Rene
@rene1965.bsky.social
Just a girl wandering the world slaying her own dragons.
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Again, why do they dress like a band of highwaymen instead of a properly constituted police force? They’re inside the security envelope of a public courthouse.
Here's a picture that a @kuow.org photographer took in Seattle yesterday, showing the ICE officers masked up in the hallways as they waited to arrest people coming out of their hearings.
May 22, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Again, why do they dress like a band of highwaymen instead of a properly constituted police force? They’re inside the security envelope of a public courthouse.
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One of the last GOP reps willing to speak the truth.
May 22, 2025 at 12:11 PM
One of the last GOP reps willing to speak the truth.
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Unfortunately, I Think This Is True….
May 6, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Unfortunately, I Think This Is True….
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There are 33m companies in the USA. Only 21k employe 500 or more. And they only make up 23% of workers.
Trump and Elon are ignoring the more than 32m entrepreneurs that can't afford to build a new factory or pay tariffs or absorb cancelled contracts.
Trump and Elon are ignoring the more than 32m entrepreneurs that can't afford to build a new factory or pay tariffs or absorb cancelled contracts.
April 4, 2025 at 1:57 PM
There are 33m companies in the USA. Only 21k employe 500 or more. And they only make up 23% of workers.
Trump and Elon are ignoring the more than 32m entrepreneurs that can't afford to build a new factory or pay tariffs or absorb cancelled contracts.
Trump and Elon are ignoring the more than 32m entrepreneurs that can't afford to build a new factory or pay tariffs or absorb cancelled contracts.
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Strom Thurmond made his Senate record while fighting against Black voting rights.
It stood for 67 years.
A Black man is about to break it.
It stood for 67 years.
A Black man is about to break it.
April 1, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Strom Thurmond made his Senate record while fighting against Black voting rights.
It stood for 67 years.
A Black man is about to break it.
It stood for 67 years.
A Black man is about to break it.
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one thing that Booker repeatedly references is the fact that US citizens are now terrified of their president. he keeps reading the letters of constituents who are really scared of the people in power—especially of losing their benefits, but there's something deeper and commonly felt.
April 1, 2025 at 5:19 PM
one thing that Booker repeatedly references is the fact that US citizens are now terrified of their president. he keeps reading the letters of constituents who are really scared of the people in power—especially of losing their benefits, but there's something deeper and commonly felt.
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BREAKING: Trump's National Security Advisor Mike Waltz used GMAIL to discuss NATIONAL DEFENSE INFORMATION. That's LESS SECURE than Hillary's private email server. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Waltz and staff used Gmail for government communications, officials say
Trump’s national security adviser is trying to manage his way out of a crisis. But new revelations about his team’s operational security are piling up in the inbox.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 1, 2025 at 7:41 PM
BREAKING: Trump's National Security Advisor Mike Waltz used GMAIL to discuss NATIONAL DEFENSE INFORMATION. That's LESS SECURE than Hillary's private email server. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Padilla: By the time the water was released, the fires were already contained. There was no way that water could even make its way to Southern California.
When the hot, dry months come and farmers need that water for irrigation, it’ll be gone. And you can’t get it back.
When the hot, dry months come and farmers need that water for irrigation, it’ll be gone. And you can’t get it back.
April 1, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Padilla: By the time the water was released, the fires were already contained. There was no way that water could even make its way to Southern California.
When the hot, dry months come and farmers need that water for irrigation, it’ll be gone. And you can’t get it back.
When the hot, dry months come and farmers need that water for irrigation, it’ll be gone. And you can’t get it back.
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What did America's largest corporations do with their spoils from Trump's tax scam? Between 2017 and 2022:
-Stock buybacks jumped 98%
-Dividends increased by 40%
-Meanwhile, wages only grew by 14%
In some years these corporations paid their CEOs more than they paid in taxes.
-Stock buybacks jumped 98%
-Dividends increased by 40%
-Meanwhile, wages only grew by 14%
In some years these corporations paid their CEOs more than they paid in taxes.
April 1, 2025 at 10:01 PM
What did America's largest corporations do with their spoils from Trump's tax scam? Between 2017 and 2022:
-Stock buybacks jumped 98%
-Dividends increased by 40%
-Meanwhile, wages only grew by 14%
In some years these corporations paid their CEOs more than they paid in taxes.
-Stock buybacks jumped 98%
-Dividends increased by 40%
-Meanwhile, wages only grew by 14%
In some years these corporations paid their CEOs more than they paid in taxes.
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New: New wave of terminations today at FDA. People arrived this morning and found out while waiting in line to go through security that they no longer worked there. A common pattern with DOGE: planning to maximize humiliation/disrespect.
April 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
New: New wave of terminations today at FDA. People arrived this morning and found out while waiting in line to go through security that they no longer worked there. A common pattern with DOGE: planning to maximize humiliation/disrespect.
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New info on top officials who were put on leave after refusing DOGE access to DOI payroll systems.
DOGE wanted unprecedented, expansive access to multiple systems. How expansive? Enough to let operatives, for example, stop Supreme Court justices’ paychecks.
www.wired.com/story/doge-a...
DOGE wanted unprecedented, expansive access to multiple systems. How expansive? Enough to let operatives, for example, stop Supreme Court justices’ paychecks.
www.wired.com/story/doge-a...
Top Officials Placed on Leave After Denying DOGE Access to Federal Payroll Systems
DOGE demanded full access to a US Department of the Interior system that handles even the Supreme Court's paychecks. When top staff asked questions, they were put on leave.
www.wired.com
March 31, 2025 at 9:11 PM
New info on top officials who were put on leave after refusing DOGE access to DOI payroll systems.
DOGE wanted unprecedented, expansive access to multiple systems. How expansive? Enough to let operatives, for example, stop Supreme Court justices’ paychecks.
www.wired.com/story/doge-a...
DOGE wanted unprecedented, expansive access to multiple systems. How expansive? Enough to let operatives, for example, stop Supreme Court justices’ paychecks.
www.wired.com/story/doge-a...
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Sen. Cory Booker (D-New Jersey) has been speaking on the Senate floor since 7 p.m. Monday, vowing to speak for “as long as I’m physically able” to protest President Donald Trump, Elon Musk and the administration’s policies.
Here’s what to know.
Here’s what to know.
Why did Cory Booker spend the night speaking on the Senate floor?
The New Jersey Democrat is speaking in protest of the Trump administration’s policies. He is not delaying the Senate from a vote, so it is not a filibuster.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 1, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Sen. Cory Booker (D-New Jersey) has been speaking on the Senate floor since 7 p.m. Monday, vowing to speak for “as long as I’m physically able” to protest President Donald Trump, Elon Musk and the administration’s policies.
Here’s what to know.
Here’s what to know.
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Things Democratic Senators could do that would be useful:
- Withdraw unanimous consent from all Senate business until constitutional rule was restored
- Refuse to vote for any legislation until constitutional rule was restored
- Boycott as a caucus until constitutional rule was restored
- Withdraw unanimous consent from all Senate business until constitutional rule was restored
- Refuse to vote for any legislation until constitutional rule was restored
- Boycott as a caucus until constitutional rule was restored
April 1, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Things Democratic Senators could do that would be useful:
- Withdraw unanimous consent from all Senate business until constitutional rule was restored
- Refuse to vote for any legislation until constitutional rule was restored
- Boycott as a caucus until constitutional rule was restored
- Withdraw unanimous consent from all Senate business until constitutional rule was restored
- Refuse to vote for any legislation until constitutional rule was restored
- Boycott as a caucus until constitutional rule was restored
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Chucking in on Senator Cory Booker on the Senate floor 5 hours+ into his filibuster.
“America, we are not doing a good job right now.”
Nailing it!
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“America, we are not doing a good job right now.”
Nailing it!
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April 1, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Chucking in on Senator Cory Booker on the Senate floor 5 hours+ into his filibuster.
“America, we are not doing a good job right now.”
Nailing it!
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“America, we are not doing a good job right now.”
Nailing it!
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I have kept it on all night. He is a champion to do this for humanity.
Man. There are a lot of cynics out there. If what Booker is doing doesn’t bring YOU joy, there’s no need to shit all over everyone else’s appreciation.
April 1, 2025 at 10:25 AM
I have kept it on all night. He is a champion to do this for humanity.
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Senator Booker: What kind of man is in the white house that makes fun of the disabled, who lies so much that the fact checkers lose count, that minimizes the pain and the suffering
April 1, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Senator Booker: What kind of man is in the white house that makes fun of the disabled, who lies so much that the fact checkers lose count, that minimizes the pain and the suffering
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“The Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccine official, Dr. Peter Marks, abruptly resigned Friday, saying in a searing letter that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s aggressive stance on vaccines was irresponsible and posed a danger to the public.”
Top FDA Vaccine Official Resigns, Citing Kennedy’s ‘Misinformation and Lies’
Dr. Peter Marks, a veteran of the agency, wrote that undermining confidence in vaccines is irresponsible and a danger to public health.
www.nytimes.com
March 29, 2025 at 1:37 AM
“The Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccine official, Dr. Peter Marks, abruptly resigned Friday, saying in a searing letter that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s aggressive stance on vaccines was irresponsible and posed a danger to the public.”
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He fired the black chairman of the joint chiefs for being woke and hired his brother.
March 28, 2025 at 11:33 PM
He fired the black chairman of the joint chiefs for being woke and hired his brother.
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IT GETS WORSE
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth brought his wife, a former Fox News producer, to two meetings with foreign military counterparts where sensitive information was discussed, according to multiple people who were present or had knowledge of the discussions.
New via @wsj.com:
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth brought his wife, a former Fox News producer, to two meetings with foreign military counterparts where sensitive information was discussed, according to multiple people who were present or had knowledge of the discussions.
New via @wsj.com:
Exclusive | Hegseth Brought His Wife to Sensitive Meetings With Foreign Military Officials
The defense secretary’s handling of sensitive information is under fire after he shared details about a strike on Houthi militants in a group chat on a widely used app.
www.wsj.com
March 29, 2025 at 1:52 AM
IT GETS WORSE
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth brought his wife, a former Fox News producer, to two meetings with foreign military counterparts where sensitive information was discussed, according to multiple people who were present or had knowledge of the discussions.
New via @wsj.com:
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth brought his wife, a former Fox News producer, to two meetings with foreign military counterparts where sensitive information was discussed, according to multiple people who were present or had knowledge of the discussions.
New via @wsj.com:
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Breaking: RFK Jr. has forced out PETER MARKS, the nation’s top vaccine regulator.
In his resignation letter, obtained by the Post, Marks said he was willing to work with RFK Jr on his vaccine concerns — but said Kennedy wishes “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”
In his resignation letter, obtained by the Post, Marks said he was willing to work with RFK Jr on his vaccine concerns — but said Kennedy wishes “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”
RFK Jr. forces out Peter Marks, FDA’s top vaccine scientist
Marks, an architect of Operation Warp Speed, warned that a recent measles outbreak shows how confidence in science and public health is being “undermined.”
www.washingtonpost.com
March 29, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Breaking: RFK Jr. has forced out PETER MARKS, the nation’s top vaccine regulator.
In his resignation letter, obtained by the Post, Marks said he was willing to work with RFK Jr on his vaccine concerns — but said Kennedy wishes “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”
In his resignation letter, obtained by the Post, Marks said he was willing to work with RFK Jr on his vaccine concerns — but said Kennedy wishes “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”
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I think there is going to be a Red Rural Recession and soon if all the cuts continue as is
All the firings, cancelling of grants and contracts with companies , the closing of offices, disproportionately impact small towns, cities and states.
Their finances will be turned upside
All the firings, cancelling of grants and contracts with companies , the closing of offices, disproportionately impact small towns, cities and states.
Their finances will be turned upside
March 28, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I think there is going to be a Red Rural Recession and soon if all the cuts continue as is
All the firings, cancelling of grants and contracts with companies , the closing of offices, disproportionately impact small towns, cities and states.
Their finances will be turned upside
All the firings, cancelling of grants and contracts with companies , the closing of offices, disproportionately impact small towns, cities and states.
Their finances will be turned upside
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Does this administration give 2 fucks about crime that's not committed by migrants/POC? Bc whenever I see Patel, Bondi, Noem and/or Homan go before the cameras w/ a brag it always has to do with a black/brown immigrant...as if there's no serious crimes committed by whites 🤨
March 27, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Does this administration give 2 fucks about crime that's not committed by migrants/POC? Bc whenever I see Patel, Bondi, Noem and/or Homan go before the cameras w/ a brag it always has to do with a black/brown immigrant...as if there's no serious crimes committed by whites 🤨
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Welcome to autocracy. The Republic we have known for the last 240 years is gone. This is going to keep getting worse. Much worse. The courts mean nothing, the law means nothing, Congress is irrelevant. He is a malignant psychopath.
March 17, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Welcome to autocracy. The Republic we have known for the last 240 years is gone. This is going to keep getting worse. Much worse. The courts mean nothing, the law means nothing, Congress is irrelevant. He is a malignant psychopath.