@lisabaertlein.bsky.social
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One of the most astonishing and damning visual renderings of American violence.
November 2, 2025 at 4:36 PM
One of the most astonishing and damning visual renderings of American violence.
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Food bank director: “for every meal that a food bank provides, the SNAP program provides nine. There’s no way we can meet that gap.”
October 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Food bank director: “for every meal that a food bank provides, the SNAP program provides nine. There’s no way we can meet that gap.”
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BREAKING🚨: The strongest wind gust EVER recorded in a hurricane has been recorded by specialist aircraft in Hurricane Melissa: 241mph.
Climate Change FAFO
Climate Change FAFO
October 28, 2025 at 2:48 AM
BREAKING🚨: The strongest wind gust EVER recorded in a hurricane has been recorded by specialist aircraft in Hurricane Melissa: 241mph.
Climate Change FAFO
Climate Change FAFO
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“Walmart was the top employer of SNAP recipients in five states and one of the top four employers in the remaining four states. McDonald’s was among the top five employers of Medicaid enrollees in five of six states and SNAP recipients in eight of nine states.”
www.cnbc.com/2020/11/19/w...
www.cnbc.com/2020/11/19/w...
Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
October 27, 2025 at 2:10 AM
“Walmart was the top employer of SNAP recipients in five states and one of the top four employers in the remaining four states. McDonald’s was among the top five employers of Medicaid enrollees in five of six states and SNAP recipients in eight of nine states.”
www.cnbc.com/2020/11/19/w...
www.cnbc.com/2020/11/19/w...
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Just FYI, I once got into making my own pasta. People will tell you it’s really easy and satisfying and fun. They lie.
Italy trying to get US to call off mega tariff on imported pasta that will double prices for American consumers. Via Reuters
Rome calls on US to reconsider extra tariff on pasta imports
With almost $800 million in exports, the U.S. is one of Italy's top three export markets for pasta, a staple of the country's culinary heritage and a substantial export commodity.
www.reuters.com
October 7, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Just FYI, I once got into making my own pasta. People will tell you it’s really easy and satisfying and fun. They lie.
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Another tragic accident.
October 6, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Another tragic accident.
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Two-thirds of National Park Service employees have been furloughed during the ongoing government shutdown, worsening an already severe staffing shortage. With limited personnel remaining, essential maintenance, law enforcement, and visitor services are significantly reduced.
October 5, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Two-thirds of National Park Service employees have been furloughed during the ongoing government shutdown, worsening an already severe staffing shortage. With limited personnel remaining, essential maintenance, law enforcement, and visitor services are significantly reduced.
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“Health insurance costs in the United States are on track for their biggest jump in at least five years…
“For the 24 million enrollees of Affordable Care Act insurance plans, costs are expected to rise by more than 75 percent next year…”
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
“For the 24 million enrollees of Affordable Care Act insurance plans, costs are expected to rise by more than 75 percent next year…”
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Why your health insurance may soon cost a lot more
Millions will be paying substantially more for health insurance next year, according to multiple surveys. Insurers cited tariffs and demand for obesity drugs.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 13, 2025 at 8:16 PM
“Health insurance costs in the United States are on track for their biggest jump in at least five years…
“For the 24 million enrollees of Affordable Care Act insurance plans, costs are expected to rise by more than 75 percent next year…”
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
“For the 24 million enrollees of Affordable Care Act insurance plans, costs are expected to rise by more than 75 percent next year…”
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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NEW: Reuters asked the Michigan Tax Authority whether Lisa Cook violated any mortgage tax rules for her home in Ann Arbor. They said no. That's in addition to Reuters earlier reporting that nothing was wrong with the documents for her home in Atlanta. www.reuters.com/world/us/no-...
Exclusive: No evidence of primary residence violation by Fed Gov Lisa Cook, says Michigan official
The property tax authority in Ann Arbor, Michigan, said that Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook hasn’t broken rules for tax breaks on a home there that Cook declared her primary residence.
www.reuters.com
September 16, 2025 at 1:36 AM
NEW: Reuters asked the Michigan Tax Authority whether Lisa Cook violated any mortgage tax rules for her home in Ann Arbor. They said no. That's in addition to Reuters earlier reporting that nothing was wrong with the documents for her home in Atlanta. www.reuters.com/world/us/no-...
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How did he think this was going to end? My goodness.
My wife: “He was just trying to get home.” 😂
My wife: “He was just trying to get home.” 😂
August 14, 2025 at 3:04 AM
How did he think this was going to end? My goodness.
My wife: “He was just trying to get home.” 😂
My wife: “He was just trying to get home.” 😂
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BARKIN: “.. we’re not walking into a 2022 situation where consumers are flush with cash and bound to spend. .. I think we’re in a 2025 situation where consumers are feeling somewhat stretched and therefore, you know, are making choices.”
@jeannewhalen.bsky.social
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
@jeannewhalen.bsky.social
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
August 12, 2025 at 9:15 PM
BARKIN: “.. we’re not walking into a 2022 situation where consumers are flush with cash and bound to spend. .. I think we’re in a 2025 situation where consumers are feeling somewhat stretched and therefore, you know, are making choices.”
@jeannewhalen.bsky.social
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
@jeannewhalen.bsky.social
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
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Something tells me that a U.S. Government that is shooting down its own Climate Change satellites is pretty unlikely to let this Report on AI see the light of day! 🤨
They’ll just work with big tech to shove AI down our throats, come what may!
#AISafety #AIdrawbacks
www.wired.com/story/inside...
They’ll just work with big tech to shove AI down our throats, come what may!
#AISafety #AIdrawbacks
www.wired.com/story/inside...
Inside the US Government's Unpublished Report on AI Safety
The National Institute of Standards and Technology conducted a groundbreaking study on frontier models just before Donald Trump's second term as president—and never published the results.
www.wired.com
August 7, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Something tells me that a U.S. Government that is shooting down its own Climate Change satellites is pretty unlikely to let this Report on AI see the light of day! 🤨
They’ll just work with big tech to shove AI down our throats, come what may!
#AISafety #AIdrawbacks
www.wired.com/story/inside...
They’ll just work with big tech to shove AI down our throats, come what may!
#AISafety #AIdrawbacks
www.wired.com/story/inside...
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Quick question. There are still almost as many troops in LA right now as there were at the end of Afghanistan.
Why exactly?
Also where are the mass deportations of white illegals, like from Russia?
Why exactly?
Also where are the mass deportations of white illegals, like from Russia?
July 15, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Quick question. There are still almost as many troops in LA right now as there were at the end of Afghanistan.
Why exactly?
Also where are the mass deportations of white illegals, like from Russia?
Why exactly?
Also where are the mass deportations of white illegals, like from Russia?
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Businesses will run out of stockpiled inventory by the end of summer, after which consumers will be hit with the tariff-impacted new inventory and prices will rise. #MomSky
Start Budgeting Now
Households will pay an average of $2,400 more for goods this year, thanks to Trump’s policies.
www.theatlantic.com
July 11, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Businesses will run out of stockpiled inventory by the end of summer, after which consumers will be hit with the tariff-impacted new inventory and prices will rise. #MomSky
Dammit
Arizona is going to miss Steve Benson. As a young reporter for the Arizona Republic I can remember being so thrilled every time this uber-talented artist with a national following would call me over to his desk to check out his cartoon for the next day’s paper.
azmirror.com/2025/07/08/p...
azmirror.com/2025/07/08/p...
Pulitzer-winning political cartoonist Steve Benson dies at 71
Pulitzer-winning political cartoonist Steve Benson dies at 71 after stroke, ending nearly 50-year career in journalism
azmirror.com
July 10, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Dammit
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NEW: LAPD just declared ICE protesters an unlawful assembly.
A few moments ago 👇🏾
A few moments ago 👇🏾
June 7, 2025 at 3:01 AM
NEW: LAPD just declared ICE protesters an unlawful assembly.
A few moments ago 👇🏾
A few moments ago 👇🏾
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EVERYBODY WATCH.
ICE IS OUT OF CONTROL.
Video of SEIU California’s President David Huerta getting assaulted & arrested during an ICE raid in the warehouse district of Downtown Los Angeles today.
He’s an LA native, American citizen and labor leader.
Don’t turn away.
ICE IS OUT OF CONTROL.
Video of SEIU California’s President David Huerta getting assaulted & arrested during an ICE raid in the warehouse district of Downtown Los Angeles today.
He’s an LA native, American citizen and labor leader.
Don’t turn away.
June 6, 2025 at 10:51 PM
EVERYBODY WATCH.
ICE IS OUT OF CONTROL.
Video of SEIU California’s President David Huerta getting assaulted & arrested during an ICE raid in the warehouse district of Downtown Los Angeles today.
He’s an LA native, American citizen and labor leader.
Don’t turn away.
ICE IS OUT OF CONTROL.
Video of SEIU California’s President David Huerta getting assaulted & arrested during an ICE raid in the warehouse district of Downtown Los Angeles today.
He’s an LA native, American citizen and labor leader.
Don’t turn away.
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ICE raids hit across Los Angeles today—and locals are rising up. This is what resistance looks like. ✊🏾
This was about an hour ago…
This was about an hour ago…
June 7, 2025 at 1:43 AM
ICE raids hit across Los Angeles today—and locals are rising up. This is what resistance looks like. ✊🏾
This was about an hour ago…
This was about an hour ago…
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A new study details the evolutionary change of Anna's Hummingbirds, finding their beaks have grown longer and more tapered to get the most from common feeders.
Backyard feeders changed the shape of hummingbird beaks, scientists say
A new study details the evolutionary change of Anna's Hummingbirds, finding their beaks have grown longer and more tapered to get the most from common feeders.
www.npr.org
May 23, 2025 at 11:50 PM
A new study details the evolutionary change of Anna's Hummingbirds, finding their beaks have grown longer and more tapered to get the most from common feeders.
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Bicyclist and mural on the Dequindre Cut in Detroit, Michigan. #BlueSkyArtShow #LightAndShadow #Black-and-whitePhotography #StreetPhotography #Detroit #DequindreCut #Murals #Juxtaposition #Photography
May 24, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Bicyclist and mural on the Dequindre Cut in Detroit, Michigan. #BlueSkyArtShow #LightAndShadow #Black-and-whitePhotography #StreetPhotography #Detroit #DequindreCut #Murals #Juxtaposition #Photography
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Did you know that $100M in food aid is rotting in warehouses that could feed the entire population of Gaza for a month and half, but a 28-year-old at DOGE is holding it hostage? www.reuters.com/world/us-aid...
Exclusive: US aid cuts leave food for millions mouldering in storage
The food stocks have been stuck inside four U.S. government warehouses since the Trump administration's decision in January to cut global aid programs.
www.reuters.com
May 21, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Did you know that $100M in food aid is rotting in warehouses that could feed the entire population of Gaza for a month and half, but a 28-year-old at DOGE is holding it hostage? www.reuters.com/world/us-aid...
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A man pulled up to a gas station to fill up his truck. ICE agents surrounded him and took him away. But his children were left behind.
“They arrested someone,” witness said. “They left the children inside the truck.”
www.sfgate.com/centralcoast...
“They arrested someone,” witness said. “They left the children inside the truck.”
www.sfgate.com/centralcoast...
ICE raids have 'overwhelmed' coastal California communities
Communities in three California counties "overwhelmed" as ICE raids ramp up in the region.
www.sfgate.com
May 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
A man pulled up to a gas station to fill up his truck. ICE agents surrounded him and took him away. But his children were left behind.
“They arrested someone,” witness said. “They left the children inside the truck.”
www.sfgate.com/centralcoast...
“They arrested someone,” witness said. “They left the children inside the truck.”
www.sfgate.com/centralcoast...
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West Coast port officials: Not a single cargo vessel has left China with goods for the two major West Coast ports in the past 12 hours. That hasn’t happened since the pandemic.
Six days ago, 41 vessels were scheduled to depart China for the San Pedro Bay Complex. On Friday, it was zero.
Six days ago, 41 vessels were scheduled to depart China for the San Pedro Bay Complex. On Friday, it was zero.
Zero ships from China are bound for California’s top ports. Officials haven’t seen that since the pandemic | CNN Business
On Friday morning, West Coast port officials told CNN about a startling sight: Not a single cargo vessel had left China with goods for the two major West Coast ports in the past 12 hours. That hasn’t ...
www.cnn.com
May 11, 2025 at 6:16 AM
West Coast port officials: Not a single cargo vessel has left China with goods for the two major West Coast ports in the past 12 hours. That hasn’t happened since the pandemic.
Six days ago, 41 vessels were scheduled to depart China for the San Pedro Bay Complex. On Friday, it was zero.
Six days ago, 41 vessels were scheduled to depart China for the San Pedro Bay Complex. On Friday, it was zero.