Erin K. R.
@erinkr.bsky.social
IT professional, nerd, anthropologist/forensic scientist, library fan, politics junkie, progressive liberal, romance beta reader. she/her
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incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
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A fourth boat bombed in international waters. Total death toll now 19
What I dont get is, if these boats are "carrying fentanyl" as Trump says (they absolutely arent. Even the DEA says VZ doesnt produce fentanyl), then why not seize one and show us?
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
What I dont get is, if these boats are "carrying fentanyl" as Trump says (they absolutely arent. Even the DEA says VZ doesnt produce fentanyl), then why not seize one and show us?
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
U.S. naval forces have sunk a fourth suspected drug boat in the Caribbean, Trump says
U.S. naval forces have conducted another lethal strike on a vessel President Donald Trump said was tied to a designated terrorist organization involved in drug trafficking in the Caribbean.
www.miamiherald.com
September 22, 2025 at 4:07 AM
A fourth boat bombed in international waters. Total death toll now 19
What I dont get is, if these boats are "carrying fentanyl" as Trump says (they absolutely arent. Even the DEA says VZ doesnt produce fentanyl), then why not seize one and show us?
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
What I dont get is, if these boats are "carrying fentanyl" as Trump says (they absolutely arent. Even the DEA says VZ doesnt produce fentanyl), then why not seize one and show us?
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
Oh great, I’ll be flying in like 2 weeks 😬
NYT has more sources contradicting the FAA's claim than Newark International has air traffic controllers this evening.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/b...
May 13, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Oh great, I’ll be flying in like 2 weeks 😬
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EXCLUSIVE: We dug up a video of Donald Trump trashing Qatar in 2017 calling them “funders of terrorism.” I’m sure he would hate if this clip changed their mind to give him a $400 million plane - so definitely don’t repost it.
May 13, 2025 at 12:34 AM
EXCLUSIVE: We dug up a video of Donald Trump trashing Qatar in 2017 calling them “funders of terrorism.” I’m sure he would hate if this clip changed their mind to give him a $400 million plane - so definitely don’t repost it.
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Buried deep in this story is the stunning stat that "the loss of U.S. support may mean 75 million children do not receive routine vaccinations in the next five years, with more than 1.2 million children dying as a result."
That's just from cutting the vaccine program alone.
That's just from cutting the vaccine program alone.
U.S. to End Vaccine Funds for Poor Countries (Gift Article)
A 281-page spreadsheet obtained by The Times lists the Trump administration’s plans for thousands of foreign aid programs.
www.nytimes.com
March 27, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Buried deep in this story is the stunning stat that "the loss of U.S. support may mean 75 million children do not receive routine vaccinations in the next five years, with more than 1.2 million children dying as a result."
That's just from cutting the vaccine program alone.
That's just from cutting the vaccine program alone.
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NEW: A whistleblower report submitted to Congress and the U.S. Office of Special Counsel reveals that DOGE and Elon Musk appear to have mishandled and manipulated sensitive data from the National Labor Relations Board — and worked to cover its tracks.
The NLRB is a small independent agency that…
The NLRB is a small independent agency that…
April 15, 2025 at 1:10 PM
NEW: A whistleblower report submitted to Congress and the U.S. Office of Special Counsel reveals that DOGE and Elon Musk appear to have mishandled and manipulated sensitive data from the National Labor Relations Board — and worked to cover its tracks.
The NLRB is a small independent agency that…
The NLRB is a small independent agency that…
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Boston Mayor Michelle Wu at the House hearing on sanctuary cities:
"If you wanted to make us safe, pass gun reforms. Stop cutting Medicaid. Stop cutting cancer research. Stop cutting funds for veterans. That is what will make our cities safe."
Mic drop!
🎤
"If you wanted to make us safe, pass gun reforms. Stop cutting Medicaid. Stop cutting cancer research. Stop cutting funds for veterans. That is what will make our cities safe."
Mic drop!
🎤
March 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu at the House hearing on sanctuary cities:
"If you wanted to make us safe, pass gun reforms. Stop cutting Medicaid. Stop cutting cancer research. Stop cutting funds for veterans. That is what will make our cities safe."
Mic drop!
🎤
"If you wanted to make us safe, pass gun reforms. Stop cutting Medicaid. Stop cutting cancer research. Stop cutting funds for veterans. That is what will make our cities safe."
Mic drop!
🎤
open.substack.com/pub/closerto... actually starting to believe he is an asset, not just a fanboy… it’s too much to be coincidence at this point
In the Kremlin’s Pocket: The Long, Strange Saga of Donald Trump, Russian Asset
The Stench of Treason
open.substack.com
March 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
open.substack.com/pub/closerto... actually starting to believe he is an asset, not just a fanboy… it’s too much to be coincidence at this point
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get comfortable calling it what it is
This language describes a coup. You have to be a government employee, subject to the rules & procedures that bind gov employees, to do this kind of work. This is a blatant abuse of the public trust by the Trump administration, a true 5-alarm fire. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
February 2, 2025 at 8:54 PM
get comfortable calling it what it is
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Democrats aren’t powerless against Trump’s blitzkrieg power-grab.
Senate rules are designed to protect the rights of the minority and Democrats have tools at their disposal to grind Senate business to a halt if Republicans try to ram through Trump’s extremist agenda: indivisible.org/resource/how...
Senate rules are designed to protect the rights of the minority and Democrats have tools at their disposal to grind Senate business to a halt if Republicans try to ram through Trump’s extremist agenda: indivisible.org/resource/how...
February 2, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Democrats aren’t powerless against Trump’s blitzkrieg power-grab.
Senate rules are designed to protect the rights of the minority and Democrats have tools at their disposal to grind Senate business to a halt if Republicans try to ram through Trump’s extremist agenda: indivisible.org/resource/how...
Senate rules are designed to protect the rights of the minority and Democrats have tools at their disposal to grind Senate business to a halt if Republicans try to ram through Trump’s extremist agenda: indivisible.org/resource/how...
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The federal government *regularly* spends money to encourage behavior it couldn’t compel directly. Like paying states to build roads or fund healthcare for those who can’t afford it.
It’s called the Spending Clause—and it’s the very first enumerated power that the Constitution gives to Congress.
🤦🏻♂️
It’s called the Spending Clause—and it’s the very first enumerated power that the Constitution gives to Congress.
🤦🏻♂️
February 2, 2025 at 7:43 PM
The federal government *regularly* spends money to encourage behavior it couldn’t compel directly. Like paying states to build roads or fund healthcare for those who can’t afford it.
It’s called the Spending Clause—and it’s the very first enumerated power that the Constitution gives to Congress.
🤦🏻♂️
It’s called the Spending Clause—and it’s the very first enumerated power that the Constitution gives to Congress.
🤦🏻♂️
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After talking tough in the campaign about Chinese autocrats, Trump unveils sky-high tariffs on...Canada, Mexico and Taiwan!
Like dictator wannabes, Trump and Musk play-fight with their trade-cheating Chinese tyrant buddies while driving up prices on Americans and trashing our allies.
Like dictator wannabes, Trump and Musk play-fight with their trade-cheating Chinese tyrant buddies while driving up prices on Americans and trashing our allies.
February 2, 2025 at 10:46 PM
After talking tough in the campaign about Chinese autocrats, Trump unveils sky-high tariffs on...Canada, Mexico and Taiwan!
Like dictator wannabes, Trump and Musk play-fight with their trade-cheating Chinese tyrant buddies while driving up prices on Americans and trashing our allies.
Like dictator wannabes, Trump and Musk play-fight with their trade-cheating Chinese tyrant buddies while driving up prices on Americans and trashing our allies.
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February 1, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
End of Term Web Archive – Preserving the Transition of a Nation | Internet Archive Blogs
blog.archive.org
February 1, 2025 at 12:58 AM
The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
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This is how autocrats throughout history have endangered the people they govern by erasing factual information vital to health and well being
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
CDC Data Are Disappearing
The agency has already removed scientific data from public view. More could follow.
www.theatlantic.com
February 1, 2025 at 1:15 AM
This is how autocrats throughout history have endangered the people they govern by erasing factual information vital to health and well being
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
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The United States is under attack. Elon Musk—who has been elected to nothing and is a deeply troubled person—is literally destroying our government from the inside and doing so without authority or consent of the governed. Working on a report on this right now. It’s an emergency.
January 31, 2025 at 9:41 PM
The United States is under attack. Elon Musk—who has been elected to nothing and is a deeply troubled person—is literally destroying our government from the inside and doing so without authority or consent of the governed. Working on a report on this right now. It’s an emergency.
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“[M]ake no mistake. This is not presidential business as usual. [It is] a power grab — an assertion of executive authority that has no basis in law or history,” Conor Gaffney told @ruthmarcus.bsky.social on Trump’s illegal move to freeze federal funds. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/0…
Opinion | Trump’s federal spending power grab is far from over
The administration makes clear that it wants the final say on government spending.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 1, 2025 at 2:00 AM
“[M]ake no mistake. This is not presidential business as usual. [It is] a power grab — an assertion of executive authority that has no basis in law or history,” Conor Gaffney told @ruthmarcus.bsky.social on Trump’s illegal move to freeze federal funds. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/0…
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FBI Director nominee Kash Patel promised no retribution. The next day, we have this grotesque purge at the FBI.
Bondi said she would examine pardons on a case by case basis.
Then Trump gave 1550 pardons overnight.
Their confirmation commitments mean nothing.
Bondi said she would examine pardons on a case by case basis.
Then Trump gave 1550 pardons overnight.
Their confirmation commitments mean nothing.
February 1, 2025 at 2:24 AM
FBI Director nominee Kash Patel promised no retribution. The next day, we have this grotesque purge at the FBI.
Bondi said she would examine pardons on a case by case basis.
Then Trump gave 1550 pardons overnight.
Their confirmation commitments mean nothing.
Bondi said she would examine pardons on a case by case basis.
Then Trump gave 1550 pardons overnight.
Their confirmation commitments mean nothing.
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The Soviet-style purge is intensifying
January 31, 2025 at 4:14 AM
The Soviet-style purge is intensifying
Ah hypocrisy, how unsurprising re Trump nominees 🙄
money meet mouth.
(lutnick's confirmation hearing is tomorrow/wednesday).
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
(lutnick's confirmation hearing is tomorrow/wednesday).
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
January 29, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Ah hypocrisy, how unsurprising re Trump nominees 🙄
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do you enjoy knowing that when you deposit money in a US bank, you won't lose that money? nice, right?
it's because bank deposits are insured by FDIC.
i don't know what FDIC ever did to these people, but apparently it too is now on their blow-it-up list:
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
it's because bank deposits are insured by FDIC.
i don't know what FDIC ever did to these people, but apparently it too is now on their blow-it-up list:
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Banking regulator rescinds more than 200 job offers for examiners it needs
A government-wide hiring freeze is adding to a staffing shortage at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., complicating the agency’s efforts to oversee thousands of banks across the country.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 27, 2025 at 10:54 PM
do you enjoy knowing that when you deposit money in a US bank, you won't lose that money? nice, right?
it's because bank deposits are insured by FDIC.
i don't know what FDIC ever did to these people, but apparently it too is now on their blow-it-up list:
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
it's because bank deposits are insured by FDIC.
i don't know what FDIC ever did to these people, but apparently it too is now on their blow-it-up list:
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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President Donald Trump has moved to fire Democratic members of two independent federal commissions, a break from decades of legal precedent that could hand Republicans control over boards that oversee swaths of U.S. workers, employers and labor unions.
Trump moves to fire members of EEOC, NLRB boards, breaking with precedent
The dismissals target two independent agencies that oversee swaths of U.S. workers, employers and labor unions.
wapo.st
January 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM
President Donald Trump has moved to fire Democratic members of two independent federal commissions, a break from decades of legal precedent that could hand Republicans control over boards that oversee swaths of U.S. workers, employers and labor unions.