BethanyLiz
@bethany19930.bsky.social
Democrat living in a dark red state. Mom of a T1 Diabetic. Dedicated to reducing the burden of insulin costs now.
@realtimers.bsky.social Hey Bill. Larry David nailed it in his guest essay Dinner with Hitler. He gets it. You do not.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/o...
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Opinion | Larry David: My Dinner With Adolf
When a private meeting goes unexpectedly.
www.nytimes.com
April 22, 2025 at 7:52 PM
@realtimers.bsky.social Hey Bill. Larry David nailed it in his guest essay Dinner with Hitler. He gets it. You do not.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/o...
Opinion | Larry David: My Dinner With Adolf
When a private meeting goes unexpectedly.
www.nytimes.com
April 22, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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🚨 Verdict in Palin v. NYT just came in: NYT wins, Palin loses. Jury took about two hours to reach its decision after a weeklong trial.
Sarah Palin’s eight-year defamation case against the NYT is going to trial this week. If she wins, it is all but certain to become a rallying cry for Trump and other conservatives in their war against the media. @katierobertson.bsky.social and I will be covering. 🎁🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/b...
Palin v. New York Times Heads Back to Trial (Gift Article)
The case centers on the former Alaska governor’s claim that an editorial published in 2017 defamed her.
www.nytimes.com
April 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM
🚨 Verdict in Palin v. NYT just came in: NYT wins, Palin loses. Jury took about two hours to reach its decision after a weeklong trial.
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Dance with Death, by Hieronymus Hess, 1841, 📸 via Vatican Media Pool
April 21, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Dance with Death, by Hieronymus Hess, 1841, 📸 via Vatican Media Pool
@karaswisher.bsky.social Well you were right Kara. Tim Cook must have shoved a gold iPhone in front of Trump’s face.
April 12, 2025 at 3:08 PM
@karaswisher.bsky.social Well you were right Kara. Tim Cook must have shoved a gold iPhone in front of Trump’s face.
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The system for federal food safety in the U.S. “has prevented a return to the fraudulent and poisonous food supply of the 19th century,” Deborah Blum writes. “That is, until recently, when the Trump administration began to unravel that safety net.”
Opinion | The Return of the Great American Stomachache
If Trump removes too many precautions, there’s a real chance that we’ll rediscover how dangerous a less regulated food system can be.
www.nytimes.com
April 9, 2025 at 2:44 PM
The system for federal food safety in the U.S. “has prevented a return to the fraudulent and poisonous food supply of the 19th century,” Deborah Blum writes. “That is, until recently, when the Trump administration began to unravel that safety net.”
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The Associated Press wins reinstatement to White House events after judge rules government can’t bar its journalists, citing the 1st Amendment.
AP wins reinstatement to White House events after judge rules government can’t bar its journalists
A federal judge has ordered the White House to restore The Associated Press’ full access to cover presidential events.
bit.ly
April 8, 2025 at 9:22 PM
The Associated Press wins reinstatement to White House events after judge rules government can’t bar its journalists, citing the 1st Amendment.
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"Am I a big, sappy softy now that I have a daughter?” he asked his stooges. “I think so.”
Nope. You're not. You're still a piece of shit, and someday your daughter will learn what you did to someone else's daughter.
Good luck with that, you heartless shit.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/624...
Nope. You're not. You're still a piece of shit, and someday your daughter will learn what you did to someone else's daughter.
Good luck with that, you heartless shit.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/624...
ESPN’s Pat McAfee and others amplified a false rumor. A teenager’s life was ‘destroyed’
An Ole Miss freshman has engaged legal representation and says she intends to take action against McAfee, ESPN, and potentially others
www.nytimes.com
April 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
"Am I a big, sappy softy now that I have a daughter?” he asked his stooges. “I think so.”
Nope. You're not. You're still a piece of shit, and someday your daughter will learn what you did to someone else's daughter.
Good luck with that, you heartless shit.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/624...
Nope. You're not. You're still a piece of shit, and someday your daughter will learn what you did to someone else's daughter.
Good luck with that, you heartless shit.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/624...
More nastiness and demonization of federal employees. www.govexec.com/management/2...
Trump nixes 2025 awards for federal employees
The presidential rank awards recognize exceptional members of the senior executive service.
www.govexec.com
March 11, 2025 at 6:54 PM
More nastiness and demonization of federal employees. www.govexec.com/management/2...
From my friend’s MIL in the Bahamas. And we go apeshit over drones while Musk trashes up the ocean and puts Americans at risk with his stupid rockets.
March 9, 2025 at 6:47 PM
From my friend’s MIL in the Bahamas. And we go apeshit over drones while Musk trashes up the ocean and puts Americans at risk with his stupid rockets.
In the Leopards eating faces department…. They just didn’t understand how selfish they were being. Apparently it’s fine as long as others are hurt..not them. DOGE job cuts bring pain to Trump heartland - www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
DOGE job cuts shake Trump-voting West Virginia town
Jennifer Piggott proudly hung a red-and-blue Trump campaign flag outside her one-story home during the November election race. Now, after she was abruptly fired from her civil service job, her days of supporting the president are over.
www.reuters.com
March 9, 2025 at 3:08 PM
In the Leopards eating faces department…. They just didn’t understand how selfish they were being. Apparently it’s fine as long as others are hurt..not them. DOGE job cuts bring pain to Trump heartland - www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
And other than my friend dying of colon cancer, this is the second saddest thing I’ve learned today. apnews.com/article/trum... Thrust into unemployment, axed federal workers face relatives who celebrate their firing
Thrust into unemployment, axed federal workers face relatives who celebrate their firing
Scrambling to replace their health insurance and to find new work, some fired federal workers are running into another unexpected unpleasantry: Relatives cheering their job loss.
apnews.com
March 7, 2025 at 9:38 PM
And other than my friend dying of colon cancer, this is the second saddest thing I’ve learned today. apnews.com/article/trum... Thrust into unemployment, axed federal workers face relatives who celebrate their firing
One of my oldest and dearest friends just died of colon cancer. She never got screened until it was too late. I wish more people would get screened. Colon cancer is very easy to treat when caught in time.
March 7, 2025 at 9:37 PM
One of my oldest and dearest friends just died of colon cancer. She never got screened until it was too late. I wish more people would get screened. Colon cancer is very easy to treat when caught in time.
@team18f.bsky.social I’m very familiar with the excellent work you do and have done over the years. I’m so sorry that this happened to all of you. It’s just a money and power grab by Musk and Trump and further evidence they just want to dismantle our government to no good end.
March 2, 2025 at 12:53 PM
@team18f.bsky.social I’m very familiar with the excellent work you do and have done over the years. I’m so sorry that this happened to all of you. It’s just a money and power grab by Musk and Trump and further evidence they just want to dismantle our government to no good end.
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Elon has demanded federal workers send an email on Monday detailing their top 5 accomplishments from the prior week. Here is the email address. I am not a federal worker but I sent an email listing my top 5 accomplishments. You can do the same! Pass it on! hr@opm.gov
February 23, 2025 at 2:45 AM
This is not an error. It’s a lie. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...
DOGE Claimed It Saved $8 Billion in One Contract. It Was Actually $8 Million.
The biggest single line item on the website of Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team appears to include an error.
www.nytimes.com
February 19, 2025 at 4:08 PM
This is not an error. It’s a lie. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...
There a smishing unpaid tolls scam going around but I’m ten times more concerned about Musk’s Doge Enfant Terribles messing around inside of my tax returns.
February 18, 2025 at 1:58 AM
There a smishing unpaid tolls scam going around but I’m ten times more concerned about Musk’s Doge Enfant Terribles messing around inside of my tax returns.
This says it all. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijvr...
A government worker's message for Elon Musk
YouTube video by CBS Sunday Morning
www.youtube.com
February 16, 2025 at 6:35 PM
This says it all. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijvr...
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Trump is a little bitch. End of story.
February 15, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Trump is a little bitch. End of story.
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We need to do this ASAP!
February 15, 2025 at 2:28 AM
We need to do this ASAP!
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This is just insane and you all know that, right? Unelected, unfettered, untouchable, unsupported by facts and completely without transparency: www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
Musk makes sweeping claims about federal corruption, without providing evidence.
The billionaire, whose federal cost-cutting team has been operating in secrecy, asserted that he had uncovered waste and fraud across the bureaucracy, without providing evidence.
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2025 at 12:51 AM
This is just insane and you all know that, right? Unelected, unfettered, untouchable, unsupported by facts and completely without transparency: www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
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Hello he lied will work in all instances.
The DOGE website that Elon says is proof of how transparent they are basically doesn't exist www.doge.gov
February 12, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Hello he lied will work in all instances.
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It feels like no one should have to say this, and yet we are in a situation where it needs to be said, very loudly and clearly, before it’s too late to do anything about it: The United States is not a startup. If you run it like one, it will break.
🔗 www.wired.com/story/the-us...
🔗 www.wired.com/story/the-us...
February 7, 2025 at 2:16 PM
It feels like no one should have to say this, and yet we are in a situation where it needs to be said, very loudly and clearly, before it’s too late to do anything about it: The United States is not a startup. If you run it like one, it will break.
🔗 www.wired.com/story/the-us...
🔗 www.wired.com/story/the-us...
If you ever thought that Twitter X was or was not a cesspool of white supremacists, this should remove all doubt. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Musk polls whether DOGE staffer who made racist posts should come back
Elon Musk posted an online post on X asking whether Marko Elez, the DOGE staffer who resigned after his racist posts were unearthed, should be brought back.
www.dailymail.co.uk
February 7, 2025 at 6:56 PM
If you ever thought that Twitter X was or was not a cesspool of white supremacists, this should remove all doubt. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...