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danakellerman.bsky.social
@danakellerman.bsky.social
Supporter of democracy and science. Mom. GVP advocate. Zionist, plant hobbyist and pretty good home cook. Veterinarian.
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Hidden deep in the Republican tax bill is a $1.4B gift to the NRA: a repeal of the 90-year-old tax on gun silencers. Just 12 lines in a 400-page bill. A huge win for gun lobbyists and a dangerous loss for public safety. They buried it for a reason.
US Republican budget proposal has removal of gun silencer tax in its sights
U.S. Republican tax writers pushing through President Donald Trump's signature tax cut priorities proposed to eliminate a customer tax on firearm silencers, a tax potentially undoing the almost 100-year-old tax.
www.reuters.com
May 16, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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She’s right. Don’t be complicit!
April 6, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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Playing around with CBP airport processing data this morning to see how much air travel by non-US passengers is cratering.
April 5, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Four of the Big Five Publishers Sign Letter Urging Congress to Restore IMLS 📚
www.wordsandmoney.com/four-of-the-...
Four of the Big Five Publishers Sign Letter Urging Congress to Restore IMLS
Shuttering IMLS would be "an act of monumental neglect, violating the very foundation of America and what it stands for as a country," the publishers assert.
www.wordsandmoney.com
April 5, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Democracy is alive in Pittsburgh.
April 5, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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"Fight the authoritarians on everything. If the stock market drops, scream about it. Because it’s their fault. When a kid dies of measles—their fault. Attack them every day, on whatever the latest thing is. Turn 'flood the zone' against them."
How to Think (and Act) Like a Dissident Movement
AOC, solidarity, and people power.
www.thebulwark.com
March 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Cowardly senators Fetterman and McCormick canceled their book event (sad substitute for a town hall?) with less than 24 hours notice. Join us to protest instead. Schenley Plaza, Oakland, Pittsburgh noon - 2 pm. March 29.
March 28, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Pittsburgh says HANDS OFF!. April 5, 12:30 pm at the Pittsburgh City County Building. Hands off science. Hands off NIH. Hands off trans rights! Hands off libraries. Hands off USAID. QR code is the registration link.
March 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer pledged more military aid, as well as the possibility of weapons and boots on the ground, to secure peace in Ukraine.
UK prime minister unveils steps toward a Ukraine peace deal, urges US cooperation
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer pledged more military aid, as well as the possibility of weapons and boots on the ground, to secure peace in Ukraine.
www.npr.org
March 2, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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These demotions are political reprisals
At least seven top prosecutors inside the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia — including some involved in Jan. 6 prosecutions — have been demoted to entry-level positions by the new Trump-appointed interim U.S. attorney, multiple officials told NBC News.
March 2, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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Donald Trump has disgraced the United States of America in countless ways since he first entered political life ten years ago.

But he had never disgraced the nation as badly as he did today.

He has brought shame on this country to an extent I had never thought possible. And he has only just begun.
February 28, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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NEW: A letter from an anonymous federal worker. Please read and share: www.muellershewrote.com/p/letter-fro...
Letter From a Federal Worker
This is a heartbreaking letter that a federal worker has asked me to share with the public.
www.muellershewrote.com
February 19, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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Amen.
I’m sure it’s just my TDS, but I think Trump is proving to be exactly as bad as we said he was going to be and people who acted like we were hysterical should be embarrassed they didn’t do more to try and stop it.
February 16, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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The silence of my friends on the far Left who incessantly beat the, "Kamala is as bad as Trump" drum for months (likely costing her the election), while vilifying those of us trying to keep them from a stance that was going to harm the people of Gaza—is deafening.

We kept receipts.
February 6, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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To be couped by adults is disconcerting.

To be couped by children is downright insulting.
February 3, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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These are the clowns Congress refuses to stop.
February 3, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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OPINION | Snap out of it America. All the warning lights are flashing, writes @djrothkopf.bsky.social.
Yes, It’s a Coup and Yes, It’s Targeting You
January 6 was nothing compared to the current mob of thugs intent on tearing apart our country’s very system of government.
www.thedailybeast.com
February 4, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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From Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
February 2, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Follow the money!

Trump’s social media startup gifted >$800,000 worth of stock each to Kash Patel, his nominee to run the FBI, & Linda McMahon, his pick to lead the Education Department.

Both sit on Trump Media & Technology Group board.

www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
Trump Media gifts Patel, McMahon thousands of shares
Trump Media called the gifts in the filings "consideration for services provided" in 2024.
www.politico.com
February 1, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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BREAKING: 88 FBI agents who worked on Trump cases were just physically escorted out of the Washington Field office per a source.
January 31, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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Not gonna lie I did kinda expect our Democratic politicians to have something like a plan to counter the 920-page detailed fascist blueprint that was published in April 2023
January 29, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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If she can do it, we can all do it.
January 22, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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In 2020, it became apparent that a lot of people had been asleep in science class.

Well, in 2025, it’s become quite apparent that they slept through history class, too.

#Resist
January 22, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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NEW: We just released our 2025 Gun Law Rankings and the data is clear—fewer people are killed with guns in states with stronger gun laws. In fact, states with the weakest gun safety laws have a gun violence rate 2.5 times higher than states with the strongest laws.
January 15, 2025 at 2:35 PM