Apropostal
@apropostal.bsky.social
Recovering conservative. Elizabeth Warren fangirl. Crochet convert.
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It’s a month since the administration detained and disappeared a green card holder, a lawful permanent resident.
We cannot allow this to be normalized or forgotten.
We cannot allow this to be normalized or forgotten.
April 8, 2025 at 9:57 PM
It’s a month since the administration detained and disappeared a green card holder, a lawful permanent resident.
We cannot allow this to be normalized or forgotten.
We cannot allow this to be normalized or forgotten.
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SCOOP—Trump plans to issue an executive order designating fentanyl as a "Weapon of Mass Destruction," per copy of EO reviewed by me. Source at State speculates purpose is to designate cartels as terrorist orgs/justify military ops in Mexico/Canada.
Context/full text of draft only on The Handbasket:
Context/full text of draft only on The Handbasket:
Trump to declare fentanyl “Weapon of Mass Destruction," per draft EO
A copy of the draft was obtained and reviewed by The Handbasket.
www.thehandbasket.co
March 18, 2025 at 6:18 PM
SCOOP—Trump plans to issue an executive order designating fentanyl as a "Weapon of Mass Destruction," per copy of EO reviewed by me. Source at State speculates purpose is to designate cartels as terrorist orgs/justify military ops in Mexico/Canada.
Context/full text of draft only on The Handbasket:
Context/full text of draft only on The Handbasket:
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If the Supreme Court ultimately agrees with what the gov't is arguing today, that the President has broad Article II powers that would permit it to deport people & there can be no judicial review, then literally no one is safe.
March 17, 2025 at 9:33 PM
If the Supreme Court ultimately agrees with what the gov't is arguing today, that the President has broad Article II powers that would permit it to deport people & there can be no judicial review, then literally no one is safe.
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An American prostitute falls for a Russian, and the film wins five Oscars.
Art mirrors life.
Art mirrors life.
March 4, 2025 at 2:07 AM
An American prostitute falls for a Russian, and the film wins five Oscars.
Art mirrors life.
Art mirrors life.
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The real president always keeps watch over his puppet
February 25, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The real president always keeps watch over his puppet
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Joy on our crisis of democracy: "Tonight on our final ReidOut, we’re going to talk about what people are actually doing to resist this and get some great advice from some of our favorite friends on what more we can do."
February 25, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Joy on our crisis of democracy: "Tonight on our final ReidOut, we’re going to talk about what people are actually doing to resist this and get some great advice from some of our favorite friends on what more we can do."
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NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.
https://propub.li/43487Tj
https://propub.li/43487Tj
Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
propub.li
February 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.
https://propub.li/43487Tj
https://propub.li/43487Tj
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these cabinet announcements are like an advent calendar counting down to the apocalypse
February 13, 2025 at 5:11 PM
these cabinet announcements are like an advent calendar counting down to the apocalypse
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Republican politicians and big banks have been trying to destroy the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ever since it was born. They have failed every time, and they will fail again now. I’m staying in the fight.
February 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Republican politicians and big banks have been trying to destroy the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ever since it was born. They have failed every time, and they will fail again now. I’m staying in the fight.
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I can’t believe the Supreme Court said the president was above the law and now the president is acting like he’s above the law.
February 11, 2025 at 2:17 AM
I can’t believe the Supreme Court said the president was above the law and now the president is acting like he’s above the law.
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February 8, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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February 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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I am really frustrated that the press is discussing the destruction of USAID as something that has happened rather than an illegal action that will likely be undone in two weeks when courts tell the world that it was illegal.
February 7, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I am really frustrated that the press is discussing the destruction of USAID as something that has happened rather than an illegal action that will likely be undone in two weeks when courts tell the world that it was illegal.
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Destruction of Government by Elon (DOGE)
February 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Destruction of Government by Elon (DOGE)
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Whew! This needs more amplification and a deep dive.
Now the whole country gets the experience of what it's like when private equity buys the place you work
February 5, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Whew! This needs more amplification and a deep dive.
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NEW: The removal of the DOJ’s Jan. 6 database signals the Trump administration’s intention to not only spare his supporters any further consequences for their role in the riot, but to erase the event from the record.
By @alecmac.bsky.social
By @alecmac.bsky.social
Memory-Holing Jan. 6: What Happens When You Try to Make History Vanish?
The Trump administration’s decision to delete a DOJ database of cases against Capitol riot defendants places those who seek to preserve the historical record in direct opposition to their own…
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February 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
NEW: The removal of the DOJ’s Jan. 6 database signals the Trump administration’s intention to not only spare his supporters any further consequences for their role in the riot, but to erase the event from the record.
By @alecmac.bsky.social
By @alecmac.bsky.social
The "Coup Klux Klan" indeed. The entirety of this is 🎯
February 6, 2025 at 1:28 PM
The "Coup Klux Klan" indeed. The entirety of this is 🎯
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MEGA: Make Elon Go Away
February 4, 2025 at 11:43 PM
MEGA: Make Elon Go Away
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We are actually living in a time where some Christians see mercy as offensive, empathy as a sin, and diversity, equity, and inclusion as a threat.
“Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness.” -Isaiah 5:20
Lord, have mercy.
“Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness.” -Isaiah 5:20
Lord, have mercy.
February 1, 2025 at 3:03 PM
We are actually living in a time where some Christians see mercy as offensive, empathy as a sin, and diversity, equity, and inclusion as a threat.
“Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness.” -Isaiah 5:20
Lord, have mercy.
“Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness.” -Isaiah 5:20
Lord, have mercy.
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The Nicaraguans who keep Wisconsin’s dairy farms, restaurants and factories working are sending home their most prized possessions, bracing for potential mass deportations.
“We don’t have much, but what we do have is important.”
New, from @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social
“We don’t have much, but what we do have is important.”
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How One Immigrant Community Is Coping With the Threat of Deportation
The Nicaraguans who keep Wisconsin’s dairy farms, restaurants and factories working are sending home their most prized possessions, bracing for potential mass deportations. “We don’t have much, but wh...
www.propublica.org
January 31, 2025 at 11:59 AM
The Nicaraguans who keep Wisconsin’s dairy farms, restaurants and factories working are sending home their most prized possessions, bracing for potential mass deportations.
“We don’t have much, but what we do have is important.”
New, from @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social
“We don’t have much, but what we do have is important.”
New, from @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social