Mary Callahan
@marycallahanb.bsky.social
Retired journalist. Democracy and justice fan. Dog lover.
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We traded Europe for a guy that builds concentration camps for profit.
April 14, 2025 at 10:13 PM
We traded Europe for a guy that builds concentration camps for profit.
This wins for me.
Sign of the day…Chicago
April 7, 2025 at 3:10 AM
This wins for me.
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All I’m saying is that President Harris wouldn’t have us looking at the futures market on a Sunday night.
April 6, 2025 at 11:12 PM
All I’m saying is that President Harris wouldn’t have us looking at the futures market on a Sunday night.
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Make everyone vote on this. Get it on record.
* US SENATORS GRASSLEY AND CANTWELL INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO REQUIRE CONGRESS TO APPROVE ALL NEW TARIFFS WITHIN 60 DAYS, STATEMENT SAYS
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
April 3, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Make everyone vote on this. Get it on record.
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Straight down seems bad
April 3, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Straight down seems bad
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This was….five months ago
April 2, 2025 at 11:49 PM
This was….five months ago
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We’re going to annex Canada and invade Greenland but we can’t request return of an innocent man from El Salvador.
April 1, 2025 at 3:26 PM
We’re going to annex Canada and invade Greenland but we can’t request return of an innocent man from El Salvador.
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More than 21 million Americans lack ready access to a birth certificate or passport, which could be required to register to vote if Congress passes the SAVE Act. Many more, such as women who changed their name when they got married, don’t have one of these documents with their current name on it.
Voting Rights Act at 60: Congress Could Hit New Low with SAVE Act
The new legislation would require American citizens to produce documents like a passport or birth certificate to register to vote.
www.brennancenter.org
March 31, 2025 at 4:06 PM
More than 21 million Americans lack ready access to a birth certificate or passport, which could be required to register to vote if Congress passes the SAVE Act. Many more, such as women who changed their name when they got married, don’t have one of these documents with their current name on it.
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AP publishes state-by-state list of social security offices trump is closing despite a new requirement he's imposing "that will require millions of social security recipients and applicants to visit field offices rather than interact with agency employees by phone..."
apnews.com/article/soci...
apnews.com/article/soci...
A list of the Social Security offices across the US expected to close this year
Twenty-six Social Security Administration offices across the country are expected to close this year, due to actions taken by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.
apnews.com
March 20, 2025 at 6:09 PM
AP publishes state-by-state list of social security offices trump is closing despite a new requirement he's imposing "that will require millions of social security recipients and applicants to visit field offices rather than interact with agency employees by phone..."
apnews.com/article/soci...
apnews.com/article/soci...
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I wonder if this inconvenient (for the fossil fuel industry) plot has something to do with it? 🤔
March 17, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I wonder if this inconvenient (for the fossil fuel industry) plot has something to do with it? 🤔
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March 17, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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What a front cover...
March 6, 2025 at 11:09 AM
What a front cover...
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California’s salmon population has declined so severely that regulators banned fishing in 2023 and again in 2024. This year, state estimates show the number of Chinook salmon is still so low that fishing could again be prohibited — or if not, sharply limited. www.latimes.com/environment/... #CAwater
Low salmon numbers in California could prompt shutdown of fishing for a record third straight year
California's fishing fleet depends on catching Chinook salmon. Low population numbers could lead regulators to shut down or sharply limit fishing this year.
www.latimes.com
March 6, 2025 at 8:02 PM
California’s salmon population has declined so severely that regulators banned fishing in 2023 and again in 2024. This year, state estimates show the number of Chinook salmon is still so low that fishing could again be prohibited — or if not, sharply limited. www.latimes.com/environment/... #CAwater
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Interesting that the index hasn’t been this high since the presidency was occupied by … {puts on glasses, zooms in on chart, checks calendar} … the same guy who’s there today
March 4, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Interesting that the index hasn’t been this high since the presidency was occupied by … {puts on glasses, zooms in on chart, checks calendar} … the same guy who’s there today
This.
March 2, 2025 at 5:38 AM
This.
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People need to understand that we are in an entirely new paradigm. It is now Russia the US against Ukraine and Europe. This is not a shift in US policy, it is a transformation of what kind of country the United States is in the world
February 28, 2025 at 7:29 PM
People need to understand that we are in an entirely new paradigm. It is now Russia the US against Ukraine and Europe. This is not a shift in US policy, it is a transformation of what kind of country the United States is in the world
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"History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."
February 28, 2025 at 9:25 PM
"History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."
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Judge: If evidence emerged that connected a Jan. 6 defendant to a murder, would the defendant be pardoned of that crime under DOJ’s interpretation?
DOJ couldn’t answer.
Judge: "That’s just extraordinary,” remarking on the breadth of Trump’s pardon for offenses unrelated to January 6th.
DOJ couldn’t answer.
Judge: "That’s just extraordinary,” remarking on the breadth of Trump’s pardon for offenses unrelated to January 6th.
DOJ has abruptly broadened its view of Trump’s Jan. 6 pardons. A judge wants answers.
A Trump-appointed judge grilled a Justice Department prosecutor on the department's change in position.
www.politico.com
February 26, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Judge: If evidence emerged that connected a Jan. 6 defendant to a murder, would the defendant be pardoned of that crime under DOJ’s interpretation?
DOJ couldn’t answer.
Judge: "That’s just extraordinary,” remarking on the breadth of Trump’s pardon for offenses unrelated to January 6th.
DOJ couldn’t answer.
Judge: "That’s just extraordinary,” remarking on the breadth of Trump’s pardon for offenses unrelated to January 6th.
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Today’s Oaxaca, Mexico wall art. The world understands.
February 22, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Today’s Oaxaca, Mexico wall art. The world understands.
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Trump administration planning to roll back nearly 50 years' worth of National Environmental Policy Act regulations: www.eenews.net/articles/tru...
Trump moves to claw back almost 50 years of NEPA regs
The White House over the weekend formally moved to scrap rules issued under the National Environmental Policy Act since the 1970s.
www.eenews.net
February 20, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Trump administration planning to roll back nearly 50 years' worth of National Environmental Policy Act regulations: www.eenews.net/articles/tru...
And there it is.
February 19, 2025 at 10:36 PM
And there it is.