@fingerhead123.bsky.social
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NEW: Over the years, Texas legislators have declined to pass at least three bills that would create siren or alert systems, a tool that Kerr County officials tried to secure for years before the July 4 flooding.
By Lexi Churchill & @lomikriel.bsky.social, w/ @texastribune.org
By Lexi Churchill & @lomikriel.bsky.social, w/ @texastribune.org
Texas Lawmakers Largely Ignored Recommendations Aimed at Helping Rural Areas Like Kerr County Prepare for Flooding
Texas lawmakers’ inaction on flood prevention often hits rural and economically disadvantaged communities the hardest, experts said.
www.propublica.org
July 21, 2025 at 6:04 PM
NEW: Over the years, Texas legislators have declined to pass at least three bills that would create siren or alert systems, a tool that Kerr County officials tried to secure for years before the July 4 flooding.
By Lexi Churchill & @lomikriel.bsky.social, w/ @texastribune.org
By Lexi Churchill & @lomikriel.bsky.social, w/ @texastribune.org
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to quote @katmabu.bsky.social: "I won't take money from the guy who does a Hitler salute. It's really that simple."
🟡 NEW: Rep. Ro Khanna is working to pull Elon Musk toward Democrats and talked with one of Musk’s “senior confidants” on Thursday about whether he might want to help the Democratic Party in the midterms.
Khanna steps up his work to pull Musk toward Democrats
The California Democratic congressman has known the former Donald Trump ally for more than a decade.
www.semafor.com
June 7, 2025 at 12:03 AM
to quote @katmabu.bsky.social: "I won't take money from the guy who does a Hitler salute. It's really that simple."
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"There's a reason you separate military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people."
- Commander William Adama, Battlestar Galactica
- Commander William Adama, Battlestar Galactica
May 11, 2025 at 6:24 PM
"There's a reason you separate military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people."
- Commander William Adama, Battlestar Galactica
- Commander William Adama, Battlestar Galactica
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The Suspension Clause:
1) Doesn't allow the President to unilaterally suspend habeas, especially when Congress is in session;
2) Applies only to cases of invasion or rebellion (this is quite clearly neither); and
3) *Even then,* applies only "when the public safety may require it." (It doesn't.)
1) Doesn't allow the President to unilaterally suspend habeas, especially when Congress is in session;
2) Applies only to cases of invasion or rebellion (this is quite clearly neither); and
3) *Even then,* applies only "when the public safety may require it." (It doesn't.)
Stephen Miller says they are “actively looking at” suspending the writ of habeas corpus, which is only allowed when the US has been invaded or during an insurrection, which would not allow people to challenge their incarceration in court if they are arrested and detained.
May 9, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The Suspension Clause:
1) Doesn't allow the President to unilaterally suspend habeas, especially when Congress is in session;
2) Applies only to cases of invasion or rebellion (this is quite clearly neither); and
3) *Even then,* applies only "when the public safety may require it." (It doesn't.)
1) Doesn't allow the President to unilaterally suspend habeas, especially when Congress is in session;
2) Applies only to cases of invasion or rebellion (this is quite clearly neither); and
3) *Even then,* applies only "when the public safety may require it." (It doesn't.)
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This is fascism.
HAPPENING NOW: Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was just taken into custody while protesting outside the Delaney Hall ICE detention center
May 9, 2025 at 8:18 PM
This is fascism.
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The point wasn’t to make the economy better or create a better America for everyone.
The point was to dismantle the country and sell it off to the highest bidders.
The point was to dismantle the country and sell it off to the highest bidders.
April 30, 2025 at 8:16 PM
The point wasn’t to make the economy better or create a better America for everyone.
The point was to dismantle the country and sell it off to the highest bidders.
The point was to dismantle the country and sell it off to the highest bidders.
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I have in general become way less tolerant of ‘crunchy’ bullshit since ascension of people like RFK jr. to actual power. Sorry but the obnoxious Reddit science and logic guys were right, you should be scorned for believing objectively wrong things about consequential issues.
April 30, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I have in general become way less tolerant of ‘crunchy’ bullshit since ascension of people like RFK jr. to actual power. Sorry but the obnoxious Reddit science and logic guys were right, you should be scorned for believing objectively wrong things about consequential issues.
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Not a word of this is true. Literally not a word.
RFK Jr: "We found that there's a direct inverse correlation between fluoride exposure and low IQ in children. So the more you get, the stupider you are."
April 30, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Not a word of this is true. Literally not a word.
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While it is understandable to focus attention on Trump’s attacks on democracy and the rule of law, we must not lose sight of the fact that it is the Republican Congress enabling his authoritarianism. Ignoring their complicity in Trump’s actions is a mistake—both legally and strategically.
One Hundred Days of Republican Complicity
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
April 30, 2025 at 11:29 PM
While it is understandable to focus attention on Trump’s attacks on democracy and the rule of law, we must not lose sight of the fact that it is the Republican Congress enabling his authoritarianism. Ignoring their complicity in Trump’s actions is a mistake—both legally and strategically.
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People are NOT understanding what empty cargo ships from China means.
It means no work for dock workers. No work for truck drivers, no work for retailers, fewer dollars circulating. The cascade effect is just mind boggling.
It means no work for dock workers. No work for truck drivers, no work for retailers, fewer dollars circulating. The cascade effect is just mind boggling.
April 28, 2025 at 1:55 AM
People are NOT understanding what empty cargo ships from China means.
It means no work for dock workers. No work for truck drivers, no work for retailers, fewer dollars circulating. The cascade effect is just mind boggling.
It means no work for dock workers. No work for truck drivers, no work for retailers, fewer dollars circulating. The cascade effect is just mind boggling.
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If you haven't already, get out and vote!
April 28, 2025 at 12:22 PM
If you haven't already, get out and vote!
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The attacks on NIH are this too. The US has led the world on science and medical research. And that injects money into America, making the US richer and stronger.
Trump is betraying America and helping Putin who hates the free world. It’s really that simple
Trump is betraying America and helping Putin who hates the free world. It’s really that simple
This is exceptionally well reported: in case after case Trump has surrendered long time US interests to favor Russia and gained nothing in return. When you put it all together it a staggering surrender.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/u...
How Trump Plays Into Putin’s Hands, From Ukraine to Slashing U.S. Institutions (Gift Article)
Many of President Trump’s actions have been seen as benefiting Russia either directly or indirectly, so much so that Russian officials have celebrated some of his moves.
www.nytimes.com
April 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The attacks on NIH are this too. The US has led the world on science and medical research. And that injects money into America, making the US richer and stronger.
Trump is betraying America and helping Putin who hates the free world. It’s really that simple
Trump is betraying America and helping Putin who hates the free world. It’s really that simple
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MAGA Christians are why people are leaving Christianity in droves.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/the-exodus...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/the-exodus...
The Exodus From Christianity Has Been Caused by Christians
Growing up in the Church, I was taught that the worst thing one could be was a non-believer; that nothing was as tragic as a doomed soul that condemned itself by rejecting God.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
April 25, 2025 at 12:46 AM
MAGA Christians are why people are leaving Christianity in droves.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/the-exodus...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/the-exodus...
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The EU is capitalizing on the US brain drain to position itself as "a leading center of research and innovation in the 21st century," competitive with China and the US. This is one of the most depressing things I've ever read. Trump is throwing away America's future. www.politico.com/newsletters/...
How Europe is quietly stealing America’s scientists
www.politico.com
April 25, 2025 at 12:09 AM
The EU is capitalizing on the US brain drain to position itself as "a leading center of research and innovation in the 21st century," competitive with China and the US. This is one of the most depressing things I've ever read. Trump is throwing away America's future. www.politico.com/newsletters/...
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Chinese Commerce Ministry spokesman He Yadong:
“I would like to emphasise that there are currently no economic and trade negotiations between China and the US.”
Is anyone…anyone at all…shocked by this?
“I would like to emphasise that there are currently no economic and trade negotiations between China and the US.”
Is anyone…anyone at all…shocked by this?
April 24, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Chinese Commerce Ministry spokesman He Yadong:
“I would like to emphasise that there are currently no economic and trade negotiations between China and the US.”
Is anyone…anyone at all…shocked by this?
“I would like to emphasise that there are currently no economic and trade negotiations between China and the US.”
Is anyone…anyone at all…shocked by this?
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The Dow is now headed for its worst April since 1932 -- the very worst year of the Great Depression.
April 21, 2025 at 9:44 PM
The Dow is now headed for its worst April since 1932 -- the very worst year of the Great Depression.
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"Kennedy’s disgust with and devaluation of autistic people fits neatly into a eugenic logic that views health as virtue, and sees illness, or difference, as a kind of moral lapse which should be subject to punishment or censure."
RFK Jr. is wrong about autism
His lies endanger neurodivergent people — and everyone else.
www.publicnotice.co
April 21, 2025 at 6:06 PM
"Kennedy’s disgust with and devaluation of autistic people fits neatly into a eugenic logic that views health as virtue, and sees illness, or difference, as a kind of moral lapse which should be subject to punishment or censure."
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I’d celebrate if I weren’t so concerned about who will replace him. www.npr.org/2025/04/21/n...
Exclusive: The White House is looking to replace Pete Hegseth as defense secretary
The White House has begun the process of looking for a new secretary of defense, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly.
www.npr.org
April 21, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I’d celebrate if I weren’t so concerned about who will replace him. www.npr.org/2025/04/21/n...
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BREAKING: Pete Hegseth shared the Houthi attacks in a second private signal chat that included his wife and brother. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...
Hegseth Said to Have Shared Attack Details in Second Signal Chat
The defense secretary sent sensitive information about strikes in Yemen to an encrypted group chat that included his wife and brother, people familiar with the matter said.
www.nytimes.com
April 20, 2025 at 9:17 PM
BREAKING: Pete Hegseth shared the Houthi attacks in a second private signal chat that included his wife and brother. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...
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BREAKING NYT:
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared detailed information about forthcoming strikes in Yemen on March 15 in a private Signal group chat that included his wife, brother and personal lawyer, according to four people with knowledge of the chat.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared detailed information about forthcoming strikes in Yemen on March 15 in a private Signal group chat that included his wife, brother and personal lawyer, according to four people with knowledge of the chat.
Hegseth Said to Have Shared Attack Details in Second Signal Chat
The defense secretary sent sensitive information about strikes in Yemen to an encrypted group chat that included his wife and brother, people familiar with the matter said.
www.nytimes.com
April 20, 2025 at 9:19 PM
BREAKING NYT:
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared detailed information about forthcoming strikes in Yemen on March 15 in a private Signal group chat that included his wife, brother and personal lawyer, according to four people with knowledge of the chat.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared detailed information about forthcoming strikes in Yemen on March 15 in a private Signal group chat that included his wife, brother and personal lawyer, according to four people with knowledge of the chat.