Deborah L Williams
@mannahattamamma.bsky.social
Ambivalent New Yorker & former Abu Dhabi dweller (no, not Dubai). Writer, PhD, feminist, aspirational crone. Words in Rumpus, NYT, Markaz Review, Inside Higher Ed, etc. https://linktr.ee/mannahattamamma
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This is a really big story that should not be missed. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOJ Says Noem Made Final Decision on El Salvador Removals in Breach of Court Order
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:38 AM
This is a really big story that should not be missed. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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The beginning of a new Ottoman Empire
November 24, 2025 at 11:37 PM
The beginning of a new Ottoman Empire
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The difference between a grande and a venti anxiety is staggering nowadays due to Trumpflation.
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 PM
The difference between a grande and a venti anxiety is staggering nowadays due to Trumpflation.
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this is the way
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 3:08 PM
this is the way
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A million times spot on.
November 22, 2025 at 4:59 PM
A million times spot on.
Ironic and brutal and beautiful and also RFKJR should be arrested for crimes against humanity.
Devastating essay about living with a terminal cancer diagnosis at 35, made more devastating by the author's relation to the health and human services secretary who's spent the past year cutting cancer research.
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
www.newyorker.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Ironic and brutal and beautiful and also RFKJR should be arrested for crimes against humanity.
Remind me again about how Liz was "not likeable"? America, you are catatonically dumb.
I happened to be in the audience for the Colbert taping last night where @warren.senate.gov called out David Ellison *by name* and I'm honestly shocked it wasn't edited out. We love to see it.
November 21, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Remind me again about how Liz was "not likeable"? America, you are catatonically dumb.
yeah, polio, nbd, right? unless (like my grandfather) it essentially cripples you so that you walk the rest of your life with a pronounced limp, or like my great-aunt, who was crippled not from polio but from the surgeon's attempts to yank her hip back into line.
Even in the house of horrors that is vaccine-preventable illnesses, polio stands out as particularly terrifying.
But the darker chapters of public health history do not seem to faze anti-vaccine activists. Now, it’s polio’s turn to be downplayed.
But the darker chapters of public health history do not seem to faze anti-vaccine activists. Now, it’s polio’s turn to be downplayed.
The anti-vax movement's wildest claim yet: Polio wasn't so bad
Add this to vaccines make you magnetic, cause AIDS, and measles is not a big deal.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:33 PM
yeah, polio, nbd, right? unless (like my grandfather) it essentially cripples you so that you walk the rest of your life with a pronounced limp, or like my great-aunt, who was crippled not from polio but from the surgeon's attempts to yank her hip back into line.
There will be a special place in hell for Golem Miller, who makes Sauron look like freaking Mr. Rogers.
79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
Sanford grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S.
Paul Bojerski never gained official residency, but he checked in regularly with ICE for years. Then in July, at age 79, he was detained and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.
www.orlandosentinel.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:52 PM
There will be a special place in hell for Golem Miller, who makes Sauron look like freaking Mr. Rogers.
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To be filed under “no shit”
Most Americans think raising children is unaffordable, with finances as the major factor in determining family size, a new report found.
The results are a key signal of how finances are shaping Americans’ decisions.
The results are a key signal of how finances are shaping Americans’ decisions.
Most Americans say cost is limiting how many kids they have, survey finds
Seven in 10 respondents said they believe raising children is too expensive, a notable jump from 2024, according to an annual public opinion survey on U.S. family life.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:14 PM
To be filed under “no shit”
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spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
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Why aren’t you telling your platform that last night was a test vote and there’s still time to change minds?
20 million lives depend on it.
Call to save healthcare!
20 million lives depend on it.
Call to save healthcare!
November 10, 2025 at 7:16 PM
@schumer.senate.gov read the room and get your senators in formation: vote no no no nonnonono ... don't Charlie Brown this moment.
November 10, 2025 at 10:12 PM
@schumer.senate.gov read the room and get your senators in formation: vote no no no nonnonono ... don't Charlie Brown this moment.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:46 AM
@schumer.senate.gov here's one of the most accurate headlines I've seen recently. Nancy P. would NEVER have allowed folks to break ranks.
November 10, 2025 at 1:53 PM
@schumer.senate.gov here's one of the most accurate headlines I've seen recently. Nancy P. would NEVER have allowed folks to break ranks.
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Official statement from @jamestalarico.bsky.social on shutdown negotiations
November 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Official statement from @jamestalarico.bsky.social on shutdown negotiations
"It includes no guarantee from Republicans to extend the health care subsidies that have been at the heart of the funding fight" BUT BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN SO TRUSTWORTHY WE TOTALLY TRUST THEM AGAIN? WELCOME TO THE POLITICAL PARTY OF CHARLIE BROWN. www.cnn.com/2025/11/09/p...
Senate reaches deal to extend government funding in major sign shutdown is poised to end | CNN Politics
A critical group of at least eight Senate Democratic centrists has reached a deal with Senate GOP leaders and the White House to reopen the government in exchange for a future vote on extending enhanc...
www.cnn.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:22 AM
"It includes no guarantee from Republicans to extend the health care subsidies that have been at the heart of the funding fight" BUT BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN SO TRUSTWORTHY WE TOTALLY TRUST THEM AGAIN? WELCOME TO THE POLITICAL PARTY OF CHARLIE BROWN. www.cnn.com/2025/11/09/p...
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Just a reminder.
Q: Will you assure House Democrats they'll get a vote on ACA subsidies by a date certain?
MIKE JOHNSON: Ah -- no. I'm not promising anyone anything.
MIKE JOHNSON: Ah -- no. I'm not promising anyone anything.
November 10, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Just a reminder.
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I wish we could put a sign on Florida that says, “Closed. Florida is over their occupancy limit on assholes.”
New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009
November 8, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I wish we could put a sign on Florida that says, “Closed. Florida is over their occupancy limit on assholes.”
"What we have is each other and our will to remake the world.” Some beautiful words about what's happening in #Chicago as part of the #resistICE: organizingmythoughts.org/in-chicago-w...
In Chicago, We Run Toward Danger Together
"Faced with unrelenting state violence, Chicagoans have refused to be cowed," says Mariame Kaba.
organizingmythoughts.org
November 8, 2025 at 8:44 PM
"What we have is each other and our will to remake the world.” Some beautiful words about what's happening in #Chicago as part of the #resistICE: organizingmythoughts.org/in-chicago-w...