@rachellek.bsky.social
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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Oh.
Donald Trump is “ordering the cessation” and lifting sanctions on Syria after Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa pitched him “Trump Tower Damascus” and offered a minerals deal like Ukraine?
This tracks.
Endless corruption.
Donald Trump is “ordering the cessation” and lifting sanctions on Syria after Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa pitched him “Trump Tower Damascus” and offered a minerals deal like Ukraine?
This tracks.
Endless corruption.
May 13, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Oh.
Donald Trump is “ordering the cessation” and lifting sanctions on Syria after Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa pitched him “Trump Tower Damascus” and offered a minerals deal like Ukraine?
This tracks.
Endless corruption.
Donald Trump is “ordering the cessation” and lifting sanctions on Syria after Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa pitched him “Trump Tower Damascus” and offered a minerals deal like Ukraine?
This tracks.
Endless corruption.
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May 12, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Thanks to DOGE’s spending freezes:
-EPA labs have halted critical research
-Social Security staffers are rationing paper and can’t pay translators
-NOAA has lost internet and phone services
-National Park workers can’t buy medicine for visitors or rangers’ horses
"Efficiency."
-EPA labs have halted critical research
-Social Security staffers are rationing paper and can’t pay translators
-NOAA has lost internet and phone services
-National Park workers can’t buy medicine for visitors or rangers’ horses
"Efficiency."
May 13, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Thanks to DOGE’s spending freezes:
-EPA labs have halted critical research
-Social Security staffers are rationing paper and can’t pay translators
-NOAA has lost internet and phone services
-National Park workers can’t buy medicine for visitors or rangers’ horses
"Efficiency."
-EPA labs have halted critical research
-Social Security staffers are rationing paper and can’t pay translators
-NOAA has lost internet and phone services
-National Park workers can’t buy medicine for visitors or rangers’ horses
"Efficiency."
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Trump's Damage to the US Brand: 12.5B Fewer Tourism Dollars & 7M Fewer Tourists #ABlueView🧵1/3
"The U.S. is on track to lose $12.5B in international travel spending this year, falling to less than $169B from $181B in 2024. That’s a 22.5% decline from the U.S. international ...
"The U.S. is on track to lose $12.5B in international travel spending this year, falling to less than $169B from $181B in 2024. That’s a 22.5% decline from the U.S. international ...
May 13, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Trump's Damage to the US Brand: 12.5B Fewer Tourism Dollars & 7M Fewer Tourists #ABlueView🧵1/3
"The U.S. is on track to lose $12.5B in international travel spending this year, falling to less than $169B from $181B in 2024. That’s a 22.5% decline from the U.S. international ...
"The U.S. is on track to lose $12.5B in international travel spending this year, falling to less than $169B from $181B in 2024. That’s a 22.5% decline from the U.S. international ...
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Pentagon spent at least $21M on flights to Guantanamo, which currently holds 32 migrants. Democrats condemned the Guantanamo effort as a wasteful “political stunt” by President Donald Trump and his allies. #Deportation #ICE
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat... via @nbcnews
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat... via @nbcnews
Pentagon spent at least $21 million on flights to Guantanamo, which currently holds 32 migrants
Democrats condemned the Guantanamo effort as a wasteful “political stunt” by President Donald Trump and his allies.
www.nbcnews.com
May 13, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Pentagon spent at least $21M on flights to Guantanamo, which currently holds 32 migrants. Democrats condemned the Guantanamo effort as a wasteful “political stunt” by President Donald Trump and his allies. #Deportation #ICE
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat... via @nbcnews
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat... via @nbcnews
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Trump just casually meeting with MBS, another friend of Jeffrey Epstein, who chopped up a US citizen and everyone just sits around pretending that’s normal behaviour.
May 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Trump just casually meeting with MBS, another friend of Jeffrey Epstein, who chopped up a US citizen and everyone just sits around pretending that’s normal behaviour.
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Progressive streamer Hasan Piker says he was detained by Trump administration authorities at Chicago O’Hare airport and interrogated for hours about his opinion on Trump.
May 13, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Progressive streamer Hasan Piker says he was detained by Trump administration authorities at Chicago O’Hare airport and interrogated for hours about his opinion on Trump.
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Let’s clear something up: SNAP stands for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — the LARGEST federal program to fight hunger in the country!
It blows my mind that the party that touts its “Christian values” is the same party that is SET on taking food from the hungry.
It blows my mind that the party that touts its “Christian values” is the same party that is SET on taking food from the hungry.
May 13, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Let’s clear something up: SNAP stands for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — the LARGEST federal program to fight hunger in the country!
It blows my mind that the party that touts its “Christian values” is the same party that is SET on taking food from the hungry.
It blows my mind that the party that touts its “Christian values” is the same party that is SET on taking food from the hungry.
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I can think of few government services that provide Americans more bang for their buck than our National #Weather Service.
Hurricane season will soon be upon us. Elon Musk's destruction of #NOAA will absolutely cost America many lives and many billions of dollars of property. #nws #doge #elonmusk
Hurricane season will soon be upon us. Elon Musk's destruction of #NOAA will absolutely cost America many lives and many billions of dollars of property. #nws #doge #elonmusk
May 12, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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Why didn’t Welker push back on his statement that “we’ve had a massive expansion of government?” We’ve had the SAME NUMBER of government employees for over five decades. Corporate media, PUSH BACK WITH FACTS PLEASE.
WELKER: Did Elon Musk ask you to cut air traffic controllers directly?
DUFFY: We were having a conversation about, who do we preserve? I wanted in those probationary employees to preserve air traffic controllers. We went back and forth.
DUFFY: We were having a conversation about, who do we preserve? I wanted in those probationary employees to preserve air traffic controllers. We went back and forth.
May 12, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Why didn’t Welker push back on his statement that “we’ve had a massive expansion of government?” We’ve had the SAME NUMBER of government employees for over five decades. Corporate media, PUSH BACK WITH FACTS PLEASE.
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If I were a member of Congress I would have already introduced a bill prohibiting ICE agents from wearing face masks and requiring them to wear official identification at all times
May 12, 2025 at 2:35 AM
If I were a member of Congress I would have already introduced a bill prohibiting ICE agents from wearing face masks and requiring them to wear official identification at all times
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It will be fascinating to watch everyone who acted like Biden was a socialist for lowering drug costs and stood by and watched as Republicans opposed him suddenly pretend this is a new idea from Trump.
May 11, 2025 at 11:23 PM
It will be fascinating to watch everyone who acted like Biden was a socialist for lowering drug costs and stood by and watched as Republicans opposed him suddenly pretend this is a new idea from Trump.
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In the news: In which we learn that our leaders find it easier to believe "AI is the future" than to believe that actual, living human beings who make art for a living have rights and deserve respect. Our consent doesn't matter to them. Only appeasing the tech bros matters.
May 11, 2025 at 10:31 AM
In the news: In which we learn that our leaders find it easier to believe "AI is the future" than to believe that actual, living human beings who make art for a living have rights and deserve respect. Our consent doesn't matter to them. Only appeasing the tech bros matters.
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Poland has announced the closure of Russia's consulate in Kraków in response to evidence that Moscow was behind the fire that destroyed Warsaw's largest shopping centre last year.
It is the second Russian consulate that Poland has closed as retaliation for Moscow's sabotage campaign.
It is the second Russian consulate that Poland has closed as retaliation for Moscow's sabotage campaign.
Poland closes Russian consulate in response to sabotage evidence
notesfrompoland.com
May 12, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Poland has announced the closure of Russia's consulate in Kraków in response to evidence that Moscow was behind the fire that destroyed Warsaw's largest shopping centre last year.
It is the second Russian consulate that Poland has closed as retaliation for Moscow's sabotage campaign.
It is the second Russian consulate that Poland has closed as retaliation for Moscow's sabotage campaign.
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Soon after firing the Librarian of Congress, Trump has fired the nation’s top copyright official as well. Rep. Joe Morelle says Trump acted after the copyright official “refused to rubber-stamp Elon Musk’s efforts to mine troves of copyrighted works to train AI models.”
Trump fires top US copyright official
Democrats are alleging foul play.
www.politico.com
May 11, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Soon after firing the Librarian of Congress, Trump has fired the nation’s top copyright official as well. Rep. Joe Morelle says Trump acted after the copyright official “refused to rubber-stamp Elon Musk’s efforts to mine troves of copyrighted works to train AI models.”
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'Refugee groups have questioned why the white South Africans are being prioritized ahead of people from countries wracked by war and natural disasters. Vetting for refugee status in the US often takes years.'
Trump administration offers refugee status to 49 white South Africans
Group, including families and small children, departed for US after Trump order created relocation program
www.theguardian.com
May 12, 2025 at 11:09 AM
'Refugee groups have questioned why the white South Africans are being prioritized ahead of people from countries wracked by war and natural disasters. Vetting for refugee status in the US often takes years.'
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Not that this needs to be said, but bribery out in the open is still bribery.
May 12, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Not that this needs to be said, but bribery out in the open is still bribery.
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The. More. You. Know. 💫
May 12, 2025 at 10:12 AM
The. More. You. Know. 💫
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I mean, don’t all libraries have $400 million luxury jets in their collection?
I'm still not clear why the @nytimes.com went along the idea that a presidential library owning a jet for the personal use of the ex-president was anything that real presidential libraries do. Weird.
May 12, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I mean, don’t all libraries have $400 million luxury jets in their collection?
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44 of the government contracts = >$220 million worth of contracts cancelled by Musk have been brought back by fed agencies.
However, DOGE still lists 43 of those contracts on its website as having been terminated, & some were added after they had been restored = several data errors on the site.
However, DOGE still lists 43 of those contracts on its website as having been terminated, & some were added after they had been restored = several data errors on the site.
More than $220 million in contracts canceled by Musk and DOGE have been brought back
Revived contracts include everything from software license agreements to partnerships with vendors in charge of government data and records
www.independent.co.uk
May 12, 2025 at 12:08 PM
44 of the government contracts = >$220 million worth of contracts cancelled by Musk have been brought back by fed agencies.
However, DOGE still lists 43 of those contracts on its website as having been terminated, & some were added after they had been restored = several data errors on the site.
However, DOGE still lists 43 of those contracts on its website as having been terminated, & some were added after they had been restored = several data errors on the site.
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The U.S. believes Iran is plotting to assassinate former Trump National Security Advisor John Bolton. In response, Trump withdrew Bolton’s Secret Service detail, leaving him exposed to a foreign adversary despite the ongoing threat.
May 12, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The U.S. believes Iran is plotting to assassinate former Trump National Security Advisor John Bolton. In response, Trump withdrew Bolton’s Secret Service detail, leaving him exposed to a foreign adversary despite the ongoing threat.
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Qatar offered the jet directly to Trump, not the DoD. His team says the Air Force will “accept” it to dodge the Emoluments Clause, then donate it to his library so he can use it personally later. Using the AF as a loophole proves he’s just laundering a jet through the Pentagon.
May 12, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Qatar offered the jet directly to Trump, not the DoD. His team says the Air Force will “accept” it to dodge the Emoluments Clause, then donate it to his library so he can use it personally later. Using the AF as a loophole proves he’s just laundering a jet through the Pentagon.
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🇺🇸 “Rolling Stone reached out to all 53 GOP senators after the president said he didn't know whether he needs to honor the nation's founding document. None replied.”
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
May 11, 2025 at 1:52 PM
🇺🇸 “Rolling Stone reached out to all 53 GOP senators after the president said he didn't know whether he needs to honor the nation's founding document. None replied.”
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...