AshleyV
@ashleyv.bsky.social
UX Design, weaving, DIYer. Former Googler.
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Checks and balances got the U.S. through Watergate. Clark Hoyt on what’s gone wrong since:
Why Trump Gets Away With It
The institutional checks that got the country through Watergate are far weaker now.
bit.ly
November 15, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Checks and balances got the U.S. through Watergate. Clark Hoyt on what’s gone wrong since:
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Here are the 10 states that will see the highest premium increases for families that lose tax credits if Republicans refuse to act.
West Virginia 387%
Wyoming 382%
Alaska 346%
Tennessee 320%
Mississippi 314%
Texas 289%
South Carolina 285%
Alabama 284%
South Dakota 235%
North Dakota 234%
West Virginia 387%
Wyoming 382%
Alaska 346%
Tennessee 320%
Mississippi 314%
Texas 289%
South Carolina 285%
Alabama 284%
South Dakota 235%
North Dakota 234%
October 7, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Here are the 10 states that will see the highest premium increases for families that lose tax credits if Republicans refuse to act.
West Virginia 387%
Wyoming 382%
Alaska 346%
Tennessee 320%
Mississippi 314%
Texas 289%
South Carolina 285%
Alabama 284%
South Dakota 235%
North Dakota 234%
West Virginia 387%
Wyoming 382%
Alaska 346%
Tennessee 320%
Mississippi 314%
Texas 289%
South Carolina 285%
Alabama 284%
South Dakota 235%
North Dakota 234%
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The government is shooting priests in the head with pepper balls. I feel like this is a kitchen table issue.
October 8, 2025 at 2:20 AM
The government is shooting priests in the head with pepper balls. I feel like this is a kitchen table issue.
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Kimmel's show put together a montage of Trump insisting dozens of times yesterday to "DON'T TAKE TYLENOL." Complete insanity.
September 24, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Kimmel's show put together a montage of Trump insisting dozens of times yesterday to "DON'T TAKE TYLENOL." Complete insanity.
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Well, there it is. Sinclair is digging in for a fight, so please help push back -- find stations in your area, watch their local news to see what ads they run, then write those advertisers to tell them you're boycotting as long as they're on a Sinclair station.
List here: sbgi.net/tv-stations/
List here: sbgi.net/tv-stations/
September 22, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Well, there it is. Sinclair is digging in for a fight, so please help push back -- find stations in your area, watch their local news to see what ads they run, then write those advertisers to tell them you're boycotting as long as they're on a Sinclair station.
List here: sbgi.net/tv-stations/
List here: sbgi.net/tv-stations/
Why am I not seeing more about this latest travesty?
The US Department of Education is OFFICIALLY pairing up with TurningPointUSA, PragerU, Moms for Liberty, and dozens of other right wing political groups to make curriculum guidelines, "to advance God-centered, virtuous education"
The US Department of Education is OFFICIALLY pairing up with TurningPointUSA, PragerU, Moms for Liberty, and dozens of other right wing political groups to make curriculum guidelines, "to advance God-centered, virtuous education"
U.S. Department of Education, AFPI, TPUSA, Hillsdale College, and Over 40 National and State Organizations Launch America 250 Civics Coalition
The U.S. Department of Education, alongside the America First Policy Institute, Turning Point USA, Hillsdale College, and more than 40 leading national and state-based organizations today announced th...
www.ed.gov
September 19, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Why am I not seeing more about this latest travesty?
The US Department of Education is OFFICIALLY pairing up with TurningPointUSA, PragerU, Moms for Liberty, and dozens of other right wing political groups to make curriculum guidelines, "to advance God-centered, virtuous education"
The US Department of Education is OFFICIALLY pairing up with TurningPointUSA, PragerU, Moms for Liberty, and dozens of other right wing political groups to make curriculum guidelines, "to advance God-centered, virtuous education"
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EXCLUSIVE: Susan Collins raked in $2 million from a billionaire private equity exec a day before she voted to advance Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill.
Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
September 3, 2025 at 2:04 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Susan Collins raked in $2 million from a billionaire private equity exec a day before she voted to advance Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill.
Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Someone prove this wrong.
July 6, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Someone prove this wrong.
You know, for having 700,000 messy bun tutorials saved in Reels, you'd think my messy bun game would be less hit or miss.
June 24, 2025 at 12:22 AM
You know, for having 700,000 messy bun tutorials saved in Reels, you'd think my messy bun game would be less hit or miss.
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Our current Director of National Intelligence:
June 22, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Our current Director of National Intelligence:
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Large majorities of Americans, including many Republican voters, oppose bombing Iran. They might want to weigh in with both the House and the Senate.
US Capitol switchboard: 202-224-3121.
US Capitol switchboard: 202-224-3121.
June 22, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Large majorities of Americans, including many Republican voters, oppose bombing Iran. They might want to weigh in with both the House and the Senate.
US Capitol switchboard: 202-224-3121.
US Capitol switchboard: 202-224-3121.
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We have updated our running list of Trump's cruelties, collusion, corruptions, and crimes with 59 new atrocities since early May. #LestWeForgetTheHorrors
Lest We Forget the Horrors: An Unending Catalog of Trump’s Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes
Early in President Trump’s first term, McSweeney’s editors began to catalog the head-spinning number of misdeeds coming from his administration. We...
buff.ly
June 3, 2025 at 1:20 AM
We have updated our running list of Trump's cruelties, collusion, corruptions, and crimes with 59 new atrocities since early May. #LestWeForgetTheHorrors
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If you burn down a forest, you don't miss out on lumber for just that season. You have to replant all the trees, nurture them, and wait for them to grow.
The science and research budget cuts happening now are wanton, senseless arson. Recovery, if it ever happens, will take generations.
The science and research budget cuts happening now are wanton, senseless arson. Recovery, if it ever happens, will take generations.
June 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
If you burn down a forest, you don't miss out on lumber for just that season. You have to replant all the trees, nurture them, and wait for them to grow.
The science and research budget cuts happening now are wanton, senseless arson. Recovery, if it ever happens, will take generations.
The science and research budget cuts happening now are wanton, senseless arson. Recovery, if it ever happens, will take generations.
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The Supreme Court holds that fascism is bad. Thomas and Alito dissent.
May 16, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The Supreme Court holds that fascism is bad. Thomas and Alito dissent.
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NEW: The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.
Under Texas’ Abortion Ban, Where a Woman Lives Can Determine Her Risk of Developing Sepsis
While the rates of dangerous infections spiked across the state after it banned abortion in 2021, women in Houston fared far worse than those in Dallas, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind ana...
www.propublica.org
May 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM
NEW: The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.
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If there’s one thing I’ve taken away from reporting on the current DOGE collection of govt data, it is that the people who’ve previously spent their careers carefully handling this information believe there is almost no limit to how it could be abused (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
American Panopticon
The Trump administration is pooling data on Americans. Experts fear what comes next.
www.theatlantic.com
April 27, 2025 at 8:13 PM
If there’s one thing I’ve taken away from reporting on the current DOGE collection of govt data, it is that the people who’ve previously spent their careers carefully handling this information believe there is almost no limit to how it could be abused (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
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The US regime’s policy failure - by the ex-heroin addict and anti-vaccine Tsar, RFK junior - now in charge of health
The US faces a measles endemic with more than 850,000 cases within 25 years if vaccination rates remain the same.
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The US faces a measles endemic with more than 850,000 cases within 25 years if vaccination rates remain the same.
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April 24, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The US regime’s policy failure - by the ex-heroin addict and anti-vaccine Tsar, RFK junior - now in charge of health
The US faces a measles endemic with more than 850,000 cases within 25 years if vaccination rates remain the same.
1/6
The US faces a measles endemic with more than 850,000 cases within 25 years if vaccination rates remain the same.
1/6
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You can't report on this garbage without informing readers of the literal identical policy under Hitler. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/u...
April 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
You can't report on this garbage without informing readers of the literal identical policy under Hitler. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/u...
First the COVID vaccine, then they'll start removing other scientifically proven effective & safe childhood vaccines.
Exclusive: RFK Jr. may pull the Covid-19 shot recommendation for kids, the Health secretary's biggest move yet to shake up the nation’s vaccination practices.
Trump administration may pull Covid-19 vaccine recommendation for children
RFK Jr. has raised doubts about the need for kids to get vaccinated against the disease.
www.politico.com
April 22, 2025 at 10:16 PM
First the COVID vaccine, then they'll start removing other scientifically proven effective & safe childhood vaccines.
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Previous to the FDA, folks would put chalk and plaster of Paris in milk to make it appear white. They could also add formaldehyde to cover the smell and taste of spoiled milk.
April 22, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Previous to the FDA, folks would put chalk and plaster of Paris in milk to make it appear white. They could also add formaldehyde to cover the smell and taste of spoiled milk.
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"It took just 71 days for Donald Trump to wreck the American economy, mortally wound NATO, and destroy the American-led world order.
He did this with the enthusiastic support of the entire Republican party and conservative movement ... the support of a plurality of American voters."
He did this with the enthusiastic support of the entire Republican party and conservative movement ... the support of a plurality of American voters."
The American Age Is Over
Emergency Triad: The United States commits imperial suicide.
www.thebulwark.com
April 4, 2025 at 1:01 AM
"It took just 71 days for Donald Trump to wreck the American economy, mortally wound NATO, and destroy the American-led world order.
He did this with the enthusiastic support of the entire Republican party and conservative movement ... the support of a plurality of American voters."
He did this with the enthusiastic support of the entire Republican party and conservative movement ... the support of a plurality of American voters."
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"We are finally free from the shackles of capitalism. I mean, to be clear: it’s still capitalism. We’re just making sure that basically none of you benefit from it anymore."
At Long Last, We Have Been Liberated from Being Able to Afford Anything
“A stunned world reckons with economic fallout from Trump’s tariffs. Not even America’s closest trading partners were spared by a policy broadside ...
www.mcsweeneys.net
April 4, 2025 at 1:20 AM
"We are finally free from the shackles of capitalism. I mean, to be clear: it’s still capitalism. We’re just making sure that basically none of you benefit from it anymore."
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The Trump administration's Department of Energy has handed management of America's strategic petroleum reserve to a "little-known company" after what it calls a "rigorous competitive process."
The contract for this company — charitably described as a "lesser-known name" — is worth $1.4 billion.
The contract for this company — charitably described as a "lesser-known name" — is worth $1.4 billion.
DoE Hands the Keys to Strategic Crude Oil Stockpile to New Firm | OilPrice.com
The Department of Energy has awarded a new $1.4 billion contract to Strategic Storage Partners, LLC—hardly a household name—to manage the Strategic Petroleum Reserve
oilprice.com
April 4, 2025 at 1:29 AM
The Trump administration's Department of Energy has handed management of America's strategic petroleum reserve to a "little-known company" after what it calls a "rigorous competitive process."
The contract for this company — charitably described as a "lesser-known name" — is worth $1.4 billion.
The contract for this company — charitably described as a "lesser-known name" — is worth $1.4 billion.
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1/🧵 Judges across ideological lines are ruling against Trump at strikingly similar rates (84% liberal, 86% centrist, 82% conservative). This isn't partisan opposition to Trump—it's the judiciary functioning as intended by cutting across partisan lines to uphold the Constitution.
March 18, 2025 at 9:32 PM
1/🧵 Judges across ideological lines are ruling against Trump at strikingly similar rates (84% liberal, 86% centrist, 82% conservative). This isn't partisan opposition to Trump—it's the judiciary functioning as intended by cutting across partisan lines to uphold the Constitution.