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Sherene
@sherenekatherine.bsky.social
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HIV researcher, Wife, Mom, Tarheel, concerned citizen who likes democracy. My words are my own.
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
February 9, 2025 at 8:40 PM
sherenekatherine.bsky.social
Elon Musk reportedly spent $40M on #Superbowl ads calling #USAID wasteful. Here’s how
we would’ve spent that $$:
🏈Bought 29K tons of produce and vegetable oil from American farmers to feed people,
reducing mass migration youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8 #saveforeignaid
youtu.be
February 9, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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propublica.org
House GOP members are figuring out which of Trump's promised tax cuts to propose into law and how to pay for them. Among their targets: slashing benefits for single mothers and the poor who rely on government health care.

By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & @justinelliott.bsky.social
To Pay for Trump Tax Cuts, House GOP Floats Plan to Slash Benefits for the Poor and Working Class
A menu of options being circulated by congressional Republicans also includes new tax cuts for corporations and the ultrawealthy.
www.propublica.org
January 30, 2025 at 1:01 PM
sherenekatherine.bsky.social
Yikes! This is the person that would will be in charge of FEMA.....

Sen. Blumenthal: You would agree with me that withholding disaster relief by President Trump is a violation of his duty and law.

Kristi Noem: Elections have consequences...
January 22, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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schatz.bsky.social
These people are ripping you off.
January 18, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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simonwdc.bsky.social
One of Russia’s earliest info ops in the social media age US was promoting anti-vaxx. For it rips deeply into social cohesion and has added benefit of killing Americans.
January 18, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
It is unconscionable to hold disaster victims hostage as part of a scheme to pass massive tax breaks for billionaires and wealthy corporations.

Let me politely articulate our position to House Republicans.

Get lost.
January 18, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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simonwdc.bsky.social
From Hopium:
- Rs are exploring a series of middle class tax INCREASES to pay for tax cuts for wealthy Americans and corporations
- Newsom is forging a new info war playbook for Democrats
- Biden’s last interview
- Doing more, worrying less in 2025
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www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/newsom-fig...
Newsom Fights The Info War, Rs Exploring Middle Class Tax INCREASES, Biden's Last Interview, Doing More and Worrying Less
Paid subscribers gather this Wednesday at 7pm ET/Welcome New Subscribers!
www.hopiumchronicles.com
January 18, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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propublica.org
The story behind ProPublica’s new Private School Demographics database began with our need to understand how many “segregation academies” still operate — and where.

By @jenniferberryhawes.bsky.social
January 18, 2025 at 12:07 PM
sherenekatherine.bsky.social
Read the entire string of comments. It’s quite awful what the Republicans have planned. They are going to give handouts to billionaires and corporations while taxing your kid’s scholarship to go to college.
wyden.senate.gov Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · Jan 17
NEW: My staff just got ahold of this memo from House Budget Committee Republicans. It's lengthy and hard to digest but it tells us exactly how Republicans plan to sell out the American people for another round of tax cuts to the rich. We're breaking down the highlights as we go:
www.finance.senate.gov
January 18, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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wyden.senate.gov
Republicans talk about inflation and the cost of living, but here’s their plan to massively increase the cost of home ownership by making mortgages more expensive:
Eliminate the Home Mortgage Interest Deduction About $1.0 trillion in 10-year savings relative to TCJA extension VIABILITY: HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW This option would fully repeal the deduction for mortgage interest on primary residences. This is a Tax Foundation score.
January 17, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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wyden.senate.gov
No kidding, they want to cut funding for clean air in classrooms:
Title VI Programs include ($4.64 billion): o Clean heavy-duty vehicles ($621 million) o Grants to reduce air pollution at ports ($1.8 billion) o Diesel emissions reductions ($20 million) o Funding to address air pollution ($40 million) o Funding to address air pollution at schools ($4 million) o Low emissions electricity program ($20 million) o EPA production declaration assistance ($44 million) o Methane emissions reduction grants ($698 million) o Climate pollution reduction grants ($2 million) o Low embodied carbon labeling for construction materials ($30 million) o Environmental and Climate Justice Block Grant ($1.4 billion)
January 17, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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wyden.senate.gov
The Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit is the largest tax cut for child care on the books today. It saves parents thousands of dollars per year. Republicans have plans to eliminate it.
Eliminate Credit for Child and Dependent Care $55 billion in 10-year savings VIABILITY: HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW Taxpayers can claim a credit for a portion of their child and dependent care expenses (up to $2,100). This option would remove the child and dependent care credit, yielding $55 billion in savings over 10 years.
January 17, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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wyden.senate.gov
This one is Washington Speak for Republicans are going to lay off hundreds of thousands of manufacturing workers in America and go back to picking winners and losers in our energy industry.
Repeal Title I of IRA (Excluding: 45Q Carbon Sequestration, 45U Nuclear Power, 45Z Clean Fuels, and EV Tax Credit) $404.7 billion in 10-year savings VIABILITY: HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW Reducing 45Q, 45U, and 45Z would streamline and reduce government intervention in the energy industry that props up the green energy sector and distorts market competition.
January 17, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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wyden.senate.gov
Trump lies all the time about who will pay his tariffs. It’s a $2 trillion tax hike on consumer goods, and Americans will be the ones who pay for it. A devastating increase in the cost of living for working families and a huge hike in operating costs for small businesses.
10 Percent Tariff $1.9 trillion in 10-year savings VIABILITY: HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW This option would create a 10% across the board tariff on all imports.
January 17, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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wyden.senate.gov
They want to repeal the IRA’s energy tax credits, which are what lowers carbon emissions and invests in clean energy. At a time when energy production in America is booming and clean energy is taking off, Republicans want to surrender the clean energy industry to China and raise your energy bills.
Repeal Green Energy Tax Credits Up to $796 billion in 10-year savings VIABILITY: HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW This option would repeal credits created and expanded under the Inflation Reduction Act. These credits are related to clean vehicles, clean energy, efficient building and home energy, carbon sequestration, sustainable aviation fuels, environmental justice, biofuel, and more. The full cost of the IRA provisions is about $329 billion, which becomes about $800 billion when paired with the tailpipe emission rule designed to dramatically increase the uptake of EVs and EV credit use. Based on political will, there are several smaller reform options available (starting as low as $3 billion) that would repeal a smaller portion of these credits.
January 17, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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wyden.senate.gov
Somebody’s gotta pay for all those corporate tax breaks. Republicans want to begin with a $192 billion tax increase on single parents:
Eliminate Head of Household Filing Status $192 billion in 10-year savings VIABILITY: HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW The Head of Household filing status provides a larger standard deduction for unmarried individuals who have children. This option would eliminate the Head of Household filing status.
January 17, 2025 at 8:01 PM
sherenekatherine.bsky.social

This situation is just a preview of the chaos and misinformation that will be sown by the oligarchs with the next administration.
Misinformation Spreads Like Wildfire Online While LA Neighborhoods Burn - Inside Climate News
Misleading claims and falsehoods about water and firefighting resources distracted from the unprecedented conditions that left Los Angeles primed for the most destructive fire in its history.
insideclimatenews.org
January 12, 2025 at 12:59 PM
sherenekatherine.bsky.social
What?! How can one be a US Supreme Court justice and engage in this nonsense?!

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/08/u...
Alito Spoke With Trump Shortly Before Supreme Court Filing (Gift Article)
The justice said that the call was a job reference for one of his former clerks and that the request to stay the president-elect’s sentencing did not come up.
www.nytimes.com
January 9, 2025 at 2:21 PM
sherenekatherine.bsky.social
Great reporting from The Assembly on how the NCGA is funding crisis pregnancy centers. These are not regulated healthcare facilities.
www.theassemblync.com/health/nc-cr...
How the N.C. Legislature Bankrolls Anti-Abortion Centers
Over the past three years, the state legislature has given $30 million to crisis pregnancy centers, with little oversight or outcomes.
www.theassemblync.com
January 9, 2025 at 1:31 AM
sherenekatherine.bsky.social
Photo finish by UNC. Yikes that was close!
January 4, 2025 at 7:15 PM