Xythen
@xythen.bsky.social
SF/F author. (She/Her)
I mostly write at night...mostly.
The Seal of Throkar is out now!
http://amazon.com/dp/B01K4AJ18C
I mostly write at night...mostly.
The Seal of Throkar is out now!
http://amazon.com/dp/B01K4AJ18C
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Great news. Let's do this everywhere. www.krqe.com/news/politic...
Governor announces New Mexico will now provide free universal child care
NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – New Mexico is becoming the first state in the U.S. to offer free early childhood education to every family in the state. Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced a universal ch…
www.krqe.com
September 9, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Great news. Let's do this everywhere. www.krqe.com/news/politic...
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NEW: In addition to her sex offender waiver, Ghislaine Maxwell has an “out” designation that would allow her to leave the facility for work assignments. Some work assignments for FPC Bryan inmates are at Texas A&M University which is just 6 miles away. My latest: open.substack.com/pub/muellers...
EXCLUSIVE: I Have Ghislaine Maxwell's Security Score, Custody Level, Transfer Code, and Sex Offender Waiver
I have reviewed an electronic file that includes some of the information Senator Whitehouse is demanding from the Bureau of Prisons.
open.substack.com
August 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
NEW: In addition to her sex offender waiver, Ghislaine Maxwell has an “out” designation that would allow her to leave the facility for work assignments. Some work assignments for FPC Bryan inmates are at Texas A&M University which is just 6 miles away. My latest: open.substack.com/pub/muellers...
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The CBO confirms what we’ve been saying: Trump’s Big Ugly Bill is the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in U.S. history.
The poorest 10% lose the most. The richest 10%—the Mar-a-Lago class—cash in. Everyone else gets crumbs. And this is BEFORE tariffs hit.
The poorest 10% lose the most. The richest 10%—the Mar-a-Lago class—cash in. Everyone else gets crumbs. And this is BEFORE tariffs hit.
August 12, 2025 at 10:51 PM
The CBO confirms what we’ve been saying: Trump’s Big Ugly Bill is the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in U.S. history.
The poorest 10% lose the most. The richest 10%—the Mar-a-Lago class—cash in. Everyone else gets crumbs. And this is BEFORE tariffs hit.
The poorest 10% lose the most. The richest 10%—the Mar-a-Lago class—cash in. Everyone else gets crumbs. And this is BEFORE tariffs hit.
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Organize for 2026 accordingly.
🚨 REMINDER: There are 29 GOP-held House seats where the Republican won by 12 points or less.
Here's how many residents of each who WILL either lose healthcare coverage entirely or be faced w/MASSIVE premium hikes and/or ongoing paperwork to keep it:
acasignups.net/25/07/03/how...
Here's how many residents of each who WILL either lose healthcare coverage entirely or be faced w/MASSIVE premium hikes and/or ongoing paperwork to keep it:
acasignups.net/25/07/03/how...
How many could lose healthcare via the #MAGAMurderBill in the 29 most vulnerable GOP-held House districts?
There are 29 House districts where Republicans won by 12 points or less. Below I've posted district-wide enrollment in ACA exchange-based Qualified Health Plans (QHPs), ACA Basic Health Plans (BHPs) a...
acasignups.net
July 3, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Organize for 2026 accordingly.
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They're screwing over their constituents in exchange for trinkets.
"He said that Mr. Trump told him he could go to the pro shop and pick out a shirt."
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/u...
"He said that Mr. Trump told him he could go to the pro shop and pick out a shirt."
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/u...
Trump Goes on a Charm Offensive as He Woos Holdout Republicans
www.nytimes.com
July 3, 2025 at 11:11 AM
They're screwing over their constituents in exchange for trinkets.
"He said that Mr. Trump told him he could go to the pro shop and pick out a shirt."
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/u...
"He said that Mr. Trump told him he could go to the pro shop and pick out a shirt."
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/u...
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Average Democratic politician: Zohran Mamdani must answer for the Suez Crisis
Average Democratic voter: <goes to a rally in the pouring rain and holds up a picture of the Nuremberg gallows with various Trump administration figures' faces glued on>
Average Democratic voter: <goes to a rally in the pouring rain and holds up a picture of the Nuremberg gallows with various Trump administration figures' faces glued on>
July 3, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Average Democratic politician: Zohran Mamdani must answer for the Suez Crisis
Average Democratic voter: <goes to a rally in the pouring rain and holds up a picture of the Nuremberg gallows with various Trump administration figures' faces glued on>
Average Democratic voter: <goes to a rally in the pouring rain and holds up a picture of the Nuremberg gallows with various Trump administration figures' faces glued on>
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GOP: this bill is fucking terrible. It’s going to kill people, explode the deficit, and completely kill the renewable energy market in the US.
Also GOP: so anyway, here’s why I’m voting for the bill
Also GOP: so anyway, here’s why I’m voting for the bill
July 3, 2025 at 12:33 PM
GOP: this bill is fucking terrible. It’s going to kill people, explode the deficit, and completely kill the renewable energy market in the US.
Also GOP: so anyway, here’s why I’m voting for the bill
Also GOP: so anyway, here’s why I’m voting for the bill
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Trump is calling a bill that he doesn’t understand the only way to save America, and 50 people who mostly DO understand it - and hate it - just voted for it because the guy who doesn’t know what’s in it told them to.
What a clusterfuck.
What a clusterfuck.
July 3, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Trump is calling a bill that he doesn’t understand the only way to save America, and 50 people who mostly DO understand it - and hate it - just voted for it because the guy who doesn’t know what’s in it told them to.
What a clusterfuck.
What a clusterfuck.
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Remember how the Declaration of Independence cataloged all the harms King George III had visited upon the American colonists?
Trump has committed many of those same violations in just a few months. @davidcorn.bsky.social & @timothypmurphy.bsky.social lay it out: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Trump has committed many of those same violations in just a few months. @davidcorn.bsky.social & @timothypmurphy.bsky.social lay it out: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Here are the Declaration of Independence’s grievances against King George III. Many apply to Trump.
It's uncanny.
www.motherjones.com
July 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Remember how the Declaration of Independence cataloged all the harms King George III had visited upon the American colonists?
Trump has committed many of those same violations in just a few months. @davidcorn.bsky.social & @timothypmurphy.bsky.social lay it out: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Trump has committed many of those same violations in just a few months. @davidcorn.bsky.social & @timothypmurphy.bsky.social lay it out: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Proud to sit beside @demwomencaucus.bsky.social leaders in support of our Leader, Rep. Jeffries, as he continues his marathon speech.
We'll never stop fighting for the America that women and families deserve.
We'll never stop fighting for the America that women and families deserve.
July 3, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Proud to sit beside @demwomencaucus.bsky.social leaders in support of our Leader, Rep. Jeffries, as he continues his marathon speech.
We'll never stop fighting for the America that women and families deserve.
We'll never stop fighting for the America that women and families deserve.
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Are you watching Hakeem Jeffries, who, during his “Golden Minute” on the House floor, has been trying to convince his Repub colleagues not to vote for the budget reconciliation bill FOR OVER FIVE HOURS? That’s what leadership looks like. I am so proud of what he is doing to help us RESIST.
July 3, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Are you watching Hakeem Jeffries, who, during his “Golden Minute” on the House floor, has been trying to convince his Repub colleagues not to vote for the budget reconciliation bill FOR OVER FIVE HOURS? That’s what leadership looks like. I am so proud of what he is doing to help us RESIST.
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I was in the CBP facilities in Texas in 2019. People freaked out when I called them concentration camps (they were). The new camps, ex: Alligator Auschwitz, are death camps. Catch up, folks.
July 2, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I was in the CBP facilities in Texas in 2019. People freaked out when I called them concentration camps (they were). The new camps, ex: Alligator Auschwitz, are death camps. Catch up, folks.
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Of the nearly 100,000 people ICE has kidnapped since January, 8% had violent criminal convictions. More than 60% had no criminal history at all.
Out of almost 100,000 people.
Out of almost 100,000 people.
July 2, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Of the nearly 100,000 people ICE has kidnapped since January, 8% had violent criminal convictions. More than 60% had no criminal history at all.
Out of almost 100,000 people.
Out of almost 100,000 people.
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There is lots of chatter that Jeffries intends to break the record (held by McCarthy) for longest House speech. This means he'd go over 8.5 hours. If that's the case, the minimum end time would be 1:25pm ET -- that 2.5 more hours for us to be loud.
If you're taking direct action, pls share
If you're taking direct action, pls share
If you're gathering outside of any offices this morning and -- or if you gathered yesterday -- send pictures please!
July 3, 2025 at 2:54 PM
There is lots of chatter that Jeffries intends to break the record (held by McCarthy) for longest House speech. This means he'd go over 8.5 hours. If that's the case, the minimum end time would be 1:25pm ET -- that 2.5 more hours for us to be loud.
If you're taking direct action, pls share
If you're taking direct action, pls share
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Hell YES! Y’all are flooding the Capitol Switchboard so hard it’s overwhelmed—this is people power in action! 💥
Here’s what to do next: Call your reps’ district offices instead. It’s easy—just Google their name + “district office number.”
Pass it on. Keep that pressure blazing.
#VoteHellNo
Here’s what to do next: Call your reps’ district offices instead. It’s easy—just Google their name + “district office number.”
Pass it on. Keep that pressure blazing.
#VoteHellNo
July 2, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Hell YES! Y’all are flooding the Capitol Switchboard so hard it’s overwhelmed—this is people power in action! 💥
Here’s what to do next: Call your reps’ district offices instead. It’s easy—just Google their name + “district office number.”
Pass it on. Keep that pressure blazing.
#VoteHellNo
Here’s what to do next: Call your reps’ district offices instead. It’s easy—just Google their name + “district office number.”
Pass it on. Keep that pressure blazing.
#VoteHellNo
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All I want to hear out of Democrats is that we had a deal and no bomb. Then Trump tore it up and he is now putting American lives in danger.
That’s it.
That’s it.
June 22, 2025 at 1:35 PM
All I want to hear out of Democrats is that we had a deal and no bomb. Then Trump tore it up and he is now putting American lives in danger.
That’s it.
That’s it.
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Let’s support the judge. Write and call.
The Honorable John C. Coughenour
United States Courthouse
700 Stewart Street, Suite 16229
Seattle, WA 98101-9906
Chambers: (206) 370-8800
The Honorable John C. Coughenour
United States Courthouse
700 Stewart Street, Suite 16229
Seattle, WA 98101-9906
Chambers: (206) 370-8800
May 6, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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NEW: TeleMessage, the Signal knockoff used by Mike Waltz and potentially other gov officials to archive group chats in plaintext, has suspended all services after it was hacked *at least twice.* @404media.co reported a hack last night; a different hacker also broke in and gave me evidence.
TeleMessage suspends services after hackers claim breach
The app was seemingly used by Mike Waltz in last week's cabinet meeting, according to a photograph published by Reuters.
www.nbcnews.com
May 5, 2025 at 7:05 PM
NEW: TeleMessage, the Signal knockoff used by Mike Waltz and potentially other gov officials to archive group chats in plaintext, has suspended all services after it was hacked *at least twice.* @404media.co reported a hack last night; a different hacker also broke in and gave me evidence.
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THE PENTAGON BUDGET JUST HIT A TRILLION DOLLARS.
Not a single pundit from either political party said “how are we going to pay for it?!”
Don’t dare tell us we cannot ALL have healthcare, housing, and education.
Not a single pundit from either political party said “how are we going to pay for it?!”
Don’t dare tell us we cannot ALL have healthcare, housing, and education.
May 6, 2025 at 12:02 AM
THE PENTAGON BUDGET JUST HIT A TRILLION DOLLARS.
Not a single pundit from either political party said “how are we going to pay for it?!”
Don’t dare tell us we cannot ALL have healthcare, housing, and education.
Not a single pundit from either political party said “how are we going to pay for it?!”
Don’t dare tell us we cannot ALL have healthcare, housing, and education.
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Alcatraz brings in between $20 million and $34 million a year in tourism revenue for the National Park Service alone.
The cost to renovate Alcatraz could be as high as $350 million to house 300 prisoners.
In 1959, it cost over 3x more to house inmates there vs. another prison...
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The cost to renovate Alcatraz could be as high as $350 million to house 300 prisoners.
In 1959, it cost over 3x more to house inmates there vs. another prison...
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May 5, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Alcatraz brings in between $20 million and $34 million a year in tourism revenue for the National Park Service alone.
The cost to renovate Alcatraz could be as high as $350 million to house 300 prisoners.
In 1959, it cost over 3x more to house inmates there vs. another prison...
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The cost to renovate Alcatraz could be as high as $350 million to house 300 prisoners.
In 1959, it cost over 3x more to house inmates there vs. another prison...
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Caitlin Everett # 8566
Alexander Everett #8565
Sgt Jacob Briskey #6824
Jason Marchione #8490
Sgt Scott Bach #6711
Sgt Detective Michael Settle #6625
Share so these F’ers can’t hide. They #FAFO so now they need to pay the consequences!
#notofascism
Alexander Everett #8565
Sgt Jacob Briskey #6824
Jason Marchione #8490
Sgt Scott Bach #6711
Sgt Detective Michael Settle #6625
Share so these F’ers can’t hide. They #FAFO so now they need to pay the consequences!
#notofascism
April 20, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Caitlin Everett # 8566
Alexander Everett #8565
Sgt Jacob Briskey #6824
Jason Marchione #8490
Sgt Scott Bach #6711
Sgt Detective Michael Settle #6625
Share so these F’ers can’t hide. They #FAFO so now they need to pay the consequences!
#notofascism
Alexander Everett #8565
Sgt Jacob Briskey #6824
Jason Marchione #8490
Sgt Scott Bach #6711
Sgt Detective Michael Settle #6625
Share so these F’ers can’t hide. They #FAFO so now they need to pay the consequences!
#notofascism