@cittee.bsky.social
Retiree here for political followings, mostly just to stay informed and current. Since we can't save posts, I repost instead to be able to find and share them later. I don't recommend following me, this acct is just a file cabinet for political activity.
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For the first time in my career, I can’t tell people to trust what the CDC website says. And that is an incredibly sad and devastating place for this country to be.
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 4:22 AM
For the first time in my career, I can’t tell people to trust what the CDC website says. And that is an incredibly sad and devastating place for this country to be.
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Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
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Last night’s lavish White House dinner showed us the global oligarchy coming together in plain sight.
By cozying up to MBS, Trump has signaled to the world that the United States is now on the side of authoritarianism, not democracy.
By cozying up to MBS, Trump has signaled to the world that the United States is now on the side of authoritarianism, not democracy.
November 20, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Last night’s lavish White House dinner showed us the global oligarchy coming together in plain sight.
By cozying up to MBS, Trump has signaled to the world that the United States is now on the side of authoritarianism, not democracy.
By cozying up to MBS, Trump has signaled to the world that the United States is now on the side of authoritarianism, not democracy.
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Breaking: An Epstein survivor just silenced press conference attendees when she delivered the following remarks:
“Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government belongs to the American people, or to those who prey on them.”
“Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government belongs to the American people, or to those who prey on them.”
November 18, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Breaking: An Epstein survivor just silenced press conference attendees when she delivered the following remarks:
“Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government belongs to the American people, or to those who prey on them.”
“Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government belongs to the American people, or to those who prey on them.”
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Illegally, without Congressional approval
The US Education Department is moving management of K-12 and higher education to the Labor Department and parceling out other core job duties to other federal agencies in the most sweeping effort so far to dismantle the agency. www.chalkbeat.org/2025/11/18/i...
Is Trump dismantling the Education Department? Not yet. But changes are coming.
The U.S. Education Department is moving management of K-12 and higher education to the Department of Labor and parceling out other core job duties to other agencies. It's the most sweeping effort so f...
www.chalkbeat.org
November 18, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Illegally, without Congressional approval
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Alex Padilla lays it plain.
November 18, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Alex Padilla lays it plain.
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The Department of Justice (DOJ) quietly shared state voter-registration data with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), despite earlier assurances to state election officials that the information would only be used for routine voter-list maintenance. Beginning in May 2025, DOJ
November 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The Department of Justice (DOJ) quietly shared state voter-registration data with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), despite earlier assurances to state election officials that the information would only be used for routine voter-list maintenance. Beginning in May 2025, DOJ
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AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
August 27, 2025 at 3:53 PM
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
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The Trump regime has fired an estimated 70 immigration judges since February. This is happening as immigration courts face a record backlog of cases.
Remember: it was never about legal immigration. It was always about cruelty.
Remember: it was never about legal immigration. It was always about cruelty.
“I think most don’t realize how hard it is to immigrate legally to the United States,” says former senior policy official @margyoh.bsky.social. She explains other surprising facts about the immigration system in a wide-ranging new Q&A:
An Insider’s View of the Immigration System
A former senior immigration policy official offers insight into how the system works and highlights urgent problems that must be addressed.
www.brennancenter.org
November 17, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The Trump regime has fired an estimated 70 immigration judges since February. This is happening as immigration courts face a record backlog of cases.
Remember: it was never about legal immigration. It was always about cruelty.
Remember: it was never about legal immigration. It was always about cruelty.
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Great idea by @thebulwark.com and a touching essay by @tribelaw.bsky.social
www.thebulwark.com/p/my-fathers...
www.thebulwark.com/p/my-fathers...
My Father’s Flag and the Idea of America
Over decades, across continents, and through harrowing experiences, my family held on to this bit of cloth as a reminder of everything they believed in—and were running toward.
www.thebulwark.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Great idea by @thebulwark.com and a touching essay by @tribelaw.bsky.social
www.thebulwark.com/p/my-fathers...
www.thebulwark.com/p/my-fathers...
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The bar is in hell BUT IT CAN STILL GET LOWER. Beginning to understand, in new ways, why Dante needed nine levels
Jaw dropped. Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content
Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content - Oklahoma Watch
The Trump administration removed a congressionally mandated report on missing and murdered Native Americans from the DOJ website, citing compliance with an executive order against DEI. Senators who ch...
oklahomawatch.org
November 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The bar is in hell BUT IT CAN STILL GET LOWER. Beginning to understand, in new ways, why Dante needed nine levels
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It’s like a history lesson.
The Trump Administration is giving everyone a modern lesson in why the Founding Fathers didn’t want us to have a standing army.
The Trump Administration is giving everyone a modern lesson in why the Founding Fathers didn’t want us to have a standing army.
November 17, 2025 at 1:59 AM
It’s like a history lesson.
The Trump Administration is giving everyone a modern lesson in why the Founding Fathers didn’t want us to have a standing army.
The Trump Administration is giving everyone a modern lesson in why the Founding Fathers didn’t want us to have a standing army.
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This is a great post:
NEW: Gregory Bovino is exactly who E.B. White — author of 'Charlotte's Web' — warned us about.
DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
Gregory Bovino is exactly who E.B. White — author of 'Charlotte's Web' — warned us about
DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom.
www.lawdork.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:57 AM
This is a great post:
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We’ve been warning for months that President Donald Trump and the GOP are coming hard for mail voting — and this week saw a major development in the campaign. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
This Week at Democracy Docket: The GOP Wants One-Day Elections, and Setbacks for Trump’s Gerrymander Scheme
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:06 PM
We’ve been warning for months that President Donald Trump and the GOP are coming hard for mail voting — and this week saw a major development in the campaign. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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This is what cults do to their members when they stray off the farm
November 16, 2025 at 9:19 PM
This is what cults do to their members when they stray off the farm
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if we tax them more, how will they pay for all the blood cleansing, cell rejuvenation, and transcranial magnetic stimulation they need? www.wsj.com/lifestyle/tr...
November 16, 2025 at 2:01 PM
if we tax them more, how will they pay for all the blood cleansing, cell rejuvenation, and transcranial magnetic stimulation they need? www.wsj.com/lifestyle/tr...
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You don’t need to watch Seth Meyers to see the danger here. Presidents in democracies don’t demand that critics be fired, and federal regulators don’t amplify those demands. It undermines editorial independence and chills dissent.
November 16, 2025 at 2:10 PM
You don’t need to watch Seth Meyers to see the danger here. Presidents in democracies don’t demand that critics be fired, and federal regulators don’t amplify those demands. It undermines editorial independence and chills dissent.
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Odd that the DoJ is opening an investigation into the Epstein files since they said in July that there was no client list and nothing to release.
November 15, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Odd that the DoJ is opening an investigation into the Epstein files since they said in July that there was no client list and nothing to release.
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"300 agents stormed the building, rappelled from a helicopter, knocked down doors and hurled flash-bang grenades. Agents ziptied and detained many US citizens for hours..."
Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 15, 2025 at 1:39 AM
"300 agents stormed the building, rappelled from a helicopter, knocked down doors and hurled flash-bang grenades. Agents ziptied and detained many US citizens for hours..."
Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
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They’re all just looting the treasury now
November 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
They’re all just looting the treasury now
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been awhile since I felt a literal chill down my spine but this honestly scared the shit out of me
November 15, 2025 at 1:44 PM
been awhile since I felt a literal chill down my spine but this honestly scared the shit out of me
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“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
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zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
November 14, 2025 at 2:16 AM
“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
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Finally, national coverage on the loss of 9 seismic stations in #AK going dark this month due to #NOAA funding cuts. This leaves #tsunami forecasters without vital data used to determine if an #earthquake will send tsunami waves toward the #US West Coast.
www.nbcnews.com/science/tsun... #EM #greysky
www.nbcnews.com/science/tsun... #EM #greysky
U.S. tsunami warning system, reeling from funding and staffing cuts, is dealt another blow
Seismic monitoring stations in Alaska are closing after a denied federal grant, risking delayed tsunami warnings for people living on the West Coast.
www.nbcnews.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Finally, national coverage on the loss of 9 seismic stations in #AK going dark this month due to #NOAA funding cuts. This leaves #tsunami forecasters without vital data used to determine if an #earthquake will send tsunami waves toward the #US West Coast.
www.nbcnews.com/science/tsun... #EM #greysky
www.nbcnews.com/science/tsun... #EM #greysky
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You can’t have accountable government if agencies stop publishing data needed to evaluate their actions. DHS, ICE, and State have halted core reporting on removals, detentions, and visas. Our assessment warns that suppressing public data is a key autocratic indicator.
www.notus.org/immigration/...
www.notus.org/immigration/...
Trump Administration Stops Publishing Immigration Data as It Ramps Up Deportations
“There's no accountability, no way to assess, no public understanding about what's really going on,” an immigration expert said.
www.notus.org
November 13, 2025 at 10:48 PM
You can’t have accountable government if agencies stop publishing data needed to evaluate their actions. DHS, ICE, and State have halted core reporting on removals, detentions, and visas. Our assessment warns that suppressing public data is a key autocratic indicator.
www.notus.org/immigration/...
www.notus.org/immigration/...