Christine DeLaurentis
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I will be damned if I allow a bunch of Confederate-waving January 6th apologists give the American people a lecture on flag waving.
There is ZERO reason to enter an argument about patriotism with people who still worship traitors to America 150+ years later.
They. Are. Breaking. The. Law.
There is ZERO reason to enter an argument about patriotism with people who still worship traitors to America 150+ years later.
They. Are. Breaking. The. Law.
June 11, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I will be damned if I allow a bunch of Confederate-waving January 6th apologists give the American people a lecture on flag waving.
There is ZERO reason to enter an argument about patriotism with people who still worship traitors to America 150+ years later.
They. Are. Breaking. The. Law.
There is ZERO reason to enter an argument about patriotism with people who still worship traitors to America 150+ years later.
They. Are. Breaking. The. Law.
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It’s looking like Saturday’s No Kings mobilizations are going to be even bigger than Hands Off!
We need to show up by the millions to demonstrate that Trump’s tyrannic crackdown is only deepening our resolve.
Find a peaceful protest near you for No Kings Day: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
We need to show up by the millions to demonstrate that Trump’s tyrannic crackdown is only deepening our resolve.
Find a peaceful protest near you for No Kings Day: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
June 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
It’s looking like Saturday’s No Kings mobilizations are going to be even bigger than Hands Off!
We need to show up by the millions to demonstrate that Trump’s tyrannic crackdown is only deepening our resolve.
Find a peaceful protest near you for No Kings Day: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
We need to show up by the millions to demonstrate that Trump’s tyrannic crackdown is only deepening our resolve.
Find a peaceful protest near you for No Kings Day: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
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That means conducting a nationwide review of voting barriers in all 50 states. It means dedicating resources to challenge laws that disenfranchise voters. And it means having the political will to fight for the right to vote everywhere, regardless of how competitive a state appears today.
The State of Democracy Requires Us to Expand the Map
From Marc | Republicans are counting on us to ignore what’s happening in the states they control.
www.democracydocket.com
April 22, 2025 at 7:33 PM
That means conducting a nationwide review of voting barriers in all 50 states. It means dedicating resources to challenge laws that disenfranchise voters. And it means having the political will to fight for the right to vote everywhere, regardless of how competitive a state appears today.
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NEW, with @hudsongiles.bsky.social @leahfeiger.bsky.social @zoeschiffer.bsky.social: Here’s all of the sensitive data systems DOGE has access to at the Dept. of Health and Human Services
www.wired.com/story/doge-d...
www.wired.com/story/doge-d...
Here’s All the Health and Human Services Data DOGE Has Access To
Elon Musk's DOGE has access to 19 sensitive systems at HHS. In at least one instance, it appears that access was granted without the proper security training.
www.wired.com
April 22, 2025 at 8:36 PM
NEW, with @hudsongiles.bsky.social @leahfeiger.bsky.social @zoeschiffer.bsky.social: Here’s all of the sensitive data systems DOGE has access to at the Dept. of Health and Human Services
www.wired.com/story/doge-d...
www.wired.com/story/doge-d...
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The court filing raises legal and ethical questions around how personal information is currently being treated in the federal government, says the director of Equity in Civic Technology at the Center for Democracy and Technology.
Read the full story: www.wired.com/story/doge-d...
Read the full story: www.wired.com/story/doge-d...
April 22, 2025 at 8:41 PM
The court filing raises legal and ethical questions around how personal information is currently being treated in the federal government, says the director of Equity in Civic Technology at the Center for Democracy and Technology.
Read the full story: www.wired.com/story/doge-d...
Read the full story: www.wired.com/story/doge-d...
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Below is a chart that details DOGE’s access to HHS, complete with the names of the agencies impacted, the Personally Identifiable Information (PII) contained in those agencies, and the DOGE operatives who have, or had, access.
www.wired.com/story/doge-d...
www.wired.com/story/doge-d...
April 22, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Below is a chart that details DOGE’s access to HHS, complete with the names of the agencies impacted, the Personally Identifiable Information (PII) contained in those agencies, and the DOGE operatives who have, or had, access.
www.wired.com/story/doge-d...
www.wired.com/story/doge-d...
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Gélineau advanced the term "narcolepsy" in 1880 while de la Tourette described his eponymous syndrome in 1885. "Autism" was coined by Bleuler in 1911, with full diagnoses soon after.
But what do I know? I'm not the Cabinet secretary in charge of the goddamn Department of Health and Human Services.
But what do I know? I'm not the Cabinet secretary in charge of the goddamn Department of Health and Human Services.
RFK JR: ADD, ADHD, Tourette syndrome, Narcolepsy, Autism.. All of these are injuries that I never heard of when I was a kid.
April 23, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Gélineau advanced the term "narcolepsy" in 1880 while de la Tourette described his eponymous syndrome in 1885. "Autism" was coined by Bleuler in 1911, with full diagnoses soon after.
But what do I know? I'm not the Cabinet secretary in charge of the goddamn Department of Health and Human Services.
But what do I know? I'm not the Cabinet secretary in charge of the goddamn Department of Health and Human Services.
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🏥HHS ELIMINATIONS💀
We have created a list of all agency and program eliminations proposed in the HHS 2026 Budget.
Feds: Please let us know if you have any clarity to share.
The cuts are massive. Reach out if you would like a PDF or xlsx
@alt-hhs.altgov.info
@altfda.altgov.info
We have created a list of all agency and program eliminations proposed in the HHS 2026 Budget.
Feds: Please let us know if you have any clarity to share.
The cuts are massive. Reach out if you would like a PDF or xlsx
@alt-hhs.altgov.info
@altfda.altgov.info
April 18, 2025 at 8:32 PM
🏥HHS ELIMINATIONS💀
We have created a list of all agency and program eliminations proposed in the HHS 2026 Budget.
Feds: Please let us know if you have any clarity to share.
The cuts are massive. Reach out if you would like a PDF or xlsx
@alt-hhs.altgov.info
@altfda.altgov.info
We have created a list of all agency and program eliminations proposed in the HHS 2026 Budget.
Feds: Please let us know if you have any clarity to share.
The cuts are massive. Reach out if you would like a PDF or xlsx
@alt-hhs.altgov.info
@altfda.altgov.info
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Delays at the FDA are slowing critical clinical trials—holding back life-saving treatments for cancer, rare diseases, and other critical conditions. Patients can’t wait, and delays in getting new medicines to those who need them are unacceptable.
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
Exclusive | Drug Development Is Slowing Down After Cuts at the FDA
The agency is missing deadlines and not responding to biotech companies, forcing some to push back clinical trials.
www.wsj.com
April 19, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Delays at the FDA are slowing critical clinical trials—holding back life-saving treatments for cancer, rare diseases, and other critical conditions. Patients can’t wait, and delays in getting new medicines to those who need them are unacceptable.
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
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"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
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April 19, 2025 at 1:28 PM
"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
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Sitting in Old North and hearing these words from you was a privilege. I've shared this era of Boston as a historic interpreter, and I always stressed to my listeners that it was ordinary people who changed the world, not legends, because when we can relate to heroes we realize we can become them.
April 19, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Sitting in Old North and hearing these words from you was a privilege. I've shared this era of Boston as a historic interpreter, and I always stressed to my listeners that it was ordinary people who changed the world, not legends, because when we can relate to heroes we realize we can become them.
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Last night was the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British troops.
I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.
Remind you of anyone?
I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.
Remind you of anyone?
April 19, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!
April 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!
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The times require that elected officials be not just representatives of our communities and states but organizers defending American constitutional democracy and leaders out of this lapse into authoritarian rule.
Watch this clip from @podsaveamerica.crooked.com:
Watch this clip from @podsaveamerica.crooked.com:
April 19, 2025 at 1:42 PM
The times require that elected officials be not just representatives of our communities and states but organizers defending American constitutional democracy and leaders out of this lapse into authoritarian rule.
Watch this clip from @podsaveamerica.crooked.com:
Watch this clip from @podsaveamerica.crooked.com:
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In the hour of darkness and peril and fear, let’s all channel a little Paul Revere.
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
#paulrevere #boston250
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
#paulrevere #boston250
April 19, 2025 at 12:29 AM
In the hour of darkness and peril and fear, let’s all channel a little Paul Revere.
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
#paulrevere #boston250
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
#paulrevere #boston250
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A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942.
April 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942.
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We tried mass tariffs in 1828, and it crashed the economy. We tried again in 1930, and it crashed the economy.
Third time’s the charm, I guess.
Third time’s the charm, I guess.
April 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
We tried mass tariffs in 1828, and it crashed the economy. We tried again in 1930, and it crashed the economy.
Third time’s the charm, I guess.
Third time’s the charm, I guess.
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President Donald Trump says taxing imports will strengthen domestic manufacturing. Hours before announcing new tariffs, his administration cut support for centers that help US firms do just that.
Trump and DOGE Defund Program That Boosted American Manufacturing for Decades
President Donald Trump says taxing imports will strengthen domestic manufacturing. Hours before announcing new tariffs, his administration cut support for centers that help US firms do just that.
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April 3, 2025 at 12:04 AM
President Donald Trump says taxing imports will strengthen domestic manufacturing. Hours before announcing new tariffs, his administration cut support for centers that help US firms do just that.
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SNL producers are right now figuring out how many penguin costumes they need for Saturday's cold open
www.wired.com/story/trump-...
www.wired.com/story/trump-...
Trump Tariffs Hit Antarctic Islands Inhabited by Zero Humans and Many Penguins
The Heard and McDonald Islands are among the dozens of targets of President Donald Trump's latest round of tariffs. But they have no exports, because no one lives there.
www.wired.com
April 3, 2025 at 1:52 AM
SNL producers are right now figuring out how many penguin costumes they need for Saturday's cold open
www.wired.com/story/trump-...
www.wired.com/story/trump-...
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NEW: Donald Trump announced the US was imposing reciprocal tariffs on a small collection of Antarctic islands that are not inhabited by humans, as part of a global trade war aimed at asserting US dominance.
The Heard and McDonald Islands are known for their populations of penguins.
The Heard and McDonald Islands are known for their populations of penguins.
Trump Tariffs Hit Antarctic Islands Inhabited by Zero Humans and Many Penguins
The Heard and McDonald Islands are among the dozens of targets of President Donald Trump's latest round of tariffs. But they have no exports, because no one lives there.
www.wired.com
April 2, 2025 at 11:41 PM
NEW: Donald Trump announced the US was imposing reciprocal tariffs on a small collection of Antarctic islands that are not inhabited by humans, as part of a global trade war aimed at asserting US dominance.
The Heard and McDonald Islands are known for their populations of penguins.
The Heard and McDonald Islands are known for their populations of penguins.
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How can Trump say that avian flu is a top priority and then fire the HHS veterinarians doing the work? Announcements should now say: “this is a top priority but we are firing everyone who can fix it.”
“Veterinarians working on bird flu, pet food safety are fired in HHS purge”
“Veterinarians working on bird flu, pet food safety are fired in HHS purge”
April 3, 2025 at 12:00 PM
How can Trump say that avian flu is a top priority and then fire the HHS veterinarians doing the work? Announcements should now say: “this is a top priority but we are firing everyone who can fix it.”
“Veterinarians working on bird flu, pet food safety are fired in HHS purge”
“Veterinarians working on bird flu, pet food safety are fired in HHS purge”
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🚨Georgetown University Law Center students are detailing which law firms have caved and which have stood up to the Trump regime. They have created this spreadsheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Please share widely.
Legal Industry Responses to Fascist Attacks Tracker (Public)
docs.google.com
April 3, 2025 at 4:41 AM
🚨Georgetown University Law Center students are detailing which law firms have caved and which have stood up to the Trump regime. They have created this spreadsheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Please share widely.
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So it turns out Pete Hegseth lied. And Michael Waltz lied. And Tulsi Gabbard lied. And also lied to Congress while under oath. And John Ratliffe lied. And also lied to Congress while under oath.
And as ever Jeffrey Goldberg and the Atlantic were telling the truth.
This is why journalism matters.
And as ever Jeffrey Goldberg and the Atlantic were telling the truth.
This is why journalism matters.
March 26, 2025 at 12:46 PM
So it turns out Pete Hegseth lied. And Michael Waltz lied. And Tulsi Gabbard lied. And also lied to Congress while under oath. And John Ratliffe lied. And also lied to Congress while under oath.
And as ever Jeffrey Goldberg and the Atlantic were telling the truth.
This is why journalism matters.
And as ever Jeffrey Goldberg and the Atlantic were telling the truth.
This is why journalism matters.
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This administration is an unmitigated disaster. They can’t be trusted on the economy, they can’t be trusted to keep us safe, and all of the tough talk and bluster won’t cover up their historic recklessness and incompetence.
March 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
This administration is an unmitigated disaster. They can’t be trusted on the economy, they can’t be trusted to keep us safe, and all of the tough talk and bluster won’t cover up their historic recklessness and incompetence.