Pulin
@pulin.bsky.social
I like: social justice, dad jokes, hardcore / punk, straight edge, animal rights, trail running, vegan food, finding shark teeth and fossils, and all the things that make people complicated
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Trump, Vance, and Republicans don’t care about crime.
High-profile Jan. 6 defendant facing charges of kidnapping and sexually assaulting woman
John Banuelos' case was unique among Capitol riot prosecutions because he was the only defendant accused of pulling and firing a gun while on Capitol grounds.
www.cbsnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Trump, Vance, and Republicans don’t care about crime.
“A library is in a lot of ways a kind of civic symbol, a demonstration of a community’s commitment to itself. So what does it mean if that goes away?”
Federal Cuts, Immigration Raids and a Slowing Economy Hit Rural Libraries
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
“A library is in a lot of ways a kind of civic symbol, a demonstration of a community’s commitment to itself. So what does it mean if that goes away?”
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I'm looking to see not only which Senate Dem candidates oppose this surrender (all of them will) but also where they go beyond this with respect to senate leadership.
I want to see concrete promises for a new fighting Dem Party, because the current one is broken.
I want to see concrete promises for a new fighting Dem Party, because the current one is broken.
This moment demands fighters, not folders.
Official statement from @jamestalarico.bsky.social on shutdown negotiations
November 10, 2025 at 12:51 AM
I'm looking to see not only which Senate Dem candidates oppose this surrender (all of them will) but also where they go beyond this with respect to senate leadership.
I want to see concrete promises for a new fighting Dem Party, because the current one is broken.
I want to see concrete promises for a new fighting Dem Party, because the current one is broken.
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These kids were traumatized — ICE arrested a day care worker in front of them in Chicago.
November 6, 2025 at 12:31 AM
These kids were traumatized — ICE arrested a day care worker in front of them in Chicago.
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ICYMI: I hosted a fair with food, utility, and transportation resources for federal workers who are missing paychecks thanks to this Republican shutdown.
It’s time for Republicans to come to the table and negotiate to open the government. www.king5.com/article/news...
It’s time for Republicans to come to the table and negotiate to open the government. www.king5.com/article/news...
Federal workers seek help in Seattle as shutdown enters day 30
As the government shutdown reaches day 30, furloughed federal workers in Seattle turn to local aid as SNAP food benefits near a possible halt.
www.king5.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:41 PM
ICYMI: I hosted a fair with food, utility, and transportation resources for federal workers who are missing paychecks thanks to this Republican shutdown.
It’s time for Republicans to come to the table and negotiate to open the government. www.king5.com/article/news...
It’s time for Republicans to come to the table and negotiate to open the government. www.king5.com/article/news...
Remember when Trump posted a video of himself dumping shit on Americans?
Maybe he should try to help Americans instead of attacking us.
Maybe he should try to help Americans instead of attacking us.
November 5, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Remember when Trump posted a video of himself dumping shit on Americans?
Maybe he should try to help Americans instead of attacking us.
Maybe he should try to help Americans instead of attacking us.
White supremacists showing what they really think
November 5, 2025 at 2:15 AM
White supremacists showing what they really think
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They had no problem sending $40 billion to Argentina or spending $200 million on private jets for Secretary Noem—but when it comes to hungry children and working families, all we get are excuses.
November 3, 2025 at 10:35 PM
They had no problem sending $40 billion to Argentina or spending $200 million on private jets for Secretary Noem—but when it comes to hungry children and working families, all we get are excuses.
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Now the Administration is claiming it could take weeks or even months to make the partial SNAP benefits payments due to so-called "system changes."
That’s unacceptable.
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That’s unacceptable.
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Trump administration will partially fund SNAP, but it could take months
The Trump administration has committed to partially funding SNAP with a $4.65 billion payment, but the funding could take up to several months, officials said.
abcnews.go.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Now the Administration is claiming it could take weeks or even months to make the partial SNAP benefits payments due to so-called "system changes."
That’s unacceptable.
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That’s unacceptable.
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White supremacists are creating so much chaos and fear that kids aren't going to school to learn. www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025...
School attendance falls in Chicago as fear of ICE enforcement increases
Chicago students in heavily Latino and immigrant neighborhoods are missing school as ICE enforcement ramps up in their communities, new data suggests.
www.chalkbeat.org
November 3, 2025 at 5:36 PM
White supremacists are creating so much chaos and fear that kids aren't going to school to learn. www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025...
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Politically motivated prosecutions violate our Constitution. Looking at the indictment, it is hard to see anything but the weaponizing of the DOJ against a Democratic candidate and peaceful protestors. @katmabu.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/u...
Protesters of Immigration Crackdown, Including House Candidate, Indicted
www.nytimes.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Politically motivated prosecutions violate our Constitution. Looking at the indictment, it is hard to see anything but the weaponizing of the DOJ against a Democratic candidate and peaceful protestors. @katmabu.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/u...
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Republicans understand that the best way to kill social programs is to paint their beneficiaries as Black, as support for these programs declines — even amongst white people who need them — when they think large numbers of Black people will benefit.
news.stanford.edu/stories/2018...
news.stanford.edu/stories/2018...
November 1, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Republicans understand that the best way to kill social programs is to paint their beneficiaries as Black, as support for these programs declines — even amongst white people who need them — when they think large numbers of Black people will benefit.
news.stanford.edu/stories/2018...
news.stanford.edu/stories/2018...
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Those in power should be solving problems not creating them. The judge in ordering Trump to pay SNAP said the admin is creating "terror" 4 families. @democracyforward.org is right-hunger shouldn't be used as a tactic of political pressure. It's wrong & it’s illegal
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Federal judge orders Trump administration to pay SNAP benefits out of contingency fund
The ruling came one day before funding for SNAP, more commonly known as food stamps, was set to lapse.
www.nbcnews.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Those in power should be solving problems not creating them. The judge in ordering Trump to pay SNAP said the admin is creating "terror" 4 families. @democracyforward.org is right-hunger shouldn't be used as a tactic of political pressure. It's wrong & it’s illegal
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Republicans hurting veterans with cancer. www.propublica.org/article/vete...
Citing Trump Order on “Biological Truth,” VA Makes It Harder for Male Veterans With Breast Cancer to Get Coverage
A Department of Veterans Affairs memo obtained by ProPublica erects new roadblocks to care for veterans with the rare but deadly cancer. The agency cites no new science but relies on an executive orde...
www.propublica.org
October 31, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Republicans hurting veterans with cancer. www.propublica.org/article/vete...
White supremacists www.cnn.com/2025/10/30/p...
Trump sets 7,500 annual limit for refugees entering US. It’ll be mostly White South Africans | CNN Politics
The Trump administration is restricting the number of refugees it admits annually into the country to 7,500 and they will mostly be White South Africans, a dramatic drop after the United States previo...
www.cnn.com
October 30, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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Republicans love using taxpayer money to unleash the military on Americans.
Leaked memo details National Guard plan for a 'quick reaction force' in US cities
Each state is standing up a quick reaction force of National Guardsmen trained in civil disturbance and crowd control, a leaked memo shows.
taskandpurpose.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Republicans love using taxpayer money to unleash the military on Americans.
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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 4:55 PM
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.
Cuomo is going to lose and end up with his own show on Fox News. Disgusting bigots.
So here's Andrew Cuomo reacting to Maria Bartiromo wondering if Mamdani will "change the look of New York" and have Muslim women "completely covered up," telling her that Mamdani "doesn't understand New York culture" because he has "dual citizenship" and "he's a citizen of Uganda."
October 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Cuomo is going to lose and end up with his own show on Fox News. Disgusting bigots.
“We climbed the polls faster than Andrew Cuomo could dial Donald Trump’s number,” Mamdani told the cheering crowd.
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Mamdani draws 10,000 at Queens rally as early voting surges
Gov. Hochul faced chants of “Tax the Rich” at the event.
ny1.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:53 AM
“We climbed the polls faster than Andrew Cuomo could dial Donald Trump’s number,” Mamdani told the cheering crowd.
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Republicans don't think they are terrorizing enough families.
It's sickening.
It's sickening.
Trump administration to reassign ICE officials in bid to intensify deportation campaign
The Trump administration is shaking up ICE's leadership, with plans to reassign as many as a dozen local leaders, as the agency faces pressure to ramp up arrests, sources told CBS News.
www.cbsnews.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Republicans don't think they are terrorizing enough families.
It's sickening.
It's sickening.
Oh capitalism.
UPDATE: More donors funding the demolition of the East Wing for Trump's $250M ballroom have been identified
October 23, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Oh capitalism.
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After a quiet summer, the bird flu virus H5N1 is hitting poultry flocks hard in the run-up to the holidays — and in the midst of a federal government shutdown.
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(Gift article)
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Bird Flu Is Back
www.nytimes.com
October 22, 2025 at 5:06 PM
After a quiet summer, the bird flu virus H5N1 is hitting poultry flocks hard in the run-up to the holidays — and in the midst of a federal government shutdown.
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(Gift article)
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