@for-equality.bsky.social
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Good. More calling them on their disgusting bullshit, please
Republican congressman Keith Self introduced transgender Representative Sarah McBride as "Mr. McBride."
Sarah snapped back and called him madam chair.
Dem Congressman Bill Keating went off on Rep. Self and adjourned the meeting over his lack of decorum and purposeful targeting of Sarah McBride.
Sarah snapped back and called him madam chair.
Dem Congressman Bill Keating went off on Rep. Self and adjourned the meeting over his lack of decorum and purposeful targeting of Sarah McBride.
March 12, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Good. More calling them on their disgusting bullshit, please
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"Top officials of our oldest allies say privately they fear that we are becoming not just unstable, but actually their enemy. The only person who gets treated with kid gloves is Putin..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/o...
Opinion | A Great Unraveling Is Underway
Trump’s foreign policy philosophy is not “containment” or “engagement,” but “smash and grab.”
www.nytimes.com
March 12, 2025 at 4:13 AM
"Top officials of our oldest allies say privately they fear that we are becoming not just unstable, but actually their enemy. The only person who gets treated with kid gloves is Putin..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/o...
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Data shows it can prevent six types of cancer. But anti-vaccine activists, including U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., have helped dampen its usage.
An urgent argument for the HPV vaccine
Data shows it can prevent six types of cancer. But anti-vaccine activists, including U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., have helped dampen its usage.
www.npr.org
March 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Data shows it can prevent six types of cancer. But anti-vaccine activists, including U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., have helped dampen its usage.
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No one should be profiting off the detention of immigrants.
Private Prisons Are Ramping Up Detention of Immigrants and Cashing In
The Trump administration is expected to use thousands more beds in these facilities as part of its mass deportation effort.
www.nytimes.com
March 10, 2025 at 7:42 PM
No one should be profiting off the detention of immigrants.
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A leaked memo reveals that DOGE's next target is the VA, with plans to fire more than 80,000 agency workers who provide critical services to veterans and their families.
More than 25% of agency staff are veterans themselves.
How is this "efficiency"?
More than 25% of agency staff are veterans themselves.
How is this "efficiency"?
Chaos at the V.A.: Inside the DOGE Cuts Disrupting the Veterans Agency
Clinical trials have been delayed, contracts canceled and support staff fired. With deeper cuts coming, some are warning of potential harms to veterans.
www.nytimes.com
March 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
A leaked memo reveals that DOGE's next target is the VA, with plans to fire more than 80,000 agency workers who provide critical services to veterans and their families.
More than 25% of agency staff are veterans themselves.
How is this "efficiency"?
More than 25% of agency staff are veterans themselves.
How is this "efficiency"?
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While Trump & Musk DOGE cut the federal workforce and federal contracts leaving THOUSANDS of Americans UNEMPLOYED, Elon Musk & his family are flying for FREE on Air Force.
MUSK is a BILLIONAIRE!! Why are OUR taxes paying for this? THIS is fraud, waste, & abuse.
tribune.com.pk/story/253234...
MUSK is a BILLIONAIRE!! Why are OUR taxes paying for this? THIS is fraud, waste, & abuse.
tribune.com.pk/story/253234...
Elon Musk’s use of Air Force One with family sparks backlash over ‘government waste’ | The Express Tribune
Photos of Elon Musk, his mother, and son on Air Force One with Trump fuel criticism over government spending concerns.
tribune.com.pk
March 8, 2025 at 6:20 PM
While Trump & Musk DOGE cut the federal workforce and federal contracts leaving THOUSANDS of Americans UNEMPLOYED, Elon Musk & his family are flying for FREE on Air Force.
MUSK is a BILLIONAIRE!! Why are OUR taxes paying for this? THIS is fraud, waste, & abuse.
tribune.com.pk/story/253234...
MUSK is a BILLIONAIRE!! Why are OUR taxes paying for this? THIS is fraud, waste, & abuse.
tribune.com.pk/story/253234...
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Nothing screams HYPOCRITE quite like Trump complaining about & gutting school loan forgiveness for grads dedicated to service & bettering our communities while he’s had HUNDREDS of MILLIONS in debt forgiven due bankruptcy 6 times.
tinyurl.com/r6nkkz3j
tinyurl.com/r6nkkz3j
Report: Trump Had Over $280 Million In Debt Forgiven And Avoided Paying Taxes On Most Of It
The debt largely came from his Chicago tower.
tinyurl.com
March 8, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Nothing screams HYPOCRITE quite like Trump complaining about & gutting school loan forgiveness for grads dedicated to service & bettering our communities while he’s had HUNDREDS of MILLIONS in debt forgiven due bankruptcy 6 times.
tinyurl.com/r6nkkz3j
tinyurl.com/r6nkkz3j
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Jon Stewart and @mariaressa.bsky.social discuss how institutions weaken when they fail to act, and how installing loyalists in key positions puts democracy at risk. #TheWeeklyShow #politics
March 7, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Jon Stewart and @mariaressa.bsky.social discuss how institutions weaken when they fail to act, and how installing loyalists in key positions puts democracy at risk. #TheWeeklyShow #politics
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Nothing will ever trickle down.
March 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Nothing will ever trickle down.
The Daily Reid: The Purge
open.substack.com/pub/joyannre...
open.substack.com/pub/joyannre...
The Daily Reid: The Purge
Whither the Enola Gay…
open.substack.com
March 7, 2025 at 7:28 PM
The Daily Reid: The Purge
open.substack.com/pub/joyannre...
open.substack.com/pub/joyannre...
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We’re starting now but there’s still time to join us. 👇
Let’s chat. Join @leahgreenberg.bsky.social and @ezralevin.bsky.social later today for their weekly discussion. This started out as a temporary space after the election but thousands of people continue showing up each week. We will keep this conversation going for as long as it’s helpful for you.
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The onslaught of news, the chaos coming out of the White House – it’s all meant to overwhelm us. It’s a deliberate strategy to sow confusion and make us believe we are powerless to fight back.
The an...
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March 6, 2025 at 8:03 PM
We’re starting now but there’s still time to join us. 👇
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The Trump administration's attacks on its northern neighbor have been met with confusion and anger by some Canadians who are now cancelling their trips to the U.S. in protest.
As Canadians cancel trips due to Trump, the U.S. tourism industry could lose billions
The Trump administration's attacks on its northern neighbor have been met with confusion and anger by some Canadians who are now cancelling their trips to the U.S. in protest.
www.npr.org
March 6, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The Trump administration's attacks on its northern neighbor have been met with confusion and anger by some Canadians who are now cancelling their trips to the U.S. in protest.
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The acting head of Social Security admits it:
DOGE is calling the shots and taking away Social Security benefits.
Firing Social Security staff and closing offices means people lose benefits.
We'll keep fighting to protect Social Security.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
DOGE is calling the shots and taking away Social Security benefits.
Firing Social Security staff and closing offices means people lose benefits.
We'll keep fighting to protect Social Security.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
DOGE is driving Social Security cuts and will make mistakes, acting head says privately
The Social Security Administration’s acting commissioner said members of Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team are outsiders who are unfamiliar with the nuances of the agency’s programs.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 6, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The acting head of Social Security admits it:
DOGE is calling the shots and taking away Social Security benefits.
Firing Social Security staff and closing offices means people lose benefits.
We'll keep fighting to protect Social Security.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
DOGE is calling the shots and taking away Social Security benefits.
Firing Social Security staff and closing offices means people lose benefits.
We'll keep fighting to protect Social Security.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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To every one of my neighbors back in Boston, know this: You belong here. This is your home. Boston es tu hogar. Boston se lakay ou. 這是你的家.
This is our city.
We are the safest major city in the nation because we are safe for everyone.
#Boston #Congress #CongressionalHearing #Immigration
This is our city.
We are the safest major city in the nation because we are safe for everyone.
#Boston #Congress #CongressionalHearing #Immigration
Mayor Michelle Wu's Opening Statement to the United States House Committee on Oversight
YouTube video by City of Boston
youtu.be
March 5, 2025 at 4:32 PM
To every one of my neighbors back in Boston, know this: You belong here. This is your home. Boston es tu hogar. Boston se lakay ou. 這是你的家.
This is our city.
We are the safest major city in the nation because we are safe for everyone.
#Boston #Congress #CongressionalHearing #Immigration
This is our city.
We are the safest major city in the nation because we are safe for everyone.
#Boston #Congress #CongressionalHearing #Immigration
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French Senator Claude Malhuret:
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."
March 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
French Senator Claude Malhuret:
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."
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Proposed anti-DEI bills in SC will have unintended consequences that will be felt for decades if passed. The bills prohibit any DEI in state offices + schools and prevents any private business subcontractors with DEI from working with the state. www.thestate.com/news/politic...
Any company that supports diversity can’t do business with SC under proposed law
More than 60% of S.C. House members have co-sponsored the bill, which says “South Carolinians have witnessed first-hand the disastrous consequences of illegal, pernicious discrimination that has prior...
www.thestate.com
March 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Proposed anti-DEI bills in SC will have unintended consequences that will be felt for decades if passed. The bills prohibit any DEI in state offices + schools and prevents any private business subcontractors with DEI from working with the state. www.thestate.com/news/politic...
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“The first two years of CIA officers’ careers are a time of intense training; the government spends large amounts of money to teach them spy tradecraft, languages and other skills.
“Literally millions of dollars has been put into some of these employees,’ he said…”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...
“Literally millions of dollars has been put into some of these employees,’ he said…”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...
C.I.A. Begins Firing Recently Hired Officers
Some newer employees have been summoned to an off-site location and asked to surrender their credentials.
www.nytimes.com
March 6, 2025 at 3:51 PM
“The first two years of CIA officers’ careers are a time of intense training; the government spends large amounts of money to teach them spy tradecraft, languages and other skills.
“Literally millions of dollars has been put into some of these employees,’ he said…”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...
“Literally millions of dollars has been put into some of these employees,’ he said…”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...
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The Trump-Musk Regime is reportedly planning to cut as much as 50% of the IRS workforce.
Make no mistake: this will starve the government of revenue by making it easier for the rich to evade taxes — which the top 1% already do to the tune of $163 billion a year.
Hello?
Make no mistake: this will starve the government of revenue by making it easier for the rich to evade taxes — which the top 1% already do to the tune of $163 billion a year.
Hello?
March 6, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The Trump-Musk Regime is reportedly planning to cut as much as 50% of the IRS workforce.
Make no mistake: this will starve the government of revenue by making it easier for the rich to evade taxes — which the top 1% already do to the tune of $163 billion a year.
Hello?
Make no mistake: this will starve the government of revenue by making it easier for the rich to evade taxes — which the top 1% already do to the tune of $163 billion a year.
Hello?
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“This is private, confidential data including Social Security numbers and earnings of virtually all people in the country...”
"Federal law restricts access 'to authorized persons and... authorized purposes' such as child support enforcement..."
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
"Federal law restricts access 'to authorized persons and... authorized purposes' such as child support enforcement..."
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
DOGE targets child support database full of income data
The U.S. DOGE Service’s attempt to access a federal database with sensitive information has provoked yet another internal disagreement.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 6, 2025 at 6:42 PM
“This is private, confidential data including Social Security numbers and earnings of virtually all people in the country...”
"Federal law restricts access 'to authorized persons and... authorized purposes' such as child support enforcement..."
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
"Federal law restricts access 'to authorized persons and... authorized purposes' such as child support enforcement..."
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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We should not be having this discussion, as Cuomo's career should be over. Thanks, @lindseyboylan.bsky.social, for standing up to this man, even though it is a miscarriage of justice that you have to.
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/n...
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/n...
Andrew Cuomo for Mayor? His “First Accuser” Says New York City Deserves Better
Taxpayers have paid millions defending the former governor and top aides against accusers’ allegations.
www.vanityfair.com
March 1, 2025 at 9:02 PM
We should not be having this discussion, as Cuomo's career should be over. Thanks, @lindseyboylan.bsky.social, for standing up to this man, even though it is a miscarriage of justice that you have to.
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/n...
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/n...
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March 2, 2025 at 6:19 AM
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Yes
March 1, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Yes