Taraist
@taraist.bsky.social
Political campaign designer. Former journalist. Bunny mom. WWU grad.
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Hundreds of public safety grants cut, worth $500 million, funded initiatives like drug treatment and gun violence prevention programs.
Justice Department cuts to public safety grants leave police and nonprofits scrambling
Hundreds of public safety grants cut, worth $500 million, funded initiatives like drug treatment and gun violence prevention programs.
www.npr.org
May 24, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Hundreds of public safety grants cut, worth $500 million, funded initiatives like drug treatment and gun violence prevention programs.
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Great question. Maybe someone should ask Podium Barbie tomorrow morning.
May 21, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Great question. Maybe someone should ask Podium Barbie tomorrow morning.
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Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.
Diseases are spreading. The CDC isn't warning the public like it was months ago
Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.
www.npr.org
May 21, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.
Saw this "terrorism" on the beach today
May 18, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Saw this "terrorism" on the beach today
"Because unhinged, brain-addled Trump supporters are no longer limited to social media but, indeed, occupy senior administration positions, we watched in real time as this story chugged a bottle of Everclear, put on a tinfoil crown, and started demanding treason trials."
Full story: bit.ly/4k1eiNR
Full story: bit.ly/4k1eiNR
May 18, 2025 at 12:42 AM
"Because unhinged, brain-addled Trump supporters are no longer limited to social media but, indeed, occupy senior administration positions, we watched in real time as this story chugged a bottle of Everclear, put on a tinfoil crown, and started demanding treason trials."
Full story: bit.ly/4k1eiNR
Full story: bit.ly/4k1eiNR
If you think sending any person from this country to a death camp without due process is OK then you are about as unAmerican as you can get. You might as well tear up that document we call the Constitution, chew it up, spit it out and then take a big crap on it because it's worthless at that point.
April 27, 2025 at 11:03 PM
If you think sending any person from this country to a death camp without due process is OK then you are about as unAmerican as you can get. You might as well tear up that document we call the Constitution, chew it up, spit it out and then take a big crap on it because it's worthless at that point.
George Santos claimed his family fled the Nazis and backtracked by saying he’s “Jew-ish.”
April 25, 2025 at 10:10 PM
George Santos claimed his family fled the Nazis and backtracked by saying he’s “Jew-ish.”
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This administration has fired crisis counselors for our veterans and now for kids. This bullshit doesn’t make us great.
Any one of these calls could be life or death for a child. This senseless act of cruelty will kill people and they know it.
Any one of these calls could be life or death for a child. This senseless act of cruelty will kill people and they know it.
April 23, 2025 at 1:22 AM
This administration has fired crisis counselors for our veterans and now for kids. This bullshit doesn’t make us great.
Any one of these calls could be life or death for a child. This senseless act of cruelty will kill people and they know it.
Any one of these calls could be life or death for a child. This senseless act of cruelty will kill people and they know it.
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Numbers in the billions and trillions are hard to comprehend.
🤓 So we made this to show:
1. How much Elon promised DOGE would save in 2024
2. His walkback in 2025
3. What he's now projecting
4. Savings itemized to a source (we're generous to call this substantiated)
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/u...
🤓 So we made this to show:
1. How much Elon promised DOGE would save in 2024
2. His walkback in 2025
3. What he's now projecting
4. Savings itemized to a source (we're generous to call this substantiated)
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/u...
April 16, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Numbers in the billions and trillions are hard to comprehend.
🤓 So we made this to show:
1. How much Elon promised DOGE would save in 2024
2. His walkback in 2025
3. What he's now projecting
4. Savings itemized to a source (we're generous to call this substantiated)
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/u...
🤓 So we made this to show:
1. How much Elon promised DOGE would save in 2024
2. His walkback in 2025
3. What he's now projecting
4. Savings itemized to a source (we're generous to call this substantiated)
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/u...
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Got a new one today when the press secretary accused him of being a "human trafficker" just absolutely out of thin air!
Just so we’re clear, everybody calling Kilmar Abrego Garcia a “terrorist” or a “gang member” are lying, and they know they’re lying, and they repeat it for purposes of confusing people who don’t follow this stuff closely into accepting what was done to him.
April 15, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Got a new one today when the press secretary accused him of being a "human trafficker" just absolutely out of thin air!
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This asshole lives in opposite land. Everything he says is the opposite of what the reality is. It’s mind numbing.
April 16, 2025 at 12:04 AM
This asshole lives in opposite land. Everything he says is the opposite of what the reality is. It’s mind numbing.
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Disappearing people without any due process is fascism — full stop. I’m sick to my stomach and we all should be.
April 13, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Disappearing people without any due process is fascism — full stop. I’m sick to my stomach and we all should be.
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Today a client left me a gift! I named him Bernie, and he will be my protest buddy!
April 12, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Today a client left me a gift! I named him Bernie, and he will be my protest buddy!
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BREAKING: 36k people showed up in LA for Bernie and AOC’s rally. In the off year.
Americans are pissed — and anyone ignoring that is making a big mistake.
Americans are pissed — and anyone ignoring that is making a big mistake.
April 12, 2025 at 10:11 PM
BREAKING: 36k people showed up in LA for Bernie and AOC’s rally. In the off year.
Americans are pissed — and anyone ignoring that is making a big mistake.
Americans are pissed — and anyone ignoring that is making a big mistake.
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April 12, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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To collect tips, we use encrypted forms and apps, so messages cannot be read by anybody other than you and ProPublica.
➡️ Reach out here: propublica.org/tips
To collect tips, we use encrypted forms and apps, so messages cannot be read by anybody other than you and ProPublica.
➡️ Reach out here: propublica.org/tips
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Treasury bonds are traditionally seen as a safe haven in times of economic turmoil, because they offer investors a guaranteed payment backed by the U.S. government. Instead, investors are selling the assets.
Here's what to know.
Here's what to know.
Another Rocky Day in Markets: Stocks and Bonds Sink
With the S&P 500 near a bear market, shares in Europe and Asia fell as China and other major U.S. trading partners confronted significantly higher tariffs. Investors also sold U.S. bonds.
www.nytimes.com
April 9, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Treasury bonds are traditionally seen as a safe haven in times of economic turmoil, because they offer investors a guaranteed payment backed by the U.S. government. Instead, investors are selling the assets.
Here's what to know.
Here's what to know.
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War hero schools a chickenhawk.
April 9, 2025 at 1:58 AM
War hero schools a chickenhawk.
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Happy National Bunny Day!
April 6, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Happy National Bunny Day!
National Bunny Day is this Sunday!
April 4, 2025 at 9:16 AM
National Bunny Day is this Sunday!