Madelaine Coffman
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Also a reminder that if you are reading good coverage, share/post those links, a lot has shifted and people need to know where to find information
There are literally not enough journalists employed in the US to cover the bad shit that is happening right now. We are now going to experience the social consequences of a weakened news industry--which are the same as the benefits of a weakened news industry, to those who weakened it.
February 3, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Also a reminder that if you are reading good coverage, share/post those links, a lot has shifted and people need to know where to find information
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unfortunately for these folks the odds are that they aren’t going to go after violent criminals at all — too hard — and going to go exclusively over the easiest targets, which are law abiding workers
"No one ever thought that this would happen. I thought that the administration was going after violent criminals, but these people are innocent, honest, hardworking people. These are human beings." www.inquirer.com/news/philade...
ICE raided his family’s North Philly car wash. Here is Jeffrey Lee’s account of what happened.
"They weren’t rude or anything, but they basically just told me 'We are here to take some illegals. If you don’t hear from us then don’t worry about it,'" said the car wash owner.
www.inquirer.com
February 2, 2025 at 8:43 PM
unfortunately for these folks the odds are that they aren’t going to go after violent criminals at all — too hard — and going to go exclusively over the easiest targets, which are law abiding workers
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RFK Jr. and his family stand to profit off lawsuits against vaccines. An HHS Secretary shouldn't have a financial interest in making our country sicker. I’m demanding RFK Jr. recuse himself from any work on vaccine policy while he has a financial interest in the outcome.
NEW via @nbcnews.com: RFK Jr. is refusing to divest his family's interest in an anti-vaccine lawsuit. Ranking Member Wyden is calling on RFK Jr. to recuse himself from vaccine lawsuits as long as those conflicts remain www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Democratic senators say they have 'grave concerns' over RFK Jr.'s potential financial conflicts
Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Ron Wyden called on the HHS nominee to vow to recuse himself from certain decisions and promise not to profit from health litigation after leaving the post.
www.nbcnews.com
February 3, 2025 at 5:26 PM
RFK Jr. and his family stand to profit off lawsuits against vaccines. An HHS Secretary shouldn't have a financial interest in making our country sicker. I’m demanding RFK Jr. recuse himself from any work on vaccine policy while he has a financial interest in the outcome.
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honestly think some of the hesitation here is that no one wants to sound like a crank. i was talking at an event last night and even i felt like a crank while i was speaking!
What if there were a coup, the US government fell to a drug-addled oligarch who seized control of our money, secrets, and levers of power, and Corporate media did not report on it?
February 3, 2025 at 2:33 PM
honestly think some of the hesitation here is that no one wants to sound like a crank. i was talking at an event last night and even i felt like a crank while i was speaking!
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"People who have lived through a country's transition into dictatorship often reflect on the things they wish they had done to prepare or respond earlier. Common themes in their reflections include: ...."
February 2, 2025 at 7:51 AM
"People who have lived through a country's transition into dictatorship often reflect on the things they wish they had done to prepare or respond earlier. Common themes in their reflections include: ...."
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All politics is local. Get involved in local politics. If you don't want to run, get behind someone who does.
February 3, 2025 at 1:37 AM
All politics is local. Get involved in local politics. If you don't want to run, get behind someone who does.
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Go to a drag show. Support the venues that hold them.
Ask women's clinics what they need, often times they need escorts.
Look into how you can be environmental steward for your area via rain barrels/native plantings/alternative transportation.
Ask women's clinics what they need, often times they need escorts.
Look into how you can be environmental steward for your area via rain barrels/native plantings/alternative transportation.
February 2, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Go to a drag show. Support the venues that hold them.
Ask women's clinics what they need, often times they need escorts.
Look into how you can be environmental steward for your area via rain barrels/native plantings/alternative transportation.
Ask women's clinics what they need, often times they need escorts.
Look into how you can be environmental steward for your area via rain barrels/native plantings/alternative transportation.
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Shop local, shop small (Etsy, eBay), don't give a F'n penny to the billionaire boys club companies. Boycott any companies (that you can) that licked the n@zi boots of dumpy. If you have to buy something, go to a thrift store. Low-buy, no-buy, if you can.
February 2, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Shop local, shop small (Etsy, eBay), don't give a F'n penny to the billionaire boys club companies. Boycott any companies (that you can) that licked the n@zi boots of dumpy. If you have to buy something, go to a thrift store. Low-buy, no-buy, if you can.
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@cantwell.senate.gov care to explain? You like non-government actors having control over these systems?
Where is your fight? Where is your outrage?
Is it time for a new senator for Washington? We won’t forget your abdication of responsibility.
Where is your fight? Where is your outrage?
Is it time for a new senator for Washington? We won’t forget your abdication of responsibility.
16 Democratic senators recently voted to confirm the Trump-appointed Treasury Secretary who just gave Musk’s team access to a Treasury payment system that disburses trillions and holds mass quantities of personal information. Food for thought. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
February 2, 2025 at 1:10 AM
@cantwell.senate.gov care to explain? You like non-government actors having control over these systems?
Where is your fight? Where is your outrage?
Is it time for a new senator for Washington? We won’t forget your abdication of responsibility.
Where is your fight? Where is your outrage?
Is it time for a new senator for Washington? We won’t forget your abdication of responsibility.
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is it good or bad that a billionaire oligarch with close ties to foreign dictators is currently downloading the most sensitive information the us federal government has about its citizens to his own private servers?
February 2, 2025 at 6:36 AM
is it good or bad that a billionaire oligarch with close ties to foreign dictators is currently downloading the most sensitive information the us federal government has about its citizens to his own private servers?
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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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Btw let me reinforce this again when it comes to this crew: EVERY ACCUSATION IS A CONFESSION.
February 2, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Btw let me reinforce this again when it comes to this crew: EVERY ACCUSATION IS A CONFESSION.
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cannot be said enough that for a decade a critical number of americans have simply refused to accept that he means what he says
I hold a lot of disdain for the people who didn’t see this coming given P2025 but it does seem like the actual support for these goals is nonexistent, everyone who voted for him did so under the incredibly stupid assumption that he wouldn’t do this
February 2, 2025 at 1:44 AM
cannot be said enough that for a decade a critical number of americans have simply refused to accept that he means what he says
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The most surreal and maddening feature of the campaign was that everyone agreed that high prices were the main issue but the guy explicitly, consistently running on a platform of raising everyone’s prices won voters most concerned about high prices.
We hammered this time and time again and yet.
We hammered this time and time again and yet.
February 2, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The most surreal and maddening feature of the campaign was that everyone agreed that high prices were the main issue but the guy explicitly, consistently running on a platform of raising everyone’s prices won voters most concerned about high prices.
We hammered this time and time again and yet.
We hammered this time and time again and yet.
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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.