Mandy McGuire-Schwartz
@mmcguireschwartz.bsky.social
Loves: Arts of all sorts. Flora and fauna. Interesting scenery. Learning. People and communities. Words.
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These two posts:
* “We need to treat antifa and BLM like terrorist organizations,” said Joe Kent, Trump’s pick to lead counter-terrorism efforts.
* Trump to Bukele (president of El Salvador): “Home-growns are next. The home-growns. You gotta build about five more places. It’s not big enough.” 1/
* “We need to treat antifa and BLM like terrorist organizations,” said Joe Kent, Trump’s pick to lead counter-terrorism efforts.
* Trump to Bukele (president of El Salvador): “Home-growns are next. The home-growns. You gotta build about five more places. It’s not big enough.” 1/
April 14, 2025 at 6:14 PM
These two posts:
* “We need to treat antifa and BLM like terrorist organizations,” said Joe Kent, Trump’s pick to lead counter-terrorism efforts.
* Trump to Bukele (president of El Salvador): “Home-growns are next. The home-growns. You gotta build about five more places. It’s not big enough.” 1/
* “We need to treat antifa and BLM like terrorist organizations,” said Joe Kent, Trump’s pick to lead counter-terrorism efforts.
* Trump to Bukele (president of El Salvador): “Home-growns are next. The home-growns. You gotta build about five more places. It’s not big enough.” 1/
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"After the state banned abortion, dozens more pregnant and postpartum women died in Texas hospitals than had in pre-pandemic years... As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, ProPublica found, it rose substantially in Texas." www.propublica.org/article/texa...
Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
www.propublica.org
March 25, 2025 at 5:08 AM
"After the state banned abortion, dozens more pregnant and postpartum women died in Texas hospitals than had in pre-pandemic years... As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, ProPublica found, it rose substantially in Texas." www.propublica.org/article/texa...
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I am begging blue state governors to have lunch this week with your adjutant general of the National Guard.
Cannot stress enough how important this relationship is going to be in the near future.
Cannot stress enough how important this relationship is going to be in the near future.
March 17, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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Shout it from the rooftops. This is not left vs right, this is a class struggle.
March 15, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Shout it from the rooftops. This is not left vs right, this is a class struggle.
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The media can (and should) reject the Right's deceptive frame. This is not about "references to diversity, equity, and inclusion."
It is a neosegregationist attempt to erase everyone but white males from the nation's history.
It is a neosegregationist attempt to erase everyone but white males from the nation's history.
Arlington National Cemetery has scrubbed information about prominent Black, Hispanic and female service members and topics such as the Civil War from its website, part of an effort across the Defense Department to remove all references to diversity, equity and inclusion from its online presence.
Arlington Cemetery website scrubs links about Black and female veterans
Pentagon leaders have ordered that their websites and social media pages remove articles and images that “promote” DEI.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The media can (and should) reject the Right's deceptive frame. This is not about "references to diversity, equity, and inclusion."
It is a neosegregationist attempt to erase everyone but white males from the nation's history.
It is a neosegregationist attempt to erase everyone but white males from the nation's history.
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There are SO MANY protests happening across the U.S. at the moment, and we're getting better and more coverage of them all the time. I keep adding to this thread and it's a bright spot of every week searching various news feeds for coverage 🧵
I know *I* want to know about them, so will post coverage I see here (please do reply with stuff you've seen!) Also h/t @fisherdanar.bsky.social for being a steady source of info on this stuff!
Here's one I saw this morning - 1000+ people protesting in Colo: coloradonewsline.com/2025/03/03/c...
Here's one I saw this morning - 1000+ people protesting in Colo: coloradonewsline.com/2025/03/03/c...
‘Mindless culling’: Crowd protests DOGE layoffs at Boulder NOAA campus • Colorado Newsline
The terminations were part of a wave of mass firings carried out by the so-called Department of Government Efficiency.
coloradonewsline.com
March 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
There are SO MANY protests happening across the U.S. at the moment, and we're getting better and more coverage of them all the time. I keep adding to this thread and it's a bright spot of every week searching various news feeds for coverage 🧵
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March 16, 2022.
There will never be lasting peace until russians are held accountable for horrific crimes like this ruthless bombing of the Mariupol's largest shelter in the drama theater, crowded with hundreds of civilians.
Any deal without justice is merely a pause in war.
#makerussiapay
There will never be lasting peace until russians are held accountable for horrific crimes like this ruthless bombing of the Mariupol's largest shelter in the drama theater, crowded with hundreds of civilians.
Any deal without justice is merely a pause in war.
#makerussiapay
March 16, 2025 at 9:27 AM
March 16, 2022.
There will never be lasting peace until russians are held accountable for horrific crimes like this ruthless bombing of the Mariupol's largest shelter in the drama theater, crowded with hundreds of civilians.
Any deal without justice is merely a pause in war.
#makerussiapay
There will never be lasting peace until russians are held accountable for horrific crimes like this ruthless bombing of the Mariupol's largest shelter in the drama theater, crowded with hundreds of civilians.
Any deal without justice is merely a pause in war.
#makerussiapay
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Sent to my US Senators and Representative via Resistbot.
resist.bot/petitions/PI...
resist.bot/petitions/PI...
Stop the Musk-Trump dismantling. Use all tools. No more business as usual
Text SIGN PIXLNN to 50409 to send this to your officials.
resist.bot
March 16, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Sent to my US Senators and Representative via Resistbot.
resist.bot/petitions/PI...
resist.bot/petitions/PI...
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🚨SOS!!🚨 a whistleblower who works in the federal govt just got this info to me. You guys they are dismantling Social Security. It’s happening right now. Like, NOW. With an interruption in services in 2-3 months. I can’t say who this person is but they’re in a position to know. SPREAD THE WORD! 🧵
March 3, 2025 at 2:39 PM
🚨SOS!!🚨 a whistleblower who works in the federal govt just got this info to me. You guys they are dismantling Social Security. It’s happening right now. Like, NOW. With an interruption in services in 2-3 months. I can’t say who this person is but they’re in a position to know. SPREAD THE WORD! 🧵
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Musk’s status as a “special government employee” limits him to 130 days in the executive branch. However, despite working daily—documented by his own X posts—they claim he only works one day a week, effectively stretching his limit to 130 weeks. This needs to be brought to Congress—please share.
March 2, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Musk’s status as a “special government employee” limits him to 130 days in the executive branch. However, despite working daily—documented by his own X posts—they claim he only works one day a week, effectively stretching his limit to 130 weeks. This needs to be brought to Congress—please share.
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I love this!!
Actress Cassandra Peterson, better known as her horror hostess character Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, has donated her Tesla to NPR.
Keep Reposting
#Swasticar
#ElonSux
Actress Cassandra Peterson, better known as her horror hostess character Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, has donated her Tesla to NPR.
Keep Reposting
#Swasticar
#ElonSux
March 2, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I love this!!
Actress Cassandra Peterson, better known as her horror hostess character Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, has donated her Tesla to NPR.
Keep Reposting
#Swasticar
#ElonSux
Actress Cassandra Peterson, better known as her horror hostess character Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, has donated her Tesla to NPR.
Keep Reposting
#Swasticar
#ElonSux
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Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts.
Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵
Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵
February 27, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts.
Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵
Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵
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Alt text added. @blumenthal.senate.gov @chrismurphyct.bsky.social fight against funding cuts for NIH, NSF, USDA, DOE, & other agencies that support research. The data is for CT, but every state has important biomedical, basic, & other research that contributes to the well being of US citizens.
February 10, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Alt text added. @blumenthal.senate.gov @chrismurphyct.bsky.social fight against funding cuts for NIH, NSF, USDA, DOE, & other agencies that support research. The data is for CT, but every state has important biomedical, basic, & other research that contributes to the well being of US citizens.
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I really enjoy seeing traditionally, perhaps even stereotypically masculine men also be legit good dudes
Earlier today JD Vance claimed our culture tries to suppress masculinity just bc men wanna tell jokes over beers; the implicit part here is that the jokes are, like Vance, bigoted and unfunny
Earlier today JD Vance claimed our culture tries to suppress masculinity just bc men wanna tell jokes over beers; the implicit part here is that the jokes are, like Vance, bigoted and unfunny
Just got out of jail. Only forty four left to go to catch John Lewis’s record. Remember - peaceful civil disobedience. Don’t comply in advance.
February 21, 2025 at 12:04 AM
I really enjoy seeing traditionally, perhaps even stereotypically masculine men also be legit good dudes
Earlier today JD Vance claimed our culture tries to suppress masculinity just bc men wanna tell jokes over beers; the implicit part here is that the jokes are, like Vance, bigoted and unfunny
Earlier today JD Vance claimed our culture tries to suppress masculinity just bc men wanna tell jokes over beers; the implicit part here is that the jokes are, like Vance, bigoted and unfunny
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"We didn’t become the greatest shirtwaist factory in the world by resting on our laurels. That’s why we’ve brought in a new efficiency czar, Noel Skum, whose job is to cut unnecessary spending and roll back overly restrictive safety regulations."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/tha...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/tha...
Thanks to Our New Efficiency Czar, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Is Saving More Money Than Ever
“Trump administration officials fired more than 300 staffers Thursday night at the National Nuclear Security Administration…. Sources told CNN the ...
www.mcsweeneys.net
February 19, 2025 at 2:38 AM
"We didn’t become the greatest shirtwaist factory in the world by resting on our laurels. That’s why we’ve brought in a new efficiency czar, Noel Skum, whose job is to cut unnecessary spending and roll back overly restrictive safety regulations."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/tha...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/tha...
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This is why you fight these cowards.
The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.
Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights.
He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.
The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.
Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights.
He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.
a stammering Tom Homan on AOC: "She's the dumbest congresswoman ever elected to Congress."
February 18, 2025 at 3:17 AM
This is why you fight these cowards.
The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.
Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights.
He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.
The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.
Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights.
He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.
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Government’s wins are often invisible: Systems that avoid plane crashes; alliances that avert war; surveillance that prevent pandemics.
Government wins are often *the avoidance of loss.*
So how do we tell the story of the destruction of government? The story of future losses *not* averted?
Government wins are often *the avoidance of loss.*
So how do we tell the story of the destruction of government? The story of future losses *not* averted?
February 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Government’s wins are often invisible: Systems that avoid plane crashes; alliances that avert war; surveillance that prevent pandemics.
Government wins are often *the avoidance of loss.*
So how do we tell the story of the destruction of government? The story of future losses *not* averted?
Government wins are often *the avoidance of loss.*
So how do we tell the story of the destruction of government? The story of future losses *not* averted?
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Without going all Martin Niemöller here, I do think that it's bad not to speak up for immigrants, transgender Americans, civil servants, women, Ukraine, and everyone else the MAGA bullies are going after. We're beyond picking and choosing whom to defend. It's time to stand up and speak out.
February 16, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Without going all Martin Niemöller here, I do think that it's bad not to speak up for immigrants, transgender Americans, civil servants, women, Ukraine, and everyone else the MAGA bullies are going after. We're beyond picking and choosing whom to defend. It's time to stand up and speak out.
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"DOGE wanted access to SSA’s sensitive files — the same way they’re trying to do at Labor and Treasury — and the acting commissioner wouldn’t give it, and she was replaced,” said Nancy Altman, president of Social Security Works.
“There is no way to overstate how serious a breach this is."
“There is no way to overstate how serious a breach this is."
Top Social Security official exits after clash with Musk’s DOGE over data
Yet another top career staffer is leaving the administration amid a disagreement over a request by Elon Musk’s team for sensitive government information.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 18, 2025 at 1:16 AM
"DOGE wanted access to SSA’s sensitive files — the same way they’re trying to do at Labor and Treasury — and the acting commissioner wouldn’t give it, and she was replaced,” said Nancy Altman, president of Social Security Works.
“There is no way to overstate how serious a breach this is."
“There is no way to overstate how serious a breach this is."
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Here is the ad the Washington Post refused to run about Elon Musk this weekend.
And here is the ad the Post was happy to run by a rightwing group funded by Musk that smeared me in October.
I started Democracy Docket to be fiercely independent and prodemocracy. Check it out. www.democracydocket.com
And here is the ad the Post was happy to run by a rightwing group funded by Musk that smeared me in October.
I started Democracy Docket to be fiercely independent and prodemocracy. Check it out. www.democracydocket.com
February 17, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Here is the ad the Washington Post refused to run about Elon Musk this weekend.
And here is the ad the Post was happy to run by a rightwing group funded by Musk that smeared me in October.
I started Democracy Docket to be fiercely independent and prodemocracy. Check it out. www.democracydocket.com
And here is the ad the Post was happy to run by a rightwing group funded by Musk that smeared me in October.
I started Democracy Docket to be fiercely independent and prodemocracy. Check it out. www.democracydocket.com
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Department of Education FAFSA changes are open for public comment. The changes include requiring trans students to misgender themselves and removes the nonbinary option on forms. Note: comment period is 60 days, and comments are publicly visible.
Form here: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Form here: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
February 16, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Department of Education FAFSA changes are open for public comment. The changes include requiring trans students to misgender themselves and removes the nonbinary option on forms. Note: comment period is 60 days, and comments are publicly visible.
Form here: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Form here: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
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As a journalist who covers extremism at the local level, I think it’s a mistake to view Trump’s Napoleonic statement as solely about presidential power. Consider if it’s interpreted as a wink and a nod for any extremist to act outside the law to “save” the country as they see fit
February 15, 2025 at 11:20 PM
As a journalist who covers extremism at the local level, I think it’s a mistake to view Trump’s Napoleonic statement as solely about presidential power. Consider if it’s interpreted as a wink and a nod for any extremist to act outside the law to “save” the country as they see fit