Sue Cline
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What if you’re so outrageously incompetent you get it done in a matter of minutes?
April 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
What if you’re so outrageously incompetent you get it done in a matter of minutes?
The cowardice of our institutions reveals the rot within them.
Universities Sprint from ‘We Will Not Cower’ to Appeasing Trump www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
Universities Sprint from ‘We Will Not Cower’ to Appeasing Trump
With much of their funding at stake, schools are quietly hiring lobbyists and reaching out to politicians amid Washington’s quest to rein in academia.
www.wsj.com
March 24, 2025 at 2:38 AM
The cowardice of our institutions reveals the rot within them.
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At the heart of every attack on disability benefits is the myth disabled people “get perks”: a free car, loads of cash, a life off work. It misrepresents the reality of disability, whilst exploiting low wages and high living costs to make the public envy people in daily pain.
March 18, 2025 at 7:52 PM
At the heart of every attack on disability benefits is the myth disabled people “get perks”: a free car, loads of cash, a life off work. It misrepresents the reality of disability, whilst exploiting low wages and high living costs to make the public envy people in daily pain.
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Hey just so we're clear on like where we're at the government is extrajudicially shipping undesirables to camps. Talk to your neighbors. Build support networks. Protect yourselves.
March 23, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Hey just so we're clear on like where we're at the government is extrajudicially shipping undesirables to camps. Talk to your neighbors. Build support networks. Protect yourselves.
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Okay, I have a few thoughts on the General Boycott and just want to share them.
I see a lot of people asking, “Why just one day?”
Most calls to action - especially when organized by a union or organizing body - will typically start with one day.
I see a lot of people asking, “Why just one day?”
Most calls to action - especially when organized by a union or organizing body - will typically start with one day.
February 28, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Okay, I have a few thoughts on the General Boycott and just want to share them.
I see a lot of people asking, “Why just one day?”
Most calls to action - especially when organized by a union or organizing body - will typically start with one day.
I see a lot of people asking, “Why just one day?”
Most calls to action - especially when organized by a union or organizing body - will typically start with one day.
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Striking how easily you can get millions of people to vote for a boot on their own face just by lying to them about the boot going on someone else's face.
February 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Striking how easily you can get millions of people to vote for a boot on their own face just by lying to them about the boot going on someone else's face.
This is a great idea and I think it’d work well in Virginia as well.
Every Democrat who lost in a district in 2024 should hold a town hall if those Republicans won't.
February 27, 2025 at 5:18 AM
This is a great idea and I think it’d work well in Virginia as well.
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It's not normal for the president to take business meetings at the White House.
It's not normal for the president to spend a third of his time golfing at his properties on the taxpayer dime.
It's not normal for the president to own a publicly traded company.
It's not normal for the president to spend a third of his time golfing at his properties on the taxpayer dime.
It's not normal for the president to own a publicly traded company.
February 24, 2025 at 10:29 PM
It's not normal for the president to take business meetings at the White House.
It's not normal for the president to spend a third of his time golfing at his properties on the taxpayer dime.
It's not normal for the president to own a publicly traded company.
It's not normal for the president to spend a third of his time golfing at his properties on the taxpayer dime.
It's not normal for the president to own a publicly traded company.
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Please share:
@delauro.house.gov is cochair of the US House Congressional Rapid Response Task Force and Litigation Working Group.
They are looking for instances where the impoundment and restriction of NIH/NSF funds is having a negative impact. Submit examples here delauro.house.gov/constituent-...
@delauro.house.gov is cochair of the US House Congressional Rapid Response Task Force and Litigation Working Group.
They are looking for instances where the impoundment and restriction of NIH/NSF funds is having a negative impact. Submit examples here delauro.house.gov/constituent-...
2025 Federal Financial Assistance Freeze
On Monday, January 27th, 2025, President Trump issued an order to freeze virtually all of approved and legally required federal funding.
delauro.house.gov
February 24, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Please share:
@delauro.house.gov is cochair of the US House Congressional Rapid Response Task Force and Litigation Working Group.
They are looking for instances where the impoundment and restriction of NIH/NSF funds is having a negative impact. Submit examples here delauro.house.gov/constituent-...
@delauro.house.gov is cochair of the US House Congressional Rapid Response Task Force and Litigation Working Group.
They are looking for instances where the impoundment and restriction of NIH/NSF funds is having a negative impact. Submit examples here delauro.house.gov/constituent-...
There’s a tacky gold one that is at Lighthouse Behavioral on Midlothian every Tuesday around 11a…be careful though, they seem rather explosive.
I wanna piss in the charging port of the cyber truck I see all the time in rva
February 24, 2025 at 11:28 PM
There’s a tacky gold one that is at Lighthouse Behavioral on Midlothian every Tuesday around 11a…be careful though, they seem rather explosive.
Virginians deserve better than this weak tea.
Listen – it’s not nuts to ask federal employees to report what they’re working on. My staff has to do weekly reports too.
But the WAY Musk is doing this? What’s he gonna do, read 2 million emails? This is just not serious stuff.
But the WAY Musk is doing this? What’s he gonna do, read 2 million emails? This is just not serious stuff.
February 24, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Virginians deserve better than this weak tea.
Trump’s economic plans are going to wreck the middle class.
Donald Trump has been in office for one full month.
The price of Eggs are up ~23%
The price of Natural Gas is up ~17.4%
The price of Sugar is up ~16.7%
The price of Wheat is up ~8.4%
The price of Lumber is up ~4.6%
The price of Corn is up ~3.4%
The price of Gasoline is up
👀You tell me the rest👇👇
The price of Eggs are up ~23%
The price of Natural Gas is up ~17.4%
The price of Sugar is up ~16.7%
The price of Wheat is up ~8.4%
The price of Lumber is up ~4.6%
The price of Corn is up ~3.4%
The price of Gasoline is up
👀You tell me the rest👇👇
February 24, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Trump’s economic plans are going to wreck the middle class.
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February 24, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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This is murder and journalists are complicit in the suffering that is about to happen.
February 23, 2025 at 5:17 AM
This is murder and journalists are complicit in the suffering that is about to happen.
People who correctly use alt text are the heroes we really need.
More people are realizing folks won't share without alt text so they're putting pretty useless stuff in alt text for shares. Please click and check
February 17, 2025 at 1:49 AM
People who correctly use alt text are the heroes we really need.
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This is just insane and you all know that, right? Unelected, unfettered, untouchable, unsupported by facts and completely without transparency: www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
Musk makes sweeping claims about federal corruption, without providing evidence.
The billionaire, whose federal cost-cutting team has been operating in secrecy, asserted that he had uncovered waste and fraud across the bureaucracy, without providing evidence.
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2025 at 12:51 AM
This is just insane and you all know that, right? Unelected, unfettered, untouchable, unsupported by facts and completely without transparency: www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
This is a coup. When are we hitting the streets?
Top tip. Don’t have insomnia in the middle of a coup.
An executive order has now given DOGE oversight of all government departments.
It’s a complete takeover of the federal government by Musk. A Musk ‘team lead’ will now make all hiring decisions according to a ‘data-driven’ model
An executive order has now given DOGE oversight of all government departments.
It’s a complete takeover of the federal government by Musk. A Musk ‘team lead’ will now make all hiring decisions according to a ‘data-driven’ model
February 12, 2025 at 4:57 AM
This is a coup. When are we hitting the streets?
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Once again: The animating purpose of representative democracy is to protect the rest of us from the whims of insane rich people, be they kings or oligarchs. Everything else is wainscoting.
The takeover of Twitter was a preview of what we're all living with now and a stark example of why you can't let any one person have too much money: they go insane and make themselves everybody's problem
February 12, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Once again: The animating purpose of representative democracy is to protect the rest of us from the whims of insane rich people, be they kings or oligarchs. Everything else is wainscoting.
Democrats are entirely too comfortable watching our democracy collapse. Use 5calls.org to call your representatives, whether they are Democrats or Republicans, and express your concerns.
February 12, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Democrats are entirely too comfortable watching our democracy collapse. Use 5calls.org to call your representatives, whether they are Democrats or Republicans, and express your concerns.
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This also lets you comment, vigorously and at length, on the accuracy of, and motivations behind, Google's choices.
A quick resistance task:
1. Google Gulf of Mexico
2. “Gulf of America" is the top
3. Click on the three little dots to the right of it
4. Select "Send Feedback"
5. Click on "Gulf Of America"
6. Select "Inaccurate content"
7. Select "Incorrect" and type in "The correct name is “Gulf of Mexico"
1. Google Gulf of Mexico
2. “Gulf of America" is the top
3. Click on the three little dots to the right of it
4. Select "Send Feedback"
5. Click on "Gulf Of America"
6. Select "Inaccurate content"
7. Select "Incorrect" and type in "The correct name is “Gulf of Mexico"
February 12, 2025 at 2:04 AM
This also lets you comment, vigorously and at length, on the accuracy of, and motivations behind, Google's choices.
@markwarner.bsky.social is conspicuously absent from this list, as is Tim Kaine.
These members of congress agreed to withhold their votes on funding bills while we fight this consitutional crisis. If they represent you, call/email them tomorrow and say thanks, give them your support, and tell them to hold firm. Find their contact info here: Reps.fyi
Folks were asking which MoCs did make the commitment on the spot. Celebrate these leaders!
Sen. Warren
Sen. Van Hollen
Rep. Waters
Rep. Pallone
Rep. Pressley
Rep. Cleaver
Rep. Beatty
Rep. Velázquez
Rep. Ansari
Rep. Foster
Rep. Simon
Rep. Amo
Rep. Meeks
Rep. Balint
Rep. Magaziner
Rep. Raskin
Sen. Warren
Sen. Van Hollen
Rep. Waters
Rep. Pallone
Rep. Pressley
Rep. Cleaver
Rep. Beatty
Rep. Velázquez
Rep. Ansari
Rep. Foster
Rep. Simon
Rep. Amo
Rep. Meeks
Rep. Balint
Rep. Magaziner
Rep. Raskin
February 11, 2025 at 4:53 AM
@markwarner.bsky.social is conspicuously absent from this list, as is Tim Kaine.
Do you have any connections to the AMA? Encourage them to support Medicaid.
I had some hill meetings today and this is one of the things I heard: it would help defend Medicaid if the AMA engaged
So, if you're connected to the AMA, please reach out and let them know that now is the time to defend Medicaid.
So, if you're connected to the AMA, please reach out and let them know that now is the time to defend Medicaid.
🧪 #MedSky The American Medical Association has not been opposing Medicaid work requirements (i.e. cuts) in their Capitol Hill meetings with lawmakers
Even though the AMA House of Delegates has adopted policy against those sort of cuts, the AMA has been silent
We need your help
Even though the AMA House of Delegates has adopted policy against those sort of cuts, the AMA has been silent
We need your help
February 11, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Do you have any connections to the AMA? Encourage them to support Medicaid.
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it fucking sucks that substack waited until it had enticed a shitton of very good writers, established a very strong network effect, and created a sense of stability for authors in a time of great precarity before going open nazi. i moved, but it cost me & continues to cost me.
If you're using substack and linking to it, everyone else hears it as you going "hey guys check out this cool Nazi bar I hang out in"
It turns out telling people you hang out in a Nazi bar is not a very effective way of advertising yourself.
It turns out telling people you hang out in a Nazi bar is not a very effective way of advertising yourself.
February 10, 2025 at 11:38 PM
it fucking sucks that substack waited until it had enticed a shitton of very good writers, established a very strong network effect, and created a sense of stability for authors in a time of great precarity before going open nazi. i moved, but it cost me & continues to cost me.