Betty Cyrus
@bettycyrus.bsky.social
Retired healthcare worker. Grandmother. Old hippie wannabe who gardens, raises chickens, drinks and knows things.
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So much for it being against the Constitution to use military troops against citizens they swore an oath to protect. Show me how legal protesting is now insurrection when Jan 6 wasn’t. Might these be some of the illegal orders they were reminded not to obey?
January 18, 2026 at 10:36 PM
So much for it being against the Constitution to use military troops against citizens they swore an oath to protect. Show me how legal protesting is now insurrection when Jan 6 wasn’t. Might these be some of the illegal orders they were reminded not to obey?
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Vance's stance is, almost literally, "Well, she shouldn't have mouthed off like that. She asked for it."
When Vance insists, contra the videos, that Good threatened the ICE agent and "had it coming", what he means is that he, like Ross, feels threatened by any woman who has the audacity to use her voice in the public sphere.
This deeply misogynist worldview is core to MAGA.
This deeply misogynist worldview is core to MAGA.
January 9, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Vance's stance is, almost literally, "Well, she shouldn't have mouthed off like that. She asked for it."
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ICEs = ISIS
If it masks like it and kills like it…
MAGA is American ISIS, y’all.
If it masks like it and kills like it…
MAGA is American ISIS, y’all.
January 9, 2026 at 10:00 PM
ICEs = ISIS
If it masks like it and kills like it…
MAGA is American ISIS, y’all.
If it masks like it and kills like it…
MAGA is American ISIS, y’all.
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Has Trump demanded Putin cease this?
Kyiv, Ukraine's capital, remains in total darkness yet another day after a brutal Russian attack. No heat, electricity, or water. Subzero temperatures. The mayor has advised people to leave the city if they can to try to avoid mass deaths. This is Russian genocide of Ukrainians.
January 10, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Has Trump demanded Putin cease this?
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"And by the way, we don't want Russia or China going to Greenland, which if we don't take Greenland, you're going to have Russia or China as your next door neighbor," Trump said. "That's not going to happen."
For fucks sake, release the complete Epstein files.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/w...
For fucks sake, release the complete Epstein files.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/w...
By right or by might? Trump vows to take Greenland before Russia, China.
"If we don't do it the easy way, we're going to do it the hard way," Trump said about taking over Greenland, a territory of Denmark.
www.usatoday.com
January 10, 2026 at 2:28 AM
"And by the way, we don't want Russia or China going to Greenland, which if we don't take Greenland, you're going to have Russia or China as your next door neighbor," Trump said. "That's not going to happen."
For fucks sake, release the complete Epstein files.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/w...
For fucks sake, release the complete Epstein files.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/w...
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In America you drop your kid off at school, get your brains blown out on the ride home, then the Vice President drops everything for a week to call you a terrorist, to slander your family, to protect the circumstances that led to your death so they can do it again. It is government by Alex Jones.
January 9, 2026 at 7:24 PM
In America you drop your kid off at school, get your brains blown out on the ride home, then the Vice President drops everything for a week to call you a terrorist, to slander your family, to protect the circumstances that led to your death so they can do it again. It is government by Alex Jones.
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Ukraine gives Hunter Biden--oops, I mean Ronald Lauder--a big lithium contract.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/w...
Ukraine Awards Major Lithium Project to Investors With Links to Trump
www.nytimes.com
January 10, 2026 at 3:15 AM
Ukraine gives Hunter Biden--oops, I mean Ronald Lauder--a big lithium contract.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/w...
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Yet, here we are.
When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.
July 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Yet, here we are.
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NEW: The most important scandal of the week is not Trump's Epstein mess. It's the Gabbard-Trump plot to fabricate evidence to set up a sham DOJ prosecution of Obama & others and perhaps show trials. A major abuse of power & a perversion of US intelligence & law enforcement. True authoritarianism.
July 25, 2025 at 2:22 PM
NEW: The most important scandal of the week is not Trump's Epstein mess. It's the Gabbard-Trump plot to fabricate evidence to set up a sham DOJ prosecution of Obama & others and perhaps show trials. A major abuse of power & a perversion of US intelligence & law enforcement. True authoritarianism.
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I can see why corporate media craves this kind of access to the president.
REPORTER: If Putin escalates further, how far are you willing to go in response?
TRUMP: In what?
REPORTER: How far are you willing to go if Putin send more bombs in coming days
TRUMP: Don't ask me a question like that
TRUMP: In what?
REPORTER: How far are you willing to go if Putin send more bombs in coming days
TRUMP: Don't ask me a question like that
July 14, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I can see why corporate media craves this kind of access to the president.
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Unearthed footage that Fox News refused to air during the election last year shows Trump nervously refusing to commit to releasing the Epstein files.
“I don’t know about Epstein so much as I do the others.”
“I don’t know about Epstein so much as I do the others.”
July 14, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Unearthed footage that Fox News refused to air during the election last year shows Trump nervously refusing to commit to releasing the Epstein files.
“I don’t know about Epstein so much as I do the others.”
“I don’t know about Epstein so much as I do the others.”
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I can tell you that NONE of my Florida neighbors are happy about this.
June 30, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I can tell you that NONE of my Florida neighbors are happy about this.
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Republican senators have been racing to pass their bill before people learn about these numbers.
But at some point Americans are going to notice anyway. Including the ~half of Medicaid recipients who voted for Trump.
But at some point Americans are going to notice anyway. Including the ~half of Medicaid recipients who voted for Trump.
Republicans may lie about what's in their budget bill but the numbers sure don't.
June 29, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Republican senators have been racing to pass their bill before people learn about these numbers.
But at some point Americans are going to notice anyway. Including the ~half of Medicaid recipients who voted for Trump.
But at some point Americans are going to notice anyway. Including the ~half of Medicaid recipients who voted for Trump.
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Not to freak you out but a lot of evangelicals are going to be psyched to see us go to war with Iran. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Evangelicals love Donald Trump for many reasons, but one of them is especially terrifying
End Times.
www.motherjones.com
June 17, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Not to freak you out but a lot of evangelicals are going to be psyched to see us go to war with Iran. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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WATCH: “I WISH I HAD A PLANE TO GIVE YOU.” 👀 ✈️
Trump just pushed the ‘white genocide’ lie with South Africa’s President in another embarrassing Oval Office ambush to justify only taking white *refugees*
(Even the ‘Amerikaner’ site admitted it’s not: www.instagram.com/reel/DJm-qTj...)
Trump just pushed the ‘white genocide’ lie with South Africa’s President in another embarrassing Oval Office ambush to justify only taking white *refugees*
(Even the ‘Amerikaner’ site admitted it’s not: www.instagram.com/reel/DJm-qTj...)
May 21, 2025 at 6:08 PM
WATCH: “I WISH I HAD A PLANE TO GIVE YOU.” 👀 ✈️
Trump just pushed the ‘white genocide’ lie with South Africa’s President in another embarrassing Oval Office ambush to justify only taking white *refugees*
(Even the ‘Amerikaner’ site admitted it’s not: www.instagram.com/reel/DJm-qTj...)
Trump just pushed the ‘white genocide’ lie with South Africa’s President in another embarrassing Oval Office ambush to justify only taking white *refugees*
(Even the ‘Amerikaner’ site admitted it’s not: www.instagram.com/reel/DJm-qTj...)
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I have written many healthcare stories, but never before have I written about my own health. I decided to do so after learning one of my drugs costs nearly $1,000 a pill and just 25 cents to make. What I found was an incredible story of discovery and exploitation. www.propublica.org/article/revl...
The Price of Remission
When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked ...
www.propublica.org
May 8, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I have written many healthcare stories, but never before have I written about my own health. I decided to do so after learning one of my drugs costs nearly $1,000 a pill and just 25 cents to make. What I found was an incredible story of discovery and exploitation. www.propublica.org/article/revl...
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Maddow: 88% of the country says no, no, he cannot defy a supreme court ruling. Only 9% say yes he can. And you know, it's not the same thing. But I should mention that 9% is also the proportion of Americans who told yougov this week that they have a favorable view of the black plague
April 25, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Maddow: 88% of the country says no, no, he cannot defy a supreme court ruling. Only 9% say yes he can. And you know, it's not the same thing. But I should mention that 9% is also the proportion of Americans who told yougov this week that they have a favorable view of the black plague
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"The most brazenly corrupt thing a President has ever done. Not close.”
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
How Trump team turned a dinner invite into a crypto boon worth millions
iNearly two dozen crypto wallets acquired more than 100,000 $TRUMP meme coins, worth roughly $100 million, after the team said top buyers could join the president for dinner.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 25, 2025 at 3:56 AM
"The most brazenly corrupt thing a President has ever done. Not close.”
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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Newsom: In 2023, Californians contributed $83.1 billion more to the federal government than we received back.
And for your viewers: that other state—Texas—took $71.1 billion more than it contributed to the federal government. California: $83 billion, contributor. Texas: taker.
And for your viewers: that other state—Texas—took $71.1 billion more than it contributed to the federal government. California: $83 billion, contributor. Texas: taker.
April 24, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Newsom: In 2023, Californians contributed $83.1 billion more to the federal government than we received back.
And for your viewers: that other state—Texas—took $71.1 billion more than it contributed to the federal government. California: $83 billion, contributor. Texas: taker.
And for your viewers: that other state—Texas—took $71.1 billion more than it contributed to the federal government. California: $83 billion, contributor. Texas: taker.
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What the headline should really should say is “In effort to seek revenge against his opponents” because that’s literally what he is doing
He promised he would go after what he called "political enemies" He is.
I don't believe the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director spontaneously decided to contact the Trump admin about this.
I can imagine a scenario where he was asked to.
nypost.com/2025/04/15/u...
I don't believe the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director spontaneously decided to contact the Trump admin about this.
I can imagine a scenario where he was asked to.
nypost.com/2025/04/15/u...
Trump administration refers NY AG Letitia James for potential prosecution over alleged mortgage fraud
“While this was a long time ago, it raises serious concerns about the validity of Ms. James representations on mortgage applications,” he wrote.
nypost.com
April 16, 2025 at 7:31 AM
What the headline should really should say is “In effort to seek revenge against his opponents” because that’s literally what he is doing
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Stephen Miller lied about Abrego Garcia’s case-claiming SCOTUS said
“no district court can compel the president to exercise his..foreign powers”
Rubio says he can deport ANY alien, even for “EXPECTED beliefs”
Trump said “the home growns are next”
STAND UP
DON’T LET TRUMP TAKE OUR DEMOCRACY AWAY
“no district court can compel the president to exercise his..foreign powers”
Rubio says he can deport ANY alien, even for “EXPECTED beliefs”
Trump said “the home growns are next”
STAND UP
DON’T LET TRUMP TAKE OUR DEMOCRACY AWAY
April 15, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Stephen Miller lied about Abrego Garcia’s case-claiming SCOTUS said
“no district court can compel the president to exercise his..foreign powers”
Rubio says he can deport ANY alien, even for “EXPECTED beliefs”
Trump said “the home growns are next”
STAND UP
DON’T LET TRUMP TAKE OUR DEMOCRACY AWAY
“no district court can compel the president to exercise his..foreign powers”
Rubio says he can deport ANY alien, even for “EXPECTED beliefs”
Trump said “the home growns are next”
STAND UP
DON’T LET TRUMP TAKE OUR DEMOCRACY AWAY