Pamela Riesmeyer
@pjries.bsky.social
Web Accessibility, WordPress, Accessibility. #a11y. Web developer, designer, consultant, teacher, former radio news anchor, former higher ed.
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On the HHS Leadership call today: 1 employee from CMS (Center for Medicare/Medicaid Service) and 2 employees from SSA (Social Security Administration) have died by suicide after their firing.
February 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
On the HHS Leadership call today: 1 employee from CMS (Center for Medicare/Medicaid Service) and 2 employees from SSA (Social Security Administration) have died by suicide after their firing.
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Just going to leave this here should it become useful to anyone…
February 25, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Just going to leave this here should it become useful to anyone…
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Join us in solidarity—fly your American flag upside down, the traditional signal of distress and extreme emergency.
February 24, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Join us in solidarity—fly your American flag upside down, the traditional signal of distress and extreme emergency.
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Medicaid is not for sale.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.
We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.
We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
February 21, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Medicaid is not for sale.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.
We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.
We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
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Kamala was right. And it only took him less than 30 days to roll over for Putin.
February 19, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Kamala was right. And it only took him less than 30 days to roll over for Putin.
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February 18, 2025
February 18, 2025
In a court filing last night, the Director of the Office of Administration in the Trump administration, Joshua Fisher, clarified the government position of billionaire Elon Musk.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
February 19, 2025 at 7:04 AM
February 18, 2025
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We wanted them to have healthcare and a high paying job and a planet to live on and freedom. They want us to suffer. The parties are not the same.
February 19, 2025 at 5:45 AM
We wanted them to have healthcare and a high paying job and a planet to live on and freedom. They want us to suffer. The parties are not the same.
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Imagine being rich enough to do anything you want and choosing to take food and medicine from starving children to give yourself even more money.
February 18, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Imagine being rich enough to do anything you want and choosing to take food and medicine from starving children to give yourself even more money.
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Brazil shows that it can be done. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/w...
Brazil Charges Bolsonaro With Attempting a Coup
Brazil’s attorney general charged the former president Jair Bolsonaro with trying to overturn the 2022 elections.
www.nytimes.com
February 19, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Brazil shows that it can be done. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/w...
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These absolute morons are going to destroy the United States.
If you’re in favor of the US leaving NATO, you either don’t want the US to succeed, or you don’t know wtf NATO does.
Worth noting that Mike Lee voted to expand NATO in 2022.
If you’re in favor of the US leaving NATO, you either don’t want the US to succeed, or you don’t know wtf NATO does.
Worth noting that Mike Lee voted to expand NATO in 2022.
February 17, 2025 at 4:17 AM
These absolute morons are going to destroy the United States.
If you’re in favor of the US leaving NATO, you either don’t want the US to succeed, or you don’t know wtf NATO does.
Worth noting that Mike Lee voted to expand NATO in 2022.
If you’re in favor of the US leaving NATO, you either don’t want the US to succeed, or you don’t know wtf NATO does.
Worth noting that Mike Lee voted to expand NATO in 2022.
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It is well to remind ourselves that today is Presidents Day, not Dictators Day.
But will the Supreme Court constrain the wild Trump? Some thoughts...
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/will-the-supreme-court-constrain
But will the Supreme Court constrain the wild Trump? Some thoughts...
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/will-the-supreme-court-constrain
February 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
It is well to remind ourselves that today is Presidents Day, not Dictators Day.
But will the Supreme Court constrain the wild Trump? Some thoughts...
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/will-the-supreme-court-constrain
But will the Supreme Court constrain the wild Trump? Some thoughts...
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/will-the-supreme-court-constrain
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Another good trope for Not My President’s Day
February 17, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Another good trope for Not My President’s Day
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This country has seen some bad moments in the 61 years, 5 months, 16 days I’ve been on this Earth. But it has never, ever before come close to the supertoxic level of stupidity, mendacity, narcissism, nihilism, and moral apathy that threaten to destroy it today.
February 17, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This country has seen some bad moments in the 61 years, 5 months, 16 days I’ve been on this Earth. But it has never, ever before come close to the supertoxic level of stupidity, mendacity, narcissism, nihilism, and moral apathy that threaten to destroy it today.
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If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
February 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
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Last Fall, the Washington Post allowed a right wing group to run a full page ad falsely attacking me for protecting voting rights. Today, Bezos' paper won't accept ads criticizing Elon Musk.
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February 17, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Last Fall, the Washington Post allowed a right wing group to run a full page ad falsely attacking me for protecting voting rights. Today, Bezos' paper won't accept ads criticizing Elon Musk.
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We’re done here. Right?
February 11, 2025 at 10:05 PM
We’re done here. Right?
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As people are trying to understand how courts enforce their orders, this DOJ Org Chart may come in handy. The courts don’t have their own enforcement agency. The US Marshal’s Service is part of DOJ.
February 10, 2025 at 12:06 AM
As people are trying to understand how courts enforce their orders, this DOJ Org Chart may come in handy. The courts don’t have their own enforcement agency. The US Marshal’s Service is part of DOJ.
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Hey NYTimes — *now* you’re lighting the beacons? NOW?!? After months of “Sauron: Avatar Of Evil… Or Extreme Uniter?” thumbsucker reporting you’re screaming what we’ve known since 2015? Fuck all the way off.
February 9, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Hey NYTimes — *now* you’re lighting the beacons? NOW?!? After months of “Sauron: Avatar Of Evil… Or Extreme Uniter?” thumbsucker reporting you’re screaming what we’ve known since 2015? Fuck all the way off.
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February 6, 2025
February 6, 2025
The U.S.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
February 7, 2025 at 6:27 AM
February 6, 2025
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February 5, 2025:
February 5, 2025
Five years ago, on February 5, 2020, Republican senators acquitted then-president Donald Trump in his first impeachment trial.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
February 6, 2025 at 6:10 AM
February 5, 2025:
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“Trump is acting like a king because he is too weak to govern like a president. He is trying to substitute perception for reality. He is hoping that perception then becomes reality. That can only happen if we believe him.”
- Ezra Klein
- Ezra Klein
February 3, 2025 at 6:38 PM
“Trump is acting like a king because he is too weak to govern like a president. He is trying to substitute perception for reality. He is hoping that perception then becomes reality. That can only happen if we believe him.”
- Ezra Klein
- Ezra Klein
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February 2, 2025
February 2, 2025
Billionaire Elon Musk’s team yesterday took control of the Treasury’s payment system, thus essentially gaining access to the checkbook with which the United States handles about $6 trillion annually a...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
February 3, 2025 at 6:17 AM
February 2, 2025
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the point is not that it's fast -- the point it that it's systematic.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/o...
February 2, 2025 at 2:45 AM
the point is not that it's fast -- the point it that it's systematic.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/o...