RJ deBates
@scribedirect.bsky.social
Aspiring writer, amateur philosopher(is there any other type?), psychology dabbler, queer propagandist, left of both 🇺🇸 parties, abortion is a right, trans people are people and deserve dignity & respect, 🇵🇸, anti-racist, 🇺🇦
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While measles has our attention, a whooping cough outbreak is on track to be the worst in the U.S. since the 1950’s. Already, there are more than twice as many cases as this time last year, and 4 have died, including 2 babies.
Vaccinate. Defend public health. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Vaccinate. Defend public health. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Whooping Cough on Track for Worst US Outbreak in 70 Years
Whooping cough cases have surged in the US since the beginning of the year, infecting Americans at a faster pace than any time since the mid-1950s as national vaccination rates decline and protection ...
www.bloomberg.com
April 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
While measles has our attention, a whooping cough outbreak is on track to be the worst in the U.S. since the 1950’s. Already, there are more than twice as many cases as this time last year, and 4 have died, including 2 babies.
Vaccinate. Defend public health. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Vaccinate. Defend public health. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Disappearing people without any due process is fascism — full stop. I’m sick to my stomach and we all should be.
April 13, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Disappearing people without any due process is fascism — full stop. I’m sick to my stomach and we all should be.
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Is America great yet? amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/03/...
March 25, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Is America great yet? amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/03/...
I think it’s a great time to ahare this again. Yes the election concerns she raises are outdated and trump won, but the details about project 2025 she discusses are more relevant than ever, and terrifying.
youtu.be/9k3UvaC5m7o?...
youtu.be/9k3UvaC5m7o?...
The Conservative Plan to Take Over the Country (you need to know about this)
YouTube video by Leeja Miller
youtu.be
March 20, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I think it’s a great time to ahare this again. Yes the election concerns she raises are outdated and trump won, but the details about project 2025 she discusses are more relevant than ever, and terrifying.
youtu.be/9k3UvaC5m7o?...
youtu.be/9k3UvaC5m7o?...
I’m so glad we have intelligent people in the WH who understands hyperbole being used to emphasize the this administrations attempt to steel our liberties. They were never going to actually take it bake idiots.
Well that’s a headline I did not except to see. Ever.
March 18, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I’m so glad we have intelligent people in the WH who understands hyperbole being used to emphasize the this administrations attempt to steel our liberties. They were never going to actually take it bake idiots.
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So who, exactly, is Trump sending "back home"? A 10-year-old girl battling brain cancer who's also a U.S. citizen is one of them.
Today's Triad from @jvl.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/the-faces-...
Today's Triad from @jvl.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/the-faces-...
The Faces of Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Crusade
The government deported a 10-year-old American citizen with brain cancer.
www.thebulwark.com
March 18, 2025 at 5:11 PM
So who, exactly, is Trump sending "back home"? A 10-year-old girl battling brain cancer who's also a U.S. citizen is one of them.
Today's Triad from @jvl.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/the-faces-...
Today's Triad from @jvl.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/the-faces-...
Who apparently went on a racist rant recently?
Lauren Boebert entered politics a married mother of four and now is a divorced grandmother with a son in jail. GOP values.
March 16, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Who apparently went on a racist rant recently?
Utterly pathetic and disgraceful. #FreeMahmoudKhalilNow
Mahmoud Khalil being arrested by men in teeshirts as his pregnant wife watches helplessly
March 16, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Utterly pathetic and disgraceful. #FreeMahmoudKhalilNow
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The richest man in the world took over $5K out of this guy's bank account, claiming he was dead. The richest man in the world said he was saving money.
He was not dead.
He was not dead.
I found a ‘dead’ person collecting Social Security in Seattle
“Dead” Ned Johnson turns out to be very much alive. It took him weeks to convince the system he was breathing and to start clawing his benefits back.
www.seattletimes.com
March 15, 2025 at 10:34 PM
The richest man in the world took over $5K out of this guy's bank account, claiming he was dead. The richest man in the world said he was saving money.
He was not dead.
He was not dead.
March 15, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘯
the action of surrendering or ceasing to resist an opponent or demand
DO NOT OBEY IN ADVANCE
𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘯
the action of surrendering or ceasing to resist an opponent or demand
DO NOT OBEY IN ADVANCE
March 14, 2025 at 6:41 PM
𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘯
the action of surrendering or ceasing to resist an opponent or demand
DO NOT OBEY IN ADVANCE
𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘯
the action of surrendering or ceasing to resist an opponent or demand
DO NOT OBEY IN ADVANCE
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🚨BREAKING: Federal Court GRANTS motion to HALT deportation under rarely invoked Alien Enemies Act of 1798. “A TRO is appropriate for the class members to prevent the removal of the class.”
WOW. Planes in air must turn around.
A huge win @democracyforward.org and @aclu.org.
WOW. Planes in air must turn around.
A huge win @democracyforward.org and @aclu.org.
March 15, 2025 at 10:52 PM
🚨BREAKING: Federal Court GRANTS motion to HALT deportation under rarely invoked Alien Enemies Act of 1798. “A TRO is appropriate for the class members to prevent the removal of the class.”
WOW. Planes in air must turn around.
A huge win @democracyforward.org and @aclu.org.
WOW. Planes in air must turn around.
A huge win @democracyforward.org and @aclu.org.
The difference between Y’all-Qaeda and protecting your people.
March 15, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The difference between Y’all-Qaeda and protecting your people.
And boycott the book.
You are up first, Baltimore!
Be specific if you raise concerns or carry signs.
WE MUST STAND STRONG AND UNITED.
Be specific if you raise concerns or carry signs.
WE MUST STAND STRONG AND UNITED.
March 15, 2025 at 4:15 PM
And boycott the book.
Hahahaahhaahhahahahhaahahahahhahahahahahahahahahaahhahahahahahahahahahahahahhaahhaahah YES! #PrimarySchumer #PrimaryJeffries
Yes. The answer is yes.
Reporter: Is it time for new leadership in the Senate?
Jeffries: Next question.
Jeffries: Next question.
March 15, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Hahahaahhaahhahahahhaahahahahhahahahahahahahahahaahhahahahahahahahahahahahahhaahhaahah YES! #PrimarySchumer #PrimaryJeffries
Looks like a looney toons scene where Rubio steps on the rug and falls into a 6’ puddle 🤣 🤣 they should’ve done it, it would’ve been legend 🤣 💀
Little Marco gets little respect, even from the nicest countries.
March 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Looks like a looney toons scene where Rubio steps on the rug and falls into a 6’ puddle 🤣 🤣 they should’ve done it, it would’ve been legend 🤣 💀
March 15, 2025 at 3:31 PM
March 15, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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Many hours have passed and I’ve thought about what happened in the Senate some more.
And you know what? I’m still mad as hell.
I may just repost their names every day until everyone knows them by heart.
And you know what? I’m still mad as hell.
I may just repost their names every day until everyone knows them by heart.
March 15, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Many hours have passed and I’ve thought about what happened in the Senate some more.
And you know what? I’m still mad as hell.
I may just repost their names every day until everyone knows them by heart.
And you know what? I’m still mad as hell.
I may just repost their names every day until everyone knows them by heart.
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Agreed, but Pelosi also needs to be primaried.
March 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Agreed, but Pelosi also needs to be primaried.