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As Trump shifts federal agents on to the streets of Washington, local leaders call it "unnecessary" and point to the stats
Violent crime dropped 26% from last year
Trump alleges DC is graffiti-filled and dangerous
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Violent crime dropped 26% from last year
Trump alleges DC is graffiti-filled and dangerous
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August 11, 2025 at 11:46 AM
As Trump shifts federal agents on to the streets of Washington, local leaders call it "unnecessary" and point to the stats
Violent crime dropped 26% from last year
Trump alleges DC is graffiti-filled and dangerous
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Violent crime dropped 26% from last year
Trump alleges DC is graffiti-filled and dangerous
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Stupidest possible way to run an economy
On Aug 1, tariff rates are scheduled to rise to historic highs. average tariffs on women’s clothing will rise to 48 percent, wine to 20 percent, and toys to nearly 50 percent.
taxpolicycenter.org/taxvox/too-m...
taxpolicycenter.org/taxvox/too-m...
July 9, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Stupidest possible way to run an economy
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When they say “depoliticize science” they really mean “politicize science then retaliate against scientists who speak out.”
Fundamental things about the Trump regime: Orwellian lying, grift, and politicizing expertise, no matter how many people will die.
Fundamental things about the Trump regime: Orwellian lying, grift, and politicizing expertise, no matter how many people will die.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday refused to rule out retaliation against hundreds of National Institutes of Health scientists over a joint letter signed and delivered in protest of HHS cuts and layoffs.
www.rawstory.com/rfk-jr-26724...
www.rawstory.com/rfk-jr-26724...
'Excuse me, sir': RFK Jr. refuses to vow not to target staff with retaliation
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday refused to rule out retaliation against hundreds of National Institutes of Health scientists over a joint letter...
www.rawstory.com
June 24, 2025 at 5:30 PM
When they say “depoliticize science” they really mean “politicize science then retaliate against scientists who speak out.”
Fundamental things about the Trump regime: Orwellian lying, grift, and politicizing expertise, no matter how many people will die.
Fundamental things about the Trump regime: Orwellian lying, grift, and politicizing expertise, no matter how many people will die.
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If you’re not outraged by this, you really should be.
June 21, 2025 at 11:57 PM
If you’re not outraged by this, you really should be.
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BEYER: Isn't this embarrassing?
BESSENT: You seem not to have seen the economic data. GDP growth has been quite substantial
BEYER: GDP growth is half what it was last year, sir
BESSENT: Job growth is solid
BEYER: Job growth is a third what it was last year, sir
BESSENT: You seem not to have seen the economic data. GDP growth has been quite substantial
BEYER: GDP growth is half what it was last year, sir
BESSENT: Job growth is solid
BEYER: Job growth is a third what it was last year, sir
June 11, 2025 at 5:55 PM
BEYER: Isn't this embarrassing?
BESSENT: You seem not to have seen the economic data. GDP growth has been quite substantial
BEYER: GDP growth is half what it was last year, sir
BESSENT: Job growth is solid
BEYER: Job growth is a third what it was last year, sir
BESSENT: You seem not to have seen the economic data. GDP growth has been quite substantial
BEYER: GDP growth is half what it was last year, sir
BESSENT: Job growth is solid
BEYER: Job growth is a third what it was last year, sir
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Not a doctor. Not a scientist. A conspiracy theorist and a charlatan. More people will die because of this charlatan.
The CDC is pulling its Covid-19 vaccine recommendation for healthy children and pregnant women, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced.
The CDC is no longer recommending Covid vaccines for healthy children, pregnant women
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced the decision without waiting for an agency advisory panel to vote.
www.politico.com
May 28, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Not a doctor. Not a scientist. A conspiracy theorist and a charlatan. More people will die because of this charlatan.
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So what we have learned is that the Republican budget bill:
- increases wealth for the richest 10%
- decreases wealth for the poorest 10%
- adds $3.8 TRILLION (greater than the total size of many foreign economies) to the deficit.
What a f---ing disaster.
- increases wealth for the richest 10%
- decreases wealth for the poorest 10%
- adds $3.8 TRILLION (greater than the total size of many foreign economies) to the deficit.
What a f---ing disaster.
May 21, 2025 at 3:21 PM
So what we have learned is that the Republican budget bill:
- increases wealth for the richest 10%
- decreases wealth for the poorest 10%
- adds $3.8 TRILLION (greater than the total size of many foreign economies) to the deficit.
What a f---ing disaster.
- increases wealth for the richest 10%
- decreases wealth for the poorest 10%
- adds $3.8 TRILLION (greater than the total size of many foreign economies) to the deficit.
What a f---ing disaster.
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This is so vague that it could ban the regulation of any kind of algorithm whatsoever; “automated decision system” is an extremely broad term!
This is insane. Republicans have inserted language into the budget reconciliation bill that would ban states from regulating AI in any capacity for 10 years.
from @404media.co
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from @404media.co
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May 12, 2025 at 10:20 PM
This is so vague that it could ban the regulation of any kind of algorithm whatsoever; “automated decision system” is an extremely broad term!
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"There's a reason you separate military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people."
- Commander William Adama, Battlestar Galactica
- Commander William Adama, Battlestar Galactica
May 11, 2025 at 6:24 PM
"There's a reason you separate military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people."
- Commander William Adama, Battlestar Galactica
- Commander William Adama, Battlestar Galactica
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I am going to keep saying this until I am blue in the face: if we survive all this, and that’s a non-trivial if right now, it will take a generation to fix the damage.
By that point, China will have surpassed us.
By that point, China will have surpassed us.
Exclusive: National Science Foundation staff were told today that the agency’s 37 divisions—across all eight directorates—are being abolished and the number of programs within those divisions will be drastically reduced.
Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions
Changes seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund
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May 9, 2025 at 11:04 AM
I am going to keep saying this until I am blue in the face: if we survive all this, and that’s a non-trivial if right now, it will take a generation to fix the damage.
By that point, China will have surpassed us.
By that point, China will have surpassed us.
Women Building Peace: Quilting for the Constitution Peace by Piece.
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May 7, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Women Building Peace: Quilting for the Constitution Peace by Piece.
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I finished our Protest Quilt for our Quilt In in DC on Tuesday. Women Building Peace. Quilting for the Constitution: Peace by Piece.
May 4, 2025 at 5:26 AM
I finished our Protest Quilt for our Quilt In in DC on Tuesday. Women Building Peace. Quilting for the Constitution: Peace by Piece.
Said yes to altering a prom dress. I'm trying to improve my skills.
It's terrifying cutting into someoneelse's dress.
It's terrifying cutting into someoneelse's dress.
April 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Said yes to altering a prom dress. I'm trying to improve my skills.
It's terrifying cutting into someoneelse's dress.
It's terrifying cutting into someoneelse's dress.
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What could possibly go wrong?
US FDA suspends milk quality tests amid workforce cuts
The Food and Drug Administration is suspending a quality control program for testing of fluid milk and other dairy products due to reduced capacity in its food safety and nutrition division, according to an internal email seen by Reuters.
www.reuters.com
April 22, 2025 at 2:41 PM
What could possibly go wrong?
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Like I said months ago was their main goal
The scale at which DOGE is seeking to interconnect data, including sensitive biometric data, is unprecedented, raising alarms with experts who fear it may lead to disastrous privacy violations for citizens and immigrants alike.
DOGE Is Building a Master Database to Surveil and Track Immigrants
DOGE is knitting together data from the Department of Homeland Security, Social Security Administration, an IRS that could create a surveillance tool of unprecedented scope.
www.wired.com
April 21, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Like I said months ago was their main goal
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If Donald Trump cared one iota about our national security, Pete Hegseth would be back in his regular Fox slot by morning.
April 21, 2025 at 1:47 AM
If Donald Trump cared one iota about our national security, Pete Hegseth would be back in his regular Fox slot by morning.
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*Of course* advance information on US combat operations is classified. Pretending otherwise is an insult to our troops, who all know this.
The Secretary is unfit to lead.
The Secretary is unfit to lead.
April 21, 2025 at 12:01 AM
*Of course* advance information on US combat operations is classified. Pretending otherwise is an insult to our troops, who all know this.
The Secretary is unfit to lead.
The Secretary is unfit to lead.
WIP. Update: I am assembling quilt squares as part of my protest quilt. Women Building Piece, Quilting for the Constitution Peace by Piece. We are going to write messages on the squares to our Representatives.
www.instagram.com/womenbuildin...
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April 19, 2025 at 1:34 AM
WIP. Update: I am assembling quilt squares as part of my protest quilt. Women Building Piece, Quilting for the Constitution Peace by Piece. We are going to write messages on the squares to our Representatives.
www.instagram.com/womenbuildin...
www.instagram.com/womenbuildin...
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The Changi Quilts are one of my favorite stories of craft used as resistance during WWII. Hop over to my blog to read more:
fraydikatstudio.com/2025/04/15/c...
#craftivism #quilting #womenofhistory #crafting #embroidery #resist
fraydikatstudio.com/2025/04/15/c...
#craftivism #quilting #womenofhistory #crafting #embroidery #resist
April 15, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The Changi Quilts are one of my favorite stories of craft used as resistance during WWII. Hop over to my blog to read more:
fraydikatstudio.com/2025/04/15/c...
#craftivism #quilting #womenofhistory #crafting #embroidery #resist
fraydikatstudio.com/2025/04/15/c...
#craftivism #quilting #womenofhistory #crafting #embroidery #resist
I bit off a lot with this project. I only have 2 weeks to make a full/queen quilt top. My machine is in the shop (borrowed a friend's) and I decided to be an over-achiever and do more than was asked. It's been a week of washing, cutting, and ironing... it's going to be a busy week.
April 13, 2025 at 2:00 AM
I bit off a lot with this project. I only have 2 weeks to make a full/queen quilt top. My machine is in the shop (borrowed a friend's) and I decided to be an over-achiever and do more than was asked. It's been a week of washing, cutting, and ironing... it's going to be a busy week.
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There are a lot of bright shiny things to chase every day with Donald Trump. The principle of a free press has to remain among our North Stars. Attacks on the press are an attack on democracy itself. Yesterday a judge stood up to Trump & ordered him to stop. joycevance.substack.com/p/trump-vers...
April 9, 2025 at 11:02 AM
There are a lot of bright shiny things to chase every day with Donald Trump. The principle of a free press has to remain among our North Stars. Attacks on the press are an attack on democracy itself. Yesterday a judge stood up to Trump & ordered him to stop. joycevance.substack.com/p/trump-vers...
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One of two things is happening.
They don’t understand what’s happening.
They want it to happen.
Pick your poison
They don’t understand what’s happening.
They want it to happen.
Pick your poison
In any other administration, the president would already be huddled with advisors trying to stave off collapse
April 9, 2025 at 11:29 AM
One of two things is happening.
They don’t understand what’s happening.
They want it to happen.
Pick your poison
They don’t understand what’s happening.
They want it to happen.
Pick your poison
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Rule of Law is in the rearview mirror.
Leavitt confirmed that the WH is working on deporting US citizens to El Salvador
April 8, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Rule of Law is in the rearview mirror.
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President Trump is using the Abrego Garcia case to establish a truly chilling proposition: that no one can stop him from imprisoning anyone he wants anywhere else in the world never to be seen or heard from again. His dream is to preside over a police state. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/o...
Opinion | Trump’s Gulag Archipelago
He is seeking to establish a truly chilling proposition: that no one can stop his administration from imprisoning anyone it wants, anywhere in the world.
www.nytimes.com
April 9, 2025 at 9:52 AM
President Trump is using the Abrego Garcia case to establish a truly chilling proposition: that no one can stop him from imprisoning anyone he wants anywhere else in the world never to be seen or heard from again. His dream is to preside over a police state. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/o...
I learned how to sew on a machine like this. My mother said it was. "worth it's weight in gold." .... she taught me to feel fabric and pick patterns. How to pin them, cut them, and follow them.
I've got my own machine now, and can't ask her questions. I am grateful for her patience to teach me.
I've got my own machine now, and can't ask her questions. I am grateful for her patience to teach me.
April 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I learned how to sew on a machine like this. My mother said it was. "worth it's weight in gold." .... she taught me to feel fabric and pick patterns. How to pin them, cut them, and follow them.
I've got my own machine now, and can't ask her questions. I am grateful for her patience to teach me.
I've got my own machine now, and can't ask her questions. I am grateful for her patience to teach me.