Courtnie
@cmc2.bsky.social
Wife. Mom x2. Houstonian. Marketer. Here for political commentary without the hostility and beautiful nature photos.
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this is one of the most psychotic things Trump has ever posted
December 15, 2025 at 2:52 PM
this is one of the most psychotic things Trump has ever posted
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The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.
October 21, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.
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“.. They’re going up and up,” he said. “You wonder, ‘What is your breaking point?’”
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AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring
Wholesale electricity costs as much as 267% more than it did five years ago in areas near data centers. That’s being passed on to customers.
www.bloomberg.com
October 1, 2025 at 4:41 PM
“.. They’re going up and up,” he said. “You wonder, ‘What is your breaking point?’”
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Why do headlines say "norms shattered" when what is meant is "laws broken" or "Constitution violated"?
September 26, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Why do headlines say "norms shattered" when what is meant is "laws broken" or "Constitution violated"?
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The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
September 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
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I hope people realize how absolutely fucked this situation is.
This isn’t normal. People are resigning all over the place because the government is mishandling our data, ruining our public health services, and generally making Americans less safe.
This isn’t normal. People are resigning all over the place because the government is mishandling our data, ruining our public health services, and generally making Americans less safe.
August 29, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I hope people realize how absolutely fucked this situation is.
This isn’t normal. People are resigning all over the place because the government is mishandling our data, ruining our public health services, and generally making Americans less safe.
This isn’t normal. People are resigning all over the place because the government is mishandling our data, ruining our public health services, and generally making Americans less safe.
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The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
August 29, 2025 at 9:45 PM
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
WTH?!
“A respected network of hospitals and cancer centers is halting enrollment in clinical trials for children with brain cancer after the federal government said it would no longer provide funding to the group”
Pediatric Brain Cancer Group to Lose Federal Funding
www.nytimes.com
August 29, 2025 at 6:03 PM
WTH?!
That’s MY rep….for now. I’m sad to (very likely) lose her.
Holy shit. This legit gave me chills.
Texas State Rep. Ann Johnson clapped back at GOP members amid Wednesday's redistricting vote.
WHITE WOMEN, this is the model. We have more power than others. We are the last to be silenced. We have a responsibility to SPEAK so others are HEARD.
Texas State Rep. Ann Johnson clapped back at GOP members amid Wednesday's redistricting vote.
WHITE WOMEN, this is the model. We have more power than others. We are the last to be silenced. We have a responsibility to SPEAK so others are HEARD.
August 23, 2025 at 12:35 PM
That’s MY rep….for now. I’m sad to (very likely) lose her.
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They're going to spike everyone's energy prices. Your energy prices are going up and it's Trump's fault. Plain as day.
"The developers behind the project had said it was on track to produce enough electricity for more than 350,000 homes in Rhode Island and Connecticut by next spring."
Breaking News: The Trump administration ordered construction to stop on a $4 billion wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island that has already mostly been built.
August 23, 2025 at 1:13 AM
They're going to spike everyone's energy prices. Your energy prices are going up and it's Trump's fault. Plain as day.
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A carefully orchestrated, coordinated, and controlled propaganda operation by Trump, Bondi, Blanche, Patel, Bongino, Maxwell, and Fox. What a joke.
August 22, 2025 at 7:33 PM
A carefully orchestrated, coordinated, and controlled propaganda operation by Trump, Bondi, Blanche, Patel, Bongino, Maxwell, and Fox. What a joke.
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Household electric bills are up 10% nationally since Trump took office.
Meanwhile, household gas prices rose by 56%.
Energy costs are set to go up more as the Trump-Republican budget bill guts clean energy projects.
Remember how the entire election was about lowering prices?
Meanwhile, household gas prices rose by 56%.
Energy costs are set to go up more as the Trump-Republican budget bill guts clean energy projects.
Remember how the entire election was about lowering prices?
August 20, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Household electric bills are up 10% nationally since Trump took office.
Meanwhile, household gas prices rose by 56%.
Energy costs are set to go up more as the Trump-Republican budget bill guts clean energy projects.
Remember how the entire election was about lowering prices?
Meanwhile, household gas prices rose by 56%.
Energy costs are set to go up more as the Trump-Republican budget bill guts clean energy projects.
Remember how the entire election was about lowering prices?
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This decision is illegal and counterproductive.
“Congress has already appropriated this funding, and the EPA has no legal authority to terminate these grants that are delivering billions of dollars of investment to red and blue states alike."
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
“Congress has already appropriated this funding, and the EPA has no legal authority to terminate these grants that are delivering billions of dollars of investment to red and blue states alike."
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Trump EPA plans to claw back $7 billion in rooftop solar grants
The administration seeks to rescind awards under Solar for All, including grants to 49 states for lower- and middle-income households to install solar.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
This decision is illegal and counterproductive.
“Congress has already appropriated this funding, and the EPA has no legal authority to terminate these grants that are delivering billions of dollars of investment to red and blue states alike."
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
“Congress has already appropriated this funding, and the EPA has no legal authority to terminate these grants that are delivering billions of dollars of investment to red and blue states alike."
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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Trump has "liberated" people right out of their jobs and financial stability.
August 1, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Trump has "liberated" people right out of their jobs and financial stability.
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The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is shutting down.
Without federal funding, dozens of small public media stations are at risk of closing.
Without federal funding, dozens of small public media stations are at risk of closing.
Corporation for Public Broadcasting shutting down
Trump and Republicans in Congress canceled funding for the organization earlier this year as a means of targeting PBS and NPR.
www.politico.com
August 1, 2025 at 6:20 PM
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is shutting down.
Without federal funding, dozens of small public media stations are at risk of closing.
Without federal funding, dozens of small public media stations are at risk of closing.
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He’s trying to get the story killed because of how innocent he is.
Scoop: The Wall Street Journal is working on a story highlighting Donald Trump’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein—but is said to be facing pressure from the White House, with Trump himself calling Editor-In-Chief Emma Tucker to object.
Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/wall-stree...
Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/wall-stree...
Trump's WSJ Epstein Fury
The Wall Street Journal is said to be working on a story highlighting Donald Trump’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, prompting protest from the White House.
www.status.news
July 17, 2025 at 9:41 PM
He’s trying to get the story killed because of how innocent he is.
This is a REALLY good inside look to the weather forecast and warnings issued prior to the catastrophic flooding.
The latest on TS Chantal today, but more importantly, we take a deep dive into the causes and forecasts leading up to the horrific flooding tragedy in Texas. A lot to unpack today. open.substack.com/pub/theeyewa...
Making sense of the weather that led to a horrible Texas flooding tragedy, plus Tropical Storm Chantal
In brief: Invest 92L became Tropical Depression 3 yesterday and is now Tropical Storm Chantal.
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July 5, 2025 at 2:23 PM
This is a REALLY good inside look to the weather forecast and warnings issued prior to the catastrophic flooding.
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After media reports & experts warned for months that drastic & sudden cuts at the Nat Weather Service by Trump could impair their forecasting ability & endanger lives during the storm season, TX officials blame an inaccurate forecast by NWS for the deadly results of the flood.
July 5, 2025 at 10:19 AM
After media reports & experts warned for months that drastic & sudden cuts at the Nat Weather Service by Trump could impair their forecasting ability & endanger lives during the storm season, TX officials blame an inaccurate forecast by NWS for the deadly results of the flood.
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They're building concentration camps with money they stole from medicare.
July 3, 2025 at 6:48 PM
They're building concentration camps with money they stole from medicare.
Really disturbing…
With this vote, Congress makes ICE the highest-funded federal law enforcement agency in history, with more money per year at its disposal over the next four years than the budgets of the FBI, DEA, ATF, US Marshals, and Bureau of Prisons combined.
🚨🚨 NEW: House passes sprawling domestic policy bill, sending it to Trump's desk
Final House vote is 218-214, with TWO Rs voting no (Massie & Fitzpatrick).
Senate passed it 51-50.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Final House vote is 218-214, with TWO Rs voting no (Massie & Fitzpatrick).
Senate passed it 51-50.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
July 3, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Really disturbing…
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On top of more pollution, wholesale electricity prices could also increase by 25 percent by 2030 as a result of the big spending bill Congress just passed www.theverge.com/news/697017/...
House Republicans passed the massive spending bill that slashes solar, wind, and EV tax credits.
The bill quickly sunsets incentives that Congress approved in 2022 as part of the Inflation Reduction Act that was expected to cut US greenhouse gas emissions by roughly 40 percent from peak levels by...
www.theverge.com
July 3, 2025 at 6:50 PM
On top of more pollution, wholesale electricity prices could also increase by 25 percent by 2030 as a result of the big spending bill Congress just passed www.theverge.com/news/697017/...