i was promised a handbasket
@drsarahtonin.bsky.social
trynna leave the campground in better condition than i found it
it's a target-rich environment
it's a target-rich environment
President Trump and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have moved to slash funding for addiction treatment programs and research, saying the money should instead be spent on efforts to "Make America Healthy Again."
www.npr.org/2025/03/27/n...
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Trump team revokes $11 billion in funding for addiction, mental health care
The Trump administration says it hopes to save $11.4 billion by freezing and revoking COVID-era grants. Addiction experts say clawing back the federal funding is risky and could put patients at risk.
www.npr.org
March 30, 2025 at 7:16 PM
President Trump and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have moved to slash funding for addiction treatment programs and research, saying the money should instead be spent on efforts to "Make America Healthy Again."
www.npr.org/2025/03/27/n...
www.npr.org/2025/03/27/n...
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Look what's happening at the French Embassy in Washington DC.
March 4, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Look what's happening at the French Embassy in Washington DC.
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Here’s a cybertruck getting booed at Orpheus to brighten your Lundi Gras:
March 4, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Here’s a cybertruck getting booed at Orpheus to brighten your Lundi Gras:
oh jesus fuck
SCOOP: Now that Linda McMahon is confirmed/sworn in as secretary, Trump will be imminently issuing an executive order eliminating the Department of Education.
I’ve obtained a draft of an email that McMahon will be sending to staff re: the EO and the department’s “final mission”.
Here is a portion:
I’ve obtained a draft of an email that McMahon will be sending to staff re: the EO and the department’s “final mission”.
Here is a portion:
![After President Trump's inauguration last month, he has steadily signed a slate of executive orders to keep these education promises: combatting critical race theory, DEl, gender ideology extremism, and discrimination in admissions. President Trump has also been focused on eliminating wasteful bureaucracy and harmful programs in the federal government. To that end, today he signed [Executive Order XYZ, entitled "Eliminating the Department of Education,] which has given us a clear and final mission.
We are to identify which of the Department's functions, programs, and offices are not mandated by statute, and eliminate them. This reorganization will impact staff, budgets, reporting, and more —and in coming months, we will determine how it can be accomplished with minimal delay and disruption. The President further tasked us with creating a plan to reallocate and reassign functions of the Department of Education that would be more effectively managed by other agencies. This plan will offer Congress a road map toward fulfilling the expectations of the President and the American people.
The new vision—which I hope each of you will embrace going forward—can be expressed as four main convictions:
Parents are the primary decision makers in their children's education.
Students deserve to be protected from physical violence, racial discrimination, medical tyranny, and gender extremism ideology on campus.
Postsecondary education should be a path to a well-paying career aligned with workforce needs.
Taxpayer-funded education should refocus on meaningful learning: proficiency in math, reading, and core subjects, and patriotism in American history and civics.
As we move to reduce the Department's middleman role in education, these four convictions must guide us toward conscientious and pragmatic action. The elimination of bureaucracy should free us, not limit us, in our pursuit of these goals
Removing red tape and bureaucratic barriers will empower parents to make th](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ejihld4sywvvqwe67cdkn4jq/bafkreictcxubqhd7foyjwbms62bj3cxmfyepqk2ms3l6ctabsa6fvpm5ju@jpeg)
March 4, 2025 at 1:25 AM
oh jesus fuck
It takes six months to produce enough vaccine for a flu season. There will be many preventable deaths because of these fucking fucks.
#VaccinesSaveLives
#TheCrueltyIsThePoint
#VaccinesSaveLives
#TheCrueltyIsThePoint
We are having the worst flu season in 15+ yrs & staring down an avian flu threat that has already spread unchecked in other mammals and taken American life
Our government response is to cancel planning for the next flu shot, cancel funding for bird flu vaccines & treatments, & cut Medicaid coverage
Our government response is to cancel planning for the next flu shot, cancel funding for bird flu vaccines & treatments, & cut Medicaid coverage
FDA cancels vaccine advisory committee meeting to select next year’s flu strain for no reason open.substack.com/pub/drrubin/...
I just don't get it . It's like they want to hurt people
I just don't get it . It's like they want to hurt people
March 3, 2025 at 7:45 AM
It takes six months to produce enough vaccine for a flu season. There will be many preventable deaths because of these fucking fucks.
#VaccinesSaveLives
#TheCrueltyIsThePoint
#VaccinesSaveLives
#TheCrueltyIsThePoint
democracy dies in darkness, but diplomacy dies on live tv
March 1, 2025 at 7:06 PM
democracy dies in darkness, but diplomacy dies on live tv
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Just going to leave this here should it become useful to anyone…
February 25, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Just going to leave this here should it become useful to anyone…
among the sins of the muskrat: shitting on Kabosu's memory
DOGE is like if Fyre Festival was a government agency.
February 23, 2025 at 4:43 AM
among the sins of the muskrat: shitting on Kabosu's memory
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1. Monday - fell apart
2. Tuesday - broke my heart
3. Wednesday - same
4. Thursday - didn't even start
5. Friday - I'm in love
2. Tuesday - broke my heart
3. Wednesday - same
4. Thursday - didn't even start
5. Friday - I'm in love
The reply email inbox for this “what did you do last week” email is HR@opm.gov, so, you know, definitely don’t send them any unrelated messages that would interfere with their ability to carry out Elon’s dumbass bullshit
February 22, 2025 at 10:53 PM
1. Monday - fell apart
2. Tuesday - broke my heart
3. Wednesday - same
4. Thursday - didn't even start
5. Friday - I'm in love
2. Tuesday - broke my heart
3. Wednesday - same
4. Thursday - didn't even start
5. Friday - I'm in love
![REYES: [The order] calls an entire category of people dishonest, dishonorable, undisciplined, immodest, who lack integrity, people who have taken an oath to defend this country, people who have been under fire, people who have received medals for taking fire for this country. I want to know from the government whether that language expresses 'animus.' Does that express animus?
DOJ ATTORNEY: Not in any constitutional -
REYES: In a commonsense way. This is a policy from the President of the United States affecting thousands of people... to call an entire group of people, lying dishonest people who are undisciplined, immodest and have no integrity. How is that anything other than showing animus?
DOJ ATTORNEY: I don't have an answer for you.
REYES: You do have an answer, you just don't want to give it... People can make solid arguments as to why some or even most transgender people shouldn't be in the military... We're dealing with unadulterated animus. We are dealing with the president of the United States dealing with a group of people serving their country... calling them liars.
(Reyes then said she changed her courtroom orders to bar people who graduated from UVA law school from appearing before her because "they're all liars and lack integrity and are undisciplined and can't possibly meet the high rigors of benign a lawyer for the government" She made the DOJ lawyer sit down on that basis, then after he did, she called him back up and asked whether that was a display of animus.)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6akvkyjmvvs6yuzj57duwh6o/bafkreie2h2tftmi22abfnjl6cz6uxoyajxe7na7g4gy7wm2e2k2q3rkyrq@jpeg)
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🚨Spread the word: Any separated federal personnel may need to submit an informal grievance.
Details here: www.muellershewrote.com/p/informal-g...
Details here: www.muellershewrote.com/p/informal-g...
Informal Grievance Template for Adverse Personnel Actions
There is a limited amount of time to oppose personnel actions. Time is short.
www.muellershewrote.com
February 14, 2025 at 3:45 PM
🚨Spread the word: Any separated federal personnel may need to submit an informal grievance.
Details here: www.muellershewrote.com/p/informal-g...
Details here: www.muellershewrote.com/p/informal-g...
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It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too.
EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them.
Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)
EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them.
Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)
February 14, 2025 at 11:47 PM
It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too.
EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them.
Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)
EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them.
Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)
news you can use
Fun fact Google doesn't give you AI suggestions if you swear
February 9, 2025 at 3:56 PM
news you can use
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the world has gone mad today
and good's bad today
and black's white today
and day's night today
when most guys today
that women prize today
are just silly gigolos
and though i'm not a great romancer
i know that i'm bound to answer
when you propose
anything goes
and good's bad today
and black's white today
and day's night today
when most guys today
that women prize today
are just silly gigolos
and though i'm not a great romancer
i know that i'm bound to answer
when you propose
anything goes
February 6, 2025 at 10:46 PM
the world has gone mad today
and good's bad today
and black's white today
and day's night today
when most guys today
that women prize today
are just silly gigolos
and though i'm not a great romancer
i know that i'm bound to answer
when you propose
anything goes
and good's bad today
and black's white today
and day's night today
when most guys today
that women prize today
are just silly gigolos
and though i'm not a great romancer
i know that i'm bound to answer
when you propose
anything goes
"Why did I walk into this room?" has become "Why did I open this tab?"
February 1, 2025 at 12:54 AM
"Why did I walk into this room?" has become "Why did I open this tab?"
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I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
January 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
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to recap:
— Trump was *for* the TikTok ban
— which the GOP Congress passed
— and the GOP Supreme Court upheld
— and even though Biden said he wouldn't enforce the ban, TikTok shut down anyway
— so that Trump could "save" it
— and the media fell for it
we really do live in the dumbest fucking country
— Trump was *for* the TikTok ban
— which the GOP Congress passed
— and the GOP Supreme Court upheld
— and even though Biden said he wouldn't enforce the ban, TikTok shut down anyway
— so that Trump could "save" it
— and the media fell for it
we really do live in the dumbest fucking country
January 19, 2025 at 6:33 PM
to recap:
— Trump was *for* the TikTok ban
— which the GOP Congress passed
— and the GOP Supreme Court upheld
— and even though Biden said he wouldn't enforce the ban, TikTok shut down anyway
— so that Trump could "save" it
— and the media fell for it
we really do live in the dumbest fucking country
— Trump was *for* the TikTok ban
— which the GOP Congress passed
— and the GOP Supreme Court upheld
— and even though Biden said he wouldn't enforce the ban, TikTok shut down anyway
— so that Trump could "save" it
— and the media fell for it
we really do live in the dumbest fucking country
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Trump set the TikTok ban in motion
Congress passed legislation
Biden signs legislation
SCOTUS upholds ban
Biden says his administration wouldn’t enforce the law, leaving room for TikTok to stay open
TikTok shuts down anyway
Trump tweets
TikTok pretends Trump saved it 🙄
Congress passed legislation
Biden signs legislation
SCOTUS upholds ban
Biden says his administration wouldn’t enforce the law, leaving room for TikTok to stay open
TikTok shuts down anyway
Trump tweets
TikTok pretends Trump saved it 🙄
January 19, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Trump set the TikTok ban in motion
Congress passed legislation
Biden signs legislation
SCOTUS upholds ban
Biden says his administration wouldn’t enforce the law, leaving room for TikTok to stay open
TikTok shuts down anyway
Trump tweets
TikTok pretends Trump saved it 🙄
Congress passed legislation
Biden signs legislation
SCOTUS upholds ban
Biden says his administration wouldn’t enforce the law, leaving room for TikTok to stay open
TikTok shuts down anyway
Trump tweets
TikTok pretends Trump saved it 🙄
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HBO has declined to renew “Sesame Street” for new episodes. The series that’s been teaching generations of little kids since 1969 now has no studio.
Please consider donating to Sesame Workshop to ensure the residents of 123 Sesame Street are still around to teach kids of all needs and backgrounds.
Please consider donating to Sesame Workshop to ensure the residents of 123 Sesame Street are still around to teach kids of all needs and backgrounds.
Support Us - Sesame Workshop
Individual donors and partners can have a major impact. Join Sesame Workshop’s Mission to Help Kids Everywhere Grow Smarter, Stronger, and Kinder.
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December 15, 2024 at 2:12 PM
HBO has declined to renew “Sesame Street” for new episodes. The series that’s been teaching generations of little kids since 1969 now has no studio.
Please consider donating to Sesame Workshop to ensure the residents of 123 Sesame Street are still around to teach kids of all needs and backgrounds.
Please consider donating to Sesame Workshop to ensure the residents of 123 Sesame Street are still around to teach kids of all needs and backgrounds.
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this is @rewirenewsgroup.com’s guide on how to protect your access to birth control, medication abortion, & emergency contraception during the next Trump administration. we also cover how to maintain digital privacy and how to talk to your medical provider rewirenewsgroup.com/2024/12/16/h...
How to Protect Your Reproductive Health During Trump’s Second Presidency
Our comprehensive guide for protecting your access to birth control, medication abortion, and emergency contraception before Donald Trump takes office.
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December 16, 2024 at 2:39 PM
this is @rewirenewsgroup.com’s guide on how to protect your access to birth control, medication abortion, & emergency contraception during the next Trump administration. we also cover how to maintain digital privacy and how to talk to your medical provider rewirenewsgroup.com/2024/12/16/h...
for a superpower, i would like to have the ability to vaporize maga apparel without harming the wearers. i'd just walk past the "jesus is my savior, *rump is my president" hat and POOF it vanishes.
December 15, 2024 at 12:04 AM
for a superpower, i would like to have the ability to vaporize maga apparel without harming the wearers. i'd just walk past the "jesus is my savior, *rump is my president" hat and POOF it vanishes.
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This has been the Democratic party's primary strategy my whole life: lean center and lose, Republicans trash the place so badly voters have no choice, Democrats take power again, pass modest reforms while praising bipartisanship, lean center and lose again, Republicans trash the place so badly...
Democrats are busy concluding that this worked for Labour rather than considering that what worked for Labour was being so incompetent that they gave the Tories 13 years to run the country into the ground until people finally had enough.
The process of mainstreaming far-right politics is a multi-faceted (but fairly obvious) one
Starmer & his supporters claim reclaiming far right issues is what won them the election as it addressed "the people's legitimate grievances"
Yet this has been tried many times and...
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Starmer & his supporters claim reclaiming far right issues is what won them the election as it addressed "the people's legitimate grievances"
Yet this has been tried many times and...
1/
November 30, 2024 at 1:32 PM
This has been the Democratic party's primary strategy my whole life: lean center and lose, Republicans trash the place so badly voters have no choice, Democrats take power again, pass modest reforms while praising bipartisanship, lean center and lose again, Republicans trash the place so badly...