Bernadette DeMesme-Anders
@bunideme.bsky.social
Retired school psychologist, active nana, still seeking beauty and social justice in our world. I marched for civil rights in the ‘60’s and here we go again.
created November 13, 2024
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The Kyiv Independent (@kyivindependent.com) reposted
⚡️Ukrainian drones reportedly strike oil facilities in Russia's Ryazan Oblast, occupied Luhansk Oblast. Ukrainian drones reportedly struck multiple Russian oil facilities overnight on Sept. 4-5, Russian Telegram channels reported.
𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 (@sundaedivine.bsky.social) reposted
Top 10 Happiest and Unhappiest States. Red States keep voting like happiness is a communist plot.
Alt CDC (they/them) (@altcdc.altgov.info) reposted
Sweet dreams, y'all. Go rest and get ready for tomorrow 💚
Matt Johnson (@matthewjohnson.bsky.social) reposted
Even after four summers here, Alaska can still manage to surprise me in my last few hours here. The clearest view of Mt. Drum I've ever seen. Most days you wouldn't even know there's a mountain there it's so gray.
The New York Times (@nytimes.com) reposted
In an effort to ensure more New Yorkers can get the latest Covid vaccines, Gov. Kathy Hochul is planning to sign an executive order that would authorize pharmacists to provide the shot to almost anyone who wants it, the governor’s office said Thursday.
The Briefing with Jen Psaki (@briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social) reposted
Senator Maggie Hassan makes the point that it's one thing to question science, but quite another to do as RFK Jr. does and reject data outright.
Adam Parkhomenko (@adamparkhomenko.bsky.social) reposted
This is very accurate
ProPublica (@propublica.org) reposted
#ICYMI: Texas AG Ken Paxton hired a former staffer to work on a recent case. As a state employee, her labor would have cost taxpayers $641. As a private attorney, Paxton allowed her to bill $3,780 an hour, so that day of work cost taxpayers $24,570.
Mother Jones (@motherjones.com) reposted
It’s important to keep in mind that Kennedy has no medical or scientific training—rather, he is a lawyer who has spent the last decade of his career working for the anti-vaccine organization.
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
NEW AD: “Trump is blocking the Epstein files bill… the true hostile act is supporting predators instead of victims. Call your congressman.” (CC: @RepTimBurchett @RepChuck @RepHarshbarger @DesJarlaisTN04 @RepDavidKustoff @RepJohnRose @AndyOgles)
Jack Hopkins-The Original (@therealjackhopkins.bsky.social) reposted
By the way…this is John Paulson. Yes….THAT John Paulson.
Kenn Pike (@thutigger.bsky.social) reposted
The Bulwark (@thebulwark.com) reposted
mRNA > RFK
Randi Mayem Singer (@rmayemsinger.bsky.social) reposted
Bragging that you ended 7 wars... and then changing the name of the Department of Defense to the Department of War seems incongruous.
Dr. Vin Gupta (@vinguptamd.bsky.social) reposted
Deep gratitude and appreciation to the West Coast Health Alliance and medical societies like @ameracadpeds.bsky.social for filling the void in rational health leadership while the federal government abdicates its role.
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
😕
Khashoggi's Ghost (@urocklive1.bsky.social) reposted
Sigh.
Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) reposted
Trump isn’t coming to the rescue… 📌 Hundreds of Arkansas farmers are begging the federal government for emergency aid as their farm economy collapses. They’re on the edge of bankruptcy. Watch until the end. Wow!
Raider (@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Army Veterans Disrupt Senate Hearing to Accuse Members of Complicity in Gaza Genocide
Raider (@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social) reposted
Rise up America 🇺🇸
Bernadette DeMesme-Anders (@bunideme.bsky.social)
Drugs. It’s simply supply and demand.
Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) reposted
Sen. Warren Daniel (R–NC, District 46) was caught trading stocks right on the Senate floor. Didn’t even wait for a break. Playing the market on the taxpayers’ time…pure abuse of power.
Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) reposted
Funny, how the supply-and-demand United States always blames *other* countries for supplying it with the drugs it demands.
Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) reposted
Republicans know they will lose control of Congress if they don't rig the maps and make it harder for people to vote. Donald Trump fears a Democratic Congress and will do anything he can to prevent it. That is why those of us in the pro-democracy movement need to be ready to stand up and fight back.
Hank Green (@hankgreen.bsky.social) reposted
There is only one thing more cringe than “God Bless our First Lady. She, of course, is wiser than all of us” and it is “I am the U.S. Energy Secretary and I talk to ChatGPT about how to cure cancer.”
God (@thegodpodcast.com) reposted
Bless all the people who ripped RFK Jr. a new asshole today.
God (@thegodpodcast.com) reposted
Fascism and anti-science movements always walk hand in hand because they have widespread ignorance in common.
MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) reposted
Spencer Kuvin, Epstein's victims' lawyer, says the FBI interviewed 40+ girls, some just 14, and prepared a 54-count indictment. Then came the secret plea deal that let Epstein walk. Those interviews are in the files. Kuvin says Alan Dershowitz scoured the girls' MySpace pages to smear them as liars.
jamelle (@jamellebouie.net) reposted
this reminds me that i think people would be less interested in “raw milk” if we called it “poop milk” or “shit milk”
Bernadette DeMesme-Anders (@bunideme.bsky.social)
The regime knows nothing of the history they are trying to erase.
Mark Zaid, Esq (@markzaidesq.bsky.social) reposted
Our client is willing to say everything under oath Secretary Kennedy. How about you? www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-cdc...
Kara Swisher (@karaswisher.bsky.social) reposted
Still A+
Rachel Maddow (@maddow.msnbc.com) reposted
www.savehhs.org
Republicans Against Trumpism (@rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social) reposted
🚨MAJOR BREAKING: DOJ Deputy Chief Joseph Schnitt was caught on a hidden camera saying the government will “redact every Republican” from the Epstein files and leave only the Democrats. He also revealed that Ghislaine Maxwell was transferred to a minimum security “to keep her mouth shut.”
Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes.bsky.social) reposted
I don't know why I keep reaching in my mind for this analogy but American political culture feels to me right now like what Moses found when he returned from Mt Sinai and everyone had said "screw it" and started worshipping the golden calf.
Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) reposted
I’m looking forward to the criminal referrals to DOJ from Bill Pulte in these cases along with Ken Paxton who listed 3 separate residences as his primary. www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) reposted
The evil artistry of Republican messaging is the ability to convince so many to vote against their own economic self-interest for the benefit of billionaires and huge corporations.
Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) reposted
I’m not sure Trump has made the strongest case for the Nobel Peace prize.
Captain Mark Kelly (@captmarkkelly.bsky.social) reposted
Only someone who avoided the draft would want to rename the Department of Defense to the Department of War.
Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) reposted
Republicans are panicking. This case will be dismissed. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Molly Jong-Fast (@mollyjongfast.bsky.social) reposted
What is happening www.axios.com/2025/09/04/e...
Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) reposted
What is obvious: RFK Jr is an unqualified kook conspiracy theorist who has the CDC in shambles because he wants scientists to adopt his internet conspiracies as health policy putting us all in danger. Vance with the standard ‘look over here!’ MAGA playbook: Trans people!
Mother Jones (@motherjones.com) reposted
Unfortunately, he is wreaking havoc in the real one.
Joe Walsh (@walshfreedom.bsky.social) reposted
Yes, RFK Jr is a monster. A cruel, ignorant, pathologically dishonest, conspiratorial monster. And it’s not surprising RFK Jr is where he is now. A cruel, ignorant, pathologically dishonest, conspiratorial monster chose him, nominated him. Vote in 2026 like your life depends upon it. Bcuz it does.
Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) reposted
Sarah Palin & JD Vance: "Gotcha" is what good journalists should be shooting for when using facts to rebut the nonsense of serial liars, like you two. It's only a negative form of journalism to the people caught lying and/or being ignorant. You're welcome!
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
At least 70 top civil servants across 13 agencies have resigned in protest since Trump took office. I salute the public officials who are resisting Trump's lawlessness and putting themselves and the well-being of their families on the line. They are America's unsung heroes.
Alt National Park Service (@altnps.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Links: apnews.com/article/fede... www.wsj.com/politics/pol... www.newsfromthestates.com/article/new-... apnews.com/article/trum...
Alt National Park Service (@altnps.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
The fraud finding against Trump still stands, and sanctions remain in place. If he’s going to point fingers at others for comparatively minor allegations, there’s no reason he should escape accountability himself. No one is above the law.
Alt National Park Service (@altnps.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
than $500 million, along with corporate bans and loan restrictions. Cook, by contrast, is under investigation for allegedly misrepresenting her primary residence on mortgage applications to secure better loan terms. If proven, her actions would be far smaller in scale.
Alt National Park Service (@altnps.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
But Trump’s case isn’t over. While an appeals court recently struck down his half-billion-dollar penalty, New York Attorney General Letitia James has already filed an appeal to reinstate the fine.
Alt National Park Service (@altnps.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Trump was found liable in New York for systematically inflating the values of marquee properties like Trump Tower, Mar-a-Lago, and multiple golf courses. Those exaggerations added up to billions of dollars on paper, and at one point he faced a civil penalty of more
Alt National Park Service (@altnps.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
was already found liable for: inflating or misstating real estate information to gain favorable treatment. When you look at the two cases side by side, there are similarities but also important differences.
Alt National Park Service (@altnps.bsky.social) reposted
The DOJ has opened an inquiry into Lisa Cook, investigating allegations of mortgage fraud. The irony is striking, she’s now being investigated for the similar type of financial misrepresentation that Donald Trump
Luca (@lucagalletti.bsky.social) reposted
Taking the twins out for a stroll Lily Lake, Estes Park, Colorado
Bill Kristol (@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social) reposted
“A White House official told me that aiding Massie in any way ‘would be viewed as a very hostile act to the administration.’ Greene said, ‘The “hostile act” is covering up for Epstein and everyone else that’s been involved in this. That’s the real hostile act.’” open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
James Fallows (@jfallows.bsky.social) reposted
Drove across DC border to Maryland, and got flu shot and (new) Covid shot, at CVS. We qualify, by age. "A ton of people have been coming in for these." Go to hell, RFK Jr.
MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) reposted
NEWS: A 2-1 panel of the 11th Circuit has stayed the order to shut down “Alligator Alcatraz,” keeping the it operational while appeals proceed.
Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) reposted
All the many times Republicans told their base that Obama and Biden were coming for their guns when it was really Trump who was going to take them all along.
Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social) reposted
Last night, yet another person died on Rikers Island — the fifth New Yorker to lose their life in City custody within the last two weeks and the 13th this year. These deaths are a result of Eric Adams' failure to reckon with the crisis of violence and neglect in our jails.
Bernadette DeMesme-Anders (@bunideme.bsky.social)
The messianic gleefulness of utter madness
Amy Klobuchar (@amyklobuchar.com) reposted
Elizabeth’s look of incredulity when listening to RFK Jr explain his decimation of the CDC and all other havoc he’s wrought pretty much says it all.
Bernadette DeMesme-Anders (@bunideme.bsky.social)
What happened to objective facts?🙇🏽♀️
Truth Social(ist) (@twitterrefugeeog.bsky.social) reposted
The pedophile who committed mortgage fraud by falsely claiming that his 11,000 sq ft condo was 30,000 sq ft is having the DOJ open a probe into Lisa Cook for *checks notes* mortgage fraud.
Mother Jones (@motherjones.com) reposted
In a marathon hearing on Thursday before the Senate Finance Committee, RFK Jr. faced a barrage of questions from senators who were outraged by his recent actions. In some cases, Kennedy appeared to promote flat-out lies.
Senator Angela Alsobrooks (@alsobrooks.senate.gov) reposted
RFK lied to my face. He said he hadn’t fired any scientists. RFK has fired over 3,000 scientists from HHS. It’s shameful. He must resign.
Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (@warnock.senate.gov) reposted
Frankly, I have seen enough. Secretary Kennedy should be fired immediately. He's destroying the agency responsible for keeping diseases (like measles and Ebola) under control. This is deadly serious.
Laurence H. Tribe (@tribelaw.bsky.social) reposted
Removing a dictatorship is much harder than preventing one. substack.com/@garrykaspar...
Hoodlum 🇺🇸 (@nothoodlum.bsky.social) reposted
Gavin Newsom is trolling Trump with his own fake university.
George Takei (@georgetakei.bsky.social) reposted
They are privatizing Medicare, which means they will profit off denial of coverage. Say no to the GOP or face loss of insurance.
Bernadette DeMesme-Anders (@bunideme.bsky.social)
The regime has clearly demonstrated who they support and who they persecute.
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Full interview and more from MeidasTouch here: youtu.be/c53j5GAMolg
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
Kuvin: He didn’t keep a list of these people. What he would do is get calls from powerful men — men who lived in Palm Beach, for example. They would talk to Ms. Maxwell, and she would send a girl out. If you really to know who was involved, you would look at his phone books
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
Pritzker: Trump seems a little obsessed with me and with Chicago — maybe he’s got Pritzker derangement syndrome.
Dr. Lucky Tran (@luckytran.com) reposted
The “problem” with vaccines? They so effective at preventing deaths that they create generations of people that question whether disease was a problem in the first place because they have never experienced the horrors of a world without vaccines.
The Bulwark (@thebulwark.com) reposted
"When she joined and whenever she got a promotion, she raised her right hand and said, 'I, Ashli Babbitt, will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic." She died doing the opposite. @markhertling.bsky.social joins @timmiller.bsky.social
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
Pritzker: It appears they are amassing ICE officers… It’s been reported that about 300 officers are planning to come in and do what they did in LA — terrorize neighborhoods and cause mayhem. Their plan is to create enough chaos on the ground that troops will have to be called in
Noel Casler Comedy (@noelcaslercomedy.bsky.social) reposted
If you think it’s a coincidence that Trump picked an unqualified alcoholic rapist as his Secretary of Defense you don’t understand how blowing up boats with US Military to distract from Epstein pressers work.
Senator Ron Wyden (@wyden.senate.gov) reposted
RFK Jr. calls himself a protector of children. That’s a rich claim coming from someone who flew on Jeffrey Epstein’s private jet on multiple occasions.
Social Security Works (@socialsecurityworks.org) reposted
John Cornyn is LYING to the Senate FInance Committee right now. The TRUTH is, Social Security and Medicare have NOTHING to do with our national debt because Americans pay for the programs with contributions from every paycheck.
Annie Andrews, MD (@drannieandrews.com) reposted reply parent
I’m also running for the US Senate😉 secure.actblue.com/donate/draa4...
Annie Andrews, MD (@drannieandrews.com) reposted
I’m just a girl, who did a spinal tap on a preschooler last week, asking you to fire RFK Jr.
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
BENNET: It's a panel you just put that folks on. They are people with ideas that are completely outside the mainstream RFK Jr: You mean outside the pharmaceutical paradigm? BENNET: This is not a podcast. This is the American people's health that's on the line here.
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
"You're a charlatan. That's what you are." -- Cantwell to RFK Jr
Jack Hopkins-The Original (@therealjackhopkins.bsky.social) reposted
Note to self. When you have several people applying for the same job...don't hire the one who is a heroin addict, has had part of their brain eaten by a worm...and is artificially the color of an old penny that's been sitting in the back of a desk drawer for 40 years. Just don't.
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
BENNET: Are you aware that one of the people you put on the panel -- Dr Robert Malone -- claimed that the commonly used mRNA vaccine causes 'a form of AIDS'? Yes or no RFK Jr: Dr Malone is one of the invento-- BENNET: Yes or no! RFK Jr: Dr Malone is one of the inventors of the mRNA vaccine
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
SENATOR BENNET: "I'm asking the questions — on behalf of parents and schools and teachers all over 🇺🇸 who deserve so much better than your leadership!”
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Warner: "Secretary of Health and Human Service -- he doesn't know how many people died from covid, doesn't know if the vaccine saved lives, doesn't understand the issue that OBGYN doctors are fleeing rural America ... "
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
RFK Jr's breathing now sounds like bomb explosions
MSNBC (@msnbc.com) reposted
“How can you be that ignorant?” Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) presses RFK Jr. on Covid facts. WATCH LIVE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3MO...
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
RFK JR: You're making things up to scare people. And it's a lie. Hassan: With respect, I do not think I'm the one making things up.
Josh Marshall (@joshtpm.bsky.social) reposted
Hilarious the Louisiana Gov and Senators are now asking Trump to federalize the Guard to take over New Orleans like supplicant subjects should. Let's remember. The Gov can do this any day of the week. That's what the Guard is. A state militia. Asking Trump to federalize them is some weird GOP kink.
Lisa Guerrero (@lisaguerrero.bsky.social) reposted
Dr Cassidy wasn’t so clever when he voted for RFK Jr. to serve as U.S. Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. They both have blood on their hands.
Tim Onion (@bencollins.bsky.social) reposted
Who is the Midsommar lady in the background ayahuascally gazing at her dream man, HHS Secretary Uncooked Hamburger?
Jack Hopkins-The Original (@therealjackhopkins.bsky.social) reposted
Kennedy’s vaccine crusade isn’t about health...it’s about sowing chaos. Confusion equals control. Repeat until it’s tattooed on your brain: It. Is. Part. Of. The. Op. To. Destabilize. The. United. States.
Elizabeth Warren (@warren.senate.gov) reposted
President Trump's new Fed nominee claims he is independent — but REFUSES to admit that Donald Trump lost the 2020 election. Doesn’t sound like independence to me. And Americans will pay the price.
Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) reposted
🚨BREAKING: The District of Columbia sued President Donald Trump Thursday to end his deployment of thousands of National Guard troops in the nation’s capital. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Krassensteins (@krassenstein.bsky.social) reposted
BREAKING: Senator Michael Bennet just ripped RFK Jr. a new one: “I’m asking the questions Mr. Kennedy, on behalf of parents, and schools, and teachers all over the United State of America who deserve so much better than your leadership.”
KSlatteryResist (@kslatteryresist.bsky.social) reposted
Power To The People. November 4th CA votes to stop Trump from rigging elections. #VoteYesProp50 #Voices4Victory #ProudBlue
Democracy Docket (@democracydocket.com) reposted
NEW: D.C. sues Trump to end his deployment of over 2,200 National Guard troops from several states in the nation’s capital, arguing the administration violated federal law by using them to conduct local law enforcement activities. From: @jaknutson.bsky.social