@karrisees.bsky.social
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An 81-year-old Reagan appointee born during World War II has been protecting trans people in federal prison in the face of Trump admin efforts.
Today, Judge Royce Lamberth sided with challengers who sought a class-wide preliminary injunction protecting hormone therapy and social accommodations.
Today, Judge Royce Lamberth sided with challengers who sought a class-wide preliminary injunction protecting hormone therapy and social accommodations.
Federal judge protects trans care for federal prisoners, blocking Trump order for now
Disputing Trump's oft-repeated "gender ideology" claims, Judge Lamberth wrote that "the plaintiffs do not seem interested in propagating any particular 'ideology.'"
www.lawdork.com
June 4, 2025 at 1:55 AM
An 81-year-old Reagan appointee born during World War II has been protecting trans people in federal prison in the face of Trump admin efforts.
Today, Judge Royce Lamberth sided with challengers who sought a class-wide preliminary injunction protecting hormone therapy and social accommodations.
Today, Judge Royce Lamberth sided with challengers who sought a class-wide preliminary injunction protecting hormone therapy and social accommodations.
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"It's a Yes or No Question"
June 3, 2025 at 10:35 PM
"It's a Yes or No Question"
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This program helped prepare at-risk youth for careers badly-needed fields like nursing, plumbing and electrical work. It was a win-win for our communities, our state and our country. So of course Trump and the GOP want to kill it.
www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2...
www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2...
Federal Job Corps program halts operations in Detroit
The U.S. Department of Labor’s sudden suspension of its Job Corps program has left hundreds of young people in Detroit without housing and career training, forcing many to scramble for alternatives.
www.clickondetroit.com
June 3, 2025 at 7:02 PM
This program helped prepare at-risk youth for careers badly-needed fields like nursing, plumbing and electrical work. It was a win-win for our communities, our state and our country. So of course Trump and the GOP want to kill it.
www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2...
www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2...
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Alex Jones, who spent years ranting about shadowy government mass surveillance technology, is now stanning for Palantir
June 4, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Alex Jones, who spent years ranting about shadowy government mass surveillance technology, is now stanning for Palantir
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Darren Beattie - the State Dept official who dismantled the US government's main center for fighting Russian and Chinese propaganda around the world - turns out to have personal ties to the Russian elite.
www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...
www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...
Trump official who shut down counter-Russia agency has links to Kremlin
Darren Beattie, who alarmed the State Department with his pro-Moscow views, is married to a woman whose uncle has ties to Vladimir Putin
www.telegraph.co.uk
June 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Darren Beattie - the State Dept official who dismantled the US government's main center for fighting Russian and Chinese propaganda around the world - turns out to have personal ties to the Russian elite.
www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...
www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...
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This is how fucking insane the so-called president is. He just posted Joe Biden was executed in 2020 and replaced by a robotic clone. No, I'm not kidding.
June 1, 2025 at 3:39 AM
This is how fucking insane the so-called president is. He just posted Joe Biden was executed in 2020 and replaced by a robotic clone. No, I'm not kidding.
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In Moscow, officials believe that Washington — which doesn’t view the exact dividing lines as a major priority — will pressure Kyiv to concede even more territory than Russia has been able to seize by force. www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/03/23/p...
Playing for Time: What the Kremlin Wants in New Talks with the U.S. on Ukraine - The Moscow Times
As high-level delegations from the U.S. and Russia arrive in Saudi Arabia for the second round of bilateral talks aimed at ending the war in Ukraine, Moscow’s envoys will have one goal on their mind: ...
www.themoscowtimes.com
March 23, 2025 at 3:37 PM
In Moscow, officials believe that Washington — which doesn’t view the exact dividing lines as a major priority — will pressure Kyiv to concede even more territory than Russia has been able to seize by force. www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/03/23/p...
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If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.
March 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.
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@timothysnyder.bsky.social: Trump making ‘ethical and strategic mistake’ with Putin www.msnbc.com/the-last-wor...
March 25, 2025 at 3:26 AM
@timothysnyder.bsky.social: Trump making ‘ethical and strategic mistake’ with Putin www.msnbc.com/the-last-wor...
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International students typically pay full tuition prices, thereby subsidizing scholarships & financial aid for American students. Their presence allows more American students to afford college. It’s not a zero-sum game.
March 21, 2025 at 10:43 AM
International students typically pay full tuition prices, thereby subsidizing scholarships & financial aid for American students. Their presence allows more American students to afford college. It’s not a zero-sum game.
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Private school vouchers fund discrimination against students with disabilities, LGBT students, non-religious students, and students of color.
Taxpayer vouchers should not be funding discrimination.
Taxpayer vouchers should not be funding discrimination.
March 3, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Private school vouchers fund discrimination against students with disabilities, LGBT students, non-religious students, and students of color.
Taxpayer vouchers should not be funding discrimination.
Taxpayer vouchers should not be funding discrimination.
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That's the thing about fascists, their defining characteristic to the person, they can't tell the difference between "fear" and "respect" because in their mind, like every bully, those two concepts are the same.
February 8, 2025 at 1:32 PM
That's the thing about fascists, their defining characteristic to the person, they can't tell the difference between "fear" and "respect" because in their mind, like every bully, those two concepts are the same.
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The new cover of TIME.
Trump will hate this.
Trump will hate this.
February 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The new cover of TIME.
Trump will hate this.
Trump will hate this.
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US farmers sold $2 billion of food to USAID. Not any more.
- US farmers provided 41% of food delivered by USAID
- $340M of purchases/shipments are now paused. Over 680,000 tonnes.
- Food stranded in Houston
- Aid stopped in transit.
The world’s poor starving, food rotting & US farmers screwed.
- US farmers provided 41% of food delivered by USAID
- $340M of purchases/shipments are now paused. Over 680,000 tonnes.
- Food stranded in Houston
- Aid stopped in transit.
The world’s poor starving, food rotting & US farmers screwed.
Gutting USAID threatens billions of dollars for U.S. farms, businesses
U.S. businesses that sold goods and services to USAID are in limbo, including American farms dealing in rice, wheat and soybeans.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 7, 2025 at 3:35 PM
US farmers sold $2 billion of food to USAID. Not any more.
- US farmers provided 41% of food delivered by USAID
- $340M of purchases/shipments are now paused. Over 680,000 tonnes.
- Food stranded in Houston
- Aid stopped in transit.
The world’s poor starving, food rotting & US farmers screwed.
- US farmers provided 41% of food delivered by USAID
- $340M of purchases/shipments are now paused. Over 680,000 tonnes.
- Food stranded in Houston
- Aid stopped in transit.
The world’s poor starving, food rotting & US farmers screwed.
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Musk & the DOGE henchmen are now inside & gutting the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
CFPB costs less than $1billion to run, but has returned over $20 billion to ordinary Americans who’ve been victims of big business fraud & illegal junk fees.
A great day for corporate scammers.
CFPB costs less than $1billion to run, but has returned over $20 billion to ordinary Americans who’ve been victims of big business fraud & illegal junk fees.
A great day for corporate scammers.
February 8, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Musk & the DOGE henchmen are now inside & gutting the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
CFPB costs less than $1billion to run, but has returned over $20 billion to ordinary Americans who’ve been victims of big business fraud & illegal junk fees.
A great day for corporate scammers.
CFPB costs less than $1billion to run, but has returned over $20 billion to ordinary Americans who’ve been victims of big business fraud & illegal junk fees.
A great day for corporate scammers.
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Oh look. A President, a Governor, a Mayor - all at the crash site at the Chesapeake Bay with first responders. Not swimming. Showing empathy and leadership.
February 1, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Oh look. A President, a Governor, a Mayor - all at the crash site at the Chesapeake Bay with first responders. Not swimming. Showing empathy and leadership.
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25% tariffs on 77% of Americas fruit and veggie imports, deporting our own farm laborers so no one here to plant and harvest our own food, responding tariffs that cripple our pork and soybean farmers: the FAFO of our agriculture system is upon us.
February 2, 2025 at 1:32 AM
25% tariffs on 77% of Americas fruit and veggie imports, deporting our own farm laborers so no one here to plant and harvest our own food, responding tariffs that cripple our pork and soybean farmers: the FAFO of our agriculture system is upon us.
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Trump has ended Dr Fauci's security detail & says he'd feel no responsibility if he was harmed. Wow. Trump is an evil monster. Dr Fauci is a national treasure. He has saved millions of lives throughout the world. If anything happens to him Trump will be responsible
www.npr.org/2025/01/24/n...
www.npr.org/2025/01/24/n...
Trump ends Fauci's security detail, says he'd feel no responsibility if he was harmed
Fauci is the latest in a string of former Trump aides-turned-critics to see their federal protection canceled.
www.npr.org
January 25, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Trump has ended Dr Fauci's security detail & says he'd feel no responsibility if he was harmed. Wow. Trump is an evil monster. Dr Fauci is a national treasure. He has saved millions of lives throughout the world. If anything happens to him Trump will be responsible
www.npr.org/2025/01/24/n...
www.npr.org/2025/01/24/n...
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Also... Trump won't do shit to stop mass shootings at public schools, but he'll send the Secret Service to investigate "an 11-year-old who posted an anti-Trump video."
Completely fucking ridiculous.
Completely fucking ridiculous.
January 25, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Also... Trump won't do shit to stop mass shootings at public schools, but he'll send the Secret Service to investigate "an 11-year-old who posted an anti-Trump video."
Completely fucking ridiculous.
Completely fucking ridiculous.
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Hey Christians! What was wrong with that sermon! Tell us! We shouldn’t have care and compassion for others! I’m confused!
January 22, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Hey Christians! What was wrong with that sermon! Tell us! We shouldn’t have care and compassion for others! I’m confused!
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I never want to hear that the GOP is the party of law & order again… ever.
January 21, 2025 at 2:45 AM
I never want to hear that the GOP is the party of law & order again… ever.
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He was karate-chopping the neck of a transgender ghost. Calm down everyone.
January 21, 2025 at 5:52 AM
He was karate-chopping the neck of a transgender ghost. Calm down everyone.
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Reagan had hostages.
Trump has Tik Tok.
Trump has Tik Tok.
January 19, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Reagan had hostages.
Trump has Tik Tok.
Trump has Tik Tok.
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Feel free to share…it started in 2020.
January 19, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Feel free to share…it started in 2020.
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A reminder:
Donald Trump launched this whole TikTok ban as far back as August 2020 when he issued an Executive Order highlighting his concerns about TikTok specifically.
He then ordered ByteDance (TikTok’s parent co) to divest its interest in the operation of the app in the US.
Trump’s no hero.
Donald Trump launched this whole TikTok ban as far back as August 2020 when he issued an Executive Order highlighting his concerns about TikTok specifically.
He then ordered ByteDance (TikTok’s parent co) to divest its interest in the operation of the app in the US.
Trump’s no hero.
JUST HITTING THE SCOTUS DOCKET:
In a per curiam opinion, SCOTUS rules that the TikTok ban does not violate the First Amendment.
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
In a per curiam opinion, SCOTUS rules that the TikTok ban does not violate the First Amendment.
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
www.supremecourt.gov
January 17, 2025 at 6:38 PM
A reminder:
Donald Trump launched this whole TikTok ban as far back as August 2020 when he issued an Executive Order highlighting his concerns about TikTok specifically.
He then ordered ByteDance (TikTok’s parent co) to divest its interest in the operation of the app in the US.
Trump’s no hero.
Donald Trump launched this whole TikTok ban as far back as August 2020 when he issued an Executive Order highlighting his concerns about TikTok specifically.
He then ordered ByteDance (TikTok’s parent co) to divest its interest in the operation of the app in the US.
Trump’s no hero.