Blue dot, blue city, but red state. Creator, writer, publisher, dreamer. Pet mom. We should leave our communities and the world better for us having been there, not worse.
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My name is Peter Morley. I live on fixed income. I have Lupus & chronic illnesses & disabilities & have subsisted on Social Security Disability for 18 years. I've survived cancer 2x & had 11 surgeries. I DEPEND on Medicaid & SNAP. I will NEVER GIVE UP fighting for me & for you until my last breath.💜
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A federal judge has ordered the Department of Education to reinstate thousands of employees it fired in advancing President Donald Trump’s mission to eliminate the department.
Trump cut nearly $3 billion in the first 100 days. Cancer is the #2 killer of people. Anyway, MAGA. www.axios.com/2025/05/19/n...
The House passed a bill this morning that makes massive cuts to Medicaid. Now, it goes to the Senate. Medicaid provides vital, lifesaving care to millions of people with disabilities nationwide. Tell Congress: Protect Medicaid.
- Translation: Officials can violate court orders and face no consequences. - Even if a judge tries to hold them in contempt, they’ll be blocked from enforcing it.
This is what an authoritarian regime would do. Hidden deep in Trump’s 1,100-page bill that passed the House today is a provision that would block federal courts from enforcing contempt charges against government officials who violate court orders.
USDA’s illegal demands for states & 3rd-party vendors to turn over the personal data of SNAP recipients must be stopped. That’s why we filed a lawsuit against the USDA w/ @studentdefense.bsky.social & @nclej.bsky.social on behalf of @Epic.org & @mazonusa.bsky.social.
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Your Mother’s Day weekend reminder that the so-called “party of family values” has historically blocked: -Paid family & medical leave -Universal childcare -Universal pre-K -Expanded Child Tax Credit -Programs to support reproductive health Doesn’t sound very pro-family to me.
Holy shiitake! Trump fired Shira Perlmutter, the Director of the US Copyrights Office apparently because she refused to let Elon Musk raid the place to steal author’s intellectual property rights democrats-cha.house.gov/media/press-...
“So far, the most energetic opposition has come not from civic leaders but from everyday citizens, showing up at Congressional town hall meetings or participating in Hands Off rallies across the country. “Our leaders must follow their example.” Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...
This was a great conversation — thank you Stacey!
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The CDC has eviscerated divisions that oversee a database on accidental deaths and injuries and the team that maintains a tool for tracking sexually transmitted diseases. The EPA will stop requiring that industry measures greenhouse gas emissions.
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Early Trump 2.0 is failing, the people of America and the world are just not bending the knee and we need to work very hard now to find a better path forward, together. My latest, 👇 www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/a-brutal-n...
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🔥 Polls are open in WISCONSIN now! Don't let Elon Musk buy the WI Supreme Court election. Vote for Susan Crawford today.
Big news from @propublica.org: Activists exerted leverage on #PaulWeiss & won 200 hours of pro bono time to RE-START lawsuits against Big Tech / Big Banks. Originally started by CFPB. CANCELLED by Trump/Musk. CFPB was a watchdog for your wallet. Now @elonjet.net Musk lines pockets of billionaires.
Leadership is doubling down, but GOP members are getting nervous about the budget’s extreme unpopularity. You can call your Representative now at 202-224-3121.
@lindagcomanche9103.bsky.social HI there, just checking if you will receive this message? Follow you on YT and know you're having account issues. Thanks!
I’ve been warning that the Tech Bros want the S.F. Presidio for a “freedom city”. Now this. 👇 1/
Spiegel reports on our research into murky political accounts on TikTok. Most of them: Support AfD. The platform has removed many of them after we reported. www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/app...
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NOW. hundreds have gathered in union square for the rise up for trans youth rally here in NYC! shooting videos and stills
I'm hearing a lot from the media NGO sector about the impact of USAID cuts. A lot of small investigative media organisations across the globe are facing imminent closure as the funding they've budget for has vanished overnight, and the funder community has no capacity to absorb the shock.
Rep Raskin making sense on Musk’s attempted coup. More of this please. newrepublic.com/article/1911...
Musk and his coup are very unpopular. People who oppose it have much to gain. newrepublic.com/article/1911...
Nothing but the best people.
"His handle is literally Big Balls" www.wired.com/story/edward...
"Flood the zone" is ultimately unsustainable for Trump. Don't chase every outrage. Focus on the big stuff, and keep messaging he's hurting the economy, and American families. They want you screaming about the "Gulf of America" while they cut off SNAP for poor kids. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/u...
The Secretary of Plague: RFK, Jr. Must Be Rejected open.substack.com/pub/therickw...
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The Friday Brief, January 31, 2025 Inside: The OMB Debacle hurts MAGA most, the Potomac Crash, GITMO redux, Kash Patel’s arrogant hearing, the return of Executive Time, stupid Gaza tricks, fast airplanes, scary robots, and White House hustlers. open.substack.com/pub/therickw...
When Trump said he would lower prices he meant stock prices, actually.
The Elephant in the Room: RFK Will Kill Us All open.substack.com/pub/therickw...
Republican Senators and members of the House are about to realize how badly their constituents are getting fucked by Trump. And they'll do absolutely nothing to stop it.
HOLD UP. Did Trump just say he will put tariffs on medications? Americans already pay more for prescription medications than anywhere in the world - and he wants us to pay EVEN MORE? Americans want cheaper drug prices. Trump is giving us higher taxes instead.
👉🎯IMPORTANT! Without federal employment or security clearance, Musk & his team were handed our Social Security numbers, tax data, Medicare info, and bank details by the Treasury Dept, this is a major privacy violation. 👇👇👇Key Federal Privacy Laws Violated👇👇👇 skywriter.blue/pages/did:pl...
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It’s pretty insane that a private citizen can come in, hijack federal government servers, fire people, and steal their PII.
Oh god. 💔 Susie, meet the tarmac.
Get Elon out of that treasury database NOW!
My statement on the FBI Purge that puts at risk the safety, well-being and national security of the American people.
How could this not possibly violate a slew of federal laws?
An excellent resource for federal civil servants. www.civilservicestrong.org
There appear to be at least three separately operating heel factions breaking things within the government in wholly different ways right now. There's the Miller-headed immigration one, the DOGE/Elon one, and a Project 2025 OMB one. This dynamic hasn't showed up in mainstream reporting at all.
It is my birthday and today is a great day to support fearlessly independent, pro-democracy media. Sign-up for Democracy Docket today. www.democracydocket.com/me-subscribe...
People are going to die because of this. Health Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...
Yes, this. Enough stern statement and tweets, enough handwringing. Where is the fire? Where are the lawsuits?
White supremacy is always self-destructive and stupid. Alas, elections have consequences. How's the price of eggs? "Trump's diversity purge targets dozens of federal workers who did not work in DEI" www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
I’m going to put my rich guy hat on and say I hope that Mexico and Canada issue equal, retaliatory tariffs and stick to them for an extended period. I apologize to all the people it will cost money and the businesses it will hurt. But it’s the only way for tariffs to be seen for what they are
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🪓MASS DELETION UPDATE—More than 1,000 pages are now deleted from websites of CDC, National Institutes of Health, and other sites of the Department of Health and Human Services, according to a new WSJ analysis—including many **vaccine recommendation** scientific pages!
www.cnn.com/2025/02/01/p... Exclusive: NTSB fought to retain employees after Trump’s federal worker resignation offer
If you are looking for the guardrails on MAGA extremism, it does not reside in government institutions or norms. Nor will you find any courage in the boardrooms of large corporations as they bow and scrape before Trump. That leaves only the courts. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/cour...
Yes, Rs are now the party of the working class.
Do yourself and democracy a favor. Support independent media.
At least 50 employees at the Education Department have been put on leave in recent days after Trump ordered federal agencies to eliminate all positions related to DEI. But almost none of them worked in jobs directly related to DEI.
JUST IN: British Columbia says it will no longer buy American liquor from red states in response to U.S. tariffs
1/I understand legit debate re: #DEI & whether pendulum swung too far, too quickly. But what happened today at @NSAGov's @NatCryptoMuseum is unacceptable. Trump Admin new DEI policy disgraces cryptological historical trailblazers & icons in community. See two covered areas? https://
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This whole thread. They are dishonoring the service of Americans.
Not on Facebook any longer and won't go back. But any opposition moves are fabulous!
Scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were ordered to withdraw any pending publications, at any scientific journal, that mention terms such as “transgender,” “immigrant,” “L.G.B.T.” or “pregnant people.”
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Trump issued a memorandum invalidating government labor contracts finalized in the 30 days before his presidential inauguration. This action is not legal and will not hold up in court.
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I’m telling everyone: Do not open the door or say a word unless you’re expecting someone and know exactly who it is. Know your rights. Pass these around…
Admittance to cheating. ?
Ummm… what the actual fuck is he talking about? Elon knows those vote counting computers??!?
Today is a good day to read my analysis of why Trump's second term poses a threat to women's health, not just in the US but all over the globe. Published with @the-independent.com www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a... And @tbij.bsky.social www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024...
Biden pardons Fauci, Milley and the J6 Committee to protect them from Trump’s revenge tour: apnews.com/article/bide...
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"In a 30-page complaint ... the public interest law firm National Security Counselors says that the nongovernmental DOGE panel is breaking a 1972 law that requires advisory committees to the executive branch to follow certain rules on disclosure, hiring and other practices."
Propaganda is not just misinformation; it’s a tool to shape perception, silence dissent, and control societies. Its danger lies in its ability to make lies feel like truth and manipulation feel like choice.
x X has ~18m daily USA users. @bsky.app, ~1.5m. Is it worth 20 MINS a day to proactively recruit and bring your friends, neighbors,relatives, businesses, anyone who is or could be a user, to @bsky.app? If Bluesky ends up with more users than the others, you destabilize musk, zuck, trump.
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Accessible body camera footage can help hold the police accountable. Forcing the public to pay hundreds of dollars for that footage undermines our ability to ensure transparency in policing.
On russian Telegram today: An outbreak of a deadly virus has occurred in China. Doctors have found a metapneumovirus (hMPV) in respiratory samples from residents of the northern provinces. 1/2
The #DNC has confirmed that the following candidates for #DNCchair and other officers have qualified for the ballot on February 1, and for the first virtual forum scheduled for January 11.
Julian Lennon: ‘I’m not part of the Beatles inner circle – I never have been’
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This is how I would deal with the huge problem of Chinese companies knocking off American companies. Curious what everyone thinks
Why are Bezos, Zuckerberg, Musk, Pichai and Tim Cook visiting and giving money to Trump ? Because they are in “The Race “ to become the dominant platform in the world. Amazon/Anthropic vs FB/LLama vs Google/Gemini vs Twitter/Grok, vs IPhones/ChatGpt is the penultimate global power war ever.