Hestia
@hestiax.bsky.social
Witch, Progressive, avid reader, mother, #COA
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Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
November 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
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Speaker Johnson has literally said he's "not promising anyone anything."
For once, I believe him.
For once, I believe him.
November 10, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Speaker Johnson has literally said he's "not promising anyone anything."
For once, I believe him.
For once, I believe him.
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To the 8 senators who voted to give up the only leverage they had and trust the GOP:
November 10, 2025 at 6:21 PM
To the 8 senators who voted to give up the only leverage they had and trust the GOP:
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Job applicants at the DOJ are being tested on their love for Trump.
DOJ in Crisis as Applicants Flunk the ‘Favorite Trump Policy’ Test
Job applicants at the DOJ are being tested on their love for Trump
trib.al
November 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Job applicants at the DOJ are being tested on their love for Trump.
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"Hundreds of billions of dollars in new breaks for big businesses and investors... contributing hundreds of billions of dollars to the federal deficit, on top of the trillions that the legislation signed by Trump in July is already adding to the deficit..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
"Hundreds of billions of dollars in new breaks for big businesses and investors... contributing hundreds of billions of dollars to the federal deficit, on top of the trillions that the legislation signed by Trump in July is already adding to the deficit..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
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We are going to live in a world where the the marginal cost of electricity is very close to zero
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 5:51 PM
We are going to live in a world where the the marginal cost of electricity is very close to zero
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Populist Dems won. Moderate Dems won. We won in blue states. We won in purple states.
Maybe the take is that (a) people think Trump is out of control; and (b) people like Dems when we're taking a stand and fighting for what we believe in - as we have been for the last month.
Maybe the take is that (a) people think Trump is out of control; and (b) people like Dems when we're taking a stand and fighting for what we believe in - as we have been for the last month.
November 5, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Populist Dems won. Moderate Dems won. We won in blue states. We won in purple states.
Maybe the take is that (a) people think Trump is out of control; and (b) people like Dems when we're taking a stand and fighting for what we believe in - as we have been for the last month.
Maybe the take is that (a) people think Trump is out of control; and (b) people like Dems when we're taking a stand and fighting for what we believe in - as we have been for the last month.
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"Pope Leo said Scripture emphasizes the question that will be posed at the end of the world:
'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."
chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."
chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
Pope Leo calls for ‘deep reflection’ about treatment of detained migrants in U.S.
“Many people who have lived for years and years and years, never causing problems, have been deeply affected by what is going on right now,” Chicago-born pope says.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:02 AM
"Pope Leo said Scripture emphasizes the question that will be posed at the end of the world:
'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."
chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."
chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
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Peaceful protest should never be met with violence.
October 30, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Peaceful protest should never be met with violence.
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Today’s act of political violence in Utah against Charlie Kirk is absolutely disgusting and unacceptable.
We don’t have to agree on everything, but we should all agree on this: political violence is wrong, and has no place in our democracy
We don’t have to agree on everything, but we should all agree on this: political violence is wrong, and has no place in our democracy
September 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Today’s act of political violence in Utah against Charlie Kirk is absolutely disgusting and unacceptable.
We don’t have to agree on everything, but we should all agree on this: political violence is wrong, and has no place in our democracy
We don’t have to agree on everything, but we should all agree on this: political violence is wrong, and has no place in our democracy
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You must read this!👇👇👇👇
April 16, 2025 at 2:39 AM
You must read this!👇👇👇👇
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"Our parents are actively fighting for our country for us to be able to have these rights..."
www.military.com/daily-news/2...
www.military.com/daily-news/2...
April 11, 2025 at 6:11 PM
"Our parents are actively fighting for our country for us to be able to have these rights..."
www.military.com/daily-news/2...
www.military.com/daily-news/2...
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“They’ve been relentlessly dismantling every single civil rights agency in the federal government, and this could be the last one standing.”
Garza added that she is “prepared to challenge any attempt to illegally remove me as chairwoman.”
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
Garza added that she is “prepared to challenge any attempt to illegally remove me as chairwoman.”
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
Trump is trying to quietly wrest control of a top federal civil rights board
He wants to demote the Democratic chair and replace her with a hand-picked Republican.
www.politico.com
April 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
“They’ve been relentlessly dismantling every single civil rights agency in the federal government, and this could be the last one standing.”
Garza added that she is “prepared to challenge any attempt to illegally remove me as chairwoman.”
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
Garza added that she is “prepared to challenge any attempt to illegally remove me as chairwoman.”
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
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Trump is forcing Americans who are seeking their earned benefits to sign up for Elon Musk's app.
Pure corruption.
Pure corruption.
April 11, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Trump is forcing Americans who are seeking their earned benefits to sign up for Elon Musk's app.
Pure corruption.
Pure corruption.
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“This is yet another example of a DOGE ‘report’ misunderstanding this data at best, blatantly mischaracterizing this data at worst.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/u...
Musk’s Latest Fraud Finding Isn’t What It Seems
His team found cases of seemingly fake people receiving unemployment benefits. But that fake data exists for a reason.
www.nytimes.com
April 12, 2025 at 1:49 PM
“This is yet another example of a DOGE ‘report’ misunderstanding this data at best, blatantly mischaracterizing this data at worst.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/u...
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I just talked to someone (I will omit their relationship to me and their work for saftey) They have a new, high tech gov job. DOGE fired then rehired w/ back pay, offered a package to quit but that was paused till Sept.
They will get paid for 10 months of work they will not be allowed to do.
They will get paid for 10 months of work they will not be allowed to do.
April 11, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I just talked to someone (I will omit their relationship to me and their work for saftey) They have a new, high tech gov job. DOGE fired then rehired w/ back pay, offered a package to quit but that was paused till Sept.
They will get paid for 10 months of work they will not be allowed to do.
They will get paid for 10 months of work they will not be allowed to do.
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Can't even believe the blatant corruption with these people. Not trying to hide anything because they all know nothing will be done about it. I'm so sick of this bullshit!
April 11, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Can't even believe the blatant corruption with these people. Not trying to hide anything because they all know nothing will be done about it. I'm so sick of this bullshit!
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Fear has a way of being contagious.
But courage is also contagious.
But courage is also contagious.
April 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Fear has a way of being contagious.
But courage is also contagious.
But courage is also contagious.
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300. And we know about fewer than 100 so far.
The war on free speech escalates alongside the war on immigrants. They want to reduce the number of foreign students.
The war on free speech escalates alongside the war on immigrants. They want to reduce the number of foreign students.
NEW: The Trump administration swiftly cancelled dozens of international student visas Friday at Stanford and University of California campuses, including UCLA, UC Berkeley and UC San Diego. One UC San Diego student was taken into custody at the border for deportation: www.latimes.com/california/s...
Trump administration cancels more than a dozen international student visas at University of California, Stanford
Amid a national sweep over student visas that has hit colleges across the U.S., the Trump administration on Friday canceled more than a dozen international student visas at the University of Californi...
www.latimes.com
April 5, 2025 at 10:52 PM
300. And we know about fewer than 100 so far.
The war on free speech escalates alongside the war on immigrants. They want to reduce the number of foreign students.
The war on free speech escalates alongside the war on immigrants. They want to reduce the number of foreign students.
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April 1, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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“Yes, we do need some First Amendment protections at the State Department, but not for imagined transgressions of previous administrations.
We need them from this administration, today.”
Watch the rest here: foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing/cens...
We need them from this administration, today.”
Watch the rest here: foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing/cens...
April 1, 2025 at 10:30 PM
“Yes, we do need some First Amendment protections at the State Department, but not for imagined transgressions of previous administrations.
We need them from this administration, today.”
Watch the rest here: foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing/cens...
We need them from this administration, today.”
Watch the rest here: foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing/cens...
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Booker: "I confess that I have been imperfect. I confess that I've been inadequate to the moment. I've confess that the Democratic Party has made terrible mistakes that gave a lane to this demagogue. I confess we all must look in the mirror and say 'we will do better.'"
April 1, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Booker: "I confess that I have been imperfect. I confess that I've been inadequate to the moment. I've confess that the Democratic Party has made terrible mistakes that gave a lane to this demagogue. I confess we all must look in the mirror and say 'we will do better.'"
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This is a United States Senator
MACK: I was laid off from HHS and now people aren’t getting social services, especially people with disabilities
BANKS: You probably deserved it
MACK: Why did I deserve it?
BANKS: Because you look like a clown
MACK: I was laid off from HHS and now people aren’t getting social services, especially people with disabilities
BANKS: You probably deserved it
MACK: Why did I deserve it?
BANKS: Because you look like a clown
April 2, 2025 at 2:32 PM
This is a United States Senator
MACK: I was laid off from HHS and now people aren’t getting social services, especially people with disabilities
BANKS: You probably deserved it
MACK: Why did I deserve it?
BANKS: Because you look like a clown
MACK: I was laid off from HHS and now people aren’t getting social services, especially people with disabilities
BANKS: You probably deserved it
MACK: Why did I deserve it?
BANKS: Because you look like a clown
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The many triumphed over the money in Wisconsin's Supreme Court election yesterday.
Congratulations to Judge Susan Crawford, to the people of Wisconsin, and to everyone fighting for a just and free America. Let's keep going.
Congratulations to Judge Susan Crawford, to the people of Wisconsin, and to everyone fighting for a just and free America. Let's keep going.
April 2, 2025 at 1:14 PM
The many triumphed over the money in Wisconsin's Supreme Court election yesterday.
Congratulations to Judge Susan Crawford, to the people of Wisconsin, and to everyone fighting for a just and free America. Let's keep going.
Congratulations to Judge Susan Crawford, to the people of Wisconsin, and to everyone fighting for a just and free America. Let's keep going.