Janet McCandlas
jmccandlas.bsky.social
Janet McCandlas
@jmccandlas.bsky.social
Literacy is my jam and I’m here to spread it. Live the life you love, love the life you live.
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July 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Thoughts and prayers don’t stop mass shootings, and they don’t stop climate disasters either.

This is a tragedy Gov. Greg Abbott did nothing to prevent. He still denies that climate change is real. He won’t act, and he won’t regulate.
July 5, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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ICE just raided our local Home Depot in Orlando. Of course, the masked thugs didn’t pick up any members of MS-13 — just a few hardworking immigrants trying to put food on the table for their families.
July 6, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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"Some experts say staff shortages might have complicated forecasters’ ability to coordinate responses with local emergency management officials," per NYT.
July 6, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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We the people have spoken. Congress must do their job and represent the will of the nation. Say NO to “King” Donakd!
"Do you want America to be at war with Iran?"

No: 85%
Yes: 5%

YouGov / June 22, 2025
June 23, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Touché.
June 23, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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I can’t speak for every city, but here in LA, ICE bounty hunters aren’t going after gang members. They’re hunting the vulnerable: gardeners, street vendors, day laborers.

Easy money, no risk.

Folks need to stop pretending this is about crime.

@jacobsoboroff.bsky.social—thank you for your words.
June 24, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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NYT, Page One:

“Within hours, he had an email from China, offering to move his lab to ‘any city, any university I want,’ he said, with a guarantee of funding for the next 20 years.”

@nytimes.com
June 4, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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13-yr-old Camarria Williams made a remarkable discovery when she found a compound with potential cancer-fighting properties in goose poop from Garfield Park, Chicago.

This surprising find happened while participating in the Chicago Antibiotic Discovery Lab, a STEM program in collaboration with the
June 4, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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Elizabeth Warren to Sarah Eisen: "I'm sorry -- you're throwing a giant parade and tossing confetti over regulations that, let's see what happened over the last 9 months -- Wells Fargo has been tagged for money laundering, it's been tagged for engaging in consumer fraud ... that makes no sense."
June 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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A top coronavirus vaccine adviser at the CDC has resigned, citing concerns that she could no longer help vulnerable people after officials rescinded recommendations to immunize children and pregnant women.
Top CDC covid vaccine adviser quits after RFK Jr. ended recommendations
Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos said she could no longer help vulnerable people after officials removed recommendations to immunize children and pregnant women.
wapo.st
June 4, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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I think we’ve reached a boiling point when it comes to ICE.

Today in Minneapolis, a militarized task force raided the beloved Lake Street taqueria, Las Cuatro Milpas—and the community was not having it.

Agents from ICE, the DEA, FBI, ATF, IRS and HHS rolled up looking like they were ready for war.
June 4, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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Here’s a rare member of the U.S. Senate who seems to understand how close we are to a dictatorship.
Chris Murphy: "We can't be preparing for the 2026 election. It might not come. All of our focus right now has to be on protecting the democracy, about stopping the corruption."
June 5, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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Another addition to the long list of examples of the fact that hate ages you quickly.
The guy on the left is four years younger than the guy on the right.
June 4, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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www.warren.senate.gov/imo/media/do...

(link opens warren's very punchy short report in pdf format)
June 4, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Minneapolis… San Diego… Folks are pushing back.

This is only going to get worse.
June 4, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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I kinda miss the days when we had a President who didn’t spend every Adderall waking moment rage tweeting like a 15 year old cheerleader dumped by the quarterback and writing in her burn book…
June 5, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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June 4, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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June 4, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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June 4, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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June 5, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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Moskowitz: "Nothing has been made more efficient. Here are the wins for congressional Rs. You ready? They're gonna do a $9b recession bill. They're gonna get rid of Elmo, which the American people were clamoring for, but they're gonna add $2.4t for the debt. And then they want us to cheer for them."
June 4, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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POCAN: You said the president supports the big bill passed out the House. You also said the president doesn't support cutting Medicare.

VOUGHT: Correct

POCAN: In the bill, there's a $500b cut that gets triggered to Medicare. You might want to take a look at that provision.
June 4, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Lee: Would say it would be “illegal DEI” for a lesson plan on the Tulsa race massacre?

McMahon: I’d have to get back to you

Lee: Do you know what the Tulsa race massacre is?

McMahon: I’d like to look into it more and get back to you on it.
June 4, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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POCAN: Is the federal govt currently spending less this year than it did last year?

VOUGHT: No, it's not

POCAN: Part of that is because you've sent us a recession package worth $9b that goes after Big Bird and Cookie Monster, but you've added $200b to Defense and Homeland Security.
June 4, 2025 at 7:14 PM