Laura Whipple
@lewhip.bsky.social
Semi-retired, I also write, paint, sculpt and play in the garden. Love cats, dogs, horses, crows and many other animals. Was very interested in politics until Nov 6 but have to step away a bit so I don't lose my mind.
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Whereupon Mike Johnson’s pants burst into flames.
WELKER: If the big beautiful bill does add to the debt, will Trump own it?
JOHNSON: It's not gonna add to the debt
W: Experts say this will add trillions to the deficit. Can you really guarantee this will not add one penny of debt?
JOHNSON: I'm telling you this is going to reduce the deficit
JOHNSON: It's not gonna add to the debt
W: Experts say this will add trillions to the deficit. Can you really guarantee this will not add one penny of debt?
JOHNSON: I'm telling you this is going to reduce the deficit
June 1, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Whereupon Mike Johnson’s pants burst into flames.
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Sometimes, the Moon passes directly in front of the beautiful Pleiades star cluster in a celestial event called an occultation! This composite image from Spain captures the Moon's visit. These monthly occultations last until 2029, then not again until 2042!
Credit: Cayetana Saiz
Credit: Cayetana Saiz
April 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Sometimes, the Moon passes directly in front of the beautiful Pleiades star cluster in a celestial event called an occultation! This composite image from Spain captures the Moon's visit. These monthly occultations last until 2029, then not again until 2042!
Credit: Cayetana Saiz
Credit: Cayetana Saiz
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The sooner we collectively realize that Elon Musk is a shitposting, conspiracy-addled fool, who needs to stay out of public policy not upend it, the safer we’ll all be.
February 18, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The sooner we collectively realize that Elon Musk is a shitposting, conspiracy-addled fool, who needs to stay out of public policy not upend it, the safer we’ll all be.
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I watched Hannity's interview with Musk and Donald Trump so that you didn't have to. It was, as George W. Bush might have said, some weird shit
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Who Is Running the United States?
In search of an answer, I watched Sean Hannity’s Fox News interview with President Donald Trump and Elon Musk.
www.theatlantic.com
February 19, 2025 at 5:12 AM
I watched Hannity's interview with Musk and Donald Trump so that you didn't have to. It was, as George W. Bush might have said, some weird shit
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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It is astonishing that mainstream media is covering this like it is a shruggie vibe 🤷♂️
February 2, 2025 at 4:05 PM
It is astonishing that mainstream media is covering this like it is a shruggie vibe 🤷♂️
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USAID is a criminal organization,” Mr. Musk wrote on Sunday in a social media post that many aid workers saw as confirmation the agency would soon be absorbed into the State Department and that some viewed as a potential threat to their personal safety. “Time for it to die.”
THIS HAS TO STOP.
THIS HAS TO STOP.
February 2, 2025 at 9:23 PM
USAID is a criminal organization,” Mr. Musk wrote on Sunday in a social media post that many aid workers saw as confirmation the agency would soon be absorbed into the State Department and that some viewed as a potential threat to their personal safety. “Time for it to die.”
THIS HAS TO STOP.
THIS HAS TO STOP.
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How is Trump hoping to improve air safety?!
February 2, 2025 at 10:20 PM
How is Trump hoping to improve air safety?!
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One of my party facts is that according to polls, Americans believe foreign aid is about 25% of the federal budget and on average that it *should* be about 10%.
The actual number is less than 1%.
Foreign aid has long been a boogey man of the right, so it's not surprising they're vilifying it now.
The actual number is less than 1%.
Foreign aid has long been a boogey man of the right, so it's not surprising they're vilifying it now.
February 2, 2025 at 10:32 PM
One of my party facts is that according to polls, Americans believe foreign aid is about 25% of the federal budget and on average that it *should* be about 10%.
The actual number is less than 1%.
Foreign aid has long been a boogey man of the right, so it's not surprising they're vilifying it now.
The actual number is less than 1%.
Foreign aid has long been a boogey man of the right, so it's not surprising they're vilifying it now.
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Perfectly captured.
February 3, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Perfectly captured.
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Yes. While there are absolutely things Democrats can and must do to slow, obstruct, etc, GOP hold both House and Senate majorities, severely limiting our options.
Johnson and Thune are handing over the own keys and relinquishing their own power. Even for the cynics this should be a shock.
Johnson and Thune are handing over the own keys and relinquishing their own power. Even for the cynics this should be a shock.
We all like to yell at the Democrats, but it’s really Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune who are letting Elon Musk and his faceless goon squad make a mockery of their power as leaders of a coequal branch without uttering a peep or lifting a finger.
February 2, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Yes. While there are absolutely things Democrats can and must do to slow, obstruct, etc, GOP hold both House and Senate majorities, severely limiting our options.
Johnson and Thune are handing over the own keys and relinquishing their own power. Even for the cynics this should be a shock.
Johnson and Thune are handing over the own keys and relinquishing their own power. Even for the cynics this should be a shock.
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Private Equity has devoured
Bernard Matthews
Body Shop
Casual Dining
Cath Kidson
Comet
Debenhams
Flybe
Four Seasons Health Care
Maplin
Monarch Airlines
Paperchase
Poundworld
Southern Cross
Thames Water
Toys R Us
With further deregulation of finance, what next?
leftfootforward.org/2024/11/exce...
Bernard Matthews
Body Shop
Casual Dining
Cath Kidson
Comet
Debenhams
Flybe
Four Seasons Health Care
Maplin
Monarch Airlines
Paperchase
Poundworld
Southern Cross
Thames Water
Toys R Us
With further deregulation of finance, what next?
leftfootforward.org/2024/11/exce...
Excessive deregulation means that the UK is hurtling towards the next crash
Deregulation creates opportunities for bankers to take reckless risks with other people’s money, collect bonuses and destabilise economies.
leftfootforward.org
November 24, 2024 at 8:07 AM
Private Equity has devoured
Bernard Matthews
Body Shop
Casual Dining
Cath Kidson
Comet
Debenhams
Flybe
Four Seasons Health Care
Maplin
Monarch Airlines
Paperchase
Poundworld
Southern Cross
Thames Water
Toys R Us
With further deregulation of finance, what next?
leftfootforward.org/2024/11/exce...
Bernard Matthews
Body Shop
Casual Dining
Cath Kidson
Comet
Debenhams
Flybe
Four Seasons Health Care
Maplin
Monarch Airlines
Paperchase
Poundworld
Southern Cross
Thames Water
Toys R Us
With further deregulation of finance, what next?
leftfootforward.org/2024/11/exce...
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Or as Goldfinger says to Bond: "Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action."
“For one Cabinet nominee to be accused of sexual impropriety may be regarded as misfortune. For two Cabinet nominees to be thus accused looks like carelessness,” Quinta Jurecic writes. “For four—well, that moves beyond carelessness into outright malice”:
Trump’s Cabinet Has a Serious #MeToo Problem
And the incoming administration doesn’t seem to mind at all.
www.theatlantic.com
November 23, 2024 at 6:56 PM
Or as Goldfinger says to Bond: "Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action."
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While Trump crows about his great COVID record, remember this, from the COVID Crisis Group (a bipartisan collection of scientists and public health experts), in a study published last year.
Excerpt from The Death of Expertise, second edition.
Excerpt from The Death of Expertise, second edition.
November 19, 2024 at 2:05 AM
While Trump crows about his great COVID record, remember this, from the COVID Crisis Group (a bipartisan collection of scientists and public health experts), in a study published last year.
Excerpt from The Death of Expertise, second edition.
Excerpt from The Death of Expertise, second edition.
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This article is totally insane; NPR should be ashamed. The headlines and lede give you no indication at all that RFK is a crank whose claims about vaccines are false and threaten public health. Would they write a story saying "Alex Jones wants to inform the public but he faces a lot of pushback"?
RFK Jr. wants to tackle chronic disease. Despite controversial views on vaccines, his focus on healthy food and taking on special interests may find broad support — and face political headwinds.
RFK Jr. wants to 'Make America Healthy Again.' He could face a lot of pushback
RFK Jr. wants to tackle chronic disease. Despite controversial views on vaccines, his focus on healthy food and taking on special interests may find broad support — and face political headwinds.
www.npr.org
November 15, 2024 at 8:29 PM
This article is totally insane; NPR should be ashamed. The headlines and lede give you no indication at all that RFK is a crank whose claims about vaccines are false and threaten public health. Would they write a story saying "Alex Jones wants to inform the public but he faces a lot of pushback"?
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Remember: fascism thrives on apathy.
The autocrats want you to tune out. They want to overwhelm you. They want you to give up.
Don’t give them want they want.
Stay in this fight. Remain vigilant. And let’s keep building.
The autocrats want you to tune out. They want to overwhelm you. They want you to give up.
Don’t give them want they want.
Stay in this fight. Remain vigilant. And let’s keep building.
November 16, 2024 at 12:53 PM
Remember: fascism thrives on apathy.
The autocrats want you to tune out. They want to overwhelm you. They want you to give up.
Don’t give them want they want.
Stay in this fight. Remain vigilant. And let’s keep building.
The autocrats want you to tune out. They want to overwhelm you. They want you to give up.
Don’t give them want they want.
Stay in this fight. Remain vigilant. And let’s keep building.
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When you think about it, it’s quite on brand for the GOP to seek to protect alleged pedophiles among them by preventing the truth from ever seeing the light of day.
Eh hmm, Jim Jordan (cough).
Eh hmm, Jim Jordan (cough).
November 16, 2024 at 10:40 AM
When you think about it, it’s quite on brand for the GOP to seek to protect alleged pedophiles among them by preventing the truth from ever seeing the light of day.
Eh hmm, Jim Jordan (cough).
Eh hmm, Jim Jordan (cough).
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Release the Gaetz report.
Pass it on.
Pass it on.
November 15, 2024 at 3:00 PM
Release the Gaetz report.
Pass it on.
Pass it on.
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Please, if you are able, support Independent bookshops.
They are the literary & social hubs of our high streets and communities.
Without their continued support, we simply wouldn't be around to publish .
Thank you.
They are the literary & social hubs of our high streets and communities.
Without their continued support, we simply wouldn't be around to publish .
Thank you.
November 15, 2024 at 1:08 PM
Please, if you are able, support Independent bookshops.
They are the literary & social hubs of our high streets and communities.
Without their continued support, we simply wouldn't be around to publish .
Thank you.
They are the literary & social hubs of our high streets and communities.
Without their continued support, we simply wouldn't be around to publish .
Thank you.
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Do yourself a favor and read this from Fox News contributor Ben Domenech.
I’d like to report a murder
I’d like to report a murder
November 15, 2024 at 1:53 AM
Do yourself a favor and read this from Fox News contributor Ben Domenech.
I’d like to report a murder
I’d like to report a murder
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He is legitimately deranged
This is an actual tweet from today
This is an actual tweet from today
November 14, 2024 at 9:43 PM
He is legitimately deranged
This is an actual tweet from today
This is an actual tweet from today
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Anyone you see on your timeline right now praising RFK Jr. is a person you never need to take seriously on anything ever again.
It is difficult to overstate just how extreme, conspiratorial, and insane RFK’s views are, on vaccines, microchips & beyond. He’s Alex Jones in a suit.
It is difficult to overstate just how extreme, conspiratorial, and insane RFK’s views are, on vaccines, microchips & beyond. He’s Alex Jones in a suit.
November 14, 2024 at 9:53 PM
Anyone you see on your timeline right now praising RFK Jr. is a person you never need to take seriously on anything ever again.
It is difficult to overstate just how extreme, conspiratorial, and insane RFK’s views are, on vaccines, microchips & beyond. He’s Alex Jones in a suit.
It is difficult to overstate just how extreme, conspiratorial, and insane RFK’s views are, on vaccines, microchips & beyond. He’s Alex Jones in a suit.