Marla Varner
@pennylanequilts.bsky.social
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Modern quilter with a hint of vintage
Modern quilter with a hint of vintage
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Trump has issued over 2,000 pardons and commutations this year, letting a string of drug dealers, corrupt politicians, and MAGA-friendly businessmen off the hook in a gross abuse of the Constitution.
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Trump Is Trying to Legalize Corruption by Abusing His Pardon Power
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December 6, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Trump has issued over 2,000 pardons and commutations this year, letting a string of drug dealers, corrupt politicians, and MAGA-friendly businessmen off the hook in a gross abuse of the Constitution.
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Prime Minister of Poland. 🇵🇱
December 6, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Prime Minister of Poland. 🇵🇱
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Denise Lugo has been a home care worker supporting aging adults and people with disabilities in North Carolina for over 30 years.
Now, the Labor Department wants to strip her and millions of other caregivers of minimum wage and overtime protections that could wreak havoc on their livelihoods.
Now, the Labor Department wants to strip her and millions of other caregivers of minimum wage and overtime protections that could wreak havoc on their livelihoods.
Home Care Workers Are Losing Minimum Wage Protections — and Fighting Back
Three million care workers, many of them Black and Latina women, could be classified as “companions” instead of professionals.
capitalandmain.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Denise Lugo has been a home care worker supporting aging adults and people with disabilities in North Carolina for over 30 years.
Now, the Labor Department wants to strip her and millions of other caregivers of minimum wage and overtime protections that could wreak havoc on their livelihoods.
Now, the Labor Department wants to strip her and millions of other caregivers of minimum wage and overtime protections that could wreak havoc on their livelihoods.
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If you've ever been to a naturalization ceremony, you know they're filled with people whose palpable love of this country is twenty times stronger than the pinched "patriotism" of any native-born MAGA chud.
Just unspeakable assholery.
Just unspeakable assholery.
December 7, 2025 at 12:45 AM
If you've ever been to a naturalization ceremony, you know they're filled with people whose palpable love of this country is twenty times stronger than the pinched "patriotism" of any native-born MAGA chud.
Just unspeakable assholery.
Just unspeakable assholery.
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Heartbreaking. The University of Nebraska will terminate its entire Earth science department.
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
It's over.
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
BREAKING: ‘This hurts’: UNL eliminates 4 programs despite faculty, student pleas
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln eliminates the Earth and atmospheric sciences 8-0, educational administration 7-1, statistics 7-1, textiles, merchandising and fashion design 7-1 programs.
www.dailynebraskan.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Heartbreaking. The University of Nebraska will terminate its entire Earth science department.
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
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There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.
Three-year-old child forced to serve as her own attorney in Tucson immigration court
More than a dozen undocumented minors were forced to make their case in front of an immigration judge as the Trump administration ramps up removal proceedings.
coppercourier.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.
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December 6, 2025
December 6, 2025
On the sunny Sunday morning of December 7, 1941, Messman Doris Miller had served breakfast aboard the USS West Virginia, stationed in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and was collecting laundry when the first of...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:54 AM
December 6, 2025
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You know the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)? Venerable research institution, respected worldwide?
Trump has put an oil executive in charge of it & changed its name to the "National Laboratory of the Rockies."
It's so embarrassing being American these days.
Trump has put an oil executive in charge of it & changed its name to the "National Laboratory of the Rockies."
It's so embarrassing being American these days.
News Release: Energy Department Renames NREL 'National Laboratory of the Rockies' | NREL
www.nrel.gov
December 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM
You know the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)? Venerable research institution, respected worldwide?
Trump has put an oil executive in charge of it & changed its name to the "National Laboratory of the Rockies."
It's so embarrassing being American these days.
Trump has put an oil executive in charge of it & changed its name to the "National Laboratory of the Rockies."
It's so embarrassing being American these days.
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December 6, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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The US government is summarily executing people on a weekly basis without telling the American people any of their names or presenting any proof of their guilt, for alleged crimes that do not carry the death penalty in the US.
December 6, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The US government is summarily executing people on a weekly basis without telling the American people any of their names or presenting any proof of their guilt, for alleged crimes that do not carry the death penalty in the US.
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With little to no evidence to justify the strike on alleged drug traffickers, it seems that Pete Hegseth and the Trump Administration are doubling down on the strike.
Read more about the strike, the contradicting statements made by Hegseth and other news at AD:
open.substack.com/pub/justingl...
Read more about the strike, the contradicting statements made by Hegseth and other news at AD:
open.substack.com/pub/justingl...
There was no fog of war
The strike was clear. Helpless men were killed. The justification doesn't add up.
open.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:55 PM
With little to no evidence to justify the strike on alleged drug traffickers, it seems that Pete Hegseth and the Trump Administration are doubling down on the strike.
Read more about the strike, the contradicting statements made by Hegseth and other news at AD:
open.substack.com/pub/justingl...
Read more about the strike, the contradicting statements made by Hegseth and other news at AD:
open.substack.com/pub/justingl...
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“All the hatred, all the persecution, seems like the panic of racists pretending they can stop the future of this country no longer being majority white through sheer cruelty.”
The always wise @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social calls out the lies of the GOP fantasy to make America white, when it never was…
The always wise @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social calls out the lies of the GOP fantasy to make America white, when it never was…
Trump wants to recreate a white America that never existed | Rebecca Solnit
The persecution of brown people and mass deportations will not create the white country of far-right fantasy
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
“All the hatred, all the persecution, seems like the panic of racists pretending they can stop the future of this country no longer being majority white through sheer cruelty.”
The always wise @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social calls out the lies of the GOP fantasy to make America white, when it never was…
The always wise @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social calls out the lies of the GOP fantasy to make America white, when it never was…
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NEW: Kristi Noem, Todd Blanche, and Joseph Mazzara identify themselves (and now-judge Emil Bove) as the decision-makers involved in directing deportation flights to El Salvador despite Judge Boasberg's order. Their declarations are otherwise substance-free. www.courtlistener.com/docket/69741...
December 6, 2025 at 12:13 AM
NEW: Kristi Noem, Todd Blanche, and Joseph Mazzara identify themselves (and now-judge Emil Bove) as the decision-makers involved in directing deportation flights to El Salvador despite Judge Boasberg's order. Their declarations are otherwise substance-free. www.courtlistener.com/docket/69741...
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"In the worst cases, the infected would die from liver cancer before reaching adulthood. Brian McMahon, a physician who treated some of those cases, told me about one particular patient—'18 years old, 4.0 GPA, with a full ride to University of Alaska.'"
RFK Jr.’s Crusade Against Vaccines Hits Its Action Phase
His anti-vax–stacked advisory committee is expected to revise rules for life-saving hepatitis B vax.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:00 AM
"In the worst cases, the infected would die from liver cancer before reaching adulthood. Brian McMahon, a physician who treated some of those cases, told me about one particular patient—'18 years old, 4.0 GPA, with a full ride to University of Alaska.'"
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My constituent, Wilmer, was mauled by an ICE attack dog despite the fact that, as he has consistently explained, he was not resisting arrest or trying to flee—his wife and young children, all U.S. citizens, were forced to watch helplessly as Wilmer was violently attacked and dragged away.
December 6, 2025 at 2:41 AM
My constituent, Wilmer, was mauled by an ICE attack dog despite the fact that, as he has consistently explained, he was not resisting arrest or trying to flee—his wife and young children, all U.S. citizens, were forced to watch helplessly as Wilmer was violently attacked and dragged away.
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The decision by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to downgrade its recommendations to protect infants from hepatitis B is a dangerous move that will harm children.
Click here to read AAP's full statement: bit.ly/3Y9ZQJT
Click here to read AAP's full statement: bit.ly/3Y9ZQJT
December 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The decision by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to downgrade its recommendations to protect infants from hepatitis B is a dangerous move that will harm children.
Click here to read AAP's full statement: bit.ly/3Y9ZQJT
Click here to read AAP's full statement: bit.ly/3Y9ZQJT
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New: "Trump-Linked Crypto Firm Alt5 Sigma Shakes Up Leadership Amid SEC Filing Questions"
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Trump-Linked Crypto Firm Alt5 Sigma Shakes Up Leadership Amid Questions Over SEC Filing
The Nasdaq-listed company, which holds more than $1 billion from the president’s crypto project, disclosed a sweeping leadership change in a late-night filing before Thanksgiving.
www.forbes.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:28 PM
New: "Trump-Linked Crypto Firm Alt5 Sigma Shakes Up Leadership Amid SEC Filing Questions"
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NEW: Far-right lawyer and anti-voting activist Cleta Mitchell said she is "praying" DOJ Civil Rights Division head Harmeet Dhillon will seize ballots cast in the 2020 election in Georgia to probe for evidence of already debunked voter fraud claims.
Cleta Mitchell ‘Praying’ DOJ Seizes Georgia Ballots in Probe of Debunked 2020 Election Claims
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
NEW: Far-right lawyer and anti-voting activist Cleta Mitchell said she is "praying" DOJ Civil Rights Division head Harmeet Dhillon will seize ballots cast in the 2020 election in Georgia to probe for evidence of already debunked voter fraud claims.
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Earlier this week, House Republicans advanced the misleadingly named the Equal Representation Act, an unconstitutional bill that would add a citizenship question in the U.S. census. This administration is attacking our immigrant communities at higher rates than ever before.
December 5, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Earlier this week, House Republicans advanced the misleadingly named the Equal Representation Act, an unconstitutional bill that would add a citizenship question in the U.S. census. This administration is attacking our immigrant communities at higher rates than ever before.
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As Republicans attempt to gerrymander their way to a 2026 election win, they’re encountering one big obstacle: the courts and voters.
Now, the party is waging war on both by attacking voter-approved measures, threatening impeachment and more.
Now, the party is waging war on both by attacking voter-approved measures, threatening impeachment and more.
To Protect Gerrymanders, GOP Lawmakers Target Judges — and Voters
Read more here.
bit.ly
December 5, 2025 at 8:12 PM
As Republicans attempt to gerrymander their way to a 2026 election win, they’re encountering one big obstacle: the courts and voters.
Now, the party is waging war on both by attacking voter-approved measures, threatening impeachment and more.
Now, the party is waging war on both by attacking voter-approved measures, threatening impeachment and more.
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Suozzi: Prices are up. Why? Because of the tariffs. Prices are going up in health insurance because of the cancellation of the premium tax credits. Prices are going up in energy because there’s new demand for energy at the same time they cut supply.
December 5, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Suozzi: Prices are up. Why? Because of the tariffs. Prices are going up in health insurance because of the cancellation of the premium tax credits. Prices are going up in energy because there’s new demand for energy at the same time they cut supply.
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NEW: The Trump administration sent Head Start employees a six-page list of "prohibited words" for grant applications, including terms like: disabilities, tribal, Black, and women.
The administration wants to erase communities and block access to early childhood services. We'll see them in court.
The administration wants to erase communities and block access to early childhood services. We'll see them in court.
December 5, 2025 at 8:23 PM
NEW: The Trump administration sent Head Start employees a six-page list of "prohibited words" for grant applications, including terms like: disabilities, tribal, Black, and women.
The administration wants to erase communities and block access to early childhood services. We'll see them in court.
The administration wants to erase communities and block access to early childhood services. We'll see them in court.
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Please do not take medical advice from this administration. Listen to the actual experts.
Kressly: So let’s talk about the contagiousness of hepatitis B. It can live on surfaces, and it can be spread through touch—from someone who is shedding the virus to someone else.
So when we’re in situations where we can’t know 100% who is at risk, the right answer is to protect everyone.
So when we’re in situations where we can’t know 100% who is at risk, the right answer is to protect everyone.
December 5, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Please do not take medical advice from this administration. Listen to the actual experts.
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When everyone knows it's probably Grandpa's last Christmas so everyone makes a big deal about him
December 5, 2025 at 8:19 PM
When everyone knows it's probably Grandpa's last Christmas so everyone makes a big deal about him
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Patel is a real throwback to the petty self-enrichment of a Scott Pruitt in Trump's first term, it's refreshing and quaint in a way
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Kash Patel is using the FBI to serve as an Uber for his girlfriend's drunk pals.
www.ms.now/news/kash-pa...
Kash Patel is using the FBI to serve as an Uber for his girlfriend's drunk pals.
www.ms.now/news/kash-pa...
Kash Patel ordered FBI detail to give girlfriend’s pal a lift home: sources
FBI agents have grown increasingly concerned by Patel’s use of the bureau’s strapped resource.
www.ms.now
December 5, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Patel is a real throwback to the petty self-enrichment of a Scott Pruitt in Trump's first term, it's refreshing and quaint in a way