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Laure
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Hiker, digital expert. Support artists, research & journalism providing insights. Id as Lesbiana; my progressive (not far-left) feminist godmothers taught me principles & tolerance over ideology & dogma.
- Dislike prolific meme posters.
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Trump is a mad king 👑, a petty tyrant who gets attention by lobbing random incendiary threats against perceived foes: individuals, countries, our own cities...

all while he plays godfather, 💰doling out favors to his powerful friends as he fills his own coffers 💵.
Trump's blitzkrieg media network wants to dominate news. Like when his rallies became a phenomenon. His admin is full of media-savvy extremists, conspiracy nuts and $ corrupt interests.

They create LOUD shows. Episodes to destroy ideals, sow fear and hate, through innumerable channels across media.
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Trump’s white nationalist pick for a top state department spot Jeremy Carl gets grilled by SEN. TIM KAINE: “You said American whites are victims of a cultural genocide… are they represented in the senate? House? Presidency? CEO’s?”
February 13, 2026 at 5:10 PM
really rich layout on this important story
"Slopulism," a type of viral content that @cip.uw.edu co-founder @katestarbird.bsky.social has called "participatory propaganda," has been a dynamic that's been "building for years," Starbird recently told @nytimes.com in an interview. [1/2]

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
When Posting Becomes Its Own Style of Politics
Social media has long been flooded with populist rage and discontent. What happens when the posts become policy?
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 12:13 AM
"Summer 2025 in #Phoenix saw 113 consecutive days reach triple-digit temperatures. Statewide, the heat contributed to or caused the deaths of as many as 427 people last year.

#Arizona #epa
February 13, 2026 at 11:49 PM
they are just so stupid. we were the world leaders in #biotech, cancer, pandemic #research...

“Just because we say we’re going to stop caring about these issues doesn’t make the issues go away — it just makes us less prepared”

US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases #NIAID #NIH
Staff at NIAID have been instructed to remove the words “biodefense” and “pandemic preparedness” from the US institute’s web pages, according to e-mails Nature has obtained. Read more about the shift in direction for NIAID.

go.nature.com/4twztMV
Exclusive: Key US infectious-diseases centre to drop pandemic preparation
Staff members have been instructed to scrub this topic and ‘biodefense’ from the agency’s website.
go.nature.com
February 13, 2026 at 8:15 PM
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Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.
WATCH: Trump, EPA's Zeldin announce end of scientific basis for U.S. action on climate change
The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the most aggressiv...
www.pbs.org
February 12, 2026 at 7:46 PM
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Americans want common-sense enforcement of immigration laws. Not federal-style goons in our streets.
youtube.com/shorts/WMRy2...
Americans want common-sense enforcement of immigration laws. Not goons in our streets.
YouTube video by Sen. Elissa Slotkin
youtube.com
February 12, 2026 at 11:31 PM
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Accommodation does not moderate authoritarian regimes, it emboldens them.

An important reminder that college and university leaders must fight to protect our democracy and intellectual freedom on college campuses. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Universities are sending Trump a dangerous message
Higher education is under attack. Drop the appeasement.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:40 AM
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Gallup announces, after 88 years, it will no longer track public approval of presidents. Trump's second-term approval rating fell to 36% in December, among the lowest ever recorded by the company. The president repeatedly has threatened to sue media and polling firms that portray him negatively.
February 11, 2026 at 11:51 PM
meanwhile the science breakthroughs, improved healthcare outcomes, billions to be made here in our country move away.
so foolish. bs #MAHA #healthcare #biotechnology #fda #research
February 10, 2026 at 11:43 PM
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Asking just a few simple questions can make a big difference in spotting misinformation, not just for students, but for anyone trying to make sense of what they see online.
1/ 🌳 Use the analogy of an ecosystem to help students understand today’s info landscape with our NEW infographic.

👀 Analyze the poster to learn how:
- the news-driven ecosystem forms an info web
- content about news largely couldn’t exist without standards-based journalism

#NewsLiteracyWeek
February 10, 2026 at 8:14 PM
this craziness is going to tank our #economy, in the medium term
The Gordie Howe Bridge is an incredibly important infrastructure project for Michigan. President Trump's threat tonight to tank it is awful for our state's economy.

Canceling this project will have serious repercussions. www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...
President Trump threatens to block Gordie Howe International Bridge from opening
The Republican president issued a statement Monday about the $5.7 billion bridge project spanning the Detroit River on his Truth Social platform.
www.detroitnews.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:37 AM
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Republicans in the U.S. Senate are coming for your public lands once again.
February 9, 2026 at 12:13 AM
yes and tech did so purposefully, and it was taught at Stanford etc. None of this is any kind of secret at all... #SiliconValley
February 9, 2026 at 10:14 PM
why isn't this bigger news? #NSA #TulsiGabbard #DNI #intelligence
February 9, 2026 at 10:11 PM
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Congress should once again reject the SAVE Act. Tell your senators to stop this attack on the freedom to vote: bit.ly/4tmVIor
February 8, 2026 at 8:24 PM
I kind of hate when we hopeful project wishes on to stars like Bad Bunny or Taylor Swift etc. as if they are saviors instead of pop stars. no. we need to build the broad and tolerant coalitions for effective resistance.
February 8, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Democrats can just effin say: "ICE has only existed for a short time. We DO need professional border and immigration enforcement, but we don't need #ICE." #democrats
npr.org NPR @npr.org · 6d
The Trump administration's immigration efforts have led some Democrats to call for abolishing ICE. Others won't go as far, wary of appearing out of step with voters who want immigration laws enforced.
Will calls to 'abolish ICE' sway voters in 2026? The strategy has Democrats split
The Trump administration's immigration efforts have led some Democrats to call for abolishing ICE. Others won't go as far, wary of appearing out of step with voters who want immigration laws enforced.
n.pr
February 7, 2026 at 10:29 PM
a child is taken for emergency care. The whole family is swept up by #ice #immigration for weeks.

Democrats and the entire opposition need to sys expose the lies about this crackdown; the "worst-of-the-worst" bs lies.

But the Democrats have zero strategy to fight Trump's mega, maga media lies.
opb.org OPB @opb.org · 6d
Oregon State Rep. Rick Ruiz, D-Gresham, confirmed to OPB that the Crespo-Gonzalez family has safely landed in Portland.

“They are resting and recovering after being away for over three weeks,” Ruiz said.
Gresham family returns to Oregon from Texas detention facility
The Crespo-Gonzalez family, including 7-year-old Diana, had spent three weeks in federal detention after being apprehended outside a Portland hospital.
www.opb.org
February 7, 2026 at 10:26 PM
thank god. this traumatized child and her family need support.

#orpol #oregon
I am escorting the Crespo-Gonzalez family, including their seven year old daughter, back to Oregon now.

Out of respect for the family, additional information is not being shared at this time.
February 7, 2026 at 1:10 AM
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Here’s a question for Elon: have you seen the documentary Rovina’s Choice, in which a mother weeps as her little girl dies of malnutrition because of cuts to USAID?
Elon Musk will have to testify over his role in shuttering USAID, a federal judge has ruled.

The DOJ tried to protect Musk from testifying, arguing it would “intrude on White House activities," but given Musk wasn’t a secretary or agency head, this reasoning doesn't excuse him. trib.al/MAY31hu
February 5, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Each night for nearly 4 years, Russia's terrorism has continued in Ukraine. Hundreds of towns reduced to rubble. Millions of refugees. 1.5 million Russian casualties.

Putin failed to turn #Russia into more than an #oil #gas oligarchy state, so he turned to bloody imperialism.

#Ukraine
Missile strikes on substation and combined heat/power plant in fascist Russia’s Belgorod. Power and heating out in some parts of city. Fascist Russia will likely see more such strikes as democratic Ukraine responds to ongoing Russian attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure.
February 5, 2026 at 10:11 PM
wtf?!? one of the State's most iconic Falls. it's like leaders don't even know what the Oregon brand is.

@tinakotek.bsky.social @agdanrayfield.bsky.social @repfahey.bsky.social #orpol #oregon
February 5, 2026 at 9:05 PM
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Trump wants to take over voting in at least 15 places

FBI raid in Fulton County GA now fueling MAGA calls for election takeover there

That would allow them to purge voters, cut polling places, limit early voting & challenge election results. Very scary for 2026

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Trump’s FBI raid could lead to a takeover of elections in Georgia’s largest county
Trump wants control "over the voting in at least 15 places.” He could start in Fulton County, Georgia.
www.motherjones.com
February 5, 2026 at 4:34 PM
good convo:

"given it this mass appeal is a sense that there's something just offensive about the idea that armed men are going to come into your community and they're going to grab your neighbors and they're going to terrify your neighbors...

our sense is...our job is to protect our neighbors.
"The records that are being made by observers....that record is now filtering into the public and is changing public opinion. And I think that's vital."

@whstancil.bsky.social talks Minneapolis resistance with @timmiller.bsky.social on today's Bulwark Podcast:
February 4, 2026 at 11:32 PM
good convo: "…the vast majority engaged in rapid response are just everyday people… not uh necessarily far-left. I mean, it's just moms and dads guard standing watch outside their kids school, for instance.

...restricting ourselves to things that are uh uh you know #legal and constitutional. #ice
"The records that are being made by observers....that record is now filtering into the public and is changing public opinion. And I think that's vital."

@whstancil.bsky.social talks Minneapolis resistance with @timmiller.bsky.social on today's Bulwark Podcast:
February 4, 2026 at 11:22 PM