Gary Scott
jollygreygiant.bsky.social
Gary Scott
@jollygreygiant.bsky.social
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US Steel has effectively been nationalized (by the political party supposedly fighting American socialism)
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/15/b...
June 15, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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June 10, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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June 9, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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There is nothing comforting about “I’m just as scared as you” coming from the legislative branch that’s supposed to keep checks and balances on the executive. While she thought it was relatable, it is actually mortifying.
April 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
The blacklash against DEI has become a whitewash..
March 20, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Sometimes a picture is worth 1000 words…
March 1, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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This is the moment we’ve always been headed towards. If the President refuses to follow a court’s order we are in deep crisis. The GOP has courted this disaster.
JUST IN: A federal judge in Washington says she's concerned that the White House is still implementing the spending freeze that she and a Rhode Island judge have ordered temporarily halted.

Judge AliKhan is inclined to issue a restraining order.
February 3, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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A bit of context: Judge Coughenour didn't do this because he is rabidly anti-Trump or a progressive activist Judge. This is how he reacts whenever his BS detector goes off, in all kinds of cases. He's like this when he judges law school moot court competitions!
BREAKING, via The Seattle Times: Trump's executive order to restrict birthright citizenship is blocked for at least the next two weeks by a Reagan appointee in Seattle who eviscerated the Trump lawyers present defending the order. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
January 23, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Letters reveal a decadeslong strategy — starting with targeted programs for needy kids then expanding benefits to all families — by politicians, church officials, and activists who all believe that the separation of church and state is illegitimate.

By @alecmac.bsky.social
The Movement to Redirect Billions of Taxpayer Dollars to Private Religious Schools
Private letters reveal the strategy behind the decadeslong quest — successful in 12 states and counting — by politicians, church officials and activists to make taxpayer-funded school vouchers…
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January 19, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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The haul is so big that some seven-figure donors have been placed on wait lists or have been told they probably will not receive V.I.P. tickets at all because the events are at capacity.

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/08/u...
Trump Inauguration, Awash in Cash, Runs Out of Perks for Big Donors
The president-elect has raised more than $170 million for his swearing-in, an inaugural record, as wealthy Americans flock to curry favor with him and some give money even without the prospect of V.I....
www.nytimes.com
January 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM