Cactus of Cascadia
@sokchochicken.bsky.social
New Liberal Cascadian and supporter of Antifascists.
Citizen of the world.
If I block you, I won.
Citizen of the world.
If I block you, I won.
Pinned
I'm so pissed about this. Republicans spent $100s of millions in ads to paint Harris as something she was not, and it worked.
Dems need to figure out how to fight this way, but with truth and facts.
Dems need to figure out how to fight this way, but with truth and facts.
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The fact that a reporter was inadvertently given access to this in real time shows that Pete Hegseth & the rest of this crew are bumbling incompetents who are going to get a lot of intelligence officials and others killed at some point. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
March 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The fact that a reporter was inadvertently given access to this in real time shows that Pete Hegseth & the rest of this crew are bumbling incompetents who are going to get a lot of intelligence officials and others killed at some point. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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Still relevant: gregpak.net/2025/02/08/c...
March 24, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Still relevant: gregpak.net/2025/02/08/c...
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Trump just invoked the Alien Enemies Act, so I’ll pass along this good explainer
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
The Alien Enemies Act, Explained
This detention and deportation power poses an alarming risk of abuse and rights violations in both wartime and peacetime.
www.brennancenter.org
March 15, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Trump just invoked the Alien Enemies Act, so I’ll pass along this good explainer
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
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A lot can happen in five months. 🇺🇸
March 11, 2025 at 6:49 PM
A lot can happen in five months. 🇺🇸
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60 MINUTES: “Utter nonsense. The most accountable aid agency in the world is USAID… DOGE fired their top 58 officials within an hour of arriving…”
This was never about efficiency.
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGLXa9r...
This was never about efficiency.
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGLXa9r...
February 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
60 MINUTES: “Utter nonsense. The most accountable aid agency in the world is USAID… DOGE fired their top 58 officials within an hour of arriving…”
This was never about efficiency.
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGLXa9r...
This was never about efficiency.
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGLXa9r...
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Whenever you hear someone sneer about scientific research that seems useless to them — “they’re studying the spit of lizards?!” — remind them that’s exactly how we got Ozempic.
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.ca
In 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic.
globalnews.ca
February 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Whenever you hear someone sneer about scientific research that seems useless to them — “they’re studying the spit of lizards?!” — remind them that’s exactly how we got Ozempic.
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
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The real story after the tariffs are imposed is to watch who Trump gives waivers to, and what they did to get them.
February 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The real story after the tariffs are imposed is to watch who Trump gives waivers to, and what they did to get them.
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Tell me the Dem messaging that would magically win the hearts and minds of white voters who would rather die than let Black people have anything.
January 31, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Tell me the Dem messaging that would magically win the hearts and minds of white voters who would rather die than let Black people have anything.
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Also unacceptable: continuing to use unequivocally false stats on in office presence. Half of federal workers cannot telework AT ALL, and those that can are in the office 60% of the time, consistent with peers in the private sector. Stop validating lies.
January 28, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Also unacceptable: continuing to use unequivocally false stats on in office presence. Half of federal workers cannot telework AT ALL, and those that can are in the office 60% of the time, consistent with peers in the private sector. Stop validating lies.
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House GOP can't subpoena Cassidy Hutchinson about Liz Cheney talking to her because so many of them sent her sexually explicit texts.
wapo.st/4hKX6L1
wapo.st/4hKX6L1
January 23, 2025 at 8:02 PM
House GOP can't subpoena Cassidy Hutchinson about Liz Cheney talking to her because so many of them sent her sexually explicit texts.
wapo.st/4hKX6L1
wapo.st/4hKX6L1
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And... that's what matters. Because it only violates the law if the gov't engages in *coercive* pressure, which it didn't do here. The gov't tried to persuade the company, the company said no. That's... not unusual. Nor is it a violation of free speech.
January 11, 2025 at 12:28 AM
And... that's what matters. Because it only violates the law if the gov't engages in *coercive* pressure, which it didn't do here. The gov't tried to persuade the company, the company said no. That's... not unusual. Nor is it a violation of free speech.
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WATCH: “This says everything.”
Almost all Republicans think the votes were counted accurately — when their guy won. 🧐
Weird how the Dems forgot to *steal* the election when they were actually in power. 🤷🏻
Almost all Republicans think the votes were counted accurately — when their guy won. 🧐
Weird how the Dems forgot to *steal* the election when they were actually in power. 🤷🏻
January 7, 2025 at 2:04 PM
WATCH: “This says everything.”
Almost all Republicans think the votes were counted accurately — when their guy won. 🧐
Weird how the Dems forgot to *steal* the election when they were actually in power. 🤷🏻
Almost all Republicans think the votes were counted accurately — when their guy won. 🧐
Weird how the Dems forgot to *steal* the election when they were actually in power. 🤷🏻
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PHD researcher @ezrahowru.bsky.social points out even the voucher schools @GovBillLee is using as examples are underperforming public schools — and raising tuition after vouchers.
You’d think Lee would find better examples but they just don’t care. (Or can’t)
December 27, 2024 at 4:31 PM
PHD researcher @ezrahowru.bsky.social points out even the voucher schools @GovBillLee is using as examples are underperforming public schools — and raising tuition after vouchers.
You’d think Lee would find better examples but they just don’t care. (Or can’t)
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Folks, the economy is so bad that holiday consumer spending jumped 3.8% over last year and GDP was revised up to 3.1%.
Or as Fox News would put it, the breadlines are forming.
Or as Fox News would put it, the breadlines are forming.
December 27, 2024 at 4:45 PM
Folks, the economy is so bad that holiday consumer spending jumped 3.8% over last year and GDP was revised up to 3.1%.
Or as Fox News would put it, the breadlines are forming.
Or as Fox News would put it, the breadlines are forming.
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9. From slavery to Chinese railroad workers to the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory to today's overseas sweatshops, exploited labor by marginalized peoples has always propped up the US economy.
December 25, 2024 at 10:09 PM
9. From slavery to Chinese railroad workers to the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory to today's overseas sweatshops, exploited labor by marginalized peoples has always propped up the US economy.
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Me, a public health person, just sitting over here reflecting on the fact that the US has experienced a 7% increase in infant mortality post-Dobbs.
Like, do you realize what that says about this society from an ethical perspective? That we made policy choices that caused this?
#PHEthx
Like, do you realize what that says about this society from an ethical perspective? That we made policy choices that caused this?
#PHEthx
Infant Mortality Increases Across US Following Dobbs Decision
The Dobbs decision was associated with a 7% absolute increase in overall infant mortality—equivalent to 247 excess deaths—and a 10% increase among infants with congenital anomalies, corresponding to 2...
www.ajmc.com
December 17, 2024 at 6:29 PM
Me, a public health person, just sitting over here reflecting on the fact that the US has experienced a 7% increase in infant mortality post-Dobbs.
Like, do you realize what that says about this society from an ethical perspective? That we made policy choices that caused this?
#PHEthx
Like, do you realize what that says about this society from an ethical perspective? That we made policy choices that caused this?
#PHEthx
How do Americans not understand that our entire food production system is held up by undocumented labor?
TRUMP-VOTING SOUTH DAKOTA FARMER: “Half our workers are foreign-born… it’s an open secret farms are held up by undocumented workers… if they round them up within 2 days we won’t have food… we have to trust (Trump) won’t do what they say they will.” 🤔😕
December 13, 2024 at 5:25 PM
How do Americans not understand that our entire food production system is held up by undocumented labor?
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TRUMP-VOTING SOUTH DAKOTA FARMER: “Half our workers are foreign-born… it’s an open secret farms are held up by undocumented workers… if they round them up within 2 days we won’t have food… we have to trust (Trump) won’t do what they say they will.” 🤔😕
December 13, 2024 at 2:59 AM
TRUMP-VOTING SOUTH DAKOTA FARMER: “Half our workers are foreign-born… it’s an open secret farms are held up by undocumented workers… if they round them up within 2 days we won’t have food… we have to trust (Trump) won’t do what they say they will.” 🤔😕
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President Biden and Democrats created over 16 million jobs, the most in any single presidential term, the lowest average unemployment of any administration in over 50 years and the smallest racial wealth gap in 20 years.
Trump was the first President in 100 years to lose jobs when he left office!
Trump was the first President in 100 years to lose jobs when he left office!
December 11, 2024 at 7:50 PM
President Biden and Democrats created over 16 million jobs, the most in any single presidential term, the lowest average unemployment of any administration in over 50 years and the smallest racial wealth gap in 20 years.
Trump was the first President in 100 years to lose jobs when he left office!
Trump was the first President in 100 years to lose jobs when he left office!
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Cancelling $4T in taxes for 815 billionaires but not $1.7T in student debt for 40M Americans is the modern version of let them eat cake.
December 10, 2024 at 7:10 PM
Cancelling $4T in taxes for 815 billionaires but not $1.7T in student debt for 40M Americans is the modern version of let them eat cake.
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This opinion piece talking to 14 Trump voters is .... well, to put it generously, we live in different worlds.
"These 14 Voters Think Trump Has One Mandate Above All, and It’s Not About the Economy" www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
"These 14 Voters Think Trump Has One Mandate Above All, and It’s Not About the Economy" www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
December 10, 2024 at 6:02 PM
This opinion piece talking to 14 Trump voters is .... well, to put it generously, we live in different worlds.
"These 14 Voters Think Trump Has One Mandate Above All, and It’s Not About the Economy" www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
"These 14 Voters Think Trump Has One Mandate Above All, and It’s Not About the Economy" www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Any person who thinks that you can message your way around THIS? You are delusional.
They're going to have to FAFO.
They're going to have to FAFO.
December 10, 2024 at 6:06 PM
Any person who thinks that you can message your way around THIS? You are delusional.
They're going to have to FAFO.
They're going to have to FAFO.