A. Hawkins
@ansmbc.bsky.social
Learning more about myself and the world everyday
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Bob Costas nailed it. 🎯
June 13, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Bob Costas nailed it. 🎯
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Today they have crossed a deep red line.
We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.
We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.
June 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Today they have crossed a deep red line.
We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.
We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.
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Fear has a way of being contagious.
But courage is also contagious.
But courage is also contagious.
April 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Fear has a way of being contagious.
But courage is also contagious.
But courage is also contagious.
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Incompetence in Washington puts every American at risk, no matter how you voted. No one should be happy that the DOGE team - the same folks who randomly published classified U.S. security information online today - wants access to your bank account & Social Security numbers.
February 15, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Incompetence in Washington puts every American at risk, no matter how you voted. No one should be happy that the DOGE team - the same folks who randomly published classified U.S. security information online today - wants access to your bank account & Social Security numbers.
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In what feels like an even grimmer replay of President Donald Trump’s first term in office, the administration has moved to erase countless references to LGBTQ+ people from federal websites.
Read more about the webpages impacted here ⤵️
Read more about the webpages impacted here ⤵️
Here Are All the Federal Websites Targeted by Trump’s Anti-LGBTQ+ Purge
From the CDC to the Census Bureau, the Trump administration has scrubbed thousands of webpages.
www.teenvogue.com
February 15, 2025 at 5:24 PM
In what feels like an even grimmer replay of President Donald Trump’s first term in office, the administration has moved to erase countless references to LGBTQ+ people from federal websites.
Read more about the webpages impacted here ⤵️
Read more about the webpages impacted here ⤵️
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Where you at Dems ? You fighting to get them far better severance or going to ignore them, and all others in similar circumstances?
Termination notices going out this afternoon to more than 300 employees of the National Cancer Institute. Access likely ends today. Four weeks paid leave and that’s it.
Strong power move for Team Cancer.
Strong power move for Team Cancer.
February 14, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Where you at Dems ? You fighting to get them far better severance or going to ignore them, and all others in similar circumstances?
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"Sometimes reliable information is all that’s needed to help immigrants avoid ICE agents, and anyone can help reduce the unnecessary panic that arrest announcements can generate."
This op-ed explains how to start an ICE Watch neighborhood program in your community. ⤵️
This op-ed explains how to start an ICE Watch neighborhood program in your community. ⤵️
How to Keep Tabs on ICE Agents Who May Be Surveilling Your Neighborhood
Here’s a step-by-step guide.
www.teenvogue.com
January 29, 2025 at 8:42 PM
"Sometimes reliable information is all that’s needed to help immigrants avoid ICE agents, and anyone can help reduce the unnecessary panic that arrest announcements can generate."
This op-ed explains how to start an ICE Watch neighborhood program in your community. ⤵️
This op-ed explains how to start an ICE Watch neighborhood program in your community. ⤵️
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If we were once merely flirting with being an oligarchy, Big Tech’s newfound embrace of Trump is rocketing us right into one. ⤵️
What to Expect From Donald Trump’s Incoming Bro-ligarchy
The rich are preparing to use the government to loot Americans.
www.teenvogue.com
January 16, 2025 at 8:57 PM
If we were once merely flirting with being an oligarchy, Big Tech’s newfound embrace of Trump is rocketing us right into one. ⤵️
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This op-ed explains how Trump’s election recalls the post-Civil War Redemption Era — a white supremacist backlash against racial progress and equality.
Read more: www.teenvogue.com/story/trump-...
Read more: www.teenvogue.com/story/trump-...
What Trump’s Inauguration Has to Do With the Era After the Civil War
Resurging white power politics. Political violence. All-powerful businessmen. Sound familiar?
www.teenvogue.com
January 17, 2025 at 2:15 PM
This op-ed explains how Trump’s election recalls the post-Civil War Redemption Era — a white supremacist backlash against racial progress and equality.
Read more: www.teenvogue.com/story/trump-...
Read more: www.teenvogue.com/story/trump-...
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An escape room but it’s just your nice warm car with your favorite songs on shuffle and the actual world is outside
January 8, 2025 at 6:25 PM
An escape room but it’s just your nice warm car with your favorite songs on shuffle and the actual world is outside
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Proof your public library loves you: they leave you alone while you read, they don’t mind when you bring your kids over, and they’ll let you borrow any of their books, even the hardcovers
December 5, 2024 at 6:33 PM
Proof your public library loves you: they leave you alone while you read, they don’t mind when you bring your kids over, and they’ll let you borrow any of their books, even the hardcovers
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BREAKING: Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield is backing off of a controversial plan to limit coverage of anesthesia in at least one state.
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield calls off decision to cap anesthesia for surgical patients
The murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson cast an intense spotlight on unpopular insurance company policies.
www.axios.com
December 5, 2024 at 7:46 PM
BREAKING: Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield is backing off of a controversial plan to limit coverage of anesthesia in at least one state.
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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s surprise declaration of emergency martial law lasted only six hours. But it has plunged South Korea – a key Asian economy and U.S. ally – into a political crisis that could last much longer. SouthKorean #MartialLaw #Asia
Martial law for a moment: What just happened in South Korea
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s surprise declaration of emergency martial law lasted only six hours. But it has plunged South Korea – a key Asian economy and U.S. ally – into a political crisis...
www.csmonitor.com
December 4, 2024 at 8:54 PM
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s surprise declaration of emergency martial law lasted only six hours. But it has plunged South Korea – a key Asian economy and U.S. ally – into a political crisis that could last much longer. SouthKorean #MartialLaw #Asia
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BREAKING: The French government collapsed as parliament voted to oust Prime Minister Michel Barnier and his cabinet, throwing the nation into the worst political and fiscal turmoil in decades.
French government collapses as political chaos reaches boiling point
This leaves Europe's second largest economy without a functioning government for the first time in 60 years.
www.axios.com
December 4, 2024 at 7:40 PM
BREAKING: The French government collapsed as parliament voted to oust Prime Minister Michel Barnier and his cabinet, throwing the nation into the worst political and fiscal turmoil in decades.
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At the end of the day, don’t we all just want a bookshelf with a rolling ladder?
November 26, 2024 at 5:52 PM
At the end of the day, don’t we all just want a bookshelf with a rolling ladder?
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Donald Trump wants to slap tariffs on China, Mexico, and Canada on his first day in office, which would have devastating effects on supply chains and drive up costs on many companies that do business in the United States.
newrepublic.com/post/188823/...
newrepublic.com/post/188823/...
Here’s How Badly Trump’s New Tariffs Threat Would Wreck the Economy
Donald Trump’s newest tariffs plan targets America’s closest trading partners.
newrepublic.com
November 26, 2024 at 5:42 PM
Donald Trump wants to slap tariffs on China, Mexico, and Canada on his first day in office, which would have devastating effects on supply chains and drive up costs on many companies that do business in the United States.
newrepublic.com/post/188823/...
newrepublic.com/post/188823/...
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Marjorie Taylor Greene says Republicans will take a look at defunding NPR
November 24, 2024 at 3:52 PM
Marjorie Taylor Greene says Republicans will take a look at defunding NPR
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Sorry but all the fables and fairy tales I read as a kid led me to believe people would be learning WAY more lessons than they actually do
November 13, 2024 at 6:25 PM
Sorry but all the fables and fairy tales I read as a kid led me to believe people would be learning WAY more lessons than they actually do