock the data’s potential, putting crucial advancements in early cancer detection at risk.
www.nbcnews.com
April 22, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Almost every line of this story would have been simply unbelievable a few months ago:
—Pioneering cancer researcher;
—*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
—Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
—"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.
Read it.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
—Pioneering cancer researcher;
—*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
—Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
—"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.
Read it.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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American media are truly stuck on stupid. www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
April 19, 2025 at 6:26 PM
American media are truly stuck on stupid. www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
I wrote a Disney Princess Anti-Fascism Fight Song. #doyouheartheprincesssing ht @jeffsharlet.bsky.social
suno.com/song/60891f8...
suno.com/song/60891f8...
Not Today, Motherfuckers
Listen and make your own on Suno.
suno.com
April 16, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I wrote a Disney Princess Anti-Fascism Fight Song. #doyouheartheprincesssing ht @jeffsharlet.bsky.social
suno.com/song/60891f8...
suno.com/song/60891f8...
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Every retailer in America should display the original price of an item along with the new tariffed price.
Let it sink in for the slowest in the herd.
Tariffs are a tax.
You're paying for them.
Let it sink in for the slowest in the herd.
Tariffs are a tax.
You're paying for them.
March 13, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Every retailer in America should display the original price of an item along with the new tariffed price.
Let it sink in for the slowest in the herd.
Tariffs are a tax.
You're paying for them.
Let it sink in for the slowest in the herd.
Tariffs are a tax.
You're paying for them.
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If you're scooping up students off the street for writing op-eds, you're secret police, and should be treated accordingly.
March 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
If you're scooping up students off the street for writing op-eds, you're secret police, and should be treated accordingly.
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Also of note as Feds & even Democratic governors are pushing mask bans: 5 of the 6 plainclothes government agents are masked.
Not sure if this has been shared here yet, but this is video of Rumeysa Ozturk's arrest posted by WCVB. It's terrifying.
March 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Also of note as Feds & even Democratic governors are pushing mask bans: 5 of the 6 plainclothes government agents are masked.
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This speaks volumes:
Yale professors, Timothy Snyder, a historian of totalitarianism and the author of "On Tyranny," and Jason Stanley, a philosopher and the author of "How Fascism Works", move to Canada.
leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2025/03...
munkschool.utoronto.ca/person/timot...
Yale professors, Timothy Snyder, a historian of totalitarianism and the author of "On Tyranny," and Jason Stanley, a philosopher and the author of "How Fascism Works", move to Canada.
leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2025/03...
munkschool.utoronto.ca/person/timot...
Stanley from Yale to Toronto
Jason Stanley (philosophy of language, epistemology, political philosophy), Professor of Philosophy at Yale University, has accepted a senior offer from the University of Toronto, where he will be thr...
leiterreports.typepad.com
March 26, 2025 at 12:13 AM
This speaks volumes:
Yale professors, Timothy Snyder, a historian of totalitarianism and the author of "On Tyranny," and Jason Stanley, a philosopher and the author of "How Fascism Works", move to Canada.
leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2025/03...
munkschool.utoronto.ca/person/timot...
Yale professors, Timothy Snyder, a historian of totalitarianism and the author of "On Tyranny," and Jason Stanley, a philosopher and the author of "How Fascism Works", move to Canada.
leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2025/03...
munkschool.utoronto.ca/person/timot...
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Just a reminder: having a functional moral compass right now is going to make you feel bad all the time; don’t mistakenly hate yourself for that.
March 24, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Just a reminder: having a functional moral compass right now is going to make you feel bad all the time; don’t mistakenly hate yourself for that.
I don’t understand why Vance’s wife would go to Greenland. It’s really just an opportunity for Greenlanders to protest her, and could expose her to an attack by an inflamed nationalist, providing a pretext for counter-action by US forces…oh. Archduke Usha. (NOT a call for violence. Just pondering.)
March 25, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I don’t understand why Vance’s wife would go to Greenland. It’s really just an opportunity for Greenlanders to protest her, and could expose her to an attack by an inflamed nationalist, providing a pretext for counter-action by US forces…oh. Archduke Usha. (NOT a call for violence. Just pondering.)
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Julia Louis Dreyfus: “So they just ADD him on the chat?…no…too stupid. Rewrite it.”
March 24, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Julia Louis Dreyfus: “So they just ADD him on the chat?…no…too stupid. Rewrite it.”
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You cannot make this shit up. Sharing this jaw-dropping story with a gift link -- give it a read.
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
You cannot make this shit up. Sharing this jaw-dropping story with a gift link -- give it a read.
July 28, 1932.
The U.S. President ordered the Army to attack veterans in the streets of D.C.
General MacArthur personally led the assault.
Many of the men he attacked had served under him in WWI.
This is the story of the Bonus Army. 🧵
The U.S. President ordered the Army to attack veterans in the streets of D.C.
General MacArthur personally led the assault.
Many of the men he attacked had served under him in WWI.
This is the story of the Bonus Army. 🧵
March 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
July 28, 1932.
The U.S. President ordered the Army to attack veterans in the streets of D.C.
General MacArthur personally led the assault.
Many of the men he attacked had served under him in WWI.
This is the story of the Bonus Army. 🧵
The U.S. President ordered the Army to attack veterans in the streets of D.C.
General MacArthur personally led the assault.
Many of the men he attacked had served under him in WWI.
This is the story of the Bonus Army. 🧵
Christy Walton stands up!
March 23, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Christy Walton stands up!
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This is a mission everyone should be able to get behind. Tens of thousands of Ukrainian children have been torn from their families. No effort must be spared to bring them home:https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-halts-program-track-abducted-ukrainian-children-lawmakers-2025-03-18/
March 20, 2025 at 9:15 AM
This is a mission everyone should be able to get behind. Tens of thousands of Ukrainian children have been torn from their families. No effort must be spared to bring them home:https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-halts-program-track-abducted-ukrainian-children-lawmakers-2025-03-18/
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“Tens of thousands of Israelis have taken to the streets to call for a new ceasefire in Gaza and to protest against what they say is an attack on the country’s democracy by the rightwing governing coalition of Benjamin Netanyahu.” 3/20/25 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Thousands protest in Israel over ‘attack on democracy’ by Netanyahu
Protesters accuse PM of continuing Gaza war for political reasons and ignoring plight of hostages still held by Hamas
www.theguardian.com
March 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM
“Tens of thousands of Israelis have taken to the streets to call for a new ceasefire in Gaza and to protest against what they say is an attack on the country’s democracy by the rightwing governing coalition of Benjamin Netanyahu.” 3/20/25 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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Scientists have just cured pancreatic cancer in some patients with personalized mRNA vaccines. Pancreatic cancer. And this Trump administration wants to throw it all away.
They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
Exclusive: NIH officials have advised scientists to remove reference to mRNA vaccines from their grant applications, in expectation the Trump administration intends to abandon most research in the field.
By @arthurallen202.bsky.social
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
By @arthurallen202.bsky.social
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Scientists Say NIH Officials Told Them To Scrub mRNA References on Grants - KFF Health News
Two senior scientists say National Institutes of Health officials advised them to remove references to mRNA vaccines in grant applications, and they fear the Trump administration will abandon a promis...
kffhealthnews.org
March 17, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Scientists have just cured pancreatic cancer in some patients with personalized mRNA vaccines. Pancreatic cancer. And this Trump administration wants to throw it all away.
They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
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We're watching an incredibly rapid state collapse--faster than pretty much any except those involving tanks in the streets--in real time. I say this as a person who's been in places with tanks in the streets. And as one who reads enough to know that the first lie of fascism is inevitability.
March 17, 2025 at 8:54 PM
We're watching an incredibly rapid state collapse--faster than pretty much any except those involving tanks in the streets--in real time. I say this as a person who's been in places with tanks in the streets. And as one who reads enough to know that the first lie of fascism is inevitability.
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Here's the list of former NatSec people who want to submit an amicus describing NatSec risks of shuttering USAID.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
March 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Here's the list of former NatSec people who want to submit an amicus describing NatSec risks of shuttering USAID.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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I’m told this is a real letter. It basically says, “We’ll destroy Columbia unless you destroy it first.”
March 14, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I’m told this is a real letter. It basically says, “We’ll destroy Columbia unless you destroy it first.”
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SCOOP --> Trump's State Department quietly terminated a contract that was in the process of transferring evidence of Russian abductions of Ukrainian kids to European law enforcement, two sources familiar with the situation tell me.
Details here:
newrepublic.com/article/1927...
Details here:
newrepublic.com/article/1927...
Trump Admin Nixed Contract Helping Kidnapped Ukrainian Kids: Sources
The fate of abducted Ukrainian children is a white-hot issue for peace negotiations—and it looks like the State Department may have just undercut the cause.
newrepublic.com
March 14, 2025 at 5:52 PM
SCOOP --> Trump's State Department quietly terminated a contract that was in the process of transferring evidence of Russian abductions of Ukrainian kids to European law enforcement, two sources familiar with the situation tell me.
Details here:
newrepublic.com/article/1927...
Details here:
newrepublic.com/article/1927...
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I have lived in authoritarianism before, and participated in a popular movement against it. My political voice was born in it. I was just talking to a friend - this moment is *triggering* because it feels like so few people are reacting on the magnitude of what I know is coming.
March 14, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I have lived in authoritarianism before, and participated in a popular movement against it. My political voice was born in it. I was just talking to a friend - this moment is *triggering* because it feels like so few people are reacting on the magnitude of what I know is coming.
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BREAKING: Hundreds of Jews and allies have taken over Trump Tower chanting “We want justice, you say how. Bring Mahmoud home now!” and “Fight Nazis, not students.”
The civil disobedience is spawned by the ICE arrest of Palestinian student Mahmoud Khalil.
The civil disobedience is spawned by the ICE arrest of Palestinian student Mahmoud Khalil.
March 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
BREAKING: Hundreds of Jews and allies have taken over Trump Tower chanting “We want justice, you say how. Bring Mahmoud home now!” and “Fight Nazis, not students.”
The civil disobedience is spawned by the ICE arrest of Palestinian student Mahmoud Khalil.
The civil disobedience is spawned by the ICE arrest of Palestinian student Mahmoud Khalil.