Merri Weir
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Trying to find joy awe & wonder in every day things!
Trying to find joy awe & wonder in every day things!
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Best read as a reasoned call to action, not a question. And we will need vivid terms for where we are going — oligarchy and fascism — as well as what we are seeking — freedom and equality.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...
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Opinion | How Will We Know When We Have Lost Our Democracy?
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May 25, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Best read as a reasoned call to action, not a question. And we will need vivid terms for where we are going — oligarchy and fascism — as well as what we are seeking — freedom and equality.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...
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Man Feared to Be Cognitively Slipping After Writing Book About Wrong President
May 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Man Feared to Be Cognitively Slipping After Writing Book About Wrong President
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This fake-Christian twerp is such a shameless liar.
May 25, 2025 at 8:20 PM
This fake-Christian twerp is such a shameless liar.
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I’m on the Senate floor right now urging my colleagues to vote no on the GENIUS Act.
There is no excuse for Congress to pass a crypto bill that will turbocharge Trump’s corruption and undermine national security, consumer protection, and our financial stability.
There is no excuse for Congress to pass a crypto bill that will turbocharge Trump’s corruption and undermine national security, consumer protection, and our financial stability.
Senator Warren remarks on GENIUS Act
YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren
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May 19, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I’m on the Senate floor right now urging my colleagues to vote no on the GENIUS Act.
There is no excuse for Congress to pass a crypto bill that will turbocharge Trump’s corruption and undermine national security, consumer protection, and our financial stability.
There is no excuse for Congress to pass a crypto bill that will turbocharge Trump’s corruption and undermine national security, consumer protection, and our financial stability.
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Our political thinkers are constantly worried if they’ve lost touch with “the real Americans.” As A Real American let me tell you all that by kowtowing to Trump’s open corruption of the system of laws you’re losing touch with me in a way that is utterly irretrievable
May 19, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Our political thinkers are constantly worried if they’ve lost touch with “the real Americans.” As A Real American let me tell you all that by kowtowing to Trump’s open corruption of the system of laws you’re losing touch with me in a way that is utterly irretrievable
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I want to live in a country where the laws are followed and not applied selectively depending on whether or not you support the president, or turned against you if he dislikes you. Somehow I feel this is a common point of view and yet it’s treated by our political class as the height of naivete
May 19, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I want to live in a country where the laws are followed and not applied selectively depending on whether or not you support the president, or turned against you if he dislikes you. Somehow I feel this is a common point of view and yet it’s treated by our political class as the height of naivete
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“Trump Jr.’s tweet, however, has prompted some disgust on social media. Democratic strategist Jon Cooper called it ‘vile’ and ‘heartless.’ ”
Donald Trump Jr.’s Post About Joe Biden’s Cancer Sparks Fury
The comment from the president’s son has been slammed as “heartless and “disgusting.”
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May 19, 2025 at 8:51 PM
“Trump Jr.’s tweet, however, has prompted some disgust on social media. Democratic strategist Jon Cooper called it ‘vile’ and ‘heartless.’ ”
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Aww peeps.
Some personal stuff is in a very bad way.
Please send birds.
Some personal stuff is in a very bad way.
Please send birds.
May 17, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Aww peeps.
Some personal stuff is in a very bad way.
Please send birds.
Some personal stuff is in a very bad way.
Please send birds.
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men will literally dismantle the federal government instead of going to therapy
May 17, 2025 at 8:18 PM
men will literally dismantle the federal government instead of going to therapy
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The political media is obsessively relitigating the issue of Biden being too old and out of touch while the current president babbles incoherently at press conferences and regularly admits he's not the one making decisions on key policy matters.
May 15, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The political media is obsessively relitigating the issue of Biden being too old and out of touch while the current president babbles incoherently at press conferences and regularly admits he's not the one making decisions on key policy matters.
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No one following this morning's argument (or the President's posts,) should be misled into thinking that the 14th Amendment's birthright provision was solely intended to affirm the citizenship of formerly enslaved people, though it did that. 1/2
May 15, 2025 at 1:59 PM
No one following this morning's argument (or the President's posts,) should be misled into thinking that the 14th Amendment's birthright provision was solely intended to affirm the citizenship of formerly enslaved people, though it did that. 1/2
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The 14th Amendment also affirmed the citizenship of 500,000 free Black Americans who had been, for decades before the Civil War, denied citizenship (though born in the US.) And then the Amendment went further, in plain term, to provide that all persons born in the US are citizens of the US. 2/2
May 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The 14th Amendment also affirmed the citizenship of 500,000 free Black Americans who had been, for decades before the Civil War, denied citizenship (though born in the US.) And then the Amendment went further, in plain term, to provide that all persons born in the US are citizens of the US. 2/2
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The Constitution is clear: people born in the United States are American citizens. Birthright citizenship is an undeniable right.
If Republicans want to change that, then they must amend the Constitution.
If Republicans want to change that, then they must amend the Constitution.
May 15, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The Constitution is clear: people born in the United States are American citizens. Birthright citizenship is an undeniable right.
If Republicans want to change that, then they must amend the Constitution.
If Republicans want to change that, then they must amend the Constitution.
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Of course the greatest US president of the 20th century served this country from a wheelchair, so using mobility as an indicator of intellectual ability is both stupid and insulting, as is making a clickbait story out of something that didn't happen but someone said someone was thinking about.
Former President Joe Biden's physical deterioration was severe enough that aides discussed putting him in a wheelchair if he won a second term, new book says: cnn.it/457f2vV
May 15, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Of course the greatest US president of the 20th century served this country from a wheelchair, so using mobility as an indicator of intellectual ability is both stupid and insulting, as is making a clickbait story out of something that didn't happen but someone said someone was thinking about.
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For the life of me I will never understand why his mental deterioration isn't headline news every single day.
May 15, 2025 at 5:14 PM
For the life of me I will never understand why his mental deterioration isn't headline news every single day.
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Trump to UAE president: "We have a term 'groceries.' It's an old term but it means basically what you're buying, food, it's a pretty accurate term but it's an old fashioned sound but groceries are down."
May 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Trump to UAE president: "We have a term 'groceries.' It's an old term but it means basically what you're buying, food, it's a pretty accurate term but it's an old fashioned sound but groceries are down."
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Can somebody tell the senile out of touch old man who has ever been able to comprehend in any way how the average American lives their lives that us peasants still call them groceries? bsky.app/profile/atru...
Trump to UAE president: "We have a term 'groceries.' It's an old term but it means basically what you're buying, food, it's a pretty accurate term but it's an old fashioned sound but groceries are down."
May 15, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Can somebody tell the senile out of touch old man who has ever been able to comprehend in any way how the average American lives their lives that us peasants still call them groceries? bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Part of a broader discussion of how Trump has been able to change how his supporters view corruption, helping to excuse his own behavior
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/o...
Opinion | This Is Why Trump Is Always Talking About Corruption
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May 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Part of a broader discussion of how Trump has been able to change how his supporters view corruption, helping to excuse his own behavior
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/o...
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NEW @motherjones.com: The GOP's plan to defund Planned Parenthood would add $300 million to the deficit
The provision—which would cut services like pap smears, cancer screenings, & birth control, since Medicaid already doesn't fund abortions—moved forward today.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The provision—which would cut services like pap smears, cancer screenings, & birth control, since Medicaid already doesn't fund abortions—moved forward today.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The GOP's plan to defund Planned Parenthood would add $300 million to the deficit
So much for cutting costs.
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May 14, 2025 at 9:26 PM
NEW @motherjones.com: The GOP's plan to defund Planned Parenthood would add $300 million to the deficit
The provision—which would cut services like pap smears, cancer screenings, & birth control, since Medicaid already doesn't fund abortions—moved forward today.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The provision—which would cut services like pap smears, cancer screenings, & birth control, since Medicaid already doesn't fund abortions—moved forward today.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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A House committee is considering a bill today that would cut hundreds of billions in Medicaid funding — harming disabled communities, seniors, kids in schools, and many more.
We still have a chance to stop it. Contact your member of Congress NOW and tell them to save Medicaid.
We still have a chance to stop it. Contact your member of Congress NOW and tell them to save Medicaid.
Congress: Save Medicaid Now
Politicians are attempting to pass devastating cuts to Medicaid right now and we must act fast. Send a message telling your member of Congress to fight back now.
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May 13, 2025 at 4:20 PM
A House committee is considering a bill today that would cut hundreds of billions in Medicaid funding — harming disabled communities, seniors, kids in schools, and many more.
We still have a chance to stop it. Contact your member of Congress NOW and tell them to save Medicaid.
We still have a chance to stop it. Contact your member of Congress NOW and tell them to save Medicaid.
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Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi went to a consulate in Istanbul to get a document he needed to get married. Instead, he was murdered and dismembered on the orders of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, now a close pal of Donald Trump.
May 13, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi went to a consulate in Istanbul to get a document he needed to get married. Instead, he was murdered and dismembered on the orders of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, now a close pal of Donald Trump.
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If this is legally and factually true, then the US has trafficked him,and the others, conspiring with El Salvador, and this is a high crime , impeachable offense.
April 12, 2025 at 9:34 PM
If this is legally and factually true, then the US has trafficked him,and the others, conspiring with El Salvador, and this is a high crime , impeachable offense.
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100%. It really is time to go there. Again.
If this is legally and factually true, then the US has trafficked him,and the others, conspiring with El Salvador, and this is a high crime , impeachable offense.
April 12, 2025 at 9:37 PM
100%. It really is time to go there. Again.
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This is a concession by the U.S. government that its “arrangement” with El Salvador is irrevocable. To me this has to be grounds to argue that the arrangement itself is unconstitutional under the Fifth and Eighth Amendments
BREAKING: Trump administation attests that Kilmar Abrego Garcia is alive and secure but is under the "sovereign, domestic authority of El Salvador." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
April 12, 2025 at 9:29 PM
This is a concession by the U.S. government that its “arrangement” with El Salvador is irrevocable. To me this has to be grounds to argue that the arrangement itself is unconstitutional under the Fifth and Eighth Amendments