Clara McK (@cemck.bsky.social)
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Retired Software Engineer 5th generation Californian Immigrant ancestors from Ukraine, UK #Angret #TeamTim
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Ukrainska Pravda 🇺🇦 (@pravda.ua) reposted
👺 Russia loses 800 soldiers over past day
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LarsonRDL (@festivewarthog.bsky.social) reposted
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jcarrington (@jbcarrington.bsky.social) reposted
1/2 - @whitneyepi.bsky.social, more evidence on how Black workers are getting destroyed in the labor market. Black unemployment rate has risen to 7.2%, the highest since Oct 2021, while the overall U.S. unemployment rate remains historically low at 4.2%. www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...
Buckleup36 (@buckleup36.bsky.social) reposted
Crime Festers in Republican States While Their Troops Patrol Washington The red state National Guard troops sent to D.C. is costing the Fed Gov $1 MILLION per day. Meanwhile, Trump cut funding for local police forces across the U.S. - GIFT ARTICLE www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/u...
Colin 🇨🇦🇺🇦 (@colinmacneil.bsky.social) reposted
And the whole world. #CDC #PublicHealth
George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted
Russia, Russia, Russia!! HOAX!! Thank you for your attention to this matter!
Phil Lewis (@phillewis.bsky.social) reposted
9 former directors of the CDC penned an op-ed stating that what Robert F. Kennedy has done to the nation's public health system is "unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced" www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
Clara McK (@cemck.bsky.social)
I didn’t know Prohibition was sold to the public with racist and classist tropes. Not sure there is the direct connection to MAGA the author states but it’s an interesting 🧐 idea thehill.com/opinion/camp...
Clara McK (@cemck.bsky.social) reply parent
Omg that’s my people!
Clara McK (@cemck.bsky.social) reply parent
California understands the assignment 🐻
THE GOOSE GIRL (@sylviasmothersaid.bsky.social) reposted
QUACK! QUACK! Secretary of Health RFK Jr. said a paper that found no link between aluminum in vaccines and disease must be retracted. The journal refused. In an extraordinary move for a U.S. public official, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has demanded the retraction
Daisy Martin (@daisymsc.bsky.social) reposted
⬇️ Gift link. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...
prlmclean.bsky.social (@prlmclean.bsky.social) reposted
In Trump’s Federal Work Force Cuts, Black Women Are Among the Hardest Hit www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...
Ruth Adar 🎗️ (@rruth.bsky.social) reposted
It's not rocket science: cash transfers alleviate poverty and stimulate the economy. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Library Faery Says Read More Books! (@libraryfaery.bsky.social) reposted
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sky (@scrutacieli.bsky.social) reposted
La pioggia e il vento hanno lasciato in dono una di quelle notti in cui guardi il cielo e lo vedi, lo capisci, lo senti quant'è profondo. La Via Lattea è un fiume trasparente, acqua di luce limpida in cui l'animo non può che perdersi. Guardate le stelle quando potete ✨
Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney.bsky.social) reposted
BREAKING: A federal judge has *blocked* the Trump administration from abruptly deporting 600 unaccompanied Guatemalan children — perhaps within a matter of hours — granting an emergency restraining order after advocates called the plan illegal + dangerous. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Clara McK (@cemck.bsky.social)
This is beyond disturbing 😳 We have kidnapped hundreds of Guatemalan children and trying to hustle them out of the country ?!? www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
Clara McK (@cemck.bsky.social) reply parent
Yes of course 🇺🇦
WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) reposted
Russia’s top general Gerasimov had already reported Dachne as “occupied,” but the Ukrainian village is — inconveniently — still under Ukraine’s control.
Clara McK (@cemck.bsky.social) reply parent
Sadly the world should steer clear of the US until Trump is gone
Clara McK (@cemck.bsky.social) reply parent
Yes
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) (@axidentaliberal.bsky.social) reposted
This is why Trump’s Big Ugly Bill increased ICE’s budget by $170.7 billion More than the military spending of most countries, and more than the US appropriated for the FBI, DEA, ATF and Marshals-combined Trump is amassing an army to employ against Americans in blue states And Illinois is up first
Michael V. Nixon (@mvnixon.bsky.social) reposted
Volkswagen Brazil found liable for ‘slave labor’ after priest’s long struggle — “In the 1970s, a Catholic priest began investigating forced labor on an Amazon ranch. Now a Brazilian judge has ordered Volkswagen to pay $30 million in damages” wapo.st/3HZr1ma
Mary (@mfbrodie.bsky.social) reposted
The Trump regime has pulled the US out of the UN Human Rights Universal Process Review. This is chilling. This review happens every 4-5 years for each country in the UN. No country has ever pulled out of the review. Until now. I remember the last time the US had its UPR... 🧵
Clara McK (@cemck.bsky.social) reply parent
Um the rapture for one?
Jodi Jacobson (@jljacobson.bsky.social) reposted
He is an unapologetic eugenicist. But so are Thiel, Musk, Miller, Vance, and a whole range of others. This entire fucking regime are Nazis. We have to stop attributing this stuff to one person, whether Trump or Kennedy. They all believe the same thing.
Clara McK (@cemck.bsky.social) reply parent
Fingers crossed 🤞
AJ (@k9rescue.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Jan Rosenow (@janrosenow.bsky.social) reposted
There’s a persistent myth that new solar farms don’t really help tackle climate change because panels are “made with coal” and “never pay back” their carbon debt. This is simply false. - UN: solar ~8x cleaner than gas, ~19x than coal per kWh - panels repay CO2 in 4 months; save 57x over life
Clara McK (@cemck.bsky.social) reply parent
Speaking of Peter Theil, what do you all think of this? Truly bonkers. www.christianpost.com/news/palanti...
Anton Gerashchenko (@antongerashchenko.bsky.social) reposted
This is Anhelina, two years old, celebrating her birthday. Anhelina and her mom, 24-year-old Nadiia, were killed by Russia in #Kyiv on August 28.
Anton Gerashchenko (@antongerashchenko.bsky.social) reposted
20.08.2024. Komyshivka, Pokrovsk sector, Donetsk region. Aerial reconnaissance spotted a group of Ukrainian soldiers - stripped, burned, their hands tied. They had broken free from Russian captivity. Even with severe wounds, they marched 8 km under enemy fire,didn’t lose spirit 📹Butusov Plus
Anton Gerashchenko (@antongerashchenko.bsky.social) reposted
Reportedly, this is an attack on an underground explosives storage in Tula region of Russia on August 30th. According to reports, pyroxylin powder (a smokeless powder used in small arms ammunition, artillery systems and individual rocket engines) was stored there.
The Kyiv Independent (@kyivindependent.com) reposted
⚡️Update: 1 killed, 16 injured, including two children, in Russian attack on Zaporizhzhia. The number of injured victims has risen to 16, including a 10-year-old boy and a 16-year-old girl, in Russia's overnight attack on Zaporizhzhia, officials reported.
Meanwhile in Ukraine (@meanwhileua.bsky.social) reposted
Ukraine hits key Russian fuel facility While Russian attacks continue to damage Ukrainian homes and endanger civilians, Ukraine’s Defense Forces struck another strategic site. This time, a major oil refinery in Krasnodar caught fire..👇
The Kyiv Independent (@kyivindependent.com) reposted
⚡️Update: 1 killed, 6 injured, including child, in Zaporizhzhia amid large-scale Russian attack. One person has been killed and another six people injured, including a child, in a Russian strike on Zaporizhzhia, regional Governor Ivan Fedorov said.
The New York Times (@nytimes.com) reposted
Donald McPherson, one of the last surviving combat aces from World War II, took down five Japanese aircraft and helped save a destroyer during the Battle of Okinawa. He has died at 103.
The New York Times (@nytimes.com) reposted
Breaking News: A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from carrying out fast-track deportations of people detained far from the southern border.
Tim White (@twmcltd.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Dnipro has been hit with multiple missiles, ballistics and cruise, as well as drones. Private houses are on fire. No further details yet. #RussiaIsATerroristState
Angry (@angrystaffer.bsky.social) reposted
I hope people realize how absolutely fucked this situation is. This isn’t normal. People are resigning all over the place because the government is mishandling our data, ruining our public health services, and generally making Americans less safe.
Clara McK (@cemck.bsky.social) reply parent
First, a big worldwide party
Clara McK (@cemck.bsky.social) reply parent
Is Trump MIA? How does anyone know he fired her?
Lucky7Deb (@lucky7deb.bsky.social) reposted
Certainly this info was conveniently passed on to Trump via Todd Blanche.
Mike (@mike-teevee-1971.bsky.social) reposted
“According to Daskalakis, no one from his center had been allowed to brief Kennedy directly on any of the issues that it covers, including polio, measles, COVID-19, and various vaccines. “I’m not sure where he’s getting his information other than Substacks…” 1/2 www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
eannl.bsky.social (@eannl.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
It is thoroughly covered by Mr. Kornetzke
Institute for the Study of War (@thestudyofwar.bsky.social) reposted
NEW: Russia killed at least 21 civilians, including children, and damaged civilian infrastructure and European diplomatic facilities during the second largest strike of the war thus far and the largest strike since the August 15 Alaska Summit on the night of Aug. 27-28. 🧵 ⬇️(1/4) isw.pub/UkrWar082825
Clara McK (@cemck.bsky.social)
No mystery there, somehow a kickback to Trump world apnews.com/article/trum...
Clara McK (@cemck.bsky.social) reply parent
We don’t see or hear about the John Birch society much anymore but they stoked the flames 🔥 of racism, “conservative values”, misogyny, culture wars staring in the late 1950s-present day
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Hellish Children (@hellishchildren.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
The Louisiana State Penitentiary, known as Angola, the nation’s largest maximum-security prison situated on 18,000 acres of land that was originally the site of slave plantations. Every person incarcerated in Angola, 74% are black, works in the fields. Landry wants to send teens there.
Tim White (@twmcltd.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
The 5 western companies giving most to Russia's war, have been named Newsweek says tax paid by them will pay for a million Russian soldiers. ▪️Raiffeisen Bank - $402m ▪️Chery Automobile - $222m ▪️Philip Morris Intl - $220m ▪️Japan Tobacco Intl - $182m ▪️Leroy Merlin - $128m
UNITED24 Media (@united24media.com) reposted
🔴 Four were killed, including two children, and at least 24 were injured, including five children, as a result of Russian attack on Kyiv overnight, local authorities report. 📷: Andrii Yermak/Telegram
David Roberts (@volts.wtf) reposted
She was brought to the US as an 8yo, worked hard, studied, earned a scholarship, planned to become a nurse. ICE kidnapped her. Held her for 6 MONTHS in a detention facility with conditions so miserable that she finally agreed to voluntarily move to Honduras, which her family left at gunpoint.
Clara McK (@cemck.bsky.social) reply parent
AI in action
ProPublica (@propublica.org) reposted
An ex-DOGE staffer developed an AI tool that hallucinated the size of Veterans Affairs contracts. For example, it concluded that more than a thousand deals were each worth $34 million, when in fact some were for as little as $35,000. (Published June)
ⓘ 𝕆ligarch f*ckery detected (@adelpreore.bsky.social) reposted
Well, this* certainly explains how this coulda happened. www.moneycontrol.com/world/screww...
Chris⚖️Justice (@chrisjustice01.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Trump and RFK Jr. to Ban COVID-19 Vaccine ‘Within Months’ www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump...
Clara McK (@cemck.bsky.social) reply parent
May he expire sooner than later
workwithnature.bsky.social (@workwithnature.bsky.social) reposted
A judge threatens to hold a Trump official in contempt over the silencing of Voice of America. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...
Clara McK (@cemck.bsky.social) reply parent
The plan for the Alaska Summit
John Lackland (@johnlackland.bsky.social) reposted
Бабло перемагає зло. #Exxon #Rosneft www.wsj.com/business/ene... #Russia
barbisblue (@barbisblue.bsky.social) reposted
The Federal Emergency Management Agency on Tuesday suspended around 30 employees after those workers wrote to Congress warning that the Trump administration had gutted the nation’s ability to handle hurricanes, floods and other extreme weather disasters.
Darth McGee (@darylm3.bsky.social) reposted
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...
Stace RN Resists 💙 (@stacernresists.bsky.social) reposted
Okay folks, it’s likely… 1. He’s not a compliant patient. 2. He appears much more ill than reported. 3. Likely, the docs he’s allowed to treat him are not giving him the best treatment/drugs! ~Old RN, with tons of geriatric/cardiac background. Opinion only. Remember Michael Jackson’s doc!?!
Clara McK (@cemck.bsky.social) reply parent
Again he just wants to screw over Black Mayors
Clara McK (@cemck.bsky.social) reply parent
Nah, he just likes to screw over Black people
Clara McK (@cemck.bsky.social) reply parent
Trump plans to destroy many more companies. Fixed it for you.
Clara McK (@cemck.bsky.social) reply parent
Hint they didn’t get rich
jemcmahon.bsky.social (@jemcmahon.bsky.social) reposted
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/o...
Steve Holcombe (@steve-holcombe.bsky.social) reposted
"Every year, America’s richest citizens paper over their earnings with losses and [other] creative accounting strategies .... As a result, the country’s billionaires pay lower tax rates than many of its millionaires do [and even] many middle-class professionals." www.theatlantic.com/economy/arch...
Donald Price (@dwprice.bsky.social) reposted
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If he ever gets a Nobel prize, their name will be mud.
Clara Jeffery (@clarajeffery.bsky.social) reposted
🧵1/ I'm sure everyone will apologize now that the NYT pubbed the huge investigation they've been working on about China's influence/pressure campaign on local elections. The red envelopes are only the tip of the iceberg (gift link): www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/n...
@Babouc ❌👑 - Jerry Wechsler (@babouc.bsky.social) reposted
A Luddite Regime in every sense. FEMA Employees Warn That Trump Is Gutting Disaster Response www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...
Clara McK (@cemck.bsky.social) reply parent
It is indeed a masterpiece. Sobering, joyful, and informative as anything.
Clara McK (@cemck.bsky.social) reply parent
Love it!
Meanwhile in Ukraine (@meanwhileua.bsky.social) reposted
Independence Day brought frontline gains, deep strikes on Ust-Luga and Syzran, 146 people home from captivity, and a $1B Canadian package with new training and Patriots in the pipeline. Read every key update. https://www.patreon.com/posts/top-news-today-137266408
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
ICYMI: Trump says his administration won't approve any wind or solar power projects. Reminder that Big Oil spent nearly $100M to get Trump elected in 2024. It's a huge payoff for his corporate donors at the expense of a livable planet.
Kathie (@candidkathie.bsky.social) reposted
Hell, yeah! I want the Rose Garden restored, too. This is my choice for the Gavin meme of the day.
Clara McK (@cemck.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s a myth that independent commissions are fair. In 2010 Charles Munger Jr, a partisan Republican spent over 10 million dollars getting proposition 10 passed. California to establish one. The power tilted to Republicans who have little power here.
Timothy Snyder (@timothysnyder.bsky.social) reposted
"If it were true that Ukraine belongs to Russia in the 2020s because a Russian dictator knows a legend about a Viking in the 860s... millions of people who actually live there would have no voice in their own identity: no choice but to accept the executions, the torture, the kidnapping of children."
Clara McK (@cemck.bsky.social) reply parent
Aren’t we awaiting a judge’s ruling from San Francisco on Posse Comitatus?
Clara McK (@cemck.bsky.social) reply parent
They don’t seem to have enough todo. Maybe they could go over and give Ukraine 🇺🇦 a hand? Lots more effective than talking to Putin
BladeoftheSun (@bladeofthes.bsky.social) reposted
If you support Mexico, like. If you support Canada, RT. Say no to Donald Trump and Elon Musk and watch their empire collapse.
Clara McK (@cemck.bsky.social) reply parent
I think the campaign made him stop - big mistake- it was working