Hoot-n-Nanny
@hoot-n-nanny.bsky.social
Animal lover, Sci-fi Nerd, Menagerie mom, amateur foodie, love hiking, history, TTRPG, cosplay, & silliness. Warning, my feed will be a lot of cat, dogs & bird posts mixed with an eclectic blend of feel-good posts and some not so feel good politics.
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The entire permanent staff of the Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice was laid off. This division addresses issues such as asthma and air pollution, climate change and health, childhood lead poisoning, and cancer clusters.
April 4, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The entire permanent staff of the Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice was laid off. This division addresses issues such as asthma and air pollution, climate change and health, childhood lead poisoning, and cancer clusters.
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Chris Murphy: "That's what's coming at scale. Not just on washing machines, but virtually on every consumer product. A big price increase, little to no domestic job creation, all the pain on the middle class."
April 4, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Chris Murphy: "That's what's coming at scale. Not just on washing machines, but virtually on every consumer product. A big price increase, little to no domestic job creation, all the pain on the middle class."
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The oil price collapse tells me that the Trump recession has already begun, we are just waiting for the statistics to begin recording and measuring the downturn
April 4, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The oil price collapse tells me that the Trump recession has already begun, we are just waiting for the statistics to begin recording and measuring the downturn
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Oh man, somebody get him out of there. He’s crazy.
April 4, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Oh man, somebody get him out of there. He’s crazy.
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Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
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Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
snyder.substack.com
March 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
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March 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Goebbels barbie is the worst version of Barbie ever.
March 25, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Goebbels barbie is the worst version of Barbie ever.
There are some other very important things happening that could hurt millions of people directly.
Don't let 1 incompetency suck up all of the air when we have so many more options.
Don't let 1 incompetency suck up all of the air when we have so many more options.
“Dudek also said the changes, happening so fast and with little public understanding, will create opportunities for scammers”
What on earth are we doing here??
What on earth are we doing here??
NEW: The Social Security Administration is rushing cuts to phone services at the White House's request, the agency's acting commissioner told Social Security advocates in a meeting on Monday, two sources who attended tell Axios.
March 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM
There are some other very important things happening that could hurt millions of people directly.
Don't let 1 incompetency suck up all of the air when we have so many more options.
Don't let 1 incompetency suck up all of the air when we have so many more options.
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Unearthed flight data now reveals that a member of the unsecured Trump admin war planning group chat was in Russia during the time it was being used.
As top Trump aides sent texts on Signal, flight data show a member of the group chat was in Russia
As top Trump cabinet members sent texts in a Signal group chat, CBS News analysis shows one of them, Steve Witkoff, was in Russia.
www.cbsnews.com
March 25, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Unearthed flight data now reveals that a member of the unsecured Trump admin war planning group chat was in Russia during the time it was being used.
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Let's summarize what Dems did w/first of 2 hearings w/Ratcliffe & Tulsi.
1) Got both on record w/claims abt war plans (w/one Senate staffer may have known false)
2) Got half agreement for audit
3) Told Kash to report back today
4) Got Tulsi a) traveling during Signal chat b) w/poss personal phone
1) Got both on record w/claims abt war plans (w/one Senate staffer may have known false)
2) Got half agreement for audit
3) Told Kash to report back today
4) Got Tulsi a) traveling during Signal chat b) w/poss personal phone
March 25, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Let's summarize what Dems did w/first of 2 hearings w/Ratcliffe & Tulsi.
1) Got both on record w/claims abt war plans (w/one Senate staffer may have known false)
2) Got half agreement for audit
3) Told Kash to report back today
4) Got Tulsi a) traveling during Signal chat b) w/poss personal phone
1) Got both on record w/claims abt war plans (w/one Senate staffer may have known false)
2) Got half agreement for audit
3) Told Kash to report back today
4) Got Tulsi a) traveling during Signal chat b) w/poss personal phone
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I want to share with you three rules for fighting tyrannical fear and intimidation, gleaned from discussions I’ve had with a number of people who have lived in repressive regimes. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-respond-to-fear-and-intimidation
March 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I want to share with you three rules for fighting tyrannical fear and intimidation, gleaned from discussions I’ve had with a number of people who have lived in repressive regimes. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-respond-to-fear-and-intimidation
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AOC is obviously the leader of the Democratic party. The time between now and when that becomes the reality, will very, very likely be more of the same tired appeasement tactics and sad sop losing.
March 16, 2025 at 11:37 PM
AOC is obviously the leader of the Democratic party. The time between now and when that becomes the reality, will very, very likely be more of the same tired appeasement tactics and sad sop losing.
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If you let the executive deport people to a foreign gulag just by pronouncing the word “terrorism,” then expect to be called a “terrorist” soon yourself.
March 17, 2025 at 3:21 AM
If you let the executive deport people to a foreign gulag just by pronouncing the word “terrorism,” then expect to be called a “terrorist” soon yourself.
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Yosemite National Park’s annual budget is around $30 million. About $25 million was blown just so a certain someone could attend the Super Bowl and Daytona 500. Instead of shutting down the parks, just sit him in front of a TV.
February 26, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Yosemite National Park’s annual budget is around $30 million. About $25 million was blown just so a certain someone could attend the Super Bowl and Daytona 500. Instead of shutting down the parks, just sit him in front of a TV.
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The Supreme Court temporarily blocked a judge's order requiring the Trump administration to release billions in foreign aid
Supreme Court, For Now, Won't Require Trump Administration To Release Billions In Foreign Aid
The Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a judge’s order giving the Trump administration a midnight deadline to release billions of dollars in U.S. foreign aid.
www.huffpost.com
February 27, 2025 at 2:55 AM
The Supreme Court temporarily blocked a judge's order requiring the Trump administration to release billions in foreign aid
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Sweet Baby Jesus,
Why did you take our brains from us? Was it the Trump bibles? Was it worshiping a golden oaf? How can we make amends?
Why did you take our brains from us? Was it the Trump bibles? Was it worshiping a golden oaf? How can we make amends?
February 20, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Sweet Baby Jesus,
Why did you take our brains from us? Was it the Trump bibles? Was it worshiping a golden oaf? How can we make amends?
Why did you take our brains from us? Was it the Trump bibles? Was it worshiping a golden oaf? How can we make amends?
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This is 💯 percent him confessing now that he plans to not have elections.
February 20, 2025 at 6:37 PM
This is 💯 percent him confessing now that he plans to not have elections.
Florida MAGA, you did this to yourselves.
Baldwin: "Last night, the president said 'I'm not touching Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, VA, I'm not touching them.' By this morning, he endorsed the House budget resolution which paves the way for massive cuts to Medicaid."
February 20, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Florida MAGA, you did this to yourselves.
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BREAKING: USAID contractors/aid recipients say Secretary Rubio and USAID leader Peter Marocco should be held in civil contempt for violating a court order to lift spending freeze.
February 19, 2025 at 9:17 PM
BREAKING: USAID contractors/aid recipients say Secretary Rubio and USAID leader Peter Marocco should be held in civil contempt for violating a court order to lift spending freeze.
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OTD in 1939 in Zakopane, Poland the 5th of 7 (!!) Gestapo-NKVD conferences took place, deepening Nazi-Soviet collusion in destroying the Polish state & committing crimes against humanity.
Imagine, today, the Kremlin meeting fascists to carve up eastern Europe over their heads..
Imagine, today, the Kremlin meeting fascists to carve up eastern Europe over their heads..
February 20, 2025 at 5:59 PM
OTD in 1939 in Zakopane, Poland the 5th of 7 (!!) Gestapo-NKVD conferences took place, deepening Nazi-Soviet collusion in destroying the Polish state & committing crimes against humanity.
Imagine, today, the Kremlin meeting fascists to carve up eastern Europe over their heads..
Imagine, today, the Kremlin meeting fascists to carve up eastern Europe over their heads..
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@raskin.house.gov: "The whole anti-corruption crusade is an absolute fraud. They started by decimating the ranks of the inspectors general. These are the people whose job is actually, day in and day out, 365 days a year, to ferret out waste, fraud and abuse in the departments and the agencies."
February 18, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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NEW: Nearly 1,000 career federal prosecutors have penned a letter to salute the bravery of those who stood up to the recent actions of Trump DoJ leadership. One of the signatures belongs to Jack Smith. www.thejusticeconnection.org/wp-content/u...
February 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
NEW: Nearly 1,000 career federal prosecutors have penned a letter to salute the bravery of those who stood up to the recent actions of Trump DoJ leadership. One of the signatures belongs to Jack Smith. www.thejusticeconnection.org/wp-content/u...