Erin Schmelzenbach McEwen
@dashausfrau.bsky.social
Reads knits cooks looks at paintings to stay sane
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Texas Tech’s chancellor just imposed sweeping new limits on how faculty can teach about race, gender, and sexuality. Courses discussing gender identity or sexual orientation now require review by the Board of Regents. https://chroni.cl/3Kuf2OI
At Texas Tech, Professors Now Need Permission to Teach About Race and Gender
Faculty say the policy is vague and a violation of the First Amendment.
chroni.cl
December 3, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Texas Tech’s chancellor just imposed sweeping new limits on how faculty can teach about race, gender, and sexuality. Courses discussing gender identity or sexual orientation now require review by the Board of Regents. https://chroni.cl/3Kuf2OI
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The privately funded ballroom will be approximately 90,000 square feet, much larger than the White House itself.
Excavator Tears Into White House East Wing As Trump’s Ballroom Construction Begins (Photos)
The privately funded ballroom will be approximately 90,000 square feet, much larger than the White House itself.
www.forbes.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The privately funded ballroom will be approximately 90,000 square feet, much larger than the White House itself.
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President Donald Trump's administration is grappling with an embarrassing setback in their plans for a recruitment surge of deportation officers, reported The Atlantic on Monday: tons of the people applying can't do the basic fitness test.
'Athletically allergic' ICE recruits flunking out en masse after lying on applications
President Donald Trump's administration is grappling with an embarrassing setback in their plans for a recruitment surge of deportation officers, reported The Atlantic on Monday: tons of the people applying can't do the basic fitness test."More than a third have failed so far, four officials told me...
bit.ly
October 20, 2025 at 11:20 PM
President Donald Trump's administration is grappling with an embarrassing setback in their plans for a recruitment surge of deportation officers, reported The Atlantic on Monday: tons of the people applying can't do the basic fitness test.
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In the absence of healthy, accessible prison meals, predatory deals between the Florida Department of Corrections & for-profit companies lure prison populations into paying for their own incarceration while damaging their health in the process, writes Anthony Cobb in a Right to Write op-ed.
The trap of Florida’s prison food
For-profit deals between prisons and private fast food companies force incarcerated people to pay for their own poor health
prismreports.org
October 19, 2025 at 4:11 PM
In the absence of healthy, accessible prison meals, predatory deals between the Florida Department of Corrections & for-profit companies lure prison populations into paying for their own incarceration while damaging their health in the process, writes Anthony Cobb in a Right to Write op-ed.
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Republican lawmakers are targeting one of the U.S.’s longest-standing pieces of environmental legislation, credited with helping save rare whales from extinction.
Republicans try to weaken 50-year-old law protecting whales, seals and polar bears
Republican lawmakers are targeting one of the U.S.’s longest-standing pieces of environmental legislation, credited with helping save rare whales from extinction.
trib.al
October 12, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Republican lawmakers are targeting one of the U.S.’s longest-standing pieces of environmental legislation, credited with helping save rare whales from extinction.
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The House speaker claims this has nothing to do with Jeffrey Epstein. Then why delay the swearing in of Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva, who handily won a special election in Arizona *two weeks* ago?
He can easily prove it. trib.al/yUJZ0OT
He can easily prove it. trib.al/yUJZ0OT
Mike Johnson Struggles to Explain Delay in Swearing In Democratic Rep
The House speaker claims the delay in swearing in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva has nothing to do with Jeffrey Epstein. He can easily prove it.
trib.al
October 12, 2025 at 2:32 AM
The House speaker claims this has nothing to do with Jeffrey Epstein. Then why delay the swearing in of Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva, who handily won a special election in Arizona *two weeks* ago?
He can easily prove it. trib.al/yUJZ0OT
He can easily prove it. trib.al/yUJZ0OT
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This detail is telling: "Earlier on Friday, as part of a medical checkup at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Mr. Trump received a Covid booster shot & a flu vaccine, according to the White House."
This is beyond bad. All of our disease defenses are down now. We are sitting ducks. This is #RussellVought #DonaldTrump #RFKJr. They are endangering American lives with their insane crusade. These men are hazardous to your health and dangerous to the republic. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...
Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials
www.nytimes.com
October 11, 2025 at 10:42 AM
This detail is telling: "Earlier on Friday, as part of a medical checkup at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Mr. Trump received a Covid booster shot & a flu vaccine, according to the White House."
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BREAKING NEWS: TYLENOL RESEARCHERS FIND DISTURBING LINK BETWEEN DONALD TRUMP AND JEFFREY EPSTEIN
September 25, 2025 at 1:13 AM
BREAKING NEWS: TYLENOL RESEARCHERS FIND DISTURBING LINK BETWEEN DONALD TRUMP AND JEFFREY EPSTEIN
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Trump administration officials are looking into whether the federal government could take a stake in private defense companies like Lockheed Martin, days after President Donald Trump announced such a deal with chipmaker Intel.
Trump officials discussing ownership stakes in defense firms, Lutnik says
The commerce secretary said there was a “monstrous discussion” among Trump administration officials about taking partial ownership of defense giants days after President Donald Trump announced a simil...
wapo.st
August 27, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Trump administration officials are looking into whether the federal government could take a stake in private defense companies like Lockheed Martin, days after President Donald Trump announced such a deal with chipmaker Intel.
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The mad king demands the return of racist sports team names
July 20, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The mad king demands the return of racist sports team names
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"Numbers released in May by the National Science Foundation (NSF) indicate that...the number of early-career researchers it supports could fall by 78%...'It’s a nightmare,' Simon says. 'I really fear for the future of science.'"
@science.org
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‘It’s a nightmare.’ U.S. funding cuts threaten academic science jobs at all levels
“There is a lot of pressure to essentially leave the country or not pursue research,” one Ph.D. student says
www.science.org
July 10, 2025 at 11:36 PM
"Numbers released in May by the National Science Foundation (NSF) indicate that...the number of early-career researchers it supports could fall by 78%...'It’s a nightmare,' Simon says. 'I really fear for the future of science.'"
@science.org
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We have arrived.
July 10, 2025 at 3:27 AM
We have arrived.
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This is what pure evil looks like. No compassion, no empathy, no soul.
Q: "A 75 year old Cuban national died in ICE custody. He had lived in the U.S. for 60 years...Is there anything you can tell us about that?"
Border Czar Tom Homan: "People die in ICE custody. People die in county jails. People die in state prisons."
Border Czar Tom Homan: "People die in ICE custody. People die in county jails. People die in state prisons."
July 1, 2025 at 2:40 AM
This is what pure evil looks like. No compassion, no empathy, no soul.
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Hey, friends.
Are you in Boise, need something to do this weekend, and enjoy anime?
Join us at the Fairgrounds on Saturday and Sunday for Anime Idaho.
Enjoy the convention, panels, guests, vendors, food…
And find me in the trivia room - I’ll be doing 10 shows over 2 days.
www.animeidaho.com
Are you in Boise, need something to do this weekend, and enjoy anime?
Join us at the Fairgrounds on Saturday and Sunday for Anime Idaho.
Enjoy the convention, panels, guests, vendors, food…
And find me in the trivia room - I’ll be doing 10 shows over 2 days.
www.animeidaho.com
Anime ID | The Treasure Valley's new annual anime and manga convention!
The Treasure Valley's new annual anime and manga convention!
www.animeidaho.com
June 28, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Hey, friends.
Are you in Boise, need something to do this weekend, and enjoy anime?
Join us at the Fairgrounds on Saturday and Sunday for Anime Idaho.
Enjoy the convention, panels, guests, vendors, food…
And find me in the trivia room - I’ll be doing 10 shows over 2 days.
www.animeidaho.com
Are you in Boise, need something to do this weekend, and enjoy anime?
Join us at the Fairgrounds on Saturday and Sunday for Anime Idaho.
Enjoy the convention, panels, guests, vendors, food…
And find me in the trivia room - I’ll be doing 10 shows over 2 days.
www.animeidaho.com
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Of course 😡😡😡
Cutting these programs tells the world’s dictators and war criminals the U.S. no longer cares. Republicans aren’t cutting waste—they’re abandoning our values. This isn’t fiscal discipline. It’s moral failure. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Exclusive: White House wants deep cut in US funding for war crimes investigations, sources say
The White House on Wednesday recommended terminating U.S. funding for nearly two dozen programs that conduct war crimes and accountability work globally, including in Myanmar, Syria and on alleged Russian atrocities in Ukraine, according to two U.S. sources familiar with the matter and internal government documents reviewed by Reuters.
www.reuters.com
June 28, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Of course 😡😡😡
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Donald Trump illegally took military action against Iran—without congressional authorization—risking dragging us into another endless war.
I am calling for an immediate emergency session of Congress to vote on the War Powers Resolution.
I am calling for an immediate emergency session of Congress to vote on the War Powers Resolution.
June 22, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Donald Trump illegally took military action against Iran—without congressional authorization—risking dragging us into another endless war.
I am calling for an immediate emergency session of Congress to vote on the War Powers Resolution.
I am calling for an immediate emergency session of Congress to vote on the War Powers Resolution.
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No bullshit, the safest thing to do in the eventuality that some armed masked man in ill-fitting body armor attacks you or someone else is assume they are a criminal. This is unsustainable. People are going to get hurt or killed with all this cosplay going on.
ICE impersonators on the rise: Arrests made as authorities issue national warning | CNN
Authorities in three states have made arrests in connection with individuals impersonating Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers, as tensions rise amid a nationwide immigration crackdown.
www.cnn.com
June 20, 2025 at 10:35 PM
No bullshit, the safest thing to do in the eventuality that some armed masked man in ill-fitting body armor attacks you or someone else is assume they are a criminal. This is unsustainable. People are going to get hurt or killed with all this cosplay going on.
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Ada County Highway District’s Facebook post about potential traffic impacts of the Old State Saloon’s Idaho Bigot Fest drew more traffic than the actual event.
June 21, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Ada County Highway District’s Facebook post about potential traffic impacts of the Old State Saloon’s Idaho Bigot Fest drew more traffic than the actual event.
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#nokingsclt
In Charlotte, NC, the official No Kings protest is over. But protestors aren't done. The cops clearly aren't either; they're using pepper spray now.
In Charlotte, NC, the official No Kings protest is over. But protestors aren't done. The cops clearly aren't either; they're using pepper spray now.
June 14, 2025 at 7:51 PM
#nokingsclt
In Charlotte, NC, the official No Kings protest is over. But protestors aren't done. The cops clearly aren't either; they're using pepper spray now.
In Charlotte, NC, the official No Kings protest is over. But protestors aren't done. The cops clearly aren't either; they're using pepper spray now.
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No one who loves this country and our democracy feels good about calling the President of the United States scum. But it has to be done.
June 14, 2025 at 7:16 PM
No one who loves this country and our democracy feels good about calling the President of the United States scum. But it has to be done.
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We mourn the deaths of Speaker Hortman and her husband, and hope for a speedy recovery for Senator Hoffman and his wife
This politically motivated assasination and political violence is a direct result of the violent rhetoric used by President Trump against his political opponents.
This politically motivated assasination and political violence is a direct result of the violent rhetoric used by President Trump against his political opponents.
Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman killed, State Sen. John Hoffman wounded in 'targeted political violence'
A manhunt is underway for the gunman who was impersonating a police officer and had a list of possible targets, officials said.
abcnews.go.com
June 14, 2025 at 7:20 PM
We mourn the deaths of Speaker Hortman and her husband, and hope for a speedy recovery for Senator Hoffman and his wife
This politically motivated assasination and political violence is a direct result of the violent rhetoric used by President Trump against his political opponents.
This politically motivated assasination and political violence is a direct result of the violent rhetoric used by President Trump against his political opponents.
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This is the moment when he realizes what he's become.
June 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This is the moment when he realizes what he's become.
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Thank you veterans!
From a dear comrade who was kind enough to let me share their video.
Veterans stage a sit-in on the US Capitol steps and say, “Military off our streets!” Hell yeah!
Veterans stage a sit-in on the US Capitol steps and say, “Military off our streets!” Hell yeah!
June 14, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Thank you veterans!
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Woke Marxist Scalia.
June 11, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Woke Marxist Scalia.
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@wired.com is KILLING it against legacy media right now.
Plus: Spyware is found on two Italian journalists’ phones, Ukraine claims to have hacked a Russian aircraft maker, police take down major infostealer infrastructure, and more. www.wired.com/story/rfk-jr...
RFK Jr. Orders HHS to Give Undocumented Migrants’ Medicaid Data to DHS
Plus: Spyware is found on two Italian journalists’ phones, Ukraine claims to have hacked a Russian aircraft maker, police take down major infostealer infrastructure, and more.
www.wired.com
June 14, 2025 at 10:57 AM
@wired.com is KILLING it against legacy media right now.