Becky
@beckylong.bsky.social
If you can't say something nice, say something clever but devastating - A New Yorker cartoon that's been on my fridge for almost a decade
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“Trump is using military forces to stop a protest — I want y'all to consider what kind of government it appears to be when every time we exercise our democratic right to protest, the military is deployed against us.”
Doechii at the #BETAwards
Doechii at the #BETAwards
June 10, 2025 at 1:01 AM
“Trump is using military forces to stop a protest — I want y'all to consider what kind of government it appears to be when every time we exercise our democratic right to protest, the military is deployed against us.”
Doechii at the #BETAwards
Doechii at the #BETAwards
Do we need a Steve Kornacki conclave electoral math segment??? Maybe??
May 8, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Do we need a Steve Kornacki conclave electoral math segment??? Maybe??
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This line is going to stick with me for a very long time.
“One of them is a 4-year-old with Stage 4 cancer who was deported without medication or the ability to contact their doctors…”
“One of them is a 4-year-old with Stage 4 cancer who was deported without medication or the ability to contact their doctors…”
Three U.S. citizens, ages 2, 4 and 7, swiftly deported from Louisiana
The cases have renewed concerns that the Trump administration’s expedited deportations are violating the rights of both citizens and noncitizens.
wapo.st
April 27, 2025 at 12:31 AM
This line is going to stick with me for a very long time.
“One of them is a 4-year-old with Stage 4 cancer who was deported without medication or the ability to contact their doctors…”
“One of them is a 4-year-old with Stage 4 cancer who was deported without medication or the ability to contact their doctors…”
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They’re hunting down *specifically* immigrants who are responsible and pay their taxes.
IRS Chief just quit in the middle of tax season and a week before tax day bc they’re forcing IRS to share info with ICE to deport immigrants who pay their taxes bc none of this has nothing to do with who is paying taxes but about control and racism.
Fascism.
Fascism.
April 9, 2025 at 7:23 PM
They’re hunting down *specifically* immigrants who are responsible and pay their taxes.
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The Village Exchange Center has lost $2 million for its food pantry along with cuts to other programs like its health clinics.
Community food bank loses $2M in state and federal funding cuts
The Village Exchange Center has lost $2 million for its food pantry along with cuts to other programs like its health clinics.
www.9news.com
April 9, 2025 at 1:55 AM
The Village Exchange Center has lost $2 million for its food pantry along with cuts to other programs like its health clinics.
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$400M still in the budget, no one to spend it.
The cruelty is the point.
The cruelty is the point.
Entire Staff Is Fired at LIHEAP
The move threatens to paralyze the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which helps to offset high utility bills for roughly 6.2 million people nationwide.
www.nytimes.com
April 4, 2025 at 4:18 AM
$400M still in the budget, no one to spend it.
The cruelty is the point.
The cruelty is the point.
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AOC: Fox News and the right-wing would have you believe that these American values are something out of The Communist Manifesto. But let me tell you Fox News, I don’t believe in healthcare, labor, and human rights because I’m a Marxist.. I believe it because I was a waitress.
March 20, 2025 at 9:27 PM
AOC: Fox News and the right-wing would have you believe that these American values are something out of The Communist Manifesto. But let me tell you Fox News, I don’t believe in healthcare, labor, and human rights because I’m a Marxist.. I believe it because I was a waitress.
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Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women.
More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.
I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.
More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.
I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.
March 22, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women.
More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.
I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.
More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.
I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.
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1/x My NIH grant that would collect data to help *prevent suicidal thoughts and behaviors* among LGBTQ+ people was terminated today, along with many other LGBTQ+ focused grants. These terminations make no sense scientifically. Here's why:
March 22, 2025 at 1:42 AM
1/x My NIH grant that would collect data to help *prevent suicidal thoughts and behaviors* among LGBTQ+ people was terminated today, along with many other LGBTQ+ focused grants. These terminations make no sense scientifically. Here's why:
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Thanks Bernie Sanders and @aoc.bsky.social for the opportunity to speak today about how corporations and billionaires rig our economy and our democracy for their own profits and power. #copol
March 22, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Thanks Bernie Sanders and @aoc.bsky.social for the opportunity to speak today about how corporations and billionaires rig our economy and our democracy for their own profits and power. #copol
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Regrettably, the Clean Water Act no longer means that "water" has to be "clean"
Supreme Court Takes Big Ol’ Poop In Body of Water Near You
The Court's decision in SF v EPA will make it more difficult for federal regulators to fulfill the Clean Water Act's promises.
ballsandstrikes.org
March 6, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Regrettably, the Clean Water Act no longer means that "water" has to be "clean"
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Bill to beef up Colorado funding for universal school meals passes first vote
https://www.chalkbeat.org/colorado/2025/03/07/universal-free-school-meals-funding-bill-passes-first-committee-vote/
https://www.chalkbeat.org/colorado/2025/03/07/universal-free-school-meals-funding-bill-passes-first-committee-vote/
More beef on the hoof: Lawmakers advance bill to boost funding for universal school meals
Colorado voters approved a 2022 ballot measure to provide free school meals for all students. But the state recently had to dip into its education fund to fill a funding shortfall.
www.chalkbeat.org
March 7, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Bill to beef up Colorado funding for universal school meals passes first vote
https://www.chalkbeat.org/colorado/2025/03/07/universal-free-school-meals-funding-bill-passes-first-committee-vote/
https://www.chalkbeat.org/colorado/2025/03/07/universal-free-school-meals-funding-bill-passes-first-committee-vote/
This pls
March 5, 2025 at 6:51 AM
This pls
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The Dow has dropped 1300 points over the last two days as Trump defiantly plows forward with tariffs against Mexico, Canada and China — America's most prominent trading partners.
March 5, 2025 at 5:44 AM
The Dow has dropped 1300 points over the last two days as Trump defiantly plows forward with tariffs against Mexico, Canada and China — America's most prominent trading partners.
All this cause of a pee tape.
March 1, 2025 at 6:40 AM
All this cause of a pee tape.
Bummer
NASA announced on Monday that the odds that an asteroid would smash into Earth in 2032 have dropped to nearly zero.
Earth Safe From Asteroid 2024 YR4, NASA Says
The odds that the space rock, 2024 YR4, will smash into our planet in 2032 have dropped to nearly zero, leading astronomers to conclude that we are no longer in danger.
www.nytimes.com
February 25, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Bummer
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NASA announced on Monday that the odds that an asteroid would smash into Earth in 2032 have dropped to nearly zero.
Earth Safe From Asteroid 2024 YR4, NASA Says
The odds that the space rock, 2024 YR4, will smash into our planet in 2032 have dropped to nearly zero, leading astronomers to conclude that we are no longer in danger.
www.nytimes.com
February 25, 2025 at 4:46 AM
NASA announced on Monday that the odds that an asteroid would smash into Earth in 2032 have dropped to nearly zero.
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Whether it’s Mussolini making the trains run on time or Donald Trump making the planes crash, both fascist dictators showed a strong interest in transportation.
February 17, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Whether it’s Mussolini making the trains run on time or Donald Trump making the planes crash, both fascist dictators showed a strong interest in transportation.
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i feel like this is evidence for my view that people experience trump through a strong form of ironic detachment. they literally do not perceive him as real.
There’s gonna be so many variations on this theme over the next three years and eleven months. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
February 17, 2025 at 1:21 PM
i feel like this is evidence for my view that people experience trump through a strong form of ironic detachment. they literally do not perceive him as real.
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Elon Musk is making wild claims that #DOGE has found evidence of massive Social Security fraud....
The reality is that Musk's young engineers don't seem to be able to understand COBOL databases while Musk is misrepresenting the Social Security data
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
The reality is that Musk's young engineers don't seem to be able to understand COBOL databases while Musk is misrepresenting the Social Security data
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
No, 150-Year-Olds Aren't Collecting Social Security Benefits
Elon Musk claims to have found rampant fraud in the Social Security Administration. There's a much simpler explanation.
www.wired.com
February 17, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Elon Musk is making wild claims that #DOGE has found evidence of massive Social Security fraud....
The reality is that Musk's young engineers don't seem to be able to understand COBOL databases while Musk is misrepresenting the Social Security data
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
The reality is that Musk's young engineers don't seem to be able to understand COBOL databases while Musk is misrepresenting the Social Security data
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
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To put a finer point on it, the Trump administration is mass firing federal employees and telling them if they dispute their termination that they can take it up with a board that will (I just learned) lack a quorum to function as of March 1 when another of the current board member’s term expires.
It can’t be a coincidence that the CFPB email firing probationary employees included the language below.
As I reported earlier, 1 of 3 members of this board was fired last night. If they fire one more, they lack a quorum to actually hear any cases.
As I reported earlier, 1 of 3 members of this board was fired last night. If they fire one more, they lack a quorum to actually hear any cases.
February 12, 2025 at 3:23 AM
To put a finer point on it, the Trump administration is mass firing federal employees and telling them if they dispute their termination that they can take it up with a board that will (I just learned) lack a quorum to function as of March 1 when another of the current board member’s term expires.
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"Having just left the EPA after over three years as a Biden appointee, I have a message for everyone at the Environmental Protection Agency, and actually every federal employee here or anywhere: Please don’t quit. The world needs you." #denver
Federal employees should stand their ground against buyouts and bullying
Here in Denver, 10 environmental justice workers at the EPA were just put on administrative leave, with the strong implication that more firings are to come. Trump also put a gag order on federal employees, including at the EPA, telling them not to talk to people outside the federal government.
www.denverpost.com
February 8, 2025 at 9:25 PM
"Having just left the EPA after over three years as a Biden appointee, I have a message for everyone at the Environmental Protection Agency, and actually every federal employee here or anywhere: Please don’t quit. The world needs you." #denver
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I feel there should be more panic over… *checks notes*… deporting *US CITIZENS* to be imprisoned in El Salvador
El Salvador to accept US deportees of any nationality, including imprisoned Americans, in unprecedented deal, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says
El Salvador to accept US deportees of any nationality, as well as imprisoned Americans, in unprecedented deal | CNN
El Salvador has agreed to receive deportees from the United States of any nationality, including violent criminals who are US citizens currently imprisoned, in an unprecedented deal that has alarmed c...
www.cnn.com
February 5, 2025 at 2:29 AM
I feel there should be more panic over… *checks notes*… deporting *US CITIZENS* to be imprisoned in El Salvador
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NEW: Sources tell my office that Treasury Secretary Bessent has granted DOGE *full* access to this system. Social Security and Medicare benefits, grants, payments to government contractors, including those that compete directly with Musk's own companies. All of it.
NEWS: Wyden Demands Answers Following Report of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments System
Wyden Demands Answers Following Report of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments System | The United States Senate Committee on Finance
Wyden Demands Answers Following Report of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments System
www.finance.senate.gov
February 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
NEW: Sources tell my office that Treasury Secretary Bessent has granted DOGE *full* access to this system. Social Security and Medicare benefits, grants, payments to government contractors, including those that compete directly with Musk's own companies. All of it.