Nina Burdg Yates
@ninaburdgyates.bsky.social
Science🔬, Secular Humanism, #EDF, #ProtectDemocracy, #AnimalRights “Life is a tragedy for those who feel, and a comedy for those who think.”
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JD Vance delicately plots his 2028 presidential run
JD Vance delicately plots 2028 run
Axios stitched together the VP's five-pronged plan for making the next year pay off down the road.
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December 28, 2025 at 3:43 PM
JD Vance delicately plots his 2028 presidential run
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Remember: The oligarchs who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us so they can become more powerful.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
December 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Remember: The oligarchs who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us so they can become more powerful.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
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Bernie Sanders: "We need to be thinking seriously about a moratorium on data centers. You gotta slow this process down. It's not good enough for the oligarchs to tell us 'you adapt.' Are they gonna guarantee healthcare to all people? What are they gonna do when there are no jobs? Make housing free?"
December 28, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Bernie Sanders: "We need to be thinking seriously about a moratorium on data centers. You gotta slow this process down. It's not good enough for the oligarchs to tell us 'you adapt.' Are they gonna guarantee healthcare to all people? What are they gonna do when there are no jobs? Make housing free?"
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One way to quantify the GOP's attack on free and fair elections:
My law firm is litigating 78 voting and election cases in 39 states. This is, by far, the largest caseload we have carried in a non-election year and close to our peak in 2024. The question is how many more can a small firm handle.
My law firm is litigating 78 voting and election cases in 39 states. This is, by far, the largest caseload we have carried in a non-election year and close to our peak in 2024. The question is how many more can a small firm handle.
December 28, 2025 at 7:51 PM
One way to quantify the GOP's attack on free and fair elections:
My law firm is litigating 78 voting and election cases in 39 states. This is, by far, the largest caseload we have carried in a non-election year and close to our peak in 2024. The question is how many more can a small firm handle.
My law firm is litigating 78 voting and election cases in 39 states. This is, by far, the largest caseload we have carried in a non-election year and close to our peak in 2024. The question is how many more can a small firm handle.
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Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
December 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
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Here's a shot I got in May of a Cliff Swallow colony on the central coast. There were so many nests I lost count and I can't wait to get back there in 2026!
#Birds #Photography #Nature
#Birds #Photography #Nature
December 28, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Here's a shot I got in May of a Cliff Swallow colony on the central coast. There were so many nests I lost count and I can't wait to get back there in 2026!
#Birds #Photography #Nature
#Birds #Photography #Nature
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Issa Rae has canceled her sold out performance at the Kennedy Center. Pulitzer Prize winner Rhiannon Giddens, Peter Wolf, Low Cut Connie, and the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, D.C., have also canceled. Lin-Manuel Miranda has canceled the entire Kennedy Center run of Hamilton.
December 28, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Issa Rae has canceled her sold out performance at the Kennedy Center. Pulitzer Prize winner Rhiannon Giddens, Peter Wolf, Low Cut Connie, and the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, D.C., have also canceled. Lin-Manuel Miranda has canceled the entire Kennedy Center run of Hamilton.
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When a major media outlet openly capitulates to the political agenda of the executive branch, they are no longer part of the fourth estate.
They are state-run media.
Add Bari Weiss and CBS to the list of those who have betrayed our Republic.
They are state-run media.
Add Bari Weiss and CBS to the list of those who have betrayed our Republic.
December 22, 2025 at 5:36 PM
When a major media outlet openly capitulates to the political agenda of the executive branch, they are no longer part of the fourth estate.
They are state-run media.
Add Bari Weiss and CBS to the list of those who have betrayed our Republic.
They are state-run media.
Add Bari Weiss and CBS to the list of those who have betrayed our Republic.
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On 14 December 2025, Kshamenk, Argentina’s last captive orca, died at Mundo Marino after 33 years confined to a 12-metre tank. 🐋💔
#emptythetanks #orca #whales #aquarium #animalrights
#emptythetanks #orca #whales #aquarium #animalrights
Kshamenk, Argentina’s Last Captive Orca, Dies After Decades in Tiny Tank
On 14th December 2025, Kshamenk, the last captive orca in Argentina, died at the Mundo Marino facility in San Clemente del Tuyú after spending 33 years confined in a circular tank only 12 metres in…
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December 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
On 14 December 2025, Kshamenk, Argentina’s last captive orca, died at Mundo Marino after 33 years confined to a 12-metre tank. 🐋💔
#emptythetanks #orca #whales #aquarium #animalrights
#emptythetanks #orca #whales #aquarium #animalrights
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"'If the administration’s refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a "kill switch" for any reporting they find inconvenient,' Ms. Alfonsi wrote."
{gift link} www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
{gift link} www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
‘60 Minutes’ Pulled a Segment. A Correspondent Calls It ‘Political.’
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 1:27 PM
"'If the administration’s refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a "kill switch" for any reporting they find inconvenient,' Ms. Alfonsi wrote."
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Isn't this the truth! 😂🤣
You Look Great
How older humans greet each other in the cosmos
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December 22, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Isn't this the truth! 😂🤣
Small wonder that most voters have had it with Trump. Even the MAGA faithful are starting to have second thoughts.
Sunday thought: How Christmas will steal the Trump
His malignant narcissism prevents him from understanding public anxiety about the cost of living
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December 14, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Small wonder that most voters have had it with Trump. Even the MAGA faithful are starting to have second thoughts.
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🚨BREAKING: On behalf of Common Power, my law firm has filed to intervene against DOJ’s lawsuit seeking to compel Washington to provide its complete voter registration lists.
We are now defending voters in 10 states against DOJ scheme to access voter records. www.democracydocket.com/cases/washin...
We are now defending voters in 10 states against DOJ scheme to access voter records. www.democracydocket.com/cases/washin...
🚨 United States of America v. Hobbs
Learn more.
www.democracydocket.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:21 PM
🚨BREAKING: On behalf of Common Power, my law firm has filed to intervene against DOJ’s lawsuit seeking to compel Washington to provide its complete voter registration lists.
We are now defending voters in 10 states against DOJ scheme to access voter records. www.democracydocket.com/cases/washin...
We are now defending voters in 10 states against DOJ scheme to access voter records. www.democracydocket.com/cases/washin...
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Their closing message to Indiana: change your maps to artificially benefit the President's political party or 'roads will not be paved' as punishment.
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
December 11, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Their closing message to Indiana: change your maps to artificially benefit the President's political party or 'roads will not be paved' as punishment.
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
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HERITAGE FOUNDATION: "Nice state ya got there. Pity if anything happened to it."
INDIANA: "Oh, *do* fuck off."
INDIANA: "Oh, *do* fuck off."
December 12, 2025 at 1:59 AM
HERITAGE FOUNDATION: "Nice state ya got there. Pity if anything happened to it."
INDIANA: "Oh, *do* fuck off."
INDIANA: "Oh, *do* fuck off."
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Trump’s physical decline is only matched by his political decline.
December 12, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Trump’s physical decline is only matched by his political decline.
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🚨BREAKING: The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) says it’s readying to sue Georgia, a key GOP-led swing state, after being told to “pound sand” over the issue. Other red states have expressed “serious concerns” about handing over the voter data, a top DOJ official revealed.
DOJ to Sue Georgia as Even Red States Resist Demand for Voter Rolls
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
🚨BREAKING: The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) says it’s readying to sue Georgia, a key GOP-led swing state, after being told to “pound sand” over the issue. Other red states have expressed “serious concerns” about handing over the voter data, a top DOJ official revealed.
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Dec 11, 2025
Governor Newsom deploys California resources to Washington to support flood response effort — including approximately 150 personnel, including a swift water rescue team, three Urban Search and Rescue (US&R) Task Forces, and one Incident Support Team.
www.gov.ca.gov/2025/12/11/g...
Governor Newsom deploys California resources to Washington to support flood response effort — including approximately 150 personnel, including a swift water rescue team, three Urban Search and Rescue (US&R) Task Forces, and one Incident Support Team.
www.gov.ca.gov/2025/12/11/g...
December 12, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Dec 11, 2025
Governor Newsom deploys California resources to Washington to support flood response effort — including approximately 150 personnel, including a swift water rescue team, three Urban Search and Rescue (US&R) Task Forces, and one Incident Support Team.
www.gov.ca.gov/2025/12/11/g...
Governor Newsom deploys California resources to Washington to support flood response effort — including approximately 150 personnel, including a swift water rescue team, three Urban Search and Rescue (US&R) Task Forces, and one Incident Support Team.
www.gov.ca.gov/2025/12/11/g...
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#Trump pardoned Tim Leiweke — who his own DOJ indicted in July for rigging a public university’s arena bid—
It’s all a grift — Saudis to crypto to pardon seekers — everything gets turned into a revenue stream. With 1,500+ pardons already, clemency is a monetized market
It’s all a grift — Saudis to crypto to pardon seekers — everything gets turned into a revenue stream. With 1,500+ pardons already, clemency is a monetized market
December 4, 2025 at 8:26 PM
#Trump pardoned Tim Leiweke — who his own DOJ indicted in July for rigging a public university’s arena bid—
It’s all a grift — Saudis to crypto to pardon seekers — everything gets turned into a revenue stream. With 1,500+ pardons already, clemency is a monetized market
It’s all a grift — Saudis to crypto to pardon seekers — everything gets turned into a revenue stream. With 1,500+ pardons already, clemency is a monetized market
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Himes: "What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I've seen in my time in public service ... any American who sees the video that I saw will see the US military attacking shipwrecked sailors."
December 4, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Himes: "What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I've seen in my time in public service ... any American who sees the video that I saw will see the US military attacking shipwrecked sailors."
A filterless president of the United States who says anything that comes into his head poses a unique danger
The clearest symptom yet of Trump’s mental decline
His brain is turning into sh*t
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December 4, 2025 at 8:37 PM
A filterless president of the United States who says anything that comes into his head poses a unique danger