Gwen Róisín
@meowthrandir.bsky.social
Linguaphile || techie by day || fantasy & sci-fi writer by night || progressive by imperative || nerd by choice
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A load of damning Epstein-Trump emails have been released by House Democrats. Some here⬇️
November 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
A load of damning Epstein-Trump emails have been released by House Democrats. Some here⬇️
"Alternate" electors, where the alternative is illegal, fake, and unconstitutional
Ed Martin: "What this pardon does is help rescue the people who were hunted. The Biden administration hunted the alternate electors who were participating in our constitutional process in 2020 ... they were Trump supporters who believed in the Constitution."
November 11, 2025 at 1:20 PM
"Alternate" electors, where the alternative is illegal, fake, and unconstitutional
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I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
November 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
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“I think it’s a terrible mistake,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren says of the deal. “People want us to stand and fight for health care, and that's what I believe.” (via Igor Bobic, HuffPo) x.com/igorbobic/st...
November 10, 2025 at 12:42 AM
“I think it’s a terrible mistake,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren says of the deal. “People want us to stand and fight for health care, and that's what I believe.” (via Igor Bobic, HuffPo) x.com/igorbobic/st...
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“I no longer can bear to be restrained by what judges can say publicly or do outside the courtroom,” Judge Mark L. Wolf writes on his decision to resign from the federal bench. “President Trump is using the law for partisan purposes”:
https://theatln.tc/MHDWR78I
https://theatln.tc/MHDWR78I
November 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
“I no longer can bear to be restrained by what judges can say publicly or do outside the courtroom,” Judge Mark L. Wolf writes on his decision to resign from the federal bench. “President Trump is using the law for partisan purposes”:
https://theatln.tc/MHDWR78I
https://theatln.tc/MHDWR78I
The US government is now removing plaques recognizing the efforts of black soldiers--and descriptions of segregation--from at least one international site.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 11:58 AM
The US government is now removing plaques recognizing the efforts of black soldiers--and descriptions of segregation--from at least one international site.
Brought to you by the makers of "communicable diseases cease to exist if we stop measuring them" and "who needs a Constitution?" it's "get rid of Healthcare for the many so that the few can still purchase it"
Trump: "I am recommending to Senate Republicans that the Hundreds of Billions of Dollars currently being sent to money sucking Insurance Companies in order to save the bad Healthcare provided by ObamaCare, BE SENT DIRECTLY TO THE PEOPLE SO THAT THEY CAN PURCHASE THEIR OWN, MUCH BETTER, HEALTHCARE."
November 8, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Brought to you by the makers of "communicable diseases cease to exist if we stop measuring them" and "who needs a Constitution?" it's "get rid of Healthcare for the many so that the few can still purchase it"
The Washington Kakistocrats just doesn't have the same ring to it
Trump wants the Washington Commanders to name their planned $3.7 billion stadium after him, ESPN reports.
November 8, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The Washington Kakistocrats just doesn't have the same ring to it
Between demoralizing fed workers, firing air traffic controllers, withholding SNAP funding, canceling flights and the impact of Trump's tariffs on groceries, the Trump Admin is coming for your Thanksgiving plans
November 7, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Between demoralizing fed workers, firing air traffic controllers, withholding SNAP funding, canceling flights and the impact of Trump's tariffs on groceries, the Trump Admin is coming for your Thanksgiving plans
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“He’s having a seizure and they’re trying to rip the baby out of her hands”
November 7, 2025 at 3:48 AM
“He’s having a seizure and they’re trying to rip the baby out of her hands”
Accidential Renaissance painting 🤝 doddering man blocking your view of it at the museum
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Accidential Renaissance painting 🤝 doddering man blocking your view of it at the museum
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With all the excitement about the election I don’t want this story to get lost. This morning 8 car wash workers in Boston were kidnapped by federal agents in the largest workplace raid in the area in recent memory.
The details are horrifying.
🧵
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/04/m...
The details are horrifying.
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www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/04/m...
Immigration agents raid Allston car wash and detain several workers - The Boston Globe
Many of them held legal status but were unable to immediately produce their documentation to the agents, according to their manager.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:16 AM
With all the excitement about the election I don’t want this story to get lost. This morning 8 car wash workers in Boston were kidnapped by federal agents in the largest workplace raid in the area in recent memory.
The details are horrifying.
🧵
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/04/m...
The details are horrifying.
🧵
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/04/m...
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“Individuals on the ground sent a message that reached us Monday morning that 1,200 were dead,” Nathaniel Raymond, the lab’s executive director, said. “By that evening, they said 10,000. By Tuesday, we couldn’t reach them anymore. We assume our ground contacts are dead.”
Yale lab reports mass killings in Sudan, calls for student activism
The Humanitarian Research Lab was told this week that over 10,000 people in Sudan were killed within three days.
yaledailynews.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:02 PM
“Individuals on the ground sent a message that reached us Monday morning that 1,200 were dead,” Nathaniel Raymond, the lab’s executive director, said. “By that evening, they said 10,000. By Tuesday, we couldn’t reach them anymore. We assume our ground contacts are dead.”
RSF have run rampant, slaughtering, raping, and leaving ruin in Sudan. Evidence of their latest genocidal actions in El Fasher has made the news, but the world has done little to politically or economically pressure their backers--UAE, so the terror continues.
(Gift) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/o...
(Gift) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/o...
Opinion | The World Has Again Failed to Prevent Atrocities in Darfur
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:52 PM
RSF have run rampant, slaughtering, raping, and leaving ruin in Sudan. Evidence of their latest genocidal actions in El Fasher has made the news, but the world has done little to politically or economically pressure their backers--UAE, so the terror continues.
(Gift) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/o...
(Gift) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/o...
‼️US attacks on a sovereign nation (Venezuela) imminent.
Congress hasn't approved a war declaration--they have been sidestepped, with the overwhelming majority on the Republican side shirking all sense of duty. For shame
Congress hasn't approved a war declaration--they have been sidestepped, with the overwhelming majority on the Republican side shirking all sense of duty. For shame
(Miami Herald) - The Trump Administration has made the decision to attack military installations inside Venezuela and the strikes could come at any moment, sources with knowledge of the situation told the Miami Herald ..
@miamiherald.com
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
@miamiherald.com
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
U.S. poised to strike military targets in Venezuela in escalation against Maduro regime
The Trump Administration has made the decision to attack military installations inside Venezuela and the strikes could come at any moment, sources with knowledge of the situation told the Miami Herald...
www.miamiherald.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:24 PM
‼️US attacks on a sovereign nation (Venezuela) imminent.
Congress hasn't approved a war declaration--they have been sidestepped, with the overwhelming majority on the Republican side shirking all sense of duty. For shame
Congress hasn't approved a war declaration--they have been sidestepped, with the overwhelming majority on the Republican side shirking all sense of duty. For shame
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"The Trump administration has identified targets in Venezuela that include military facilities used to smuggle drugs,” the WSJ reports.
They’re not even trying to be plausible.
They’re not even trying to be plausible.
October 30, 2025 at 11:31 PM
"The Trump administration has identified targets in Venezuela that include military facilities used to smuggle drugs,” the WSJ reports.
They’re not even trying to be plausible.
They’re not even trying to be plausible.
"In a room where
people unanimously maintain
a conspiracy of silence,
one word of truth
sounds like a pistol shot."
Czesław Miłosz
people unanimously maintain
a conspiracy of silence,
one word of truth
sounds like a pistol shot."
Czesław Miłosz
I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
October 29, 2025 at 5:35 PM
"In a room where
people unanimously maintain
a conspiracy of silence,
one word of truth
sounds like a pistol shot."
Czesław Miłosz
people unanimously maintain
a conspiracy of silence,
one word of truth
sounds like a pistol shot."
Czesław Miłosz
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From a Costa Rican English news site ticotimes.net/2025/10/27/c...
Costa Rican Man Dies After Health Decline in U.S. Immigration Custody
A man from Costa Rica, died after returning from U.S. ICE detention in critical condition, prompting family demands for investigation
ticotimes.net
October 28, 2025 at 2:35 AM
From a Costa Rican English news site ticotimes.net/2025/10/27/c...
Fucking love Dropkick & Ken Casey. Whether it's in-person or online, everything I've seen from these guys in 2+ decades of fandom is clear & consistently great, and I don't just mean the music.
They consistently give back and give a shit. Check out @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social & the Claddagh Fund.
They consistently give back and give a shit. Check out @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social & the Claddagh Fund.
The Dropkick Murphy's Ken Casey knows you can never take sh*t from a bully. That's why he's standing up and pushing back against the Trump administration with @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social.
Bullies like Trump only win when we're silent, so speak up today!
Bullies like Trump only win when we're silent, so speak up today!
October 27, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Fucking love Dropkick & Ken Casey. Whether it's in-person or online, everything I've seen from these guys in 2+ decades of fandom is clear & consistently great, and I don't just mean the music.
They consistently give back and give a shit. Check out @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social & the Claddagh Fund.
They consistently give back and give a shit. Check out @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social & the Claddagh Fund.
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A man was struck and killed on a highway in Virginia while fleeing immigration officials on foot on Thursday, officials said.
Honduran Man Struck and Killed On a Virginia Highway While Fleeing ICE
ICE officers were in the process of detaining Josue Castro-Rivera, 24, of Honduras, before he ran onto a busy highway in Norfolk and was struck by a pickup truck, officials said.
nyti.ms
October 26, 2025 at 2:45 PM
A man was struck and killed on a highway in Virginia while fleeing immigration officials on foot on Thursday, officials said.
A private donor gave Trump $130mil to fund the military, effectively, and likely illegally, funding further conflict in LATAM.
Which donor has an interest in Venezuela's oil, or in Colombia?
Simultaneously, the Admin declares that funding SNAP wouldn't be legal (GIFT)
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Which donor has an interest in Venezuela's oil, or in Colombia?
Simultaneously, the Admin declares that funding SNAP wouldn't be legal (GIFT)
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Pentagon Accepts $130 Million Donation to Help Pay Troops During Shutdown
www.nytimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 8:07 PM
A private donor gave Trump $130mil to fund the military, effectively, and likely illegally, funding further conflict in LATAM.
Which donor has an interest in Venezuela's oil, or in Colombia?
Simultaneously, the Admin declares that funding SNAP wouldn't be legal (GIFT)
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Which donor has an interest in Venezuela's oil, or in Colombia?
Simultaneously, the Admin declares that funding SNAP wouldn't be legal (GIFT)
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
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news lately
October 23, 2025 at 7:16 AM
news lately
Trump is demanding that the DOJ pay him $230mil in 'compensation' for DOJ investigations into him.
The same people who made up his defense would be responsible for approving any such payout & for further misusing taxpayer funds on this flagrant money-grab.
(Gift)
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...
The same people who made up his defense would be responsible for approving any such payout & for further misusing taxpayer funds on this flagrant money-grab.
(Gift)
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...
Trump Said to Demand Justice Dept. Pay Him $230 Million for Past Cases
www.nytimes.com
October 21, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Trump is demanding that the DOJ pay him $230mil in 'compensation' for DOJ investigations into him.
The same people who made up his defense would be responsible for approving any such payout & for further misusing taxpayer funds on this flagrant money-grab.
(Gift)
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...
The same people who made up his defense would be responsible for approving any such payout & for further misusing taxpayer funds on this flagrant money-grab.
(Gift)
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...
A metaphor for what Trump and his Admin have been doing to the US
Demolition crews have begun tearing down part of the White House to build President Trump’s long-desired ballroom — despite his pledge that construction of the $250 million addition wouldn’t “interfere” with the existing building. https://wapo.st/4hl7jyF
October 20, 2025 at 8:04 PM
A metaphor for what Trump and his Admin have been doing to the US
Both of them have the potential to destroy the look of a couch
October 20, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Both of them have the potential to destroy the look of a couch