Verna Caruso
@lionlady814.bsky.social
Democrat, music lover, cat lady
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If Biden had posted an AI image of himself dressed as a Pope, the U.S. Catholic Church would have gone apeshit.
May 3, 2025 at 3:13 AM
If Biden had posted an AI image of himself dressed as a Pope, the U.S. Catholic Church would have gone apeshit.
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Trump's budget plan includes a record $1 trillion in military spending. At the same time, he wants to cut $163 billion in housing, education, healthcare, climate, and labor programs to pay for tax cuts that will mostly go to the rich. "Fiscal responsibility."
May 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Trump's budget plan includes a record $1 trillion in military spending. At the same time, he wants to cut $163 billion in housing, education, healthcare, climate, and labor programs to pay for tax cuts that will mostly go to the rich. "Fiscal responsibility."
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Trump wants to cut more than a billion dollars from the FBI and ATF, eviscerating the agencies that investigate terrorist threats, cybercrimes, and get illegal guns off the streets.
White House seeks budget cuts for Justice Department law enforcement offices, sources say
The White House is poised to ask Congress to cut funding for several of the Justice Department's law enforcement offices under a budget proposal that would likely hamper its ability to carry out the Trump administration's pledge to crack down on violent crime, three sources familiar with the matter said.
www.reuters.com
May 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Trump wants to cut more than a billion dollars from the FBI and ATF, eviscerating the agencies that investigate terrorist threats, cybercrimes, and get illegal guns off the streets.
@williamsport50501.bsky.social Anyone interested in protesting May 1 in Williamsport, meet at the corner of Market and E. Third from 2-4PM.
April 30, 2025 at 6:13 PM
@williamsport50501.bsky.social Anyone interested in protesting May 1 in Williamsport, meet at the corner of Market and E. Third from 2-4PM.
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Donald Trump and Elon Musk are trying to shut down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - the agency that helps you if you get scammed.
@senatedem.bsky.social are united in defending the CFPB, which has already returned more than $21 billion to families cheated by Wall Street.
@senatedem.bsky.social are united in defending the CFPB, which has already returned more than $21 billion to families cheated by Wall Street.
February 28, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Donald Trump and Elon Musk are trying to shut down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - the agency that helps you if you get scammed.
@senatedem.bsky.social are united in defending the CFPB, which has already returned more than $21 billion to families cheated by Wall Street.
@senatedem.bsky.social are united in defending the CFPB, which has already returned more than $21 billion to families cheated by Wall Street.
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Something is shifting. They are still breaking things and stealing things. And they will keep trying to break and to steal. But the propaganda magic around the oligarchical coup is fading. (1/2)
February 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Something is shifting. They are still breaking things and stealing things. And they will keep trying to break and to steal. But the propaganda magic around the oligarchical coup is fading. (1/2)
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Egg prices are up 53% compared to last year and the spread of bird flu is a major reason why.
How has Trump responded?
By letting DOGE fire thousands of federal employees across the CDC, NIH, FDA, and the USDA who could respond to this outbreak.
How has Trump responded?
By letting DOGE fire thousands of federal employees across the CDC, NIH, FDA, and the USDA who could respond to this outbreak.
February 18, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Egg prices are up 53% compared to last year and the spread of bird flu is a major reason why.
How has Trump responded?
By letting DOGE fire thousands of federal employees across the CDC, NIH, FDA, and the USDA who could respond to this outbreak.
How has Trump responded?
By letting DOGE fire thousands of federal employees across the CDC, NIH, FDA, and the USDA who could respond to this outbreak.
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You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.
February 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.
So Musk wants the govt to buy $400,000,000 worth of his useless Tesla trucks which have been proven to be destructible in spite of his claims to the contrary. So is this what we get in exchange for USAID, the Dept. of Education, the FBI, and all the other agencies he's deleting?
February 13, 2025 at 8:41 PM
So Musk wants the govt to buy $400,000,000 worth of his useless Tesla trucks which have been proven to be destructible in spite of his claims to the contrary. So is this what we get in exchange for USAID, the Dept. of Education, the FBI, and all the other agencies he's deleting?
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This has always been the GOP's strategy:
1) Cut taxes for the wealthy & corporations by claiming they'll pay for themselves.
2) Explode the deficit.
3) Demand cuts to programs that millions of people rely on.
4) Repeat.
Don't let them get away with it.
1) Cut taxes for the wealthy & corporations by claiming they'll pay for themselves.
2) Explode the deficit.
3) Demand cuts to programs that millions of people rely on.
4) Repeat.
Don't let them get away with it.
February 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
This has always been the GOP's strategy:
1) Cut taxes for the wealthy & corporations by claiming they'll pay for themselves.
2) Explode the deficit.
3) Demand cuts to programs that millions of people rely on.
4) Repeat.
Don't let them get away with it.
1) Cut taxes for the wealthy & corporations by claiming they'll pay for themselves.
2) Explode the deficit.
3) Demand cuts to programs that millions of people rely on.
4) Repeat.
Don't let them get away with it.
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“Limiting our access to the Oval Office based on the content of AP’s speech not only severely impedes the public’s access to independent news, it plainly violates the First Amendment,” an AP official says.
via @theguardian.com
via @theguardian.com
Associated Press barred from Oval Office for not using ‘Gulf of America’
Agency says its reporter wasn’t allowed into event in effort to ‘punish’ style guide on upholding use of Gulf of Mexico
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2025 at 6:16 PM
“Limiting our access to the Oval Office based on the content of AP’s speech not only severely impedes the public’s access to independent news, it plainly violates the First Amendment,” an AP official says.
via @theguardian.com
via @theguardian.com
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After going quiet on bird flu, CDC scientists have published a report on its spread among veterinarians. The findings suggest a need for better surveillance.
After delay, CDC releases data signaling bird flu spread undetected in cows and people
After going quiet on bird flu, CDC scientists have published a report on its spread among veterinarians. The findings suggest a need for better surveillance.
www.npr.org
February 13, 2025 at 6:16 PM
After going quiet on bird flu, CDC scientists have published a report on its spread among veterinarians. The findings suggest a need for better surveillance.
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Proud to be one of the 350 rabbis signing this statement — an ad in the NYT today and a declaration of our values.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
For more—and to sign— go to
saynotoethniccleansing.org
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
For more—and to sign— go to
saynotoethniccleansing.org
February 13, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Proud to be one of the 350 rabbis signing this statement — an ad in the NYT today and a declaration of our values.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
For more—and to sign— go to
saynotoethniccleansing.org
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
For more—and to sign— go to
saynotoethniccleansing.org
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Meanwhile, egg prices.
February 6, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Meanwhile, egg prices.
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Remember in 2016 when all the media made a huge scandal over Hillary Clinton’s email practices? Now a group of men under 30 working for Elon Musk have access to millions of Americans Social Security numbers and banking information. Maybe the media could just treat this as at least as big a scandal.
The information security presidency - Lawyers, Guns & Money
The unelected president and his junior high Ayn Rand Appreciation Society continues to just illegally seize access to a bunch of sensitive records: Representatives of Elon Musk’s Department of Governm...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com
February 6, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Remember in 2016 when all the media made a huge scandal over Hillary Clinton’s email practices? Now a group of men under 30 working for Elon Musk have access to millions of Americans Social Security numbers and banking information. Maybe the media could just treat this as at least as big a scandal.
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FBI hearing has hit a snag. DOJ is unable to say whether anyone in the department has *already* disseminated to outsiders the info about FBI agents who worked on Jan. 6 case.
DOJ lawyer says he doesn't "have reason to believe" that has happened but can't assure it.
DOJ lawyer says he doesn't "have reason to believe" that has happened but can't assure it.
February 6, 2025 at 6:44 PM
FBI hearing has hit a snag. DOJ is unable to say whether anyone in the department has *already* disseminated to outsiders the info about FBI agents who worked on Jan. 6 case.
DOJ lawyer says he doesn't "have reason to believe" that has happened but can't assure it.
DOJ lawyer says he doesn't "have reason to believe" that has happened but can't assure it.
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Almost two weeks ago, I found out I was one of 40 people getting laid off from NBC News.
Those who know me know I’ve wanted to go independent for a long time. Later this month, I’m launching @spitfirenews.com. We need journalism that is louder than ever.
spitfirenews.com/p/an-introdu...
Those who know me know I’ve wanted to go independent for a long time. Later this month, I’m launching @spitfirenews.com. We need journalism that is louder than ever.
spitfirenews.com/p/an-introdu...
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A newsletter from Kat Tenbarge about internet culture, politics, and media.
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February 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Almost two weeks ago, I found out I was one of 40 people getting laid off from NBC News.
Those who know me know I’ve wanted to go independent for a long time. Later this month, I’m launching @spitfirenews.com. We need journalism that is louder than ever.
spitfirenews.com/p/an-introdu...
Those who know me know I’ve wanted to go independent for a long time. Later this month, I’m launching @spitfirenews.com. We need journalism that is louder than ever.
spitfirenews.com/p/an-introdu...
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"If the 'DOGE' endeavor is working, why can’t the White House just tell the truth about what it's doing?"
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
February 6, 2025 at 7:29 PM
"If the 'DOGE' endeavor is working, why can’t the White House just tell the truth about what it's doing?"
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
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Some federally funded community health centers — which serve rural areas with limited access to medical care — are still unable to access grant funding and are shutting down because of Trump's spending freeze.
We are witnessing an attack on America's most vulnerable people.
We are witnessing an attack on America's most vulnerable people.
Community health centers are closing amid funding confusion
Community health centers are facing a potential federal freeze on their grants and funding following orders from Trump.
www.newsweek.com
February 6, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Some federally funded community health centers — which serve rural areas with limited access to medical care — are still unable to access grant funding and are shutting down because of Trump's spending freeze.
We are witnessing an attack on America's most vulnerable people.
We are witnessing an attack on America's most vulnerable people.
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“The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn’t; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all.”
G.K. Chesterton (1908)
G.K. Chesterton (1908)
February 6, 2025 at 7:46 PM
“The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn’t; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all.”
G.K. Chesterton (1908)
G.K. Chesterton (1908)
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Luckily we've got a real A Team heading in to this part of the U.S. government right now... 😬
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...
January 27, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Luckily we've got a real A Team heading in to this part of the U.S. government right now... 😬
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...
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Getting some reports that ASL interpreters are being fired across federal agencies. Not sure to the extent yet. Obviously in violation of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. But with the DOJ Civil Rights Division frozen and general law-breaking plentiful, unsure of recourse rn.
January 25, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Getting some reports that ASL interpreters are being fired across federal agencies. Not sure to the extent yet. Obviously in violation of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. But with the DOJ Civil Rights Division frozen and general law-breaking plentiful, unsure of recourse rn.