Iris Fugate
@irisefugate.bsky.social
She/her/hers ::Mother of two wee feminists :: Legal Skills Professor :: Academic Support Professional :: Bagpipe Band Woogirl :: Aquarian :: Baker :: San Diego, CA :: Concerned/Pissed/Hopeful 💙🤘🏻😎🥁
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This is not about the merits of Iran’s nuclear program. No president has the authority to bomb another country that does not pose an imminent threat to the US without the approval of Congress. This is an unambiguous impeachable offense.
June 22, 2025 at 12:26 AM
This is not about the merits of Iran’s nuclear program. No president has the authority to bomb another country that does not pose an imminent threat to the US without the approval of Congress. This is an unambiguous impeachable offense.
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it’s even more demoralizing when the history you’re repeating is history you were around for the first time
June 22, 2025 at 1:44 AM
it’s even more demoralizing when the history you’re repeating is history you were around for the first time
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Everyone excusing Elon Musk’s behavior due to his alleged autism should be chased into the sea with pitchforks
it’s both profoundly insulting to autistic people and also obviously not true
it’s both profoundly insulting to autistic people and also obviously not true
January 20, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Everyone excusing Elon Musk’s behavior due to his alleged autism should be chased into the sea with pitchforks
it’s both profoundly insulting to autistic people and also obviously not true
it’s both profoundly insulting to autistic people and also obviously not true
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What better demonstrates that ‘biological sex’ is but a social construct than the u.s. president needing to declare it to be binary by political fiat in order to uphold its legitimacy.
January 20, 2025 at 10:11 PM
What better demonstrates that ‘biological sex’ is but a social construct than the u.s. president needing to declare it to be binary by political fiat in order to uphold its legitimacy.
What if we blinked and found ourselves clinking champagne glasses while President Hillary Clinton was gleefully looking on during President Elect Kamala Harris’ inauguration and we were softly crying happy tears while hugging our friends and family?
January 21, 2025 at 4:46 AM
What if we blinked and found ourselves clinking champagne glasses while President Hillary Clinton was gleefully looking on during President Elect Kamala Harris’ inauguration and we were softly crying happy tears while hugging our friends and family?
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Word of the day is ‘catch-fart’ (17th century: an obsequious individual who will always follow the political wind.
January 20, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Word of the day is ‘catch-fart’ (17th century: an obsequious individual who will always follow the political wind.
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I love this so much!
At the inauguration, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wore a distinctive collar adorned with cowrie shells, which are believed to offer protection from evil in African traditions.
This choice mirrors the late Justice Ginsburg’s practice of using collars to convey a message.
At the inauguration, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wore a distinctive collar adorned with cowrie shells, which are believed to offer protection from evil in African traditions.
This choice mirrors the late Justice Ginsburg’s practice of using collars to convey a message.
January 21, 2025 at 1:19 AM
I love this so much!
At the inauguration, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wore a distinctive collar adorned with cowrie shells, which are believed to offer protection from evil in African traditions.
This choice mirrors the late Justice Ginsburg’s practice of using collars to convey a message.
At the inauguration, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wore a distinctive collar adorned with cowrie shells, which are believed to offer protection from evil in African traditions.
This choice mirrors the late Justice Ginsburg’s practice of using collars to convey a message.
www.nytimes.com/article/trum... what in the “this fool would fail his own US citizenship test” insanity is this??
Trump Moved to Redefine Birthright Citizenship. That Could Be Hard.
President Trump signed an order that would treat the U.S.-born children of undocumented immigrants as noncitizens, effectively denying them birthright citizenship. The Constitution could stand in the ...
www.nytimes.com
January 21, 2025 at 4:33 AM
www.nytimes.com/article/trum... what in the “this fool would fail his own US citizenship test” insanity is this??
There were so many parts of the 45th that could’ve been far worse. The fact that 47 is starting off worse than any of that is just indescribably terrifying.
EO: "the immutable biological reality of sex"
Biological reality:
Biological reality:
January 21, 2025 at 3:35 AM
There were so many parts of the 45th that could’ve been far worse. The fact that 47 is starting off worse than any of that is just indescribably terrifying.
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A good primer on what Executive Orders can—and can’t—do from @debpearlstein.bsky.social:
Maybe its a good time for a little Executive Order (EO) primer, a few wee tools for sorting wheat from chaff so it seems like less of a deluge. Item 1. EOs have to comply with the Constitution & laws, including acts of Congress. Any that don't will face long court battles before anything changes. /1
Once inaugurated, President Trump plans to sharply redirect federal policy on immigration, the federal work force, energy and the environment, the economy and trade, gender issues and diversity, equity and inclusion programs. Follow live updates on his executive orders.
January 20, 2025 at 4:50 PM
A good primer on what Executive Orders can—and can’t—do from @debpearlstein.bsky.social:
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Whatever your opinion is of these people, the outgoing president should not feel compelled to issue preemptive pardons to protect people who defended democracy from prosecution - yet another warning sign on our path of democratic erosion www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/u...
January 20, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Whatever your opinion is of these people, the outgoing president should not feel compelled to issue preemptive pardons to protect people who defended democracy from prosecution - yet another warning sign on our path of democratic erosion www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/u...
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Melania looks like a combination of the Babadook and the Quaker Oats man
January 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Melania looks like a combination of the Babadook and the Quaker Oats man