Vera Racine
@veraracine.bsky.social
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal”… “with liberty and justice for all”…”love your neighbor as yourself”…. You American? You Christian? It’s not fucking complicated.
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This sounds like one of the CIA black sites during the GWOT. Gitmo, Abu Ghraib.
Don't ever think Americans won't do this too. We already did.
Don't ever think Americans won't do this too. We already did.
“In Cell 15, Plaintiff Abrego Garcia and 20 other Salvadorans were forced to kneel from approximately 9:00 PM to 6:00 AM, with guards striking anyone who fell from exhaustion. During this time, Plaintiff Abrego Garcia was denied bathroom access and soiled himself…”
July 3, 2025 at 12:35 AM
This sounds like one of the CIA black sites during the GWOT. Gitmo, Abu Ghraib.
Don't ever think Americans won't do this too. We already did.
Don't ever think Americans won't do this too. We already did.
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Elon Musk casually, and illegally, dismantled USAID. According to a new study in the Lancet, that action will lead to *14 million* premature deaths between 2025 and 2030.
Again: Elon Musk is directly responsible for 14 million coming deaths. 4.5 million will be children.
Again: Elon Musk is directly responsible for 14 million coming deaths. 4.5 million will be children.
Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis
USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality
across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates
show that, unless the a...
www.thelancet.com
July 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Elon Musk casually, and illegally, dismantled USAID. According to a new study in the Lancet, that action will lead to *14 million* premature deaths between 2025 and 2030.
Again: Elon Musk is directly responsible for 14 million coming deaths. 4.5 million will be children.
Again: Elon Musk is directly responsible for 14 million coming deaths. 4.5 million will be children.
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For the life of me I don’t understand going to the effort - time, money, everything - of running for Congress, winning, and then just rolling over. It makes no sense.
July 1, 2025 at 10:12 PM
For the life of me I don’t understand going to the effort - time, money, everything - of running for Congress, winning, and then just rolling over. It makes no sense.
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Florida needs to change their nickname from The Sunshine State to The Sundown State.
The mad king is nuts.
The mad king is nuts.
July 1, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Florida needs to change their nickname from The Sunshine State to The Sundown State.
The mad king is nuts.
The mad king is nuts.
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The U.S is the wealthiest country in the history of the world. We should not have the highest rate of child poverty of nearly every major country on earth. We should have the lowest.
It's time to end this international embarrassment & create an economy that works for all.
It's time to end this international embarrassment & create an economy that works for all.
April 1, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The U.S is the wealthiest country in the history of the world. We should not have the highest rate of child poverty of nearly every major country on earth. We should have the lowest.
It's time to end this international embarrassment & create an economy that works for all.
It's time to end this international embarrassment & create an economy that works for all.
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What was dumber: including a journalist on a signal chat about your bomb plans or then calling that journalist “bottom scum” while he still had the screenshots available to publish as your colleagues were already committing perjury
March 26, 2025 at 3:11 PM
What was dumber: including a journalist on a signal chat about your bomb plans or then calling that journalist “bottom scum” while he still had the screenshots available to publish as your colleagues were already committing perjury
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The United States of America is the only major country on earth that does not guarantee health care as a human right.
The result: We rank dead last among wealthy nations in life expectancy.
We must end that international embarrassment.
Yes. We need Medicare for All.
The result: We rank dead last among wealthy nations in life expectancy.
We must end that international embarrassment.
Yes. We need Medicare for All.
March 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The United States of America is the only major country on earth that does not guarantee health care as a human right.
The result: We rank dead last among wealthy nations in life expectancy.
We must end that international embarrassment.
Yes. We need Medicare for All.
The result: We rank dead last among wealthy nations in life expectancy.
We must end that international embarrassment.
Yes. We need Medicare for All.
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Trump thought we'd give up without a fight, that we'd be too scared to push back. We're in this fight 'til the end, 'til Trump's gone and America is free again. And nothing's going to change that.
Forgotten Man
YouTube video by The Lincoln Project
youtu.be
March 17, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Trump thought we'd give up without a fight, that we'd be too scared to push back. We're in this fight 'til the end, 'til Trump's gone and America is free again. And nothing's going to change that.
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you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
March 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
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In which evil is embraced with glee
The Cruelty Is The Point
I really don’t want to talk about current events every time I get up in the pulpit, but when evil’s in the world, you gotta call it when you see it.
open.substack.com
February 26, 2025 at 7:50 PM
In which evil is embraced with glee
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Tuberculosis, the deadliest infectious disease on the planet, kills more than 1.25M people a year.
New infections are expected to surge by 30% as a result of closing USAID, one memo obtained by @propublica.org says.
Read the latest from @annamaria.bsky.social + Brett Murphy
New infections are expected to surge by 30% as a result of closing USAID, one memo obtained by @propublica.org says.
Read the latest from @annamaria.bsky.social + Brett Murphy
Internal Memos: Senior USAID Leaders Warned Trump Appointees of Hundreds of Thousands of Deaths From Closing Agency
One million children will go untreated for severe malnutrition, up to 166,000 people will die from malaria and 200,000 more children will be paralyzed by polio over the next decade, the memos estimate...
www.propublica.org
March 3, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Tuberculosis, the deadliest infectious disease on the planet, kills more than 1.25M people a year.
New infections are expected to surge by 30% as a result of closing USAID, one memo obtained by @propublica.org says.
Read the latest from @annamaria.bsky.social + Brett Murphy
New infections are expected to surge by 30% as a result of closing USAID, one memo obtained by @propublica.org says.
Read the latest from @annamaria.bsky.social + Brett Murphy
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NEW: One million children will go untreated for severe malnutrition, up to 166,000 people will die from malaria and 200,000 more children will be paralyzed by polio over the next decade, internal memos estimated.
The USAID programs were cut anyway.
By Brett Murphy and @annamaria.bsky.social
The USAID programs were cut anyway.
By Brett Murphy and @annamaria.bsky.social
Internal Memos: Senior USAID Leaders Warned Trump Appointees of Hundreds of Thousands of Deaths From Closing Agency
One million children will go untreated for severe malnutrition, up to 166,000 people will die from malaria and 200,000 more children will be paralyzed by polio over the next decade, the memos estimate...
propub.li
March 3, 2025 at 10:07 PM
NEW: One million children will go untreated for severe malnutrition, up to 166,000 people will die from malaria and 200,000 more children will be paralyzed by polio over the next decade, internal memos estimated.
The USAID programs were cut anyway.
By Brett Murphy and @annamaria.bsky.social
The USAID programs were cut anyway.
By Brett Murphy and @annamaria.bsky.social
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Our national shame knows no bounds under the Trumperate of Trump/Musk/Vance.
March 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Our national shame knows no bounds under the Trumperate of Trump/Musk/Vance.
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Since the president has signed an EO making English the official language of the United States, here is the first non-English copy of the Declaration of Independence, printed in German just days after July 4, 1776. We have always been multilingual.
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March 2, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Since the president has signed an EO making English the official language of the United States, here is the first non-English copy of the Declaration of Independence, printed in German just days after July 4, 1776. We have always been multilingual.
cdm16274.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/coll...
cdm16274.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/coll...
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Breaking: FDA's March meeting to select flu shot strains for 2025-2026 season has been canceled per email sent to committee members, a VRBPAC member told me. drug companies need about 6 months leeway to make shots in time for fall vax campaigns. #healthpolicy
February 26, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Breaking: FDA's March meeting to select flu shot strains for 2025-2026 season has been canceled per email sent to committee members, a VRBPAC member told me. drug companies need about 6 months leeway to make shots in time for fall vax campaigns. #healthpolicy
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We pay just over $2,800/mo for a “gold” health plan for our family. One of our kids obtained an MRI. The top number is the cost of the MRI. The bottom number is what we owe. Molina, which owns our plan, received $38 BILLION in premium revenue in 2024, and its CEO got $21.5 MILLION in compensation.
January 22, 2025 at 11:41 PM
We pay just over $2,800/mo for a “gold” health plan for our family. One of our kids obtained an MRI. The top number is the cost of the MRI. The bottom number is what we owe. Molina, which owns our plan, received $38 BILLION in premium revenue in 2024, and its CEO got $21.5 MILLION in compensation.
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Reposted by Vera Racine
Surprise! Elon Musk approves of Jeff Bezos’ decision only to allow right-wing claptrap on the Washington Post’s opinion page
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February 26, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Surprise! Elon Musk approves of Jeff Bezos’ decision only to allow right-wing claptrap on the Washington Post’s opinion page
muskwatch.com/subscribe
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aint no way we cut medicaid and housing assistance so jeff bezos could buy this shirt
February 26, 2025 at 7:07 AM
aint no way we cut medicaid and housing assistance so jeff bezos could buy this shirt
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Are you bored tonight? Send your five accomplishments, maybe your shopping list, or your five thoughts on Elon from the past week to OPM at HR@opm.gov.
February 23, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Are you bored tonight? Send your five accomplishments, maybe your shopping list, or your five thoughts on Elon from the past week to OPM at HR@opm.gov.
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There is no legal architecture that allows Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, to remake the entire federal government without running afoul of criminal conflict of interest laws.
In other words, there's no way that his role is legal, constitutional, or compatible with democratic governance.
In other words, there's no way that his role is legal, constitutional, or compatible with democratic governance.
There's no way Elon Musk’s job is legal
"Checks and balances, at the moment, seem to be neutralized.”
www.motherjones.com
February 18, 2025 at 1:50 PM
There is no legal architecture that allows Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, to remake the entire federal government without running afoul of criminal conflict of interest laws.
In other words, there's no way that his role is legal, constitutional, or compatible with democratic governance.
In other words, there's no way that his role is legal, constitutional, or compatible with democratic governance.
The US will no longer be a first world country after Trump gets done with us. Not a single one of these pillars will be standing.
February 18, 2025 at 10:04 PM
The US will no longer be a first world country after Trump gets done with us. Not a single one of these pillars will be standing.
My homeschool kid and I watched Schindler’s List today. If you haven’t seen it, or it’s been a while, I encourage you to do the same. If you ever wonder how you would have acted, what you would have done, when history turned unforgivable, your actions and who you support now will tell you.
February 12, 2025 at 10:14 PM
My homeschool kid and I watched Schindler’s List today. If you haven’t seen it, or it’s been a while, I encourage you to do the same. If you ever wonder how you would have acted, what you would have done, when history turned unforgivable, your actions and who you support now will tell you.
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"I have some potentially disturbing news for you," says @garrisonhayes.bsky.social in his latest video. "Throughout American history, the only group of people to consistently get jobs they didn't deserve because they were the right race or the right gender were white men."
Fun fact: White men don't have a monopoly on merit. #DEI
YouTube video by Mother Jones
youtube.com
February 12, 2025 at 6:53 PM
"I have some potentially disturbing news for you," says @garrisonhayes.bsky.social in his latest video. "Throughout American history, the only group of people to consistently get jobs they didn't deserve because they were the right race or the right gender were white men."