Marlene Schoeneck
mschoeneck.bsky.social
Marlene Schoeneck
@mschoeneck.bsky.social
Wife, Mom, Grandma, Retired Science Teacher, Master Gardener
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The newly established “Make America Beautiful Again Commission,” created under a Trump executive order, may sound harmless, or even beneficial, but beneath the surface, it represents a major threat to public lands.
July 5, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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No rational person who cared about Americans as a whole could possibly think we need to give the super-rich a giant bucket of money.
What problem are Republicans solving? The no-7th-yacht problem?
July 3, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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This bill if passed by the House will shorten the lives of millions of Americans and bring the republic to the point of collapse. It’s a gift to oligarchs at home and enemies abroad.
edition.cnn.com/2025/07/01/p...
Analysis: Here’s how Trump’s megabill will affect you | CNN Politics
Seniors, students, taxpayers, children, parents, low-income Americans and just about everyone else will be affected by the massive tax and spending bill being hashed out in real time on Capitol Hill.
edition.cnn.com
July 3, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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June 19, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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The National Weather Service is facing significant staffing cuts and has temporarily reduced weather balloon launches at several sites. These balloons are a key tool used by meteorologists to gather data for weather forecast models.
March 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Turns out we didn't need to listen to the president's address tonight - just the brilliant response from Stephen Colbert! @colbertlateshow.bsky.social.
March 5, 2025 at 5:23 AM
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First, they said postponed; now the meeting is canceled. That means no flu shots next year.

“'It’s a six-month production cycle,' Dr. Offit said. 'So one can only assume that we’re not picking flu strains this year.'"

Fundamentally, that's a form of mass murder.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...
F.D.A. Cancels Meeting of Vaccine Experts Scheduled to Advise on Flu Shots
The cancellation plays into fears among scientists who worry that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will use his position as health secretary to sow doubts about vaccines.
www.nytimes.com
February 27, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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You know Kate Winslet in Contagion? Where she runs into a hot zone, risking her life, so Americans could be safer?

She was an EIS officer. That’s who was just fired at CDC today. EIS officers. And many, many more public servants fighting every day for your health.
February 14, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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This administration has convinced half the country that the real problem isn’t billionaires who evade taxes and collect government handouts but the working class who pay taxes and get nothing in return.
February 14, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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Trump & Musk are making massive cuts to the National Institutes of Health.

I know there is a lot going on right now, but this is one of worst things they have done so far, will affect cancer research and trials, the search for cures, innovation and competitiveness, our universities. Your lives.
February 8, 2025 at 11:16 PM