LakeOzarkBev
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LakeOzarkBev
@orchidist.bsky.social
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Deporting immigrants to Guantánamo is costly, illegal, and inhumane.
'Misguided mission': Senators blast detaining migrants at Guantanamo
Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) was among a delegation of senators who visited the migrant detention operation at Guantanamo.
www.latimes.com
March 29, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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Day 68 into the GOP takeover:

Prices are going up.

Consumer confidence is plummeting.

Classified info is being leaked.

Social Security is being dismantled.

Residents are being arrested for their political views.
March 29, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Someone tell DOGE! Brutal photo by huff post i love it
March 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Just in NIH grants, It looks like beautiful Iowa City, home of the U of Iowa, will lose $71m in funding. That's almost $1k per resident. And that's before all the other cuts to SSA, FDA, etc.

Anyone in Iowa City that can offer more insight?
scienceimpacts.org
H/T to Prathima !
SCiMaP
scienceimpacts.org
March 29, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Trump is a traitor to everything America has ever stood for. And republicans own this shame also. They are the only ones with power to stop him. They are traitors too. The stink of Trump will never wash off them.
February 28, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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“I am ashamed for my nation; even if Congress acts to support and aid Ukraine, it cannot restore the American honor lost today.”

@radiofreetom.bsky.social captures this shameful episode and treatment of an ally.

(Gift link)

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
It Was an Ambush
Today marked one of the grimmest days in the history of American diplomacy.
www.theatlantic.com
February 28, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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We are on the right side of history. The task now is to survive and win, so those who come after us can learn from it.
March 1, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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Wow, we are impressed by Canada 🇨🇦 —1% of the population has signed to revoke Elon’s Canadian citizenship. Can Americans sign as well?
February 28, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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Please read—this is becoming serious!
March 1, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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Never forget this day, February 28, 2025, when an American president abused and betrayed a democratic ally in the midst of a barbaric war with Russia. This grotesque stain will never wash away.
February 28, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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The Trump administration confirmed it's reviewing whether to pull $590 million in funding that Moderna received in the final days of the Biden administration to develop an mRNA vaccine for bird flu in people.
Trump team weighs pulling funding for Moderna's bird flu shot despite outbreak
The funding from BARDA aimed to create another line of defense should the bird flu become easily transmissible between people.
www.axios.com
February 28, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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Kinzinger: There’s a reason that every Trump cabinet member has had to tweet how strong he was today. Because they got the memo from The White House that they better come out and support Trump because this is a really bad day for them and they know it
February 28, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Zelensky, the ELECTED leader of a free country, should not be expected to kiss the ass of the toddler. His people expect
Him to be strong.

Trump would have fled where Zelensky stayed and fought.

Trump is the worst negotiator
February 28, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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Kinzinger: Zelenskyy had an opportunity to flee Ukraine when Russia attacked and he stayed. Is there anybody that has any doubt about whether Trump would flee the country if we were attacked.
February 28, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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I’m so fucking mad. And so fucking ashamed.
February 28, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Donald Trump is not fit to be President of the United States of America. His presence in the Oval Office is a stain on the legacy of this country.
"You've gotta be more thankful" -- remarkable scenes out of the White House as Trump and JD Vance team up to do Putin's bidding and demean Zelenskyy
February 28, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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February 28, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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Trump's CFPB just dropped its lawsuits against:

-Capital One, for cheating depositors out of $2B+ in interest
-Rocket Homes, for providing kickbacks to agents and brokers
-Vanderbilt Mortgage, for trapping customers in risky loans 

It's open season for corporate crooks.
February 28, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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This is the disgusting person Trump wanted released to the United States despite his heinous human trafficking charges. Listen to him describe how he’d grab women by the neck.

MAGA can officially shut the fuck up about the Epstein files.
February 27, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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This is THE NEWS of the day/month/week

The US gov spent more in President Trump’s first month in office than it did in the same period the previous year, signaling that his cost-cutting efforts have yet to reduce the nation’s substantial fiscal obligations, per Reuters analysis of federal data
February 28, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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Just read this graf. Share it with people you know who don’t pay attention to politics or news.
February 28, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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Trump and Vance ran a televised scam today. What all America saw was a premeditated hoax to justify cutting off aid to Ukraine. Nothing Zelenskyy did was offensive or disrespectful—but that was the line Trump and Vance had clearly decided to use beforehand to justify what they and Putin wanted.
The Trump administration is considering pausing all military aid to Ukraine - report
This comes after Trump and Vance asked the Ukrainian president to leave the White House early.
m.jpost.com
February 28, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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Today, in a meeting at the White House, the only person actually defending American interests was Zelenskyy.

Let that sink in.
February 28, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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Yup.
February 28, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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Pathetic. Shameful. Cowardly. Disgusting. Trump and JD Vance showed the world they will enthusiastically reward the aggression of dictators and don't think freedom is worth fighting for.

They are setting fire to Reagan's "City Upon A Hill."
February 28, 2025 at 9:27 PM