Marisa 🌈
@sulali.bsky.social
N California Latina walking around the woods of Tahoe. Value compassion and common sense. Silicon Valley since 1999.
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Marisa 🌈
@sulali.bsky.social
· Dec 2
I wrote this when I was angry that some of my very close Texas friends decided to vote for Trmp. Women I adore. Who voted against my daughter's rights, against their own children's future. We are still friends but I will do more to advocate for what I believe is fundamentally right.
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More on this story: www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
US debt forecast to hit $64T in a decade as Trump policies widen deficit
Congress’ nonpartisan scorekeeper predicts that the annual deficit will grow to $3.1 trillion by 2036.
www.politico.com
February 15, 2026 at 9:00 PM
More on this story: www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
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At midnight as Saturday begins, annual funding provided in the DHS bill will lapse, leading to a “DHS-only” shutdown. What that means in reality is complicated. Short 🧵
tl;dr is ICE/CBP continue w/ pay, FEMA largely continues bcuz it has tons of money still usable, TSA continues w/ pay for a bit
tl;dr is ICE/CBP continue w/ pay, FEMA largely continues bcuz it has tons of money still usable, TSA continues w/ pay for a bit
February 13, 2026 at 2:53 PM
At midnight as Saturday begins, annual funding provided in the DHS bill will lapse, leading to a “DHS-only” shutdown. What that means in reality is complicated. Short 🧵
tl;dr is ICE/CBP continue w/ pay, FEMA largely continues bcuz it has tons of money still usable, TSA continues w/ pay for a bit
tl;dr is ICE/CBP continue w/ pay, FEMA largely continues bcuz it has tons of money still usable, TSA continues w/ pay for a bit
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wtaf
"The White House Office of Management and Budget, which Vought leads, is allocating $15 million of what remains of USAID operating expenses to cover the costs of his protection by the U.S. Marshals Service through the end of 2026."
"The White House Office of Management and Budget, which Vought leads, is allocating $15 million of what remains of USAID operating expenses to cover the costs of his protection by the U.S. Marshals Service through the end of 2026."
Exclusive: White House uses USAID funds for budget director Vought's security, documents show
The White House budget office is using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's budget chief and an archit...
www.reuters.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:32 PM
wtaf
"The White House Office of Management and Budget, which Vought leads, is allocating $15 million of what remains of USAID operating expenses to cover the costs of his protection by the U.S. Marshals Service through the end of 2026."
"The White House Office of Management and Budget, which Vought leads, is allocating $15 million of what remains of USAID operating expenses to cover the costs of his protection by the U.S. Marshals Service through the end of 2026."
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Republicans are still trying to pass the SAVE Act—a bill that would make it harder to vote and disenfranchise millions of Americans. Join @redistrictingaction.org and tell your member of Congress to vote no: act.redistrictingaction.org/a/natl-saveact-cte
February 11, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Republicans are still trying to pass the SAVE Act—a bill that would make it harder to vote and disenfranchise millions of Americans. Join @redistrictingaction.org and tell your member of Congress to vote no: act.redistrictingaction.org/a/natl-saveact-cte
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“Since I got to this center all you will feel is sadness and mostly depression.”
These are the words of a 14-year-old held in an immigration detention center.
Trump is spending your tax dollars keeping kids like Ariana in detention, not lowering costs.
These are the words of a 14-year-old held in an immigration detention center.
Trump is spending your tax dollars keeping kids like Ariana in detention, not lowering costs.
February 12, 2026 at 10:09 PM
“Since I got to this center all you will feel is sadness and mostly depression.”
These are the words of a 14-year-old held in an immigration detention center.
Trump is spending your tax dollars keeping kids like Ariana in detention, not lowering costs.
These are the words of a 14-year-old held in an immigration detention center.
Trump is spending your tax dollars keeping kids like Ariana in detention, not lowering costs.
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Headed into DOJ now to review the unredacted Epstein Files.
After yesterday’s disgraceful performance by Pam Bondi, it’s more important than ever that we double down. We’re going to see the documents ourselves and keep fighting for justice for Epstein’s victims.
After yesterday’s disgraceful performance by Pam Bondi, it’s more important than ever that we double down. We’re going to see the documents ourselves and keep fighting for justice for Epstein’s victims.
February 12, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Headed into DOJ now to review the unredacted Epstein Files.
After yesterday’s disgraceful performance by Pam Bondi, it’s more important than ever that we double down. We’re going to see the documents ourselves and keep fighting for justice for Epstein’s victims.
After yesterday’s disgraceful performance by Pam Bondi, it’s more important than ever that we double down. We’re going to see the documents ourselves and keep fighting for justice for Epstein’s victims.
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NEW: the U.S. Congressional Budget Office has posted its budget and economic outlook--the first full one we've had in a year so the first one reflecting One Big Beautiful Bill and the Trump tariffs.
Going to post observations as I move through it. 🧵
www.cbo.gov/publication/...
Going to post observations as I move through it. 🧵
www.cbo.gov/publication/...
www.cbo.gov
February 11, 2026 at 3:03 PM
NEW: the U.S. Congressional Budget Office has posted its budget and economic outlook--the first full one we've had in a year so the first one reflecting One Big Beautiful Bill and the Trump tariffs.
Going to post observations as I move through it. 🧵
www.cbo.gov/publication/...
Going to post observations as I move through it. 🧵
www.cbo.gov/publication/...
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A motivation behind the GOP megabill was increasing investment incentives by cutting taxes--partially financed with higher deficits.
But a problem with that theory in the current macroeconomic environment, higher interest rates wipe away ~half of those incentive benefits.
But a problem with that theory in the current macroeconomic environment, higher interest rates wipe away ~half of those incentive benefits.
February 11, 2026 at 3:50 PM
A motivation behind the GOP megabill was increasing investment incentives by cutting taxes--partially financed with higher deficits.
But a problem with that theory in the current macroeconomic environment, higher interest rates wipe away ~half of those incentive benefits.
But a problem with that theory in the current macroeconomic environment, higher interest rates wipe away ~half of those incentive benefits.
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El secretario de Defensa en México dijo que casi la mitad de la municiones perforantes de calibre .50 que las autoridades mexicanas han incautado a los cárteles desde 2012 fueron rastreados hasta una fábrica en Kansas City, Misuri, propiedad del gobierno de Estados Unidos.
México afirma que la munición incautada a cárteles procede de una planta del ejército de EE. UU.
Desde octubre de 2024, las autoridades mexicanas habían incautado 18.000 armas de fuego, de las cuales casi el 80 por ciento procedían de Estados Unidos.
nyti.ms
February 12, 2026 at 3:00 AM
El secretario de Defensa en México dijo que casi la mitad de la municiones perforantes de calibre .50 que las autoridades mexicanas han incautado a los cárteles desde 2012 fueron rastreados hasta una fábrica en Kansas City, Misuri, propiedad del gobierno de Estados Unidos.
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Rep. Massie to Pam Bondi: "Literally the worst thing you could do to the survivors, you did."
February 11, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Rep. Massie to Pam Bondi: "Literally the worst thing you could do to the survivors, you did."
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Let this sink in about Pam Bondi.
February 12, 2026 at 12:52 AM
Let this sink in about Pam Bondi.
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Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
February 1, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
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They’re taking kids from Minnesota and sending them to detention camps. They’re shooting American citizens in the street and locking investigators out of the crime scenes. The world is watching what happens next.
Hundreds of people spelled out the distress signal "SOS" on Bde Maka Ska in Minneapolis on Friday, Jan. 30.
📷️ Provided by Jeff Schad
📷️ Provided by Jeff Schad
January 31, 2026 at 10:19 PM
They’re taking kids from Minnesota and sending them to detention camps. They’re shooting American citizens in the street and locking investigators out of the crime scenes. The world is watching what happens next.
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President Trump has made $4 billion by illegally trading access to the White House to get rich. He controls the Dept of Justice and the Congress so he won't be held accountable - until he doesn't control the Dept of Justice and Congress.
Trump’s Profiteering Hits $4 Billion
In August, I reported that the President and his family had made $3.4 billion by leveraging his position. After his first year back in office, the number has ballooned.
www.newyorker.com
January 31, 2026 at 8:26 PM
President Trump has made $4 billion by illegally trading access to the White House to get rich. He controls the Dept of Justice and the Congress so he won't be held accountable - until he doesn't control the Dept of Justice and Congress.
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Kyiv.
Update on the situation.
Heating is back (very minimal, just enough to keep the radiators from freezing).
Power lasted about three hours, but that’s okay;
rolling outages are our reality here.
Having a warcoffee.
Update on the situation.
Heating is back (very minimal, just enough to keep the radiators from freezing).
Power lasted about three hours, but that’s okay;
rolling outages are our reality here.
Having a warcoffee.
January 31, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Kyiv.
Update on the situation.
Heating is back (very minimal, just enough to keep the radiators from freezing).
Power lasted about three hours, but that’s okay;
rolling outages are our reality here.
Having a warcoffee.
Update on the situation.
Heating is back (very minimal, just enough to keep the radiators from freezing).
Power lasted about three hours, but that’s okay;
rolling outages are our reality here.
Having a warcoffee.
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Do you get it now?
January 31, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Do you get it now?
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It should not take a court order to get a toddler out of a prison.
January 31, 2026 at 9:22 PM
It should not take a court order to get a toddler out of a prison.
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Trump kneecapped Biden's revitalization of U.S. factory investment.
The tariffs often make building a factory in the U.S. cost-prohibitive. They cost jobs, too.
All they have done for our economy is raise prices and crater manufacturing jobs.
#EconSky
The tariffs often make building a factory in the U.S. cost-prohibitive. They cost jobs, too.
All they have done for our economy is raise prices and crater manufacturing jobs.
#EconSky
January 31, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Trump kneecapped Biden's revitalization of U.S. factory investment.
The tariffs often make building a factory in the U.S. cost-prohibitive. They cost jobs, too.
All they have done for our economy is raise prices and crater manufacturing jobs.
#EconSky
The tariffs often make building a factory in the U.S. cost-prohibitive. They cost jobs, too.
All they have done for our economy is raise prices and crater manufacturing jobs.
#EconSky
Rotten Tomatoes 🍅 gives Melania a 6%. Yet inexplicably the “people” reviews rate is 98%. Reading the reviews is both hilarious and pathetic.
January 31, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Rotten Tomatoes 🍅 gives Melania a 6%. Yet inexplicably the “people” reviews rate is 98%. Reading the reviews is both hilarious and pathetic.
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January 30, 2026
January 30, 2026
As the American people continue to express their fury over the violence of federal agents in Minneapolis and elsewhere, officials from the Trump administration today tried to shift the public narrativ...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
January 31, 2026 at 7:46 AM
January 30, 2026
The way he inexplicably quotes things 🙄
How on earth did this uncouth buffoon ever make it to the White House? More baffling, how on earth is he still allowed to continue wrecking the country; economically, socially and politically?
The U.S. is sadly unrecognisable!
The U.S. is sadly unrecognisable!
January 31, 2026 at 2:42 PM
The way he inexplicably quotes things 🙄
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Kyiv.
Update.
We have sun and –10 °C, though it feels like –17 °C (according to the weather app).
That’s all.
Still no water, no heating, no electricity,
but the energy system is slowly recovering.
Update.
We have sun and –10 °C, though it feels like –17 °C (according to the weather app).
That’s all.
Still no water, no heating, no electricity,
but the energy system is slowly recovering.
January 31, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Kyiv.
Update.
We have sun and –10 °C, though it feels like –17 °C (according to the weather app).
That’s all.
Still no water, no heating, no electricity,
but the energy system is slowly recovering.
Update.
We have sun and –10 °C, though it feels like –17 °C (according to the weather app).
That’s all.
Still no water, no heating, no electricity,
but the energy system is slowly recovering.
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court has ruled that President Trump must unfreeze $1.9 billion in foreign USAID payments.
Justice Samuel Alito BLASTS the majority with Justices Thomas, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh joining in dissent:
Justice Samuel Alito BLASTS the majority with Justices Thomas, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh joining in dissent:
January 30, 2026 at 7:20 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court has ruled that President Trump must unfreeze $1.9 billion in foreign USAID payments.
Justice Samuel Alito BLASTS the majority with Justices Thomas, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh joining in dissent:
Justice Samuel Alito BLASTS the majority with Justices Thomas, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh joining in dissent: