Colleen
@colleen23.bsky.social
Wife, sister, daughter, aunt. 🏳️🌈 Progressive, liberal, student of history. Won't keep quiet.
Just learned about this. Still think we don't need to protect the LGBTQIA+ community?
www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/05/20-p...
www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/05/20-p...
20 police raided a gay bar for a "compliance check." Then the patrons did something surprising. - LGBTQ Nation
QBurgh described the moment as one of "resistance, solidarity, and improvisational beauty"
www.lgbtqnation.com
May 5, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Just learned about this. Still think we don't need to protect the LGBTQIA+ community?
www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/05/20-p...
www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/05/20-p...
This fact sheet on the White House website lists bullet point items of what it alleges are “waste and abuse” at USAID. I was curious what they came up with. Actually every link is to articles at Daily Mail, Breitbart and Washington examiner. www.whitehouse.gov/uncategorize...
At USAID, Waste and Abuse Runs Deep
For decades, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has been unaccountable to taxpayers as it funnels massive sums of money to the
www.whitehouse.gov
February 6, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Spend your time reading Heather Cox Richardson's substacks. Well worth the read.
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
February 4, 2025
Shortly after 1:00 this morning, Vittoria Elliott, Dhruv Mehrotra, Leah Feiger, and Tim Marchman of Wired reported that, according to three of their sources, “[a] 25-year-old engineer named Marko Elez...
open.substack.com
February 6, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Spend your time reading Heather Cox Richardson's substacks. Well worth the read.
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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FAFO! I can't love this more!
February 2, 2025 at 7:59 PM
FAFO! I can't love this more!
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The Trump administration has placed two top security chiefs at the U.S. Agency for International Development on leave after they resisted turning over classified material in restricted areas to Elon Musk’s staffers. America, please stand with us—we are fighting to defend this country!
February 2, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The Trump administration has placed two top security chiefs at the U.S. Agency for International Development on leave after they resisted turning over classified material in restricted areas to Elon Musk’s staffers. America, please stand with us—we are fighting to defend this country!
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I do not recall a 24 hour or one week news cycle with more disturbing news about the state of the presidency and the US government in it than those of today and the past seven days. January 6 was nothing compared to this. But make no mistake, this too is the gov't being torn apart by a mob of thugs.
February 1, 2025 at 1:10 AM
I do not recall a 24 hour or one week news cycle with more disturbing news about the state of the presidency and the US government in it than those of today and the past seven days. January 6 was nothing compared to this. But make no mistake, this too is the gov't being torn apart by a mob of thugs.
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This is crucial reporting from @katherinejwu.com.
Among the data being scrubbed is “the agency’s AtlasPlus tool, which contains nearly 20 years of CDC surveillance data on HIV, hepatitis, sexually transmitted infections, and tuberculosis…”
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
Among the data being scrubbed is “the agency’s AtlasPlus tool, which contains nearly 20 years of CDC surveillance data on HIV, hepatitis, sexually transmitted infections, and tuberculosis…”
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
CDC Data Are Disappearing
The agency has already removed scientific data from public view. More could follow.
www.theatlantic.com
February 1, 2025 at 3:53 AM
This is crucial reporting from @katherinejwu.com.
Among the data being scrubbed is “the agency’s AtlasPlus tool, which contains nearly 20 years of CDC surveillance data on HIV, hepatitis, sexually transmitted infections, and tuberculosis…”
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
Among the data being scrubbed is “the agency’s AtlasPlus tool, which contains nearly 20 years of CDC surveillance data on HIV, hepatitis, sexually transmitted infections, and tuberculosis…”
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
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A federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to keep taxpayer dollars flowing to 22 Democratic-leaning states for all congressionally approved government programs.
Federal Judge Orders White House to Keep Money Flowing to 22 States
A court in Rhode Island issued a temporary restraining order to block Trump’s directive to defund programs he considers to be “woke.”
www.nytimes.com
February 1, 2025 at 4:30 AM
A federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to keep taxpayer dollars flowing to 22 Democratic-leaning states for all congressionally approved government programs.
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i think an important thing for people outside the US to understand is that elon musk seized control of the government today and most americans don’t even realize it happened.
February 1, 2025 at 5:43 AM
i think an important thing for people outside the US to understand is that elon musk seized control of the government today and most americans don’t even realize it happened.
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This would be a good time for all the Republican Senators, Representatives, Governors, State AGs, and Judges I've heard say how pro-law enforcement they are during the course of my career to speak up.
February 1, 2025 at 2:33 AM
This would be a good time for all the Republican Senators, Representatives, Governors, State AGs, and Judges I've heard say how pro-law enforcement they are during the course of my career to speak up.
I hope all states sign similar orders.
Gov JB Pritzker (R-IL) signs order prohibiting Jan 6 rioters from state employment in Illinois:
“I hereby direct CMS to apply the State Personnel Code and consider
any participation in the January 6 insurrection as infamous and disgraceful conduct that is antithetical to the mission of the State”
“I hereby direct CMS to apply the State Personnel Code and consider
any participation in the January 6 insurrection as infamous and disgraceful conduct that is antithetical to the mission of the State”
January 31, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I hope all states sign similar orders.
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Quite the metaphor…
January 31, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Quite the metaphor…
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Many legal challenges coming up. Doesn't seem what felon Trump is doing is legal.
January 28, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Many legal challenges coming up. Doesn't seem what felon Trump is doing is legal.
I guess I'm moving over here now.
Please don't suck.
Please don't suck.
a man wearing a hoodie that says lover on it
ALT: a man wearing a hoodie that says lover on it
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January 8, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I guess I'm moving over here now.
Please don't suck.
Please don't suck.