Candy Banda
@cbanda.bsky.social
Passionate about words, good thoughts, and chips w/salsa
One of the Enemy Within
One of the Enemy Within
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"I'm really good at this stuff. Your countries are going to hell." - Trump says in his speech before the U.N. General Assembly
September 23, 2025 at 2:43 PM
"I'm really good at this stuff. Your countries are going to hell." - Trump says in his speech before the U.N. General Assembly
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It’s just kind of hard to think you actually care about keeping the streets safe when you refuse to do anything to keep them from being flooded with guns.
August 17, 2025 at 2:29 AM
It’s just kind of hard to think you actually care about keeping the streets safe when you refuse to do anything to keep them from being flooded with guns.
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This from @annamerlan.bsky.social lays bare the long-term damage that Musk/Trump/DOGE are doing right now
"What We Don’t Know Will Hurt Us"
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
"What We Don’t Know Will Hurt Us"
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
When it comes to Trump's brain drain, “the damage is already done”
How the DOGE-triggered attack on government research left America in the dark.
www.motherjones.com
May 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
This from @annamerlan.bsky.social lays bare the long-term damage that Musk/Trump/DOGE are doing right now
"What We Don’t Know Will Hurt Us"
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
"What We Don’t Know Will Hurt Us"
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Unbelievable!
Today, San Diego witnessed a government-sanctioned kidnapping. ICE stormed Buona Forchetta in military gear ripping workers away, then unleashing tear gas and smoke on the terrified community. Full on police state, fascism now used on American citizens. Stay aware.
#OnYourSide
Today, San Diego witnessed a government-sanctioned kidnapping. ICE stormed Buona Forchetta in military gear ripping workers away, then unleashing tear gas and smoke on the terrified community. Full on police state, fascism now used on American citizens. Stay aware.
#OnYourSide
May 31, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Unbelievable!
Today, San Diego witnessed a government-sanctioned kidnapping. ICE stormed Buona Forchetta in military gear ripping workers away, then unleashing tear gas and smoke on the terrified community. Full on police state, fascism now used on American citizens. Stay aware.
#OnYourSide
Today, San Diego witnessed a government-sanctioned kidnapping. ICE stormed Buona Forchetta in military gear ripping workers away, then unleashing tear gas and smoke on the terrified community. Full on police state, fascism now used on American citizens. Stay aware.
#OnYourSide
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The US military just purged their website of mentions of the Holocaust, 9/11 remembrance, cancer awareness, sexual assault, and suicide prevention to align with their new “anti-DEI” policies.
Massive purge of Pentagon websites includes content on Holocaust remembrance, sexual assault and suicide prevention | CNN Politics
Articles about the Holocaust, September 11, cancer awareness, sexual assault and suicide prevention are among the tens of thousands either removed or flagged for removal from Pentagon websites as the ...
www.cnn.com
March 19, 2025 at 10:14 PM
The US military just purged their website of mentions of the Holocaust, 9/11 remembrance, cancer awareness, sexual assault, and suicide prevention to align with their new “anti-DEI” policies.
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Cool we're North Korea now
Le Monde reporting that a French scientist traveling to Houston to attend a conference was denied entry to US after a search of his phone & computer revealed messages critical of Trump's science cuts, "which [says CPB] conveyed hatred of Trump & could be qualified as terrorism". Computer confiscated
March 19, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Cool we're North Korea now
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HAPPY IDES OF MARCH DAY
for those of you that celebrate.
for those of you that celebrate.
March 15, 2025 at 11:36 AM
HAPPY IDES OF MARCH DAY
for those of you that celebrate.
for those of you that celebrate.
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This, by the by, is an effing disaster if it holds up. The number of public libraries that will go under if IMLS is shuttered is mind-boggling. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose.
www.whitehouse.gov
March 15, 2025 at 12:47 PM
This, by the by, is an effing disaster if it holds up. The number of public libraries that will go under if IMLS is shuttered is mind-boggling. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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March 15, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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This sounds like a description of Lenny in Of Mice & Men.
Sen. Kevin Cramer: "To the point about Elon -- it's one more illustration of what a good guy he is. And people who don't like Elon have never met Elon Musk. He is truly one of the most gentle creatures and sweet men. He's exceptional in so many ways."
March 11, 2025 at 9:07 PM
This sounds like a description of Lenny in Of Mice & Men.
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Musk states "the fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy". Charles Darwin, who actually researched this stuff, showed it was empathy, specifically, that enabled humanity to flourish.
Government AI, defending DOGE and more: Takeaways from Elon Musk’s three-hour interview with Joe Rogan
The wide-ranging interview between the two prominent Trump supporters comes as Musk remakes the federal government.
www.politico.com
March 5, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Musk states "the fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy". Charles Darwin, who actually researched this stuff, showed it was empathy, specifically, that enabled humanity to flourish.
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Fuck you, Donald Trump.
Fuck you.
Fuck you.
March 5, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Fuck you, Donald Trump.
Fuck you.
Fuck you.
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We just walked out of the state of the Union. My shirt showed Trump an important message: NO KINGS LIVE HERE.
In the spirit of student protestors from the Civil Rights Movement, I’m proud to have protested and walked out with many of my colleagues. This is NOT a normal time.
In the spirit of student protestors from the Civil Rights Movement, I’m proud to have protested and walked out with many of my colleagues. This is NOT a normal time.
March 5, 2025 at 2:52 AM
We just walked out of the state of the Union. My shirt showed Trump an important message: NO KINGS LIVE HERE.
In the spirit of student protestors from the Civil Rights Movement, I’m proud to have protested and walked out with many of my colleagues. This is NOT a normal time.
In the spirit of student protestors from the Civil Rights Movement, I’m proud to have protested and walked out with many of my colleagues. This is NOT a normal time.
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March 5, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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this went really well today, btw
We're not messing around this week as we enter into Act 4 of King Lear...
March 5, 2025 at 2:39 AM
this went really well today, btw
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SCOOP: Now that Linda McMahon is confirmed/sworn in as secretary, Trump will be imminently issuing an executive order eliminating the Department of Education.
I’ve obtained a draft of an email that McMahon will be sending to staff re: the EO and the department’s “final mission”.
Here is a portion:
I’ve obtained a draft of an email that McMahon will be sending to staff re: the EO and the department’s “final mission”.
Here is a portion:
![After President Trump's inauguration last month, he has steadily signed a slate of executive orders to keep these education promises: combatting critical race theory, DEl, gender ideology extremism, and discrimination in admissions. President Trump has also been focused on eliminating wasteful bureaucracy and harmful programs in the federal government. To that end, today he signed [Executive Order XYZ, entitled "Eliminating the Department of Education,] which has given us a clear and final mission.
We are to identify which of the Department's functions, programs, and offices are not mandated by statute, and eliminate them. This reorganization will impact staff, budgets, reporting, and more —and in coming months, we will determine how it can be accomplished with minimal delay and disruption. The President further tasked us with creating a plan to reallocate and reassign functions of the Department of Education that would be more effectively managed by other agencies. This plan will offer Congress a road map toward fulfilling the expectations of the President and the American people.
The new vision—which I hope each of you will embrace going forward—can be expressed as four main convictions:
Parents are the primary decision makers in their children's education.
Students deserve to be protected from physical violence, racial discrimination, medical tyranny, and gender extremism ideology on campus.
Postsecondary education should be a path to a well-paying career aligned with workforce needs.
Taxpayer-funded education should refocus on meaningful learning: proficiency in math, reading, and core subjects, and patriotism in American history and civics.
As we move to reduce the Department's middleman role in education, these four convictions must guide us toward conscientious and pragmatic action. The elimination of bureaucracy should free us, not limit us, in our pursuit of these goals
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March 4, 2025 at 12:04 AM
SCOOP: Now that Linda McMahon is confirmed/sworn in as secretary, Trump will be imminently issuing an executive order eliminating the Department of Education.
I’ve obtained a draft of an email that McMahon will be sending to staff re: the EO and the department’s “final mission”.
Here is a portion:
I’ve obtained a draft of an email that McMahon will be sending to staff re: the EO and the department’s “final mission”.
Here is a portion:
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One man is a badass hero, a true leader, and a warrior who fights for his country. The man other is a weak, selfish, corrupt sociopath wearing a red tie.
#SlavaUkraini 💙💛🇺🇦🌻🇺🇦💙💛
#SlavaUkraini 💙💛🇺🇦🌻🇺🇦💙💛
March 1, 2025 at 1:35 AM
One man is a badass hero, a true leader, and a warrior who fights for his country. The man other is a weak, selfish, corrupt sociopath wearing a red tie.
#SlavaUkraini 💙💛🇺🇦🌻🇺🇦💙💛
#SlavaUkraini 💙💛🇺🇦🌻🇺🇦💙💛
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The U.S. Department of Education has just launched enddei.ed.gov, a public portal for parents, students, and teachers to report instances of so-called “discrimination” related to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in schools.
February 28, 2025 at 5:29 PM
The U.S. Department of Education has just launched enddei.ed.gov, a public portal for parents, students, and teachers to report instances of so-called “discrimination” related to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in schools.
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This was just posted on President Trump’s Truth Social account.
February 26, 2025 at 5:02 AM
This was just posted on President Trump’s Truth Social account.
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This is what a deal with the devil looks like👇
@housegop.bsky.social JUST VOTED TO CUT Medicaid, SNAP benefits, school meals, & housing assistance all in exchange for giving corporations & billionaires a tax cut all at the expense of the middle class.
@housegop.bsky.social JUST VOTED TO CUT Medicaid, SNAP benefits, school meals, & housing assistance all in exchange for giving corporations & billionaires a tax cut all at the expense of the middle class.
February 26, 2025 at 2:01 AM
This is what a deal with the devil looks like👇
@housegop.bsky.social JUST VOTED TO CUT Medicaid, SNAP benefits, school meals, & housing assistance all in exchange for giving corporations & billionaires a tax cut all at the expense of the middle class.
@housegop.bsky.social JUST VOTED TO CUT Medicaid, SNAP benefits, school meals, & housing assistance all in exchange for giving corporations & billionaires a tax cut all at the expense of the middle class.
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Elon’s evil munchkins sent this ridiculous email out to all 2 million or so Federal employees demanding they reply by midnight Monday. If you want to let them know what you did last week I’m bet they’d love to hear from you at HR@OPM.Gov! I can’t wait to tell them about my norovirus symptoms!
February 22, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Elon’s evil munchkins sent this ridiculous email out to all 2 million or so Federal employees demanding they reply by midnight Monday. If you want to let them know what you did last week I’m bet they’d love to hear from you at HR@OPM.Gov! I can’t wait to tell them about my norovirus symptoms!
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Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social we need simple messaging, 3 top messages, about how FOTUS’s policies are hurting ALL Americans. Then we need to repeat over and over and over. We seem to be in reaction mode instead of proactive opposition mode #Voices4Victory
a woman says okay what 's your plan netflix
ALT: a woman says okay what 's your plan netflix
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February 15, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social we need simple messaging, 3 top messages, about how FOTUS’s policies are hurting ALL Americans. Then we need to repeat over and over and over. We seem to be in reaction mode instead of proactive opposition mode #Voices4Victory
@theferocity.bsky.social and @roxanegay.bsky.social are filling my head and heart!!
February 11, 2025 at 9:36 PM
@theferocity.bsky.social and @roxanegay.bsky.social are filling my head and heart!!