Shaunna Scott
@slscott60.bsky.social
I’m a retired professor (Sociology / Appalachian Studies), and a grandmother who is working to leave the world a better place for her grandchildren. Left Twitter when it became X; left Fb; trying Bluesky now.
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AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.
December 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.
Who’s surprised? Raise your hand.
ProPublica could not find evidence Trump ever lived at either of the two Florida properties he claimed as principal residences in the 1990s.
Legal documents and other records from the period give his address as Trump Tower in Manhattan.
Legal documents and other records from the period give his address as Trump Tower in Manhattan.
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...
www.propublica.org
December 17, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Who’s surprised? Raise your hand.
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In a highly unusual move, the EPA is revising an assessment of the health dangers posed by formaldehyde, a widespread pollutant that causes far more cancer than any other chemical in the air.
By @fastlerner.bsky.social
By @fastlerner.bsky.social
Under Former Chemical Industry Insiders, Trump EPA Nearly Doubles Amount of Formaldehyde Considered Safe to Inhale
Chemical industry lobbyists have long pushed the government to adopt a less stringent approach to gauging the cancer risk from chemicals, one that would help ease regulations on companies that make or...
www.propublica.org
December 15, 2025 at 1:00 AM
In a highly unusual move, the EPA is revising an assessment of the health dangers posed by formaldehyde, a widespread pollutant that causes far more cancer than any other chemical in the air.
By @fastlerner.bsky.social
By @fastlerner.bsky.social
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NEW: Sen. Joni Ernst cited reporting of the Department of Justice’s investigation of contractor Christopher Dawson, who used millions from a federal program meant to help Native Hawaiians for luxury homes and a horse farm.
Senator Demands Federal Agencies Halt Small Business Contracts, Citing Investigation of Native Hawaiian Firm
Joni Ernst, chair of the Senate Small Business Committee, sent letters to 22 federal agencies saying the no-bid contracts granted through a Small Business Administration program are a “fraud magnet.”
www.propublica.org
December 12, 2025 at 2:30 PM
NEW: Sen. Joni Ernst cited reporting of the Department of Justice’s investigation of contractor Christopher Dawson, who used millions from a federal program meant to help Native Hawaiians for luxury homes and a horse farm.
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“The State Department is instructing its staff to reject visa applications from people who worked on fact-checking, content moderation or other activities the Trump administration considers ‘censorship’ of Americans' speech.” 12/4/25
State Department to deny visas to fact checkers and others, citing 'censorship'
The order is focused on applicants for H-1B visas, which are frequently used by tech companies and is part of a campaign by the Trump administration against online content moderation.
www.npr.org
December 11, 2025 at 6:28 PM
“The State Department is instructing its staff to reject visa applications from people who worked on fact-checking, content moderation or other activities the Trump administration considers ‘censorship’ of Americans' speech.” 12/4/25
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Are there no prisons, are there no workhouses?… let them die then and decrease the surplus population. -Ebeneezer Scrooge from A Christmas Carol
Are there no prisons, are there no workhouses?… let them die then and decrease the surplus population. -Ebeneezer Scrooge from A Christmas Carol
Jess Craven (@jesscraven101)
New @cnn.com report shows brutal conditions for children at a Texas ICE facility. It’s almost definitely like this at all of them.
If you’re OK with this there’s something deeply wrong with you.
If...
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December 10, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Are there no prisons, are there no workhouses?… let them die then and decrease the surplus population. -Ebeneezer Scrooge from A Christmas Carol
Are there no prisons, are there no workhouses?… let them die then and decrease the surplus population. -Ebeneezer Scrooge from A Christmas Carol
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The calls from America this weekend to "abolish the EU" are for one simple reason: the EU is the only thing that can keep European nation-states from becoming Russian or American vassals.
The US has declared rhetorical war on the EU
The calls from America this weekend to destroy the EU are revealing. They hate the union because it's the only thing that can keep European countries from being Russian or American vassals.
davekeating.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:05 AM
The calls from America this weekend to "abolish the EU" are for one simple reason: the EU is the only thing that can keep European nation-states from becoming Russian or American vassals.
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The Kremlin is praising the new US security strategy.
Any questions?
Any questions?
December 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM
The Kremlin is praising the new US security strategy.
Any questions?
Any questions?
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I sometimes think of the multiverse in which Al Gore won in 2000. I wonder what is happening over there
🔥 AL GORE: “We already have way too many subservient cowards in Congress, the last thing we need is to send another one (Van Epps 🤖) — you can make tomorrow the turning point for our country by getting out and voting for Rep. @aftynbehn.bsky.social .” #TN7
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December 2, 2025 at 4:34 AM
I sometimes think of the multiverse in which Al Gore won in 2000. I wonder what is happening over there
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Indiana GOP Will Soon Make ‘Final Decision’ on Redistricting After Relentless MAGA Threats talkingpointsmemo.com/news/indiana...
Indiana GOP Will Soon Make ‘Final Decision’ on Redistricting After Relentless MAGA Threats
Against the backdrop of immense pressure, primary threats from President Trump and...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Indiana GOP Will Soon Make ‘Final Decision’ on Redistricting After Relentless MAGA Threats talkingpointsmemo.com/news/indiana...
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Less than a year from the midterm elections, state and local voting officials from both major political parties are actively preparing for the possibility of interference by the Trump administration.
How could Trump interfere in the midterms? Here's what voting officials are watching
Less than a year from the midterm elections, state and local voting officials from both major political parties are actively preparing for the possibility of interference by the Trump administration.
n.pr
November 22, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Less than a year from the midterm elections, state and local voting officials from both major political parties are actively preparing for the possibility of interference by the Trump administration.
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Body cams apparently show Border Patrol agents joking about tossing tear gas at a nonviolent protest, with one agent saying "Hey, throw it [tear gas] for fun."
Agents then tried to drive away, but there was apparently so much tear gas they were overcome, couldn't drive, and had to leave on foot.
Agents then tried to drive away, but there was apparently so much tear gas they were overcome, couldn't drive, and had to leave on foot.
A Border Patrol agent was caught on video telling another to throw tear gas “for fun,” according to a court filing. They also mocked protesters and residents who were getting gassed.
November 4, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Body cams apparently show Border Patrol agents joking about tossing tear gas at a nonviolent protest, with one agent saying "Hey, throw it [tear gas] for fun."
Agents then tried to drive away, but there was apparently so much tear gas they were overcome, couldn't drive, and had to leave on foot.
Agents then tried to drive away, but there was apparently so much tear gas they were overcome, couldn't drive, and had to leave on foot.
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UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 5: Vito Marcantonio
There are many who dismiss our vision for New York as impossible. To them, I say we need look only to our past for proof of how we can shape the future.
Tomorrow is Election Day. And this is the final Until It's Done of our campaign.
There are many who dismiss our vision for New York as impossible. To them, I say we need look only to our past for proof of how we can shape the future.
Tomorrow is Election Day. And this is the final Until It's Done of our campaign.
November 4, 2025 at 4:14 AM
UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 5: Vito Marcantonio
There are many who dismiss our vision for New York as impossible. To them, I say we need look only to our past for proof of how we can shape the future.
Tomorrow is Election Day. And this is the final Until It's Done of our campaign.
There are many who dismiss our vision for New York as impossible. To them, I say we need look only to our past for proof of how we can shape the future.
Tomorrow is Election Day. And this is the final Until It's Done of our campaign.
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The Trump administration has put a stop to EPA rules that would have required more than 130 industrial facilities to install air monitors to measure pollution.
Millions of people living near these plants face an increased risk of cancer.
By @lisalsong.bsky.social, 📸: @annie-flanagan.bsky.social
Millions of people living near these plants face an increased risk of cancer.
By @lisalsong.bsky.social, 📸: @annie-flanagan.bsky.social
Air Pollution From Industrial Facilities Is Far Worse Than Estimated
The Trump administration has put a stop to EPA rules that would have required more than 130 industrial facilities to install air monitors to measure pollution. Millions of people living near these pla...
www.propublica.org
November 3, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The Trump administration has put a stop to EPA rules that would have required more than 130 industrial facilities to install air monitors to measure pollution.
Millions of people living near these plants face an increased risk of cancer.
By @lisalsong.bsky.social, 📸: @annie-flanagan.bsky.social
Millions of people living near these plants face an increased risk of cancer.
By @lisalsong.bsky.social, 📸: @annie-flanagan.bsky.social
We had a great day at the Kentucky Book Festival. Thanks to all who came out!
November 2, 2025 at 1:19 AM
We had a great day at the Kentucky Book Festival. Thanks to all who came out!
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I’ll be discussing and signing my new book at the Kentucky Book Festival on Saturday, 11/1/25, at Joseph Beth Bookstore in Lexington, KY. Panel on Appalachia starts at 10 am. Hope to see you there!
I’ll be discussing and signing my new book at the Kentucky Book Festival on Saturday, 11/1/25, at Joseph Beth Bookstore in Lexington, KY. Panel on Appalachia starts at 10 am. Hope to see you there!
Saturday Events - Kentucky Book Festival
saturday events Saturday, November 1 / Kentucky Book Festival / 9:00 am – 3:00 pm Get ready for an exciting day at the Kentucky Book Festival on Saturday, November 1, from 9 am to 3 pm at Joseph-Be...
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October 29, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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I’ll be discussing and signing my new book at the Kentucky Book Festival on Saturday, 11/1/25, at Joseph Beth Bookstore in Lexington, KY. Panel on Appalachia starts at 10 am. Hope to see you there!
I’ll be discussing and signing my new book at the Kentucky Book Festival on Saturday, 11/1/25, at Joseph Beth Bookstore in Lexington, KY. Panel on Appalachia starts at 10 am. Hope to see you there!
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Trump is throwing 15 million Americans off health care.
He's doubling premiums for 20 million Americans.
Now, he's refusing to use a $5 billion emergency SNAP fund to keep 16 million kids from going hungry.
But the 1% keep $1 trillion in tax breaks.
Oligarchy in action.
He's doubling premiums for 20 million Americans.
Now, he's refusing to use a $5 billion emergency SNAP fund to keep 16 million kids from going hungry.
But the 1% keep $1 trillion in tax breaks.
Oligarchy in action.
October 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Trump is throwing 15 million Americans off health care.
He's doubling premiums for 20 million Americans.
Now, he's refusing to use a $5 billion emergency SNAP fund to keep 16 million kids from going hungry.
But the 1% keep $1 trillion in tax breaks.
Oligarchy in action.
He's doubling premiums for 20 million Americans.
Now, he's refusing to use a $5 billion emergency SNAP fund to keep 16 million kids from going hungry.
But the 1% keep $1 trillion in tax breaks.
Oligarchy in action.
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Donald Trump’s father destroyed Steeplechase Park, the iconic amusement palace of Coney Island. Before demolition, he hosted a party for his rich fuck friends where bikini clad waitresses gave them bricks to throw through Steeplechase’s famous stained glass windows
Donald Trump knocked down the White House East Wing without notice and before approvals —a developer move known as ‘anticipatory demolition,’ where you tear down a building before the preservationists can intervene. His dad did it too.
Trump Used His Dad’s Dirtiest Move on the East Wing
Donald Trump knocked down the White House East Wing without notice and before approvals —a developer move known as ‘anticipatory demolition,’ where you tear down a building before the preservationists can intervene. His dad did it too.
www.curbed.com
October 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Donald Trump’s father destroyed Steeplechase Park, the iconic amusement palace of Coney Island. Before demolition, he hosted a party for his rich fuck friends where bikini clad waitresses gave them bricks to throw through Steeplechase’s famous stained glass windows
I hate this timeline.
Can't wait for our government to stand up for the rights of a British citizen who has been kidnapped by overseas forces.
Muslim British Journalist Sami Hamdi has been abducted by ICE. He was already in the U.S. legally on a visa, but was abducted while attempting to fly from San Francisco to Florida on a domestic flight. Laura Loomer is taking credit for getting him abducted due to his criticism of Israel and the US.
October 26, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I hate this timeline.
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tech lords like Altman pretty clearly don’t think most other people really “exist” in any meaningful way - certainly not in any way that requires them to consider anyone else’s subjective experience. They see most humans as a bunch of NPCs in a video game where the currency is money and attention
At some point it has to become clear that this tech exists is to create a more toxic society and enrich its owners. These uses are not aberrations but rather the entire purpose.
OpenAI's Sora 2 Can Generate Videos of Celebrities Appearing to Shout Racial Slurs
OpenAI's Sora 2 video generation model can be exploited to push misinformation and depict public figures behaving badly despite promised guardrails.
www.rollingstone.com
October 23, 2025 at 9:37 PM
tech lords like Altman pretty clearly don’t think most other people really “exist” in any meaningful way - certainly not in any way that requires them to consider anyone else’s subjective experience. They see most humans as a bunch of NPCs in a video game where the currency is money and attention
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As @joshkovensky.bsky.social has reported, CBP commander Greg Bovino is leading the Trump admin's campaign to escalate tensions in blue cities
This week, he was accused of violating a court order for launching a gas canister at a crowd of Chicago protesters
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/greg-bo...
This week, he was accused of violating a court order for launching a gas canister at a crowd of Chicago protesters
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/greg-bo...
October 24, 2025 at 12:43 PM
As @joshkovensky.bsky.social has reported, CBP commander Greg Bovino is leading the Trump admin's campaign to escalate tensions in blue cities
This week, he was accused of violating a court order for launching a gas canister at a crowd of Chicago protesters
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/greg-bo...
This week, he was accused of violating a court order for launching a gas canister at a crowd of Chicago protesters
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/greg-bo...
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“ICE, their secret police, is their tool,” said Michelle Brané, a human rights attorney who directed DHS’ ombudsman office under Biden. “Once they have that power, which they have now, there’s nothing stopping them from using it against citizens.”
@davidmcswane.bsky.social @hannahallam.bsky.social
@davidmcswane.bsky.social @hannahallam.bsky.social
How Trump is Building a Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Force
Trump's DHS appointees have dismantled civil rights guardrails, protected agents' anonymity and encouraged them to wear masks, threatened groups that stood in their way, and overwhelmed legal challenges to their arrests and tactics.
www.propublica.org
October 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
“ICE, their secret police, is their tool,” said Michelle Brané, a human rights attorney who directed DHS’ ombudsman office under Biden. “Once they have that power, which they have now, there’s nothing stopping them from using it against citizens.”
@davidmcswane.bsky.social @hannahallam.bsky.social
@davidmcswane.bsky.social @hannahallam.bsky.social
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seems that RFK is clearing the path for his CDC to do tuskegee syphillis experiments as a matter of course. in other news, RFK is a genuine monster who relishes in the pain and suffering of those he feels he has control or dominion over
RFK is undoing human subjects protections so he can conduct placebo trials of vaccines. That means infecting people knowingly. I wonder who will “volunteer” for these trials? If history is any guide, a lot of incarcerated and other powerless people.
Dismantling the Institutional Review Board (IRB), that oversees all human subjects research, is bad. Really bad.
October 19, 2025 at 6:21 PM
seems that RFK is clearing the path for his CDC to do tuskegee syphillis experiments as a matter of course. in other news, RFK is a genuine monster who relishes in the pain and suffering of those he feels he has control or dominion over
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This is just straight-up treason by rubio, he's wrecking our ability to fight organized crime in order to help bukele cover up his apparently cozy relationship with MS-13 leadership and possible theft of us foreign aid, all so trump et al can get photos of us sending hairdressers to torture prison
This story is extraordinary even by 2025 standards. Marco Rubio, the nation's top diplomat, made a deal with Bukele and agreed to renege on informant agreements in a years-long DOJ investigation into MS-13, totally undercutting credibility of such agreements.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Rubio promised to betray U.S. informants to get Trump’s El Salvador prison deal
To secure U.S. access to President Nayib Bukele’s notorious CECOT prison, Rubio agreed to turn over several MS-13 leaders central to a long-running Justice Department investigation.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 19, 2025 at 5:44 PM
This is just straight-up treason by rubio, he's wrecking our ability to fight organized crime in order to help bukele cover up his apparently cozy relationship with MS-13 leadership and possible theft of us foreign aid, all so trump et al can get photos of us sending hairdressers to torture prison