Sheila Curran Bernard
@scbernard.bsky.social
Emmy & Peabody award winner, filmmaker, professor, author, consultant. Nonfiction narrative, US history, public history. Credits on books, films, and TV series. No DMs. Please visit https://www.sheilacurranbernard.com.
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Q: "Why are White House officials…meeting with Rep. Boebert in an effort to try to get her to not sign this petition calling for the release of the [Epstein] files?"
Leavitt: "I'm not going to detail conversations that took place in the situation room."
Leavitt: "I'm not going to detail conversations that took place in the situation room."
November 12, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Q: "Why are White House officials…meeting with Rep. Boebert in an effort to try to get her to not sign this petition calling for the release of the [Epstein] files?"
Leavitt: "I'm not going to detail conversations that took place in the situation room."
Leavitt: "I'm not going to detail conversations that took place in the situation room."
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Can you believe this? The American Battle Monuments Commission, a U.S. gov. agency, ordered the removal of displays honouring the Black soldiers who helped liberate the Netherlands. These men fought & died for freedom, & now their contributions are being erased. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
A Dutch war cemetery added displays showing black US soldiers. Then they were quietly removed
Relatives fear the move is part of ‘the same virus affecting the US’, as historians and politicians say it coincided with Trump’s DEI purge
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Can you believe this? The American Battle Monuments Commission, a U.S. gov. agency, ordered the removal of displays honouring the Black soldiers who helped liberate the Netherlands. These men fought & died for freedom, & now their contributions are being erased. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Nothing says you’re a Very Serious FBI Director quite like taking the bureau’s plane, during a government shutdown, to a hunting lodge called … The Boondoggle Ranch.
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Kash Patel’s ‘Effin Wild’ Ride as FBI Director
In just one week in October, he ticked off his bosses with premature comments about a terror investigation squeezed in a trip to the ‘Boondoggle Ranch’ on the bureau jet.
www.wsj.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Nothing says you’re a Very Serious FBI Director quite like taking the bureau’s plane, during a government shutdown, to a hunting lodge called … The Boondoggle Ranch.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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“In Texas, CDC funds to stem a measles outbreak weren’t available until after the crisis had subsided and two children had died. A project to protect Alabamans from raw sewage and hookworm was abandoned…Time-dependent surveys on HIV and maternal mortality were halted…”
Wielding Obscure Budget Tools, Trump’s ‘Reaper’ Vought Sows Turmoil in Public Health - KFF Health News
Through shrouded bureaucratic maneuvers, White House budget director Russell Vought and DOGE have quietly upended outbreak response, HIV treatment, and dementia care in communities across America.
kffhealthnews.org
November 12, 2025 at 1:13 AM
“In Texas, CDC funds to stem a measles outbreak weren’t available until after the crisis had subsided and two children had died. A project to protect Alabamans from raw sewage and hookworm was abandoned…Time-dependent surveys on HIV and maternal mortality were halted…”
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In what world do they have the power to declare this illegal?!
Trump administration declares CFPB funding illegal
The decision, disclosed in a court filing, puts the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on track to shut down in ‘early 2026’ when its remaining cash runs out.
Trump administration declares CFPB funding illegal
The decision, disclosed in a court filing, puts the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on track to shut down in ‘early 2026’ when its remaining cash runs out.
Trump administration declares CFPB funding illegal
The decision, disclosed in a court filing, puts the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on track to shut down in ‘early 2026’ when its remaining cash runs out.
www.politico.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:48 PM
In what world do they have the power to declare this illegal?!
Trump administration declares CFPB funding illegal
The decision, disclosed in a court filing, puts the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on track to shut down in ‘early 2026’ when its remaining cash runs out.
Trump administration declares CFPB funding illegal
The decision, disclosed in a court filing, puts the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on track to shut down in ‘early 2026’ when its remaining cash runs out.
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Has anybody put together a Trump Pardon watch, in which you can keep track of all the Republican donors, allies, friends, etc that "he" has pardoned?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
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Trump Pardons the Husband of a Republican Congressional Ally
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Has anybody put together a Trump Pardon watch, in which you can keep track of all the Republican donors, allies, friends, etc that "he" has pardoned?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
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📌 THIS ‼️ Was when having a
Decent • Compassionate 🇺🇸
Leader | President ~ was
a real GOOD vibe 👇🏾🐥
Decent • Compassionate 🇺🇸
Leader | President ~ was
a real GOOD vibe 👇🏾🐥
November 11, 2025 at 7:52 AM
📌 THIS ‼️ Was when having a
Decent • Compassionate 🇺🇸
Leader | President ~ was
a real GOOD vibe 👇🏾🐥
Decent • Compassionate 🇺🇸
Leader | President ~ was
a real GOOD vibe 👇🏾🐥
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What the actual fuck???
“Cassidy has been exhorting his colleagues to back a new idea to put money into employer-sponsored accounts that would allow individuals to set aside pre-tax dollars for medical expenses.”
HALF OF ACA ENROLLEES ARE SELF-EMPLOYED.
“Cassidy has been exhorting his colleagues to back a new idea to put money into employer-sponsored accounts that would allow individuals to set aside pre-tax dollars for medical expenses.”
HALF OF ACA ENROLLEES ARE SELF-EMPLOYED.
Democrats want to extend Obamacare credits. Republicans have other ideas. (Politico)
Main Link | memeorandum Permalink
Main Link | memeorandum Permalink
November 11, 2025 at 10:50 AM
What the actual fuck???
“Cassidy has been exhorting his colleagues to back a new idea to put money into employer-sponsored accounts that would allow individuals to set aside pre-tax dollars for medical expenses.”
HALF OF ACA ENROLLEES ARE SELF-EMPLOYED.
“Cassidy has been exhorting his colleagues to back a new idea to put money into employer-sponsored accounts that would allow individuals to set aside pre-tax dollars for medical expenses.”
HALF OF ACA ENROLLEES ARE SELF-EMPLOYED.
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"Rather than use my complete control over the actions of the USDA as the leader of the executive branch to make the report on hunger less political and more accurate, I'll just cancel all future reporting on hunger." ~ DJT (Paraphrased)
(As in: "Stop testing so much and there will be less COVID.")
(As in: "Stop testing so much and there will be less COVID.")
Trump administration ends annual U.S. hunger report
The final U.S. hunger report will be released in October.
www.fox32chicago.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:22 PM
"Rather than use my complete control over the actions of the USDA as the leader of the executive branch to make the report on hunger less political and more accurate, I'll just cancel all future reporting on hunger." ~ DJT (Paraphrased)
(As in: "Stop testing so much and there will be less COVID.")
(As in: "Stop testing so much and there will be less COVID.")
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Despite overwhelmingly positive feedback, the Trump Administration is axing a tool that allowed Americans to file their taxes for free. It's disappointing to see the administration prioritize private interests over helping Americans save time and money filing their taxes.
November 6, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Despite overwhelmingly positive feedback, the Trump Administration is axing a tool that allowed Americans to file their taxes for free. It's disappointing to see the administration prioritize private interests over helping Americans save time and money filing their taxes.
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“People are blaming republicans for food prices and flight cancellations and health insurance costs and are furious about gilded ballrooms and Gatsby parties and the president is falling asleep on tv and is the most deeply unpopular president in history, time to cave” is a hell of an argument
November 9, 2025 at 8:55 PM
“People are blaming republicans for food prices and flight cancellations and health insurance costs and are furious about gilded ballrooms and Gatsby parties and the president is falling asleep on tv and is the most deeply unpopular president in history, time to cave” is a hell of an argument
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The Democratic Party needs new leadership.
No more wimps.
No more wimps.
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 8:54 PM
The Democratic Party needs new leadership.
No more wimps.
No more wimps.
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The senate dems are about to embarrass themselves and us AGAIN! I hope these reports are not true.
November 9, 2025 at 8:50 PM
The senate dems are about to embarrass themselves and us AGAIN! I hope these reports are not true.
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Chuck Schumer 202-224-6542
November 9, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Chuck Schumer 202-224-6542
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This bs shutdown deal would include a promised vote in December on extending Obamacare tax credits.
Call your senators right now!
Even if you don't live in NY, call Chuck Schumer & tell him he's playing with 55 million people's lives.
There will be no vote in Dec.
Fuck this devil's bargain.
Call your senators right now!
Even if you don't live in NY, call Chuck Schumer & tell him he's playing with 55 million people's lives.
There will be no vote in Dec.
Fuck this devil's bargain.
Chuck Schumer is definitely going to lose his job if the Dems cave on the first counter to their compromise. With nothing on health care.
www.axios.com/2025/11/09/s...
www.axios.com/2025/11/09/s...
Deal to end government shutdown in reach
At least 10 Senate Democrats are expected to support a key procedural motion.
www.axios.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:06 PM
This bs shutdown deal would include a promised vote in December on extending Obamacare tax credits.
Call your senators right now!
Even if you don't live in NY, call Chuck Schumer & tell him he's playing with 55 million people's lives.
There will be no vote in Dec.
Fuck this devil's bargain.
Call your senators right now!
Even if you don't live in NY, call Chuck Schumer & tell him he's playing with 55 million people's lives.
There will be no vote in Dec.
Fuck this devil's bargain.
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Ask him why so many air traffic controllers are retiring at once. Ask him if it has anything to do with Reagan firing 11K union strikers in 1981 and having to replace them all at once. Ask him how the mass firings this year will impact us the same way 40 years from now. Ask him, Jake.
"This will live on" -- Duffy explains that flying will remain a mess even after the shutdown because so many air traffic controllers are retiring
November 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Ask him why so many air traffic controllers are retiring at once. Ask him if it has anything to do with Reagan firing 11K union strikers in 1981 and having to replace them all at once. Ask him how the mass firings this year will impact us the same way 40 years from now. Ask him, Jake.
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NEW: EXCLUSIVE: I spoke to sources at FBI and DOJ that reviewed the Epstein files. It’s worse than the photos. I’ll let you know what they said today at 3:30 PM PT / 6:30 PM ET on @meidastouch.com. Link to show: www.youtube.com/live/hEi77Ib...
November 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
NEW: EXCLUSIVE: I spoke to sources at FBI and DOJ that reviewed the Epstein files. It’s worse than the photos. I’ll let you know what they said today at 3:30 PM PT / 6:30 PM ET on @meidastouch.com. Link to show: www.youtube.com/live/hEi77Ib...
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One source witnessed an FBI analyst have a breakdown while viewing the Epstein files. The analyst has kids the same age as the girls in the videos they were reviewing. I’ll cover this and more today at 3:30 PT / 6:30 PM ET here: youtube.com/live/hEi77Ib...
LIVE: Trump COVER UP of DARK PAST BACKFIRES…GOP PANICS!!
YouTube video by MeidasTouch
youtube.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:06 PM
One source witnessed an FBI analyst have a breakdown while viewing the Epstein files. The analyst has kids the same age as the girls in the videos they were reviewing. I’ll cover this and more today at 3:30 PT / 6:30 PM ET here: youtube.com/live/hEi77Ib...
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Girl Scouts in a Chicago Suburb hosted a food drive. But the girls encountered masked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents with weapons.
"ICE turned it into a scary and what felt like an unsafe environment for us to be out with these kids"
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
"ICE turned it into a scary and what felt like an unsafe environment for us to be out with these kids"
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Masked ICE agents put damper on Oak Park Girl Scout food drive: ‘It’s heartbreaking as a mom’
Federal immigration agents were confronted in Oak Park on Saturday morning by residents blowing whistles as local Girl Scouts collect food for local pantries, rattling some girls and their parents.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Girl Scouts in a Chicago Suburb hosted a food drive. But the girls encountered masked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents with weapons.
"ICE turned it into a scary and what felt like an unsafe environment for us to be out with these kids"
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
"ICE turned it into a scary and what felt like an unsafe environment for us to be out with these kids"
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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Even the corporatist Hill reporters are gobsmacked by how complete @schumer.senate.gov's collapse is: "And this does absolutely zero on Obamacare. The most Democrats get is a Senate vote. After 40 days."
November 9, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Even the corporatist Hill reporters are gobsmacked by how complete @schumer.senate.gov's collapse is: "And this does absolutely zero on Obamacare. The most Democrats get is a Senate vote. After 40 days."
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The I.R.S. is shutting down its free online system for filing tax returns, a program that the Biden administration introduced last year and that users gave high marks.
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I.R.S. Halts Free Online Offering for Filing Taxes Directly
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The I.R.S. is shutting down its free online system for filing tax returns, a program that the Biden administration introduced last year and that users gave high marks.
via @tarasiegelbernard.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/b...
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Yikes. USDA sent threatening letter to states telling them that if they sent out EBT money —which many states did during the window when a lower court said SNAP funds had to be released—they have to take it back (?)
Trying to sort out what this means and if states even can claw back the funds
Trying to sort out what this means and if states even can claw back the funds
November 9, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Yikes. USDA sent threatening letter to states telling them that if they sent out EBT money —which many states did during the window when a lower court said SNAP funds had to be released—they have to take it back (?)
Trying to sort out what this means and if states even can claw back the funds
Trying to sort out what this means and if states even can claw back the funds
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People need to understand that Chicago is a preview, not a culmination.
I have been actively watching contracts and surge funding over the last few days and what I would say to my friends in Baltimore is “be absolutely ready, right now.”
ICE poised to ramp up raids in Baltimore by Thanksgiving
The Trump administration has rush-ordered infrastructure to conduct raids, abduct residents, and detain people for months.
open.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:51 PM
People need to understand that Chicago is a preview, not a culmination.