Marilyn Garcia
@marilynrgarcia.bsky.social
Lifelong Dem, environmental scientist, poet, writer, educator, mom - wish we lived in a world where I could post about books and art and science all day instead of the, well you know.
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UPDATE: We've added 5 more staffers to our DOGE tracker, taking the total to 114.
This is everyone who we've confirmed has worked for DOGE ⤵️
This is everyone who we've confirmed has worked for DOGE ⤵️
Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has been unleashed on federal agencies. ProPublica is attempting to document who is working with him and what they are doing.
projects.propublica.org
November 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
UPDATE: We've added 5 more staffers to our DOGE tracker, taking the total to 114.
This is everyone who we've confirmed has worked for DOGE ⤵️
This is everyone who we've confirmed has worked for DOGE ⤵️
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After reporting by ProPublica and other publications, the administration is dropping an effort that could have led 830,000 people to lose eligibility for Social Security disability payments.
How the Trump Administration Abandoned Plans for a Major Cut in Disability Benefits for Older Workers
After meeting with advocates, the Trump administration confirmed it has scrapped a controversial regulation that would have cut disability benefits for older workers.
www.propublica.org
November 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
After reporting by ProPublica and other publications, the administration is dropping an effort that could have led 830,000 people to lose eligibility for Social Security disability payments.
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Despite knowing Clint Massie was abusing girls for years, church leaders never reported him to police.
It felt like “a group of people who are not just trying to protect someone — but something,” the DA said. “They have enabled something awful here.”
With @startribune.com
It felt like “a group of people who are not just trying to protect someone — but something,” the DA said. “They have enabled something awful here.”
With @startribune.com
Young Girls Were Sexually Abused by a Church Member. They Were Told to Forgive and Forget.
In Minnesota, leaders of an Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community enabled a child abuser by telling his victims that once the sins were “washed away in the blood of reconciliation,” they could never...
www.propublica.org
November 23, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Despite knowing Clint Massie was abusing girls for years, church leaders never reported him to police.
It felt like “a group of people who are not just trying to protect someone — but something,” the DA said. “They have enabled something awful here.”
With @startribune.com
It felt like “a group of people who are not just trying to protect someone — but something,” the DA said. “They have enabled something awful here.”
With @startribune.com
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The U.S. is the biggest emitter of carbon emissions from AI, making up 45% of the world’s emissions.
“Data Crunch”: AI Boom Threatens to Entrench Fossil Fuels and Compromise Climate Goals
A new report titled “Data Crunch: How the AI Boom Threatens to Entrench Fossil Fuels and Compromise Climate Goals” from the Center for Biological Diversity warns the booming artificial intelligence in...
www.democracynow.org
November 23, 2025 at 3:01 AM
The U.S. is the biggest emitter of carbon emissions from AI, making up 45% of the world’s emissions.
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Ukraine war briefing: Macron says without deterrence in Ukraine plan, ‘Russians will come back’
Ukraine war briefing: Macron says without deterrence in Ukraine plan, ‘Russians will come back’
French president among European leaders pushing back against US proposal to end the war; Trump says deal is not his ‘final offer’. What we know on day 1,369
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www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Ukraine war briefing: Macron says without deterrence in Ukraine plan, ‘Russians will come back’
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X’s new origin/location feature reminds us that many MAGA accounts trolling and triggering us are actually just this:
November 23, 2025 at 1:14 AM
X’s new origin/location feature reminds us that many MAGA accounts trolling and triggering us are actually just this:
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In Portland, Oregon, masked ICE GOONS abducted and vanished US citizen Gonzalo Catalan last week. Tragically, his family remains unaware of his whereabouts and has not received any communication from him as of today.
October 29, 2025 at 1:05 AM
In Portland, Oregon, masked ICE GOONS abducted and vanished US citizen Gonzalo Catalan last week. Tragically, his family remains unaware of his whereabouts and has not received any communication from him as of today.
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They are literally firing all the judges they think might grant relief. They just fired a friend of mine a couple hours ago. They have no shame. The bastards want an assembly line for deportations and nothing more; rubber-stamping bootlickers who’ll yes’sir at every new diktat to deny.
Instead of hiring more immigration judges, the Department of Justice just posted an ad for "deportation judges." join.justice.gov
November 21, 2025 at 11:17 PM
They are literally firing all the judges they think might grant relief. They just fired a friend of mine a couple hours ago. They have no shame. The bastards want an assembly line for deportations and nothing more; rubber-stamping bootlickers who’ll yes’sir at every new diktat to deny.
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"the first time any president since at least 2007 ... has refused to help residents recover from such extensive damage to their homes"
"The projection was huge — the second most FEMA has ever documented in post-disaster residential costs since the agency began publishing damage assessments in 2007"
"The projection was huge — the second most FEMA has ever documented in post-disaster residential costs since the agency began publishing damage assessments in 2007"
November 23, 2025 at 2:58 AM
"the first time any president since at least 2007 ... has refused to help residents recover from such extensive damage to their homes"
"The projection was huge — the second most FEMA has ever documented in post-disaster residential costs since the agency began publishing damage assessments in 2007"
"The projection was huge — the second most FEMA has ever documented in post-disaster residential costs since the agency began publishing damage assessments in 2007"
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Do I understand correctly that there is now a dispute within the administration about whether this "peace plan" was written by Russians or Americans?
November 23, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Do I understand correctly that there is now a dispute within the administration about whether this "peace plan" was written by Russians or Americans?
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Yes! "The Three Stooges Conduct Foreign Policy" is playing on a TV screen near you!
Do I understand correctly that there is now a dispute within the administration about whether this "peace plan" was written by Russians or Americans?
November 23, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Yes! "The Three Stooges Conduct Foreign Policy" is playing on a TV screen near you!
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Sex trafficking on Meta platforms was both difficult to report and widely tolerated. Instagram’s former head of safety testified that when she joined Meta in 2020 she was shocked to learn the company had a “17x” strike policy for accounts that engaged in the “trafficking of humans for sex.”
7 Allegations Against Meta in Newly Unsealed Filings
Court filings allege Meta tolerated sex trafficking, hid harms to teens, and prioritized growth over user safety for years.
time.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Sex trafficking on Meta platforms was both difficult to report and widely tolerated. Instagram’s former head of safety testified that when she joined Meta in 2020 she was shocked to learn the company had a “17x” strike policy for accounts that engaged in the “trafficking of humans for sex.”
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A new congressional map was abruptly passed by Republicans in mid-September – but voters have a chance to rebuke politicians and stop it from going into effect
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘This is not right’: grassroots campaign aims to repeal Missouri Republicans’ gerrymandering
A new congressional map was abruptly passed by Republicans in mid-September – but voters have a chance to rebuke politicians and stop it from going into effect
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:29 PM
A new congressional map was abruptly passed by Republicans in mid-September – but voters have a chance to rebuke politicians and stop it from going into effect
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Another win!
November 22, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Another win!
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He misses the good old days when him and his pal Epstein could do whatever they wanted in front of women.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:58 PM
He misses the good old days when him and his pal Epstein could do whatever they wanted in front of women.
x.com/RonFilipkows...
x.com/RonFilipkows...
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New Jersey’s LaMonica McIver is staring down *17 years in prison* — for doing her job. For showing up. For exercising oversight. This is what happens when authoritarian power fears accountability. They call it justice. Voters in NJ-10 know it’s retaliation, plain and simple.
November 22, 2025 at 1:01 PM
New Jersey’s LaMonica McIver is staring down *17 years in prison* — for doing her job. For showing up. For exercising oversight. This is what happens when authoritarian power fears accountability. They call it justice. Voters in NJ-10 know it’s retaliation, plain and simple.
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Nigeria Christian association says 315 people abducted from Catholic school on Friday reut.rs/4oXJbFj
Nigeria Christian association says 315 people abducted from Catholic school on Friday
The Christian Association of Nigeria said on Saturday that a verification exercise had revealed that 315 students and teachers were abducted from a Catholic school on Friday, higher than an earlier estimate it gave of 227.
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November 22, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Nigeria Christian association says 315 people abducted from Catholic school on Friday reut.rs/4oXJbFj
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I’ve been in a room with Putin. He calls Ukrainians “Russians with accents.” His real fear isn’t NATO expansion, it’s democracy expansion. It shatters his entire argument for dictatorship at home. Because if Ukrainians embrace freedom, Russians may demand the same.
November 21, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I’ve been in a room with Putin. He calls Ukrainians “Russians with accents.” His real fear isn’t NATO expansion, it’s democracy expansion. It shatters his entire argument for dictatorship at home. Because if Ukrainians embrace freedom, Russians may demand the same.
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speaking as a virginia beach native if these kind of dudes are plotting against ICE then there is wide runway in public opinion for straight up abolishing the agency under a dem presidency
Kempsville High School assistant principal charged for threats against police, ICE
Virginia Beach assistant principal John Bennett and Mark Bennett charged for conspiring threats against police and ICE agents. Both are held without bond.
www.13newsnow.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:39 AM
speaking as a virginia beach native if these kind of dudes are plotting against ICE then there is wide runway in public opinion for straight up abolishing the agency under a dem presidency
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CNN: In the last couple of weeks or so, she's become kind of an ally on some issues. What do you make of this?
Auchincloss: No, John, she hasn't.
Auchincloss: No, John, she hasn't.
November 22, 2025 at 1:51 AM
CNN: In the last couple of weeks or so, she's become kind of an ally on some issues. What do you make of this?
Auchincloss: No, John, she hasn't.
Auchincloss: No, John, she hasn't.
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Enten: "This is probably the worst 10 day period for the president in the polls his entire second term. The numbers are just atrocious ... when your best poll has you 14 points underwater, you know it's truly bad and it's as bad as 26 points underwater ... -43 with independents! They despise him."
November 21, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Enten: "This is probably the worst 10 day period for the president in the polls his entire second term. The numbers are just atrocious ... when your best poll has you 14 points underwater, you know it's truly bad and it's as bad as 26 points underwater ... -43 with independents! They despise him."
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We did it on the Epstein petition, and we can do it again for healthcare:
Tell Congress: Support discharge petition to force vote on ACA tax credits
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
November 21, 2025 at 6:21 PM
We did it on the Epstein petition, and we can do it again for healthcare: