Deb
@deb727.bsky.social
Just trying this out. Twitter/X is mostly deplorable. Threads is ok, but a lot of followers are suggesting to move here. Hope it works out. Tired of changing social media & attempting to find people I enjoy following.
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Trump's "no tax on Social Security" claim smacked with multiple Community Notes as he continues to lie about what's in the bill just passed by Republicans
Trump’s “No Social Security Tax” Claim Slapped with Multiple Community Notes
Seniors are still paying taxing under the MAGA spending bill
meidasnews.com
July 4, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Trump's "no tax on Social Security" claim smacked with multiple Community Notes as he continues to lie about what's in the bill just passed by Republicans
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NEW: Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations
A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics…
www.propublica.org
June 30, 2025 at 11:45 AM
NEW: Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
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A Washington Post review found that in at least seven major departments or agencies, DOGE secured the power to view records that experts say could benefit Elon Musk’s businesses for years.
DOGE has the keys to sensitive data that could help Elon Musk
In at least seven major departments or agencies, DOGE secured the power to view records that experts say could benefit Elon Musk’s businesses for years.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 30, 2025 at 1:40 PM
A Washington Post review found that in at least seven major departments or agencies, DOGE secured the power to view records that experts say could benefit Elon Musk’s businesses for years.
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President Trump made a deal with Nayib Bukele, the president of El Salvador, to return top MS-13 leaders in U.S. custody, as Bukele agreed to imprison deportees from the U.S. The agreement undermines a long-running federal investigation into the gang. Here’s how.
Why Is Trump Returning MS-13 Leaders to El Salvador? Takeaways From Times Reporting.
The agreement with Nayib Bukele, the president of El Salvador, is undermining a long-running federal investigation into the gang, according to people familiar with the inquiry.
trib.al
June 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
President Trump made a deal with Nayib Bukele, the president of El Salvador, to return top MS-13 leaders in U.S. custody, as Bukele agreed to imprison deportees from the U.S. The agreement undermines a long-running federal investigation into the gang. Here’s how.
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Funding cuts to USAID by the Trump administration could lead to more than 14 million additional deaths globally over the next five years, according to a new study.
USAID cuts may cause 14 million more deaths in next five years, study says
The analysis, published in the Lancet, estimates the agency’s programs saved 91 million lives worldwide over two decades, playing a vital role in global health.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 1, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Funding cuts to USAID by the Trump administration could lead to more than 14 million additional deaths globally over the next five years, according to a new study.
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This is absurd. @nytimes.com needs to find a better way to convey to readers what it knows to be true: These "findings" are not actual "findings" in any sense that most people would understand the word. The casual reader comes away with zero sense of the deep rot of bad faith at play here.
June 30, 2025 at 5:14 PM
This is absurd. @nytimes.com needs to find a better way to convey to readers what it knows to be true: These "findings" are not actual "findings" in any sense that most people would understand the word. The casual reader comes away with zero sense of the deep rot of bad faith at play here.
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BREAKING: The Wisconsin Supreme Court's liberal majority strikes down the state’s 176-year-old abortion ban.
Wisconsin Supreme Court’s liberal majority strikes down 176-year-old abortion ban
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has struck down the state’s 176-year-old abortion ban. The court’s liberal majority ruled 4-3 on Wednesday that the ban is no longer valid because newer abortion restrictions superseded it.
bit.ly
July 2, 2025 at 1:26 PM
BREAKING: The Wisconsin Supreme Court's liberal majority strikes down the state’s 176-year-old abortion ban.
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Chance that this guy—who onJan 6 told other rioters who were attacking law enforcement officers, “Kill ’em! Kill ’em! Kill ’em!”—could get a security clearance in normal times:
Zero.
Pardoned Jan. 6 Rioter Who Threatened Police Joins Justice Dept. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/u...
Zero.
Pardoned Jan. 6 Rioter Who Threatened Police Joins Justice Dept. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/u...
Pardoned Jan. 6 Rioter Who Threatened Police Joins Justice Dept.
www.nytimes.com
July 2, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Chance that this guy—who onJan 6 told other rioters who were attacking law enforcement officers, “Kill ’em! Kill ’em! Kill ’em!”—could get a security clearance in normal times:
Zero.
Pardoned Jan. 6 Rioter Who Threatened Police Joins Justice Dept. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/u...
Zero.
Pardoned Jan. 6 Rioter Who Threatened Police Joins Justice Dept. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/u...
Deplorable…no empathy, no souls.
Laughing in front of cages designed to hold migrants and refugees, many of whom came to this country fleeing extreme violence and poverty, and hoping to raise their children in a more compassionate country. And many of whom followed all the legal procedures to enter the country.
July 2, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Deplorable…no empathy, no souls.
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Breaking News: A judge ruled that President Trump can’t categorically deny asylum, rejecting his claim that extraordinary powers were needed at the border.
Judge Rejects Trump’s Attempt to Stop Migrant Asylum Claims
The judge wrote that neither the Constitution nor federal immigration law gave the president the authority to “adopt an alternative immigration system.”
trib.al
July 2, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Breaking News: A judge ruled that President Trump can’t categorically deny asylum, rejecting his claim that extraordinary powers were needed at the border.
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from today's post. on the left, an officer at Auschwitz. on the left, ICE Barbie at Alligator Auschwitz.
please read the whole thing, thanks!
link is here: bit.ly/4knDZXX
please read the whole thing, thanks!
link is here: bit.ly/4knDZXX
July 2, 2025 at 6:05 PM
from today's post. on the left, an officer at Auschwitz. on the left, ICE Barbie at Alligator Auschwitz.
please read the whole thing, thanks!
link is here: bit.ly/4knDZXX
please read the whole thing, thanks!
link is here: bit.ly/4knDZXX
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I know I'm not the first person or even the millionth person to point this out; it's not even the first time *I* have said it, but this is what actual First Amendment violations look like and the fact that none of the supposed free speech warriors are saying anything about it tells us everything.
Duke appears to have lost NIH grants because they used the prefix "trans" in reference to disease transmission, transgenic genetic material, translational studies, or signal transduction www.dukechronicle.com/article/2025...
June 30, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I know I'm not the first person or even the millionth person to point this out; it's not even the first time *I* have said it, but this is what actual First Amendment violations look like and the fact that none of the supposed free speech warriors are saying anything about it tells us everything.
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In our recently submitted grants we had to change “traumatic brain injury” to “concussive brain injury” and “male and female mice” to “male and non-male mice” because traumatic and female are now verboten words that can get our grants killed. It’s insanity.
June 30, 2025 at 4:02 AM
In our recently submitted grants we had to change “traumatic brain injury” to “concussive brain injury” and “male and female mice” to “male and non-male mice” because traumatic and female are now verboten words that can get our grants killed. It’s insanity.
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Warnock: If I'm honest, there are days when I have to ask people of my faith tradition as a Christian, are we reading the same book?
The book I know says I was hungry and you fed me. I was sick, I was in prison and you visited me, I was a stranger and you welcomed me….
The book I know says I was hungry and you fed me. I was sick, I was in prison and you visited me, I was a stranger and you welcomed me….
June 30, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Warnock: If I'm honest, there are days when I have to ask people of my faith tradition as a Christian, are we reading the same book?
The book I know says I was hungry and you fed me. I was sick, I was in prison and you visited me, I was a stranger and you welcomed me….
The book I know says I was hungry and you fed me. I was sick, I was in prison and you visited me, I was a stranger and you welcomed me….
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Scientists have known for decades that soaring atmospheric CO2 emissions are causing changes in ocean chemistry, threatening marine life & ecosystems.
In June 2025, a study found that ocean acidification has now passed a safe threshold across large swathes of the world’s marine environment.
In June 2025, a study found that ocean acidification has now passed a safe threshold across large swathes of the world’s marine environment.
As ocean acidification ramps up, experts call for speedy ocean protection
Ocean health is moving into a danger zone, with rampant human-caused carbon dioxide emissions having already pushed ocean acidification levels beyond safe limits in large swaths of the marine…
news.mongabay.com
June 30, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Scientists have known for decades that soaring atmospheric CO2 emissions are causing changes in ocean chemistry, threatening marine life & ecosystems.
In June 2025, a study found that ocean acidification has now passed a safe threshold across large swathes of the world’s marine environment.
In June 2025, a study found that ocean acidification has now passed a safe threshold across large swathes of the world’s marine environment.
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And here it is, they are starting to dip their toes in the waters of cancelling elections...
Hell they even got Desantis coming out against this, that should say some shit.
This is the test case.... it will go to SCOTUS who will make it possible to cancel the midterms.
Hell they even got Desantis coming out against this, that should say some shit.
This is the test case.... it will go to SCOTUS who will make it possible to cancel the midterms.
City of Miami postpones November 2025 election to 2026, extends officials' terms
Term-limited Mayor Francis Suarez and Commissioner Joe Carollo's terms would be extended by one year.
www.cbsnews.com
June 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM
And here it is, they are starting to dip their toes in the waters of cancelling elections...
Hell they even got Desantis coming out against this, that should say some shit.
This is the test case.... it will go to SCOTUS who will make it possible to cancel the midterms.
Hell they even got Desantis coming out against this, that should say some shit.
This is the test case.... it will go to SCOTUS who will make it possible to cancel the midterms.
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Greet the day with some good old fashioned existential dread. Then get up and do your best. ✌️❤️
June 26, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Greet the day with some good old fashioned existential dread. Then get up and do your best. ✌️❤️
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not sure how many levels of not getting the joke this is but it’s high
June 29, 2025 at 4:18 AM
not sure how many levels of not getting the joke this is but it’s high
Proud of them
Tim and Gwen Waltz at the Twin Cities Pride Parade 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ both wearing a Melissa Hortman t-shirt.
June 29, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Proud of them
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BREAKING: Thom Tillis just announced he won’t seek re-election.
That means that there will be an open North Carolina Senate seat in 2026.
Let’s flip it.
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That means that there will be an open North Carolina Senate seat in 2026.
Let’s flip it.
secure.actblue.com/donate/votse...
I just gave to Voters of Tomorrow PAC
I just gave to Voters of Tomorrow PAC
secure.actblue.com
June 29, 2025 at 5:28 PM
BREAKING: Thom Tillis just announced he won’t seek re-election.
That means that there will be an open North Carolina Senate seat in 2026.
Let’s flip it.
secure.actblue.com/donate/votse...
That means that there will be an open North Carolina Senate seat in 2026.
Let’s flip it.
secure.actblue.com/donate/votse...
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Elon is being sued in Memphis.
His power supply for his AI (which he did NOT get permits for) are befouling the air quality and raising the heat index in the neighborhood. Why aren’t they in his Texan neighborhood- where HE lives?
His power supply for his AI (which he did NOT get permits for) are befouling the air quality and raising the heat index in the neighborhood. Why aren’t they in his Texan neighborhood- where HE lives?
June 29, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Elon is being sued in Memphis.
His power supply for his AI (which he did NOT get permits for) are befouling the air quality and raising the heat index in the neighborhood. Why aren’t they in his Texan neighborhood- where HE lives?
His power supply for his AI (which he did NOT get permits for) are befouling the air quality and raising the heat index in the neighborhood. Why aren’t they in his Texan neighborhood- where HE lives?
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IDK man seems bad! Some big IBM in Germany in the 1930s energy going on here.
The Trump administration is building a national citizenship data system
The Department of Homeland Security, with help from DOGE, has rolled out a tool that purports to be able to check the citizenship status of almost all Americans.
www.npr.org
June 29, 2025 at 10:21 PM
IDK man seems bad! Some big IBM in Germany in the 1930s energy going on here.
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June 29, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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Wyden and AOC finally know what time it is. As they say, better late than never Democrats. This gets to the root of our problems.
www.cnbc.com/2018/03/27/p...
www.cnbc.com/2018/03/27/p...
Palantir worked with Cambridge Analytica on the Facebook data it acquired, whistleblower alleges
Palantir worked on the Facebook data that was acquired by Cambridge Analytica, whistleblower Christopher Wylie tells members of U.K. Parliament.
www.cnbc.com
June 18, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Wyden and AOC finally know what time it is. As they say, better late than never Democrats. This gets to the root of our problems.
www.cnbc.com/2018/03/27/p...
www.cnbc.com/2018/03/27/p...