Marsha D
crapulent.bsky.social
Marsha D
@crapulent.bsky.social
No, just no. That’s always the answer.
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Ignorance is the handmaiden of tyranny. That’s what’s really driving Trump’s attack on education and public knowledge.
The One Tool Every Dictator Uses
YouTube video by Robert Reich
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March 22, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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The Trump administration's efforts to end DEI programs is hitting some unexpected targets, including a nationwide effort planting shade trees in neighborhoods to reduce extreme heat.
Is planting trees 'DEI'? Trump administration cuts nationwide tree-planting effort
The Trump administration's efforts to end DEI programs is hitting some unexpected targets, including a nationwide effort planting shade trees in neighborhoods to reduce extreme heat.
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March 22, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Tragic
March 22, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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these people swore an oath to defend the constitution but i guess that’s just too hard
Schumer tells me Republicans might try to jam Democrats again in September, but thinks Trump will be less popular then and Republican appropriators might be more willing to stand up to him. He said they refused to do so now.
March 14, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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Call your senators and let them know if they join Schumer here you will never give them another dime or another vote and you’ll devote your time and money to anyone who primaries them.
If the Senate Democrats do this, yes, it’s a massive betrayal of their base and an unconscionable abdication of their duty.

Every single one of them who’s complicit in this scheme needs to be driven out of politics forever.
The word for what Senate Democrats are doing right now is "betrayal." Not only are they voluntarily surrendering the only leverage they have, the leverage they have spent months promising to use against Trump, they're doing it while lying and pretending they want the opposite.
March 13, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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"I want to keep boycotting Amazon, but I also want to support indie authors. How do I do that?"

Many indie authors have their books on Barnes & Noble & Kobo! There are also places like Smashwords & Campfire that are almost all indie books! Itchio now has a THRIVING LGBTQ Indie Book Scene.
March 10, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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A federal judge in New York City has ordered that a Palestinian activist who led protests at Columbia University not be deported while the court considers the lawsuit challenging his detention. www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
Judge orders Trump administration not to deport Palestinian activist
A federal judge in New York City has ordered that a Palestinian activist who led protests at Columbia University not be deported while the court considers the lawsuit challenging his detention.
www.pbs.org
March 10, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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Bernie Sanders: "I think this is a prelude not only to cutting benefits, but to privatizing Social Security ... why do you lie so much about Social Security? Why do you make it look like it's a broken system? The reason is to get people to lose faith in the system so you can give it over to Wall St"
March 11, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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The phrase “impostor syndrome” often elicits a fierce sense of identification. But some critics argue that the concept fails to recognize the real obstacles facing professional women, especially women of color.
Why Everyone Feels Like They’re Faking It
The concept of Impostor Syndrome has become ubiquitous. Critics, and even the idea’s originators, question its value.
nyer.cm
March 11, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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NEW: The National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods is (or was) an advisory committee housed within the USDA which provides outside expert advice to advance food safety across the US and across different levels of govt. It was ordered disbanded this afternoon.
March 7, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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As Trump tries to dismantle the Department of Education, remember that his plan to cut the corporate tax rate to 15% would give the 100 largest corporations a tax cut larger than the entire department's K-12 budget.

Really think about how twisted this all is.
March 6, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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We’re witnessing a Brexit-level instance of completely unnecessary economic destruction. A country that’s not hit by any shock, but simply chooses policy self-harm.
JFC. The US Economic Policy Uncertainty Index is at its highest level since 2000, higher than during the Financial Crisis, higher than during COVID
February 26, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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“Friday, February 28, 2025, will go into the history books as one of the grimmest days in American diplomacy,” writes @radiofreetom.bsky.social.

Now “Putin, along with other dictators around the world, can finally look at Trump with confidence and think: one of us”: theatln.tc/FHJeRVAj
One of the Grimmest Days in American Diplomacy
At an Oval Office meeting, the president of the United States ambushed a loyal ally.
theatln.tc
February 28, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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The remains of a missing Native American girl were found in the woods near Globe, Arizona. I want this to get as much exposure and out cry as Gaby Petito did. She was only 14. A baby. Our people deserve better.
February 28, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Trump's 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 to our ally in the Oval Office is a DAMN SHAME. 

Denigrating a democratic world leader while sitting next to him has not only jeopardized our work with global allies. Once again, Trump's ego just put our national security at risk.
"You're either going to make a deal or we're out."
President Trump to Ukrainian President Zelenskyy : "The problem is I've empowered you to be a tough guy. I don't think you'd be a tough guy without the U.S. You're people are very brave. But, you're e...
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February 28, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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Secretary of Defense Hegseth says he doesn’t know if Russia invaded Ukraine.

This you?
February 26, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Trump and Vance are not selling out Ukraine because of anything Zelenskyy said to them.

Trump and Vance are selling out Ukraine because of things Putin and Musk said to them.
February 28, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Real sh*t
Jasmine Crockett: "The problem is that Americans thought it was okay to take a full fledged criminal and make him the President of the US and then they want to act aghast when he does criminal things. Let me tell you, we have a thug in charge of the US and if we don't wake up we may not have a US"
February 2, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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Jasmine Crockett: "The problem is that Americans thought it was okay to take a full fledged criminal and make him the President of the US and then they want to act aghast when he does criminal things. Let me tell you, we have a thug in charge of the US and if we don't wake up we may not have a US"
February 2, 2025 at 8:31 PM
open.substack.com/pub/ambertam...
This should resonate with many.
The Quiet Violence of Stealing Women’s Time
On Weinstein’s overturned conviction and the time we lose to systems of oppression.
open.substack.com
February 2, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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January 27, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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January 28, 2025 at 5:14 PM