Donna P
@mphsdp.bsky.social
Memphian. Old married grandma. Not interested.
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the media has made a huge deal about Neutrality and Not Editorializing and it all falls apart when you realize they are too afraid to publish a factual description of the video Trump posted
October 19, 2025 at 5:05 PM
the media has made a huge deal about Neutrality and Not Editorializing and it all falls apart when you realize they are too afraid to publish a factual description of the video Trump posted
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John Shin, a well known and respected violinist from South Korea, who received Bachelor's and Master's degrees at the University of Utah for violin performance, was detained by ICE.
John Shin has been a violinist and teaches students in Utah.
He is being detained in Colorado.
John Shin has been a violinist and teaches students in Utah.
He is being detained in Colorado.
August 24, 2025 at 1:19 AM
John Shin, a well known and respected violinist from South Korea, who received Bachelor's and Master's degrees at the University of Utah for violin performance, was detained by ICE.
John Shin has been a violinist and teaches students in Utah.
He is being detained in Colorado.
John Shin has been a violinist and teaches students in Utah.
He is being detained in Colorado.
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WPLN: “Bitcoin is dead in the city limits”
How MOUNTAIN CITY, TN stood up to a Clean Spark Bitcoin Mine that seemed to come out of nowhere— and commissioners with undisclosed conflicts — and won💪🏽
wpln.org/post/how-one...
How MOUNTAIN CITY, TN stood up to a Clean Spark Bitcoin Mine that seemed to come out of nowhere— and commissioners with undisclosed conflicts — and won💪🏽
wpln.org/post/how-one...
August 20, 2025 at 2:44 AM
WPLN: “Bitcoin is dead in the city limits”
How MOUNTAIN CITY, TN stood up to a Clean Spark Bitcoin Mine that seemed to come out of nowhere— and commissioners with undisclosed conflicts — and won💪🏽
wpln.org/post/how-one...
How MOUNTAIN CITY, TN stood up to a Clean Spark Bitcoin Mine that seemed to come out of nowhere— and commissioners with undisclosed conflicts — and won💪🏽
wpln.org/post/how-one...
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Law and order.
U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro—who claims she’s helping Trump fight crime in D.C.—will no longer charge people for illegally carrying shotguns and assault weapons in public, which is a felony offense under D.C. law.
Washingtonians, do we feel safer yet? www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Washingtonians, do we feel safer yet? www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Pirro’s office won’t pursue gun charges over carrying rifles, shotguns
A statement from Pirro on Tuesday said D.C.’s blanket prohibition on carrying shotguns or rifles “is clearly a violation of the Supreme Court’s holdings.”
www.washingtonpost.com
August 20, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Law and order.
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ICE = Gestapo
An unarmed veteran was attacked from behind, sustaining injuries and being dragged into a Portland ice building.
August 15, 2025 at 4:50 PM
ICE = Gestapo
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There's also the question of why NYTimes is devoting any coverage at all to a failed primary candidate with no endorsement from any party's voters. If Cuomo had won, would Mamdami get puff pieces about his proposals too?
I think we all know the answer to that one.
I think we all know the answer to that one.
It is legitimately insane that the NYT has now published FOUR separate articles taking seriously this half-baked proposal that is opposed by literally every single person who has thought about it for more than a second
How Cuomo Wants to Limit Who Gets to Live in Rent-Stabilized Units
www.nytimes.com
August 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
There's also the question of why NYTimes is devoting any coverage at all to a failed primary candidate with no endorsement from any party's voters. If Cuomo had won, would Mamdami get puff pieces about his proposals too?
I think we all know the answer to that one.
I think we all know the answer to that one.
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“.. DOGE increasingly looks like a giant joke as the initiative winds up saving essentially zero dollars for US taxpayers .”
- Vital Knowledge
@politico.com 🇺🇸
www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
- Vital Knowledge
@politico.com 🇺🇸
www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
August 13, 2025 at 9:51 AM
“.. DOGE increasingly looks like a giant joke as the initiative winds up saving essentially zero dollars for US taxpayers .”
- Vital Knowledge
@politico.com 🇺🇸
www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
- Vital Knowledge
@politico.com 🇺🇸
www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
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AFP Journalists Face Starvation While Reporting From Gaza
“Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die," said journalists at the Agence France-Presse news agency. Article: www.huffpost.com/entry/afp-ga...
“Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die," said journalists at the Agence France-Presse news agency. Article: www.huffpost.com/entry/afp-ga...
AFP Journalists Warn Colleagues Face Starvation While Reporting From Gaza
“Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die," said journalists at the Agence France-Presse news agency.
www.huffpost.com
July 23, 2025 at 6:36 PM
AFP Journalists Face Starvation While Reporting From Gaza
“Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die," said journalists at the Agence France-Presse news agency. Article: www.huffpost.com/entry/afp-ga...
“Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die," said journalists at the Agence France-Presse news agency. Article: www.huffpost.com/entry/afp-ga...
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In effect, the Supreme Court ruled that only it could decide issues on a national level. And then, with thousands and thousands of people waiting in limbo for resolution of many legally disputed Trump orders, the justices went on summer vacation, not to return until October.
June 29, 2025 at 2:11 PM
In effect, the Supreme Court ruled that only it could decide issues on a national level. And then, with thousands and thousands of people waiting in limbo for resolution of many legally disputed Trump orders, the justices went on summer vacation, not to return until October.
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This is so insanely bleak.
And thank you as always @chrisgeidner.bsky.social for your amazing reporting.
And thank you as always @chrisgeidner.bsky.social for your amazing reporting.
"SCOTUS allows Trump admin to deport people to random countries with no notice"
Honestly still can't believe that I wrote this headline today, let alone that the U.S. Supreme Court's majority did so.
Honestly still can't believe that I wrote this headline today, let alone that the U.S. Supreme Court's majority did so.
SCOTUS allows Trump admin to deport people to random countries with no notice
Justice Sotomayor called the order a "gross ... abuse" of the court's authority. Also: Law Dork in the media.
www.lawdork.com
June 24, 2025 at 2:51 AM
This is so insanely bleak.
And thank you as always @chrisgeidner.bsky.social for your amazing reporting.
And thank you as always @chrisgeidner.bsky.social for your amazing reporting.
Anyone hear of mass layoff at UnitedHealthcare for benefits operations yesterday? This will stop fixing claims issues
April 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Anyone hear of mass layoff at UnitedHealthcare for benefits operations yesterday? This will stop fixing claims issues
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I largely disagree with Lisa Murkowski on political issues, but getting up on stage and openly talking about her fear of Donald Trump’s revenge is incredibly brave.
This nightmare will never end unless it’s increasingly publicly named. By Republicans.
This nightmare will never end unless it’s increasingly publicly named. By Republicans.
April 17, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I largely disagree with Lisa Murkowski on political issues, but getting up on stage and openly talking about her fear of Donald Trump’s revenge is incredibly brave.
This nightmare will never end unless it’s increasingly publicly named. By Republicans.
This nightmare will never end unless it’s increasingly publicly named. By Republicans.
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NEW: No fewer than 10 principle scientists at NIH investigating emerging infectious diseases and neural disorders were among those fired by RFK Jr. today.
One is an esteemed scientist awarded for breakthrough research into the causes of Parkinson's disease.
By me and @emilymullin.bsky.social:
One is an esteemed scientist awarded for breakthrough research into the causes of Parkinson's disease.
By me and @emilymullin.bsky.social:
Doctor Behind Award-Winning Parkinson’s Research Among Scientists Purged From NIH
Leading scientists at the National Institutes of Health, the US’s leading medical research agency, were swept up Tuesday in the Trump administration's latest firing blitz.
www.wired.com
April 2, 2025 at 12:15 AM
NEW: No fewer than 10 principle scientists at NIH investigating emerging infectious diseases and neural disorders were among those fired by RFK Jr. today.
One is an esteemed scientist awarded for breakthrough research into the causes of Parkinson's disease.
By me and @emilymullin.bsky.social:
One is an esteemed scientist awarded for breakthrough research into the causes of Parkinson's disease.
By me and @emilymullin.bsky.social:
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I spent a fair bit of time over the past few years helping people who are under- or uninsured find free COVID19 vaccines in their area.
Today, the US government made this far harder, if not impossible, to do.
Today, the US government made this far harder, if not impossible, to do.
April 2, 2025 at 12:25 AM
I spent a fair bit of time over the past few years helping people who are under- or uninsured find free COVID19 vaccines in their area.
Today, the US government made this far harder, if not impossible, to do.
Today, the US government made this far harder, if not impossible, to do.
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Right-wing YouTuber Tim Pool has made it to the White House pool — someone from his “Timcast” channel will be part of today’s pool duty covering the president.
Last year, DOJ revealed Pool was receiving millions of dollars from the Russian gov. Pool says he didn’t know where it was coming from.
Last year, DOJ revealed Pool was receiving millions of dollars from the Russian gov. Pool says he didn’t know where it was coming from.
March 28, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Right-wing YouTuber Tim Pool has made it to the White House pool — someone from his “Timcast” channel will be part of today’s pool duty covering the president.
Last year, DOJ revealed Pool was receiving millions of dollars from the Russian gov. Pool says he didn’t know where it was coming from.
Last year, DOJ revealed Pool was receiving millions of dollars from the Russian gov. Pool says he didn’t know where it was coming from.
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No one ever said they were creative.
March 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
No one ever said they were creative.
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The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
March 12, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
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Republicans control the House and the Senate but they're blaming Democrats because they can't pass their CR.
SMH.
SMH.
March 12, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Republicans control the House and the Senate but they're blaming Democrats because they can't pass their CR.
SMH.
SMH.
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Because of the "price of eggs" we've lost a third of the value of the country.
March 12, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Because of the "price of eggs" we've lost a third of the value of the country.
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Your wallet shrinks, your 401(k) tanks, but Trump's first thought is to help Elon.
March 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Your wallet shrinks, your 401(k) tanks, but Trump's first thought is to help Elon.
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"Medical staff along the Uganda–DRC border have been terminated. Soldiers are everywhere. The laboratory built to deal with zoonotic diseases with US funding is empty."
www.wired.com/story/race-t...
www.wired.com/story/race-t...
A Lethal Mystery Illness Is Spreading in Congo. USAID Cuts Have Slowed the Response
Gutting USAID is already having a devastating impact around the world. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, teams that would normally be racing to identify a fatal sickness are gone.
www.wired.com
March 3, 2025 at 8:46 PM
"Medical staff along the Uganda–DRC border have been terminated. Soldiers are everywhere. The laboratory built to deal with zoonotic diseases with US funding is empty."
www.wired.com/story/race-t...
www.wired.com/story/race-t...
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I don’t even know how this could be presented as being in service of anything other than hindering scientific progress.
CDC Staff Prohibited From Co-Authoring Papers With World Health Organization Personnel
It’s just the latest “Orwellian” crackdown on government scientists.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
March 1, 2025 at 12:46 PM
I don’t even know how this could be presented as being in service of anything other than hindering scientific progress.
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Gee I wonder why there’s a shortage of air traffic controllers
February 27, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Gee I wonder why there’s a shortage of air traffic controllers
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Trump demands Mexico stop fentanyl coming into the US, and then halts a program that does exactly that.
Trump's broad foreign aid freeze has halted a UN program in Mexico to block fentanyl chemical imports to drug cartels, say eight sources. It's one of several U.S. counternarcotics efforts in Mexico recently disrupted by the stop-work order. www.reuters.com/world/ameri...
February 25, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Trump demands Mexico stop fentanyl coming into the US, and then halts a program that does exactly that.