@tortieservant.bsky.social
Humanitarian, public servant, disaster response, servant to an incorrigible tortie cat, resister, anti-fascist. 💙
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If you have it please donate cash to the food banks. $10 in their hands will feed more people than the $10 worth of canned goods you can buy for retail prices. Also check on your elders. Many of them will not admit they rely on these programs so grocery gift cards or a surprise bag of staples
US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month reut.rs/3WohHMk
US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Saturday that food benefits under one of the country's biggest social assistance programs will not be issued next month amid the ongoing federal government shutdown.
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October 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
If you have it please donate cash to the food banks. $10 in their hands will feed more people than the $10 worth of canned goods you can buy for retail prices. Also check on your elders. Many of them will not admit they rely on these programs so grocery gift cards or a surprise bag of staples
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The Trump administration has enacted a sweeping suspension of approvals of almost all types of visitor visas for Palestinian passport holders, according to U.S. officials. The move will stop, at least temporarily, travel for medical treatment, business, attending university or visiting relatives.
U.S. Suspends Visas for Palestinian Passport Holders, Officials Say
www.nytimes.com
August 31, 2025 at 9:32 PM
The Trump administration has enacted a sweeping suspension of approvals of almost all types of visitor visas for Palestinian passport holders, according to U.S. officials. The move will stop, at least temporarily, travel for medical treatment, business, attending university or visiting relatives.
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I like the rebrand.
September 1, 2025 at 1:05 AM
I like the rebrand.
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Can the media STOP referring to Jeffrey Epstein as a “financier”? The money he made came from SEX TRAFFICKING MINORS, RAPING CHILDREN, and BLACKMAIL. He was NOT a financier. I’ve seen at least five stories from three outlets refer to him this way in the past week. This is the latest from the Times:
September 1, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Can the media STOP referring to Jeffrey Epstein as a “financier”? The money he made came from SEX TRAFFICKING MINORS, RAPING CHILDREN, and BLACKMAIL. He was NOT a financier. I’ve seen at least five stories from three outlets refer to him this way in the past week. This is the latest from the Times:
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Sorry food workers just know I've been there. I feel for you.
August 31, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Sorry food workers just know I've been there. I feel for you.
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Science is real
August 31, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Science is real
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I didn’t know it but now I need a baby donkey 😂💗
August 31, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I didn’t know it but now I need a baby donkey 😂💗
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One of President Donald Trump's biographers revealed on Sunday that the president may have a difficult time getting rid of one of his cabinet secretaries because they play an important role in his relationship with the MAGA base.
Biographer reveals 'problematic' RFK Jr. is 'protection' against Trump's key weakness
One of President Donald Trump's biographers revealed on Sunday that the president may have a difficult time getting rid of one of his cabinet secretaries because they play an important role in his relationship with the MAGA base. Michael Wolff, who has written four books on Trump, discussed the late...
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September 1, 2025 at 4:00 AM
One of President Donald Trump's biographers revealed on Sunday that the president may have a difficult time getting rid of one of his cabinet secretaries because they play an important role in his relationship with the MAGA base.
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Mad about Medicaid cuts? Frustrated by tax breaks for super rich while the rest of us barely get by? Angry that families are getting ripped apart? Turn that anger into action this Sat (7/26) at 2pm outside the MPLS Labor Center at the #FamiliesFirst rally/march! RSVP: www.mobilize.us/familiesfirs...
July 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Mad about Medicaid cuts? Frustrated by tax breaks for super rich while the rest of us barely get by? Angry that families are getting ripped apart? Turn that anger into action this Sat (7/26) at 2pm outside the MPLS Labor Center at the #FamiliesFirst rally/march! RSVP: www.mobilize.us/familiesfirs...
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“I told them I was an American citizen. I questioned why they were using those tactics on me. I asked about my constitutional rights. An officer outright said out loud that I have no constitutional rights at a point of entry,” says Wilmer Chavarria, a school superintendent in Vermont.
‘Praying for it to end’: Vermont superintendent speaks out after ICE interrogation
YouTube video by MSNBC
www.youtube.com
July 26, 2025 at 1:39 AM
“I told them I was an American citizen. I questioned why they were using those tactics on me. I asked about my constitutional rights. An officer outright said out loud that I have no constitutional rights at a point of entry,” says Wilmer Chavarria, a school superintendent in Vermont.
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ProPublica spoke to about 150 people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.”
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: projects.propublica.org/impact-of-ho...
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: projects.propublica.org/impact-of-ho...
July 26, 2025 at 3:15 AM
ProPublica spoke to about 150 people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.”
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: projects.propublica.org/impact-of-ho...
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: projects.propublica.org/impact-of-ho...
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“It was a nightmare.”
“(The guards) tortured us physically and psychologically.”
“We were like chickens or rats locked up … and they shot us with rubber bullets.”
Words from Venezuelan migrants sent to a prison in El Salvador.
Unimaginable cruelty. www.cnn.com/2025/07/23/a...
“(The guards) tortured us physically and psychologically.”
“We were like chickens or rats locked up … and they shot us with rubber bullets.”
Words from Venezuelan migrants sent to a prison in El Salvador.
Unimaginable cruelty. www.cnn.com/2025/07/23/a...
‘It was a nightmare’: Venezuelans deported from US describe conditions in Salvadoran prison | CNN
For months, they say, they were beaten by prison guards, shot with pellets, deprived of adequate medical care and denied any due process inside El Salvador’s Center for Terrorism Confinement.
www.cnn.com
July 25, 2025 at 3:52 PM
“It was a nightmare.”
“(The guards) tortured us physically and psychologically.”
“We were like chickens or rats locked up … and they shot us with rubber bullets.”
Words from Venezuelan migrants sent to a prison in El Salvador.
Unimaginable cruelty. www.cnn.com/2025/07/23/a...
“(The guards) tortured us physically and psychologically.”
“We were like chickens or rats locked up … and they shot us with rubber bullets.”
Words from Venezuelan migrants sent to a prison in El Salvador.
Unimaginable cruelty. www.cnn.com/2025/07/23/a...
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BREAKING: Israeli attacks across Gaza have killed at least 51 Palestinians, including 23 aid seekers, since dawn, medical sources told Al Jazeera.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/g6lam8
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/g6lam8
July 26, 2025 at 2:18 PM
BREAKING: Israeli attacks across Gaza have killed at least 51 Palestinians, including 23 aid seekers, since dawn, medical sources told Al Jazeera.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/g6lam8
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/g6lam8
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Virginia’s economy is under attack — yet the Youngkin-Sears Administration continues to dismiss these threats.
July 25, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Virginia’s economy is under attack — yet the Youngkin-Sears Administration continues to dismiss these threats.
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As Governor, I’m prepared to grow Virginia — our workforce, our business investments, and our trade opportunities.
July 26, 2025 at 12:01 AM
As Governor, I’m prepared to grow Virginia — our workforce, our business investments, and our trade opportunities.
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NEW: Nathan Albers once co-owned a company that schemed to hire and conceal undocumented workers.
Now his company could make hundreds of millions from work on the nation's largest detention camp.
“The irony is thick,” said a former DHS official.
Now his company could make hundreds of millions from work on the nation's largest detention camp.
“The irony is thick,” said a former DHS official.
His Former Company Got Caught Employing Undocumented Workers. Now He’s Profiting Off an Immigrant Detention Camp.
Disaster Management Group is one contractor behind the nation’s largest detention camp, to be built at Fort Bliss. It’s run by Nathan Albers, who previously co-owned a company that pleaded guilty to a...
www.propublica.org
July 25, 2025 at 11:15 AM
NEW: Nathan Albers once co-owned a company that schemed to hire and conceal undocumented workers.
Now his company could make hundreds of millions from work on the nation's largest detention camp.
“The irony is thick,” said a former DHS official.
Now his company could make hundreds of millions from work on the nation's largest detention camp.
“The irony is thick,” said a former DHS official.
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Trump Names Musk Foe Interim Head of NASA After Ditching Billionaire’s Ally for Role https://twp.ai/4io6Eu
www.mediaite.com
Trump Names Musk Foe Interim Head of NASA After Ditching Billionaire’s Ally for Role
twp.ai
July 10, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Trump Names Musk Foe Interim Head of NASA After Ditching Billionaire’s Ally for Role https://twp.ai/4io6Eu
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According to the groundbreaking work of Dutch researcher Dr. Tessa Roseboom, the impacts of near starvation are also likely being experienced by generations not yet born. (From 2024)
How famine and starvation can affect Gazans for generations to come
Research on WWII's Dutch “Hunger Winter” has terrifying implications for the region's children—and for their children.
www.motherjones.com
July 9, 2025 at 7:34 PM
According to the groundbreaking work of Dutch researcher Dr. Tessa Roseboom, the impacts of near starvation are also likely being experienced by generations not yet born. (From 2024)
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I know a guy who bought a defaulted storage unit at auction and when he went through it he found a bunch of photo albums of Earth Wind & Fire’s pet cat they took on tour with them. Just photos of the cat, on like 7 years of Earth Wind & Fire tours.
I don’t have a joke, I just want to tell someone.
I don’t have a joke, I just want to tell someone.
July 9, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I know a guy who bought a defaulted storage unit at auction and when he went through it he found a bunch of photo albums of Earth Wind & Fire’s pet cat they took on tour with them. Just photos of the cat, on like 7 years of Earth Wind & Fire tours.
I don’t have a joke, I just want to tell someone.
I don’t have a joke, I just want to tell someone.
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New study: Air pollution may directly cause lung cancer in never-smokers—especially women in Asia. Genomic evidence links PM2.5 to DNA mutations.
tinyurl.com/bdz89n2f #Cancer #LungCancer #AirPollution #AirQuality #Pollution #Health #ClimateJustice #CleanAir
tinyurl.com/bdz89n2f #Cancer #LungCancer #AirPollution #AirQuality #Pollution #Health #ClimateJustice #CleanAir
Study finds air pollution may contribute to development of lung cancer in never-smokers - North Dallas Gazette
(Newswise) — A new study reveals that air pollution, traditional herbal medicines and other environmental exposures are linked to genetic mutations that may contribute to the development of lung cance...
tinyurl.com
July 10, 2025 at 1:27 AM
New study: Air pollution may directly cause lung cancer in never-smokers—especially women in Asia. Genomic evidence links PM2.5 to DNA mutations.
tinyurl.com/bdz89n2f #Cancer #LungCancer #AirPollution #AirQuality #Pollution #Health #ClimateJustice #CleanAir
tinyurl.com/bdz89n2f #Cancer #LungCancer #AirPollution #AirQuality #Pollution #Health #ClimateJustice #CleanAir
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Breaking: per FEMA sources Kristi Noem was responsible for THREE DAY DELAY in deploying search-and-rescue in Texas
Fire her. Blood on her hands.
Fire her. Blood on her hands.
July 10, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Breaking: per FEMA sources Kristi Noem was responsible for THREE DAY DELAY in deploying search-and-rescue in Texas
Fire her. Blood on her hands.
Fire her. Blood on her hands.
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Every community, no matter the zip code, deserves their chance to get ahead.
During my time in Congress, I was the only Virginian on the U.S. House Agriculture Committee. As Governor, I’ll continue to support strong investments that deliver results for rural Virginia.
During my time in Congress, I was the only Virginian on the U.S. House Agriculture Committee. As Governor, I’ll continue to support strong investments that deliver results for rural Virginia.
July 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Every community, no matter the zip code, deserves their chance to get ahead.
During my time in Congress, I was the only Virginian on the U.S. House Agriculture Committee. As Governor, I’ll continue to support strong investments that deliver results for rural Virginia.
During my time in Congress, I was the only Virginian on the U.S. House Agriculture Committee. As Governor, I’ll continue to support strong investments that deliver results for rural Virginia.