Maire Masco
@mairemasco.bsky.social
History of Astrology, Eastern Philosophies, Extreme Gardener, Punk, Feminist, Vedic astrologer. Art, Prehistory, Archeology, Mandaeans/Gnosticism. Politically self-aware. I have a Devon Rex. Seattle refugee living in Tacoma.
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ICE looking more and more like the American Gestpo.
June 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
ICE looking more and more like the American Gestpo.
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DHS wants 72 hours notice before inspections of detention facilities. Kind of defeats the purpose, doesn't it?
The Department of Homeland Security is asking members of Congress to provide 72 hours of notice before visiting detention centers, according to new guidance: cnn.it/4edTalh
DHS issues new guidance for lawmakers visiting ICE facilities after tense confrontations | CNN Politics
The agency’s new memo seeks to differentiate ICE field offices from detention facilities, noting that “ICE Field Offices are not detention facilities” and therefore do not fall under the appropriation...
cnn.it
June 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
DHS wants 72 hours notice before inspections of detention facilities. Kind of defeats the purpose, doesn't it?
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Justice for Breonna Taylor
May 12, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Justice for Breonna Taylor
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Just curious, what’s the tariff on a $400 million jet from Qatar?
May 11, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Just curious, what’s the tariff on a $400 million jet from Qatar?
Accurate weather forecasting saves lives and property. Watch how the reduction in government funded forecasting makes natural disasters more deadly, more costly. Watch how government under Trump/Musk abandon people suffering from natural disasters. People, they don't care about you.
Enormously dangerous
NEW: US weather forecasting is in worse shape than previously known, with 30 NWS forecast offices missing meteorologists-in-charge and about a dozen offices at risk of no longer serving their communities 24/7. www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/w...
May 2, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Accurate weather forecasting saves lives and property. Watch how the reduction in government funded forecasting makes natural disasters more deadly, more costly. Watch how government under Trump/Musk abandon people suffering from natural disasters. People, they don't care about you.
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40 Years ago Carl Sagan knew about Climate change and he was so aware of it's impact on Nature more than us we do right now.
May 1, 2025 at 11:54 AM
40 Years ago Carl Sagan knew about Climate change and he was so aware of it's impact on Nature more than us we do right now.
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If you've ever found yourself thinking, 'That can’t be constitutional' after one of Trump’s executive orders or deportations, you're not wrong. This piece breaks down the five core constitutional principles Trump has taken a wrecking ball to, so we can better fight back against the threat he poses.
Wait, That’s Unconstitutional
Making sense of Trump's all-out assault on the foundations of our system
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
May 1, 2025 at 9:08 PM
If you've ever found yourself thinking, 'That can’t be constitutional' after one of Trump’s executive orders or deportations, you're not wrong. This piece breaks down the five core constitutional principles Trump has taken a wrecking ball to, so we can better fight back against the threat he poses.
Where is Abrego Garcia?
April 29, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Where is Abrego Garcia?
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According to trade.gov:
There are 225 U.S. subsidiaries in El Salvador from 105 U.S. parent companies
Some of them are:
Citibank
Chevron
Hanesbrands
Delta
Equifax
FedEx
Fruit of the Loom
Google
Kimberly-Clark
Microsoft
PriceSmart
Walmart
We should not support any U.S. business who operates there
There are 225 U.S. subsidiaries in El Salvador from 105 U.S. parent companies
Some of them are:
Citibank
Chevron
Hanesbrands
Delta
Equifax
FedEx
Fruit of the Loom
Kimberly-Clark
Microsoft
PriceSmart
Walmart
We should not support any U.S. business who operates there
April 18, 2025 at 4:43 PM
According to trade.gov:
There are 225 U.S. subsidiaries in El Salvador from 105 U.S. parent companies
Some of them are:
Citibank
Chevron
Hanesbrands
Delta
Equifax
FedEx
Fruit of the Loom
Google
Kimberly-Clark
Microsoft
PriceSmart
Walmart
We should not support any U.S. business who operates there
There are 225 U.S. subsidiaries in El Salvador from 105 U.S. parent companies
Some of them are:
Citibank
Chevron
Hanesbrands
Delta
Equifax
FedEx
Fruit of the Loom
Kimberly-Clark
Microsoft
PriceSmart
Walmart
We should not support any U.S. business who operates there
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What kind of person steals from a children’s cancer charity?
April 17, 2025 at 1:50 PM
What kind of person steals from a children’s cancer charity?
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Fantastic! 📌
An original piece from the Alhambra's Hall of Ambassadors that was removed in 1959 during conservation work on the dome. On its reverse, an inscription in Andalusi Arabic.
April 16, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Fantastic! 📌
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Criminals deserve due process because due process is literally how we determine whether someone is, *in fact*, a criminal
April 14, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Criminals deserve due process because due process is literally how we determine whether someone is, *in fact*, a criminal
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Go to your library and check out some books, donate to your local food bank. Take care of your community if you can.
April 4, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Go to your library and check out some books, donate to your local food bank. Take care of your community if you can.
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Newsflash, he doesn't give a shit about you or me.
April 5, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Newsflash, he doesn't give a shit about you or me.
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Very accurate...
April 5, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Very accurate...
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The U.S is the wealthiest country in the history of the world. We should not have the highest rate of child poverty of nearly every major country on earth. We should have the lowest.
It's time to end this international embarrassment & create an economy that works for all.
It's time to end this international embarrassment & create an economy that works for all.
April 1, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The U.S is the wealthiest country in the history of the world. We should not have the highest rate of child poverty of nearly every major country on earth. We should have the lowest.
It's time to end this international embarrassment & create an economy that works for all.
It's time to end this international embarrassment & create an economy that works for all.
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California Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas (D-Salinas): "there are currently more kids with measles in Texas than there are transgender athletes in the NCAA. That's the epidemic we should all be worried about."
April 1, 2025 at 7:15 PM
California Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas (D-Salinas): "there are currently more kids with measles in Texas than there are transgender athletes in the NCAA. That's the epidemic we should all be worried about."
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Elon is a white jellybean: tasteless, unwanted, and always a complete disappointment
March 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Elon is a white jellybean: tasteless, unwanted, and always a complete disappointment
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thinking of one of abraham lincoln's great quotes this morning:
"As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the difference, is no democracy."
"As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the difference, is no democracy."
March 27, 2025 at 2:55 PM
thinking of one of abraham lincoln's great quotes this morning:
"As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the difference, is no democracy."
"As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the difference, is no democracy."
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Here’s an unctuous toady who has zero scruples around caring about what could have happened to troops due to the morons running national security and confuses luck with what her actual job is, which is making sure people don’t have to rely on luck to stay alive www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/u...
Bondi Suggests Signal Chat Episode Is Unlikely to Be Criminally Investigated
The attorney general said the focus should be on the success of the U.S. military strike in Yemen, not on military information being shared in advance in a group text among top officials.
www.nytimes.com
March 27, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Here’s an unctuous toady who has zero scruples around caring about what could have happened to troops due to the morons running national security and confuses luck with what her actual job is, which is making sure people don’t have to rely on luck to stay alive www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/u...
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America hasn’t felt this upside down since I was a child in an internment camp.
March 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
America hasn’t felt this upside down since I was a child in an internment camp.
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