Deb
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Founder @RealityTeam11 field work in inoculation and counter disinfo. Be clear, be excellent, be kind. TEDx Talk http://bit.ly/3AXkdft Most other socials: @deb_lavoy
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Through every shutdown in history, the government has still provided economic data to the American people.
They aren’t doing it this time because the numbers are fucking terrible.
They aren’t doing it this time because the numbers are fucking terrible.
November 14, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Through every shutdown in history, the government has still provided economic data to the American people.
They aren’t doing it this time because the numbers are fucking terrible.
They aren’t doing it this time because the numbers are fucking terrible.
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For the common good--focused on ending this tired repeat of greed and destruction.
www.commondreams.org/news/cop30-f...
www.commondreams.org/news/cop30-f...
Fear of ‘Corporate Capture’ at COP30 as Record 1,600+ Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Swarm | Common Dreams
Environmental advocacy group warns of "corporate capture" at COP30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil. Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber official delegates of all but one nation.
www.commondreams.org
November 14, 2025 at 8:59 PM
For the common good--focused on ending this tired repeat of greed and destruction.
www.commondreams.org/news/cop30-f...
www.commondreams.org/news/cop30-f...
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They’re all just looting the treasury now
November 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
They’re all just looting the treasury now
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One thing that's abundantly clear: passing the SAFE Research Act would permanently end the United States' ability to be competitive in any area of advanced technology. Just straight up suicidal policy-making.
This has gotten surprisingly little attention — it's not even on the front page of @science.org right now — but it's really hard to describe what the SAFE Research Act would do to US science and scientists without sounding insane
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
November 14, 2025 at 8:44 PM
One thing that's abundantly clear: passing the SAFE Research Act would permanently end the United States' ability to be competitive in any area of advanced technology. Just straight up suicidal policy-making.
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Watergate every day
Basically saying "if you do crime for me, I won't only pardon you--I'll give you millions of dollars of public money." Truly unprecedented level of corruption
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Michael Flynn, DOJ in Settlement Talks Over $50 Million Claim
The Justice Department has been discussing settlements with two former officials from Donald Trump’s first term who — like the president — claim they’re owed major payouts from the US government as vi...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Watergate every day
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Spread this far and wide. National security professionals will be livid. Also, it is just plain bad leadership - make all your people suffer something that you are unwilling to do. Bad!
www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...
www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...
FBI Director Kash Patel Waived Polygraph Security Screening for Dan Bongino, Two Other Senior Staff
As the FBI’s deputy director, Bongino receives some of the country’s most sensitive secrets, including the President’s Daily Brief. His ascent to that position without passing a standard bureau backgr...
www.propublica.org
November 14, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Spread this far and wide. National security professionals will be livid. Also, it is just plain bad leadership - make all your people suffer something that you are unwilling to do. Bad!
www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...
www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...
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Trump handed Argentina a forty billion dollar bailout funded by American taxpayers.
📌 Argentina gives residents and tourists free healthcare: medical, hospital, dental, emergency care, the whole thing.
Our healthcare is bleeding us dru—premiums are skyrocketing!
#StopRepublicanPremiumHikes
📌 Argentina gives residents and tourists free healthcare: medical, hospital, dental, emergency care, the whole thing.
Our healthcare is bleeding us dru—premiums are skyrocketing!
#StopRepublicanPremiumHikes
November 14, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Trump handed Argentina a forty billion dollar bailout funded by American taxpayers.
📌 Argentina gives residents and tourists free healthcare: medical, hospital, dental, emergency care, the whole thing.
Our healthcare is bleeding us dru—premiums are skyrocketing!
#StopRepublicanPremiumHikes
📌 Argentina gives residents and tourists free healthcare: medical, hospital, dental, emergency care, the whole thing.
Our healthcare is bleeding us dru—premiums are skyrocketing!
#StopRepublicanPremiumHikes
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Chris Murphy: "I don't think anybody with ambition right now should be planning on running for president in 2028 because we might not have a free and fair election in 2028. We all have to be in the business of saving our democracy right now."
November 14, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Chris Murphy: "I don't think anybody with ambition right now should be planning on running for president in 2028 because we might not have a free and fair election in 2028. We all have to be in the business of saving our democracy right now."
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🧵It’s official-@HUDgov is slashing overall permanent housing funds by roughly 2/3 in its main #homelessness solutions program–the Continuum of Care(CoC). If Congress doesn’t undo this harmful change, over 170K formerly unhoused people will lose housing assistance next year.
November 14, 2025 at 3:51 PM
🧵It’s official-@HUDgov is slashing overall permanent housing funds by roughly 2/3 in its main #homelessness solutions program–the Continuum of Care(CoC). If Congress doesn’t undo this harmful change, over 170K formerly unhoused people will lose housing assistance next year.
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NEW: After the Supreme Court agreed to hear a major GOP-backed case challenging mail-in ballot grace periods, Republicans are now turning to their next target: in-person, early voting. A successful challenge to early voting could have a far broader impact, affecting voters in 47 states.
The GOP Attack on Mail-Ballot Grace Periods Is Also an Attack on Early Voting
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:56 PM
NEW: After the Supreme Court agreed to hear a major GOP-backed case challenging mail-in ballot grace periods, Republicans are now turning to their next target: in-person, early voting. A successful challenge to early voting could have a far broader impact, affecting voters in 47 states.
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Details in🧵, but bottom line: The fate of the Georgia case against Trump and others is still very much up in the air. Skandalakis could decline to pursue some or all remaining charges—and his earlier decision not to prosecute Burt Jones suggests he may be willing to gut major parts of the case.
BREAKING: Pete Skandalakis, executive director of the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia, has appointed himself to prosecute the case against Trump and others in Fulton County.
The move follows a court ruling that disqualified Fani Willis from pursuing the case.
The move follows a court ruling that disqualified Fani Willis from pursuing the case.
November 14, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Details in🧵, but bottom line: The fate of the Georgia case against Trump and others is still very much up in the air. Skandalakis could decline to pursue some or all remaining charges—and his earlier decision not to prosecute Burt Jones suggests he may be willing to gut major parts of the case.
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Choosing a side: "Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable group." www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
www.404media.co
November 14, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Choosing a side: "Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable group." www.404media.co/google-has-c...
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This number is completely made up. There are not 30 million undocumented immigrants. The most recent estimates are around 14 million, of which roughly 8 million people have been here for over a decade.
Vance is not a fool. He knows this. DHS produces official estimates. They don’t say 30 million.
Vance is not a fool. He knows this. DHS produces official estimates. They don’t say 30 million.
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 14, 2025 at 3:07 AM
This number is completely made up. There are not 30 million undocumented immigrants. The most recent estimates are around 14 million, of which roughly 8 million people have been here for over a decade.
Vance is not a fool. He knows this. DHS produces official estimates. They don’t say 30 million.
Vance is not a fool. He knows this. DHS produces official estimates. They don’t say 30 million.
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ICE abducted a 57 year old US Citizen and Veteran along with 11 others, outside of the Portland ICE Detention Center.
11/11/25
11/11/25
November 14, 2025 at 11:18 AM
ICE abducted a 57 year old US Citizen and Veteran along with 11 others, outside of the Portland ICE Detention Center.
11/11/25
11/11/25
I’m pretty sure that pangram is two words
November 14, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I’m pretty sure that pangram is two words
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A bad thing is unfolding at NIH this week: It looks like the Trump administration is trying to replace key civil servant scientific leaders, the Institute Directors, with political hires. These directors control the NIH budget, tens of billions.
A bit of a video explainer here: 1/ 🧪
A bit of a video explainer here: 1/ 🧪
November 13, 2025 at 10:31 PM
A bad thing is unfolding at NIH this week: It looks like the Trump administration is trying to replace key civil servant scientific leaders, the Institute Directors, with political hires. These directors control the NIH budget, tens of billions.
A bit of a video explainer here: 1/ 🧪
A bit of a video explainer here: 1/ 🧪
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After Trump nearly destroyed the US by mishandling COVID, inflation rose to nearly 9% under Joe Biden
Biden then fashioned the best economy in the world-and inflation dropped to 2.9%
Trump promised to lower costs “on day one”
But inflation is now 3%, and rising, because of-you guessed it-tariffs
Biden then fashioned the best economy in the world-and inflation dropped to 2.9%
Trump promised to lower costs “on day one”
But inflation is now 3%, and rising, because of-you guessed it-tariffs
November 14, 2025 at 3:16 AM
After Trump nearly destroyed the US by mishandling COVID, inflation rose to nearly 9% under Joe Biden
Biden then fashioned the best economy in the world-and inflation dropped to 2.9%
Trump promised to lower costs “on day one”
But inflation is now 3%, and rising, because of-you guessed it-tariffs
Biden then fashioned the best economy in the world-and inflation dropped to 2.9%
Trump promised to lower costs “on day one”
But inflation is now 3%, and rising, because of-you guessed it-tariffs
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“This case is important from two points of view,” Mr. Kovalik added. “First, the family deserves compensation for the loss.”
“Second, we want this case to help stop these killings from taking place again,” Mr. Kovalik said. “This is murder, and it is destroying rule of law.”
“Second, we want this case to help stop these killings from taking place again,” Mr. Kovalik said. “This is murder, and it is destroying rule of law.”
Family of Fisherman Killed in U.S. Military Strike Says It Wants Justice
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM
“This case is important from two points of view,” Mr. Kovalik added. “First, the family deserves compensation for the loss.”
“Second, we want this case to help stop these killings from taking place again,” Mr. Kovalik said. “This is murder, and it is destroying rule of law.”
“Second, we want this case to help stop these killings from taking place again,” Mr. Kovalik said. “This is murder, and it is destroying rule of law.”
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NEW: The Nevada Supreme Court has revived the criminal case against the Trump 2020 fake electors, ruling that AG Ford was correct to bring the case in Clark County. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
November 14, 2025 at 2:38 AM
NEW: The Nevada Supreme Court has revived the criminal case against the Trump 2020 fake electors, ruling that AG Ford was correct to bring the case in Clark County. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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The government's intelligence gathering apparatus is literally "I saw this snuff film on X" now and I have no idea why people haven't realized this or still post there regularly like you're not feeding a government surveillance firehose.
They are coming to Charlotte literally because of a few right-wing propaganda accounts on X and I am livid.
Gregory Bovino, the top Border Patrol official leading the charge on the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in cities, and his officers are heading to Charlotte, according to a source familiar with the planning. That was news to city officials. https://cnn.it/49crpZT
November 14, 2025 at 2:05 AM
The government's intelligence gathering apparatus is literally "I saw this snuff film on X" now and I have no idea why people haven't realized this or still post there regularly like you're not feeding a government surveillance firehose.
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the passive voice in the text over the image is unacceptable
A teenager in Florida with a homeless parent wanted money for braces and ended up having sex for money with powerful men, setting off a chain of events that would have a dramatic impact on her life and help upend the political career of Representative Matt Gaetz. nyti.ms/49PSkL9
November 14, 2025 at 1:54 AM
the passive voice in the text over the image is unacceptable
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what the ever loving shit is this wording? tbh, more of your writers need to get dragged into a crashout, @nytimes.com because wtf.
she was also homeless as a minor. dental/orthodontic shit isn’t a want so much as it’s a need (bad teeth can fuck up someone’s heart!). this was sex trafficking.
she was also homeless as a minor. dental/orthodontic shit isn’t a want so much as it’s a need (bad teeth can fuck up someone’s heart!). this was sex trafficking.
November 14, 2025 at 1:06 AM
what the ever loving shit is this wording? tbh, more of your writers need to get dragged into a crashout, @nytimes.com because wtf.
she was also homeless as a minor. dental/orthodontic shit isn’t a want so much as it’s a need (bad teeth can fuck up someone’s heart!). this was sex trafficking.
she was also homeless as a minor. dental/orthodontic shit isn’t a want so much as it’s a need (bad teeth can fuck up someone’s heart!). this was sex trafficking.
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'Matt Gaetz Raped A Homeless Teenager' is what you mean.
A teenager with a homeless parent? What? The fuck? Did she have a home and not allow her parent to live in it? Ended up having sex with? What? Yeah clearly you guys been caping for pedos long enough and you understand the assignment here
A teenager with a homeless parent? What? The fuck? Did she have a home and not allow her parent to live in it? Ended up having sex with? What? Yeah clearly you guys been caping for pedos long enough and you understand the assignment here
A teenager in Florida with a homeless parent wanted money for braces and ended up having sex for money with powerful men, setting off a chain of events that would have a dramatic impact on her life and help upend the political career of Representative Matt Gaetz. nyti.ms/49PSkL9
November 14, 2025 at 12:00 AM
'Matt Gaetz Raped A Homeless Teenager' is what you mean.
A teenager with a homeless parent? What? The fuck? Did she have a home and not allow her parent to live in it? Ended up having sex with? What? Yeah clearly you guys been caping for pedos long enough and you understand the assignment here
A teenager with a homeless parent? What? The fuck? Did she have a home and not allow her parent to live in it? Ended up having sex with? What? Yeah clearly you guys been caping for pedos long enough and you understand the assignment here