TW Diem
@twdiem.bsky.social
Doing my best at being Steve Douglas // I had it great and perfect for a while // Fiat Lux // I remain a Loyal Little.
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"Agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, including ICE, ERO, and CBP intend to implement a comprehensive plan to target Spanish-speaking churches across the country during the upcoming holiday season between Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, and Christmas, Dec. 25."
Exclusive: Trump DHS Plans Immigration Raids on Churches Over Holidays
The Trump Dept. of Homeland Security is briefing federal agencies on plans for immigration enforcement operations inside churches over holidays.
thisweekinworcester.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:12 AM
"Agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, including ICE, ERO, and CBP intend to implement a comprehensive plan to target Spanish-speaking churches across the country during the upcoming holiday season between Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, and Christmas, Dec. 25."
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🧪 Adding- Brugge had a 7 yr #NIH #breastcancer grant worth $7 million. It was arbitrarily canceled by Trump. This resulted in slowing down of ongoing projects. Six of her staff have left. This also impacts talented immigrants on work visas, afraid to speak out.
www.wbur.org/news/2025/09...
www.wbur.org/news/2025/09...
A quest to end breast cancer slows as the Trump-Harvard dispute drags on
Joan Brugge's research into breast cancer is one of hundreds of projects at Harvard caught up in an ongoing dispute with the Trump administration over the university’s handling of antisemitism on camp...
www.wbur.org
November 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
🧪 Adding- Brugge had a 7 yr #NIH #breastcancer grant worth $7 million. It was arbitrarily canceled by Trump. This resulted in slowing down of ongoing projects. Six of her staff have left. This also impacts talented immigrants on work visas, afraid to speak out.
www.wbur.org/news/2025/09...
www.wbur.org/news/2025/09...
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You’re witnessing a kidnapping. And no local police are investigating the crime and arresting the perpetrators. And that’s all it would take to make this stop everywhere.
In Portland, Oregon, masked ICE GOONS abducted and vanished US citizen Gonzalo Catalan last week. Tragically, his family remains unaware of his whereabouts and has not received any communication from him as of today.
October 29, 2025 at 3:51 AM
You’re witnessing a kidnapping. And no local police are investigating the crime and arresting the perpetrators. And that’s all it would take to make this stop everywhere.
Have to love @espn.com. After reading an article about the importance the wheel play had in the game last night, click on the highlight reel posted on the same column and ... naturally, not included.
October 7, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Have to love @espn.com. After reading an article about the importance the wheel play had in the game last night, click on the highlight reel posted on the same column and ... naturally, not included.
Seeing Nancy Travis on "Shifting Gears" reminds me how much I enjoyed "Last Man Standing" and how little I enjoy Kat Dennings.
Time to go back to the old shows again.
Time to go back to the old shows again.
October 4, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Seeing Nancy Travis on "Shifting Gears" reminds me how much I enjoyed "Last Man Standing" and how little I enjoy Kat Dennings.
Time to go back to the old shows again.
Time to go back to the old shows again.
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Kash Patel’s FBI puts two pounds of methamphetamine in the incinerator at an animal shelter, sending 14 people to the hospital, and exposing some 75 cats and dogs to the narcotic. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Animal shelter evacuated after FBI incinerates meth at facility
Fourteen staff were hospitalised and 75 cats and dogs evacuated.
www.bbc.com
September 14, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Kash Patel’s FBI puts two pounds of methamphetamine in the incinerator at an animal shelter, sending 14 people to the hospital, and exposing some 75 cats and dogs to the narcotic. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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I am not a political pawn. I am a living, breathing human being who has dedicated her life to a scientific problem that I believe matters for human health. The article below tells our story; I hope you will read it and share it www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...
Trump Is Shutting Down the War On Cancer
www.nytimes.com
September 14, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I am not a political pawn. I am a living, breathing human being who has dedicated her life to a scientific problem that I believe matters for human health. The article below tells our story; I hope you will read it and share it www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...
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Twins have played exactly 100 games since their 13-game winning streak ended, going 38-62 for the AL's worst record and MLB's second-worst record.
This is the seventh team in Twins history to have 62 or more losses in any 100-game span.
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This is the seventh team in Twins history to have 62 or more losses in any 100-game span.
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2016
2013
1995
1990
1982
1961
September 11, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Twins have played exactly 100 games since their 13-game winning streak ended, going 38-62 for the AL's worst record and MLB's second-worst record.
This is the seventh team in Twins history to have 62 or more losses in any 100-game span.
2025
2016
2013
1995
1990
1982
1961
This is the seventh team in Twins history to have 62 or more losses in any 100-game span.
2025
2016
2013
1995
1990
1982
1961
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Sounds familiar. We “restructured” to just four program divisions. Unnecessary cuts and complacency on behalf of politicians and universities shows us how they truly feel about arts and humanities.
chicagomaroon.com/48215/news/u...
chicagomaroon.com/48215/news/u...
UChicago Arts & Humanities Division to Restructure Amid “Historic Funding Pressures”
“The status quo is not an option,” Deborah Nelson, dean of the Division of the Arts & Humanities, wrote to division faculty on June 18.
chicagomaroon.com
August 26, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Sounds familiar. We “restructured” to just four program divisions. Unnecessary cuts and complacency on behalf of politicians and universities shows us how they truly feel about arts and humanities.
chicagomaroon.com/48215/news/u...
chicagomaroon.com/48215/news/u...
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If Trump pardons convicted child rapist Gislane Maxwell, they will absolutely officially be the pedophile defender party.
The fact that this is even being considered is sickening.
She also has been moved to a nice min security prison, a club Fed, ALREADY
The fact that this is even being considered is sickening.
She also has been moved to a nice min security prison, a club Fed, ALREADY
August 22, 2025 at 10:49 PM
If Trump pardons convicted child rapist Gislane Maxwell, they will absolutely officially be the pedophile defender party.
The fact that this is even being considered is sickening.
She also has been moved to a nice min security prison, a club Fed, ALREADY
The fact that this is even being considered is sickening.
She also has been moved to a nice min security prison, a club Fed, ALREADY
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Trump “awakened a lot of people to the issues we’ve been raising for years,” Stout told Reuters. “He’s the best thing that’s happened to us.”
American Nazis: The Aryan Freedom Network is riding high in Trump era
With Donald Trump’s return to power, a neo-Nazi group buoyed by his rhetoric is expanding its reach and changing the face of white extremism in America. Its leaders: a Texas couple, both born to Ku Klux Klan leaders.
www.reuters.com
August 8, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Trump “awakened a lot of people to the issues we’ve been raising for years,” Stout told Reuters. “He’s the best thing that’s happened to us.”
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Head of NASA Sean Duffy intends to destroy a satellite that collects key data on carbon dioxide and plant health, by causing it to burn up in the atmosphere. The U.S. Dept of Agriculture and private agriculture firms use the data to forecast crop yield, drought conditions and more.
Why a NASA satellite that scientists and farmers rely on may be destroyed on purpose
The Trump administration has asked NASA staffers to draw up plans to end at least two satellite missions that measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to current and former NASA employees.
www.npr.org
August 8, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Head of NASA Sean Duffy intends to destroy a satellite that collects key data on carbon dioxide and plant health, by causing it to burn up in the atmosphere. The U.S. Dept of Agriculture and private agriculture firms use the data to forecast crop yield, drought conditions and more.
What do you think? Open a draftkings account and bet $1 on the Twins to lose every day the rest of the way out. Have to come out a winner on that, don't you?
August 2, 2025 at 12:14 AM
What do you think? Open a draftkings account and bet $1 on the Twins to lose every day the rest of the way out. Have to come out a winner on that, don't you?
I walked out to my car, saw the @twinsbaseball.bsky.social license plate frame on it, and got angry all over again.
August 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I walked out to my car, saw the @twinsbaseball.bsky.social license plate frame on it, and got angry all over again.
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The five-day trip will also raise his second-term golf tab to $52 million in just six months. He spent $152 million during his first term.
Trump Spending $10 Million Of Taxpayer Money To Promote His Scotland Golf Course
The five-day trip will also raise his second-term golf tab to $52 million in just six months. He spent $152 million during his first term.
www.huffpost.com
July 25, 2025 at 9:01 AM
The five-day trip will also raise his second-term golf tab to $52 million in just six months. He spent $152 million during his first term.
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The subway risk chart you've been waiting for (Sawyer County, Wisconsin, is where Sean Duffy is from). Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
July 21, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The subway risk chart you've been waiting for (Sawyer County, Wisconsin, is where Sean Duffy is from). Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
How do they send Freddie there? Out by 15 feet.
July 22, 2025 at 3:49 AM
How do they send Freddie there? Out by 15 feet.
Time to begin three days of falling asleep to the Twins being clubbed by the Dodgers.
July 22, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Time to begin three days of falling asleep to the Twins being clubbed by the Dodgers.
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Crimes per 1M mass transit trips...
* NYC: 1.3
* Miami: 2.6
* Dallas: 38.0
* NYC: 1.3
* Miami: 2.6
* Dallas: 38.0
Sean Duffy on Fox: "It's dangerous to ride the subway in New York ... it's just stupid liberals with stupid policies that impact the lives of New Yorkers"
July 8, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Crimes per 1M mass transit trips...
* NYC: 1.3
* Miami: 2.6
* Dallas: 38.0
* NYC: 1.3
* Miami: 2.6
* Dallas: 38.0
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The Heritage Foundation's Project 2025 called for dismantling the NOAA, which provides warnings of natural disasters, such as the deadly floods in Texas. The irony is that Heritage wanted these cuts because it’s angry that NOAA helps prove the reality of climate change--the thing causing floods.
July 7, 2025 at 4:56 PM
The Heritage Foundation's Project 2025 called for dismantling the NOAA, which provides warnings of natural disasters, such as the deadly floods in Texas. The irony is that Heritage wanted these cuts because it’s angry that NOAA helps prove the reality of climate change--the thing causing floods.
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CEO pay is up 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 24%.
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
July 7, 2025 at 1:00 AM
CEO pay is up 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 24%.
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
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Folds: If we’ve been told our whole lives that we can’t spend money on the arts because they’re not important—then why was taking over the Kennedy Center and the arts the first thing they did?
It is extremely important. It’s the bedrock of self-expression.
It is extremely important. It’s the bedrock of self-expression.
July 6, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Folds: If we’ve been told our whole lives that we can’t spend money on the arts because they’re not important—then why was taking over the Kennedy Center and the arts the first thing they did?
It is extremely important. It’s the bedrock of self-expression.
It is extremely important. It’s the bedrock of self-expression.
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Hurricane forecasters and scientists rely on weather data collected and processed by Department of Defense satellites. The Navy has decided to stop sharing the data.
Defense Department will stop providing crucial satellite weather data
Hurricane forecasters and scientists rely on weather data collected and processed by Department of Defense satellites. The Navy has decided to stop sharing the data.
n.pr
July 5, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Hurricane forecasters and scientists rely on weather data collected and processed by Department of Defense satellites. The Navy has decided to stop sharing the data.