@dreamingofminicows.bsky.social
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“In an electoral autocracy, you can vote, you can protest, you can criticize the government — but at a price. That price (…) is the fear of retaliation: losing your job, public funding or a contract. Over time, fear takes hold, and people — including powerful media owners — start to self-censor.”
March 18, 2025 at 9:34 PM
“In an electoral autocracy, you can vote, you can protest, you can criticize the government — but at a price. That price (…) is the fear of retaliation: losing your job, public funding or a contract. Over time, fear takes hold, and people — including powerful media owners — start to self-censor.”
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Clark and others at the Army Corps were instructed to go through social media posts to scrub DEI: words and ideals “that I have been taught my whole entire career were important and is what the Navy and made our country stronger.”
And then she was fired...
www.kansascity.com/news/politic...
And then she was fired...
www.kansascity.com/news/politic...
Army Corps made veteran in Kansas City scrub agency’s ‘DEI’ content. Then she was fired
“I am an ally and a champion for things that I was told to scrub,” former Army Corps of Engineers worker Cynthia Clark said.
www.kansascity.com
March 13, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Clark and others at the Army Corps were instructed to go through social media posts to scrub DEI: words and ideals “that I have been taught my whole entire career were important and is what the Navy and made our country stronger.”
And then she was fired...
www.kansascity.com/news/politic...
And then she was fired...
www.kansascity.com/news/politic...
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Per @johnleguizamo.bsky.social:
“Medicaid is called by different names in different states! Stay awake America you lose everything you rely on!”
“Medicaid is called by different names in different states! Stay awake America you lose everything you rely on!”
March 13, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Per @johnleguizamo.bsky.social:
“Medicaid is called by different names in different states! Stay awake America you lose everything you rely on!”
“Medicaid is called by different names in different states! Stay awake America you lose everything you rely on!”
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This is what many cities in the U.S. looked like before the EPA.
Why the heck would anyone celebrate deregulating it?
Why the heck would anyone celebrate deregulating it?
March 13, 2025 at 12:37 AM
This is what many cities in the U.S. looked like before the EPA.
Why the heck would anyone celebrate deregulating it?
Why the heck would anyone celebrate deregulating it?
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Dismantling the Department of Education has nothing to do with improving outcomes for our kids, it’s simply about taking away resources from our public schools.
March 12, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Dismantling the Department of Education has nothing to do with improving outcomes for our kids, it’s simply about taking away resources from our public schools.
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I'm old enough to remember when polio ripped through the globe and put my friends into iron lungs.
We dutifully lined up at school to get vaccinated. We eradicated the disease. We protected the common good and saved lives.
RFK Jr leading HHS is a disgrace.
We dutifully lined up at school to get vaccinated. We eradicated the disease. We protected the common good and saved lives.
RFK Jr leading HHS is a disgrace.
RFK Jr.: It Would Be Better if ‘Everybody Got Measles’
“The measles gave you lifetime protection against measles infection,” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told Sean Hannity on Fox News.
www.thedailybeast.com
March 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I'm old enough to remember when polio ripped through the globe and put my friends into iron lungs.
We dutifully lined up at school to get vaccinated. We eradicated the disease. We protected the common good and saved lives.
RFK Jr leading HHS is a disgrace.
We dutifully lined up at school to get vaccinated. We eradicated the disease. We protected the common good and saved lives.
RFK Jr leading HHS is a disgrace.
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US added to the global human rights watchlist due to declining civil liberties.
March 11, 2025 at 4:47 PM
US added to the global human rights watchlist due to declining civil liberties.
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$1,200 vs $9,300: On average, each American purchases about $1,200 worth of Canadian goods annually, while each Canadian spends approximately $9,300 on American goods.
All of this is about to change.
All of this is about to change.
March 12, 2025 at 3:29 AM
$1,200 vs $9,300: On average, each American purchases about $1,200 worth of Canadian goods annually, while each Canadian spends approximately $9,300 on American goods.
All of this is about to change.
All of this is about to change.
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For those who wanted to share this video off platform. Here it is on YouTube
youtu.be/OiPa9VY9PH8?...
youtu.be/OiPa9VY9PH8?...
Fired workers deserve benefits. Call your representatives
YouTube video by Mark Cuban
youtu.be
March 6, 2025 at 3:00 AM
For those who wanted to share this video off platform. Here it is on YouTube
youtu.be/OiPa9VY9PH8?...
youtu.be/OiPa9VY9PH8?...
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French Senator Claude Malhuret:
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."
March 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
French Senator Claude Malhuret:
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."
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🔥 Rep. Al Green is not new to standing up
March 5, 2025 at 11:26 PM
🔥 Rep. Al Green is not new to standing up
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BREAKING - Trump KILLING veterans' healthcare and benefits
Firing 83,000 employees from Veterans Administration (VA)
Perhaps the biggest insult to veterans in American history
Why? To force them into PRIVATE insurance and healthcare -- this is a giant giveaway to corporates
Firing 83,000 employees from Veterans Administration (VA)
Perhaps the biggest insult to veterans in American history
Why? To force them into PRIVATE insurance and healthcare -- this is a giant giveaway to corporates
March 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
BREAKING - Trump KILLING veterans' healthcare and benefits
Firing 83,000 employees from Veterans Administration (VA)
Perhaps the biggest insult to veterans in American history
Why? To force them into PRIVATE insurance and healthcare -- this is a giant giveaway to corporates
Firing 83,000 employees from Veterans Administration (VA)
Perhaps the biggest insult to veterans in American history
Why? To force them into PRIVATE insurance and healthcare -- this is a giant giveaway to corporates
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Getting rid of the American workers who take care of American veterans is wrong.
Veterans will not take this sitting down - we can make this the newest example of Trump being forced to back down from a bad move.
Veterans will not take this sitting down - we can make this the newest example of Trump being forced to back down from a bad move.
Trump administration plans to cut 80,000 employees from Veterans Affairs, according to internal memo
The Department of Veterans Affairs is planning an “aggressive” reorganization that includes cutting 80,000 jobs from the sprawling agency.
apnews.com
March 6, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Getting rid of the American workers who take care of American veterans is wrong.
Veterans will not take this sitting down - we can make this the newest example of Trump being forced to back down from a bad move.
Veterans will not take this sitting down - we can make this the newest example of Trump being forced to back down from a bad move.
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Remind me how many FAA employees got fired yesterday again?
A Delta flight carrying ~80 passengers from Minnesota appears to have crash landed at Toronto Pearson Airport. No casualties reported as of this time. Numerous photos and videos have been released showing passengers safely exiting the plane, which flipped upside down. At least 8 people injured.
February 17, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Remind me how many FAA employees got fired yesterday again?
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So it turns out that NYC has what amounts to its own 25th amendment. And we may be about to give it a spin on the open road.
link here to the city charter, search "inability committee" www.nyc.gov/html/records...
link here to the city charter, search "inability committee" www.nyc.gov/html/records...
www.nyc.gov
February 17, 2025 at 9:24 PM
So it turns out that NYC has what amounts to its own 25th amendment. And we may be about to give it a spin on the open road.
link here to the city charter, search "inability committee" www.nyc.gov/html/records...
link here to the city charter, search "inability committee" www.nyc.gov/html/records...
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In advance of SpaceX/Elon engineers causing more airliner catastrophes here's a remind that American commercial aviation has had a near perfect safety record going back 23 years. Totally unprecedented in aviation history. Here's a graphic that gives the overview.
February 17, 2025 at 9:38 PM
In advance of SpaceX/Elon engineers causing more airliner catastrophes here's a remind that American commercial aviation has had a near perfect safety record going back 23 years. Totally unprecedented in aviation history. Here's a graphic that gives the overview.
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I think anyone who's been paying attention knows this. But it's worth stating clearly. The idea that any of Elon's wilding spree is being done in the name of efficiency is absurd on its face because the terminations are virtually all being done based on duration of service because that creates ...
February 18, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I think anyone who's been paying attention knows this. But it's worth stating clearly. The idea that any of Elon's wilding spree is being done in the name of efficiency is absurd on its face because the terminations are virtually all being done based on duration of service because that creates ...
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As inflation continues to rise, don't forget that concentrated corporate power fuels higher prices.
But instead of continuing Lina Khan's work, Trump's FTC Chair wants to end the "war on mergers."
Minimal competition means maximized price gouging.
But instead of continuing Lina Khan's work, Trump's FTC Chair wants to end the "war on mergers."
Minimal competition means maximized price gouging.
February 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
As inflation continues to rise, don't forget that concentrated corporate power fuels higher prices.
But instead of continuing Lina Khan's work, Trump's FTC Chair wants to end the "war on mergers."
Minimal competition means maximized price gouging.
But instead of continuing Lina Khan's work, Trump's FTC Chair wants to end the "war on mergers."
Minimal competition means maximized price gouging.
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They fired one in five workers at an agency called the “National Nuclear Security Administration” without knowing that those workers’ jobs were to oversee nuclear fucking security
February 15, 2025 at 2:10 AM
They fired one in five workers at an agency called the “National Nuclear Security Administration” without knowing that those workers’ jobs were to oversee nuclear fucking security
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after the overturning of roe, black infant mortality has spiked nearly 11% in states with abortion bans:
www.reuters.com/world/us/inf...
www.reuters.com/world/us/inf...
Infant mortality rises in states with abortion bans, study finds
Increases in infant mortality have been found in U.S. states that enacted abortion bans or severe restrictions after the Supreme Court overturned the landmark ruling that guaranteed a right to the procedure, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.
www.reuters.com
February 14, 2025 at 7:46 PM
after the overturning of roe, black infant mortality has spiked nearly 11% in states with abortion bans:
www.reuters.com/world/us/inf...
www.reuters.com/world/us/inf...
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CDC source:
“We just had word that all our fellows and post doc staff are laid off effective immediately. The famous Epidemic Intelligence Service, aka the Disease Detectives, is no more. That’s 1260 staff.
They are calling this ‘Phase 1’.”
“We just had word that all our fellows and post doc staff are laid off effective immediately. The famous Epidemic Intelligence Service, aka the Disease Detectives, is no more. That’s 1260 staff.
They are calling this ‘Phase 1’.”
February 14, 2025 at 7:58 PM
CDC source:
“We just had word that all our fellows and post doc staff are laid off effective immediately. The famous Epidemic Intelligence Service, aka the Disease Detectives, is no more. That’s 1260 staff.
They are calling this ‘Phase 1’.”
“We just had word that all our fellows and post doc staff are laid off effective immediately. The famous Epidemic Intelligence Service, aka the Disease Detectives, is no more. That’s 1260 staff.
They are calling this ‘Phase 1’.”
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Crockett: It was my ancestors that built the White House. If we have been good enough to build this country, we are good enough to serve in other ways. Stop trying to act as if only white men are the ones that are capable because you’re sitting with 3 very capable black women
January 9, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Crockett: It was my ancestors that built the White House. If we have been good enough to build this country, we are good enough to serve in other ways. Stop trying to act as if only white men are the ones that are capable because you’re sitting with 3 very capable black women
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All I want for Christmas is to pull a loose book from a bookshelf and finally, at long last, find that it opens a hidden door.
December 24, 2024 at 11:53 AM
All I want for Christmas is to pull a loose book from a bookshelf and finally, at long last, find that it opens a hidden door.
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