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@hikermarty.bsky.social
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Will there be an investigation? Will there be any consequences? Will anyone lose their job? Will anyone go to jail?

Sure. Probably right around the time when gas prices go down to a dollar per gallon and eggs are 10 cents a dozen. 🙄
March 27, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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When you consider that the men who orchestrated the gutting of reproductive rights knew it’d kill untold numbers of women and nevertheless worked really really really hard to make sure those rights were taken away and those women killed, I’d say they should definitely be seen as having a body count
According to ProPublica, dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since abortion bans were implemented, compared with maternal deaths in the state immediately before the pandemic.
Report: Sepsis, maternal deaths surged in Texas following abortion bans
A new ProPublica analysis finds a 50 percent increase in life-threatening infections since SB8 took effect in 2021.
www.motherjones.com
February 21, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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Republicans just voted it down.
Right now in the Capitol: The Senate is about to vote on an amendment to the GOP budget bill focused on bringing down the cost of groceries. Let’s see if Republicans are as interested in cutting your grocery bills as they are in giving billionaires tax cuts.
February 21, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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Most of the people quoted here *are Republicans* afraid of death threats *from their own party leader.*

www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
“They’re Scared Shitless”: The Threat of Political Violence Informing Trump’s Grip on Congress
With the president smashing norm after norm, even lawmakers within his party have feared for their personal safety, and at least one has told confidants that it has swayed his decision-making.
www.vanityfair.com
February 20, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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More than 1,000 pages of national, regional and state health data was removed from the CDC and FDA websites on Jan. 31 as part of a federal government data purge. Healthcare organizations say this threatens the quality of healthcare delivery across the nation.
www.upi.com/Health_News/...
Health groups sound alarm on missing CDC, FDA data - UPI.com
Prominent health care organizations urge the Trump administration to restore important data sets on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Food and Drug Administration websites.
www.upi.com
February 9, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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The buyouts email sent by OPM uses the same headline as what Elon Musk sent to Twitter employees when he took over the company — “Fork in the Road.” It also has a similar “click yes or no” form at the end of the email.

www.opm.gov/fork
January 29, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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You can't do everything and that is a great excuse to support local small business, if you're able. Do you have a CSA program, a farmers market, or a small grocer nearby? I can make bread but I don't have time, so I buy from cottage bakers. You can just buy things and support local business.
Yes. I think everyone should garden if/how they can (it's good for you and good for the planet when done responsibly) but I agree it is completely unrealistic to think you'll be fully self-reliant. That's delusional libertarian prepper nonsense. We gotta work together.
January 29, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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Donny’s HERE!!!!!!
The weather forecast for Washington, DC is predicting brutally cold temperatures — in the low teens — on Inauguration Day.

Good.
a man with ice on his face is standing in a snowy field
ALT: a man with ice on his face is standing in a snowy field
media.tenor.com
January 16, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Okay then
December 6, 2024 at 9:50 PM
Except that bag should be much, much bigger.
It’s disheartening to witness such short-sightedness from some…
November 26, 2024 at 4:17 PM
Just in case…
November 20, 2024 at 9:40 PM
“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”

- James Baldwin
November 19, 2024 at 2:50 AM
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“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”

- James Baldwin
November 18, 2024 at 5:15 AM