@dharney.bsky.social
Lifelong democrat. Truth and justice matter. Kindness, caring and consideration make the world a better place. This is only a bad chapter - not the whole book.
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December 24, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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NASHVILLE - TN HS Dems Tennessee High School Dems deliver a petition to Senator @MarshaBlackburn to stop the just-announced government partnership forcing TP USA chapters into every school in Tennessee. (“to stop far right extremism”)
December 23, 2025 at 10:06 PM
NASHVILLE - TN HS Dems Tennessee High School Dems deliver a petition to Senator @MarshaBlackburn to stop the just-announced government partnership forcing TP USA chapters into every school in Tennessee. (“to stop far right extremism”)
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New data shows that Donald Trump’s economic policies have driven up prices this year’s holiday season by 26%.
Americans are paying the price for Donald Trump’s policies.
Americans are paying the price for Donald Trump’s policies.
December 24, 2025 at 8:44 PM
New data shows that Donald Trump’s economic policies have driven up prices this year’s holiday season by 26%.
Americans are paying the price for Donald Trump’s policies.
Americans are paying the price for Donald Trump’s policies.
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Trump's "Golden Age" comes to Nebraska:
An American Dream at risk: What happens to a small Nebraska town when 3,200 workers lose their jobs
apnews.com/article/tyso...
An American Dream at risk: What happens to a small Nebraska town when 3,200 workers lose their jobs
apnews.com/article/tyso...
An American Dream at risk: What happens to a small Nebraska town when 3,200 workers lose their jobs
Tyson Foods is closing its beef plant in Lexington, Nebraska, laying off 3,200 workers next month in a town of just 11,000.
apnews.com
December 24, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Trump's "Golden Age" comes to Nebraska:
An American Dream at risk: What happens to a small Nebraska town when 3,200 workers lose their jobs
apnews.com/article/tyso...
An American Dream at risk: What happens to a small Nebraska town when 3,200 workers lose their jobs
apnews.com/article/tyso...
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JUST IN: CBS’s Kennedy Center Honors just hit an all-time ratings low. Preliminary Nielsen data shows only ~2.65M viewers tuned in to the Trump-hosted show, down from 4.1M in 2024. A stunning 35% year-over-year collapse.
December 24, 2025 at 7:59 PM
JUST IN: CBS’s Kennedy Center Honors just hit an all-time ratings low. Preliminary Nielsen data shows only ~2.65M viewers tuned in to the Trump-hosted show, down from 4.1M in 2024. A stunning 35% year-over-year collapse.
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This morning, at 12:36 AM
Right out of the fascist playbook:
Right out of the fascist playbook:
December 24, 2025 at 8:29 PM
This morning, at 12:36 AM
Right out of the fascist playbook:
Right out of the fascist playbook:
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Donald Trump, Tuesday, December 23, 2025: "Anybody that disagrees with me will never be the Fed Chairman."
Words that will haunt any Trump Fed nominee.
Trump could not be more clear: he's going to install a puppet that serves his needs, not the American people.
Words that will haunt any Trump Fed nominee.
Trump could not be more clear: he's going to install a puppet that serves his needs, not the American people.
December 23, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Donald Trump, Tuesday, December 23, 2025: "Anybody that disagrees with me will never be the Fed Chairman."
Words that will haunt any Trump Fed nominee.
Trump could not be more clear: he's going to install a puppet that serves his needs, not the American people.
Words that will haunt any Trump Fed nominee.
Trump could not be more clear: he's going to install a puppet that serves his needs, not the American people.
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Her family has now been told she has been deported, despite US District Judge Brendan Hurson ruling Thursday that she could not be deported pending a hearing...attorneys said Monday that they have...confirm[ed] with the hospital she was born in Maryland." bit.ly/3MMdJvz
ICE detains woman whose lawyer insists is US citizen. DHS says she isn't
Federal agents arrested Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales on her way home in Baltimore, Maryland.
bit.ly
December 23, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Her family has now been told she has been deported, despite US District Judge Brendan Hurson ruling Thursday that she could not be deported pending a hearing...attorneys said Monday that they have...confirm[ed] with the hospital she was born in Maryland." bit.ly/3MMdJvz
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For years, many Americans treated Putin as a transactional leader you could deal with. That’s a mistake. Today, he’s driven by ideology—not logic or Russia’s national interest. If we don’t understand that, we won’t deter him or end this war.
December 22, 2025 at 8:31 PM
For years, many Americans treated Putin as a transactional leader you could deal with. That’s a mistake. Today, he’s driven by ideology—not logic or Russia’s national interest. If we don’t understand that, we won’t deter him or end this war.
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John Brennan, the former CIA director, is trying to keep the Trump DOJ from steering its "grand conspiracy" investigation into Trump's political foes to Judge Aileen Cannon, who dismissed Trump's classified documents case. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/u...
Ex-C.I.A. Chief Asks to Keep Justice Dept. From Steering Case to Favored Judge
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:25 PM
John Brennan, the former CIA director, is trying to keep the Trump DOJ from steering its "grand conspiracy" investigation into Trump's political foes to Judge Aileen Cannon, who dismissed Trump's classified documents case. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/u...
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And these folks support defunding education. 🤦🏽♂️
December 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
And these folks support defunding education. 🤦🏽♂️
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NEW: Billions of prescriptions for generic drugs are filled in the U.S. annually.
The FDA reports testing only a few dozen of them every year, and it has largely dismissed warnings about contaminants, irregularities and other issues.
Here’s what we found when we did our own testing:
The FDA reports testing only a few dozen of them every year, and it has largely dismissed warnings about contaminants, irregularities and other issues.
Here’s what we found when we did our own testing:
The FDA Often Doesn’t Test Generic Drugs for Quality Concerns, So ProPublica Did
Billions of prescriptions for generic drugs are filled in the U.S. annually. The FDA tests only a few dozen of them every year, its own records show, and it has largely dismissed warnings about contaminants, irregularities and other issues.
www.propublica.org
December 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM
NEW: Billions of prescriptions for generic drugs are filled in the U.S. annually.
The FDA reports testing only a few dozen of them every year, and it has largely dismissed warnings about contaminants, irregularities and other issues.
Here’s what we found when we did our own testing:
The FDA reports testing only a few dozen of them every year, and it has largely dismissed warnings about contaminants, irregularities and other issues.
Here’s what we found when we did our own testing:
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Curious to learn more about CECOT?
Hear Juan, Andry, and Wilmer share firsthand how the Trump administration branded them as gang members without evidence and deported them to the brutal El Salvadoran prison.
This @pbsnews.org documentary is available on YouTube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lku5...
Hear Juan, Andry, and Wilmer share firsthand how the Trump administration branded them as gang members without evidence and deported them to the brutal El Salvadoran prison.
This @pbsnews.org documentary is available on YouTube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lku5...
Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
www.youtube.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Curious to learn more about CECOT?
Hear Juan, Andry, and Wilmer share firsthand how the Trump administration branded them as gang members without evidence and deported them to the brutal El Salvadoran prison.
This @pbsnews.org documentary is available on YouTube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lku5...
Hear Juan, Andry, and Wilmer share firsthand how the Trump administration branded them as gang members without evidence and deported them to the brutal El Salvadoran prison.
This @pbsnews.org documentary is available on YouTube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lku5...
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(1,2) TARRIFS ARE A TAX PAID BY AMERICANS!!! HERE IS PROOF!!!
Yesterday, White House economic advisor Kevin Hasset said that tariffs could result in $2,000 going back to Americans, but he also said he wasn't sure how that would work. What he didn't say is
Yesterday, White House economic advisor Kevin Hasset said that tariffs could result in $2,000 going back to Americans, but he also said he wasn't sure how that would work. What he didn't say is
December 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
(1,2) TARRIFS ARE A TAX PAID BY AMERICANS!!! HERE IS PROOF!!!
Yesterday, White House economic advisor Kevin Hasset said that tariffs could result in $2,000 going back to Americans, but he also said he wasn't sure how that would work. What he didn't say is
Yesterday, White House economic advisor Kevin Hasset said that tariffs could result in $2,000 going back to Americans, but he also said he wasn't sure how that would work. What he didn't say is
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As an old man takes us back to the 50s
Burgum: "Today we're sending notifications to the 5 large offshore wind projects that are under construction that their leases will be suspended due to national security concerns ... the Dept of War has come back conclusively that these large offshore wind programs create radar interference"
December 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
As an old man takes us back to the 50s
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As childhood vaccination rates fall, several diseases once considered eradicated are back and spreading, most notably measles and whooping cough. In our latest Stories From The States episode, we hear how states are reacting to the confusing and polarizing information from the CDC.
Who decides what vaccines a child should get? | News From The States
Who decides what vaccines a child should get?
www.newsfromthestates.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:30 PM
As childhood vaccination rates fall, several diseases once considered eradicated are back and spreading, most notably measles and whooping cough. In our latest Stories From The States episode, we hear how states are reacting to the confusing and polarizing information from the CDC.
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Now that Homeland Security has access to healthcare data, many immigrants (those lawfully allowed to be present) are avoiding getting care out of fear.
This is clearly impacting the health and vitality of our diverse communities.
#theDiagnosis
Full link to episode:
youtu.be/-X1JKWfsuy8?...
This is clearly impacting the health and vitality of our diverse communities.
#theDiagnosis
Full link to episode:
youtu.be/-X1JKWfsuy8?...
December 21, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Now that Homeland Security has access to healthcare data, many immigrants (those lawfully allowed to be present) are avoiding getting care out of fear.
This is clearly impacting the health and vitality of our diverse communities.
#theDiagnosis
Full link to episode:
youtu.be/-X1JKWfsuy8?...
This is clearly impacting the health and vitality of our diverse communities.
#theDiagnosis
Full link to episode:
youtu.be/-X1JKWfsuy8?...
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While credit card debt is at an all time high, Donald Trump is calling affordability a hoax.
December 21, 2025 at 4:43 PM
While credit card debt is at an all time high, Donald Trump is calling affordability a hoax.
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Remember: Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
December 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Remember: Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
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"Babies in the randomized, controlled trial will or will not receive the vaccine at birth...
"It is a breach of scientific ethics to withhold an intervention that has been proven safe and effective."
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
"It is a breach of scientific ethics to withhold an intervention that has been proven safe and effective."
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
US plan for $1.6m hepatitis B vaccine study in Africa called ‘highly unethical’
Experts decry ‘neocolonialist’ Guinea-Bissau study after Trump administration changed advice for US babies
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 9:27 PM
"Babies in the randomized, controlled trial will or will not receive the vaccine at birth...
"It is a breach of scientific ethics to withhold an intervention that has been proven safe and effective."
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
"It is a breach of scientific ethics to withhold an intervention that has been proven safe and effective."
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Trump can keep saying the economy is getting better and prices are going down, but Americans aren’t buying it.
Anyone walking the grocery aisle or doing their Christmas shopping can see how Trump is raising their bills.
Anyone walking the grocery aisle or doing their Christmas shopping can see how Trump is raising their bills.
December 20, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Trump can keep saying the economy is getting better and prices are going down, but Americans aren’t buying it.
Anyone walking the grocery aisle or doing their Christmas shopping can see how Trump is raising their bills.
Anyone walking the grocery aisle or doing their Christmas shopping can see how Trump is raising their bills.
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It will take decades to correct the damage wrought by this presidency. And that’s assuming we get the chance.
December 19, 2025 at 9:44 PM
It will take decades to correct the damage wrought by this presidency. And that’s assuming we get the chance.
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NEW: Hannah Dugan, the Wisconsin judge accused of helping an immigrant evade ICE during a state court appearance in April, was found guilty of a felony obstruction. The conviction marks a high-profile victory for Trump’s aggressive immigration crackdown.
Jury Convicts Wisconsin Judge of Obstructing ICE In Precedent-Setting Case
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
NEW: Hannah Dugan, the Wisconsin judge accused of helping an immigrant evade ICE during a state court appearance in April, was found guilty of a felony obstruction. The conviction marks a high-profile victory for Trump’s aggressive immigration crackdown.
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The White House plans to break up a key weather and climate research center in Colorado, a move experts say could jeopardize the accuracy of forecasting and prediction systems.
Scientists push back on Trump plan to break up a critical climate and weather center
The White House plans to break up a key weather and climate research center in Colorado, a move experts say could jeopardize the accuracy of forecasting and prediction systems.
n.pr
December 19, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The White House plans to break up a key weather and climate research center in Colorado, a move experts say could jeopardize the accuracy of forecasting and prediction systems.