@eddieeagle777.bsky.social
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House Rs just passed the budget resolution, the first step in their process to enact a bill that'd kick millions off Medicaid & cut SNAP down to just $1.60 per person per meal on avg while cutting taxes for the top 0.1% by $278k - all while increasing the debt
🧵on what's to come and WHERE TO FIGHT
🧵on what's to come and WHERE TO FIGHT
February 26, 2025 at 1:22 AM
House Rs just passed the budget resolution, the first step in their process to enact a bill that'd kick millions off Medicaid & cut SNAP down to just $1.60 per person per meal on avg while cutting taxes for the top 0.1% by $278k - all while increasing the debt
🧵on what's to come and WHERE TO FIGHT
🧵on what's to come and WHERE TO FIGHT
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February 24, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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REAGAN: “Our peaceful trading partners are not our enemies; they are our allies… beware of demagogues ready to declare a trade war against our friends—weakening our economy, national security, and the entire free world—while cynically waving the 🇺🇸 flag.”
Trump’s bad ideas are not new.
Trump’s bad ideas are not new.
February 2, 2025 at 4:46 AM
REAGAN: “Our peaceful trading partners are not our enemies; they are our allies… beware of demagogues ready to declare a trade war against our friends—weakening our economy, national security, and the entire free world—while cynically waving the 🇺🇸 flag.”
Trump’s bad ideas are not new.
Trump’s bad ideas are not new.
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January 31, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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BOOM! Bishop Mariann Budde has responded to her critics who told her to apologize to Donald Trump.
“I am not going to apologize for asking for mercy for others.”
Smash that repost if you agree she owes Trump ZERO apologies!! 🦋
“I am not going to apologize for asking for mercy for others.”
Smash that repost if you agree she owes Trump ZERO apologies!! 🦋
January 24, 2025 at 7:39 PM
BOOM! Bishop Mariann Budde has responded to her critics who told her to apologize to Donald Trump.
“I am not going to apologize for asking for mercy for others.”
Smash that repost if you agree she owes Trump ZERO apologies!! 🦋
“I am not going to apologize for asking for mercy for others.”
Smash that repost if you agree she owes Trump ZERO apologies!! 🦋
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They “deadlocked” because the Republicans are such craven spineless worms they want to cover it up now.
Breaking News: The House Ethics Committee deadlocked on Wednesday on whether to release a report about sexual misconduct and illicit drug use allegations against former Representative Matt Gaetz, who is President-elect Trump’s choice for attorney general.
Trump Transition Live Updates: News on Matt Gaetz and House Ethics Committee
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2024 at 9:09 PM
They “deadlocked” because the Republicans are such craven spineless worms they want to cover it up now.
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UPDATE: Trump is demanding Republicans kill the bipartisan PRESS ACT, which would ensure federal protection for journalists.
“It would prevent authorities from abusing subpoena powers and protect reporters from being forced to reveal their sources.” www.seattletimes.com/opinion/edit...
“It would prevent authorities from abusing subpoena powers and protect reporters from being forced to reveal their sources.” www.seattletimes.com/opinion/edit...
November 20, 2024 at 9:24 PM
UPDATE: Trump is demanding Republicans kill the bipartisan PRESS ACT, which would ensure federal protection for journalists.
“It would prevent authorities from abusing subpoena powers and protect reporters from being forced to reveal their sources.” www.seattletimes.com/opinion/edit...
“It would prevent authorities from abusing subpoena powers and protect reporters from being forced to reveal their sources.” www.seattletimes.com/opinion/edit...
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Nearly 100 House Dems just demanded release of the Gaetz report—momentum keeps building.
November 19, 2024 at 7:22 PM
Nearly 100 House Dems just demanded release of the Gaetz report—momentum keeps building.
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New in PN: RFK Jr. is a massive public health threat
"Kennedy has articulated a vision that will, if enacted, lead to the deaths of untold numbers of people, many of whom have not even been born. It's difficult to overstate the long-term danger he poses."
"Kennedy has articulated a vision that will, if enacted, lead to the deaths of untold numbers of people, many of whom have not even been born. It's difficult to overstate the long-term danger he poses."
RFK Jr. is a massive public health threat
Dems like Jared Polis shouldn't pretend pretend otherwise.
www.publicnotice.co
November 19, 2024 at 2:03 PM
New in PN: RFK Jr. is a massive public health threat
"Kennedy has articulated a vision that will, if enacted, lead to the deaths of untold numbers of people, many of whom have not even been born. It's difficult to overstate the long-term danger he poses."
"Kennedy has articulated a vision that will, if enacted, lead to the deaths of untold numbers of people, many of whom have not even been born. It's difficult to overstate the long-term danger he poses."
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⚠️Worried—California reports HUMAN H5N1 bird-flu in a child with no known contact with infected animals. This is at least the 3rd COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION incidence of H5N1 without any animal contact. Same with the ICU hospitalized case. This is maybe human-to-human, long distance airborne, or milk?
November 19, 2024 at 8:09 PM
⚠️Worried—California reports HUMAN H5N1 bird-flu in a child with no known contact with infected animals. This is at least the 3rd COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION incidence of H5N1 without any animal contact. Same with the ICU hospitalized case. This is maybe human-to-human, long distance airborne, or milk?
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Lots of stories about how mass deportations will spike food prices and cause inflation. But as Tom Bonier noted, only one published before Election Day...
November 19, 2024 at 10:54 AM
Lots of stories about how mass deportations will spike food prices and cause inflation. But as Tom Bonier noted, only one published before Election Day...
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I feel like—ten years into the Trump era—journalists should have better language for what is happening that goes beyond verbs like shocking, upending, overturning, frustrating...
Every educated person understands Donald Trump is at war with the United States itself.
He's doing violence to America.
Every educated person understands Donald Trump is at war with the United States itself.
He's doing violence to America.
Trump Signals a ‘Seismic Shift,’ Shocking the Washington Establishment
The president-elect’s early transition moves amount to a generational test of a system as he seeks to rewrite the balance of power and install lieutenants to blow up key parts of government.
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2024 at 3:31 AM
I feel like—ten years into the Trump era—journalists should have better language for what is happening that goes beyond verbs like shocking, upending, overturning, frustrating...
Every educated person understands Donald Trump is at war with the United States itself.
He's doing violence to America.
Every educated person understands Donald Trump is at war with the United States itself.
He's doing violence to America.
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Even if McConnell told Trump there’d be no recess appointments, there’s no reason we should believe Mitch. None. One of Trump’s biggest accomplices ever. We are still full speed ahead in blocking these unqualified and unfit nominees.
November 18, 2024 at 3:27 AM
Even if McConnell told Trump there’d be no recess appointments, there’s no reason we should believe Mitch. None. One of Trump’s biggest accomplices ever. We are still full speed ahead in blocking these unqualified and unfit nominees.
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Thanks for noticing.
November 17, 2024 at 11:05 PM
Thanks for noticing.
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“RFK Jr. said on Fox & Friends that he didn't have a problem with fast food or McDonald's he was just against "seed oil." McDonald's cooks its fries in seed oil. He is also drinking a Coke with high fructose corn syrup. This man is a complete fraud.”
@decodingfoxnews.bsky.social
@decodingfoxnews.bsky.social
November 17, 2024 at 10:59 PM
“RFK Jr. said on Fox & Friends that he didn't have a problem with fast food or McDonald's he was just against "seed oil." McDonald's cooks its fries in seed oil. He is also drinking a Coke with high fructose corn syrup. This man is a complete fraud.”
@decodingfoxnews.bsky.social
@decodingfoxnews.bsky.social
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Why do I get the feeling we are going to hold Trump accountable by documenting every broken campaign promise while the people he made the promises to won’t care?
November 17, 2024 at 2:43 PM
Why do I get the feeling we are going to hold Trump accountable by documenting every broken campaign promise while the people he made the promises to won’t care?
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Now that they destroyed their own neighborhood, the Maga/Elon trolls are rolling in to BlueSky.
My recommendation is to block early, on the first offense, without explanation.
Here are my rules why I block them:
open.substack.com/pub/therickw...
My recommendation is to block early, on the first offense, without explanation.
Here are my rules why I block them:
open.substack.com/pub/therickw...
This Is Why I Blocked You
A list for my MAGA trolls.
open.substack.com
November 17, 2024 at 6:20 PM
Now that they destroyed their own neighborhood, the Maga/Elon trolls are rolling in to BlueSky.
My recommendation is to block early, on the first offense, without explanation.
Here are my rules why I block them:
open.substack.com/pub/therickw...
My recommendation is to block early, on the first offense, without explanation.
Here are my rules why I block them:
open.substack.com/pub/therickw...
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Trump's victory looks smaller each day. Yes, he gained vote share nearly everywhere—but a 1.5% victory margin, under 50% of the vote, a loss in almost every battleground Senate race, a likely net loss of House seats, losses in almost all major state ballot initiatives...where's the supposed mandate?
November 16, 2024 at 5:20 PM
Trump's victory looks smaller each day. Yes, he gained vote share nearly everywhere—but a 1.5% victory margin, under 50% of the vote, a loss in almost every battleground Senate race, a likely net loss of House seats, losses in almost all major state ballot initiatives...where's the supposed mandate?
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Remember: fascism thrives on apathy.
The autocrats want you to tune out. They want to overwhelm you. They want you to give up.
Don’t give them want they want.
Stay in this fight. Remain vigilant. And let’s keep building.
The autocrats want you to tune out. They want to overwhelm you. They want you to give up.
Don’t give them want they want.
Stay in this fight. Remain vigilant. And let’s keep building.
November 16, 2024 at 12:53 PM
Remember: fascism thrives on apathy.
The autocrats want you to tune out. They want to overwhelm you. They want you to give up.
Don’t give them want they want.
Stay in this fight. Remain vigilant. And let’s keep building.
The autocrats want you to tune out. They want to overwhelm you. They want you to give up.
Don’t give them want they want.
Stay in this fight. Remain vigilant. And let’s keep building.
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Sri Lanka tried RFK Jr.'s food plan, and it was catastrophic. Productivity plummeted, causing food shortages, skyrocketing prices, lost exports, and an economic collapse. Farmers faced huge losses, forcing the government to reverse the ban and import costly emergency food.
In Sri Lanka, Organic Farming Went Catastrophically Wrong
A nationwide experiment is abandoned after producing only misery.
foreignpolicy.com
November 15, 2024 at 6:50 AM
Sri Lanka tried RFK Jr.'s food plan, and it was catastrophic. Productivity plummeted, causing food shortages, skyrocketing prices, lost exports, and an economic collapse. Farmers faced huge losses, forcing the government to reverse the ban and import costly emergency food.
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BOOM! 4,744 letters sent to Senators demanding they not allow Trump recess appointments. In just a few days!
Send yours here:
Send yours here:
Tell your Senators: Don't allow Trump's recess appointments
Please contact Congress now!
actionnetwork.org
November 14, 2024 at 12:29 PM
BOOM! 4,744 letters sent to Senators demanding they not allow Trump recess appointments. In just a few days!
Send yours here:
Send yours here:
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Disturbing prediction from @pkrugman.bsky.social: If Trump's deportations really happen, inflation will spike, then MAGA loyalists will corrupt government info to mask it.
For autocrats, he says, "among their first targets are statistical agencies."
Our exchange:
newrepublic.com/article/1883...
For autocrats, he says, "among their first targets are statistical agencies."
Our exchange:
newrepublic.com/article/1883...
November 13, 2024 at 1:51 PM
Disturbing prediction from @pkrugman.bsky.social: If Trump's deportations really happen, inflation will spike, then MAGA loyalists will corrupt government info to mask it.
For autocrats, he says, "among their first targets are statistical agencies."
Our exchange:
newrepublic.com/article/1883...
For autocrats, he says, "among their first targets are statistical agencies."
Our exchange:
newrepublic.com/article/1883...
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This number doubled to over 1,500 in an hour. Let's keep it going! actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Already 750 folks sent letters to their Senators to not allow Trump’s recess appointments! Help us get to 1,000 ⬇️
Tell your Senators: Don't allow Trump's recess appointments
Please contact Congress now!
actionnetwork.org
November 13, 2024 at 2:00 AM
This number doubled to over 1,500 in an hour. Let's keep it going! actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...