Ralph A
@negativeoptimist.bsky.social
Too many interests to name...
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Artist friends who have a shop, comment below with links! Folks who like to buy merch and art take a look! Your money going to an independent artist instead of a big corporate store means the world to someone and can can literally be life changing
April 3, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Artist friends who have a shop, comment below with links! Folks who like to buy merch and art take a look! Your money going to an independent artist instead of a big corporate store means the world to someone and can can literally be life changing
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It'd be awesome if @whitehouse.senate.gov asked Attorney General Bondi if she has issued some kind of finding that foreign donations are cool now, so long as they're covered up nicely.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/02/22/p...
www.emptywheel.net/2025/02/22/p...
Pam Bondi Covers Up Foreign Influence Peddling and Lying to the FBI - emptywheel
In her first big public appearance, her first public effort to substantiate claims of weaponization, Pam Bondi lied. She lied about threats to America. She lied about foreign influence peddling. She l...
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February 22, 2025 at 2:02 PM
It'd be awesome if @whitehouse.senate.gov asked Attorney General Bondi if she has issued some kind of finding that foreign donations are cool now, so long as they're covered up nicely.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/02/22/p...
www.emptywheel.net/2025/02/22/p...
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I wonder what would happen if @wyden.senate.gov @murray.senate.gov asked GAO to investigate whether DOGE's "receipts" claiming savings amounts to fraud.
Honestly, it's the only fraud found so far.
www.npr.org/2025/02/19/n...
Honestly, it's the only fraud found so far.
www.npr.org/2025/02/19/n...
DOGE released data about federal contract savings. It doesn't add up
A new government tracker claims DOGE has saved billions from ending federal contracts. But an NPR analysis of the data finds the claimed savings don't add up.
www.npr.org
February 20, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I wonder what would happen if @wyden.senate.gov @murray.senate.gov asked GAO to investigate whether DOGE's "receipts" claiming savings amounts to fraud.
Honestly, it's the only fraud found so far.
www.npr.org/2025/02/19/n...
Honestly, it's the only fraud found so far.
www.npr.org/2025/02/19/n...
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NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.
https://propub.li/43487Tj
https://propub.li/43487Tj
Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
propub.li
February 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.
https://propub.li/43487Tj
https://propub.li/43487Tj
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Senator @sanders.senate.gov is the first democratic voice i hear clearly about this from the US, as a European. May many more raise their voices. youtu.be/rKBM2kS6B8o?...
A Sad Moment in American History
YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders
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February 20, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Senator @sanders.senate.gov is the first democratic voice i hear clearly about this from the US, as a European. May many more raise their voices. youtu.be/rKBM2kS6B8o?...
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In this News Brief, "Media Continues Painting Musk's Far Right Coup as Good Faith 'Cost-Cutting Effort,'" we detail how NYT, WaPo, CNN and others continue to treat Musk's 'DOGE' committee as an aw shucks effort to "reduce waste" and "find savings" in our government.
News Brief: Media Continues Painting Musk's Far Right Coup as Good Faith
In this News Brief we detail how The New York Times, Washington Post, and CNN take a pathological liar with a clear ideological agenda at his word he's worried about
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February 5, 2025 at 2:54 PM
In this News Brief, "Media Continues Painting Musk's Far Right Coup as Good Faith 'Cost-Cutting Effort,'" we detail how NYT, WaPo, CNN and others continue to treat Musk's 'DOGE' committee as an aw shucks effort to "reduce waste" and "find savings" in our government.
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Had an awesome time chatting with Jon Stewart & @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social talking about how to fight the dumpster fire.
Gear up. It’s time to brawl.
Gear up. It’s time to brawl.
. @aoc.bsky.social on the dangers of a newly normalized Trump and his billionaire feeding frenzy.
New pod out now! #JonStewart #TheWeeklyShow
New pod out now! #JonStewart #TheWeeklyShow
January 24, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Had an awesome time chatting with Jon Stewart & @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social talking about how to fight the dumpster fire.
Gear up. It’s time to brawl.
Gear up. It’s time to brawl.
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My department is running a tenure track search in Public History for someone who focuses on Latine or Indigenous History. PLEASE share widely; and reach out with questions. I'm more than happy to sell the benefits of joining our really vibrant program.
www.careers.luc.edu/postings/29664
www.careers.luc.edu/postings/29664
History, Assistant Professor of Public History, Tenure Track
The candidate will have a PhD in History or a closely related field at the time of appointment. Candidates for the position must demonstrate clear potential for excellence in research and teaching, ob...
www.careers.luc.edu
November 13, 2024 at 4:12 PM
My department is running a tenure track search in Public History for someone who focuses on Latine or Indigenous History. PLEASE share widely; and reach out with questions. I'm more than happy to sell the benefits of joining our really vibrant program.
www.careers.luc.edu/postings/29664
www.careers.luc.edu/postings/29664