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@titanlily.bsky.social
Champion for disability access; believer in equity and inclusion; proponent of the environment; maker of art and crafts.
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“There is a cult of ignorance in the US & there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political & cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” -Isaac Asimov
November 14, 2025 at 1:31 PM
“There is a cult of ignorance in the US & there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political & cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” -Isaac Asimov
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I thought the earlier news from A&M was bad, but this is incredibly bleak. It’s close to the point of not having a functional university.
Message to all faculty: your expertise is no longer trusted or valued at this so-called “university.”
November 14, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I thought the earlier news from A&M was bad, but this is incredibly bleak. It’s close to the point of not having a functional university.
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You would think that the 8 GOP Senators who are SO OUTRAGED that Jack Smith subpoenaed their phone records that they want $1 million compensation would bring him in to testify IN A PUBLIC HEARING to explain why he did this. But no, they don’t want to do that. I wonder why?
November 13, 2025 at 10:54 PM
You would think that the 8 GOP Senators who are SO OUTRAGED that Jack Smith subpoenaed their phone records that they want $1 million compensation would bring him in to testify IN A PUBLIC HEARING to explain why he did this. But no, they don’t want to do that. I wonder why?
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The American people deserve answers, and it’s time for the DOJ and FBI to provide them.
While we appreciate that the Epstein estate has been transparent, it’s time for the Administration to do their part.
While we appreciate that the Epstein estate has been transparent, it’s time for the Administration to do their part.
November 13, 2025 at 8:11 PM
The American people deserve answers, and it’s time for the DOJ and FBI to provide them.
While we appreciate that the Epstein estate has been transparent, it’s time for the Administration to do their part.
While we appreciate that the Epstein estate has been transparent, it’s time for the Administration to do their part.
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“.. we want you to know that what’s happening here is not normal. .. It is not law enforcement; it is terror.
“.. It’s eroding all of our rights and should be a warning to other cities that find themselves enveloped in an ICE storm.”
@chicagotribune.com
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/l...
“.. It’s eroding all of our rights and should be a warning to other cities that find themselves enveloped in an ICE storm.”
@chicagotribune.com
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/l...
November 13, 2025 at 9:09 PM
“.. we want you to know that what’s happening here is not normal. .. It is not law enforcement; it is terror.
“.. It’s eroding all of our rights and should be a warning to other cities that find themselves enveloped in an ICE storm.”
@chicagotribune.com
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/l...
“.. It’s eroding all of our rights and should be a warning to other cities that find themselves enveloped in an ICE storm.”
@chicagotribune.com
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/l...
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This is essentially the same story told by the Panama Papers of 2016, the Paradise Papers of 2017 & the Pandora Papers of 2020.
Nearly 7TB of data on released on wealthy people, mostly men, doing terrible things at scale & facing no consequences:barely any prosecutions, miniscule # of convictions.
Nearly 7TB of data on released on wealthy people, mostly men, doing terrible things at scale & facing no consequences:barely any prosecutions, miniscule # of convictions.
The Epstein story gets a something that is tearing at the heart of the electorate: elite impunity. The idea that wealthy and powerful people can do terrible things *at scale* and face no consequences for them. Whatever political party actually stops it could rule the country for a generation.
November 12, 2025 at 11:27 PM
This is essentially the same story told by the Panama Papers of 2016, the Paradise Papers of 2017 & the Pandora Papers of 2020.
Nearly 7TB of data on released on wealthy people, mostly men, doing terrible things at scale & facing no consequences:barely any prosecutions, miniscule # of convictions.
Nearly 7TB of data on released on wealthy people, mostly men, doing terrible things at scale & facing no consequences:barely any prosecutions, miniscule # of convictions.
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WATCH — @repstevenhorsford.bsky.social : “My amendment would redirect that $40 BILLION from Argentina to fund the ACA subsidies for two years… a far better use of taxpayer dollars.”
Why do we have money for Argentina while our own people lose their health care? How does this make us great?
Why do we have money for Argentina while our own people lose their health care? How does this make us great?
November 12, 2025 at 5:17 AM
WATCH — @repstevenhorsford.bsky.social : “My amendment would redirect that $40 BILLION from Argentina to fund the ACA subsidies for two years… a far better use of taxpayer dollars.”
Why do we have money for Argentina while our own people lose their health care? How does this make us great?
Why do we have money for Argentina while our own people lose their health care? How does this make us great?
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Shall I tap the sign again?
MAGA is a war of men against women.
That's what the elections of 2016 and 2024 meant: a majority of voters preferred the Worst Man Ever to any woman, no matter her qualifications or race.
MAGA is a war of men against women.
That's what the elections of 2016 and 2024 meant: a majority of voters preferred the Worst Man Ever to any woman, no matter her qualifications or race.
The first woman nominated to lead the Naval Special Warfare command overseeing Navy SEALs had her promotion abruptly canceled — and military sources blame Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's hostility to women in combat roles.
www.rawstory.com/pete-hegseth...
www.rawstory.com/pete-hegseth...
SEALs flatten 'weak' Hegseth as elite captain's career ruined because she's female: report
The first woman nominated to lead the Naval Special Warfare command overseeing Navy SEALs had her promotion abruptly canceled — and military sources blame Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's hostility to...
www.rawstory.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Shall I tap the sign again?
MAGA is a war of men against women.
That's what the elections of 2016 and 2024 meant: a majority of voters preferred the Worst Man Ever to any woman, no matter her qualifications or race.
MAGA is a war of men against women.
That's what the elections of 2016 and 2024 meant: a majority of voters preferred the Worst Man Ever to any woman, no matter her qualifications or race.
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And just like that… the GOP’s dirty deal is passed. This is why I voted no. The fight continues.
November 13, 2025 at 3:19 AM
And just like that… the GOP’s dirty deal is passed. This is why I voted no. The fight continues.
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"There is a lot more." Rep. Garcia shares the DOJ is hoarding files from federal Epstein investigations. "Photographs, possibly videos, they have information we need to actually bring justice to the survivors and to implicate the wealthy and powerful men that abused and raped children and women."
November 13, 2025 at 3:48 AM
"There is a lot more." Rep. Garcia shares the DOJ is hoarding files from federal Epstein investigations. "Photographs, possibly videos, they have information we need to actually bring justice to the survivors and to implicate the wealthy and powerful men that abused and raped children and women."
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“I really believe that if I didn’t have [my] birth certificate, I would be somewhere in a facility,” one resident said, recalling that one of the armed federal agents who stopped him on the street aggressively asked if he was from Ethiopia or Ghana.
With @mlk50.com
With @mlk50.com
“I Don’t Feel Safe”: Black Memphis Residents Report Harassment by Trump’s Police Task Force
A pastor was pulled over for looking lost. A 72-year-old was marched out in his bathrobe due to mistaken identity. Memphis’ mayor welcomed the federal law enforcement surge, but some residents say the...
www.propublica.org
November 13, 2025 at 4:00 AM
“I really believe that if I didn’t have [my] birth certificate, I would be somewhere in a facility,” one resident said, recalling that one of the armed federal agents who stopped him on the street aggressively asked if he was from Ethiopia or Ghana.
With @mlk50.com
With @mlk50.com
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AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"
November 12, 2025 at 10:39 PM
AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"
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#Pinks #ProudBlue
Here are the names of the Republicans who voted to block the Epstein Transparency Act last time.
newrepublic.com/post/200213/...
Here are the names of the Republicans who voted to block the Epstein Transparency Act last time.
newrepublic.com/post/200213/...
Here’s the Name of Every Republican Who Voted to Kill Epstein Bill
Republicans on the House Rules Committee voted to block the Epstein Files Transparency Act, just days after survivors demanded that Congress pass the legislation.
newrepublic.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:27 AM
#Pinks #ProudBlue
Here are the names of the Republicans who voted to block the Epstein Transparency Act last time.
newrepublic.com/post/200213/...
Here are the names of the Republicans who voted to block the Epstein Transparency Act last time.
newrepublic.com/post/200213/...
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The newly released Epstein files can be found here.
You have the opportunity to read these documents yourself and understand why the Trump administration fought so hard to keep them from you.
You have the opportunity to read these documents yourself and understand why the Trump administration fought so hard to keep them from you.
Oversight Committee Releases Additional Epstein Estate Documents - United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
oversight.house.gov
November 13, 2025 at 12:51 AM
The newly released Epstein files can be found here.
You have the opportunity to read these documents yourself and understand why the Trump administration fought so hard to keep them from you.
You have the opportunity to read these documents yourself and understand why the Trump administration fought so hard to keep them from you.
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I'm hearing the same thing. Dems are nearing a surrender. I'm shocked. Largest protest in history + best election night in years + polling showing we're kicking their ass in public opinion. And now Dems may cave.
It ain't over til it's over, so please do call if you've got a Dem senator.
It ain't over til it's over, so please do call if you've got a Dem senator.
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I'm hearing the same thing. Dems are nearing a surrender. I'm shocked. Largest protest in history + best election night in years + polling showing we're kicking their ass in public opinion. And now Dems may cave.
It ain't over til it's over, so please do call if you've got a Dem senator.
It ain't over til it's over, so please do call if you've got a Dem senator.
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Literally stealing food out of peoples’ mouths.
FLAG: The Trump admin has told states to "immediately undo" any actions to provide full food stamp benefits to low-income families for the month of November — threatening financial penalties if they do not comply.
SNAP helps roughly one in eight Americans buy groceries.
SNAP helps roughly one in eight Americans buy groceries.
November 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Literally stealing food out of peoples’ mouths.
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Here’s video of federal agents doing a drive by pepper spraying that hit a father and his one-year old on Saturday when the Feds were hitting Little Village and Cicero
November 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Here’s video of federal agents doing a drive by pepper spraying that hit a father and his one-year old on Saturday when the Feds were hitting Little Village and Cicero
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🚨 We’re hearing that Senate Democrats are on the verge of caving to Trump in another “Schumer Surrender.”
That means your Democratic senators need to hear from you right now.
Call: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Email: act.indivisible.org/sign/funding...
That means your Democratic senators need to hear from you right now.
Call: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Email: act.indivisible.org/sign/funding...
November 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
🚨 We’re hearing that Senate Democrats are on the verge of caving to Trump in another “Schumer Surrender.”
That means your Democratic senators need to hear from you right now.
Call: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Email: act.indivisible.org/sign/funding...
That means your Democratic senators need to hear from you right now.
Call: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Email: act.indivisible.org/sign/funding...
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"The Trump administration has secretly authorized the C.I.A. to conduct covert action in Venezuela, according to U.S. officials, stepping up a campaign against Nicolás Maduro, the country’s authoritarian leader."
NYT, October 15, 2025
NYT, October 15, 2025
Venezuela says a CIA-backed cell planned to hit the USS Gravely and blame Caracas; Washington denies the claim, calling it unverified and offering no comment on alleged covert actions.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/venezuelas...
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/venezuelas...
November 7, 2025 at 7:11 PM
"The Trump administration has secretly authorized the C.I.A. to conduct covert action in Venezuela, according to U.S. officials, stepping up a campaign against Nicolás Maduro, the country’s authoritarian leader."
NYT, October 15, 2025
NYT, October 15, 2025
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The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
The world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising
www.economist.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
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He has now erased fully 10% of the term to which Grijalva was elected.
Speaker Johnson is officially keeping the House in recess again next week. This will be the eighth consecutive week the House has been out of session. The chamber hasn't met since Sept. 19. Adelita Grijalva, who was elected on Sept. 23, has not been sworn in.
November 7, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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And let's name names. #ElonMusk #MarcoRubio #RussellVought and #DonaldTrump (with help from #JohnRoberts). This is premeditated murder--of children. You can spin it anyway you like but you cannot escape this fact.
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 12:25 PM
And let's name names. #ElonMusk #MarcoRubio #RussellVought and #DonaldTrump (with help from #JohnRoberts). This is premeditated murder--of children. You can spin it anyway you like but you cannot escape this fact.
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As @GovBillLee Speaker Sexton & @MarshaBlackburn lie about the numbers in MEMPHIS (the occupiers are mostly arresting non-criminals), Black folks are being harassed and targeted and say they don’t feel safe.
www.propublica.org/article/memp...
www.propublica.org/article/memp...
November 6, 2025 at 9:57 PM
As @GovBillLee Speaker Sexton & @MarshaBlackburn lie about the numbers in MEMPHIS (the occupiers are mostly arresting non-criminals), Black folks are being harassed and targeted and say they don’t feel safe.
www.propublica.org/article/memp...
www.propublica.org/article/memp...
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An immigration enforcement officer who shot a US citizen in Chicago last month bragged about the incident in texts afterwards, according to court documents filed in federal court on Wednesday.
A Border Patrol agent bragged about shooting someone, texts show
"Sweet. My fifteen mins of fame. Lmao."
www.motherjones.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:02 PM
An immigration enforcement officer who shot a US citizen in Chicago last month bragged about the incident in texts afterwards, according to court documents filed in federal court on Wednesday.