Bex (she/her)
@bexthetrex.bsky.social
Book lover, NPR junkie, climate activist, MAcc, Chicagoan. Safe space for all!
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Tragically, another child died of measles in Texas
In 2 months of RFK Jr’s ‘leadership’
we’ve had more measles deaths than over the last 2 decades.
This isn’t a coincidence.
We will regret this.
In 2 months of RFK Jr’s ‘leadership’
we’ve had more measles deaths than over the last 2 decades.
This isn’t a coincidence.
We will regret this.
April 6, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Tragically, another child died of measles in Texas
In 2 months of RFK Jr’s ‘leadership’
we’ve had more measles deaths than over the last 2 decades.
This isn’t a coincidence.
We will regret this.
In 2 months of RFK Jr’s ‘leadership’
we’ve had more measles deaths than over the last 2 decades.
This isn’t a coincidence.
We will regret this.
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This is the biggest news of the last 24 hours—not the Signal Scandal.
Trump watchers have long said that early in his presidency he would begin a push to utterly destroy the U.S. voting system and disenfranchise millions and millions of voters.
Here we go.
Trump watchers have long said that early in his presidency he would begin a push to utterly destroy the U.S. voting system and disenfranchise millions and millions of voters.
Here we go.
Trump executive order boosts proof of citizenship requirements for voting in federal elections | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday seeking to boost proof of citizenship requirements for voter registration, which critics say could disenfranchise poor and older voters who don...
www.cnn.com
March 26, 2025 at 4:57 AM
This is the biggest news of the last 24 hours—not the Signal Scandal.
Trump watchers have long said that early in his presidency he would begin a push to utterly destroy the U.S. voting system and disenfranchise millions and millions of voters.
Here we go.
Trump watchers have long said that early in his presidency he would begin a push to utterly destroy the U.S. voting system and disenfranchise millions and millions of voters.
Here we go.
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In fairness to Pete Hegseth nobody asked him *specifically* at his confirmation hearings if he would get drunk and text the editor in chief of the Atlantic his war plans.
We find ourselves in a real “gotcha” moment!
We find ourselves in a real “gotcha” moment!
March 24, 2025 at 10:25 PM
In fairness to Pete Hegseth nobody asked him *specifically* at his confirmation hearings if he would get drunk and text the editor in chief of the Atlantic his war plans.
We find ourselves in a real “gotcha” moment!
We find ourselves in a real “gotcha” moment!
The hope I’m clinging to today. We have to keep spreading the message. We have to keep asking the questions. We have to keep fighting back. #hopecore
March 21, 2025 at 12:17 AM
The hope I’m clinging to today. We have to keep spreading the message. We have to keep asking the questions. We have to keep fighting back. #hopecore
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The Agriculture Department has axed two programs that gave schools and food banks money to buy food from local farms and ranchers, halting more than $1 billion in federal spending.
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
USDA cancels $1B in local food purchasing for schools, food banks
States have been notified that they will not receive 2025 funding for schools to buy food from nearby farms.
www.politico.com
March 11, 2025 at 8:14 AM
The Agriculture Department has axed two programs that gave schools and food banks money to buy food from local farms and ranchers, halting more than $1 billion in federal spending.
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
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There will be increasing US propaganda aimed at Canada. Media will be complicit in normalizing it.
Secret fentanyl labs, porous border that threatens security, etc.
Bet on it. And a lot of Americans will eat it up. This has been the American playbook for decades.
Secret fentanyl labs, porous border that threatens security, etc.
Bet on it. And a lot of Americans will eat it up. This has been the American playbook for decades.
March 9, 2025 at 8:50 PM
There will be increasing US propaganda aimed at Canada. Media will be complicit in normalizing it.
Secret fentanyl labs, porous border that threatens security, etc.
Bet on it. And a lot of Americans will eat it up. This has been the American playbook for decades.
Secret fentanyl labs, porous border that threatens security, etc.
Bet on it. And a lot of Americans will eat it up. This has been the American playbook for decades.
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March 9, 2025
March 9, 2025
Lately, political writers have called attention to the tendency of billionaire Elon Musk to refer to his political opponents as “NPCs.” This term comes from the gaming world and refers to a nonplayer ...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
March 10, 2025 at 4:24 AM
March 9, 2025
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What a photo.
Green must be the start of something, not the end.
Green must be the start of something, not the end.
March 6, 2025 at 2:39 AM
What a photo.
Green must be the start of something, not the end.
Green must be the start of something, not the end.
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can't believe it's 2025 and i'm stressed about tariffs and measles, like am i a character in an american girl book
March 3, 2025 at 9:09 PM
can't believe it's 2025 and i'm stressed about tariffs and measles, like am i a character in an american girl book
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Death by idiocy & ignorance is coming.
Uganda has an Ebola outbreak. 12 Americans were exposed to it.
Uganda tried informing the US but its staff had gone.
There was no-one to answer the phone. No-one to set up border screening. No-one to liaise with WHO.
Madness.
Uganda has an Ebola outbreak. 12 Americans were exposed to it.
Uganda tried informing the US but its staff had gone.
There was no-one to answer the phone. No-one to set up border screening. No-one to liaise with WHO.
Madness.
Elon Musk: "We will make mistakes. We won't be perfect ... so for example, with USAID, one of the things we accidentally canceled very briefly was ebola prevention."
February 26, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Death by idiocy & ignorance is coming.
Uganda has an Ebola outbreak. 12 Americans were exposed to it.
Uganda tried informing the US but its staff had gone.
There was no-one to answer the phone. No-one to set up border screening. No-one to liaise with WHO.
Madness.
Uganda has an Ebola outbreak. 12 Americans were exposed to it.
Uganda tried informing the US but its staff had gone.
There was no-one to answer the phone. No-one to set up border screening. No-one to liaise with WHO.
Madness.
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Sen Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) letter to chair of Senate Judiciary Cmte, which is poised to vote on confirmation of Kash Patel:
“We regret that you have rejected our efforts to inquire into the first-ever invocation of Fifth Amendment protection by a nominee seeking to lead the FBI”
“We regret that you have rejected our efforts to inquire into the first-ever invocation of Fifth Amendment protection by a nominee seeking to lead the FBI”
February 6, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Sen Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) letter to chair of Senate Judiciary Cmte, which is poised to vote on confirmation of Kash Patel:
“We regret that you have rejected our efforts to inquire into the first-ever invocation of Fifth Amendment protection by a nominee seeking to lead the FBI”
“We regret that you have rejected our efforts to inquire into the first-ever invocation of Fifth Amendment protection by a nominee seeking to lead the FBI”
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lol, "vetting"
A teen DOGE staffer recently given access to government systems worked at a startup known for hiring convicted hackers. Someone using a Telegram handle associated with him also solicited a cyberattack-for-hire service in 2022. All raising questions about his vetting. www.wired.com/story/edward...
DOGE Teen Owns ‘Tesla.Sexy LLC’ and Worked at Startup That Has Hired Convicted Hackers
Experts question whether Edward Coristine, a DOGE staffer who has gone by “Big Balls” online, would pass the background check typically required for access to sensitive US government systems.
www.wired.com
February 6, 2025 at 1:23 PM
lol, "vetting"
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If you’re interested in supporting an aspiring Black nonbinary writer this Black History Month, here are some books that I want to study:
Amos Tutuola’s, Jamaica Kincaid’s, James Baldwin’s and Frantz Fanon’s entire catalogues. As well as the African Writer Series.
Amos Tutuola’s, Jamaica Kincaid’s, James Baldwin’s and Frantz Fanon’s entire catalogues. As well as the African Writer Series.
February 5, 2025 at 4:04 AM
If you’re interested in supporting an aspiring Black nonbinary writer this Black History Month, here are some books that I want to study:
Amos Tutuola’s, Jamaica Kincaid’s, James Baldwin’s and Frantz Fanon’s entire catalogues. As well as the African Writer Series.
Amos Tutuola’s, Jamaica Kincaid’s, James Baldwin’s and Frantz Fanon’s entire catalogues. As well as the African Writer Series.
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The hits just keep on coming. List of clubs officially disbanded at West Point
February 5, 2025 at 1:01 AM
The hits just keep on coming. List of clubs officially disbanded at West Point
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The 1,300-page environmental review of the One Seattle Plan shows that the Mayor's preferred plan would increase hardscape, tree removal, and greenhouse gas emissions, while decreasing affordable housing over the broadly supported Alternative 5.
Story: www.theurbanist.org/2025/02/04/h...
Story: www.theurbanist.org/2025/02/04/h...
February 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Before Rosa Parks made history, 15-year-old Claudette refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama. She was young, bold, and way ahead of her time, standing up when it was dangerous but necessary 🤎 #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackSky
February 4, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Before Rosa Parks made history, 15-year-old Claudette refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama. She was young, bold, and way ahead of her time, standing up when it was dangerous but necessary 🤎 #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackSky
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Don’t let others gaslight you into “it’s not THAT bad” nonsense. It is THAT bad. It will be life or death for millions of Americans. This is the dismantling of our government. We must not obey in advance. #resist #wemustact #mutualaid
February 4, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Don’t let others gaslight you into “it’s not THAT bad” nonsense. It is THAT bad. It will be life or death for millions of Americans. This is the dismantling of our government. We must not obey in advance. #resist #wemustact #mutualaid
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I am hearing that PEPFAR programs are still being stalled, and medication appointments cancelled, despite a waiver in place to allow life-saving programs to continue. Thus,
@belindaarch.bsky.social
and I are sharing the letter we wrote, signed by 110 economists, urging its continuation. 1/4
@belindaarch.bsky.social
and I are sharing the letter we wrote, signed by 110 economists, urging its continuation. 1/4
February 4, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I am hearing that PEPFAR programs are still being stalled, and medication appointments cancelled, despite a waiver in place to allow life-saving programs to continue. Thus,
@belindaarch.bsky.social
and I are sharing the letter we wrote, signed by 110 economists, urging its continuation. 1/4
@belindaarch.bsky.social
and I are sharing the letter we wrote, signed by 110 economists, urging its continuation. 1/4
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Will repeat this forever, but if there's a US foreign policy program that deserves unambiguous support from a global health/humanitarian/economic/political/every angle you can think of perspective, it's PEPFAR. Sharing the economists letter of support here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #Econsky
February 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Will repeat this forever, but if there's a US foreign policy program that deserves unambiguous support from a global health/humanitarian/economic/political/every angle you can think of perspective, it's PEPFAR. Sharing the economists letter of support here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #Econsky
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My people have never required executive orders to celebrate and honor the incredible legacies of the Black people who helped shape this country, so we won't be stopping now.
All month long, I'll be featuring Black History facts. Because of them, we can, and we will. 🤎 #BlackHistoryMonth
All month long, I'll be featuring Black History facts. Because of them, we can, and we will. 🤎 #BlackHistoryMonth
February 1, 2025 at 6:40 PM
My people have never required executive orders to celebrate and honor the incredible legacies of the Black people who helped shape this country, so we won't be stopping now.
All month long, I'll be featuring Black History facts. Because of them, we can, and we will. 🤎 #BlackHistoryMonth
All month long, I'll be featuring Black History facts. Because of them, we can, and we will. 🤎 #BlackHistoryMonth