JK Bailey
@drhoolie.bsky.social
Health policy doc & human rights advocate.
Democracy is precious & exceptional.
Good governance, collaborative, thriving communities.
Democracy is precious & exceptional.
Good governance, collaborative, thriving communities.
California’s $23 Billion Plan to Restore Federal Cuts to Scientific Research www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/u...
California’s $23 Billion Plan to Restore Federal Cuts to Scientific Research
www.nytimes.com
September 13, 2025 at 11:35 PM
California’s $23 Billion Plan to Restore Federal Cuts to Scientific Research www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/u...
Trump’s Department of Justice asks Vermont for sensitive voter information vtdigger.org/2025/09/12/t...
Trump’s Department of Justice asks Vermont for sensitive voter information - VTDigger
Vermont Secretary of State Sarah Copeland Hanzas said Friday that she intends to reject the request.
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September 13, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Trump’s Department of Justice asks Vermont for sensitive voter information vtdigger.org/2025/09/12/t...
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"Witnesses — including the Post reporter — asked the officers to identify themselves numerous times. All but one, who was wearing the ICE badge, refused.
“Oh, are you guys the cops?” one agent, who was wearing a mask, responded. “Then shut the f--- up.”
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
“Oh, are you guys the cops?” one agent, who was wearing a mask, responded. “Then shut the f--- up.”
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Federal officers detain, tackle moped driver amid Trump D.C. police crackdown
Six agents wearing police vests without clear identification of their agencies detained a man they later identified as a Venezuelan national in Northwest Washington.
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August 18, 2025 at 12:47 AM
"Witnesses — including the Post reporter — asked the officers to identify themselves numerous times. All but one, who was wearing the ICE badge, refused.
“Oh, are you guys the cops?” one agent, who was wearing a mask, responded. “Then shut the f--- up.”
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
“Oh, are you guys the cops?” one agent, who was wearing a mask, responded. “Then shut the f--- up.”
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
It is a great time to be a scammer. slate.com/technology/2...
I Responded to One of the Spam Texts From a “Recruiter”—Then Took the Job. It Got Weirder Than I Could Have Imagined.
The story of “Cathy,” my scammer.
slate.com
August 6, 2025 at 9:47 PM
It is a great time to be a scammer. slate.com/technology/2...
The meaning behind Mar-a-lago face
MAGA’s cartoonish way to express gender norms. Its feminine façade (in the stereotypical form of Kristi Noem) provides cover for brutal policies.
wearethemete wearethemeteor.com/year-of-mar-...
MAGA’s cartoonish way to express gender norms. Its feminine façade (in the stereotypical form of Kristi Noem) provides cover for brutal policies.
wearethemete wearethemeteor.com/year-of-mar-...
The Year of "Mar-a-Lago Face"
What, exactly, is "Mar-a-Lago Face?" Like pornography, you know it when you see it, and trust us, you've seen it.
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July 12, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The meaning behind Mar-a-lago face
MAGA’s cartoonish way to express gender norms. Its feminine façade (in the stereotypical form of Kristi Noem) provides cover for brutal policies.
wearethemete wearethemeteor.com/year-of-mar-...
MAGA’s cartoonish way to express gender norms. Its feminine façade (in the stereotypical form of Kristi Noem) provides cover for brutal policies.
wearethemete wearethemeteor.com/year-of-mar-...
2001 Space Odyssey’s HAL 9000, for real this time. www.huffpost.com/entry/anthro...
Amazon-Backed AI Model Would Try To Blackmail Engineers Who Threatened To Take It Offline
In tests, Anthropic's Claude Opus 4 would resort to "extremely harmful actions" to preserve its own existence, a safety report revealed.
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May 25, 2025 at 6:16 AM
2001 Space Odyssey’s HAL 9000, for real this time. www.huffpost.com/entry/anthro...
@maddow.msnbc.com How a small but mighty community is standing up … docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Summary for Community Supporters
Summary for Community Supporters Project: All Bike(r)s Welcome Mural Location: Bentonville, Arkansas–Tunnel under NW 3rd St. and Coler Preserve Artist: Paige Dirksen Collaborators: All Bikes Welcome, ...
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May 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
@maddow.msnbc.com How a small but mighty community is standing up … docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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I was told that when fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross, but, apparently, it is also wearing an ICE uniform and carrying handcuffs.
This is what ripping families apart over immigration status looks like.
Don’t look away
Don’t look away
May 10, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I was told that when fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross, but, apparently, it is also wearing an ICE uniform and carrying handcuffs.
Lawsuits underway claiming DOGE has violated the 1974 Privacy Act regulating who can access information about American citizens. Cybersecurity experts warn that a master database is secure or safe. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
DOGE aims to pool federal data, putting personal information at risk
A centralized system with unprecedented access to data about Social Security, taxes, medical diagnoses and other private information would create vulnerabilities, experts say.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 8, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Lawsuits underway claiming DOGE has violated the 1974 Privacy Act regulating who can access information about American citizens. Cybersecurity experts warn that a master database is secure or safe. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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NEW: The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.
Under Texas’ Abortion Ban, Where a Woman Lives Can Determine Her Risk of Developing Sepsis
While the rates of dangerous infections spiked across the state after it banned abortion in 2021, women in Houston fared far worse than those in Dallas, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind ana...
www.propublica.org
May 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM
NEW: The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.
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Let's be very clear: The Trump administration is not "defending" mifepristone against a legal challenge. They're pulling a calculated move that will allow them to restrict or ban abortion medication without pushback
www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
Trump will defend Biden’s abortion pill rules in Texas case
The filing over the regulation of mifepristone indicates an emerging pattern: An effort to preserve executive power.
www.politico.com
May 6, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Let's be very clear: The Trump administration is not "defending" mifepristone against a legal challenge. They're pulling a calculated move that will allow them to restrict or ban abortion medication without pushback
www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
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Excellent summary of our predicament here from veteran reporter Mort Rosenblum.
www.mortreport.org/reports/a-wa...
www.mortreport.org/reports/a-wa...
A Way Out of This — Mort Report
PARIS — Françoise Giroud's old warning resonates across Europe like an air-raid siren. As a reporter, a Resistance runner and a Gestapo prisoner, she learned the hard way what can happen when a power-...
www.mortreport.org
April 29, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Excellent summary of our predicament here from veteran reporter Mort Rosenblum.
www.mortreport.org/reports/a-wa...
www.mortreport.org/reports/a-wa...
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ONE IF BY LAND
TWO IF BY D.C.
the north end church in boston
it’s 250 years today
@northendpage.bsky.social
TWO IF BY D.C.
the north end church in boston
it’s 250 years today
@northendpage.bsky.social
April 18, 2025 at 3:44 PM
ONE IF BY LAND
TWO IF BY D.C.
the north end church in boston
it’s 250 years today
@northendpage.bsky.social
TWO IF BY D.C.
the north end church in boston
it’s 250 years today
@northendpage.bsky.social
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Every time I read a story like this I recommit to be louder and more defiant.
March 6, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Every time I read a story like this I recommit to be louder and more defiant.
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🚨 BREAKING: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer vows to put "boots on the ground and planes in the air" to defend peace in Ukraine. They get it.
Meanwhile, the U.S.—once the undisputed leader of the free world—watches from the sidelines. Stunning.
Meanwhile, the U.S.—once the undisputed leader of the free world—watches from the sidelines. Stunning.
March 2, 2025 at 5:57 PM
🚨 BREAKING: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer vows to put "boots on the ground and planes in the air" to defend peace in Ukraine. They get it.
Meanwhile, the U.S.—once the undisputed leader of the free world—watches from the sidelines. Stunning.
Meanwhile, the U.S.—once the undisputed leader of the free world—watches from the sidelines. Stunning.
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Dusting off my old Oxford English Dictionary and consulting carefully, I could not find "attack friends and submit to enemies" as a definition of the word "strength."
March 1, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Dusting off my old Oxford English Dictionary and consulting carefully, I could not find "attack friends and submit to enemies" as a definition of the word "strength."
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No, the meeting did not go badly for Ukraine. It exposed in the most undeniable, unequivocal way possible the pro-Putin commitments of the president and vice president. That was information Americans and allies needed to have clear before them.
February 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
No, the meeting did not go badly for Ukraine. It exposed in the most undeniable, unequivocal way possible the pro-Putin commitments of the president and vice president. That was information Americans and allies needed to have clear before them.
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Do this. Say this. 👇🏻
February 23, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Do this. Say this. 👇🏻
#Emails2DOGE
cc: HR@OPM.gov
1. Donated to ACLU, Democracy Docket, ProPublica and Vox among other pro-democracy institutions
2. Read Timothy Snyder’s “On Freedom” book and facilitate “good trouble”
3. Looked up why ketamine abusers need 😎 indoors.
4. 🚫Elon bumper sticker on car
5. Made this list
cc: HR@OPM.gov
1. Donated to ACLU, Democracy Docket, ProPublica and Vox among other pro-democracy institutions
2. Read Timothy Snyder’s “On Freedom” book and facilitate “good trouble”
3. Looked up why ketamine abusers need 😎 indoors.
4. 🚫Elon bumper sticker on car
5. Made this list
February 23, 2025 at 11:22 AM
#Emails2DOGE
cc: HR@OPM.gov
1. Donated to ACLU, Democracy Docket, ProPublica and Vox among other pro-democracy institutions
2. Read Timothy Snyder’s “On Freedom” book and facilitate “good trouble”
3. Looked up why ketamine abusers need 😎 indoors.
4. 🚫Elon bumper sticker on car
5. Made this list
cc: HR@OPM.gov
1. Donated to ACLU, Democracy Docket, ProPublica and Vox among other pro-democracy institutions
2. Read Timothy Snyder’s “On Freedom” book and facilitate “good trouble”
3. Looked up why ketamine abusers need 😎 indoors.
4. 🚫Elon bumper sticker on car
5. Made this list
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"working to swiftly rectify the situation..."
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USDA says it accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is trying to rehire them
In a statement, an Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation."
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February 18, 2025 at 10:58 PM
"working to swiftly rectify the situation..."
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