Mark Riley
@markriley.bsky.social
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The 17-person team of statisticians and scientists at the National Survey on Drug Use and Health are all out of jobs. Researchers around the country use the data to understand behavioral health.
They've tracked Americans' drug use for decades. Trump and RFK Jr. fired them
The 17-person team of statisticians and scientists at the National Survey on Drug Use and Health are all out of jobs. Researchers around the country use the data to understand behavioral health.
n.pr
May 29, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The 17-person team of statisticians and scientists at the National Survey on Drug Use and Health are all out of jobs. Researchers around the country use the data to understand behavioral health.
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Russia kidnaps Ukrainian children and gives them to Russians to erase their heritage and demoralize Ukraine. Over 20,000 so far. And the US just stopped helping track these kids and likely deleted the database of all the research. Pure evil, right maga?
March 20, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Russia kidnaps Ukrainian children and gives them to Russians to erase their heritage and demoralize Ukraine. Over 20,000 so far. And the US just stopped helping track these kids and likely deleted the database of all the research. Pure evil, right maga?
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Civilization began when we stopped being cavemen hitting each other over the head, and agreed on a social contract to live in families and communities. In order to do that, you have to understand that hurting your neighbors is wrong.
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On Musk, Empathy, and NPCs
In which we find out that Mary is an even bigger nerd than we thought
substack.com
March 20, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Civilization began when we stopped being cavemen hitting each other over the head, and agreed on a social contract to live in families and communities. In order to do that, you have to understand that hurting your neighbors is wrong.
substack.com/@marypezzulo...
substack.com/@marypezzulo...
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The administration is removing phone support for Soc Security recipients. Making it more difficult for seniors to get their checks. It’s a back door way to cut SS benefits. Horrific.
If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved
If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved
benefit.me
March 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The administration is removing phone support for Soc Security recipients. Making it more difficult for seniors to get their checks. It’s a back door way to cut SS benefits. Horrific.
If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved
If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved
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Good work everyone
“‘I was put in a cell, and I had to sleep on a mat with no blanket, no pillow, with an aluminum foil wrapped over my body like a dead body for two and a half days.’”
Canadian woman put in chains, detained by ICE after entering San Diego border
A Canadian entrepreneur detained by ICE is speaking out after she got arrested while trying to enter the San Diego border to obtain a visa last Monday.
www.10news.com
March 17, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Good work everyone
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Out of all the bullies and monsters in the administration, Marco Rubio seems like the purest specimen of how Nazism happened—not a sincere bigot or ideologue, just an empty shell who has literally no limits on what he will agree to do or pretend to believe, embracing brutality to fill his weakness
President Trump’s administration has officially expelled South Africa’s ambassador to the U.S., a spokesman for the South African president said on Saturday, calling the decision “regrettable.”
Trump Administration Expels South Africa’s Ambassador to the U.S.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio had lashed out on social media over comments critical of President Trump that the ambassador had made to a think tank in Johannesburg.
www.nytimes.com
March 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Out of all the bullies and monsters in the administration, Marco Rubio seems like the purest specimen of how Nazism happened—not a sincere bigot or ideologue, just an empty shell who has literally no limits on what he will agree to do or pretend to believe, embracing brutality to fill his weakness
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Cool so what happens if GOP attach a national abortion ban to a CR? You'll vote for that too?
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My YES vote is *not* an endorsement of this deeply flawed CR.
My YES vote is 💯 about refusing to shut our government down.
I refuse to punish working families and plunge millions of Americans into chaos.
I will never, ever, ever, ever, ever vote to shut our government down.
My YES vote is 💯 about refusing to shut our government down.
I refuse to punish working families and plunge millions of Americans into chaos.
I will never, ever, ever, ever, ever vote to shut our government down.
March 14, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Cool so what happens if GOP attach a national abortion ban to a CR? You'll vote for that too?
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This reality show premise of finding the dumbest MFer in the country and making him president isn’t going well. Season 1 sucked. Season 2 is much worse.
March 4, 2025 at 6:09 PM
This reality show premise of finding the dumbest MFer in the country and making him president isn’t going well. Season 1 sucked. Season 2 is much worse.
Bernie Sanders still has the best vision for the United States and the Democratic party.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Can Trumpism be defeated? Absolutely. Here’s how | Bernie Sanders
What we are fighting for is not ‘utopian’ or unachievable. Trumpism can and must be defeated
www.theguardian.com
February 19, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Bernie Sanders still has the best vision for the United States and the Democratic party.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Well, isn’t this just a bunch of lies? The White House moved to clarify Musk’s role within the DOGE after a court filing this morning stated that the tech billionaire is neither an employee nor an administrator of the commission and has “no actual or formal authority to make government decisions.”
February 18, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Well, isn’t this just a bunch of lies? The White House moved to clarify Musk’s role within the DOGE after a court filing this morning stated that the tech billionaire is neither an employee nor an administrator of the commission and has “no actual or formal authority to make government decisions.”
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I’m sorry. You can’t conduct “peace talks” with Russia over its invasion of Ukraine without Ukraine at the table.
February 18, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I’m sorry. You can’t conduct “peace talks” with Russia over its invasion of Ukraine without Ukraine at the table.
As they seem to have so much affection for Musk, will MAGA types buy Teslas and inadvertently move away from fossil fuels? Or, maybe they'll buy them but not drive them? Does anyone have a prediction?
February 14, 2025 at 2:22 PM
As they seem to have so much affection for Musk, will MAGA types buy Teslas and inadvertently move away from fossil fuels? Or, maybe they'll buy them but not drive them? Does anyone have a prediction?
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Conservative billionaires are funding a coordinated effort to dismantle public education to pay for private school vouchers that largely benefit wealthy families and enable corporations to avoid their fair share in taxes.
Now they have a friend in the White House.
Now they have a friend in the White House.
February 12, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Conservative billionaires are funding a coordinated effort to dismantle public education to pay for private school vouchers that largely benefit wealthy families and enable corporations to avoid their fair share in taxes.
Now they have a friend in the White House.
Now they have a friend in the White House.
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This is Oligarchy. The three richest men in the world have become $196 BILLION richer since Donald Trump was elected.
$196 billion for three men in 99 days.
Meanwhile, 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
$196 billion for three men in 99 days.
Meanwhile, 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
February 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
This is Oligarchy. The three richest men in the world have become $196 BILLION richer since Donald Trump was elected.
$196 billion for three men in 99 days.
Meanwhile, 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
$196 billion for three men in 99 days.
Meanwhile, 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
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JUST IN: The remaining employees at the General Services Administration are being warned that their work will be heavily monitored, from their swipes into the office to what they type on their computers.
GSA staff facing massive cuts and fears of 'nonstop' surveillance
The remaining employees at the General Services Administration are being warned that their work will be heavily monitored, from their swipes into the office to what they type on their computers.
www.npr.org
February 11, 2025 at 7:30 PM
JUST IN: The remaining employees at the General Services Administration are being warned that their work will be heavily monitored, from their swipes into the office to what they type on their computers.
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Here's what the decision by America's favorite sports league tells us about "anticipatory obedience."
The NFL is removing 'End Racism' from its Super Bowl end zone
Here's what the decision by America's favorite sports league tells us about "anticipatory obedience."
www.npr.org
February 9, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Here's what the decision by America's favorite sports league tells us about "anticipatory obedience."
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If Joe Biden had said this it would have been good for a week’s worth of programming on Fox News
Trump praises Tommy Tuberville for doing a great job as Patrick Mahomes's college coach, despite the fact he never coached Mahomes
February 5, 2025 at 9:39 PM
If Joe Biden had said this it would have been good for a week’s worth of programming on Fox News
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Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the government's human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees.
"We have no visibility into what they are doing." www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
"We have no visibility into what they are doing." www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
reuters.com
www.reuters.com
February 1, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the government's human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees.
"We have no visibility into what they are doing." www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
"We have no visibility into what they are doing." www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
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Powerful and so very sad. The hate we’ve allowed to take over this country is a stain on our history.
February 1, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Powerful and so very sad. The hate we’ve allowed to take over this country is a stain on our history.
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When millions of struggling workers want to join unions, Trump's decision to neuter the NLRB is blatantly illegal. It is also a huge gift to Musk, Bezos & other billionaires who want to abolish the only federal agency that can stop their union busting.
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Trump firings at labor board threaten union win at Whole Foods – and beyond
Whole Foods workers in Philadelphia voted to unionize early this week but may be stuck in limbo due to President Donald Trump firing leaders at a federal labor regulator.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 1, 2025 at 10:49 PM
When millions of struggling workers want to join unions, Trump's decision to neuter the NLRB is blatantly illegal. It is also a huge gift to Musk, Bezos & other billionaires who want to abolish the only federal agency that can stop their union busting.
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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Here are just some of the gov’t programs that were floated in a House GOP memo exploring ways to pay for tax cuts proposed by President Donald Trump. The options include cuts to Medicaid and more. youtu.be/bMpyJbi-jyU?...
Story by: @robert-faturechi.bsky.social and @justinelliott.bsky.social
Story by: @robert-faturechi.bsky.social and @justinelliott.bsky.social
February 1, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Here are just some of the gov’t programs that were floated in a House GOP memo exploring ways to pay for tax cuts proposed by President Donald Trump. The options include cuts to Medicaid and more. youtu.be/bMpyJbi-jyU?...
Story by: @robert-faturechi.bsky.social and @justinelliott.bsky.social
Story by: @robert-faturechi.bsky.social and @justinelliott.bsky.social
The Trump Administration’s action to suspend all federal grants & loans will have a devastating impact on the health and well-being of millions of children, seniors on fixed incomes, and the most vulnerable people in our country.
It is a dangerous move towards authoritarianism.
It is a dangerous move towards authoritarianism.
January 28, 2025 at 6:10 PM