@pfuffenstuff.bsky.social
New Orleans will always be home. ⚜️ Saints. Books. Data. Local government nerd.
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“So, what would you like for me to say?” the woman asked.
“Honestly, my next question is, are you pro-life? Is your church pro-life?” Monroe asked. The church hung up.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/11/t...
“Honestly, my next question is, are you pro-life? Is your church pro-life?” Monroe asked. The church hung up.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/11/t...
A Woman Asked 43 Churches If They'd Feed a Starving Baby. The Texas Ones Failed Her Test.
Nikalie Monroe is going viral on TikTok for calling churches across the country to ask for baby formula for a fictional two-month-old.
thebarbedwire.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:10 PM
“So, what would you like for me to say?” the woman asked.
“Honestly, my next question is, are you pro-life? Is your church pro-life?” Monroe asked. The church hung up.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/11/t...
“Honestly, my next question is, are you pro-life? Is your church pro-life?” Monroe asked. The church hung up.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/11/t...
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ICE, other Federal Police agencies, and local police departments in Texas have started setting up checkpoints on major highways.
This is US Route 59 near Houston.
This is US Route 59 near Houston.
November 6, 2025 at 1:14 AM
ICE, other Federal Police agencies, and local police departments in Texas have started setting up checkpoints on major highways.
This is US Route 59 near Houston.
This is US Route 59 near Houston.
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I was just really amused by Alito's pearl-clutching about Scalia's intellectual integrity yesterday like pls be serious
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/alito...
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/alito...
Sam Alito Forced to Briefly Contemplate the Crushing Weight of His Intellectual Bankruptcy
On Monday, the justice came agonizingly close to acknowledging how freely self-described textualists set aside the text when they find it inconvenient.
ballsandstrikes.org
November 4, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I was just really amused by Alito's pearl-clutching about Scalia's intellectual integrity yesterday like pls be serious
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/alito...
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/alito...
The calculator linked in the article lets Austin peeps check their own math to compare Prop Q totals against what the state takes in the name of recapture. 1/2
Austinites Try to Wrap Their Heads Around Controversial Prop Q • The Austin Chronicle
Joan Saslow Duce was confused about how much Prop Q would cost. She’d heard different numbers from different sources. The city of Austin’s estimate was that Prop Q – the proposal to increase property...
www.austinchronicle.com
October 30, 2025 at 7:13 PM
The calculator linked in the article lets Austin peeps check their own math to compare Prop Q totals against what the state takes in the name of recapture. 1/2
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I'm shaking almost too hard to type. I entered SLC airport and heard screams and cries for help. I could see people gathered around, watching. I sped over to discover this woman face down on the floor, four grown men pushing her down, while she cried "HELP ME" and pled for her child.
October 29, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I'm shaking almost too hard to type. I entered SLC airport and heard screams and cries for help. I could see people gathered around, watching. I sped over to discover this woman face down on the floor, four grown men pushing her down, while she cried "HELP ME" and pled for her child.
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My comments on the actual causes of autism or ASD vs the very weak evidence for Tylenol @mediaite.com @rumpfshaker.bsky.social
www.mediaite.com/opinion/texa...
www.mediaite.com/opinion/texa...
Texas Attorney General Sues Tylenol, Citing Controversial and Debunked Claims It Causes Autism and ADHD
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Tuesday he had filed a lawsuit against Tylenol's manufacturer, citing numerous controversial and debunked claims by Health and Human Services Secretary Robe...
www.mediaite.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:06 PM
My comments on the actual causes of autism or ASD vs the very weak evidence for Tylenol @mediaite.com @rumpfshaker.bsky.social
www.mediaite.com/opinion/texa...
www.mediaite.com/opinion/texa...
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POV: The new singer of the Reading Rainbow theme song and the new host of Reading Rainbow meet for the first time in Canada 🥹📚🌈
Video Description:
Mychal and Bukola meet for the first time! They joyfully dance to the Reading Rainbow theme song, sung by Bukola ✨
youtube.com/@kidzuko?feature=shared
Video Description:
Mychal and Bukola meet for the first time! They joyfully dance to the Reading Rainbow theme song, sung by Bukola ✨
youtube.com/@kidzuko?feature=shared
October 25, 2025 at 6:25 PM
POV: The new singer of the Reading Rainbow theme song and the new host of Reading Rainbow meet for the first time in Canada 🥹📚🌈
Video Description:
Mychal and Bukola meet for the first time! They joyfully dance to the Reading Rainbow theme song, sung by Bukola ✨
youtube.com/@kidzuko?feature=shared
Video Description:
Mychal and Bukola meet for the first time! They joyfully dance to the Reading Rainbow theme song, sung by Bukola ✨
youtube.com/@kidzuko?feature=shared
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Maybe you’ll believe it if it comes from someone who looks like you. If you get in your feelings about it the link to her post is below. Go tell her why, spare me your defensiveness.
October 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Maybe you’ll believe it if it comes from someone who looks like you. If you get in your feelings about it the link to her post is below. Go tell her why, spare me your defensiveness.
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"they're doing everything appropriately and correct" is funny and good when I say it about my little sister's troublesome pup or my older sister's misbehaving children
when Brownshirt Barbie says it about the Trump regime's goons it's just fascist garbage
when Brownshirt Barbie says it about the Trump regime's goons it's just fascist garbage
Kristi Noem dismisses a question about "shocking" images of ICE kidnapping and brutalizing people, including children: "Our law enforcement officers are doing everything appropriately and correct."
October 20, 2025 at 6:52 PM
"they're doing everything appropriately and correct" is funny and good when I say it about my little sister's troublesome pup or my older sister's misbehaving children
when Brownshirt Barbie says it about the Trump regime's goons it's just fascist garbage
when Brownshirt Barbie says it about the Trump regime's goons it's just fascist garbage
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Ran into Ted Cruz at the airport and called him out for his BS lies and shutting the government down
October 18, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Ran into Ted Cruz at the airport and called him out for his BS lies and shutting the government down
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Emmanuel Garcia, the 15 year old autistic boy who went missing & landed in ICE custody, is still not home with his mother
He disappeared last week & Houston PD handed him over to ICE
A disabled child was given to ICE instead of attempting to contact his family
Eugenics & bigotry go hand in hand
He disappeared last week & Houston PD handed him over to ICE
A disabled child was given to ICE instead of attempting to contact his family
Eugenics & bigotry go hand in hand
October 16, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Emmanuel Garcia, the 15 year old autistic boy who went missing & landed in ICE custody, is still not home with his mother
He disappeared last week & Houston PD handed him over to ICE
A disabled child was given to ICE instead of attempting to contact his family
Eugenics & bigotry go hand in hand
He disappeared last week & Houston PD handed him over to ICE
A disabled child was given to ICE instead of attempting to contact his family
Eugenics & bigotry go hand in hand
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NEW — I dug into the story of ICE abducting a 13-year-old boy in Massachusetts and moving him 500 miles across state lines without notifying his mother, local cop's complicity, and how the federal government's justification for such cruelty is already falling apart:
ICE took a 13-year-old they said had a gun. Local cops say he didn’t.
Now he's detained 500 miles away from his Massachusetts home.
www.thehandbasket.co
October 15, 2025 at 1:44 PM
NEW — I dug into the story of ICE abducting a 13-year-old boy in Massachusetts and moving him 500 miles across state lines without notifying his mother, local cop's complicity, and how the federal government's justification for such cruelty is already falling apart:
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NEW: today in court, the TX congressional map-maker said he
-was hired by the RNC, not TX
-reviewed the DOJ letter (urging TX to eliminate some minority districts) before it was sent
-communicated w/the white house using signal messages that autodeleted
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
-was hired by the RNC, not TX
-reviewed the DOJ letter (urging TX to eliminate some minority districts) before it was sent
-communicated w/the white house using signal messages that autodeleted
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
RNC-Hired Mapmaker Denies Using Racial Data in Texas Gerrymander, Sparks Debate
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
October 8, 2025 at 2:56 AM
NEW: today in court, the TX congressional map-maker said he
-was hired by the RNC, not TX
-reviewed the DOJ letter (urging TX to eliminate some minority districts) before it was sent
-communicated w/the white house using signal messages that autodeleted
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
-was hired by the RNC, not TX
-reviewed the DOJ letter (urging TX to eliminate some minority districts) before it was sent
-communicated w/the white house using signal messages that autodeleted
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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My husband was detained by ICE today
Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away
I have had zero contact or updates since
#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away
I have had zero contact or updates since
#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
October 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
My husband was detained by ICE today
Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away
I have had zero contact or updates since
#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away
I have had zero contact or updates since
#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
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hi from EL PASO 🫡 excited to be here so i can keep you posted on a major hearing in federal court to decide whether TX can use its new gerrymandered congressional map in next year's election. here's my day 1 recap:
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Minority Voters Argue Texas Gerrymander Driven By Race as Hearing Kicks Off
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
October 2, 2025 at 2:29 AM
hi from EL PASO 🫡 excited to be here so i can keep you posted on a major hearing in federal court to decide whether TX can use its new gerrymandered congressional map in next year's election. here's my day 1 recap:
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
The lying liar is lying again
October 1, 2025 at 8:18 PM
The lying liar is lying again
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1/ DEVELOPING: A journalist was rushed to New York-Presbyterian Hospital following another incident with an ICE agent at 26 Federal Plaza, an immigration court in NYC. The last I heard, he was getting X-rays for his lower back.
September 30, 2025 at 6:37 PM
1/ DEVELOPING: A journalist was rushed to New York-Presbyterian Hospital following another incident with an ICE agent at 26 Federal Plaza, an immigration court in NYC. The last I heard, he was getting X-rays for his lower back.
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People of Illinois, we need your help.
Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors.
We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.
Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors.
We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.
September 30, 2025 at 2:47 AM
People of Illinois, we need your help.
Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors.
We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.
Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors.
We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.
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I regret to inform you that the new Supreme Court term is opening with a bang next week
Tuesday's oral argument in Chiles v. Salazar will feature right-wing activists claiming the First Amendment gives state-licensed therapists a right to traumatize queer kids
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/conve...
Tuesday's oral argument in Chiles v. Salazar will feature right-wing activists claiming the First Amendment gives state-licensed therapists a right to traumatize queer kids
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/conve...
Right-Wing Activists Are Pushing For a Constitutional Right to Harm LGBTQ Kids
The Alliance Defending Freedom wants the Republican justices to hold that the First Amendment protects homophobes’ legal right to ignore state laws that protect kids.
ballsandstrikes.org
September 29, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I regret to inform you that the new Supreme Court term is opening with a bang next week
Tuesday's oral argument in Chiles v. Salazar will feature right-wing activists claiming the First Amendment gives state-licensed therapists a right to traumatize queer kids
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/conve...
Tuesday's oral argument in Chiles v. Salazar will feature right-wing activists claiming the First Amendment gives state-licensed therapists a right to traumatize queer kids
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/conve...
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UPDATE: The man ICE violently arrested has been identified as Job Arias-Mendoza. Two weeks ago he published a video to his social media accounts of ICE handcuffing a man in front of a liquor store—it has more than 200,000 views on TikTok. streetcarsuburbs.news/arias-mendoz...
NEW: ICE agents violently arrested a man in a busy Hyattsville, MD intersection this week, at one point brandishing guns and pointing them at bystanders.
I spoke to multiple witnesses—including a local priest whose church is a sanctuary for undocumented people: www.thehandbasket.co/p/ice-agents...
I spoke to multiple witnesses—including a local priest whose church is a sanctuary for undocumented people: www.thehandbasket.co/p/ice-agents...
September 27, 2025 at 4:03 AM
UPDATE: The man ICE violently arrested has been identified as Job Arias-Mendoza. Two weeks ago he published a video to his social media accounts of ICE handcuffing a man in front of a liquor store—it has more than 200,000 views on TikTok. streetcarsuburbs.news/arias-mendoz...
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not to brag but @democracydocket.com has this incredibly helpful timeline where you can see how the department of justice voting section has turned upside down since january. if you haven't been following you can get caught up. from @mattdcohen.bsky.social
www.democracydocket.com/timeline-tra...
www.democracydocket.com/timeline-tra...
Timeline: Tracking the Trump Justice Department’s Anti-Voting Shift
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has long worked to protect voting rights. But since President Donald Trump returned to office, the DOJ’s voting section has done a dramatic 180. Today, rather than...
www.democracydocket.com
September 25, 2025 at 2:43 PM
not to brag but @democracydocket.com has this incredibly helpful timeline where you can see how the department of justice voting section has turned upside down since january. if you haven't been following you can get caught up. from @mattdcohen.bsky.social
www.democracydocket.com/timeline-tra...
www.democracydocket.com/timeline-tra...
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“My biggest issue is the fact that Substack insists on actively supporting leading far-right activists and propagandists like Christopher Rufo, Curtis Yarvin, and Richard Hanania – not only platforming, but actively promoting them as important thinkers.”
Things have really changed. Now I need your help.
I wrote about why I left academia, why I left America, why I left Substack - and why I need your support as I am starting over as a full-time independent writer:
Some major personal news:
steady.page/en/democracy...
I wrote about why I left academia, why I left America, why I left Substack - and why I need your support as I am starting over as a full-time independent writer:
Some major personal news:
steady.page/en/democracy...
Onward. Forward. Steady.
Things have really changed. Now I need your help.
steady.page
September 25, 2025 at 2:43 PM
“My biggest issue is the fact that Substack insists on actively supporting leading far-right activists and propagandists like Christopher Rufo, Curtis Yarvin, and Richard Hanania – not only platforming, but actively promoting them as important thinkers.”
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One very wealthy white man got his job back today (along with his 200 staff and production team) because of organizing, boycotts, and collective pushback.
When will we see that same energy for the 320k+ Black women who were pushed out of the labor market?
When will we see that same energy for the 320k+ Black women who were pushed out of the labor market?
September 22, 2025 at 10:52 PM
One very wealthy white man got his job back today (along with his 200 staff and production team) because of organizing, boycotts, and collective pushback.
When will we see that same energy for the 320k+ Black women who were pushed out of the labor market?
When will we see that same energy for the 320k+ Black women who were pushed out of the labor market?
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GOT BIG CRIME IN DC AT THE WHITE HOUSE
Neil Young
Neil Young
September 22, 2025 at 11:18 PM
GOT BIG CRIME IN DC AT THE WHITE HOUSE
Neil Young
Neil Young
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"I was the last remaining Black full-time opinion columnist at the Post [...] What happened to me is part of a broader purge of Black voices from academia, business, government, and media — a historical pattern as dangerous as it is shameful — and tragic."
Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 2:24 PM
"I was the last remaining Black full-time opinion columnist at the Post [...] What happened to me is part of a broader purge of Black voices from academia, business, government, and media — a historical pattern as dangerous as it is shameful — and tragic."