@midwest59.bsky.social
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One of the best photos I have seen in response to “why don’t you wear a suit”
March 17, 2025 at 3:05 PM
One of the best photos I have seen in response to “why don’t you wear a suit”
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The wages of the richest 1% have skyrocketed 182% since 1979.
Meanwhile, the wages of the bottom 90% have seen just 44% growth.
Trickle down economics was always a hoax.
Meanwhile, the wages of the bottom 90% have seen just 44% growth.
Trickle down economics was always a hoax.
March 16, 2025 at 10:01 PM
The wages of the richest 1% have skyrocketed 182% since 1979.
Meanwhile, the wages of the bottom 90% have seen just 44% growth.
Trickle down economics was always a hoax.
Meanwhile, the wages of the bottom 90% have seen just 44% growth.
Trickle down economics was always a hoax.
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Get rid of this ridiculous “boys club” called DOGE. Stealing from the poor and vets is unconscionable. 😡
March 16, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Get rid of this ridiculous “boys club” called DOGE. Stealing from the poor and vets is unconscionable. 😡
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Budapest today. People are demanding that PM Orban resign.
March 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Budapest today. People are demanding that PM Orban resign.
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That is both messed up and disgraceful! You can’t just delete history!
Arlington National Cemetery has removed information about prominent Black, Hispanic, and female service members, as well as topics such as the Civil War, from its website.
Arlington National Cemetery has removed information about prominent Black, Hispanic, and female service members, as well as topics such as the Civil War, from its website.
March 15, 2025 at 3:07 PM
That is both messed up and disgraceful! You can’t just delete history!
Arlington National Cemetery has removed information about prominent Black, Hispanic, and female service members, as well as topics such as the Civil War, from its website.
Arlington National Cemetery has removed information about prominent Black, Hispanic, and female service members, as well as topics such as the Civil War, from its website.
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From interview of Lee Bollinger, 1st Amendment scholar who served as dean of @UMichLaw, president of @UMich, and president of Columbia University.
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
March 15, 2025 at 7:17 PM
From interview of Lee Bollinger, 1st Amendment scholar who served as dean of @UMichLaw, president of @UMich, and president of Columbia University.
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
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Rural person with a congressman who hasn’t had a townhall in over a decade: no one is being paid to show up to empty townhalls.
We are angry and we finally have enough others who are angry too. We finally have the numbers to fill up gymnasiums and libraries. We don’t need a dime to show up.
We are angry and we finally have enough others who are angry too. We finally have the numbers to fill up gymnasiums and libraries. We don’t need a dime to show up.
March 14, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Rural person with a congressman who hasn’t had a townhall in over a decade: no one is being paid to show up to empty townhalls.
We are angry and we finally have enough others who are angry too. We finally have the numbers to fill up gymnasiums and libraries. We don’t need a dime to show up.
We are angry and we finally have enough others who are angry too. We finally have the numbers to fill up gymnasiums and libraries. We don’t need a dime to show up.
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“I don’t get cute with this shit.”
Sen. Ruben Gallego tells me his NO on the House funding bill means he will also vote NO to advance it procedurally.
“Yeah, I don’t get cute with this shit.”
“Yeah, I don’t get cute with this shit.”
March 14, 2025 at 7:15 PM
“I don’t get cute with this shit.”
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Happening now outside John Cochran VA Medical Center in St. Louis! We aren’t letting them quietly destroy the VA! @votevets.org
March 14, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Happening now outside John Cochran VA Medical Center in St. Louis! We aren’t letting them quietly destroy the VA! @votevets.org
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Merkley: "I am even more hell no. You don't stop a bully by handing over your lunch money, and you don't stop a tyrant by giving him more power. That is exactly what this House Republican spending bill does."
March 14, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Merkley: "I am even more hell no. You don't stop a bully by handing over your lunch money, and you don't stop a tyrant by giving him more power. That is exactly what this House Republican spending bill does."
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New data from the US Treasury reveals that federal spending was $603 billion in February, which is $36 billion HIGHER than February last year under Biden.
This suggests that DOGE has done nothing to cut spending.
This suggests that DOGE has done nothing to cut spending.
Trump's first month showed $36 billion more in spending than last year
This February's monthly statement showed federal payments that were $36 billion higher than last February's.
www.axios.com
March 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
New data from the US Treasury reveals that federal spending was $603 billion in February, which is $36 billion HIGHER than February last year under Biden.
This suggests that DOGE has done nothing to cut spending.
This suggests that DOGE has done nothing to cut spending.
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More of this please
March 13, 2025 at 4:51 PM
More of this please
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A 10-year-old girl who's a US citizen recovering from brain cancer was deported with her parents and can't continue her treatment.
The swelling on her brain is not fully gone causing difficulties with speech and mobility.
Deporting her is pure evil.
The swelling on her brain is not fully gone causing difficulties with speech and mobility.
Deporting her is pure evil.
March 13, 2025 at 10:18 AM
A 10-year-old girl who's a US citizen recovering from brain cancer was deported with her parents and can't continue her treatment.
The swelling on her brain is not fully gone causing difficulties with speech and mobility.
Deporting her is pure evil.
The swelling on her brain is not fully gone causing difficulties with speech and mobility.
Deporting her is pure evil.
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✅ DEI Commentary of the Day™ 🧵
"Costco’s decision to stand by DEI efforts sent a clear message: 'Black America, we see you, and we value you.'"
by James S. Bridgeforth, Ph.D.
chicagodefender.com/the-cost-of-...
"Costco’s decision to stand by DEI efforts sent a clear message: 'Black America, we see you, and we value you.'"
by James S. Bridgeforth, Ph.D.
chicagodefender.com/the-cost-of-...
March 13, 2025 at 1:39 PM
✅ DEI Commentary of the Day™ 🧵
"Costco’s decision to stand by DEI efforts sent a clear message: 'Black America, we see you, and we value you.'"
by James S. Bridgeforth, Ph.D.
chicagodefender.com/the-cost-of-...
"Costco’s decision to stand by DEI efforts sent a clear message: 'Black America, we see you, and we value you.'"
by James S. Bridgeforth, Ph.D.
chicagodefender.com/the-cost-of-...
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One of these things is not like the others
March 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
One of these things is not like the others
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I’ll always be on the side of Congresswoman Sarah McBride. Bigots can go to hell.
March 13, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I’ll always be on the side of Congresswoman Sarah McBride. Bigots can go to hell.
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Just thinking about what the US looked like before the EPA existed
March 13, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Just thinking about what the US looked like before the EPA existed
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Texas megachurch pastor and former Trump advisor, Robert Morris, was just indicted for raping a 12 year old girl.
March 13, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Texas megachurch pastor and former Trump advisor, Robert Morris, was just indicted for raping a 12 year old girl.
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Bill Paul is an extraordinary public servant who served as Acting Chief Counsel under 3 administrations, including Trump I. I fear what this signals given DOGE’s push for IRS to approve extraordinarily broad sharing of taxpayers’ confidential data across federal agencies. 1/3
🚨 News: Trump administration pushes aside top IRS lawyer as DOGE seeks sweeping access to tax records
Scoop via me + @jeffstein.bsky.social & WaPo team...
Scoop via me + @jeffstein.bsky.social & WaPo team...
Top IRS lawyer pushed aside as DOGE seeks tax records, staffing cuts
The acting chief counsel of the IRS has been removed from his position as Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service seeks access to sensitive taxpayer records, according to people familiar with the matter.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 13, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Bill Paul is an extraordinary public servant who served as Acting Chief Counsel under 3 administrations, including Trump I. I fear what this signals given DOGE’s push for IRS to approve extraordinarily broad sharing of taxpayers’ confidential data across federal agencies. 1/3
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Have the DOGE boys gotten around to cancelling
a) a single weapons contract or
b) a single Elon Musk contract?
a) a single weapons contract or
b) a single Elon Musk contract?
March 12, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Have the DOGE boys gotten around to cancelling
a) a single weapons contract or
b) a single Elon Musk contract?
a) a single weapons contract or
b) a single Elon Musk contract?
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The Trump Administration removed the 10-year old girl with brain cancer and four of her American siblings from Texas on Feb. 4, when they deported their undocumented parents.
www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...
www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...
U.S. citizen child recovering from brain cancer deported to Mexico with undocumented parents
The Texas family was on their way to an emergency medical checkup, they said, when they were detained at an immigration checkpoint.
www.nbcnews.com
March 13, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The Trump Administration removed the 10-year old girl with brain cancer and four of her American siblings from Texas on Feb. 4, when they deported their undocumented parents.
www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...
www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...
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A top economics reporter goes off script on national TV: “I am going to say this at risk of my job, but what President Trump is doing is insane.”
March 12, 2025 at 3:10 AM
A top economics reporter goes off script on national TV: “I am going to say this at risk of my job, but what President Trump is doing is insane.”