@bethpafford.bsky.social
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If this were happening in Beijing or Shanghai, Western reporters there would be making it big-time news.
(Yes, China vastly more repressive and controlled. But they don't PRETEND to have First Amendment, habeus corpus, immigrant-asylum, etc.)
Did not expect ever to see this in my home territory.
(Yes, China vastly more repressive and controlled. But they don't PRETEND to have First Amendment, habeus corpus, immigrant-asylum, etc.)
Did not expect ever to see this in my home territory.
July 7, 2025 at 7:22 PM
If this were happening in Beijing or Shanghai, Western reporters there would be making it big-time news.
(Yes, China vastly more repressive and controlled. But they don't PRETEND to have First Amendment, habeus corpus, immigrant-asylum, etc.)
Did not expect ever to see this in my home territory.
(Yes, China vastly more repressive and controlled. But they don't PRETEND to have First Amendment, habeus corpus, immigrant-asylum, etc.)
Did not expect ever to see this in my home territory.
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Folds: If we’ve been told our whole lives that we can’t spend money on the arts because they’re not important—then why was taking over the Kennedy Center and the arts the first thing they did?
It is extremely important. It’s the bedrock of self-expression.
It is extremely important. It’s the bedrock of self-expression.
July 6, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Folds: If we’ve been told our whole lives that we can’t spend money on the arts because they’re not important—then why was taking over the Kennedy Center and the arts the first thing they did?
It is extremely important. It’s the bedrock of self-expression.
It is extremely important. It’s the bedrock of self-expression.
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Congress abdicated its role as a separate and independent branch of government on January 20 while also relinquishing all oversight responsibility, so it’s entirely appropriate for Johnson to show that he has surrendered his gavel to the executive.
July 4, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Congress abdicated its role as a separate and independent branch of government on January 20 while also relinquishing all oversight responsibility, so it’s entirely appropriate for Johnson to show that he has surrendered his gavel to the executive.
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“Baltimore approached gun violence as a public health threat instead of simply a crime issue”
Instead of locking more people up for longer for nonviolent offenses to enrich Core Civic, think prevention. @SenBrentTaylor @CSexton25 @SenJohnson @GovBillLee
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo...
Instead of locking more people up for longer for nonviolent offenses to enrich Core Civic, think prevention. @SenBrentTaylor @CSexton25 @SenJohnson @GovBillLee
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo...
July 5, 2025 at 3:04 AM
“Baltimore approached gun violence as a public health threat instead of simply a crime issue”
Instead of locking more people up for longer for nonviolent offenses to enrich Core Civic, think prevention. @SenBrentTaylor @CSexton25 @SenJohnson @GovBillLee
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo...
Instead of locking more people up for longer for nonviolent offenses to enrich Core Civic, think prevention. @SenBrentTaylor @CSexton25 @SenJohnson @GovBillLee
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo...
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This answer that Mamdani provided in a 2020 interview shows that he has always been extremely open about the complexities of his diasporic identity and remains the perfect rebuttal to the attempted scandal the NYT is trying to create today.
africasacountry.com/2020/01/roti...
africasacountry.com/2020/01/roti...
July 5, 2025 at 2:20 AM
This answer that Mamdani provided in a 2020 interview shows that he has always been extremely open about the complexities of his diasporic identity and remains the perfect rebuttal to the attempted scandal the NYT is trying to create today.
africasacountry.com/2020/01/roti...
africasacountry.com/2020/01/roti...
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We must not leave this out of the account of what they have done. What Musk and Trump and Vought did. What Johnson and his band of sycophants allowed them to do. What tens of millions of fellow Americans endorse.
STAGGERING: This new study of 133 countries is the first to estimate the impact of all USAID’s work. In 2 decades, it has saved *92M* lives. Current cuts, if not reversed, are forecast to cost up to *14M* lives thru 2030. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
July 5, 2025 at 12:50 PM
We must not leave this out of the account of what they have done. What Musk and Trump and Vought did. What Johnson and his band of sycophants allowed them to do. What tens of millions of fellow Americans endorse.
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A video about the Declaration of Independence. I'm proud of this one.
The Declaration of Independence | Journey to American Democracy
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
www.youtube.com
July 4, 2025 at 3:34 AM
A video about the Declaration of Independence. I'm proud of this one.
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“America was founded on the radical idea that all men are created equal.”
—Letters from an American by @hcrichardson.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
—Letters from an American by @hcrichardson.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
July 4, 2025 at 11:17 AM
“America was founded on the radical idea that all men are created equal.”
—Letters from an American by @hcrichardson.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
—Letters from an American by @hcrichardson.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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I know that Medicare/ Medicaid is Democrats’ native language & what they’re happiest speaking but I’d love for SOME prominent person to try the line “they increased the debt limit by $5 trillion in order to triple size of ICE & make its detention center bigger than the whole federal prison system.”
July 1, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I know that Medicare/ Medicaid is Democrats’ native language & what they’re happiest speaking but I’d love for SOME prominent person to try the line “they increased the debt limit by $5 trillion in order to triple size of ICE & make its detention center bigger than the whole federal prison system.”
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They're building concentration camps with money they stole from medicare.
July 3, 2025 at 6:48 PM
They're building concentration camps with money they stole from medicare.
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But for the arbitrary nature of birth and circumstance, any of us could be living in poverty, dependent upon assistance to put food on the table, to take our children to the doctor, and to pull ourselves out of debt. The lack of empathy, the pure callousness on display in this bill, is infuriating.
July 3, 2025 at 9:20 PM
But for the arbitrary nature of birth and circumstance, any of us could be living in poverty, dependent upon assistance to put food on the table, to take our children to the doctor, and to pull ourselves out of debt. The lack of empathy, the pure callousness on display in this bill, is infuriating.
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Ah, the golden age.
July 2, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Ah, the golden age.
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👂LISTEN: “Check your facts.”🤔
@senatorhagerty implies to @pabloreports.bsky.social that he has done an in-person town hall in Tennessee.
As we all know, he has not. Ever.
@senatorhagerty implies to @pabloreports.bsky.social that he has done an in-person town hall in Tennessee.
As we all know, he has not. Ever.
July 2, 2025 at 4:51 PM
👂LISTEN: “Check your facts.”🤔
@senatorhagerty implies to @pabloreports.bsky.social that he has done an in-person town hall in Tennessee.
As we all know, he has not. Ever.
@senatorhagerty implies to @pabloreports.bsky.social that he has done an in-person town hall in Tennessee.
As we all know, he has not. Ever.
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@lizdye.bsky.social: Trump constantly calls immigrant gang members an existential threat to America. And yet there he was mugging in the Oval Office with Bukele, a leader whose entire regime is in bed with MS-13. www.publicnotice.co/p/abrego-gar...
Abrego Garcia is a fake gangster. Trump and Bukele are not.
Trump's filthy deal with El Salvador is an indictment of him, not the deportees.
www.publicnotice.co
July 2, 2025 at 10:54 AM
@lizdye.bsky.social: Trump constantly calls immigrant gang members an existential threat to America. And yet there he was mugging in the Oval Office with Bukele, a leader whose entire regime is in bed with MS-13. www.publicnotice.co/p/abrego-gar...
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REP. @rokhanna.bsky.social calls out @MarshaBlackburn @SenatorHagerty @RepTimBurchett @RepOgles and the rest of the GOP for ever having pretended to care about the debt.
#TrumpsTrillionsTransfer
#TrumpsTrillionsTransfer
July 2, 2025 at 6:40 PM
REP. @rokhanna.bsky.social calls out @MarshaBlackburn @SenatorHagerty @RepTimBurchett @RepOgles and the rest of the GOP for ever having pretended to care about the debt.
#TrumpsTrillionsTransfer
#TrumpsTrillionsTransfer
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Today's court ruling will certainly not end Trump's anti-immigrant "invasion" claims, which the far right has spent decades trying to make a legal case for:
July 2, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Today's court ruling will certainly not end Trump's anti-immigrant "invasion" claims, which the far right has spent decades trying to make a legal case for:
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TX Rep. @jamestalarico.bsky.social (grandson of a Baptist preacher): “What would Jesus do? — as Christians we are called to do more than charity, we are called to challenge systems that make charity necessary.”
#TrumpsTrillionsTransfer @MarshaBlackburn @RepTimBurchett @RepOgles @RepChuck
#TrumpsTrillionsTransfer @MarshaBlackburn @RepTimBurchett @RepOgles @RepChuck
July 2, 2025 at 6:55 PM
TX Rep. @jamestalarico.bsky.social (grandson of a Baptist preacher): “What would Jesus do? — as Christians we are called to do more than charity, we are called to challenge systems that make charity necessary.”
#TrumpsTrillionsTransfer @MarshaBlackburn @RepTimBurchett @RepOgles @RepChuck
#TrumpsTrillionsTransfer @MarshaBlackburn @RepTimBurchett @RepOgles @RepChuck
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We now have a concentration camp in Florida.
Stop pretending any of this is normal.
If you claim to be a good person and you're not outwardly opposing this regime, you're not a good person.
Be human.
Stop pretending any of this is normal.
If you claim to be a good person and you're not outwardly opposing this regime, you're not a good person.
Be human.
July 1, 2025 at 1:48 AM
We now have a concentration camp in Florida.
Stop pretending any of this is normal.
If you claim to be a good person and you're not outwardly opposing this regime, you're not a good person.
Be human.
Stop pretending any of this is normal.
If you claim to be a good person and you're not outwardly opposing this regime, you're not a good person.
Be human.
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This:
they ask politicians like Mamdani if they are communists but they never ask anyone if they are a fascist and that's all you really need to know
June 30, 2025 at 11:06 AM
This:
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ICE *already* can't meet their detainment numbers without rounding up children, veterans, people born in the U.S., people with no criminal records, people at immigration hearings, plus academics and visitors with valid visas.
So who do they plan to detain with >10x the budget?
The answer is: you.
So who do they plan to detain with >10x the budget?
The answer is: you.
If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029:
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
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June 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
ICE *already* can't meet their detainment numbers without rounding up children, veterans, people born in the U.S., people with no criminal records, people at immigration hearings, plus academics and visitors with valid visas.
So who do they plan to detain with >10x the budget?
The answer is: you.
So who do they plan to detain with >10x the budget?
The answer is: you.
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Hot take: Not only are work requirements for Medicaid bad, tying health care to work at all is cruel and we should be doing it less not more.
Everyone deserves health care. Everyone.
Everyone deserves health care. Everyone.
July 1, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Hot take: Not only are work requirements for Medicaid bad, tying health care to work at all is cruel and we should be doing it less not more.
Everyone deserves health care. Everyone.
Everyone deserves health care. Everyone.
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It shouldn't get lost that just today, Senate Republicans have voted to close nursing homes, close rural hospitals, and cut food stamp benefits for children and veterans.
July 1, 2025 at 1:14 AM
It shouldn't get lost that just today, Senate Republicans have voted to close nursing homes, close rural hospitals, and cut food stamp benefits for children and veterans.
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FEMA did not answer ProPublica’s questions about its missed application deadline or the impact of funding cuts and delays, instead responding with a statement that Secretary Noem is focused on bringing accountability to FEMA’s spending
States Fear Critical Funding From FEMA May Be Drying Up
Many states rely on the federal government for the vast majority of their emergency management funding. Now, local leaders are looking for clues about the money — and the future of FEMA itself.
www.propublica.org
June 29, 2025 at 1:06 AM
FEMA did not answer ProPublica’s questions about its missed application deadline or the impact of funding cuts and delays, instead responding with a statement that Secretary Noem is focused on bringing accountability to FEMA’s spending