BlueJean
@jnmomcat.bsky.social
Fmr data analyst, RPCV (CAR, 1976-78), lover of cats, chocolate, caffeine - and decorative LEDs. Catholic for Choice, advocate for separation of church & state - and powers.
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I would like to amplify this post by 1000x because Reuters f'd up this story to start with -- by falsely reporting that Costco would no longer carry mifepristone, when it never did -- and other news outlets ran with it and far-right legal groups are taking credit for something that didn't happen.
This is not a massive decision or any kind of change. Costco has never carried mifepristone in its pharmacies. An anti-abortion group is taking credit for something that didn't happen, possibly to generate disingenuous left-wing ire against one of the few corporations that hasn't gone MAGA.
August 15, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I would like to amplify this post by 1000x because Reuters f'd up this story to start with -- by falsely reporting that Costco would no longer carry mifepristone, when it never did -- and other news outlets ran with it and far-right legal groups are taking credit for something that didn't happen.
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Inslee: If you need more energy, the dumbest thing you can do is disallow access to wind, solar, and advanced batteries—three of the most productive ways of producing new energy. And yet, that’s exactly what he’s done.
August 10, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Inslee: If you need more energy, the dumbest thing you can do is disallow access to wind, solar, and advanced batteries—three of the most productive ways of producing new energy. And yet, that’s exactly what he’s done.
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The phrase "en route to golf course" adds so much to the headline.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump orders homeless he passed en route to golf course to leave Washington DC
President demands unhoused residents leave US capital or face eviction and vowed to use officers to make arrests
www.theguardian.com
August 11, 2025 at 2:16 AM
The phrase "en route to golf course" adds so much to the headline.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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I see.
August 11, 2025 at 2:20 AM
I see.
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Missouri Democratic lawmakers are in such a superminority that they don’t even need to show up for laws to be passed in this state.
An even sadder statement? A piece of legislation can go from the House to the Senate to becoming a law on the Governor’s desk while never being signed by a woman.
An even sadder statement? A piece of legislation can go from the House to the Senate to becoming a law on the Governor’s desk while never being signed by a woman.
August 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Missouri Democratic lawmakers are in such a superminority that they don’t even need to show up for laws to be passed in this state.
An even sadder statement? A piece of legislation can go from the House to the Senate to becoming a law on the Governor’s desk while never being signed by a woman.
An even sadder statement? A piece of legislation can go from the House to the Senate to becoming a law on the Governor’s desk while never being signed by a woman.
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Speaking as a DC resident: statehood now. It is absurd that Trump can do this in our city.
"So we're getting this information from multiple sources [...] within the mayor's office and within Metro Police Department, that President Trump, come tomorrow, will deploy the National Guard along the streets of DC."
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www.wusa9.com/video/news/n...
August 11, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Speaking as a DC resident: statehood now. It is absurd that Trump can do this in our city.
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The VA is down 600 doctors and about 1,900 nurses so far this year, the first time the agency has seen net losses in years.
At several facilities, more than a third of the positions for doctors are unfilled.
By @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social @vernalcoleman.bsky.social
@ericumansky.bsky.social
At several facilities, more than a third of the positions for doctors are unfilled.
By @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social @vernalcoleman.bsky.social
@ericumansky.bsky.social
Veterans’ Care at Risk Under Trump as Hundreds of Doctors and Nurses Reject Working at VA Hospitals
Amid concerns about the stability of the agency, records show nearly 40% of the doctors offered jobs at the VA from January through March of this year turned them down — quadruple the rate of…
www.propublica.org
August 11, 2025 at 3:00 AM
The VA is down 600 doctors and about 1,900 nurses so far this year, the first time the agency has seen net losses in years.
At several facilities, more than a third of the positions for doctors are unfilled.
By @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social @vernalcoleman.bsky.social
@ericumansky.bsky.social
At several facilities, more than a third of the positions for doctors are unfilled.
By @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social @vernalcoleman.bsky.social
@ericumansky.bsky.social
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FBI agents are not trained to patrol streets. And every agent that is assigned to do that is NOT investigating:
*foreign spies stealing gov’t and trade secrets
*foreign and domestic terrorist threats
*crimes like fraud, corruption, trafficking, and violent crimes (among others)
Do you feel safer?
*foreign spies stealing gov’t and trade secrets
*foreign and domestic terrorist threats
*crimes like fraud, corruption, trafficking, and violent crimes (among others)
Do you feel safer?
August 11, 2025 at 2:35 AM
FBI agents are not trained to patrol streets. And every agent that is assigned to do that is NOT investigating:
*foreign spies stealing gov’t and trade secrets
*foreign and domestic terrorist threats
*crimes like fraud, corruption, trafficking, and violent crimes (among others)
Do you feel safer?
*foreign spies stealing gov’t and trade secrets
*foreign and domestic terrorist threats
*crimes like fraud, corruption, trafficking, and violent crimes (among others)
Do you feel safer?
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How’s it going to work when Boasberg finds Bove ordered planes to land “no matter what,” ie disobey the court?
July 30, 2025 at 2:54 AM
How’s it going to work when Boasberg finds Bove ordered planes to land “no matter what,” ie disobey the court?
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Don't. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspapers 🤷♂️🤦♂️😡
It's not a "trade agreement", bc POTUS can't make "trade agreements" on his own, & every media outlet should stop being lazy by using "deal" or "agreement" & instead do journalism & explain to readers that all of this is wildly illegal & not how it works.
It's not a "trade agreement", bc POTUS can't make "trade agreements" on his own, & every media outlet should stop being lazy by using "deal" or "agreement" & instead do journalism & explain to readers that all of this is wildly illegal & not how it works.
President Trump said Tuesday that he had struck a trade agreement with Indonesia, calling it a "great deal for everybody" on social media. Under the deal, U.S. exports to Indonesia would face no tariffs, while Indonesian goods would be charged a tariff of 19% when shipped to the U.S.
Trump Announces ‘Great Deal’ on Trade With Indonesia
Details are still scarce on the agreement, which the president said will partly walk back some of the steep tariffs he threatened on the country last week.
trib.al
July 16, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Don't. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspapers 🤷♂️🤦♂️😡
It's not a "trade agreement", bc POTUS can't make "trade agreements" on his own, & every media outlet should stop being lazy by using "deal" or "agreement" & instead do journalism & explain to readers that all of this is wildly illegal & not how it works.
It's not a "trade agreement", bc POTUS can't make "trade agreements" on his own, & every media outlet should stop being lazy by using "deal" or "agreement" & instead do journalism & explain to readers that all of this is wildly illegal & not how it works.
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"Five months into its unprecedented dismantling of foreign-aid programs, the Trump administration has given the order to incinerate food instead of sending it to people who need it"
@hana-kiros.bsky.social, on spending $130,000 to burn food worth $800,000
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
@hana-kiros.bsky.social, on spending $130,000 to burn food worth $800,000
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
The Trump Administration Is About to Incinerate 500 Tons of Emergency Food
Federal workers warned for months that the high-energy biscuits would go to waste.
www.theatlantic.com
July 15, 2025 at 5:31 AM
"Five months into its unprecedented dismantling of foreign-aid programs, the Trump administration has given the order to incinerate food instead of sending it to people who need it"
@hana-kiros.bsky.social, on spending $130,000 to burn food worth $800,000
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
@hana-kiros.bsky.social, on spending $130,000 to burn food worth $800,000
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
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Six minutes.
Pilots flying into Denver International Airport on Monday couldn’t communicate with air traffic controllers for about six minutes after multiple radio transmitters failed, according to reporting from Denver7.
Denver airport air traffic control went out for 6 minutes on Monday, report says
Pilots flying into Denver International Airport on Monday couldn’t communicate with air traffic controllers for about six minutes after multiple radio transmitters failed, according to reporting fr…
www.denverpost.com
May 15, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Six minutes.
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Just got a call about a FOIA request I filed in 2017.
By the time they got to my request, 8 years later, the records I was asking about have been deleted.
#FOIA
By the time they got to my request, 8 years later, the records I was asking about have been deleted.
#FOIA
May 15, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Just got a call about a FOIA request I filed in 2017.
By the time they got to my request, 8 years later, the records I was asking about have been deleted.
#FOIA
By the time they got to my request, 8 years later, the records I was asking about have been deleted.
#FOIA
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And the Qatari royal family has been unsuccessfully trying to sell it for five years.
May 15, 2025 at 7:11 PM
And the Qatari royal family has been unsuccessfully trying to sell it for five years.
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The plaque honoring the heroes of January 6 is finished, but the GOP refuses to hang it in the Capitol.
Not one Republican has offered a reason why.
If they can’t respect the officers who defended our democracy, the very least they can do is respect the law.
Not one Republican has offered a reason why.
If they can’t respect the officers who defended our democracy, the very least they can do is respect the law.
May 15, 2025 at 5:43 PM
The plaque honoring the heroes of January 6 is finished, but the GOP refuses to hang it in the Capitol.
Not one Republican has offered a reason why.
If they can’t respect the officers who defended our democracy, the very least they can do is respect the law.
Not one Republican has offered a reason why.
If they can’t respect the officers who defended our democracy, the very least they can do is respect the law.
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Cutting SNAP funding and giving the money to billionaires. That's not beautiful, that's betrayal.
May 15, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Cutting SNAP funding and giving the money to billionaires. That's not beautiful, that's betrayal.
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JUST IN: Former pardon attorney Liz Oyer is suing the Justice Department for her communications with the deputy attorney general's office about restoring Mel Gibson's gun rights.
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May 15, 2025 at 8:03 PM
JUST IN: Former pardon attorney Liz Oyer is suing the Justice Department for her communications with the deputy attorney general's office about restoring Mel Gibson's gun rights.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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This is basically unitary executive theory being translated into practice: the president cannot be questioned because his will is that of the American people.
FEMA staffers were able to ask questions via the zoom chat that were read out loud to Acting Administrator Richardson.
Q: Which is more important, the President's will or the interests of the American people?
Richardson’s answer:
Q: Which is more important, the President's will or the interests of the American people?
Richardson’s answer:
May 15, 2025 at 7:51 PM
This is basically unitary executive theory being translated into practice: the president cannot be questioned because his will is that of the American people.
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I do my part! www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-cogn...
Trump's brain is gone
It really should be a bigger story.
www.publicnotice.co
May 15, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I do my part! www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-cogn...
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Trump, who is set to accept a $400M floating palace airplane from Qatar, tweeted this about Obama in 2012:
May 13, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Trump, who is set to accept a $400M floating palace airplane from Qatar, tweeted this about Obama in 2012:
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Trump accepting the plane is Good, Actually™️ because Trump traveling around in a tangible, visual giant bribe makes it easier for most people to understand it as corrupt and a security risk than the crypto/meme/social media stuff.
May 11, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Trump accepting the plane is Good, Actually™️ because Trump traveling around in a tangible, visual giant bribe makes it easier for most people to understand it as corrupt and a security risk than the crypto/meme/social media stuff.
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You morons I’m taking a *public* bribe
lol “getting a GIFT, FREE OF CHARGE,” yeah that’s the problem my guy
May 12, 2025 at 1:01 AM
You morons I’m taking a *public* bribe
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Not that this needs to be said, but bribery out in the open is still bribery.
May 12, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Not that this needs to be said, but bribery out in the open is still bribery.