Erdried Ottaflam
@idreamofdeer.bsky.social
lover of photography, reading, cooking, nature, kindness, and love
Upper Hudson Valley, NY
Upper Hudson Valley, NY
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The Trump administration is waging an illegal assault on public school kids.
Instead of working to lower costs, they're punishing students.
Linda McMahon knows she doesn’t have the power to dismantle the Department.
Only Congress can, and I will not let that happen.
Instead of working to lower costs, they're punishing students.
Linda McMahon knows she doesn’t have the power to dismantle the Department.
Only Congress can, and I will not let that happen.
Trump administration announces dismantling of parts of the Education Dept.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order in March seeking to close the department, but only Congress has the power to do that.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:33 PM
The Trump administration is waging an illegal assault on public school kids.
Instead of working to lower costs, they're punishing students.
Linda McMahon knows she doesn’t have the power to dismantle the Department.
Only Congress can, and I will not let that happen.
Instead of working to lower costs, they're punishing students.
Linda McMahon knows she doesn’t have the power to dismantle the Department.
Only Congress can, and I will not let that happen.
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WAPO WTF this is a STRAIGHT UP LIE!
November 14, 2025 at 1:22 AM
WAPO WTF this is a STRAIGHT UP LIE!
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Many of the Democratic Party’s most committed progressives are over 70. Robert Kuttner argues the problem with the party isn’t gerontocracy—it’s the corporate Democrats in charge. trib.al/8IHWe26
The Myth of the Democrats’ Gerontocracy Problem - The American Prospect
The Democrats’ problem is not age—it’s corporate and centrist Democrats of all ages. What distinguishes some of the most successful young Democrats is not just their youth but the fact that they are compelling progressive populists.
trib.al
November 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Many of the Democratic Party’s most committed progressives are over 70. Robert Kuttner argues the problem with the party isn’t gerontocracy—it’s the corporate Democrats in charge. trib.al/8IHWe26
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I'm here outside Speaker Johnson’s office because he is starving families and gutting health care to cover up the Epstein Files.
Change my mind.
Change my mind.
November 6, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I'm here outside Speaker Johnson’s office because he is starving families and gutting health care to cover up the Epstein Files.
Change my mind.
Change my mind.
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Not enough people are talking about this:
Even before Trump cut off SNAP funding, he and Republicans in Congress made the biggest cuts to food assistance in U.S. history.
Even before Trump cut off SNAP funding, he and Republicans in Congress made the biggest cuts to food assistance in U.S. history.
November 6, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Not enough people are talking about this:
Even before Trump cut off SNAP funding, he and Republicans in Congress made the biggest cuts to food assistance in U.S. history.
Even before Trump cut off SNAP funding, he and Republicans in Congress made the biggest cuts to food assistance in U.S. history.
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Content moderation is out, but outright censorship is in:
"YouTube quietly erased more than 700 videos documenting Israrli human rights violations... in response to a US government campaign to stifle accountability for alleged Israeli war crimes." theintercept.com/2025/11/04/y...
"YouTube quietly erased more than 700 videos documenting Israrli human rights violations... in response to a US government campaign to stifle accountability for alleged Israeli war crimes." theintercept.com/2025/11/04/y...
YouTube Quietly Erased More Than 700 Videos Documenting Israeli Human Rights Violations
The tech giant deleted the accounts of three prominent Palestinian human rights groups — a capitulation to Trump sanctions.
theintercept.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Content moderation is out, but outright censorship is in:
"YouTube quietly erased more than 700 videos documenting Israrli human rights violations... in response to a US government campaign to stifle accountability for alleged Israeli war crimes." theintercept.com/2025/11/04/y...
"YouTube quietly erased more than 700 videos documenting Israrli human rights violations... in response to a US government campaign to stifle accountability for alleged Israeli war crimes." theintercept.com/2025/11/04/y...
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dems really need to make an issue out of this and force action on it before the midterms, its unacceptable and its becoming a republican election strategy
www.nj.com/passaic-coun...
www.nj.com/passaic-coun...
Bomb threat at several N.J. polling locations linked to Russian email address, police say
The bomb threat caused several locations to be closed as police investigated and ultimately led to a judge extending polling hours until 9 p.m. at those locations.
www.nj.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:34 AM
dems really need to make an issue out of this and force action on it before the midterms, its unacceptable and its becoming a republican election strategy
www.nj.com/passaic-coun...
www.nj.com/passaic-coun...
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The Trump administration has a rainy day fund that will keep SNAP from expiring in November. Trump is refusing to use it.
Funding SNAP isn't a choice he can make. It's a legal obligation. USDA must release the funds and stop punishing the American people.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...
Funding SNAP isn't a choice he can make. It's a legal obligation. USDA must release the funds and stop punishing the American people.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...
Dozens of States Sue Trump Administration Over Planned Food Stamp Cuts
www.nytimes.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:21 PM
The Trump administration has a rainy day fund that will keep SNAP from expiring in November. Trump is refusing to use it.
Funding SNAP isn't a choice he can make. It's a legal obligation. USDA must release the funds and stop punishing the American people.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...
Funding SNAP isn't a choice he can make. It's a legal obligation. USDA must release the funds and stop punishing the American people.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...
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This is who is paying for the destruction of the White House East Wing, per @wsj.com
Altria Group Inc.
Amazon
Apple Inc.
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.
Caterpillar Inc.
Coinbase Global
Comcast Corp.
Hard Rock International
Google
HP Inc.
Lockheed Martin Corp.
Meta Platforms Inc.
1/3
Altria Group Inc.
Amazon
Apple Inc.
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.
Caterpillar Inc.
Coinbase Global
Comcast Corp.
Hard Rock International
HP Inc.
Lockheed Martin Corp.
Meta Platforms Inc.
1/3
October 21, 2025 at 12:28 AM
This is who is paying for the destruction of the White House East Wing, per @wsj.com
Altria Group Inc.
Amazon
Apple Inc.
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.
Caterpillar Inc.
Coinbase Global
Comcast Corp.
Hard Rock International
Google
HP Inc.
Lockheed Martin Corp.
Meta Platforms Inc.
1/3
Altria Group Inc.
Amazon
Apple Inc.
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.
Caterpillar Inc.
Coinbase Global
Comcast Corp.
Hard Rock International
HP Inc.
Lockheed Martin Corp.
Meta Platforms Inc.
1/3
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You must read this account because it will make you understand how evil Ghislene Maxwell & how heinous it is for Trump to even consider pardoning this monster. Kudos to the late Virginia Giuffre for her bravery and battle to redeem her young and vulnerable self www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the king’s brother
In an extract from her posthumous memoir, Virginia Roberts Giuffre remembers the day an ‘apex predator’ recruited her from Mar-a-Lago, aged just 16; how she was trafficked to a succession of wealthy a...
www.theguardian.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:33 AM
You must read this account because it will make you understand how evil Ghislene Maxwell & how heinous it is for Trump to even consider pardoning this monster. Kudos to the late Virginia Giuffre for her bravery and battle to redeem her young and vulnerable self www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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“I was hung from the metal shackles on my wrists and ankles and beaten in the stomach, back, face, ear and skull by a group of men and women guards, one of whom sat on my neck and face, blocking my airways…Our cell was awoken with threats of rape.”
Crickets from the State Department. Awful.
Crickets from the State Department. Awful.
Journalist Abducted by Israel Says She Was Tortured in Israeli Custody
A journalist who was abducted by Israeli forces last week as she accompanied a Gaza-bound humanitarian aid vessel says she was tortured in Israeli custody alongside activists seeking to break Israel’s...
www.democracynow.org
October 14, 2025 at 11:36 PM
“I was hung from the metal shackles on my wrists and ankles and beaten in the stomach, back, face, ear and skull by a group of men and women guards, one of whom sat on my neck and face, blocking my airways…Our cell was awoken with threats of rape.”
Crickets from the State Department. Awful.
Crickets from the State Department. Awful.
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“No, Speaker Johnson — the No Kings rally on October 18 is not a hate America rally. In fact, it’s quite the contrary: It’s a love America rally.” #NoKings
October 11, 2025 at 11:44 PM
“No, Speaker Johnson — the No Kings rally on October 18 is not a hate America rally. In fact, it’s quite the contrary: It’s a love America rally.” #NoKings
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BREAKING: The post-10/7 wars have killed or injured at least 236,505 people in Gaza alone. The U.S. has spent over $31 billion and counting in the wider region since Oct. 7, 2023, where millions have been displaced, according to new Costs of War research. [THREAD]
Photo Credit: Heidi Levine, 2025
Photo Credit: Heidi Levine, 2025
October 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM
BREAKING: The post-10/7 wars have killed or injured at least 236,505 people in Gaza alone. The U.S. has spent over $31 billion and counting in the wider region since Oct. 7, 2023, where millions have been displaced, according to new Costs of War research. [THREAD]
Photo Credit: Heidi Levine, 2025
Photo Credit: Heidi Levine, 2025
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1/ DEVELOPING: A journalist was rushed to New York-Presbyterian Hospital following another incident with an ICE agent at 26 Federal Plaza, an immigration court in NYC. The last I heard, he was getting X-rays for his lower back.
September 30, 2025 at 6:37 PM
1/ DEVELOPING: A journalist was rushed to New York-Presbyterian Hospital following another incident with an ICE agent at 26 Federal Plaza, an immigration court in NYC. The last I heard, he was getting X-rays for his lower back.
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On a Sunday with three mass shootings in America, "Feds in military gear flood downtown Chicago; top border chief says people arrested based on 'how they look'" chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Feds in military gear flood downtown Chicago; top border chief says people arrested based on ‘how they look’
The immigration agents made arrests in downtown Chicago and the River North neighborhood Sunday.
chicago.suntimes.com
September 29, 2025 at 1:56 AM
On a Sunday with three mass shootings in America, "Feds in military gear flood downtown Chicago; top border chief says people arrested based on 'how they look'" chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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Anyway, I'm posting this basically in full because I think ALOT of you need to hear it at the moment.
September 26, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Anyway, I'm posting this basically in full because I think ALOT of you need to hear it at the moment.
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Just now, 11 state and city lawmakers were arrested by DHS police on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza after a hour of demanding access to the ICE lock up on the same floor. @thecity.nyc
September 18, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Just now, 11 state and city lawmakers were arrested by DHS police on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza after a hour of demanding access to the ICE lock up on the same floor. @thecity.nyc
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For folks pissed off at Disney-ABC for firing Jimmy Kimmel I do believe we can put pressure and win which we need any win right now.
We have friends everywhere pass it around!
bit.ly/boycottdisne...
We have friends everywhere pass it around!
bit.ly/boycottdisne...
TELL DISNEY-ABC to STOP BENDING TO THE ADMIN
DISNEY-ABC: STOP BENDING TO AUTHORITARIAN PRESSURE. WE HAVE FRIENDS EVERYWHERE. A few hours ago, Disney-ABC yanked Jimmy Kimmel Live off the air—just hours after the FCC threatened the company over K...
bit.ly
September 18, 2025 at 1:05 AM
For folks pissed off at Disney-ABC for firing Jimmy Kimmel I do believe we can put pressure and win which we need any win right now.
We have friends everywhere pass it around!
bit.ly/boycottdisne...
We have friends everywhere pass it around!
bit.ly/boycottdisne...
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it’s very funny to make a distinction between cancel culture and what this is, which is clear government supression of speech. cancel culture isn’t anti first amendment, but this specifically is! which is worse!
September 18, 2025 at 1:20 AM
it’s very funny to make a distinction between cancel culture and what this is, which is clear government supression of speech. cancel culture isn’t anti first amendment, but this specifically is! which is worse!
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Border patrol appears to have intimidated their way into this home, shot the family’s dog for no reason, and then just stood around while the dog bled to death.
kfoxtv.com/newsletter-d...
kfoxtv.com/newsletter-d...
September 11, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Border patrol appears to have intimidated their way into this home, shot the family’s dog for no reason, and then just stood around while the dog bled to death.
kfoxtv.com/newsletter-d...
kfoxtv.com/newsletter-d...
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Read this thread about our @propublica.org reporting on how immigration officers are increasingly smashing car windows to arrest immigrants
(just a warning, many of the videos in this thread contain footage/audio of violent arrests and screaming children)
⬇️ projects.propublica.org/trump-ice-sm...
(just a warning, many of the videos in this thread contain footage/audio of violent arrests and screaming children)
⬇️ projects.propublica.org/trump-ice-sm...
August 7, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Read this thread about our @propublica.org reporting on how immigration officers are increasingly smashing car windows to arrest immigrants
(just a warning, many of the videos in this thread contain footage/audio of violent arrests and screaming children)
⬇️ projects.propublica.org/trump-ice-sm...
(just a warning, many of the videos in this thread contain footage/audio of violent arrests and screaming children)
⬇️ projects.propublica.org/trump-ice-sm...
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Photo of the Day.
Israel threatened reprisals if the press filmed Gaza from above during airdrops.
This is why. A scene of destroyed & burnt out buildings in what is left of Gaza City, the pre-war home to 800,000 people.
Credit to Post photographer Heidi Levine who defied the ban & took this.
Israel threatened reprisals if the press filmed Gaza from above during airdrops.
This is why. A scene of destroyed & burnt out buildings in what is left of Gaza City, the pre-war home to 800,000 people.
Credit to Post photographer Heidi Levine who defied the ban & took this.
August 1, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Photo of the Day.
Israel threatened reprisals if the press filmed Gaza from above during airdrops.
This is why. A scene of destroyed & burnt out buildings in what is left of Gaza City, the pre-war home to 800,000 people.
Credit to Post photographer Heidi Levine who defied the ban & took this.
Israel threatened reprisals if the press filmed Gaza from above during airdrops.
This is why. A scene of destroyed & burnt out buildings in what is left of Gaza City, the pre-war home to 800,000 people.
Credit to Post photographer Heidi Levine who defied the ban & took this.
