E. R. Price
@shaggyhistorian.bsky.social
Wounded war vet, asst. prof, music lover, tech geek. This CA boy stuck surfing the amber waves of Kansas. #LGBTQ advocate. He/Him/His. Reposts ≠ Endorsement. Views are mine. ☮️❤️⚛️
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Use this time to build community, invest in mutual aid, educate yourself & your family, hammer your "representatives" with strong opinions, be in the streets taking up space & using your voice. We'll beat these fascist fucks & build something better than the status quo we had.
Keep doing The Work
Keep doing The Work
It's become clear that this administration is just a protracted war on anybody who's read a book without pictures in it. It's a miracle we're all still getting up and going to work every morning. The psychological drain is the point, and I'm increasingly grateful to the people who are still decent.
July 21, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Use this time to build community, invest in mutual aid, educate yourself & your family, hammer your "representatives" with strong opinions, be in the streets taking up space & using your voice. We'll beat these fascist fucks & build something better than the status quo we had.
Keep doing The Work
Keep doing The Work
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NEW: You can help federal workers! We are fundraising for legal expenses. I have applied for non-profit status so your pledge could be tax deductible! Help support and defend our civil servants here, and please share widely 🙏 Patreon.com/fedoath
If you ever wanted to do an interview-style podcast, Michael Krasny is an exemplar of technique and technical excellence.
If you want the deets on the dangers of the American diet, Robert Lustig is your guy.
Either way, you should give this episode a listen.
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If you want the deets on the dangers of the American diet, Robert Lustig is your guy.
Either way, you should give this episode a listen.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...
Sugar Is Toxic and Addictive - Dr. Robert Lustig
Podcast Episode · Grey Matter with Michael Krasny · 05/09/2025 · 58m
podcasts.apple.com
May 13, 2025 at 3:12 AM
If you ever wanted to do an interview-style podcast, Michael Krasny is an exemplar of technique and technical excellence.
If you want the deets on the dangers of the American diet, Robert Lustig is your guy.
Either way, you should give this episode a listen.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...
If you want the deets on the dangers of the American diet, Robert Lustig is your guy.
Either way, you should give this episode a listen.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...
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Pope Leo with a message so many need to hear.
(cc: @GovBillLee @MarshaBlackburn @TNGOP @TNHighwayPatrol @JDVance @RepTimBurchett @SenatorHagerty @CSexton25)
(cc: @GovBillLee @MarshaBlackburn @TNGOP @TNHighwayPatrol @JDVance @RepTimBurchett @SenatorHagerty @CSexton25)
May 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Pope Leo with a message so many need to hear.
(cc: @GovBillLee @MarshaBlackburn @TNGOP @TNHighwayPatrol @JDVance @RepTimBurchett @SenatorHagerty @CSexton25)
(cc: @GovBillLee @MarshaBlackburn @TNGOP @TNHighwayPatrol @JDVance @RepTimBurchett @SenatorHagerty @CSexton25)
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1/ A 🧵re. culture vs. fascism, which I promise will be relevant right now.
As an art buff since childhood, I've been deeply concerned about what fascist states do to artists & their work, starting when I first learned about the Nazis' repression of supposed "degenerate art" (Entartete Kunst).
As an art buff since childhood, I've been deeply concerned about what fascist states do to artists & their work, starting when I first learned about the Nazis' repression of supposed "degenerate art" (Entartete Kunst).
"Degenerate" Art
Nazi leaders sought to control all spheres of German society, including art. They labeled art that did not meet the regime's criteria "degenerate." Learn more.
encyclopedia.ushmm.org
April 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
1/ A 🧵re. culture vs. fascism, which I promise will be relevant right now.
As an art buff since childhood, I've been deeply concerned about what fascist states do to artists & their work, starting when I first learned about the Nazis' repression of supposed "degenerate art" (Entartete Kunst).
As an art buff since childhood, I've been deeply concerned about what fascist states do to artists & their work, starting when I first learned about the Nazis' repression of supposed "degenerate art" (Entartete Kunst).
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Good, thought-provoking article by Thomas Friedman, as always.
All Democrats, please read in full.
All Democrats, please read in full.
April 23, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Good, thought-provoking article by Thomas Friedman, as always.
All Democrats, please read in full.
All Democrats, please read in full.
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A US citizen with a learning disability who has just suffered a medical emergency asks a CBP officer for directions outside the emergency room. He ends up detained in an icebox for ten days and has the assistant secretary of DHS lying about him to the public at large. popular.info/p/us-citizen...
![In an interview with Popular Information, his first with any media outlet, Hermosillo said DHS'.
's account was false.
According to Hermosillo, he was visiting his girlfriend's family in Tucson from his home in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Several hours before his arrest, Hermosillo was transported to a hospital in Tucson by ambulance after suffering from a seizure. He has a New Mexico state ID, but did not take it with him during the medical emergency.
After being released from the hospital following treatment, Hermosillo did not know how to return to where he was staying.
He approached the Border Patrol officer because he was looking for someone to help him. "I saw a car, and I askled] him for help," Hermosillo said. He told the officer that he was staying in Tucson.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:on5oeywiqx32fh2zau473wz6/bafkreie3gc6fndj7mtotijddm4eg264zgsqxpn4nbekb3xq5ubdmskvr6u@jpeg)
!["You"
re not from here. Do you have your
papers?" the officer said, according to Hermosillo. When the officer asked where he was from, Hermosillo said he told the officer,
"New Mexico." The officer then accused Hermosillo of lying. "Don't make me lout] like [I'm] stupid," the officer said. "I know you're from Mexico." After that, Hermosillo said, he was arrested.
Hermosillo said that he never told the officer that he was born in Mexico, was a citizen of Mexico, or entered the country illegally. And he would not have said those things because they are not true. He signed the transcript released by DHS because the officer ordered him to "sign everything." But Hermosillo did not read it, because he cannot read.
According to Hermosillo's girlfriend, Grace Hernandez, Hermosillo has learning disabilities and can only write his name.
Hermosillo said he did not graduate from high school and dropped out after the 10th grade.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:on5oeywiqx32fh2zau473wz6/bafkreiensu64iobo4ftuqeaighf2p5k745uzdnmhcecugsi4ec74dnqse4@jpeg)
April 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
A US citizen with a learning disability who has just suffered a medical emergency asks a CBP officer for directions outside the emergency room. He ends up detained in an icebox for ten days and has the assistant secretary of DHS lying about him to the public at large. popular.info/p/us-citizen...
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One of the wilder political things in recent history is that Project 2025 publicly released a 900 page document laying out their plans to roll back 100 years of human progress and then during the campaign Republicans just said "no we're not :)" and then they won and now they're doing it all.
April 24, 2025 at 1:18 AM
One of the wilder political things in recent history is that Project 2025 publicly released a 900 page document laying out their plans to roll back 100 years of human progress and then during the campaign Republicans just said "no we're not :)" and then they won and now they're doing it all.
In NE Kansas this weekend? Come join us! And if you can’t, drop a couple of bucks to Leavenworth’s Meals on Wheels program run by the Council on Aging.
April 17, 2025 at 3:13 AM
In NE Kansas this weekend? Come join us! And if you can’t, drop a couple of bucks to Leavenworth’s Meals on Wheels program run by the Council on Aging.
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What Asimov describes here has become a reality in Trump's America: obtuse views are taken by his supporters as proof of patriotism. Those who oppose them are fired.
"When stupidity is considered patriotism, it is unsafe to be intelligent."
~ Isaac Asimov
"When stupidity is considered patriotism, it is unsafe to be intelligent."
~ Isaac Asimov
March 8, 2025 at 9:51 PM
What Asimov describes here has become a reality in Trump's America: obtuse views are taken by his supporters as proof of patriotism. Those who oppose them are fired.
"When stupidity is considered patriotism, it is unsafe to be intelligent."
~ Isaac Asimov
"When stupidity is considered patriotism, it is unsafe to be intelligent."
~ Isaac Asimov
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This is Winston Churchill visiting the White House during World War II.
Funny how he isn’t wearing a suit either. Almost like he was a wartime leader defending his country from being slaughtered and wiped out by an authoritarian aggressor.
Funny how he isn’t wearing a suit either. Almost like he was a wartime leader defending his country from being slaughtered and wiped out by an authoritarian aggressor.
March 1, 2025 at 1:59 AM
This is Winston Churchill visiting the White House during World War II.
Funny how he isn’t wearing a suit either. Almost like he was a wartime leader defending his country from being slaughtered and wiped out by an authoritarian aggressor.
Funny how he isn’t wearing a suit either. Almost like he was a wartime leader defending his country from being slaughtered and wiped out by an authoritarian aggressor.
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Indeed! Local journalist @joanwestenberg.com wrote an equally robust piece just published in @theindexmedia.bsky.social
www.theindex.media/a-damnable-d...
www.theindex.media/a-damnable-d...
A Damnable Disgrace.
In a display of petty insecurity and diplomatic incompetence, Trump and Vance just humiliated themselves on the world stage.
www.theindex.media
March 1, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Indeed! Local journalist @joanwestenberg.com wrote an equally robust piece just published in @theindexmedia.bsky.social
www.theindex.media/a-damnable-d...
www.theindex.media/a-damnable-d...
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This is an amazing (and somewhat scary) tool that tracks the completion of the initiatives in Project 2025. Remarkably, they are already at 36% in just over a month.
Pass this on and follow for more!
www.project2025.observer
Pass this on and follow for more!
www.project2025.observer
Project 2025 Tracker
Track the progress on Project 2025
www.project2025.observer
February 28, 2025 at 1:38 AM
This is an amazing (and somewhat scary) tool that tracks the completion of the initiatives in Project 2025. Remarkably, they are already at 36% in just over a month.
Pass this on and follow for more!
www.project2025.observer
Pass this on and follow for more!
www.project2025.observer
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JUDGE ALSUP: “.. The Office of Personnel Management does not have any authority whatsoever under any statute in the history of the universe, to hire and fire employees within another agency.”
@nbcnews.com #OPM
@nbcnews.com #OPM
BREAKING: A federal judge in California has ordered OPM to rescind memos calling for the mass termination of probationary employees, saying the agency overstepped its legal authority and must inform other agencies it lacked the authority to issue such a directive.
February 27, 2025 at 11:31 PM
JUDGE ALSUP: “.. The Office of Personnel Management does not have any authority whatsoever under any statute in the history of the universe, to hire and fire employees within another agency.”
@nbcnews.com #OPM
@nbcnews.com #OPM
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I will say again: The destruction of the CFPB—an agency that has brought in $20 billion over a little more than a decade despite having an annual budget that's less than what DOD has spent so far today—is the clearest sign none of this has anything to do with saving taxpayers money.
"I am preparing this declaration to ensure that the Court is aware of the imminent risk that twelve years’ of critical CFPB records, which belong to the public, will be irretrievably lost and cause serious and sweeping damage unless the Court takes action."
CFPB's former chief technologist issues an urgent warning to the court that several years' worth of sensitive data is about to be destroyed, with damaging consequences
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February 16, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I will say again: The destruction of the CFPB—an agency that has brought in $20 billion over a little more than a decade despite having an annual budget that's less than what DOD has spent so far today—is the clearest sign none of this has anything to do with saving taxpayers money.
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NEW: Bull-DOGE-ing the federal government and, with it, America.
As Elon Musk runs the country and attacks the government, Donald Trump seems to be OK with it because he took over the Kennedy Center.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
As Elon Musk runs the country and attacks the government, Donald Trump seems to be OK with it because he took over the Kennedy Center.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
Bull-DOGE-ing the federal government and, with it, America
As Elon Musk runs the country and attacks the government, Donald Trump seems to be OK with it because he took over the Kennedy Center. Also: Law Dork in the media.
www.lawdork.com
February 13, 2025 at 4:23 AM
NEW: Bull-DOGE-ing the federal government and, with it, America.
As Elon Musk runs the country and attacks the government, Donald Trump seems to be OK with it because he took over the Kennedy Center.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
As Elon Musk runs the country and attacks the government, Donald Trump seems to be OK with it because he took over the Kennedy Center.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
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in what meaningful way can we say that the constitution is in effect when an unelected and unaccountable billionaire is wielding state power to unilaterally cancel congressional appropriations?
Hearing that DOGE went into the Dept of Education today and shut down almost the entirety of the department's in-house research arm, Institute of Educational Sciences, cancelling contracts totally about $900m.
February 11, 2025 at 1:34 AM
in what meaningful way can we say that the constitution is in effect when an unelected and unaccountable billionaire is wielding state power to unilaterally cancel congressional appropriations?
I hate this stupid timeline.
GULF OF AMERICA!
Donald Trump Truth Social Post 06:34 PM EST 02/10/25
Donald Trump Truth Social Post 06:34 PM EST 02/10/25
February 11, 2025 at 1:43 AM
I hate this stupid timeline.
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Not to make this about my own piece again but slate.com/news-and-pol...
February 2, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Not to make this about my own piece again but slate.com/news-and-pol...
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NEW: Sources tell my office that Treasury Secretary Bessent has granted DOGE *full* access to this system. Social Security and Medicare benefits, grants, payments to government contractors, including those that compete directly with Musk's own companies. All of it.
NEWS: Wyden Demands Answers Following Report of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments System
Wyden Demands Answers Following Report of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments System | The United States Senate Committee on Finance
Wyden Demands Answers Following Report of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments System
www.finance.senate.gov
February 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
NEW: Sources tell my office that Treasury Secretary Bessent has granted DOGE *full* access to this system. Social Security and Medicare benefits, grants, payments to government contractors, including those that compete directly with Musk's own companies. All of it.