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Lichenstone
@healowe.bsky.social
· Jan 25
No. A McCain is when a man has the courage to put a thumbs down vote when he knows it will make the outcome his peers don’t want.
And Dear Leader has never lost a chance to insult him//his memory. No more of these statesmen left in the Senate.
And Dear Leader has never lost a chance to insult him//his memory. No more of these statesmen left in the Senate.
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Taken at the cabinet meeting today. A picture is worth a million words!
October 10, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Taken at the cabinet meeting today. A picture is worth a million words!
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Nice article from @pbs.org debunking RFKJ's bullsh** claim that that pediatricians are recommending vaccines for money.
August 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Nice article from @pbs.org debunking RFKJ's bullsh** claim that that pediatricians are recommending vaccines for money.
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“The Trump administration is, for the first time in history, substantially intervening inside NIH to bring it under political control,” according to a senior NIH official who spoke on condition of anonymity. My latest.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘It’s really, really bad right now’: NIH scientists dismayed by Trump cuts
Researchers say scientific community is in state of whiplash and accuse president of trying to ‘destroy’ vital work
www.theguardian.com
August 7, 2025 at 5:12 PM
“The Trump administration is, for the first time in history, substantially intervening inside NIH to bring it under political control,” according to a senior NIH official who spoke on condition of anonymity. My latest.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Please see the Election Truth Alliance's statement below regarding allegations of an NSA-authorized forensic audit of the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election.
U.S. whistleblower resources:
whistleblower.org/resources-fo...
New ETA anonymous tipline:
electiontruthalliance.org/eta-anonymou...
U.S. whistleblower resources:
whistleblower.org/resources-fo...
New ETA anonymous tipline:
electiontruthalliance.org/eta-anonymou...
August 2, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Please see the Election Truth Alliance's statement below regarding allegations of an NSA-authorized forensic audit of the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election.
U.S. whistleblower resources:
whistleblower.org/resources-fo...
New ETA anonymous tipline:
electiontruthalliance.org/eta-anonymou...
U.S. whistleblower resources:
whistleblower.org/resources-fo...
New ETA anonymous tipline:
electiontruthalliance.org/eta-anonymou...
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“Not only is that a hard no, I mean, you’re not even going to breathe on my equipment,” Koppes told CNN. 😤
Read the full article here: www.cnn.com/2025/08/02/p...
#VerifytheVote #SecureElections #SecuretheMidterms #ElectionGate
Read the full article here: www.cnn.com/2025/08/02/p...
#VerifytheVote #SecureElections #SecuretheMidterms #ElectionGate
Trump and his allies mount a pressure campaign against US elections ahead of the midterms | CNN Politics
A few weeks ago, Republican election officials in Colorado began receiving unsolicited calls and texts from a GOP consultant who said he was working with the Trump administration on “election…
www.cnn.com
August 2, 2025 at 11:38 PM
“Not only is that a hard no, I mean, you’re not even going to breathe on my equipment,” Koppes told CNN. 😤
Read the full article here: www.cnn.com/2025/08/02/p...
#VerifytheVote #SecureElections #SecuretheMidterms #ElectionGate
Read the full article here: www.cnn.com/2025/08/02/p...
#VerifytheVote #SecureElections #SecuretheMidterms #ElectionGate
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NEW: The Trump administration is transforming local police into ICE agents with minimal training, using an obscure provision in a decades-old law that allows ICE to delegate immigration enforcement authority to local departments.
@jesspish.bsky.social explains👇
@jesspish.bsky.social explains👇
The Trump Administration Is Turning Local Police Into ICE Agents
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
August 4, 2025 at 6:46 PM
NEW: The Trump administration is transforming local police into ICE agents with minimal training, using an obscure provision in a decades-old law that allows ICE to delegate immigration enforcement authority to local departments.
@jesspish.bsky.social explains👇
@jesspish.bsky.social explains👇
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Simply no longer a democracy. People are being fired by the mad king for reporting on the disastrous results of his trade policies. Just like how he thought no tests meant no covid, or refusing to allow people on a cruise ship to de-board would mean that the disease would go away.
August 4, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Simply no longer a democracy. People are being fired by the mad king for reporting on the disastrous results of his trade policies. Just like how he thought no tests meant no covid, or refusing to allow people on a cruise ship to de-board would mean that the disease would go away.
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Epstein confidante Ghislaine Maxwell transferred to lower-security prison in Texas
Epstein confidante Ghislaine Maxwell transferred to lower-security prison in Texas
Move comes after Maxwell met with deputy attorney general about those involved in late sex offender’s crimes
Ghislaine Maxwell has been transferred from a federal prison in Florida where she was serving her 20-year sentence for sex trafficking as an associate of Jeffrey Epstein to a lower-security facility in Texas, the US Bureau of Prisons said on Friday.
“We can confirm, Ghislaine Maxwell is in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) at the Federal Prison Camp (FPC) Bryan in Bryan, Texas,” a spokesperson said. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
August 1, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Epstein confidante Ghislaine Maxwell transferred to lower-security prison in Texas
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NEW: As Trump continues to rail against the judiciary, federal judges detailed in rare public remarks the barrage of violent threats they received after ruling against the administration.
One judge said the "irresponsible rhetoric is…inviting people to do us harm.”
From: @jaknutson.bsky.social
One judge said the "irresponsible rhetoric is…inviting people to do us harm.”
From: @jaknutson.bsky.social
‘It’s Just So Disgusting’: Judges Warn of Rising Threats As Trump Steps Up Attack on Courts
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
August 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
NEW: As Trump continues to rail against the judiciary, federal judges detailed in rare public remarks the barrage of violent threats they received after ruling against the administration.
One judge said the "irresponsible rhetoric is…inviting people to do us harm.”
From: @jaknutson.bsky.social
One judge said the "irresponsible rhetoric is…inviting people to do us harm.”
From: @jaknutson.bsky.social
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Damn! The presidential pardon was meant to transcend justice, to correct legal errors, to reward remorse. It was for people who had served their sentences, acknowledged their crimes, made restitution.
Not to kick the law aside, to say pedophilia is “No big deal,” to allow predators loose in society.
Not to kick the law aside, to say pedophilia is “No big deal,” to allow predators loose in society.
July 30, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Damn! The presidential pardon was meant to transcend justice, to correct legal errors, to reward remorse. It was for people who had served their sentences, acknowledged their crimes, made restitution.
Not to kick the law aside, to say pedophilia is “No big deal,” to allow predators loose in society.
Not to kick the law aside, to say pedophilia is “No big deal,” to allow predators loose in society.
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“Education is not memorizing that Hitler killed 6 million Jews. Education is understanding how millions of ordinary Germans were convinced that it was required. Education is learning how to spot the signs of history repeating itself.”
–Noam Chomsky
–Noam Chomsky
July 27, 2025 at 11:47 PM
“Education is not memorizing that Hitler killed 6 million Jews. Education is understanding how millions of ordinary Germans were convinced that it was required. Education is learning how to spot the signs of history repeating itself.”
–Noam Chomsky
–Noam Chomsky
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FEMA is using our taxes—intended for disaster relief—to build concentration camps.
While they shift focus towards creating “more facilities like Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’” they’re failing to support Texas and are intentionally withholding critical relief from states with Democratic governors.
While they shift focus towards creating “more facilities like Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’” they’re failing to support Texas and are intentionally withholding critical relief from states with Democratic governors.
FEMA giving out $600M to states so they can build migrant detention facilities
Administration has leaned on local partners in GOP-led states to rapidly scale up immigration detention system
www.independent.co.uk
July 27, 2025 at 9:12 PM
FEMA is using our taxes—intended for disaster relief—to build concentration camps.
While they shift focus towards creating “more facilities like Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’” they’re failing to support Texas and are intentionally withholding critical relief from states with Democratic governors.
While they shift focus towards creating “more facilities like Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’” they’re failing to support Texas and are intentionally withholding critical relief from states with Democratic governors.
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Media Matters, a watchdog exposing right-wing lies and extremism, is being sued to death by Elon Musk and regulated to death by Donald Trump.
This is a gift link so you can read about the fascist assault on free speech. Get active now, while you can.
This is a gift link so you can read about the fascist assault on free speech. Get active now, while you can.
Under Siege From Trump and Musk, a Top Liberal Group Falls Into Crisis
www.nytimes.com
July 25, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Media Matters, a watchdog exposing right-wing lies and extremism, is being sued to death by Elon Musk and regulated to death by Donald Trump.
This is a gift link so you can read about the fascist assault on free speech. Get active now, while you can.
This is a gift link so you can read about the fascist assault on free speech. Get active now, while you can.
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We have a dummy for a president who spews bs daily and who can’t remember what he said a week ago. I loathe anyone who still supports this fool. #fktrump
July 25, 2025 at 3:39 PM
We have a dummy for a president who spews bs daily and who can’t remember what he said a week ago. I loathe anyone who still supports this fool. #fktrump
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@propublica.org and @nolanews.bsky.social published this big investiation in 2019: Welcome to “Cancer Alley,” Where Toxic Air Is About to Get Worse
Welcome to “Cancer Alley,” Where Toxic Air Is About to Get Worse
Air quality has improved for decades across the U.S., but Louisiana is backsliding. Our analysis found that a crush of new industrial plants will increase concentrations of cancer-causing chemicals in...
www.propublica.org
July 25, 2025 at 12:51 PM
@propublica.org and @nolanews.bsky.social published this big investiation in 2019: Welcome to “Cancer Alley,” Where Toxic Air Is About to Get Worse
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Oh wow. Plants in "Cancer Alley" are huge emitters.
Trump excludes 12 Louisiana chemical facilities from new EPA pollution rule
Trump excludes 12 Louisiana chemical facilities from new EPA pollution rule
Trump excludes 12 Louisiana chemical facilities from new EPA pollution rule • Louisiana Illuminator
Trump issued what the White House labeled “regulatory relief for certain stationary sources to promote American chemical manufacturing security.”
lailluminator.com
July 25, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Oh wow. Plants in "Cancer Alley" are huge emitters.
Trump excludes 12 Louisiana chemical facilities from new EPA pollution rule
Trump excludes 12 Louisiana chemical facilities from new EPA pollution rule
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A California bill to bar law enforcement agents from wearing masks to conceal their identities was passed by a key legislative committee Tuesday.
Senate Bill 627 prohibits law enforcement at all levels from engaging in extreme masking to conceal their identity.
www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/b...
Senate Bill 627 prohibits law enforcement at all levels from engaging in extreme masking to conceal their identity.
www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/b...
California bill against law enforcement masking advances
A California bill aimed at barring law enforcement agents from wearing masks to conceal their identities took a step closer to becoming law Tuesday.
www.nbcbayarea.com
July 16, 2025 at 2:07 AM
A California bill to bar law enforcement agents from wearing masks to conceal their identities was passed by a key legislative committee Tuesday.
Senate Bill 627 prohibits law enforcement at all levels from engaging in extreme masking to conceal their identity.
www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/b...
Senate Bill 627 prohibits law enforcement at all levels from engaging in extreme masking to conceal their identity.
www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/b...
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Truly unbelievable.
July 16, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Truly unbelievable.
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They are telling you who and what matters to them, please listen!
A federal judge in Texas on Friday granted a request from the Trump administration and industry groups to scrap regulations adopted during the final days of Biden's presidency that would have removed consumers' medical debts from their credit reports.
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
US judge grants Trump admin request to scrap Biden-era medical debt rule
A federal judge in Texas on Friday granted a request from the Trump administration and industry groups to scrap regulations adopted during the final days of Joe Biden's presidency that would have removed consumers' medical debts from their credit reports, court papers showed.
www.reuters.com
July 12, 2025 at 3:21 AM
They are telling you who and what matters to them, please listen!
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They tossed softballs and heaped praise on the federal and local response. It was bizarre. Definitely felt more like political theatre than a real briefing.
July 12, 2025 at 1:17 AM
They tossed softballs and heaped praise on the federal and local response. It was bizarre. Definitely felt more like political theatre than a real briefing.
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from today’s post, on the The New York Times' insane description of birthright citizenship as a 'longstanding custom.' what in the actual fuck —
please read the whole thing, thanks!
link is here: bit.ly/4kvSdGs
(and as always, there's a longer excerpt in the alt text)
please read the whole thing, thanks!
link is here: bit.ly/4kvSdGs
(and as always, there's a longer excerpt in the alt text)
July 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
from today’s post, on the The New York Times' insane description of birthright citizenship as a 'longstanding custom.' what in the actual fuck —
please read the whole thing, thanks!
link is here: bit.ly/4kvSdGs
(and as always, there's a longer excerpt in the alt text)
please read the whole thing, thanks!
link is here: bit.ly/4kvSdGs
(and as always, there's a longer excerpt in the alt text)
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If you want to understand how far DOJ had slide into become an agent of the Republican voter suppression machine, take a look at this chart. www.democracydocket.com/timeline-tra...
Timeline: Tracking the Trump Justice Department’s Anti-Voting Shift
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has long worked to protect voting rights. But since President Donald Trump returned to office, the DOJ’s voting section has done a dramatic 180. Today, rather than...
www.democracydocket.com
July 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM
If you want to understand how far DOJ had slide into become an agent of the Republican voter suppression machine, take a look at this chart. www.democracydocket.com/timeline-tra...