Dinah Cox
@dinahcox.bsky.social
Writer person, working person, teaching person, committed Democrat, lesbian feminist living in Oklahoma, where I was born.
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Smoking weed under a rainbow, never kill yourself
June 5, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Smoking weed under a rainbow, never kill yourself
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Federal officers entered Rep. Jerry Nadler’s office in Lower Manhattan on Wednesday and handcuffed and briefly detained one of his aides. The confrontation happened shortly after the aide observed federal agents detaining migrants in a public hallway outside an immigration courtroom.
Aide to Rep. Nadler Is Handcuffed Amid Confrontation With Federal Agents
www.nytimes.com
May 31, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Federal officers entered Rep. Jerry Nadler’s office in Lower Manhattan on Wednesday and handcuffed and briefly detained one of his aides. The confrontation happened shortly after the aide observed federal agents detaining migrants in a public hallway outside an immigration courtroom.
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I don’t know how many times we have to say this, but the U.S. government is not a business and shouldn’t be run like one. It’s a service—for the people.
May 30, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I don’t know how many times we have to say this, but the U.S. government is not a business and shouldn’t be run like one. It’s a service—for the people.
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The definition of authoritarianism and the opposite of free speech:
The government will now control science reporting and silence anyone who opposes RFK Jr's opinions.
"RFK Jr. says he may bar scientists from publishing in top medical journals"
wapo.st/43sc0Bz
The government will now control science reporting and silence anyone who opposes RFK Jr's opinions.
"RFK Jr. says he may bar scientists from publishing in top medical journals"
wapo.st/43sc0Bz
RFK Jr. says he may bar scientists from publishing in top medical journals
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took aim at reputed journals such as the Lancet and said the agency will create “in-house” publications instead.
wapo.st
May 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The definition of authoritarianism and the opposite of free speech:
The government will now control science reporting and silence anyone who opposes RFK Jr's opinions.
"RFK Jr. says he may bar scientists from publishing in top medical journals"
wapo.st/43sc0Bz
The government will now control science reporting and silence anyone who opposes RFK Jr's opinions.
"RFK Jr. says he may bar scientists from publishing in top medical journals"
wapo.st/43sc0Bz
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A mutual aid approach that candidates and office holders could try is to set up hyper-local banks of volunteers to help people navigate SNAP/medicaid/Section 8 etc procedures.
Which could also lead to data helpful to future reforms.
Which could also lead to data helpful to future reforms.
May 25, 2025 at 3:46 PM
A mutual aid approach that candidates and office holders could try is to set up hyper-local banks of volunteers to help people navigate SNAP/medicaid/Section 8 etc procedures.
Which could also lead to data helpful to future reforms.
Which could also lead to data helpful to future reforms.
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Just days before the 5th anniversary of George Floyd’s murder, the DOJ is backing away from police reform agreements in Minneapolis & Louisville. Consent decrees are a vital path to accountability. We've seen what happens without oversight — this is a terrible step backward.
Justice Dept. abandons police reform deals with Minneapolis, Louisville
Harmeet K. Dhillon, who leads the Justice Department’s civil rights division, announced the decision days before the fifth anniversary of George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 21, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Just days before the 5th anniversary of George Floyd’s murder, the DOJ is backing away from police reform agreements in Minneapolis & Louisville. Consent decrees are a vital path to accountability. We've seen what happens without oversight — this is a terrible step backward.
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if a UNITED STATES CONGRESSWOMAN can be prosecuted for literally doing her job, what does that say for you and me???
any person of power who thinks this is okay should lose their job.
any person of power who thinks this is okay should lose their job.
May 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
if a UNITED STATES CONGRESSWOMAN can be prosecuted for literally doing her job, what does that say for you and me???
any person of power who thinks this is okay should lose their job.
any person of power who thinks this is okay should lose their job.
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The international immune system is activating. Democracy, flawed and fragile, is developing antibodies against a very specific kind of viral politics. The backlash is electoral, cultural, and institutional. And it is spreading.
www.theindex.media/rebuke/
www.theindex.media/rebuke/
May 3, 2025 at 11:16 PM
The international immune system is activating. Democracy, flawed and fragile, is developing antibodies against a very specific kind of viral politics. The backlash is electoral, cultural, and institutional. And it is spreading.
www.theindex.media/rebuke/
www.theindex.media/rebuke/
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[guy who smashed a window at the capitol] “he made a mistake and was doing what he thought was right, let’s pardon him and give him back the fine he paid”
[guy who stood outside home depot] “why would we bother with a hearing before sending him to the el salvador terror prison”
[guy who stood outside home depot] “why would we bother with a hearing before sending him to the el salvador terror prison”
April 18, 2025 at 2:14 PM
[guy who smashed a window at the capitol] “he made a mistake and was doing what he thought was right, let’s pardon him and give him back the fine he paid”
[guy who stood outside home depot] “why would we bother with a hearing before sending him to the el salvador terror prison”
[guy who stood outside home depot] “why would we bother with a hearing before sending him to the el salvador terror prison”
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Guy who said he was right about covid and the 2020 election says he’s right about tariffs in part because so many people agreed that he was right because they were idiots or opportunists.
April 7, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Guy who said he was right about covid and the 2020 election says he’s right about tariffs in part because so many people agreed that he was right because they were idiots or opportunists.
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Many/most manufacturing “jobs” that could be onshored will go to robots/AI.
As 25% of factory jobs in China are expected to be in next few years.
Our entire discussion on this is fighting the last war.
As 25% of factory jobs in China are expected to be in next few years.
Our entire discussion on this is fighting the last war.
April 6, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Many/most manufacturing “jobs” that could be onshored will go to robots/AI.
As 25% of factory jobs in China are expected to be in next few years.
Our entire discussion on this is fighting the last war.
As 25% of factory jobs in China are expected to be in next few years.
Our entire discussion on this is fighting the last war.
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Uh, I believe the point is to be better than the criminals.
KARL: Do they have any due process at all?
HOMAN: Due process -- what was Laken Riley's due process?
(That's a "no")
HOMAN: Due process -- what was Laken Riley's due process?
(That's a "no")
March 23, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Uh, I believe the point is to be better than the criminals.
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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
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"
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New in PN: MAGA's Big Lie budget
"Trump has said he wants to do three things:
1. Balance the budget
2. Extend tax cuts
3. Keep Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid fully funded
But doing all these simply isn’t possible. And Republicans know it."
"Trump has said he wants to do three things:
1. Balance the budget
2. Extend tax cuts
3. Keep Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid fully funded
But doing all these simply isn’t possible. And Republicans know it."
MAGA's Big Lie budget
Trump’s economic agenda is about fooling the American people.
www.publicnotice.co
March 10, 2025 at 1:24 PM
New in PN: MAGA's Big Lie budget
"Trump has said he wants to do three things:
1. Balance the budget
2. Extend tax cuts
3. Keep Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid fully funded
But doing all these simply isn’t possible. And Republicans know it."
"Trump has said he wants to do three things:
1. Balance the budget
2. Extend tax cuts
3. Keep Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid fully funded
But doing all these simply isn’t possible. And Republicans know it."
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America waking up to the fact that the biggest recipients of “DEI” are white women. And veterans are right up there.
March 8, 2025 at 4:12 AM
America waking up to the fact that the biggest recipients of “DEI” are white women. And veterans are right up there.
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remember tonight to set your clock ahead an hour. but if canada and mexico set their clocks ahead an hour, then set your clocks back an hour. except for clocks in the automotive industry and clocks made with parts already covered under the USMCA, in which case
March 8, 2025 at 1:07 PM
remember tonight to set your clock ahead an hour. but if canada and mexico set their clocks ahead an hour, then set your clocks back an hour. except for clocks in the automotive industry and clocks made with parts already covered under the USMCA, in which case
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Oh wait, Howard Lutnik is trying to hand Elon Musk billions in government contracts? You don’t say… www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Exclusive | Commerce to Overhaul ‘Internet for All’ Plan, Expanding Starlink Funding Prospects
The agency plans changes that will make Elon Musk’s satellite-internet service eligible for more rural broadband funding.
www.wsj.com
March 6, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Oh wait, Howard Lutnik is trying to hand Elon Musk billions in government contracts? You don’t say… www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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March 1, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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People seem to have forgotten what the Ukrainians have gone through, was Putin’s invasion has done. Here’s a photo essay of Ukranians in their bombed out homes www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Portraits of Ukrainians returning home show just how much has been lost
Months after they fled, Ukrainians return home, seeking normalcy—or at least closure. Instead they find rubble and dust.
www.motherjones.com
March 1, 2025 at 10:20 PM
People seem to have forgotten what the Ukrainians have gone through, was Putin’s invasion has done. Here’s a photo essay of Ukranians in their bombed out homes www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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NEWS
The FDA, which operates under the authority of Robert Kennedy Jr., canceled the meeting to discuss next year’s flu vaccines.
This could interfere with or delay production of flu vaccines.
86 children and 19,000 adults have died from flu this season.
About 430,000 people were hospitalized.
The FDA, which operates under the authority of Robert Kennedy Jr., canceled the meeting to discuss next year’s flu vaccines.
This could interfere with or delay production of flu vaccines.
86 children and 19,000 adults have died from flu this season.
About 430,000 people were hospitalized.
F.D.A. Cancels Meeting of Vaccine Experts Scheduled to Advise on Flu Shots (Gift Article)
The cancellation plays into fears among scientists who worry that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will use his position as health secretary to sow doubts about vaccines.
bit.ly
February 27, 2025 at 12:33 AM
NEWS
The FDA, which operates under the authority of Robert Kennedy Jr., canceled the meeting to discuss next year’s flu vaccines.
This could interfere with or delay production of flu vaccines.
86 children and 19,000 adults have died from flu this season.
About 430,000 people were hospitalized.
The FDA, which operates under the authority of Robert Kennedy Jr., canceled the meeting to discuss next year’s flu vaccines.
This could interfere with or delay production of flu vaccines.
86 children and 19,000 adults have died from flu this season.
About 430,000 people were hospitalized.
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The Index will keep publishing op-eds telling Bezos, his doomsday cult markets and his self-serving liberties to go fuck themselves.
And you can support that right here: www.theindex.media/
And you can support that right here: www.theindex.media/
February 27, 2025 at 3:11 AM
The Index will keep publishing op-eds telling Bezos, his doomsday cult markets and his self-serving liberties to go fuck themselves.
And you can support that right here: www.theindex.media/
And you can support that right here: www.theindex.media/
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The Medicaid cuts the GOP is about to try and shove through would have horrific results.
Imagine millions of poor and disabled people—a huge number of them children—having to literally beg for help. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Imagine millions of poor and disabled people—a huge number of them children—having to literally beg for help. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Trump's Medicaid cuts would leave millions without health care
The human cost will be brutal—unless a few Republicans develop spines.
www.motherjones.com
February 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The Medicaid cuts the GOP is about to try and shove through would have horrific results.
Imagine millions of poor and disabled people—a huge number of them children—having to literally beg for help. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Imagine millions of poor and disabled people—a huge number of them children—having to literally beg for help. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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This would be more worrisome if Trump had booted a Secretary of Defense because he was reticent to deploy troops against peaceful protesters oh wait
Hegseth says firing of top military lawyers was about making sure "they don't exist to be roadblocks to anything that happens."
February 23, 2025 at 3:18 PM
This would be more worrisome if Trump had booted a Secretary of Defense because he was reticent to deploy troops against peaceful protesters oh wait