Sarah Elmer
@bottledstardust.bsky.social
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A pregnancy center can bill Texas $14 for distributing diapers that cost the center just over $.25. And before parents can get those diapers, they must take a class that the center can bill the state $30 for each hour of class a client attends.
with CBS News
(Published July 2024)
with CBS News
(Published July 2024)
How a Texas Program Funnels Millions to Anti-Abortion Groups With Little Accountability
Two years after Roe v. Wade was overturned, Texas leads the nation in funding for crisis pregnancy centers. The system is meant to help growing families, but it’s riddled with waste and lacks…
propub.li
January 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
A pregnancy center can bill Texas $14 for distributing diapers that cost the center just over $.25. And before parents can get those diapers, they must take a class that the center can bill the state $30 for each hour of class a client attends.
with CBS News
(Published July 2024)
with CBS News
(Published July 2024)
Reposted by Sarah Elmer
A message of special significance
for Christian & Jewish investors
in weapons & fossil fuel companies
via Musical Left
for Christian & Jewish investors
in weapons & fossil fuel companies
via Musical Left
January 12, 2025 at 10:47 AM
A message of special significance
for Christian & Jewish investors
in weapons & fossil fuel companies
via Musical Left
for Christian & Jewish investors
in weapons & fossil fuel companies
via Musical Left
Reposted by Sarah Elmer
Yea, I wonder why 🙄
January 10, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Yea, I wonder why 🙄
For over 20 years, Intuit has waged a war to prevent the government from providing free to file for all. The company unleashed a battalion of lobbyists and hired officials from the agency that regulates it. Employees joke that the company’s motto should actually be “compromise without integrity.”
Now Taxes is Free in the App - TurboTax 2025 Commercial (Official TV Ad :30)
YouTube video by Intuit TurboTax
youtu.be
January 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
For over 20 years, Intuit has waged a war to prevent the government from providing free to file for all. The company unleashed a battalion of lobbyists and hired officials from the agency that regulates it. Employees joke that the company’s motto should actually be “compromise without integrity.”
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The Secret Service had to override their own policy by letting President Obama sit next to a convicted felon.
January 9, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The Secret Service had to override their own policy by letting President Obama sit next to a convicted felon.
Reposted by Sarah Elmer
Reposted by Sarah Elmer
A millionaire co-founder of real estate investment firm, who bragged about not paying taxes, offered to throw cash at any concierge private fire department to protect only *his* house.
We are living in the age of selfish plutocrats.
(The account was subsequently deleted.)
We are living in the age of selfish plutocrats.
(The account was subsequently deleted.)
January 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
A millionaire co-founder of real estate investment firm, who bragged about not paying taxes, offered to throw cash at any concierge private fire department to protect only *his* house.
We are living in the age of selfish plutocrats.
(The account was subsequently deleted.)
We are living in the age of selfish plutocrats.
(The account was subsequently deleted.)
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Wikipedia is the last major, visible platform for facts that they can’t buy. The attacks are going to be merciless.
Scoop: I obtained a confidential presentation outlining how a major conservative think tanks plans to go after volunteer editors on Wikipedia who it says are "abusing their position" and promoting antisemitism
forward.com/news/686797/...
forward.com/news/686797/...
Scoop: Heritage Foundation plans to ‘identify and target’ Wikipedia editors
The conservative think tank told prospective donors that the project was part of its work to combat antisemitism.
forward.com
January 7, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Wikipedia is the last major, visible platform for facts that they can’t buy. The attacks are going to be merciless.
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Reminder....🔥🔥🔥🔥
Presidential.....vs.
Criminal.
Presidential.....vs.
Criminal.
January 6, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Reminder....🔥🔥🔥🔥
Presidential.....vs.
Criminal.
Presidential.....vs.
Criminal.
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Fk Insurers
January 5, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Fk Insurers
Reposted by Sarah Elmer
Reposted by Sarah Elmer
Reposted by Sarah Elmer
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias.
He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was ProPublica reporter @josh-kaplan.bsky.social.
propub.li/3DGXECO
He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was ProPublica reporter @josh-kaplan.bsky.social.
propub.li/3DGXECO
The Militia and the Mole
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was a ProPublica reporter.
propub.li
January 4, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias.
He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was ProPublica reporter @josh-kaplan.bsky.social.
propub.li/3DGXECO
He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was ProPublica reporter @josh-kaplan.bsky.social.
propub.li/3DGXECO
Reposted by Sarah Elmer
Reposted by Sarah Elmer
NY State Attorney General Leticia James recuses herself from Robert Brooks case! #ROBERTBROOKS #leticiajames
January 3, 2025 at 5:40 PM
NY State Attorney General Leticia James recuses herself from Robert Brooks case! #ROBERTBROOKS #leticiajames
Imagine being a victim of a horrific act and then being denied time to heal your injuries that you received from said attack and most likely losing your job and benefits.
Does this behavior make us great?
Does this behavior make us great?
Amazon has denied a leave of absence to an Alabama woman who was struck by the New Orleans attacker’s truck and shot in the foot during the attack. She worried she won’t have a job to return to when she recovers. www.nola.com/news/crime_p...
Alabama mom hit by truck, then shot in Bourbon Street attack: 'It's just so disturbing'
A night of revelry was coming to a close for Alexis Scott-Windham and her friends in the early hours of New Year's Eve after they came from Mobile, Alabama to
www.nola.com
January 3, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Imagine being a victim of a horrific act and then being denied time to heal your injuries that you received from said attack and most likely losing your job and benefits.
Does this behavior make us great?
Does this behavior make us great?
Reposted by Sarah Elmer
Reposted by Sarah Elmer
TIL companies can buy life insurance policies (that pay out to the employer) on their employees. Insuring high level employees is prudent but these were also called "dead peasants" and "janitors". Where do we think they spent that money? Not helping the families of the deceased, of course!
#resist
#resist
'Dead Peasant Insurance' Was Common Not That Long Ago - The Happy Neuron
Up until relatively recently, it was common practice for companies to receive cash windfalls when their employees died, among many other unethical benefits.
thehappyneuron.com
January 2, 2025 at 11:14 PM
TIL companies can buy life insurance policies (that pay out to the employer) on their employees. Insuring high level employees is prudent but these were also called "dead peasants" and "janitors". Where do we think they spent that money? Not helping the families of the deceased, of course!
#resist
#resist