Becky Coletta
@beckycoletta.bsky.social
Politically active attorney, social worker and mom. Doing my best every day to make a difference in my world.
Facebook acting up today. Wasn’t able to read comments on any posts, then requesting more information for advanced protection. Refers to account being locked in 2022. A few others also seem affected. Anyone else?
August 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Facebook acting up today. Wasn’t able to read comments on any posts, then requesting more information for advanced protection. Refers to account being locked in 2022. A few others also seem affected. Anyone else?
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Clarifying: my lab is still here; we are stopping new expts to focus on analyzing + pub'ing what's on hand. Instability at the fed level makes it difficult for scientists like me to take risks on discovery + innov. This impacts what research q's we can ask; this directly impacts what work we can do
This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH
March 17, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Clarifying: my lab is still here; we are stopping new expts to focus on analyzing + pub'ing what's on hand. Instability at the fed level makes it difficult for scientists like me to take risks on discovery + innov. This impacts what research q's we can ask; this directly impacts what work we can do
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Putin is full out celebrating our idiocy.
February 3, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Putin is full out celebrating our idiocy.
Jon Stewart on the important work that comes before and after the election
YouTube video by The Daily Show
youtu.be
November 30, 2024 at 4:30 PM
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1/After Trump claimed he didn't know anything about Project 2025, I wrote several columns for my newsletter, Civil Discourse, documenting that wasn't true. Now that he's appointed Russ Vought to his cabinet, here's a little refresher b/c Project 2025 is coming joycevance.substack.com/p/more-lies-...
More Lies About Project 2025
Today, we learned that Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts will delay the publication of his book, “Dawn’s Early Light,” (foreword by GOP VP nominee J.D.
joycevance.substack.com
November 23, 2024 at 1:00 AM
1/After Trump claimed he didn't know anything about Project 2025, I wrote several columns for my newsletter, Civil Discourse, documenting that wasn't true. Now that he's appointed Russ Vought to his cabinet, here's a little refresher b/c Project 2025 is coming joycevance.substack.com/p/more-lies-...
Project 2025. Will people notice?
President-elect Donald Trump has picked Project 2025 co-author Russell Vought to lead the White House budget office.
Trump picks Project 2025 co-author to lead White House’s budget office | CNN Politics
President-elect Donald Trump has selected Russell Vought as his pick to lead the Office of Management and Budget, he said in a Truth Social post.
www.cnn.com
November 23, 2024 at 2:14 AM
Project 2025. Will people notice?
Separation of Church and State is in the First Amendment because it was considered that important by Founding Father.
Thomas Jefferson disagrees.
Separation of Church and State is absolutely in the Constitution.
Separation of Church and State is absolutely in the Constitution.
November 19, 2024 at 1:42 PM
Separation of Church and State is in the First Amendment because it was considered that important by Founding Father.
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SpaceX and Amazon are asking the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to find the National Labor Relations Board unconstitutional. The federal agency is tasked with enforcing workers' right to organize.
Accused of violating worker rights, SpaceX and Amazon go after labor board
SpaceX and Amazon are asking the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to find the National Labor Relations Board unconstitutional. The federal agency is tasked with enforcing workers' right to organize.
www.npr.org
November 18, 2024 at 8:19 PM
SpaceX and Amazon are asking the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to find the National Labor Relations Board unconstitutional. The federal agency is tasked with enforcing workers' right to organize.
Looking for other Democrats in Massachusetts, especially on the South Shore. #SouthShoreDems #MassDems #PembrokeDems #DuxburyDems #MarshfieldDems #HansonDems #HalifaxDems
#Democrats
#Democrats
November 13, 2024 at 9:36 PM
Looking for other Democrats in Massachusetts, especially on the South Shore. #SouthShoreDems #MassDems #PembrokeDems #DuxburyDems #MarshfieldDems #HansonDems #HalifaxDems
#Democrats
#Democrats
Not going back to Twitter. Not a time for silence. Speak Up Now.
November 13, 2024 at 1:39 PM
Not going back to Twitter. Not a time for silence. Speak Up Now.