@troubledhuman.bsky.social
A normal human being trying to make the world a better place for all
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If you think it can’t happen here, remember that it already did. In 1942 soldiers came with rifles to our home and ordered us out. They put us in internment camps. Most of us were citizens.
June 20, 2025 at 8:10 PM
If you think it can’t happen here, remember that it already did. In 1942 soldiers came with rifles to our home and ordered us out. They put us in internment camps. Most of us were citizens.
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@smith.senate.gov: "They try to pretend that this violence, in this case in Minnesota, was actually driven by left wing ideology, when that is clearly not what is going on here... Let's be honest, here we have Donald Trump, one of the first actions that he took was to pardon the insurrectionists."
June 17, 2025 at 3:12 AM
@smith.senate.gov: "They try to pretend that this violence, in this case in Minnesota, was actually driven by left wing ideology, when that is clearly not what is going on here... Let's be honest, here we have Donald Trump, one of the first actions that he took was to pardon the insurrectionists."
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This House member is freaking awesome. This is what we need more of!
June 13, 2025 at 7:37 PM
This House member is freaking awesome. This is what we need more of!
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Update: Democratic House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark have died after they were shot at their home in Brooklyn Park.
June 14, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Update: Democratic House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark have died after they were shot at their home in Brooklyn Park.
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“No Kings Day is about standing up for our democracy. Standing up for our rights, our liberties and making sure that we are sending a strong message that we are going to have a free and fair democracy,” Deirdre Schifeling, the ACLU’s chief political and advocacy officer, told Democracy Docket.
What to Know About June 14 “No Kings Day” Protests
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
June 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
“No Kings Day is about standing up for our democracy. Standing up for our rights, our liberties and making sure that we are sending a strong message that we are going to have a free and fair democracy,” Deirdre Schifeling, the ACLU’s chief political and advocacy officer, told Democracy Docket.
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Walz announces that Rep. Melissa Hortman is dead as a result of a "politically motivated assassination"
June 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Walz announces that Rep. Melissa Hortman is dead as a result of a "politically motivated assassination"
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Horrifying news out of Minnesota this morning as political violence takes the lives of Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark. @Chasten and I are holding their loved ones in our hearts and praying for State Senator John Hoffman and his wife Yvette as they recover.
June 14, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Horrifying news out of Minnesota this morning as political violence takes the lives of Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark. @Chasten and I are holding their loved ones in our hearts and praying for State Senator John Hoffman and his wife Yvette as they recover.
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This is why healthcare is too expensive.
"Here’s a wild-but-true factoid: 10 of the 20 largest companies on the new Fortune 500 list derive profit from the 340B program. I guess you can’t throw off tens of billions of profits without titans of industry figuring out how to get their hands on it."
"Here’s a wild-but-true factoid: 10 of the 20 largest companies on the new Fortune 500 list derive profit from the 340B program. I guess you can’t throw off tens of billions of profits without titans of industry figuring out how to get their hands on it."
June 10, 2025 at 12:53 AM
This is why healthcare is too expensive.
"Here’s a wild-but-true factoid: 10 of the 20 largest companies on the new Fortune 500 list derive profit from the 340B program. I guess you can’t throw off tens of billions of profits without titans of industry figuring out how to get their hands on it."
"Here’s a wild-but-true factoid: 10 of the 20 largest companies on the new Fortune 500 list derive profit from the 340B program. I guess you can’t throw off tens of billions of profits without titans of industry figuring out how to get their hands on it."
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We’re deeply disappointed in much of the U.S. media. Grateful, however, to international journalists who are telling the truth.
June 9, 2025 at 12:31 AM
We’re deeply disappointed in much of the U.S. media. Grateful, however, to international journalists who are telling the truth.
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In the United States, presidents do not have the constitutional authority to unilaterally declare martial law in civilian areas. However, the President, can deploy the military to assist civilian law enforcement in situations where Congress has authorized such action.
June 8, 2025 at 2:27 PM
In the United States, presidents do not have the constitutional authority to unilaterally declare martial law in civilian areas. However, the President, can deploy the military to assist civilian law enforcement in situations where Congress has authorized such action.
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Yes I’m still laughing at this.
They never stopped when my guy tripped, so I’m not gonna stop now.
They never stopped when my guy tripped, so I’m not gonna stop now.
June 9, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Yes I’m still laughing at this.
They never stopped when my guy tripped, so I’m not gonna stop now.
They never stopped when my guy tripped, so I’m not gonna stop now.
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Rump is a complete moron wrapped in an idiot! 🤬
May 31, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Rump is a complete moron wrapped in an idiot! 🤬
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Absolutely bonkers — Joni Ernst doubles down on her “we are all gonna die” defense of Medicaid cuts while walking through a cemetery
May 31, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Absolutely bonkers — Joni Ernst doubles down on her “we are all gonna die” defense of Medicaid cuts while walking through a cemetery
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Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed.
Getting big money out of politics.
Strengthening unions and fighting for higher wages.
Medicare for all, paid leave, universal childcare...
This is the progressive populist agenda we need in America.
Getting big money out of politics.
Strengthening unions and fighting for higher wages.
Medicare for all, paid leave, universal childcare...
This is the progressive populist agenda we need in America.
May 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed.
Getting big money out of politics.
Strengthening unions and fighting for higher wages.
Medicare for all, paid leave, universal childcare...
This is the progressive populist agenda we need in America.
Getting big money out of politics.
Strengthening unions and fighting for higher wages.
Medicare for all, paid leave, universal childcare...
This is the progressive populist agenda we need in America.
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GOP Sen. Joni Ernst responds to voters saying that cutting Medicaid will kill them: “Well, we all are going to die.”
May 30, 2025 at 2:27 PM
GOP Sen. Joni Ernst responds to voters saying that cutting Medicaid will kill them: “Well, we all are going to die.”
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The Trump administration’s billion-dollar cuts to the National Institutes of Health include a $2.7 billion blow to the National Cancer Institute slashing more than a third of its funding. “For the past 50 years, every significant medical breakthrough, especially in the treatment of cancer,
May 31, 2025 at 3:13 AM
The Trump administration’s billion-dollar cuts to the National Institutes of Health include a $2.7 billion blow to the National Cancer Institute slashing more than a third of its funding. “For the past 50 years, every significant medical breakthrough, especially in the treatment of cancer,
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A new analysis estimates the Trump/GOP budget's rollback of clean energy tax credits will eliminate nearly 830,000 jobs by 2030 and raise energy prices by 50% by 2035.
Just another way the "big beautiful bill" will make the economy worse and your life more expensive.
Just another way the "big beautiful bill" will make the economy worse and your life more expensive.
Trump’s tax bill to cost 830,000 jobs and drive up bills and pollution emissions, experts warn
Bill will unleash millions more tonnes of planet-heating pollution and couldn’t come at a worse time, say experts
www.theguardian.com
May 27, 2025 at 2:01 AM
A new analysis estimates the Trump/GOP budget's rollback of clean energy tax credits will eliminate nearly 830,000 jobs by 2030 and raise energy prices by 50% by 2035.
Just another way the "big beautiful bill" will make the economy worse and your life more expensive.
Just another way the "big beautiful bill" will make the economy worse and your life more expensive.
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“The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.” — Treaty of Tripoli, signed by the United States in 1797.
May 24, 2025 at 4:58 PM
“The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.” — Treaty of Tripoli, signed by the United States in 1797.
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Americans work more hours,
take less vacation,
work longer days,
& retire later.
But hey, at least we're not stuck with socialized health care.
take less vacation,
work longer days,
& retire later.
But hey, at least we're not stuck with socialized health care.
May 23, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Americans work more hours,
take less vacation,
work longer days,
& retire later.
But hey, at least we're not stuck with socialized health care.
take less vacation,
work longer days,
& retire later.
But hey, at least we're not stuck with socialized health care.
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But they’re not Nazis.
Or racists.
Or bigots.
Or misogynists.
Or racists.
Or bigots.
Or misogynists.
May 23, 2025 at 8:07 PM
But they’re not Nazis.
Or racists.
Or bigots.
Or misogynists.
Or racists.
Or bigots.
Or misogynists.
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Musk’s team was caught using a customized version of the Grok chatbot, without approval, to sift through sensitive government data inside the Department of Homeland Security. They used a modified version in an attempt to hide the fact that they were doing it.
May 24, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Musk’s team was caught using a customized version of the Grok chatbot, without approval, to sift through sensitive government data inside the Department of Homeland Security. They used a modified version in an attempt to hide the fact that they were doing it.
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While giving tax breaks to billionaires.
May 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
While giving tax breaks to billionaires.
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Are we great yet?
May 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Are we great yet?