@mengine1.bsky.social
Public Servant, women’s advocate, social justice drives me. Here to save our democracy. Views are my own.
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Putin calls European leaders ‘little pigs’ and says Russia will achieve Ukraine goals by diplomacy or force - Europe live
Putin calls European leaders ‘little pigs’ and says Russia will achieve Ukraine goals by diplomacy or force - Europe live
Russian leader says aims of its ‘special military operation’ will be met ‘unconditionally’
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Putin calls European leaders ‘little pigs’ and says Russia will achieve Ukraine goals by diplomacy or force - Europe live
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At Oak Lawn United Methodist Church’s nativity, Mary and Joseph are silhouettes, surrounded by a chain link fence topped with razor wire. Their halos are old bicycle wheels. A shopping cart and two metal bins, frequently used by the unhoused as firepits, flank the scene.
Dallas church’s nativity evokes immigration detention centers, homelessness
“If telling the Christmas story honestly feels political, that says more about our moment than it does about the gospel,” Rev. Rachel Griffin-Allison, senior pastor at Oak Lawn United Methodist Church, said.
n.pr
December 16, 2025 at 7:08 PM
At Oak Lawn United Methodist Church’s nativity, Mary and Joseph are silhouettes, surrounded by a chain link fence topped with razor wire. Their halos are old bicycle wheels. A shopping cart and two metal bins, frequently used by the unhoused as firepits, flank the scene.
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NEW: A Utah plastic surgeon was on trial for falsifying COVID-19 vaccine cards. Then Pam Bondi stepped in.
Bondi’s dismissal of the case signals the increasing clout of “medical freedom” activists and vaccine skeptics under the leadership of RFK Jr.
With @sltrib.com
Bondi’s dismissal of the case signals the increasing clout of “medical freedom” activists and vaccine skeptics under the leadership of RFK Jr.
With @sltrib.com
Pam Bondi Dismissed Charges Against a Surgeon Who Falsified Vaccine Cards. It Emboldened Others With Similar Cases.
A Utah surgeon’s victory in a vaccine fraud case has encouraged other “medical freedom” advocates to consider seeking leniency for similar charges. “This undermines every layer of the system that prot...
www.propublica.org
December 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
NEW: A Utah plastic surgeon was on trial for falsifying COVID-19 vaccine cards. Then Pam Bondi stepped in.
Bondi’s dismissal of the case signals the increasing clout of “medical freedom” activists and vaccine skeptics under the leadership of RFK Jr.
With @sltrib.com
Bondi’s dismissal of the case signals the increasing clout of “medical freedom” activists and vaccine skeptics under the leadership of RFK Jr.
With @sltrib.com
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ProPublica identified 17 people who each shielded at least $1 billion in capital gains from the so-called Net Investment Income Tax.
Together, this small group, by collectively exempting more than $35 billion, saved about $1.3 billion in taxes.
(Published Dec. 2024)
Together, this small group, by collectively exempting more than $35 billion, saved about $1.3 billion in taxes.
(Published Dec. 2024)
How Billionaires Sidestepped a Tax Aimed at the Rich
Wall Street financiers were a clear target of the tax, but some, on questionable legal grounds, have claimed their outsized profits were exempt, sometimes avoiding hundreds of millions in taxes.
www.propublica.org
December 17, 2025 at 1:00 AM
ProPublica identified 17 people who each shielded at least $1 billion in capital gains from the so-called Net Investment Income Tax.
Together, this small group, by collectively exempting more than $35 billion, saved about $1.3 billion in taxes.
(Published Dec. 2024)
Together, this small group, by collectively exempting more than $35 billion, saved about $1.3 billion in taxes.
(Published Dec. 2024)
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The total loss of NOAA’s office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research —a nerve center of global climate science, data collection and modeling — represents a setback for climate preparedness that experts warn the nation may never recover from.
(Published April)
(Published April)
White House Proposal Could Gut Climate Modeling the World Depends On
Potential funding cuts for NOAA and its research partners threaten irreparable harm not only to climate research but to American safety, competitiveness, and national security.
www.propublica.org
September 7, 2025 at 3:00 AM
The total loss of NOAA’s office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research —a nerve center of global climate science, data collection and modeling — represents a setback for climate preparedness that experts warn the nation may never recover from.
(Published April)
(Published April)
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If I could speak Spanish I would so move to Mexico
May 10, 2025 at 1:16 AM
If I could speak Spanish I would so move to Mexico
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Israel Executed Paramedics in Gaza With Gunshots to the Head, Autopsies Show https://twp.ai/4ili2q
truthout.org
Israel Executed Paramedics in Gaza With Gunshots to the Head, Autopsies Show
twp.ai
April 17, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Israel Executed Paramedics in Gaza With Gunshots to the Head, Autopsies Show https://twp.ai/4ili2q
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Ed Martin, now the interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, did not disclose his RT and Sputnik appearances from 2016 to 2024 to the Senate. The State Department has said the networks act like arms of Russian intelligence.
Trump’s D.C. U.S. attorney pick appeared on Russian state media over 150 times
Trump nominee Ed Martin’s 100-plus appearances on Russian state-directed media RT and Sputnik from 2016 to 2024 alarm some former national security officials.
wapo.st
April 16, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Ed Martin, now the interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, did not disclose his RT and Sputnik appearances from 2016 to 2024 to the Senate. The State Department has said the networks act like arms of Russian intelligence.
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Trump wants to lock up citizens. He wants to kidnap citizens, ship them to El Salvador, and lock them in a prison where 80 individuals are stacked in a single cell for 23.5 hours per day.
Before press came in — but while live feed was running on Bukele’s feed — Trump said to him: “home-growns are next. … You’re gonna need to build about 5 more places.”
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x.com
April 14, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Trump wants to lock up citizens. He wants to kidnap citizens, ship them to El Salvador, and lock them in a prison where 80 individuals are stacked in a single cell for 23.5 hours per day.
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President of El Salvador says he won't return mistakenly deported man to U.S.
Trump’s administration claimed it had no responsibility to facilitate the return of Abrego Garcia to the U.S. despite an order from the Supreme Court.
This is Trump’s new America.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Trump’s administration claimed it had no responsibility to facilitate the return of Abrego Garcia to the U.S. despite an order from the Supreme Court.
This is Trump’s new America.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Trump and Bukele Bond Over Human Rights Abuses in Oval Office Meeting
Donald Trump and Salvadorian President Nayib Bukele discussed the U.S. deporting people to El Salvador's prisons in the Oval Office on Monday.
www.rollingstone.com
April 14, 2025 at 5:45 PM
President of El Salvador says he won't return mistakenly deported man to U.S.
Trump’s administration claimed it had no responsibility to facilitate the return of Abrego Garcia to the U.S. despite an order from the Supreme Court.
This is Trump’s new America.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Trump’s administration claimed it had no responsibility to facilitate the return of Abrego Garcia to the U.S. despite an order from the Supreme Court.
This is Trump’s new America.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Biggest insider trading market manipulation scheme in history.
They aren't even bothering to hide it.
They aren't even bothering to hide it.
April 10, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Biggest insider trading market manipulation scheme in history.
They aren't even bothering to hide it.
They aren't even bothering to hide it.
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The SAVE Act would silence the voices of tens of millions of Americans. We don’t need more obstacles to voting. We need voting to be fair, easy, and accessible for everyone. Congress must vote NO on the SAVE Act. #HandsOffOurVote
April 9, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The SAVE Act would silence the voices of tens of millions of Americans. We don’t need more obstacles to voting. We need voting to be fair, easy, and accessible for everyone. Congress must vote NO on the SAVE Act. #HandsOffOurVote
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I still can’t figure out when “we can deport you” turned into “we can put you in a hell hole prison in a third country, indefinitely, with no legal recourse.”
April 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I still can’t figure out when “we can deport you” turned into “we can put you in a hell hole prison in a third country, indefinitely, with no legal recourse.”
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Per the Trump Administration, America needs "millions of human beings screwing in little, little screws to make iPhones."
April 7, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Per the Trump Administration, America needs "millions of human beings screwing in little, little screws to make iPhones."
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"Sending it back to the states" isn't working out so well for kids.
April 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
"Sending it back to the states" isn't working out so well for kids.
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If you don’t think that at some point he’s going to show more interest in the 5,044 nuclear weapons he controls, you’re as deluded as the people who thought he’d never tank the stock market and the economy.
April 7, 2025 at 9:34 AM
If you don’t think that at some point he’s going to show more interest in the 5,044 nuclear weapons he controls, you’re as deluded as the people who thought he’d never tank the stock market and the economy.
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“He tried to kill his own Vice President. Do you think he cares about you?” -Barack Obama
April 7, 2025 at 11:31 AM
“He tried to kill his own Vice President. Do you think he cares about you?” -Barack Obama
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Major Auto Manufacturer Lays Off 900 American Workers Due To Trump Tariffs https://twp.ai/4imQGR
Major Auto Manufacturer Lays Off 900 American Workers Due To Trump Tariffs
"As a result, 900 represented U.S. employees will be temporarily laid off as a result of that. The UAW is striking back at that."
twp.ai
April 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Major Auto Manufacturer Lays Off 900 American Workers Due To Trump Tariffs https://twp.ai/4imQGR
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“The President’s desires cannot be ignored”
April 3, 2025 at 2:44 PM
“The President’s desires cannot be ignored”
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Here’s what trump’s presidency has done to the stock markets all over the world.
We are only 10 weeks in…
We are only 10 weeks in…
April 3, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Here’s what trump’s presidency has done to the stock markets all over the world.
We are only 10 weeks in…
We are only 10 weeks in…
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NEW: Thousands of CDC employees who worked on things like preventing HIV and lead poisoning have been told they were subject to a reduction in force. Experts say people will die.
The CDC Has Been Gutted
Thousands of CDC employees who worked on things like preventing HIV and lead poisoning have been told they were subject to a reduction in force. Experts say people will die.
www.wired.com
April 1, 2025 at 3:17 PM
NEW: Thousands of CDC employees who worked on things like preventing HIV and lead poisoning have been told they were subject to a reduction in force. Experts say people will die.
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Sen. Jim Banks told a laid off U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) employee who approached him that they “probably deserved it” and they “seem like a clown.”
April 1, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Sen. Jim Banks told a laid off U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) employee who approached him that they “probably deserved it” and they “seem like a clown.”
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New Jersey Sen. @corybooker.com is on the Senate floor, saying, "I rise with the intention of disrupting the normal business of the United States Senate for as long as I am physically able" to protest President Trump and Elon Musk.
Watch live: www.c-span.org/event/us-sen...
Watch live: www.c-span.org/event/us-sen...
April 1, 2025 at 12:25 AM
New Jersey Sen. @corybooker.com is on the Senate floor, saying, "I rise with the intention of disrupting the normal business of the United States Senate for as long as I am physically able" to protest President Trump and Elon Musk.
Watch live: www.c-span.org/event/us-sen...
Watch live: www.c-span.org/event/us-sen...