🌻мара-яга¹
@marasawr.bsky.social
💛🤍💜🖤 they/them/това́риш
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¹ spreading footnotes to every cursed heap in the ‘verse
📍https://mastodon.social/@marasawr
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¹ spreading footnotes to every cursed heap in the ‘verse
📍https://mastodon.social/@marasawr
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Commissioner Slaughter and I just sued to clarify that we're still FTC commissioners. But this is bigger than us. This is about economic stability. If the President can break a 90-year-old Supreme Court ruling to fire us for no reason, he can do it to the Fed, the FDIC and SEC.
March 27, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Commissioner Slaughter and I just sued to clarify that we're still FTC commissioners. But this is bigger than us. This is about economic stability. If the President can break a 90-year-old Supreme Court ruling to fire us for no reason, he can do it to the Fed, the FDIC and SEC.
A well-sourced & accessible 30m explainer of why tariffs don’t work, damage the industries they’re supposed to protect, and amount to punching your own economy in the d*ck.¹ Receipts for days – this is where farce and catastrophe collide 💸💸
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¹ www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
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¹ www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Trump, trade and tariffs - ABC listen
President Trump loves tariffs but most economists hate them.
We look at how tariffs work and what history can tell us about their impact on economies. And the industries protected by them.
www.abc.net.au
March 27, 2025 at 3:14 PM
A well-sourced & accessible 30m explainer of why tariffs don’t work, damage the industries they’re supposed to protect, and amount to punching your own economy in the d*ck.¹ Receipts for days – this is where farce and catastrophe collide 💸💸
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¹ www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
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¹ www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
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bsky is nice because of engagement/thought partners, but bad because it def feels like it is segregated off from the rest of world and 'no caesars' but VC funding is a false sense of freedom
March 17, 2025 at 3:11 PM
bsky is nice because of engagement/thought partners, but bad because it def feels like it is segregated off from the rest of world and 'no caesars' but VC funding is a false sense of freedom
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Breaking: Nine Democrats join Republicans in a 62-38 Senate vote to pass a continuing resolution and avoid a government shutdown, after Chuck Schumer decided to side with the GOP. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Senate avoids a government shutdown despite Democratic opposition
The vote puts Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s future in jeopardy
www.independent.co.uk
March 14, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Breaking: Nine Democrats join Republicans in a 62-38 Senate vote to pass a continuing resolution and avoid a government shutdown, after Chuck Schumer decided to side with the GOP. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
God this is nauseating
March 14, 2025 at 9:15 PM
God this is nauseating
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Hello! I used my esoteric knowledge gleaned from my DC years to write about how Congress could EASILY defund DOGE:
www.techpolicy.press/how-congress...
www.techpolicy.press/how-congress...
How Congress Can Delete DOGE | TechPolicy.Press
Rebecca Williams explores how DOGE’s budget can be restricted—if Congress decides to act.
www.techpolicy.press
February 26, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Hello! I used my esoteric knowledge gleaned from my DC years to write about how Congress could EASILY defund DOGE:
www.techpolicy.press/how-congress...
www.techpolicy.press/how-congress...
Lucky to have representation in the Senate committed to doing the right thing
If you reside in HI, NV, NH, NY, or RI you are not so lucky and need to voice your displeasure NOW
☎️ (202) 224-3121
If you reside in HI, NV, NH, NY, or RI you are not so lucky and need to voice your displeasure NOW
☎️ (202) 224-3121
Morning update: NO on cloture. NO on the CR. We’re fighting this bad bill that cuts Americans a terrible deal with everything we’ve got.
March 14, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Lucky to have representation in the Senate committed to doing the right thing
If you reside in HI, NV, NH, NY, or RI you are not so lucky and need to voice your displeasure NOW
☎️ (202) 224-3121
If you reside in HI, NV, NH, NY, or RI you are not so lucky and need to voice your displeasure NOW
☎️ (202) 224-3121
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House Dems are still texting and calling Senate Dems pressuring them to vote no.
And House Dems are getting an earful too.
"I have also never had so many people from home personally texting me—ANGRY," said one. "I don't think they knew who Chuck Schumer was before today."
And House Dems are getting an earful too.
"I have also never had so many people from home personally texting me—ANGRY," said one. "I don't think they knew who Chuck Schumer was before today."
House Dems' text chains lighting up with apoplexy.
"Complete and utter meltdown," says one member.
Members floating marching onto the Senate floor.
Others urging primaries not just for Schumer, but any Senate Dem who votes for the GOP bill.
@Axios.com www.axios.com/2025/03/14/h...
"Complete and utter meltdown," says one member.
Members floating marching onto the Senate floor.
Others urging primaries not just for Schumer, but any Senate Dem who votes for the GOP bill.
@Axios.com www.axios.com/2025/03/14/h...
"People are furious": House Democrats have "complete meltdown" as Schumer folds on shutdown
Members have talked openly about backing primary challenges to Democratic senators who support the GOP's spending bill.
www.axios.com
March 14, 2025 at 3:12 AM
House Dems are still texting and calling Senate Dems pressuring them to vote no.
And House Dems are getting an earful too.
"I have also never had so many people from home personally texting me—ANGRY," said one. "I don't think they knew who Chuck Schumer was before today."
And House Dems are getting an earful too.
"I have also never had so many people from home personally texting me—ANGRY," said one. "I don't think they knew who Chuck Schumer was before today."
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This is my current vote count for the Democrats/Ind. on the 6-month Republican Continuing Resolution:
NO: 31
YES: 2 (Fetterman, Schumer)
und.: 14
I keep this up-to-the-minute updated: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
NO: 31
YES: 2 (Fetterman, Schumer)
und.: 14
I keep this up-to-the-minute updated: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
March 14, 2025 at 1:56 AM
This is my current vote count for the Democrats/Ind. on the 6-month Republican Continuing Resolution:
NO: 31
YES: 2 (Fetterman, Schumer)
und.: 14
I keep this up-to-the-minute updated: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
NO: 31
YES: 2 (Fetterman, Schumer)
und.: 14
I keep this up-to-the-minute updated: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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FDR once bragged to a massive crowd at Madison Square Garden that the richest people in the nation hated him and “I welcome their hatred.”
Just weeks later, he was re-elected with 61% of the vote in a 523-8 blowout in the Electoral College.
Voters *like* politicians who make the right enemies.
Just weeks later, he was re-elected with 61% of the vote in a 523-8 blowout in the Electoral College.
Voters *like* politicians who make the right enemies.
The institutional Democratic Party is guided by an almost pathological level of conflict avoidance in almost every direction. “What can we do to make the least number of people mad?” is just a bankrupt way to operate.
March 13, 2025 at 10:58 PM
FDR once bragged to a massive crowd at Madison Square Garden that the richest people in the nation hated him and “I welcome their hatred.”
Just weeks later, he was re-elected with 61% of the vote in a 523-8 blowout in the Electoral College.
Voters *like* politicians who make the right enemies.
Just weeks later, he was re-elected with 61% of the vote in a 523-8 blowout in the Electoral College.
Voters *like* politicians who make the right enemies.
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"Inside CISA, vital support staff are gone, international partnerships have been strained, and workers are afraid to discuss threats to democracy that they’re now prohibited from countering"
New @ericjgeller.com reporting on the purge at the US cyber defense agency
New @ericjgeller.com reporting on the purge at the US cyber defense agency
‘People Are Scared’: Inside CISA as It Reels From Trump’s Purge
Employees at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency tell WIRED they’re struggling to protect the US while the administration dismisses their colleagues and poisons their partnerships.
www.wired.com
March 13, 2025 at 10:20 AM
"Inside CISA, vital support staff are gone, international partnerships have been strained, and workers are afraid to discuss threats to democracy that they’re now prohibited from countering"
New @ericjgeller.com reporting on the purge at the US cyber defense agency
New @ericjgeller.com reporting on the purge at the US cyber defense agency
the Venn diagram of chucklefucks who think Leon is a genius, and chucklefucks who think engineers don’t need managers is the world’s most perfect circle
March 12, 2025 at 10:47 PM
the Venn diagram of chucklefucks who think Leon is a genius, and chucklefucks who think engineers don’t need managers is the world’s most perfect circle
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I have never avoided discussing substantive law or politics on the dreaded LinkedIn. But now that Trump is trying to ruin law firms he fears a d dislikes, sharing posts like this on there seems exactly right. heidi-says.ghost.io/explained-pe...
Explained: Perkins Coie's lawsuit against Trump's order targeting it
As I wrote in my earlier post today, Donald Trump has escalated his attack on rule of law and U.S. constitutional democracy by issuing an executive order targeting Perkins Coie, a law firm he dislikes...
heidi-says.ghost.io
March 12, 2025 at 4:12 AM
I have never avoided discussing substantive law or politics on the dreaded LinkedIn. But now that Trump is trying to ruin law firms he fears a d dislikes, sharing posts like this on there seems exactly right. heidi-says.ghost.io/explained-pe...
can’t wait to hear what an impossible choice they faced when senate dems wave through this backstab of a CR instead of laying down spikes
*fight* for us, you fucking cowards
*fight* for us, you fucking cowards
March 12, 2025 at 4:26 AM
can’t wait to hear what an impossible choice they faced when senate dems wave through this backstab of a CR instead of laying down spikes
*fight* for us, you fucking cowards
*fight* for us, you fucking cowards
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it’s frustrating how the "I have concepts of a plan" soundbite went viral, while the OPM docs (whose metadata shows they were drafted by Project 2025 folks) and implementation like above show Project 2025 was the plan all along
March 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
it’s frustrating how the "I have concepts of a plan" soundbite went viral, while the OPM docs (whose metadata shows they were drafted by Project 2025 folks) and implementation like above show Project 2025 was the plan all along
state power must be bound by the laws it promulgates – that is the definition of «rule of law»
we do not currently have that. Rule of law is no longer the governing principle of the United States
for some it never was, but now anyone with fewer than two commas in their net worth is SOL
we do not currently have that. Rule of law is no longer the governing principle of the United States
for some it never was, but now anyone with fewer than two commas in their net worth is SOL
March 10, 2025 at 2:17 AM
state power must be bound by the laws it promulgates – that is the definition of «rule of law»
we do not currently have that. Rule of law is no longer the governing principle of the United States
for some it never was, but now anyone with fewer than two commas in their net worth is SOL
we do not currently have that. Rule of law is no longer the governing principle of the United States
for some it never was, but now anyone with fewer than two commas in their net worth is SOL
imagine if dems spent as much effort safeguarding democracy as they do preserving the appearance of it
imagine if they got as excited about justice, reparations, and the right to a dignified existence – free from fear, deprivation, and oppression – as they get about respectability politics
✨wild✨
imagine if they got as excited about justice, reparations, and the right to a dignified existence – free from fear, deprivation, and oppression – as they get about respectability politics
✨wild✨
March 7, 2025 at 4:15 AM
imagine if dems spent as much effort safeguarding democracy as they do preserving the appearance of it
imagine if they got as excited about justice, reparations, and the right to a dignified existence – free from fear, deprivation, and oppression – as they get about respectability politics
✨wild✨
imagine if they got as excited about justice, reparations, and the right to a dignified existence – free from fear, deprivation, and oppression – as they get about respectability politics
✨wild✨
Highest quality thoughts I’ve seen on this ruling 👇🧵👀
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled, 5-4, on the Government’s request that it vacate the trial court order requiring it to resume USAID payments of amounts owing. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p... The SC has upheld the trial court. The opinion - majority and dissent - is notable. 1/
www.supremecourt.gov
March 6, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Highest quality thoughts I’ve seen on this ruling 👇🧵👀
«Billionaire» is not a success marker, it’s an anti-social pathology that deserves its own spot in the DSM
Nobody who seeks to accumulate wealth so vast it eclipses their own comprehension is rational. Nobody who kneecaps their own country for the sake of money they can’t count is altruistic.
Nobody who seeks to accumulate wealth so vast it eclipses their own comprehension is rational. Nobody who kneecaps their own country for the sake of money they can’t count is altruistic.
As another Trump-induced market crisis unfolds from tariffs, it's time we ask "What's the Matter with Billionaires?" I've run the numbers. Billionaires do better under Dems. So why do billionaires keep supporting GOP policies against their economic interests? See my latest piece on why. (TLDR 🧵⬇️)
What's the Matter with Billionaires?
How America's wealthiest sabotage their own prosperity (and ours) to avoid paying taxes
open.substack.com
March 5, 2025 at 8:51 PM
«Billionaire» is not a success marker, it’s an anti-social pathology that deserves its own spot in the DSM
Nobody who seeks to accumulate wealth so vast it eclipses their own comprehension is rational. Nobody who kneecaps their own country for the sake of money they can’t count is altruistic.
Nobody who seeks to accumulate wealth so vast it eclipses their own comprehension is rational. Nobody who kneecaps their own country for the sake of money they can’t count is altruistic.
Dems acting like this is just a socially awks moment to navigate…
The wolf in me that spent 15 yrs studying imperial domination & resistance to it says that – to keep our democracy – they must either fight like hell today as the opposition, or tomorrow as an insurgency
Here’s hoping for the former
The wolf in me that spent 15 yrs studying imperial domination & resistance to it says that – to keep our democracy – they must either fight like hell today as the opposition, or tomorrow as an insurgency
Here’s hoping for the former
March 5, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Dems acting like this is just a socially awks moment to navigate…
The wolf in me that spent 15 yrs studying imperial domination & resistance to it says that – to keep our democracy – they must either fight like hell today as the opposition, or tomorrow as an insurgency
Here’s hoping for the former
The wolf in me that spent 15 yrs studying imperial domination & resistance to it says that – to keep our democracy – they must either fight like hell today as the opposition, or tomorrow as an insurgency
Here’s hoping for the former
I assume the FARA investigators/enforcers at NSD were first against the wall in the purge of Justice, so godspeed to any of the OFAC interagency left standing 🫡
March 4, 2025 at 2:20 AM
I assume the FARA investigators/enforcers at NSD were first against the wall in the purge of Justice, so godspeed to any of the OFAC interagency left standing 🫡
Journalism doesn’t even hold space for critical takes of *fashion* anymore
Affiliate marketing has spared nothing, and this is the model we tolerated long enough to watch democracy die in daylight
Affiliate marketing has spared nothing, and this is the model we tolerated long enough to watch democracy die in daylight
March 1, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Journalism doesn’t even hold space for critical takes of *fashion* anymore
Affiliate marketing has spared nothing, and this is the model we tolerated long enough to watch democracy die in daylight
Affiliate marketing has spared nothing, and this is the model we tolerated long enough to watch democracy die in daylight
Greetings! I am on Mastodon; any subsequent postings you see here will be cross-posts from there
BCAP gives the ick and I do not care how much this place feels like ‘old twitter.’ I am unwilling to put serious effort into a platform clearly destined for familiar mistakes and disappointment
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BCAP gives the ick and I do not care how much this place feels like ‘old twitter.’ I am unwilling to put serious effort into a platform clearly destined for familiar mistakes and disappointment
🖤🖤🖤
November 17, 2024 at 2:54 AM
Greetings! I am on Mastodon; any subsequent postings you see here will be cross-posts from there
BCAP gives the ick and I do not care how much this place feels like ‘old twitter.’ I am unwilling to put serious effort into a platform clearly destined for familiar mistakes and disappointment
🖤🖤🖤
BCAP gives the ick and I do not care how much this place feels like ‘old twitter.’ I am unwilling to put serious effort into a platform clearly destined for familiar mistakes and disappointment
🖤🖤🖤