Melissa Garrett
@superjellybbybuffy.bsky.social
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The $4 billion that the United States pledged for the global HIV response for 2025 disappeared virtually overnight in January when U.S. President Donald Trump ordered that all foreign aid be suspended and later moved to shutter the U.S. AID agency. buff.ly/UlCA9tO
Loss of U.S. funding for HIV programs could leave millions dead if not replaced, UN says
Years of American-led investment into AIDS programs has reduced the number of people killed by the disease to the lowest levels in more than three decades.
www.pbs.org
July 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The $4 billion that the United States pledged for the global HIV response for 2025 disappeared virtually overnight in January when U.S. President Donald Trump ordered that all foreign aid be suspended and later moved to shutter the U.S. AID agency. buff.ly/UlCA9tO
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An astonishing figure in this piece:
Last year, the U.S. budgeted $12.8B for new affordable housing.
This country is now poised to spend $45B on immigrant detention centers.
That's nearly *four times* as much on cages as on homes—in the middle of a devastating housing and homelessness crisis.
Last year, the U.S. budgeted $12.8B for new affordable housing.
This country is now poised to spend $45B on immigrant detention centers.
That's nearly *four times* as much on cages as on homes—in the middle of a devastating housing and homelessness crisis.
Are We About to Have Labor Camps in the United States of America?
If you think that’s far-fetched, then you really haven’t been paying attention to what the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress have been up to lately.
newrepublic.com
July 7, 2025 at 1:31 PM
An astonishing figure in this piece:
Last year, the U.S. budgeted $12.8B for new affordable housing.
This country is now poised to spend $45B on immigrant detention centers.
That's nearly *four times* as much on cages as on homes—in the middle of a devastating housing and homelessness crisis.
Last year, the U.S. budgeted $12.8B for new affordable housing.
This country is now poised to spend $45B on immigrant detention centers.
That's nearly *four times* as much on cages as on homes—in the middle of a devastating housing and homelessness crisis.
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Billionaires’ wealth surged $6.5tn over past decade, Oxfam reports
Billionaires’ wealth surged $6.5tn over past decade, Oxfam reports
Real-terms gains of $33.9tn for world’s richest 1% ‘enough to end annual global poverty 22 times over’, charity says
The wealth of the world’s 3,000 billionaires has surged by $6.5tn (£4.8tn) in real terms over the past decade, according to Oxfam, equivalent to 14.6% of global output.
In total the richest 1% of the global population has gained at least $33.9tn in real terms, which the charity said was “enough to end annual global poverty 22 times over”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
June 25, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Billionaires’ wealth surged $6.5tn over past decade, Oxfam reports
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And then this shit just came out.
When you’re making over $700k a year, gaining $12k is nothing. It’s a nice vacation, redoing the garage, giving a niece/nephew a car.
When you’re making $23k a year, losing $1600 is “are we paying for food or for the house or for medical bills” territory.
When you’re making over $700k a year, gaining $12k is nothing. It’s a nice vacation, redoing the garage, giving a niece/nephew a car.
When you’re making $23k a year, losing $1600 is “are we paying for food or for the house or for medical bills” territory.
Budzinski: Families making over $700,000 a year will see a boost of $12,000 almost entirely from tax cuts. Shockingly, households making $23,000 a year or less are set to lose about $1600 a year, mostly due to deep cuts to Medicaid and food assistance
June 26, 2025 at 12:16 AM
And then this shit just came out.
When you’re making over $700k a year, gaining $12k is nothing. It’s a nice vacation, redoing the garage, giving a niece/nephew a car.
When you’re making $23k a year, losing $1600 is “are we paying for food or for the house or for medical bills” territory.
When you’re making over $700k a year, gaining $12k is nothing. It’s a nice vacation, redoing the garage, giving a niece/nephew a car.
When you’re making $23k a year, losing $1600 is “are we paying for food or for the house or for medical bills” territory.
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Today's newsletter is about how @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social shows that you can run on "kitchen table issues" without throwing vulnerable people to the wolves — and win!
www.readtpa.com/p/want-to-kn...
www.readtpa.com/p/want-to-kn...
Want to Know How Democrats Should Handle Trans Rights? Ask Zohran Mamdani
The 33-year-old socialist just crushed Andrew Cuomo by doing what many national Democrats won't: having convictions.
www.readtpa.com
June 25, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Today's newsletter is about how @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social shows that you can run on "kitchen table issues" without throwing vulnerable people to the wolves — and win!
www.readtpa.com/p/want-to-kn...
www.readtpa.com/p/want-to-kn...
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The maddening thing is that this would have been PAINFULLY OBVIOUS if they had ANY EXPERIENCE AT ALL working with the government! In any way! Or if they had asked a single question!! 😖
“I personally was pretty surprised, actually, at how efficient the government was,” Sahil Lavingia told NPR's Juana Summers.
Former DOGE engineer says federal waste and fraud were 'relatively nonexistent'
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Sahil Lavingia, who worked for the Department of Government Efficiency as a software engineer assigned to the Department of Veterans Affairs, about his experience.
www.npr.org
June 26, 2025 at 12:23 AM
The maddening thing is that this would have been PAINFULLY OBVIOUS if they had ANY EXPERIENCE AT ALL working with the government! In any way! Or if they had asked a single question!! 😖
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The dollar fell after the Wall Street Journal reported Donald Trump is considering announcing his choice for the next Federal Reserve chairman early on his view Jerome Powell has been too slow to cut interest rates
Dollar Weakens as Trump Considers Naming Next Fed Chair Early
The dollar fell after the Wall Street Journal said Donald Trump is considering announcing his choice for the next Federal Reserve chairman early on his view Jerome Powell has been too slow to cut interest rates.
bloom.bg
June 26, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The dollar fell after the Wall Street Journal reported Donald Trump is considering announcing his choice for the next Federal Reserve chairman early on his view Jerome Powell has been too slow to cut interest rates
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This report clearly shows elderly people being zip tied in their wheelchairs. This is where we’re at.
The bill is trash and it will hurt people. Full stop.
youtu.be/g5c2xdtH410?...
The bill is trash and it will hurt people. Full stop.
youtu.be/g5c2xdtH410?...
People in wheelchairs zip-tied and escorted out of Capitol during Medicaid cuts protest
YouTube video by Scripps News
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June 26, 2025 at 1:24 AM
This report clearly shows elderly people being zip tied in their wheelchairs. This is where we’re at.
The bill is trash and it will hurt people. Full stop.
youtu.be/g5c2xdtH410?...
The bill is trash and it will hurt people. Full stop.
youtu.be/g5c2xdtH410?...
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The man at left separated the mother and baby at right. The mother is now in Venezuela. Baby daughter, in foster care in the US, exact location unknown.
Dad? He's in CECOT prison without trial — because he had tattoos.
Dad? He's in CECOT prison without trial — because he had tattoos.
April 29, 2025 at 8:02 PM
The man at left separated the mother and baby at right. The mother is now in Venezuela. Baby daughter, in foster care in the US, exact location unknown.
Dad? He's in CECOT prison without trial — because he had tattoos.
Dad? He's in CECOT prison without trial — because he had tattoos.
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Judge rules Mahmoud Khalil can be deported for campus protests
https://www.ft.com/content/43ac70a8-da62-4550-af48-f0aedbce6e5b
https://www.ft.com/content/43ac70a8-da62-4550-af48-f0aedbce6e5b
Judge rules Mahmoud Khalil can be deported for campus protests
Columbia University Graduate student at centre of Trump case against pro-Palestinian activism is expected to appeal
www.ft.com
April 11, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Judge rules Mahmoud Khalil can be deported for campus protests
https://www.ft.com/content/43ac70a8-da62-4550-af48-f0aedbce6e5b
https://www.ft.com/content/43ac70a8-da62-4550-af48-f0aedbce6e5b
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US fires Greenland base commander after JD Vance visit
https://www.ft.com/content/7e4427e8-b30c-4245-b524-e268c8004f42
https://www.ft.com/content/7e4427e8-b30c-4245-b524-e268c8004f42
US fires Greenland base commander after JD Vance visit
Col Susannah Meyers accused of ‘subverting’ Donald Trump’s agenda
www.ft.com
April 11, 2025 at 8:54 AM
US fires Greenland base commander after JD Vance visit
https://www.ft.com/content/7e4427e8-b30c-4245-b524-e268c8004f42
https://www.ft.com/content/7e4427e8-b30c-4245-b524-e268c8004f42
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March 26, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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REP. CROCKETT: “According to them the biggest issue we have is trans kids wanting to play sports… Since when?!”
March 21, 2025 at 9:29 PM
REP. CROCKETT: “According to them the biggest issue we have is trans kids wanting to play sports… Since when?!”
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DOGE staffer violated Treasury rules by emailing unencrypted personal data
DOGE staffer violated Treasury rules by emailing unencrypted personal data
Marko Elez emailed a spreadsheet containing personal information to two Trump administration officials.
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tcrn.ch
March 17, 2025 at 3:24 PM
DOGE staffer violated Treasury rules by emailing unencrypted personal data
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WATCH: “Where will that money to serve our students with disabilities and low income families come from?”
A special ed teacher in Iowa asks Gov Walz what happens to millions in support for those kids if the Department of Education is eliminated by Trump
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DHThzDh...
A special ed teacher in Iowa asks Gov Walz what happens to millions in support for those kids if the Department of Education is eliminated by Trump
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DHThzDh...
March 17, 2025 at 3:28 PM
WATCH: “Where will that money to serve our students with disabilities and low income families come from?”
A special ed teacher in Iowa asks Gov Walz what happens to millions in support for those kids if the Department of Education is eliminated by Trump
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DHThzDh...
A special ed teacher in Iowa asks Gov Walz what happens to millions in support for those kids if the Department of Education is eliminated by Trump
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DHThzDh...
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Wow, this seems like something the USDA Inspector General should be reporting on...oh
March 17, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Wow, this seems like something the USDA Inspector General should be reporting on...oh
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The National Institutes of Health is terminating dozens of studies examining why people are hesitant about vaccines and how to increase uptake. mRNA vaccine research may be on the chopping block, too.
NIH cuts funding for vaccine hesitancy research and and may target mRNA research too
The National Institutes of Health is terminating dozens of studies examining why people are hesitant about vaccines and how to increase uptake. mRNA vaccine research may be on the chopping block, too.
www.npr.org
March 12, 2025 at 10:56 PM
The National Institutes of Health is terminating dozens of studies examining why people are hesitant about vaccines and how to increase uptake. mRNA vaccine research may be on the chopping block, too.
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Reposted by Melissa Garrett
“The FBI is moving to criminalize groups like Habitat for Humanity for receiving grants from the Environmental Protection Agency under the Biden administration… targeted harassment…” newrepublic.com/post/192660/...
March 13, 2025 at 11:56 AM
“The FBI is moving to criminalize groups like Habitat for Humanity for receiving grants from the Environmental Protection Agency under the Biden administration… targeted harassment…” newrepublic.com/post/192660/...
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Former Trump spiritual adviser faces charges of lewd acts with a child
Former Trump spiritual adviser faces charges of lewd acts with a child
Texas megachurch founder Robert Morris indicted in Oklahoma on five counts over alleged misconduct in 1982
The Texas megachurch founder and pastor Robert Morris has been indicted on five criminal counts of lewd or indecent acts with a child, from…
www.theguardian.com
March 13, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Former Trump spiritual adviser faces charges of lewd acts with a child
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Don’t tell me that Trump/Musk are not trying to destroy Social Security.
30,000 people died last year while waiting to get their benefits.
Under this new policy, those numbers will skyrocket.
We can’t kill seniors so that billionaires get their tax breaks.
30,000 people died last year while waiting to get their benefits.
Under this new policy, those numbers will skyrocket.
We can’t kill seniors so that billionaires get their tax breaks.
March 12, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Don’t tell me that Trump/Musk are not trying to destroy Social Security.
30,000 people died last year while waiting to get their benefits.
Under this new policy, those numbers will skyrocket.
We can’t kill seniors so that billionaires get their tax breaks.
30,000 people died last year while waiting to get their benefits.
Under this new policy, those numbers will skyrocket.
We can’t kill seniors so that billionaires get their tax breaks.
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going to be weird if trump is the antichrist and the secular libs are the only one who realize this
March 12, 2025 at 12:33 PM
going to be weird if trump is the antichrist and the secular libs are the only one who realize this
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Every state’s a red state today
March 10, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Every state’s a red state today