MoiraBlue
@moxieblue.bsky.social
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The Social Security Administration has already cut 7,000 jobs.
As a result, its website is crashing. Phone lines are overwhelmed. Beneficiaries can't get service.
What is DOGE recommending now? More layoffs.
Let it be known that Trump is effectively cutting Social Security.
As a result, its website is crashing. Phone lines are overwhelmed. Beneficiaries can't get service.
What is DOGE recommending now? More layoffs.
Let it be known that Trump is effectively cutting Social Security.
April 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The Social Security Administration has already cut 7,000 jobs.
As a result, its website is crashing. Phone lines are overwhelmed. Beneficiaries can't get service.
What is DOGE recommending now? More layoffs.
Let it be known that Trump is effectively cutting Social Security.
As a result, its website is crashing. Phone lines are overwhelmed. Beneficiaries can't get service.
What is DOGE recommending now? More layoffs.
Let it be known that Trump is effectively cutting Social Security.
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Reminder: Dr. Oz had to pay $5.25 million to settle a class action suit for promoting phony weight loss cures.
He is a conman. No wonder Trump likes him.
Now he's in charge of running Medicare and Medicaid.
He is a conman. No wonder Trump likes him.
Now he's in charge of running Medicare and Medicaid.
April 4, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Reminder: Dr. Oz had to pay $5.25 million to settle a class action suit for promoting phony weight loss cures.
He is a conman. No wonder Trump likes him.
Now he's in charge of running Medicare and Medicaid.
He is a conman. No wonder Trump likes him.
Now he's in charge of running Medicare and Medicaid.
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"Somewhere I read that the greatness of America is the right to protest for rights."
In the final speech of his life, Martin Luther King Jr. emphasized the importance of freedom of speech and assembly.
In the final speech of his life, Martin Luther King Jr. emphasized the importance of freedom of speech and assembly.
April 4, 2025 at 3:51 PM
"Somewhere I read that the greatness of America is the right to protest for rights."
In the final speech of his life, Martin Luther King Jr. emphasized the importance of freedom of speech and assembly.
In the final speech of his life, Martin Luther King Jr. emphasized the importance of freedom of speech and assembly.
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The fact that everything around us is burning to the ground & some people still have no clue that they voted for the arsonist or are complicit in the arson is absolutely mind boggling.
People are ok with it so long as the black woman isn’t their President 🤯.
America, we have a problem!
People are ok with it so long as the black woman isn’t their President 🤯.
America, we have a problem!
April 4, 2025 at 4:39 PM
The fact that everything around us is burning to the ground & some people still have no clue that they voted for the arsonist or are complicit in the arson is absolutely mind boggling.
People are ok with it so long as the black woman isn’t their President 🤯.
America, we have a problem!
People are ok with it so long as the black woman isn’t their President 🤯.
America, we have a problem!
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60 Minutes“could not find criminal records” for 75% of the 238 men the Trump admin sent to a Salvadoran prison. Of the 22% that had records, the “vast majority are for non-violent offenses.” Trump admin still insists they’re “terrorists.”
www.cbsnews.com/news/what-re...
www.cbsnews.com/news/what-re...
U.S. sent 238 migrants to Salvadoran mega-prison; documents indicate most have no apparent criminal records
The U.S. sent 238 Venezuelan migrants to a Salvadoran mega-prison. The Trump administration says they're all gang members, but 60 Minutes could find no criminal records for 75 percent of them.
www.cbsnews.com
April 7, 2025 at 3:29 AM
60 Minutes“could not find criminal records” for 75% of the 238 men the Trump admin sent to a Salvadoran prison. Of the 22% that had records, the “vast majority are for non-violent offenses.” Trump admin still insists they’re “terrorists.”
www.cbsnews.com/news/what-re...
www.cbsnews.com/news/what-re...
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75%
60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5
April 7, 2025 at 2:15 AM
75%
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Tonight we learned that it was indeed Andry, the gay man sent to El Salvador because of his “mom” and “dad” tattoos, who an American journalist saw sobbing as guards slapped him repeatedly and shaved his head.
He is an innocent. And Trump sent him to a torture prison.
Bring them back!
He is an innocent. And Trump sent him to a torture prison.
Bring them back!
April 7, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Tonight we learned that it was indeed Andry, the gay man sent to El Salvador because of his “mom” and “dad” tattoos, who an American journalist saw sobbing as guards slapped him repeatedly and shaved his head.
He is an innocent. And Trump sent him to a torture prison.
Bring them back!
He is an innocent. And Trump sent him to a torture prison.
Bring them back!
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He’s tanking the economy, destroying our standing in the world, depriving women and LGBTQ communities of their fundamental rights, attacking the environment, disappearing legal immigrants, gutting Veteran’s benefits and Social Security. And he’s making you pay for his golf trips while he’s at it.
April 4, 2025 at 11:48 PM
He’s tanking the economy, destroying our standing in the world, depriving women and LGBTQ communities of their fundamental rights, attacking the environment, disappearing legal immigrants, gutting Veteran’s benefits and Social Security. And he’s making you pay for his golf trips while he’s at it.
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Well America, your 401k soon won’t cover a trip to Kroger, let alone retirement…
And don’t count on Social Security either, because he’s going fuck it up too!
So, I hope you like your job (and that they’ll keep you) —because retirement is no longer an option!
Enjoy. 😎✨
And don’t count on Social Security either, because he’s going fuck it up too!
So, I hope you like your job (and that they’ll keep you) —because retirement is no longer an option!
Enjoy. 😎✨
April 5, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Well America, your 401k soon won’t cover a trip to Kroger, let alone retirement…
And don’t count on Social Security either, because he’s going fuck it up too!
So, I hope you like your job (and that they’ll keep you) —because retirement is no longer an option!
Enjoy. 😎✨
And don’t count on Social Security either, because he’s going fuck it up too!
So, I hope you like your job (and that they’ll keep you) —because retirement is no longer an option!
Enjoy. 😎✨
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It's not true that the four U.S. soldiers who recently died in Lithuania weren't honored by a sitting president. The problem is that it wasn't the U.S. president. It was the President of Lithuania. Trump couldn't be bothered with it.
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/trump-pick...
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/trump-pick...
Trump Picks Golf Over Dead American Soldiers
Because of course he did.
charlotteclymer.substack.com
April 5, 2025 at 1:37 PM
It's not true that the four U.S. soldiers who recently died in Lithuania weren't honored by a sitting president. The problem is that it wasn't the U.S. president. It was the President of Lithuania. Trump couldn't be bothered with it.
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/trump-pick...
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/trump-pick...
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After the national-security breach on Signal, Trump’s administration “again wants you to believe that two and two make five,” writes Peter Wehner. “When there is no objective truth, when everyone gets to make up their own reality,” authoritarians thrive.
Trump Is Gaslighting Us
Trump is an agent of chaos, and chaos has a human cost.
bit.ly
April 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
After the national-security breach on Signal, Trump’s administration “again wants you to believe that two and two make five,” writes Peter Wehner. “When there is no objective truth, when everyone gets to make up their own reality,” authoritarians thrive.
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Tonight, Democrats forced a vote on a simple amendment.
To remove new tariffs that are increasing the cost of groceries, gas and housing.
Republicans rejected it.
To remove new tariffs that are increasing the cost of groceries, gas and housing.
Republicans rejected it.
April 5, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Tonight, Democrats forced a vote on a simple amendment.
To remove new tariffs that are increasing the cost of groceries, gas and housing.
Republicans rejected it.
To remove new tariffs that are increasing the cost of groceries, gas and housing.
Republicans rejected it.
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President Obama breaks his silence
April 5, 2025 at 12:38 AM
President Obama breaks his silence
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I’ve had an incredible experience as a fellow at Mother Jones. It’s a real opportunity to work with some first-class reporters and editors in such a welcoming, supportive environment. I can’t recommend it enough. Happy to answer any q’s in my DMs :))
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April 5, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I’ve had an incredible experience as a fellow at Mother Jones. It’s a real opportunity to work with some first-class reporters and editors in such a welcoming, supportive environment. I can’t recommend it enough. Happy to answer any q’s in my DMs :))
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“Trump’s personality is, and has always been, zero-sum and urgent,” writes @dkthomp.bsky.social. “The scariest thing about the Trump tariffs isn’t the numbers, but the underlying message. We’re all living inside the president’s head, and nobody knows anything”: https://theatln.tc/d9Y7nSsY
April 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
“Trump’s personality is, and has always been, zero-sum and urgent,” writes @dkthomp.bsky.social. “The scariest thing about the Trump tariffs isn’t the numbers, but the underlying message. We’re all living inside the president’s head, and nobody knows anything”: https://theatln.tc/d9Y7nSsY
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In the dead of night, the Senate advanced Trump’s budget.
A great night for billionaires — a bad night for everyone else.
A great night for billionaires — a bad night for everyone else.
April 5, 2025 at 6:50 AM
In the dead of night, the Senate advanced Trump’s budget.
A great night for billionaires — a bad night for everyone else.
A great night for billionaires — a bad night for everyone else.
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Mid-terms in 2026, vote every one of those fuckers out!
April 5, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Mid-terms in 2026, vote every one of those fuckers out!
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wtf????
NEW: The Trump administration pulled funding for research to protect pregnant women from domestic violence, citing it as a “DEI” initiative.
Trump Admin Pulls Research Funding To Protect Pregnant Women From Domestic Violence
Homicide by an abusive partner is the leading cause of death for pregnant women in the U.S. – and researchers are gutted by the sudden cuts.
www.huffpost.com
March 30, 2025 at 4:00 AM
wtf????
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“Simply put: I don’t know where this endless march of shortening the act of living leads us to. AI promises to free up time. But if what it spares us from is learning from our friends, writing, painting and exploring the world, then what, actually, are we meant to do with that time?”
AI promises to free up time. But what if it spares us from learning, writing, painting and exploring the world? | Joseph Earp
If I reduced my existence to a series of ChatGPT prompts, the act of my living is only shorter – not better
www.theguardian.com
March 29, 2025 at 7:25 PM
“Simply put: I don’t know where this endless march of shortening the act of living leads us to. AI promises to free up time. But if what it spares us from is learning from our friends, writing, painting and exploring the world, then what, actually, are we meant to do with that time?”
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"A first-of-its-kind analysis by ProPublica found that the sepsis rate in second-trimester pregnancy loss hospitalizations increased by more than 50% after Texas’ near-total abortion ban went into effect in September 2021."
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
Texas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We Did
Since Texas banned abortion, no one has studied the statewide effects on pregnant women experiencing complications. Here’s how we sifted through data on millions of pregnancy hospitalizations and anal...
www.propublica.org
March 29, 2025 at 2:47 AM
"A first-of-its-kind analysis by ProPublica found that the sepsis rate in second-trimester pregnancy loss hospitalizations increased by more than 50% after Texas’ near-total abortion ban went into effect in September 2021."
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
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This 5th grader got a standing ovation from over 700 constituents for her pointed question to Republican Darrell Issa’s empty chair at the Indivisible town hall this past Sunday.
March 29, 2025 at 2:09 AM
This 5th grader got a standing ovation from over 700 constituents for her pointed question to Republican Darrell Issa’s empty chair at the Indivisible town hall this past Sunday.
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At least 10,000 dead feared in Burma/Myanmar after 7.7 quake www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/w...
Earthquake Batters Myanmar and Thailand; High Toll Is Feared as Buildings Topple
The 7.7-magnitude earthquake near Mandalay, in a country already torn by war, was felt across Southeast Asia, and experts warned there could be tens of thousands dead.
www.nytimes.com
March 29, 2025 at 1:00 AM
At least 10,000 dead feared in Burma/Myanmar after 7.7 quake www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/w...