Christine Lemus
@alvinmeeps.bsky.social
"I believe in wilderness for itself alone. I believe in the rights of creatures other than man." - David Brower
Disillusioned economics nerd, conservationist, gardener.
Disillusioned economics nerd, conservationist, gardener.
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Don’t let this fade away.
Has Trump answered for this? Has @MarshaBlackburn ?
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Has Trump answered for this? Has @MarshaBlackburn ?
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August 10, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Don’t let this fade away.
Has Trump answered for this? Has @MarshaBlackburn ?
apnews.com/article/wome...
Has Trump answered for this? Has @MarshaBlackburn ?
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We said the push to erode diversity, equity, and inclusion was alarming because the push was rooted in anti-Blackness.
Fast forward a few months and conservatives are defending fundraising for a grown woman because she called a Black child the n-word.
Fast forward a few months and conservatives are defending fundraising for a grown woman because she called a Black child the n-word.
May 6, 2025 at 12:34 AM
We said the push to erode diversity, equity, and inclusion was alarming because the push was rooted in anti-Blackness.
Fast forward a few months and conservatives are defending fundraising for a grown woman because she called a Black child the n-word.
Fast forward a few months and conservatives are defending fundraising for a grown woman because she called a Black child the n-word.
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THE PENTAGON BUDGET JUST HIT A TRILLION DOLLARS.
Not a single pundit from either political party said “how are we going to pay for it?!”
Don’t dare tell us we cannot ALL have healthcare, housing, and education.
Not a single pundit from either political party said “how are we going to pay for it?!”
Don’t dare tell us we cannot ALL have healthcare, housing, and education.
May 6, 2025 at 12:02 AM
THE PENTAGON BUDGET JUST HIT A TRILLION DOLLARS.
Not a single pundit from either political party said “how are we going to pay for it?!”
Don’t dare tell us we cannot ALL have healthcare, housing, and education.
Not a single pundit from either political party said “how are we going to pay for it?!”
Don’t dare tell us we cannot ALL have healthcare, housing, and education.
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“Home-growns”mean any of us. And with no guarantee of due process and administrative incompetence, this could be life sentences in El Salvador for any of us.
Trump to Bukele: "Home-growns are next. The home-growns. You gotta build about five more places. It's not big enough."
April 14, 2025 at 4:59 PM
“Home-growns”mean any of us. And with no guarantee of due process and administrative incompetence, this could be life sentences in El Salvador for any of us.
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As the government flings itself apart, we will keep coming back to the grim reality. Trump can’t be restrained, or reasoned with, or babysat for the next four years. The only way to bring power back under the rule of law is to remove a lawless man from power.
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Opinion | Some members of Congress are starting to talk about impeachment. They’re right.
It’s time to stop beating around the bush: Trump must be impeached and removed from office.
www.msnbc.com
April 15, 2025 at 10:43 AM
As the government flings itself apart, we will keep coming back to the grim reality. Trump can’t be restrained, or reasoned with, or babysat for the next four years. The only way to bring power back under the rule of law is to remove a lawless man from power.
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
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Milwaukee found lead all over it schools.
So the city's health commissioner called CDC experts for help.
Except they'd just been fired.
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So the city's health commissioner called CDC experts for help.
Except they'd just been fired.
amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/04/...
A city responding to a lead crisis in schools reached out to the CDC for help. The agency’s lead experts were just fired | CNN
A CDC team helping respond to a lead crisis in Milwaukee schools was cut as part of a widespread layoffs at federal health agencies this week.
amp.cnn.com
April 3, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Milwaukee found lead all over it schools.
So the city's health commissioner called CDC experts for help.
Except they'd just been fired.
amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/04/...
So the city's health commissioner called CDC experts for help.
Except they'd just been fired.
amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/04/...
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my grocery store has a massive trade deficit with me. I buy from them every week and they never buy anything from me. in order to correct this injustice, I’m going to self-impose a sales tax on groceries so that I can’t buy as many.
April 2, 2025 at 11:35 PM
my grocery store has a massive trade deficit with me. I buy from them every week and they never buy anything from me. in order to correct this injustice, I’m going to self-impose a sales tax on groceries so that I can’t buy as many.
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It is hard to express, without resorting to expletives, how utterly stupid it is to suggest that the United States, world's richest economy with a population of 334 million, should have a bilateral trade balance of zero (no trade surplus, no trade deficit) with every country in the world.
I want to note again how completely insane you have to be for your goal to be a “bilateral trade balance of zero” with every country. Just nutso.
April 3, 2025 at 12:59 PM
It is hard to express, without resorting to expletives, how utterly stupid it is to suggest that the United States, world's richest economy with a population of 334 million, should have a bilateral trade balance of zero (no trade surplus, no trade deficit) with every country in the world.
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ECONOMY IN SHAMBLES
U.S. job cuts hit 275,240 in March 2025, the highest since the pandemic peak in 2020, surpassing 2001 & 2008 recessions. Layoffs surge as federal cuts, led by DOGE, echo Covid-era losses.
It's the third highest monthly total on record.
U.S. job cuts hit 275,240 in March 2025, the highest since the pandemic peak in 2020, surpassing 2001 & 2008 recessions. Layoffs surge as federal cuts, led by DOGE, echo Covid-era losses.
It's the third highest monthly total on record.
April 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM
ECONOMY IN SHAMBLES
U.S. job cuts hit 275,240 in March 2025, the highest since the pandemic peak in 2020, surpassing 2001 & 2008 recessions. Layoffs surge as federal cuts, led by DOGE, echo Covid-era losses.
It's the third highest monthly total on record.
U.S. job cuts hit 275,240 in March 2025, the highest since the pandemic peak in 2020, surpassing 2001 & 2008 recessions. Layoffs surge as federal cuts, led by DOGE, echo Covid-era losses.
It's the third highest monthly total on record.
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The 250th anniversary of the beginning of the American Revolution is less than a month away. Rhetorically and symbolically, this moment is set up so cleanly it's difficult to believe.
The Dem establishment is choking here completely. The base is dialed to 11. The left should be trying to fill this vacuum and offer leadership by hook or by crook. There may never be an opportunity like this again. We should be outlibbing the libs. Saying the way out is through political economy.
March 21, 2025 at 11:09 PM
The 250th anniversary of the beginning of the American Revolution is less than a month away. Rhetorically and symbolically, this moment is set up so cleanly it's difficult to believe.
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I believe the firings and the AI have the same purpose: to get humans out of the loop of evaluating contracts. To automate the process of spending government money. To rig up a computer that sends taxpayer dollars directly to the broligarchy.
March 21, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I believe the firings and the AI have the same purpose: to get humans out of the loop of evaluating contracts. To automate the process of spending government money. To rig up a computer that sends taxpayer dollars directly to the broligarchy.
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"On October 8, 1931, a law went into effect requiring every Italian university professor to sign an oath pledging their loyalty to the government of Benito Mussolini. Out of over 1,200 professors in the country, only 12 refused. All of them were immediately fired." www.chronicle.com/article/what...
Opinion | What Autocrats Want From Academics: Servility
In 1931, Italian scholars were made to take loyalty oaths. Will that happen to us?
www.chronicle.com
March 21, 2025 at 10:45 PM
"On October 8, 1931, a law went into effect requiring every Italian university professor to sign an oath pledging their loyalty to the government of Benito Mussolini. Out of over 1,200 professors in the country, only 12 refused. All of them were immediately fired." www.chronicle.com/article/what...
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I think also they were unwilling to believe it has been falling apart. This was the whole idea of voting for Biden: all we needed was to go back to when things were normal.
But it didn’t work because the wheels were already coming off, and people simply couldn’t admit it. Which accelerated it.
But it didn’t work because the wheels were already coming off, and people simply couldn’t admit it. Which accelerated it.
People are unwilling to believe this country could actually fall apart. They've been unwilling for the last 10 years. And it's that unwillingness that may well kill us in the end.
March 22, 2025 at 12:57 AM
I think also they were unwilling to believe it has been falling apart. This was the whole idea of voting for Biden: all we needed was to go back to when things were normal.
But it didn’t work because the wheels were already coming off, and people simply couldn’t admit it. Which accelerated it.
But it didn’t work because the wheels were already coming off, and people simply couldn’t admit it. Which accelerated it.
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What @jimsciutto.bsky.social said 👇🏽 🎯
March 16, 2025 at 2:08 AM
What @jimsciutto.bsky.social said 👇🏽 🎯
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A group of Musk staffers attempted to take control of California’s water pumps during the devastating wildfires. Inspired by Trump, the mission involved direct pressure on federal officials and even a failed attempt to activate the pumps themselves.
March 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
A group of Musk staffers attempted to take control of California’s water pumps during the devastating wildfires. Inspired by Trump, the mission involved direct pressure on federal officials and even a failed attempt to activate the pumps themselves.
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“It’s a sad spectacle to see a law firm …rendering itself into an instrument for lawlessness. It’s also a cautionary example of how lawyers should not conduct themselves as the Trump regime proceeds with its effort to replace the nation’s justice system with one governed by cronyism and corruption.”
While the Trump Regime is targeting lawyers for conducting themselves ethically, other lawyers are seeking to profiteer by aiding in Trump's assault on the rule of law, as I discussed here.
March 9, 2025 at 8:51 PM
“It’s a sad spectacle to see a law firm …rendering itself into an instrument for lawlessness. It’s also a cautionary example of how lawyers should not conduct themselves as the Trump regime proceeds with its effort to replace the nation’s justice system with one governed by cronyism and corruption.”
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Trump wants to fire 83k VA workers, many of whom are veterans themselves, decimating the VA & making it harder for veterans to get health care & benefits.
When Americans put their lives on the line to defend our country, we must keep our commitments to them — not betray them.
When Americans put their lives on the line to defend our country, we must keep our commitments to them — not betray them.
March 5, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Trump wants to fire 83k VA workers, many of whom are veterans themselves, decimating the VA & making it harder for veterans to get health care & benefits.
When Americans put their lives on the line to defend our country, we must keep our commitments to them — not betray them.
When Americans put their lives on the line to defend our country, we must keep our commitments to them — not betray them.
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The massive income and wealth inequality that exists in America today is literally a matter of life and death.
People in wealthy counties live SEVEN years longer than people in poorer communities. That’s unacceptable.
EVERYONE has the right to a long, happy and productive life.
People in wealthy counties live SEVEN years longer than people in poorer communities. That’s unacceptable.
EVERYONE has the right to a long, happy and productive life.
March 7, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The massive income and wealth inequality that exists in America today is literally a matter of life and death.
People in wealthy counties live SEVEN years longer than people in poorer communities. That’s unacceptable.
EVERYONE has the right to a long, happy and productive life.
People in wealthy counties live SEVEN years longer than people in poorer communities. That’s unacceptable.
EVERYONE has the right to a long, happy and productive life.
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Elon Musk's plan to cut the Social Security Administration's staff by 50% would cause 37,000 more Americans to die each year waiting to receive their disability benefits while the average wait time to collect these benefits would jump to 412 days.
That is beyond unacceptable.
That is beyond unacceptable.
March 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Elon Musk's plan to cut the Social Security Administration's staff by 50% would cause 37,000 more Americans to die each year waiting to receive their disability benefits while the average wait time to collect these benefits would jump to 412 days.
That is beyond unacceptable.
That is beyond unacceptable.
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"Russia doesn’t have allies. It has nations it dominates and bullies and coerces, and nations it wishes to dominate and bully and coerce. How dissimilar is that foreign policy from America’s now?" ICYMI @nataliaantonova.bsky.social:
Ukrainians Are in Shock
What other reaction can there be when America turns against its allies, its values, itself?
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March 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
"Russia doesn’t have allies. It has nations it dominates and bullies and coerces, and nations it wishes to dominate and bully and coerce. How dissimilar is that foreign policy from America’s now?" ICYMI @nataliaantonova.bsky.social:
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New, from me: you were told that the threats to free speech came from wokeness. Some compared it to Maoist China.
Now we are witnessing government power being used to silence dissent and censor ideas. Now we know what real society-wide chilling effects look like. 🧵
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Now we are witnessing government power being used to silence dissent and censor ideas. Now we know what real society-wide chilling effects look like. 🧵
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Real chilling effects
A extraordinary pattern of government censorship and threats to speech
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March 9, 2025 at 5:39 PM
New, from me: you were told that the threats to free speech came from wokeness. Some compared it to Maoist China.
Now we are witnessing government power being used to silence dissent and censor ideas. Now we know what real society-wide chilling effects look like. 🧵
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
Now we are witnessing government power being used to silence dissent and censor ideas. Now we know what real society-wide chilling effects look like. 🧵
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
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TENNESSEAN: “Constituents unable to directly address Q’s, my submission was heavily redacted, stripping it of its meaning & allowing Andy Ogles to deflect… parallels to ‘1984’…”
Ogles won’t hold town halls, even his tele-town halls are censored. 🤔
www.tennessean.com/story/opinio...
Ogles won’t hold town halls, even his tele-town halls are censored. 🤔
www.tennessean.com/story/opinio...
March 10, 2025 at 2:20 AM
TENNESSEAN: “Constituents unable to directly address Q’s, my submission was heavily redacted, stripping it of its meaning & allowing Andy Ogles to deflect… parallels to ‘1984’…”
Ogles won’t hold town halls, even his tele-town halls are censored. 🤔
www.tennessean.com/story/opinio...
Ogles won’t hold town halls, even his tele-town halls are censored. 🤔
www.tennessean.com/story/opinio...
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