@mommadag.bsky.social
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The year the government broke
The year the government broke
Hundreds of thousands of workers left the federal workforce this year.
buff.ly
December 23, 2025 at 1:10 PM
The year the government broke
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We are living and suffering through a Mad King presidency.
Mad King.
This is what it is.
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Mad King.
This is what it is.
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Trump, Hunger Games, and the Kennedy Center
The dystopia everyone said was impossible is already here.
open.substack.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:56 PM
We are living and suffering through a Mad King presidency.
Mad King.
This is what it is.
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Mad King.
This is what it is.
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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The magical life of Toni Basil: how she taught Elvis, enchanted Bowie – and had a smash hit with ‘Mickey’
The magical life of Toni Basil: how she taught Elvis, enchanted Bowie – and had a smash hit with ‘Mickey’
The woman Quentin Tarantino called ‘the goddess of go-go’ is one of the most connected and accomplished in Hollywood. At 82, she recalls working with Tina Turner, Bette Midler, Frank Sinatra, David Byrne, Margot Robbie, Leonardo DiCaprio – the list goes on – and the time Bing Crosby made a pass at her
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:39 AM
The magical life of Toni Basil: how she taught Elvis, enchanted Bowie – and had a smash hit with ‘Mickey’
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Feverishly working on this
December 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Feverishly working on this
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REP. @jamestalarico.bsky.social : “The biggest ‘welfare queens’ in 🇺🇸 are corporations that don’t pay a penny in federal taxes, and CEOs who get a tax deduction for flying on a private jet — not hungry kids, or working parents who work multiple jobs.”
December 14, 2025 at 8:26 PM
REP. @jamestalarico.bsky.social : “The biggest ‘welfare queens’ in 🇺🇸 are corporations that don’t pay a penny in federal taxes, and CEOs who get a tax deduction for flying on a private jet — not hungry kids, or working parents who work multiple jobs.”
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“If people wearing ski masks & tactical gear with no visible ID swarmed your workplace to take your coworkers away...could you tell the difference between fed law enforcement & a kidnapping?…We should not have to live in fear of masked, armed agents.” --ACLU www.americaamerica.news/p/snapshot-e...
Snapshot: Enough With the Masked Men
State and federal lawmakers are pushing back against terrorizing federal agents who hide behind masks
www.americaamerica.news
December 15, 2025 at 3:40 PM
“If people wearing ski masks & tactical gear with no visible ID swarmed your workplace to take your coworkers away...could you tell the difference between fed law enforcement & a kidnapping?…We should not have to live in fear of masked, armed agents.” --ACLU www.americaamerica.news/p/snapshot-e...
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Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
December 14, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
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How redefining special needs rocked education on.ft.com/3MtOVs7 #FTEdit
How redefining special needs rocked education
Broadened criteria are benefiting the better-off, harming those facing greatest difficulty and straining the system
on.ft.com
December 15, 2025 at 3:41 PM
How redefining special needs rocked education on.ft.com/3MtOVs7 #FTEdit
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Michelin finally dropped its first Philly restaurant ratings, and one local culinary educator isn’t impressed.
While a few restaurants earned stars, she argues inspectors overlooked the city’s most creative kitchens and misunderstood what makes Philly’s dining scene shine. buff.ly/H77P4R0
While a few restaurants earned stars, she argues inspectors overlooked the city’s most creative kitchens and misunderstood what makes Philly’s dining scene shine. buff.ly/H77P4R0
A culinary educator and local dining expert breaks down Michelin’s debut Philly list − and gives zero stars to the inspectors
The Michelin awards will almost certainly bring more tourism to the city, and more revenue to the honored restaurants. But will it make Philly’s dining scene better?
buff.ly
December 7, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Michelin finally dropped its first Philly restaurant ratings, and one local culinary educator isn’t impressed.
While a few restaurants earned stars, she argues inspectors overlooked the city’s most creative kitchens and misunderstood what makes Philly’s dining scene shine. buff.ly/H77P4R0
While a few restaurants earned stars, she argues inspectors overlooked the city’s most creative kitchens and misunderstood what makes Philly’s dining scene shine. buff.ly/H77P4R0
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The singer and Scotland superfan echoed Tartan Army concerns about the high ticket prices being charged at Fifa’s global showpiece
Brazil await, but even Rod Stewart ‘can’t afford a ticket’
The singer and Scotland superfan echoed Tartan Army concerns about the high ticket prices being charged at Fifa’s global showpiece
www.thetimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The singer and Scotland superfan echoed Tartan Army concerns about the high ticket prices being charged at Fifa’s global showpiece
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"If a ruler wages war as though peace were merely the interval between invasions, he cannot be trusted....Any plan that rewards such a man with new lands or relieved sanctions is not a peace treaty but a capitulation." lnk.thebulwark.com/4pzTkrK
A Letter from Clausewitz to Secretary Rubio
Channeling the author of ‘On War’ on the U.S. pursuit of peace in Ukraine.
lnk.thebulwark.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:30 AM
"If a ruler wages war as though peace were merely the interval between invasions, he cannot be trusted....Any plan that rewards such a man with new lands or relieved sanctions is not a peace treaty but a capitulation." lnk.thebulwark.com/4pzTkrK
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Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
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- He stopped the policy of encouraging flu immunization in Louisiana
- Delayed reporting on a pertussis outbreak that killed two children in Louisiana.
-Promoted false information on covid vaccine harms.
He is now number 2 at CDC.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
- Delayed reporting on a pertussis outbreak that killed two children in Louisiana.
-Promoted false information on covid vaccine harms.
He is now number 2 at CDC.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Controversial Louisiana surgeon general tapped for CDC leadership role
Louisiana Surgeon General Ralph Abraham has spoken against Covid shots and ended mass vaccination campaigns. Now he's in a position to make national health decisions.
www.nbcnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
- He stopped the policy of encouraging flu immunization in Louisiana
- Delayed reporting on a pertussis outbreak that killed two children in Louisiana.
-Promoted false information on covid vaccine harms.
He is now number 2 at CDC.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
- Delayed reporting on a pertussis outbreak that killed two children in Louisiana.
-Promoted false information on covid vaccine harms.
He is now number 2 at CDC.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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Such classic gaslighting it's an instructive moment. The question is not whether generic is better or worse, it's that a list with more expensive brand names is not the same as a list with cheaper generics. Perverting that truth into an attack on those calling it out is Manipulation 101.
Hassett: "On one of the Sunday shows, the anchor criticized the fact Walmart said the Thanksgiving dinner is cheaper by about $10. Then he said, 'Oh yeah, but they substituted generic stuff,' as if having a generic something is a crime for ordinary folks! It shows how out of touch these people are."
November 26, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Such classic gaslighting it's an instructive moment. The question is not whether generic is better or worse, it's that a list with more expensive brand names is not the same as a list with cheaper generics. Perverting that truth into an attack on those calling it out is Manipulation 101.
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No matter how long I live after we get through this dark chapter, I will never get over the immorality, the amorality, the corruption, the criminality and the cruelty in service to one of the worst humans to ever walk the earth.
November 26, 2025 at 1:13 AM
No matter how long I live after we get through this dark chapter, I will never get over the immorality, the amorality, the corruption, the criminality and the cruelty in service to one of the worst humans to ever walk the earth.
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In this Trumpian era, America’s moral compass — its capacity to separate right from wrong, and to pride itself doing (or at least trying to do) what is honorable — seems to have vanished, along with the norms on which that authority has been based. robertreich.substack.com/p/honor-and-...
Honor and Shame in the Era of Trump and Epstein
Honor comes with wealth. The only exception is pedophilia.
robertreich.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
In this Trumpian era, America’s moral compass — its capacity to separate right from wrong, and to pride itself doing (or at least trying to do) what is honorable — seems to have vanished, along with the norms on which that authority has been based. robertreich.substack.com/p/honor-and-...
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Texas A&M System Sharply Restricts How Faculty Can Teach About Race and Gender https://chroni.cl/49eeDtT
Texas A&M System Sharply Restricts How Faculty Can Teach About Race and Gender
A new policy approved Thursday — following a viral video that led to a professor’s firing — prohibits courses from advocating for “race or gender ideology” without prior approval.
chroni.cl
November 14, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Texas A&M System Sharply Restricts How Faculty Can Teach About Race and Gender https://chroni.cl/49eeDtT
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NEW: DHS invoked the “national emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rules for a $220 million taxpayer-funded ad campaign.
We found that a firm with deep ties to Kristi Noem secretly benefited from the deal.
We found that a firm with deep ties to Kristi Noem secretly benefited from the deal.
Kristi Noem-Tied Firm Secretly Got Piece of $220 Million DHS Campaign
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rules for the taxpayer-funded campaign.
www.propublica.org
November 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
NEW: DHS invoked the “national emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rules for a $220 million taxpayer-funded ad campaign.
We found that a firm with deep ties to Kristi Noem secretly benefited from the deal.
We found that a firm with deep ties to Kristi Noem secretly benefited from the deal.
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Raskin: "South Korea gave him some kind of golden crown or something, and then he lowered their tariffs. That is a monarchist mercantilism, that is not the American system."
November 5, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Raskin: "South Korea gave him some kind of golden crown or something, and then he lowered their tariffs. That is a monarchist mercantilism, that is not the American system."
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Here's another bit of conventional wisdom Zohran completely blew away: His speech was at well above a 10th-grade level. It was complex, erudite, punctuated by deep and fluent references. You don't have to condescend to voters with baby talk! Part of re-establishing norms is speaking like an adult.
November 5, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Here's another bit of conventional wisdom Zohran completely blew away: His speech was at well above a 10th-grade level. It was complex, erudite, punctuated by deep and fluent references. You don't have to condescend to voters with baby talk! Part of re-establishing norms is speaking like an adult.
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Remember, remember the 5th of November.
Gunpowder, treason, and plot.
Gunpowder, treason, and plot.
November 5, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Remember, remember the 5th of November.
Gunpowder, treason, and plot.
Gunpowder, treason, and plot.
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This is the Cheney obituary to read. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
His Works Completed, Dick Cheney, Mass Murderer of Iraqis and American Democracy, Dies
As much as the Trumpists claim to disavow the War on Terror, they walk a path paved by the most powerful vice president in U.S. history.
www.thenation.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:06 PM
This is the Cheney obituary to read. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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Forget petty bribes, ‘state capture’ is corruption so deep it is shaping the rules of democracy itself | Kenneth Mohammed
Forget petty bribes, ‘state capture’ is corruption so deep it is shaping the rules of democracy itself | Kenneth Mohammed
Beating the dangerous influence of private interests on governments requires independent judges, journalists and a courageous civil society
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Forget petty bribes, ‘state capture’ is corruption so deep it is shaping the rules of democracy itself | Kenneth Mohammed
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Speaker Mike Johnson vs Sergeant Schultz from Hogan's Heroes -- who knows less about what's going on?
November 3, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Speaker Mike Johnson vs Sergeant Schultz from Hogan's Heroes -- who knows less about what's going on?