Mary Burke
@slapshoe.bsky.social
Loon fancier, bread baker, movie lover, gorehound.
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November 23, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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Reminder that all the "pardons" granted to Jan6ers whose convictions were still pending were auto-pen pardons.
Trump claims “any document” signed by Joe Biden is “hereby terminated.”
He calls out executive orders later but obviously “any document” would be much broader and include legislation.
(He can’t legally do that but, as always, we get to watch how far he can push this without repercussions)
He calls out executive orders later but obviously “any document” would be much broader and include legislation.
(He can’t legally do that but, as always, we get to watch how far he can push this without repercussions)
November 28, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Reminder that all the "pardons" granted to Jan6ers whose convictions were still pending were auto-pen pardons.
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So this may seem obvious to you and me, but it's important to repeat and underscore to every normie we can: Trump's goal was always to end *legal* immigration for anyone he deems not white.
A *lot* of Trump voters believed the lie that only "illegal" immigrants would be targeted.
A *lot* of Trump voters believed the lie that only "illegal" immigrants would be targeted.
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 5:25 PM
So this may seem obvious to you and me, but it's important to repeat and underscore to every normie we can: Trump's goal was always to end *legal* immigration for anyone he deems not white.
A *lot* of Trump voters believed the lie that only "illegal" immigrants would be targeted.
A *lot* of Trump voters believed the lie that only "illegal" immigrants would be targeted.
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The claim of “widespread child sacrifice” by Native Americans is another racist fantasy from “they’re eating the cats” JD Vance. However, the millions of native children massacred by “Christian Civilization” are very real. No reporter should speak to Vance without confronting him over his racism.
VP JD Vance stood before a crowd and tried to falsify history, claiming Christians ended widespread mass child-sacrifice practices among Native Americans
November 28, 2025 at 3:58 AM
The claim of “widespread child sacrifice” by Native Americans is another racist fantasy from “they’re eating the cats” JD Vance. However, the millions of native children massacred by “Christian Civilization” are very real. No reporter should speak to Vance without confronting him over his racism.
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I was assured by a beer-drinking Supreme Court justice that these were just mild inconveniences and once someone showed an i.d., they'd be let go. Could Judge Drunky Dick-Swinger have been wrong?
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I was assured by a beer-drinking Supreme Court justice that these were just mild inconveniences and once someone showed an i.d., they'd be let go. Could Judge Drunky Dick-Swinger have been wrong?
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Literal Republican doctrine: Trump isn’t even responsible for things he does let alone what his direct reports do but everyone in this demographic we don’t like is responsible for one random person in it.
"a single person of this demographic may have committed a crime, therefore we must punish the entire demographic" is a policy response you may recognize from fascist governments dedicated to ethnic cleansing elsewhere.
It didn’t even take 6 hours.
November 27, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Literal Republican doctrine: Trump isn’t even responsible for things he does let alone what his direct reports do but everyone in this demographic we don’t like is responsible for one random person in it.
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This is a really big story that should not be missed. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOJ Says Noem Made Final Decision on El Salvador Removals in Breach of Court Order
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:38 AM
This is a really big story that should not be missed. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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I'm moving my annual twitter thanksgiving joke to Bluesky
November 26, 2024 at 1:28 AM
I'm moving my annual twitter thanksgiving joke to Bluesky
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Apropos of nothing, each of Saint Paul’s police precincts holds a monthly meeting where they listen to the public and it’s usually just old people talking about how much they love cops. You can, you know, show up
November 26, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Apropos of nothing, each of Saint Paul’s police precincts holds a monthly meeting where they listen to the public and it’s usually just old people talking about how much they love cops. You can, you know, show up
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National parks have SO MANY people from other countries (since they get real vacations!)
And they spend a lot of money on hotels, food, souvenirs, etc.
This is unbelievably dumb, it will destroy entire tourist towns
And they spend a lot of money on hotels, food, souvenirs, etc.
This is unbelievably dumb, it will destroy entire tourist towns
November 26, 2025 at 3:13 AM
National parks have SO MANY people from other countries (since they get real vacations!)
And they spend a lot of money on hotels, food, souvenirs, etc.
This is unbelievably dumb, it will destroy entire tourist towns
And they spend a lot of money on hotels, food, souvenirs, etc.
This is unbelievably dumb, it will destroy entire tourist towns
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This is insane. Every blood bank, every surgical center, every state health department should be screaming about this.
"White House has proposed shutting down HIV prevention and surveillance at the CDC."
House Republicans' "proposal would eliminate the federal program [..] that has strived to [..] reduce new HIV infections."
"[A]lso want to axe core parts of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program."
#USA #Healthcare
House Republicans' "proposal would eliminate the federal program [..] that has strived to [..] reduce new HIV infections."
"[A]lso want to axe core parts of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program."
#USA #Healthcare
America's most basic HIV protections are in danger as a decade of progress unravels
Health experts are alarmed as Republicans degrade the country’s pivotal HIV programs — and break promises made during Trump's first term.
19thnews.org
November 23, 2025 at 10:43 PM
This is insane. Every blood bank, every surgical center, every state health department should be screaming about this.
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CDC website edited to say that maggots spontaneously generate from spoiled meat, and all studies demonstrating this fact have been ignored by science authorities.
CDC website edited to say that the Sun revolves around the Earth, and the heliocentric model of the universe is not evidence-based.
November 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
CDC website edited to say that maggots spontaneously generate from spoiled meat, and all studies demonstrating this fact have been ignored by science authorities.
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Brandy you're a fine girl
What a good wife you would be
But my life my love and my lady
Is the See
What a good wife you would be
But my life my love and my lady
Is the See
November 23, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Brandy you're a fine girl
What a good wife you would be
But my life my love and my lady
Is the See
What a good wife you would be
But my life my love and my lady
Is the See
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This is lunacy. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is, at best, an environmental lawyer. He has no experience or degree in medicine or science.
This is tantamount to me, an English major, giving NASA a Post-It outlining how they should revise their entire approach to the astrophysics of dark energy.
This is tantamount to me, an English major, giving NASA a Post-It outlining how they should revise their entire approach to the astrophysics of dark energy.
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 22, 2025 at 6:38 PM
This is lunacy. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is, at best, an environmental lawyer. He has no experience or degree in medicine or science.
This is tantamount to me, an English major, giving NASA a Post-It outlining how they should revise their entire approach to the astrophysics of dark energy.
This is tantamount to me, an English major, giving NASA a Post-It outlining how they should revise their entire approach to the astrophysics of dark energy.
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The Trump team's actions are _so_ focused on how to do the most damage to America that 'do damage' has to be the intentional plan. America pushed them down on the playground in 1st grade and they've lived their lives to get revenge.
If there is any field in America that's a growth industry over the next few decades, it's medicine. So of course the Trump administration is pulling this move.
www.statesman.com/news/article...
www.statesman.com/news/article...
Department of Education says nursing is no longer a professional degree
The education department no longer considers nursing as a professional degree program, which can weaken funding for students wanting to enter the health care field.
www.statesman.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The Trump team's actions are _so_ focused on how to do the most damage to America that 'do damage' has to be the intentional plan. America pushed them down on the playground in 1st grade and they've lived their lives to get revenge.
PSA
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 21, 2025 at 12:16 AM
PSA
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Go ahead and write your stories about how conservatism is at war with itself over antisemitism if that's what makes you feel better, but from the outside it's pretty clear which side won.
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
wapo.st
November 20, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Go ahead and write your stories about how conservatism is at war with itself over antisemitism if that's what makes you feel better, but from the outside it's pretty clear which side won.
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Coast Guard isin the Department of Homeland Security
So DHS is doing this, which means Stephen Miller -- de facto DHS Secretary (in addition to being acting President)
Tho we may see Noem wearing some of these symbols in her photo ops
So DHS is doing this, which means Stephen Miller -- de facto DHS Secretary (in addition to being acting President)
Tho we may see Noem wearing some of these symbols in her photo ops
"The Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika as a hate symbol.
"Instead, the Coast Guard will classify the Nazi insignia as 'potentially divisive' under its new guidelines.
"The new policy similarly downgrades the definition of nooses and the Confederate flag."
Free link wapo.st/3Mbd9a6
"Instead, the Coast Guard will classify the Nazi insignia as 'potentially divisive' under its new guidelines.
"The new policy similarly downgrades the definition of nooses and the Confederate flag."
Free link wapo.st/3Mbd9a6
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
wapo.st
November 20, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Coast Guard isin the Department of Homeland Security
So DHS is doing this, which means Stephen Miller -- de facto DHS Secretary (in addition to being acting President)
Tho we may see Noem wearing some of these symbols in her photo ops
So DHS is doing this, which means Stephen Miller -- de facto DHS Secretary (in addition to being acting President)
Tho we may see Noem wearing some of these symbols in her photo ops
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Anyway please enjoy this pumpkin I saw yesterday
November 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Anyway please enjoy this pumpkin I saw yesterday
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There can only be one reason Donald Trump & Stephen Miller are going ballistic over people in the military being reminded that they can refuse to obey illegal orders—illegal orders were *always* the plan.
November 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
There can only be one reason Donald Trump & Stephen Miller are going ballistic over people in the military being reminded that they can refuse to obey illegal orders—illegal orders were *always* the plan.
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The Trump administration cancelled the clinical trial for my cancer treatment and now I'll be dead in six months. But I'll die happy knowing that the kids at Oberlin won't be given trigger warnings anymore.
November 20, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The Trump administration cancelled the clinical trial for my cancer treatment and now I'll be dead in six months. But I'll die happy knowing that the kids at Oberlin won't be given trigger warnings anymore.
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This fucking sucks.
The Department of Education is proposing a definition that could strip nurse practitioners and CRNAs of “professional degree” status.
Chiropractors keep it. Nurses risk losing it. And that change would fall hardest on women in healthcare.
This is political and it is sexist.
Chiropractors keep it. Nurses risk losing it. And that change would fall hardest on women in healthcare.
This is political and it is sexist.
November 20, 2025 at 12:43 PM
This fucking sucks.