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Not to be a wide-eyed naïf about such things but... am I right in thinking that they levelled an entire building to get to one guy and *that* is not controversial to anyone in the American media or political class, only that this information was recklessly shared in an unsecured chat?
March 26, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Not to be a wide-eyed naïf about such things but... am I right in thinking that they levelled an entire building to get to one guy and *that* is not controversial to anyone in the American media or political class, only that this information was recklessly shared in an unsecured chat?
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🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
March 12, 2025 at 2:19 PM
🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
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If Linda McMahon and the Department of Education believe in "efficiency and accountability" (after laying off half of the department), then I'm sure they'll gladly publish a list of every position that has been eliminated and why that position is no longer needed.
March 12, 2025 at 1:47 PM
If Linda McMahon and the Department of Education believe in "efficiency and accountability" (after laying off half of the department), then I'm sure they'll gladly publish a list of every position that has been eliminated and why that position is no longer needed.
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Here are the top 5 dog reunions of all time!
March 12, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Here are the top 5 dog reunions of all time!
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The sheer evil and depravity of US immigration officials is beyond belief. Everyone involved should be named and shamed for this.
U.S. citizen child recovering from brain cancer deported to Mexico with undocumented parents www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...
U.S. citizen child recovering from brain cancer deported to Mexico with undocumented parents
The Texas family was on their way to an emergency medical checkup, they said, when they were detained at an immigration checkpoint.
www.nbcnews.com
March 13, 2025 at 2:51 AM
The sheer evil and depravity of US immigration officials is beyond belief. Everyone involved should be named and shamed for this.
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One thing I'm fucken sick of hearing is that people on the poverty line "don't want handouts."
Well, the rich take hand outs. Maybe they're rich bc they were offered handouts. Maybe they're rich bc they take them.
This "shame in receiving free money" for the poor but not the rich makes me SO MAD
Well, the rich take hand outs. Maybe they're rich bc they were offered handouts. Maybe they're rich bc they take them.
This "shame in receiving free money" for the poor but not the rich makes me SO MAD
March 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
One thing I'm fucken sick of hearing is that people on the poverty line "don't want handouts."
Well, the rich take hand outs. Maybe they're rich bc they were offered handouts. Maybe they're rich bc they take them.
This "shame in receiving free money" for the poor but not the rich makes me SO MAD
Well, the rich take hand outs. Maybe they're rich bc they were offered handouts. Maybe they're rich bc they take them.
This "shame in receiving free money" for the poor but not the rich makes me SO MAD
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February 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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We only know this man is in Gitmo because Noem tweeted a propaganda photo that included him and his sister saw it. He has no criminal record. He entered the US in January and immediately made an appointment with CBP to claim asylum. They sent him to a concentration camp bc of his basketball tattoo.
Venezuelan Migrant Sent to Guantánamo Bay Is ‘Not a Criminal,’ Family Pleads (Gift Article)
Luis Alberto Castillo arrived in the United States so that he could “give everything to his son,” said his sister. Then, while scrolling on TikTok, she found out he was headed to Guantánamo.
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2025 at 4:09 PM
We only know this man is in Gitmo because Noem tweeted a propaganda photo that included him and his sister saw it. He has no criminal record. He entered the US in January and immediately made an appointment with CBP to claim asylum. They sent him to a concentration camp bc of his basketball tattoo.
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NEW: A group known as the 'puppygirl hacker polycule' has leaked thousands of police training & policy manuals from departments across the country www.dailydot.com/debug/lexipo...
EXCLUSIVE: Hackers leak cop manuals for departments nationwide after breaching major provider
Critics accuse the company of wielding outsized private influence on public policing.
www.dailydot.com
February 11, 2025 at 3:10 PM
NEW: A group known as the 'puppygirl hacker polycule' has leaked thousands of police training & policy manuals from departments across the country www.dailydot.com/debug/lexipo...
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In preparation for today’s Super Bowl in New Orleans, state police forced over 100 homeless men and women onto buses under threat of arrest, dumping them in an unheated warehouse. Tents destroyed, belongings lost. Press are barred from the warehouse.
The price tag for this cruelty? $17.5 million
The price tag for this cruelty? $17.5 million
Louisiana coerced unhoused people into an unheated warehouse – and paid $17.5m for it
Dozens of New Orleanians were bused to a site with insufficient heating and blankets days before the city is to host the Super Bowl
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2025 at 2:48 PM
In preparation for today’s Super Bowl in New Orleans, state police forced over 100 homeless men and women onto buses under threat of arrest, dumping them in an unheated warehouse. Tents destroyed, belongings lost. Press are barred from the warehouse.
The price tag for this cruelty? $17.5 million
The price tag for this cruelty? $17.5 million
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It’s all theatrics and performative.
Trump creates the problem or challenge.
Trump then offers a fake fix or solution to the fake problem or challenge.
Trump sycophants then cheer him as a genius and a political leader and problem-solver for the ages.
Rinse and repeat.
Theatrics. That’s it.
Trump creates the problem or challenge.
Trump then offers a fake fix or solution to the fake problem or challenge.
Trump sycophants then cheer him as a genius and a political leader and problem-solver for the ages.
Rinse and repeat.
Theatrics. That’s it.
February 3, 2025 at 9:57 PM
It’s all theatrics and performative.
Trump creates the problem or challenge.
Trump then offers a fake fix or solution to the fake problem or challenge.
Trump sycophants then cheer him as a genius and a political leader and problem-solver for the ages.
Rinse and repeat.
Theatrics. That’s it.
Trump creates the problem or challenge.
Trump then offers a fake fix or solution to the fake problem or challenge.
Trump sycophants then cheer him as a genius and a political leader and problem-solver for the ages.
Rinse and repeat.
Theatrics. That’s it.
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if you’re 25 years old with control of the entire treasury system and you don’t delete every student debt file, you are the biggest loser the world has ever seen
February 4, 2025 at 12:04 PM
if you’re 25 years old with control of the entire treasury system and you don’t delete every student debt file, you are the biggest loser the world has ever seen
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Afternoon everyone - a few more additions to the #TrustBlackWomen Starter Pack
Please give a big welcome to:
@reginadavismoss.bsky.social
@storyandsoul.bsky.social
@purplevh80.bsky.social
@laceesatcher.bsky.social
Follow them all: go.bsky.app/4b49z4w
Please give a big welcome to:
@reginadavismoss.bsky.social
@storyandsoul.bsky.social
@purplevh80.bsky.social
@laceesatcher.bsky.social
Follow them all: go.bsky.app/4b49z4w
February 4, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Afternoon everyone - a few more additions to the #TrustBlackWomen Starter Pack
Please give a big welcome to:
@reginadavismoss.bsky.social
@storyandsoul.bsky.social
@purplevh80.bsky.social
@laceesatcher.bsky.social
Follow them all: go.bsky.app/4b49z4w
Please give a big welcome to:
@reginadavismoss.bsky.social
@storyandsoul.bsky.social
@purplevh80.bsky.social
@laceesatcher.bsky.social
Follow them all: go.bsky.app/4b49z4w
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Elon Musk’s team has gotten access to the Treasury Department’s payments system.
www.nytimes.com
February 1, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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I know that all these institutions know how to push back because when Obama directed them to enforce pre-existing Title IX law, universities said no.
They flat out refused until there was a working group and specific guidelines. And even then, they *still* refused.
They flat out refused until there was a working group and specific guidelines. And even then, they *still* refused.
February 1, 2025 at 2:11 AM
I know that all these institutions know how to push back because when Obama directed them to enforce pre-existing Title IX law, universities said no.
They flat out refused until there was a working group and specific guidelines. And even then, they *still* refused.
They flat out refused until there was a working group and specific guidelines. And even then, they *still* refused.
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If you are a federal worker being offered a buyout, I would advise against taking it.
Of course, this is a personal decision for everyone and it’s your choice.
But these offers are a rush job. The legality is questionable and this admin does not keep to its word.
They aren’t firing for a reason.
Of course, this is a personal decision for everyone and it’s your choice.
But these offers are a rush job. The legality is questionable and this admin does not keep to its word.
They aren’t firing for a reason.
January 30, 2025 at 6:02 PM
If you are a federal worker being offered a buyout, I would advise against taking it.
Of course, this is a personal decision for everyone and it’s your choice.
But these offers are a rush job. The legality is questionable and this admin does not keep to its word.
They aren’t firing for a reason.
Of course, this is a personal decision for everyone and it’s your choice.
But these offers are a rush job. The legality is questionable and this admin does not keep to its word.
They aren’t firing for a reason.
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as the rollercoaster crests the top of the initial incline, the ratcheting noise slows and stops, and you can, right before the plunge, observe the entire amusement park
January 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
as the rollercoaster crests the top of the initial incline, the ratcheting noise slows and stops, and you can, right before the plunge, observe the entire amusement park
Ruminating on the fact that I'll likely hit no marker of traditional adulthood. I won't own a home, have a child, get married. Can't retire from a career I never had, no milestone birthdays with the family I don't have, etc. Tbh, even my funeral won't be a robust affair. Choices have consequences.
January 17, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Ruminating on the fact that I'll likely hit no marker of traditional adulthood. I won't own a home, have a child, get married. Can't retire from a career I never had, no milestone birthdays with the family I don't have, etc. Tbh, even my funeral won't be a robust affair. Choices have consequences.
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Here are some nice mushrooms
December 13, 2024 at 1:39 PM
Here are some nice mushrooms
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📷🍄 Peeking out
#fungifriends #mushrooms #mycology #photography #macrophptography #pennsylvania #naturalist
#fungifriends #mushrooms #mycology #photography #macrophptography #pennsylvania #naturalist
November 25, 2024 at 2:10 PM
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NEW: Porsha Ngumezi is the fifth case we've reported on in which a woman died after not receiving a D&C or its second-trimester equivalent in time, or at all.
Her case raises questions about how abortion bans are pressuring doctors to avoid standard care even in straightforward miscarriages.
Her case raises questions about how abortion bans are pressuring doctors to avoid standard care even in straightforward miscarriages.
A Third Woman Died Under Texas’ Abortion Ban. Doctors Are Avoiding D&Cs and Reaching for Riskier Miscarriage Treatments.
Thirty-five-year-old Porsha Ngumezi’s case raises questions about how abortion bans are pressuring doctors to avoid standard care even in straightforward miscarriages.
www.propublica.org
November 25, 2024 at 12:00 PM
NEW: Porsha Ngumezi is the fifth case we've reported on in which a woman died after not receiving a D&C or its second-trimester equivalent in time, or at all.
Her case raises questions about how abortion bans are pressuring doctors to avoid standard care even in straightforward miscarriages.
Her case raises questions about how abortion bans are pressuring doctors to avoid standard care even in straightforward miscarriages.