Shawna
@shawnadlink.bsky.social
From a blue state. Interested in Climate Change, Reproductive Rights, Science and Facts. I support NATO and Ukraine. Democrat but I like good ideas, regardless of party.
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Shawna
@shawnadlink.bsky.social
· Mar 15
I found a ‘dead’ person collecting Social Security in Seattle
“Dead” Ned Johnson turns out to be very much alive. It took him weeks to convince the system he was breathing and to start clawing his benefits back.
www.seattletimes.com
The Social Security Dept declared him dead when he wasn’t, and withdrew funds from his account before he even had time to protest. There should be an investigation to see if DOGE did this. Please launch one. @murray.senate.gov @cantwell.senate.gov
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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Justice for Epstein’s victims requires full transparency and accountability.
Yet AG Pam Bondi seems happy to blatantly defy the law explicitly requiring the release of the files with redactions for victims only.
This lawless administration knows no bounds.
Release the full files now.
Yet AG Pam Bondi seems happy to blatantly defy the law explicitly requiring the release of the files with redactions for victims only.
This lawless administration knows no bounds.
Release the full files now.
December 19, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Justice for Epstein’s victims requires full transparency and accountability.
Yet AG Pam Bondi seems happy to blatantly defy the law explicitly requiring the release of the files with redactions for victims only.
This lawless administration knows no bounds.
Release the full files now.
Yet AG Pam Bondi seems happy to blatantly defy the law explicitly requiring the release of the files with redactions for victims only.
This lawless administration knows no bounds.
Release the full files now.
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Joint statement by Ranking Members Robert Garcia and Jamie Raskin on Trump Administration decision to defy Epstein Files Transparency Act.
December 19, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Joint statement by Ranking Members Robert Garcia and Jamie Raskin on Trump Administration decision to defy Epstein Files Transparency Act.
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BREAKING: Democrats are now +16 on the general ballot. I don't think I've seen anything like this. Also, this is a A+ poll taken BEFORE the government botched the Epstein release today.
December 20, 2025 at 1:11 AM
BREAKING: Democrats are now +16 on the general ballot. I don't think I've seen anything like this. Also, this is a A+ poll taken BEFORE the government botched the Epstein release today.
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Mitt Romney, “we have reached a point where any mix of solutions to our nation’s economic problems is going to involve the wealthiest Americans’ contributing more.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/o...
Opinion | Mitt Romney: Tax the Rich, Like Me
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Mitt Romney, “we have reached a point where any mix of solutions to our nation’s economic problems is going to involve the wealthiest Americans’ contributing more.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/o...
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He needs new writers but he's too far gone to learn any new lines.
Trump says Hillary Clinton was “nasty, whew, I wouldn’t want to go home to her” and then just stops short of calling her a bitch
December 20, 2025 at 3:18 AM
He needs new writers but he's too far gone to learn any new lines.
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The official death count in South Sudan is nearly 1,600, making it the worst cholera epidemic in the country’s history.
But that toll is a dramatic undercount.
ProPublica found newly dug, unmarked graves alongside roads and in backyards.
But that toll is a dramatic undercount.
ProPublica found newly dug, unmarked graves alongside roads and in backyards.
Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.
Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a re...
www.propublica.org
December 20, 2025 at 2:40 AM
The official death count in South Sudan is nearly 1,600, making it the worst cholera epidemic in the country’s history.
But that toll is a dramatic undercount.
ProPublica found newly dug, unmarked graves alongside roads and in backyards.
But that toll is a dramatic undercount.
ProPublica found newly dug, unmarked graves alongside roads and in backyards.
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HUGE NEWS from the new Epstein files:
Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.
The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.
The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
Epstein Files Include 1996 Child Porn Complaint That F.B.I. Ignored
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
HUGE NEWS from the new Epstein files:
Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.
The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.
The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
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Statement from Maria Farmer: “This is amazing. Thank you for believing me. I feel redeemed. This is one of the best days of my life. Of course, it's mixed with the fact that I'm devastated about all the other little girls like Virginia who were harmed because the FBI didn't do their job. 1/
HUGE NEWS from the new Epstein files:
Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.
The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.
The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
Epstein Files Include 1996 Child Porn Complaint That F.B.I. Ignored
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Statement from Maria Farmer: “This is amazing. Thank you for believing me. I feel redeemed. This is one of the best days of my life. Of course, it's mixed with the fact that I'm devastated about all the other little girls like Virginia who were harmed because the FBI didn't do their job. 1/
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Some news on Trump's doling out of most refugee slots to white South Africans: Two former State Department officials tell us basic protocols designed to determine whether this group actually merits protection have simply been scrapped. It's just whim.
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
December 15, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Some news on Trump's doling out of most refugee slots to white South Africans: Two former State Department officials tell us basic protocols designed to determine whether this group actually merits protection have simply been scrapped. It's just whim.
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
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This is the dumbest shit I’ve ever seen.
Let’s pretend like these dudes on the boats are really cartel members.
There are a handful of OIF/OEF veterans that would be prepared to deal with that amount of firepower.
Everyone else? This will get Americans killed.
Let’s pretend like these dudes on the boats are really cartel members.
There are a handful of OIF/OEF veterans that would be prepared to deal with that amount of firepower.
Everyone else? This will get Americans killed.
December 19, 2025 at 8:21 PM
This is the dumbest shit I’ve ever seen.
Let’s pretend like these dudes on the boats are really cartel members.
There are a handful of OIF/OEF veterans that would be prepared to deal with that amount of firepower.
Everyone else? This will get Americans killed.
Let’s pretend like these dudes on the boats are really cartel members.
There are a handful of OIF/OEF veterans that would be prepared to deal with that amount of firepower.
Everyone else? This will get Americans killed.
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Kind of wild that supposedly 1,000 FBI agents combed through these files for months to find every mention of Trump, but now a month after they knew they had to release them today, they need more time.
Khanna: "The law clearly required all unclassified information being released today. They obviously have not complied with that law. They claim it's because it was only a few weeks -- well they've known about this for months."
December 19, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Kind of wild that supposedly 1,000 FBI agents combed through these files for months to find every mention of Trump, but now a month after they knew they had to release them today, they need more time.
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And when you get the search function to work...
December 19, 2025 at 9:29 PM
And when you get the search function to work...
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I wonder how she's feeling about her political career. She sold out everything she once valued, debased herself, placed herself on the side of evil, all in a crude grasp at power, and in return, she got shunted to the side & forgotten. Pathetic, richly deserved, but also, wooooof.
Elise Stefanik Drops Out of N.Y. Governor’s Race and Will Leave Congress
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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🚨BREAKING: The Department of Justice will fail to publicly release all of its files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein by a Friday deadline, violating a new federal law explicitly mandating that the trove of documents be turned over for public scrutiny. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOJ Chickens Out on Epstein Files Release in Violation of New Law
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:29 PM
🚨BREAKING: The Department of Justice will fail to publicly release all of its files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein by a Friday deadline, violating a new federal law explicitly mandating that the trove of documents be turned over for public scrutiny. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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The Trump family has amassed a $4 billion fortune since his re-election.
During my time as Ambassador, I was accused of "focusing too intensely on the issue of corruption." There's no such thing.
We need leaders who serve the people — not themselves.
www.wsj.com/politics/tru...
During my time as Ambassador, I was accused of "focusing too intensely on the issue of corruption." There's no such thing.
We need leaders who serve the people — not themselves.
www.wsj.com/politics/tru...
The Trump Family Business Empire Is Growing. We Mapped Out 268 Pieces of It.
A second-term boom in crypto and other areas has created billions in new wealth for the first family.
www.wsj.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:06 AM
The Trump family has amassed a $4 billion fortune since his re-election.
During my time as Ambassador, I was accused of "focusing too intensely on the issue of corruption." There's no such thing.
We need leaders who serve the people — not themselves.
www.wsj.com/politics/tru...
During my time as Ambassador, I was accused of "focusing too intensely on the issue of corruption." There's no such thing.
We need leaders who serve the people — not themselves.
www.wsj.com/politics/tru...
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NEW: "Don’s Best Friend": Documents and interviews reveal the intense, complicated relationship between Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein. Chasing women was a game of ego and dominance. Female bodies were currency.
A deep dive w/@julietate.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
A deep dive w/@julietate.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
‘Don’s Best Friend’: How Epstein and Trump Bonded Over the Pursuit of Women
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:17 PM
NEW: "Don’s Best Friend": Documents and interviews reveal the intense, complicated relationship between Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein. Chasing women was a game of ego and dominance. Female bodies were currency.
A deep dive w/@julietate.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
A deep dive w/@julietate.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
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More precisely yet, Susie Wiles was describing Donald Trump's severe and untreatable Cluster B personality disorders.
December 19, 2025 at 2:10 PM
More precisely yet, Susie Wiles was describing Donald Trump's severe and untreatable Cluster B personality disorders.
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"I don't know."
For a White House that claims Trump is involved in every policy decision, there's a lot he doesn't know about...
For a White House that claims Trump is involved in every policy decision, there's a lot he doesn't know about...
December 19, 2025 at 2:20 PM
"I don't know."
For a White House that claims Trump is involved in every policy decision, there's a lot he doesn't know about...
For a White House that claims Trump is involved in every policy decision, there's a lot he doesn't know about...
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(3/4) This bill is about politicizing medicine and targeting an already vulnerable community. Civil rights organizations have called this bill one of the most extreme anti-trans measures ever considered by Congress, and they are right to sound the alarm.
December 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
(3/4) This bill is about politicizing medicine and targeting an already vulnerable community. Civil rights organizations have called this bill one of the most extreme anti-trans measures ever considered by Congress, and they are right to sound the alarm.
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(1/4) Yesterday, the House passed the “Protect Children’s Innocence Act,” criminalizing doctors for providing medically accepted, evidence-based gender-affirming care to trans youth, & threatening health care providers w/ prison sentences of up to 10 yrs.
House passes bill criminalizing gender-affirming care for minors | CNN Politics
The House on Wednesday voted to pass a bill that could imprison health care providers for providing gender-affirming care for minors.
edition.cnn.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
(1/4) Yesterday, the House passed the “Protect Children’s Innocence Act,” criminalizing doctors for providing medically accepted, evidence-based gender-affirming care to trans youth, & threatening health care providers w/ prison sentences of up to 10 yrs.
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TAPPER: Earlier today - this isn't the first time - Trump appeared to be struggling to keep eyes open. Does that worry you?
REINER: It's jarring to see him go from basically asleep in the Oval to this rapid fire pace during a 30-minute speech he gave in 18. There's been a lot of health issues.
REINER: It's jarring to see him go from basically asleep in the Oval to this rapid fire pace during a 30-minute speech he gave in 18. There's been a lot of health issues.
December 18, 2025 at 11:20 PM
TAPPER: Earlier today - this isn't the first time - Trump appeared to be struggling to keep eyes open. Does that worry you?
REINER: It's jarring to see him go from basically asleep in the Oval to this rapid fire pace during a 30-minute speech he gave in 18. There's been a lot of health issues.
REINER: It's jarring to see him go from basically asleep in the Oval to this rapid fire pace during a 30-minute speech he gave in 18. There's been a lot of health issues.
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"Mr. Trump, [a former Epstein assistant] said, seemed to enjoy regaling Mr. Epstein with tales of his sexual exploits.
"She remembered one call in the mid-1990s on which the two men discussed how much pubic hair a particular woman had ...
"She remembered one call in the mid-1990s on which the two men discussed how much pubic hair a particular woman had ...
NEW: "Don’s Best Friend": Documents and interviews reveal the intense, complicated relationship between Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein. Chasing women was a game of ego and dominance. Female bodies were currency.
A deep dive w/@julietate.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
A deep dive w/@julietate.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
‘Don’s Best Friend’: How Epstein and Trump Bonded Over the Pursuit of Women
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:05 PM
"Mr. Trump, [a former Epstein assistant] said, seemed to enjoy regaling Mr. Epstein with tales of his sexual exploits.
"She remembered one call in the mid-1990s on which the two men discussed how much pubic hair a particular woman had ...
"She remembered one call in the mid-1990s on which the two men discussed how much pubic hair a particular woman had ...
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Representative Jim Himes, the senior Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee:
“Pete Hegseth happily releases a video after each strike... He recognizes when the American people see this video, they will be repulsed. It is basically the summary execution of two people clinging to wreckage.”
“Pete Hegseth happily releases a video after each strike... He recognizes when the American people see this video, they will be repulsed. It is basically the summary execution of two people clinging to wreckage.”
December 19, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Representative Jim Himes, the senior Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee:
“Pete Hegseth happily releases a video after each strike... He recognizes when the American people see this video, they will be repulsed. It is basically the summary execution of two people clinging to wreckage.”
“Pete Hegseth happily releases a video after each strike... He recognizes when the American people see this video, they will be repulsed. It is basically the summary execution of two people clinging to wreckage.”
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