Madsalm
@mslam.bsky.social
Union researcher, nature lover, avid reader, jazz fan.
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First of all, a 15-year-old is not "barely legal." The age of consent in Florida is 18. So sexual behavior with a 15-year-old is rape.
Megyn Kelly is VILE trash for saying otherwise.
And Megyn Kelly is confessing to having insider information about what Jeffrey Epstein was up to but stayed silent.
Megyn Kelly is VILE trash for saying otherwise.
And Megyn Kelly is confessing to having insider information about what Jeffrey Epstein was up to but stayed silent.
November 13, 2025 at 8:33 PM
First of all, a 15-year-old is not "barely legal." The age of consent in Florida is 18. So sexual behavior with a 15-year-old is rape.
Megyn Kelly is VILE trash for saying otherwise.
And Megyn Kelly is confessing to having insider information about what Jeffrey Epstein was up to but stayed silent.
Megyn Kelly is VILE trash for saying otherwise.
And Megyn Kelly is confessing to having insider information about what Jeffrey Epstein was up to but stayed silent.
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The most corrupt administration in American history.
November 7, 2025 at 12:46 AM
The most corrupt administration in American history.
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"In 2024, death-sentenced prisoners asked the Court to review constitutional claims in their cases or grant a stay of execution 148 times. The Court agreed just three times, twice in the same case."
But if it will save 16 million kids from starving, then make sure to issue that stay.
But if it will save 16 million kids from starving, then make sure to issue that stay.
This is actually a pretty standard and unremarkable move, as evidenced by Justice Jackson issuing it.
But most people won't believe that for several good reasons.
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But most people won't believe that for several good reasons.
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#BREAKING: Justice Jackson has issued an "administrative" stay, temporarily pausing a district court order that would've required the USDA to continue using contingency funds to pay SNAP benefits.
The stay expires 48 hours after the First Circuit rules on USDA's request for a stay pending appeal.
The stay expires 48 hours after the First Circuit rules on USDA's request for a stay pending appeal.
November 8, 2025 at 3:03 AM
"In 2024, death-sentenced prisoners asked the Court to review constitutional claims in their cases or grant a stay of execution 148 times. The Court agreed just three times, twice in the same case."
But if it will save 16 million kids from starving, then make sure to issue that stay.
But if it will save 16 million kids from starving, then make sure to issue that stay.
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Don’t look at the wreckage in Jamaica without thinking of the wreckage to our clean energy efforts caused by Trump’s hatred of wind and solar energy. More fossil fuel pollution means more intense hurricanes. www.pbs.org/newshour/sci...
How climate change is fueling Hurricane Melissa's ferocity
The warming of the world's oceans caused by climate change helped double Hurricane Melissa's wind speed in less than 24 hours over the weekend, climate scientists said Monday.
www.pbs.org
October 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Don’t look at the wreckage in Jamaica without thinking of the wreckage to our clean energy efforts caused by Trump’s hatred of wind and solar energy. More fossil fuel pollution means more intense hurricanes. www.pbs.org/newshour/sci...
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It's hard to help Americans left behind because so much of US identity is rooted in individualism. The average American conservative holds all three positions at once:
— Virtue signals about supporting US manufacturing
— Against raising the minimum wage
— Buys foreign imports because they're cheap
— Virtue signals about supporting US manufacturing
— Against raising the minimum wage
— Buys foreign imports because they're cheap
October 12, 2025 at 9:38 PM
It's hard to help Americans left behind because so much of US identity is rooted in individualism. The average American conservative holds all three positions at once:
— Virtue signals about supporting US manufacturing
— Against raising the minimum wage
— Buys foreign imports because they're cheap
— Virtue signals about supporting US manufacturing
— Against raising the minimum wage
— Buys foreign imports because they're cheap
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Texas bishop had brought Pope Leo a packet of letters from terrorized immigrant families
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apnews.com/article/vati...
El Paso bishop brings Pope Leo XIV desperate letters from migrants in crosshairs of US crackdown
The Texas bishop on the front lines of the U.S. immigration crackdown has met with Pope Leo XIV in the Vatican.
apnews.com
October 8, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Texas bishop had brought Pope Leo a packet of letters from terrorized immigrant families
apnews.com/article/vati...
apnews.com/article/vati...
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Sen. Warren illustrates the way public figures should answer.
Dokoupil illustrates the way journalists should *not* handle both-sides-ing, "how will it play," reluctance to call out lies, etc.
Dokoupil illustrates the way journalists should *not* handle both-sides-ing, "how will it play," reluctance to call out lies, etc.
DOKOUPIL: Republicans says what you're really fighting for is taxpayer dollars for illegal aliens. I know that's not strictly true--
ELIZABETH WARREN: Excuse me, not strictly true? It is a flat out lie!
ELIZABETH WARREN: Excuse me, not strictly true? It is a flat out lie!
October 3, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Sen. Warren illustrates the way public figures should answer.
Dokoupil illustrates the way journalists should *not* handle both-sides-ing, "how will it play," reluctance to call out lies, etc.
Dokoupil illustrates the way journalists should *not* handle both-sides-ing, "how will it play," reluctance to call out lies, etc.
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Everyone’s health insurance premiums could skyrocket and millions could lose their health care.
Congress must permanently extend the ACA’s tax credits. Nobody can afford this health care crisis, and time is running out.
Congress must permanently extend the ACA’s tax credits. Nobody can afford this health care crisis, and time is running out.
These people have found their health care at the center of a shutdown showdown
Small business owners, self-employed people and early retirees are among the 24 million Americans who could lose the tax credit
www.usatoday.com
September 29, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Everyone’s health insurance premiums could skyrocket and millions could lose their health care.
Congress must permanently extend the ACA’s tax credits. Nobody can afford this health care crisis, and time is running out.
Congress must permanently extend the ACA’s tax credits. Nobody can afford this health care crisis, and time is running out.
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I think the Trump admin assumed no one would try to find out who the people on the boats they blew up really were
September 29, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I think the Trump admin assumed no one would try to find out who the people on the boats they blew up really were
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Yeah, Heartland started pushing fear of lithium mining explicitly in 2023.
This was a key response to their propaganda, and includes a link to the Heartland piece.
www.distilled.earth/p/a-fossil-f...
This was a key response to their propaganda, and includes a link to the Heartland piece.
www.distilled.earth/p/a-fossil-f...
A Fossil Fuel Economy Requires 535x More Mining Than a Clean Energy Economy
Transitioning to clean energy would reduce the volume and harm of mining dramatically
www.distilled.earth
September 28, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Yeah, Heartland started pushing fear of lithium mining explicitly in 2023.
This was a key response to their propaganda, and includes a link to the Heartland piece.
www.distilled.earth/p/a-fossil-f...
This was a key response to their propaganda, and includes a link to the Heartland piece.
www.distilled.earth/p/a-fossil-f...
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WOW. The lead plaintiff is a Latino man who's been here legally for 24 years. He was grabbed off the street by plainclothes federal agents who didn't even ASK about his status.
He was detained overnight and only released once a supervisor realized he had been illegally arrested.
He was detained overnight and only released once a supervisor realized he had been illegally arrested.
September 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
WOW. The lead plaintiff is a Latino man who's been here legally for 24 years. He was grabbed off the street by plainclothes federal agents who didn't even ASK about his status.
He was detained overnight and only released once a supervisor realized he had been illegally arrested.
He was detained overnight and only released once a supervisor realized he had been illegally arrested.
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At least 16 detainees have died in ICE custody this year. A planned rally today in NYC will protest detainee conditions. @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social has the story.
prospect.org/justice/2025...
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Workers Demand Justice for Immigrants as More Die in ICE Custody
Elected officials learned two more people died in federal immigration detention this week, bringing the total number of deaths to at least 16.
prospect.org
September 25, 2025 at 2:06 PM
At least 16 detainees have died in ICE custody this year. A planned rally today in NYC will protest detainee conditions. @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social has the story.
prospect.org/justice/2025...
prospect.org/justice/2025...
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Clean energy jobs grew three times faster than the rest of the economy last year.
But growth slowed markedly compared to the previous year as clean tech firms braced for a shift in U.S. energy policy.
But growth slowed markedly compared to the previous year as clean tech firms braced for a shift in U.S. energy policy.
More Americans Working in Clean Energy Than as Servers or Cashiers
e360.yale.edu
September 24, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Clean energy jobs grew three times faster than the rest of the economy last year.
But growth slowed markedly compared to the previous year as clean tech firms braced for a shift in U.S. energy policy.
But growth slowed markedly compared to the previous year as clean tech firms braced for a shift in U.S. energy policy.
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Steve Silberman is so pissed about this Tylenol bullshit that he's screaming from the afterlife he didn't even believe in.
Increased rates of autism are due to testing, a broadened definition, and greater awareness. It's not vaccines. It's not Tylenol.
It's like his work never happened.
Increased rates of autism are due to testing, a broadened definition, and greater awareness. It's not vaccines. It's not Tylenol.
It's like his work never happened.
September 22, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Steve Silberman is so pissed about this Tylenol bullshit that he's screaming from the afterlife he didn't even believe in.
Increased rates of autism are due to testing, a broadened definition, and greater awareness. It's not vaccines. It's not Tylenol.
It's like his work never happened.
Increased rates of autism are due to testing, a broadened definition, and greater awareness. It's not vaccines. It's not Tylenol.
It's like his work never happened.
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It's weird how Tylenol caused autism (first diagnosed in 1943) before it was even invented (1955). What a clever drug.
September 23, 2025 at 1:29 AM
It's weird how Tylenol caused autism (first diagnosed in 1943) before it was even invented (1955). What a clever drug.
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Don't take my word for it. Listen to the kids:
Protect their health, their communities, and their futures. Protect the endangerment finding.
Protect their health, their communities, and their futures. Protect the endangerment finding.
September 18, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Don't take my word for it. Listen to the kids:
Protect their health, their communities, and their futures. Protect the endangerment finding.
Protect their health, their communities, and their futures. Protect the endangerment finding.
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Your child's health is at risk. A new report shows that rolling back environmental protections could mean more asthma attacks from wildfire smoke and more sickness from extreme heat. We need to protect our kids' future. #ClimateAction #momsky
hsph.harvard.edu/news/trump-a...
hsph.harvard.edu/news/trump-a...
Trump administration plans to roll back EPA regulations could harm health | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Mary Rice and Amruta Nori-Sarma discuss the potential public health impacts from the Trump administration's rollback of several EPA air quality regulations.
hsph.harvard.edu
September 17, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Your child's health is at risk. A new report shows that rolling back environmental protections could mean more asthma attacks from wildfire smoke and more sickness from extreme heat. We need to protect our kids' future. #ClimateAction #momsky
hsph.harvard.edu/news/trump-a...
hsph.harvard.edu/news/trump-a...
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"Health insurance costs in the United States are on track for their biggest jump in at least five years, according to multiple surveys, adding turbulence to an uncertain economy and boosting expenses for millions of Americans already beset by inflation."
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Health insurance premiums poised to spike over drug costs, tariff threats
Millions will be paying substantially more for health insurance next year, according to multiple surveys. Insurers cited the tariffs and demand for obesity drugs.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 12, 2025 at 1:30 PM
"Health insurance costs in the United States are on track for their biggest jump in at least five years, according to multiple surveys, adding turbulence to an uncertain economy and boosting expenses for millions of Americans already beset by inflation."
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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Infants under one are too young to be immunized, so they rely on those around them to be immunized to protect them. When you choose not to vaccinate your kids — or to delay it — you put all infants at risk.
Sometimes they die right away & sometimes later, like this child.
Sometimes they die right away & sometimes later, like this child.
A child in Los Angeles has just died of measles—years after they were initially infected.
They had measles as an infant and recovered. However, they later developed subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE), which is rare neurological complication that can arise up to a decade after infection.
They had measles as an infant and recovered. However, they later developed subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE), which is rare neurological complication that can arise up to a decade after infection.
September 11, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Infants under one are too young to be immunized, so they rely on those around them to be immunized to protect them. When you choose not to vaccinate your kids — or to delay it — you put all infants at risk.
Sometimes they die right away & sometimes later, like this child.
Sometimes they die right away & sometimes later, like this child.
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Someone shot up my kid's school today, and our governor is paying tribute to a guy who thought that is an acceptable price to pay for having the Second Amendment.
Jared Polis has failed Colorado.
Jared Polis has failed Colorado.
September 11, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Someone shot up my kid's school today, and our governor is paying tribute to a guy who thought that is an acceptable price to pay for having the Second Amendment.
Jared Polis has failed Colorado.
Jared Polis has failed Colorado.
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rarely have I more acutely felt the dynamic by which Dems are held responsible for the rhetoric of every random left-leaning person on the internet and Republicans are not even asked to answer for their own personal words
September 11, 2025 at 1:25 AM
rarely have I more acutely felt the dynamic by which Dems are held responsible for the rhetoric of every random left-leaning person on the internet and Republicans are not even asked to answer for their own personal words
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No one should ever have to experience gun violence at their school. Schools should be places of learning, safety, and hope — for every student, educator, and family. Our hearts are with everyone affected by this tragedy.
We grieve alongside the Evergreen High School community. No student, educator, or family should face the terror of gun violence at school. Together with JCEA, we demand meaningful action to end this epidemic. Read joint Statement: https://bit.ly/4n04Z25
September 10, 2025 at 10:40 PM
No one should ever have to experience gun violence at their school. Schools should be places of learning, safety, and hope — for every student, educator, and family. Our hearts are with everyone affected by this tragedy.
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The MSNBC commentator saying that most political violence has historically come from the left just once again showed how we suffer from failing to learn history. Lynching, pogroms, race riots, the political violence that ended Reconstruction, and against the Civil Rights Movement. Come on.
September 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The MSNBC commentator saying that most political violence has historically come from the left just once again showed how we suffer from failing to learn history. Lynching, pogroms, race riots, the political violence that ended Reconstruction, and against the Civil Rights Movement. Come on.
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Great news, everyone, the beleaguered US fossil fuel industry is going to receive $40 billion in new subsidies thanks to the GOP. Finally those underdogs are getting a little help!
US Taxpayers Will Pay Billions in New Fossil Fuel Subsidies Thanks to the Big Beautiful Bill
A report finds that President Trump’s flagship legislation will grant $40 billion in new subsidies to the oil and gas industry over the next decade.
www.wired.com
September 10, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Great news, everyone, the beleaguered US fossil fuel industry is going to receive $40 billion in new subsidies thanks to the GOP. Finally those underdogs are getting a little help!