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Lisa Fink
@tralalisa.bsky.social
Poet & scholar of environmental humanities, political ecology, & public humanities. Author of Her Disco (dancing girl press, 2013).

“Alienated Species & Unsettled Ecologies,” American Quarterly (2023) https://muse.jhu.edu/article/913523/figure/fig03
Reposted by Lisa Fink
When Smith brought up Kennedy’s controversial plan to treat SSRI “addicts” at wellness farms, he attempted to distance himself from it.

As @kieraevebutler.bsky.social reported, he did lump users of those meds with people who are dependent on opioids, referring to that broad group as “addicts.”
RFK Jr. wants to send people addicted to antidepressants to government "wellness farms"
The farms will "reparent" them.
www.motherjones.com
January 29, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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6/ Vought says his team drafted legal rationales for executive actions like using the Insurrection Act.

“We want to be able to shut down the riots & not have the legal community or the defense community come in and say, ‘That’s an inappropriate use of what you’re trying to do.’”
November 26, 2024 at 8:05 PM
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4/ If Vought gets confirmed as OMB director, he'll wield real power. So what does he believe?

In the videos we obtained, Vought describes “shadow” planning to
- use the military on American soil
- defund agencies like the EPA
- put civil servants “in trauma”
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
“Put Them in Trauma”: Inside a Key MAGA Leader’s Plans for a New Trump Agenda
Private videos reveal Trump adviser Russ Vought’s “shadow” plans for using the military on protesters, defunding the EPA and villainizing civil servants.
www.propublica.org
November 26, 2024 at 8:05 PM