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@chrysiridia.bsky.social
· Mar 20
For my local ADKers!
In case you weren't aware, PLATTSBURGH SUNDAY!
Let's all hang out and stand up for our postal service!
In case you weren't aware, PLATTSBURGH SUNDAY!
Let's all hang out and stand up for our postal service!
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Yeah, there are echoes, but this is much worse.
No real effort to persuade the American public or bring along international allies, no backing or buy-in from Congress, no pretense of a noble cause or anything, just one dumb power-mad thug being led to war by another.
No real effort to persuade the American public or bring along international allies, no backing or buy-in from Congress, no pretense of a noble cause or anything, just one dumb power-mad thug being led to war by another.
people keep saying this is like the iraq war, but, no, this is worse, the admin has not even attempted to make a case for this, and republicans want a king
"What side is he really on?" -- Rep. Roger Williams repeatedly suggests that Tim Kaine is on Iran's "side" because he wants to limit Trump's war powers
June 18, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Yeah, there are echoes, but this is much worse.
No real effort to persuade the American public or bring along international allies, no backing or buy-in from Congress, no pretense of a noble cause or anything, just one dumb power-mad thug being led to war by another.
No real effort to persuade the American public or bring along international allies, no backing or buy-in from Congress, no pretense of a noble cause or anything, just one dumb power-mad thug being led to war by another.
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Most importantly this affects the treatment of individuals held in the office.
The second issue is a transparency one. If the offices aren't considered "facilities" then ICE doesn't have to report them in their congressionally-mandated detention statistics releases.
The second issue is a transparency one. If the offices aren't considered "facilities" then ICE doesn't have to report them in their congressionally-mandated detention statistics releases.
ICE has been taking the position nationwide that its field offices, and the detention cells therein, are not facilities "operated by or for [DHS] used to detain or otherwise house aliens," on the argument that the facilities are "processing areas" and therefore not covered detention facilities.
June 18, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Most importantly this affects the treatment of individuals held in the office.
The second issue is a transparency one. If the offices aren't considered "facilities" then ICE doesn't have to report them in their congressionally-mandated detention statistics releases.
The second issue is a transparency one. If the offices aren't considered "facilities" then ICE doesn't have to report them in their congressionally-mandated detention statistics releases.
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Breaking: The Trevor Project received a stop-work order last night on its contract with the national 988 suicide prevention hotline. The Trump administration is eliminating the option for LGBTQ callers to the hotline to press 3 and connect with someone who specializes in LGBTQ mental health.
June 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Breaking: The Trevor Project received a stop-work order last night on its contract with the national 988 suicide prevention hotline. The Trump administration is eliminating the option for LGBTQ callers to the hotline to press 3 and connect with someone who specializes in LGBTQ mental health.
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Several key labor nominees are being grilled before the Senate HELP committee this morning.
Live now: www.help.senate.gov/hearings/nom...
Jonathan Berry, a corporate lawyer with extremely anti-worker and misogynistic views, is a horrifying choice for solicitor of labor.
Live now: www.help.senate.gov/hearings/nom...
Jonathan Berry, a corporate lawyer with extremely anti-worker and misogynistic views, is a horrifying choice for solicitor of labor.
June 18, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Several key labor nominees are being grilled before the Senate HELP committee this morning.
Live now: www.help.senate.gov/hearings/nom...
Jonathan Berry, a corporate lawyer with extremely anti-worker and misogynistic views, is a horrifying choice for solicitor of labor.
Live now: www.help.senate.gov/hearings/nom...
Jonathan Berry, a corporate lawyer with extremely anti-worker and misogynistic views, is a horrifying choice for solicitor of labor.
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Worth a read. IRS has been watching this closely.
IRS will have to implement any tax cut, deduction or credit.
This temporary credit may help in the short term, but the high cost of living will wipe out any benefit. Think housing, food, and tarriffs. Think big picture.
Stay frosty folks.
IRS will have to implement any tax cut, deduction or credit.
This temporary credit may help in the short term, but the high cost of living will wipe out any benefit. Think housing, food, and tarriffs. Think big picture.
Stay frosty folks.
The White House just posted some wild propaganda about the overtime tax proposal in the form of... a diet coke ad. 💰🤑
They want workers to think they're not getting taxed on overtime and are taking home bigger paychecks, but here's why that's incredibly misleading.
They want workers to think they're not getting taxed on overtime and are taking home bigger paychecks, but here's why that's incredibly misleading.
One Big Beautiful Bill: NO TAX ON OVERTIME
YouTube video by The White House
youtube.com
June 18, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Worth a read. IRS has been watching this closely.
IRS will have to implement any tax cut, deduction or credit.
This temporary credit may help in the short term, but the high cost of living will wipe out any benefit. Think housing, food, and tarriffs. Think big picture.
Stay frosty folks.
IRS will have to implement any tax cut, deduction or credit.
This temporary credit may help in the short term, but the high cost of living will wipe out any benefit. Think housing, food, and tarriffs. Think big picture.
Stay frosty folks.
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Forgive me for saying something obvious, but the problem with Roberts' logic is that when a certain condition by definition can only occur in one class of people, targeting that condition is indistinguishable from targeting the class. It's a distinction without a difference.
"We're not saying you can't get health care because you're transgender, which would be illegal.
We're just saying we refuse to treat the conditions that cause you to be transgender. That's different and okay."
A pathetic, indefensible logical pretzel from SCOTUS
We're just saying we refuse to treat the conditions that cause you to be transgender. That's different and okay."
A pathetic, indefensible logical pretzel from SCOTUS
June 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Forgive me for saying something obvious, but the problem with Roberts' logic is that when a certain condition by definition can only occur in one class of people, targeting that condition is indistinguishable from targeting the class. It's a distinction without a difference.
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Rick Scott claims that China shouldn't be allowed to "bring despicable foods into our commissaries."
June 18, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Rick Scott claims that China shouldn't be allowed to "bring despicable foods into our commissaries."
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I just like to post these data from time to time to puncture the mythological aura of mid 20th c protests. They were less popular than pretty much any 21st c mass action & people criticizing them used the same lines. Protest is about people coming together, shaping narratives, & building power.
June 14, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I just like to post these data from time to time to puncture the mythological aura of mid 20th c protests. They were less popular than pretty much any 21st c mass action & people criticizing them used the same lines. Protest is about people coming together, shaping narratives, & building power.
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This article is about horrifying things, not least of which is the fact that it opens with an NYT writer enthusiastically using an A.I. to generate focus, characters, and thesis for his next book, because he couldn't think of them
Personally, I would fire that person today, but what do I know
Personally, I would fire that person today, but what do I know
“If history, per the adage, is written by the winners, then it’s not premature to wonder how the winners of the A.I. race might soon shape the stories that historians tell about the past.”
A.I. Is Poised to Rewrite History. Literally.
www.nytimes.com
June 16, 2025 at 11:57 AM
This article is about horrifying things, not least of which is the fact that it opens with an NYT writer enthusiastically using an A.I. to generate focus, characters, and thesis for his next book, because he couldn't think of them
Personally, I would fire that person today, but what do I know
Personally, I would fire that person today, but what do I know
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He did not “lunge” at Secretary Noem. He DID identify himself. Our government is lying.👇
June 12, 2025 at 7:34 PM
He did not “lunge” at Secretary Noem. He DID identify himself. Our government is lying.👇
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Sitting US Senator Alex Padilla forcibly wrestled to the ground and arrested by the FBI for attempting to ask a question of DHS secretary Kristin Noem.
June 12, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Sitting US Senator Alex Padilla forcibly wrestled to the ground and arrested by the FBI for attempting to ask a question of DHS secretary Kristin Noem.
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An MSNBC anchor just definitively claimed Padilla didn't identify himself when video clearly shows he did. So fucking irresponsible. This is how lies spread.
June 12, 2025 at 7:40 PM
An MSNBC anchor just definitively claimed Padilla didn't identify himself when video clearly shows he did. So fucking irresponsible. This is how lies spread.
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Don't let them lie to you about Senator Padilla. DHS is claiming the agents DID NOT KNOW he was a senator. He CLEARLY says (BEFORE he is tackled and cuffed) "I am Senator Alex Padilla and I have a question for the secretary."
June 12, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Don't let them lie to you about Senator Padilla. DHS is claiming the agents DID NOT KNOW he was a senator. He CLEARLY says (BEFORE he is tackled and cuffed) "I am Senator Alex Padilla and I have a question for the secretary."
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Padilla: “We will hold this administration accountable”
June 12, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Padilla: “We will hold this administration accountable”
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A US Senator was thrown to the ground and handcuffed by federal agents, and then the DHS Secretary went on to say that they are taking control from the "socialist" local government. That is fascist, there is no other proper word for it than that. No euphemisms are necessary or warranted.
June 12, 2025 at 6:57 PM
A US Senator was thrown to the ground and handcuffed by federal agents, and then the DHS Secretary went on to say that they are taking control from the "socialist" local government. That is fascist, there is no other proper word for it than that. No euphemisms are necessary or warranted.
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Padilla: If this is how DHS responds to a senator with a question you can only imagine what they're doing to farm workers, to cooks, to day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California.
June 12, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Padilla: If this is how DHS responds to a senator with a question you can only imagine what they're doing to farm workers, to cooks, to day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California.
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I'm on my way to the Senate floor to talk about the assault on my colleague, Senator Alex Padilla.
This is a horrifying moment in our nation’s history.
This is a horrifying moment in our nation’s history.
June 12, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I'm on my way to the Senate floor to talk about the assault on my colleague, Senator Alex Padilla.
This is a horrifying moment in our nation’s history.
This is a horrifying moment in our nation’s history.
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Calling all 🥾👅
Holy fuck!!! It looks like some details about the felon's military parade have come out. JFC!!!
apnews.com/article/army...
apnews.com/article/army...
Army plans for a potential parade on Trump's birthday call for 6,600 soldiers, AP learns
Detailed Army plans for a potential military parade on President Donald Trump’s birthday in June call for more than 6,600 soldiers, at least 150 vehicles, 50 helicopters, seven bands and potentially a...
apnews.com
May 2, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Calling all 🥾👅
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Bessent: "I'm told that in parts of Florida, gasoline is $1.93, and that's an automatic tax cut for the American people. We're probably gonna see a lot more car travel this summer. So I think things are in good shape."
May 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Bessent: "I'm told that in parts of Florida, gasoline is $1.93, and that's an automatic tax cut for the American people. We're probably gonna see a lot more car travel this summer. So I think things are in good shape."
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FUN FACT: Billionaires NEED Workers..Workers DONT NEED BILLIONAIRES.....
May 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
FUN FACT: Billionaires NEED Workers..Workers DONT NEED BILLIONAIRES.....
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Never forget this: Working people outnumber the billionaires and CEOs by a huge margin.
When workers stand together, they win.
Solidarity. #MayDay
When workers stand together, they win.
Solidarity. #MayDay
May 1, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Never forget this: Working people outnumber the billionaires and CEOs by a huge margin.
When workers stand together, they win.
Solidarity. #MayDay
When workers stand together, they win.
Solidarity. #MayDay
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You don't want to be a law firm with a reputation for caving under pressure.
Microsoft drops law firm that made a deal with Trump, engaging a firm that is fighting his executive orders
Microsoft Drops Simpson Thacher & Bartlett Law Firm
The tech giant instead engaged a firm that is fighting the president’s executive orders, Jenner & Block, in a sign that those firms can still attract clients.
www.nytimes.com
May 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
You don't want to be a law firm with a reputation for caving under pressure.
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If members of the press are worried they didn’t give enough coverage to the cognitive decline of a sitting president, they have an amazing opportunity to make up for it right now.
April 28, 2025 at 12:21 AM
If members of the press are worried they didn’t give enough coverage to the cognitive decline of a sitting president, they have an amazing opportunity to make up for it right now.
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Video shows U.S. strikes on Houthis near Ras Isa Port. The footage was filmed by Turkish sailors passing by.
April 27, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Video shows U.S. strikes on Houthis near Ras Isa Port. The footage was filmed by Turkish sailors passing by.
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This is @MarshaBlackburn & @SenatorHagerty & @AndyOgles & @RepMarkGreen & @RepTimBurchett & @RepHarshbarger & @RepJohnRose & @RepDavidKustoff & @DesJarlaisTN04 & @RepChuck’s crash too
April 7, 2025 at 12:54 AM
This is @MarshaBlackburn & @SenatorHagerty & @AndyOgles & @RepMarkGreen & @RepTimBurchett & @RepHarshbarger & @RepJohnRose & @RepDavidKustoff & @DesJarlaisTN04 & @RepChuck’s crash too