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en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-1....
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en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-1....
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Guidelines were needed, mandates were a mistake.
rogue vagabond (@picaroon.bsky.social) reply parent
Guidelines were needed, mandates were a mistake.
rogue vagabond (@picaroon.bsky.social) reply parent
#WasteFraudAbuse
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blue maga blocked me :(
rogue vagabond (@picaroon.bsky.social) reply parent
1) Babbling and talking down like this is a big part of the problem with Democrats 2) I didn't support forcing people then, and I don't now. It was a mistake.
rogue vagabond (@picaroon.bsky.social) reply parent
COVID is still circulating and people are currently able to refuse masking and vaccines, do you think they should be forced to now?
rogue vagabond (@picaroon.bsky.social) reply parent
COVID is still circulating and people are currently able to refuse masking and vaccines, do you think they should be forced to now?
rogue vagabond (@picaroon.bsky.social) reply parent
Covid is still here, mandates aren't.
rogue vagabond (@picaroon.bsky.social) reply parent
Covid is still here, mandates aren't.
rogue vagabond (@picaroon.bsky.social) reply parent
All that really needs to be said is mandates were a mistake, because it takes away people's choices to make their own health care decisions, which is what RFK is doing now.
rogue vagabond (@picaroon.bsky.social) reply parent
I don't remember her making it harder for me to get a vaccine I want and have been able to easily get for the past few years.
rogue vagabond (@picaroon.bsky.social) reply parent
He must be so jealous.
NBC News (@nbcnews.com) reposted
The world’s leading genocide scholars’ association has passed a resolution saying that the legal criteria have been met to establish Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, its president says. There was no immediate response from the Israeli foreign ministry.
rogue vagabond (@picaroon.bsky.social) reply parent
Hard to sell 86% of a 500 member leading international association as cherry picking.
rogue vagabond (@picaroon.bsky.social) reply parent
Exactly.
Mother Jones (@motherjones.com) reposted
From layoffs to billion-dollar budget cuts and ideological battles over history itself, the National Park Service is facing one of the most turbulent moments in its 109-year history. This week on @revealnews.org:
rogue vagabond (@picaroon.bsky.social) reply parent
Evil.
rogue vagabond (@picaroon.bsky.social) reply parent
#WasteFraudAbuse
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Axis of evil
Inside Climate News (@insideclimatenews.org) reposted
The USDA is giving the public just three weeks to weigh in on a key step of its attempt to scrap the Roadless Rule, which protects almost 59 million acres of forest land from road construction and timber harvesting.
rogue vagabond (@picaroon.bsky.social) reply parent
Or he's not doing well but he had to prove he's not dead because people were saying he was.
rogue vagabond (@picaroon.bsky.social) reply parent
Is it normal for him to carry his clothes, on a hanger?
rogue vagabond (@picaroon.bsky.social) reply parent
Well, he's obviously not doing well, and is Vance better? idk
rogue vagabond (@picaroon.bsky.social) reply parent
Look what you made me do.
rogue vagabond (@picaroon.bsky.social) reply parent
How @democrats.org are not throwing waste fraud and abuse back at them is beyond me.
rogue vagabond (@picaroon.bsky.social) reply parent
These @democrats.org ?
rogue vagabond (@picaroon.bsky.social) reply parent
Obama moved the party right.
rogue vagabond (@picaroon.bsky.social) reply parent
I've been in several places with closed off stalls and common sink areas. I prefer it.
CNN (@cnn.com) reposted
Denver school officials pushed back against a US Education Department finding that its all-gender bathrooms violate Title IX protections against sex-based discrimination, accusing the Trump administration of using that law to promote an “anti-trans agenda.”
CNN (@cnn.com) reposted
The month before a shooter opened fire on children gathered in a Minnesota church this week, the Trump administration cut funding in the state for efforts to identify potential mass shooters and head off their violence. https://cnn.it/4lS986O
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#ChaosAgent
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insideclimatenews.org/news/2005202...
rogue vagabond (@picaroon.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm sure Trump will get right on that.
The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) reposted
President Trump's crusade against D.C.’s homelessness fails to solve some of its deepest struggles: There are not enough services, subsidies or beds to house the thousands of adults and children in the District without permanent housing. https://wapo.st/4mP0xTF
rogue vagabond (@picaroon.bsky.social) reply parent
Please stop with everything is a distraction.
rogue vagabond (@picaroon.bsky.social) reply parent
@democrats.org
rogue vagabond (@picaroon.bsky.social) reply parent
Love that we're all gonna die on loop is the nail in the coffin for her campaign.
Thor Benson (@thorbenson.bsky.social) reposted
Memphis is the only American city that makes the list of the 10 most dangerous cities in the world. Chicago's not even in the top 25
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Chi...Shreveport
Joshua J. Friedman (@joshuajfriedman.com) reposted
What a cursed sentence (gift link) “The A.I. companies selected to oversee the program would have a strong financial incentive to deny claims. Medicare plans to pay them a share of the savings generated from rejections.”
rogue vagabond (@picaroon.bsky.social) reply parent
It's mind-boggling.
rogue vagabond (@picaroon.bsky.social) reply parent
Evil.
rogue vagabond (@picaroon.bsky.social) reply parent
I'd actually prefer they don't waste money on pointless performative legislative actions and instead make noise, blaming Republicans, for free, in front of cameras and on social media. If you can't do it send out someone who can @democrats.org !
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insideclimatenews.org/news/2005202...
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insideclimatenews.org/news/2005202...
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@democrats.org
rogue vagabond (@picaroon.bsky.social) reply parent
I think Haberman makes more sense when you realize she is just like Trump, dead inside and forever vengeful that she was never truly accepted by the cool kids.
rogue vagabond (@picaroon.bsky.social) reply parent
Confederated States
rogue vagabond (@picaroon.bsky.social) reply parent
he says
rogue vagabond (@picaroon.bsky.social) reply parent
The @democrats.org ? Nah, they're playing dead because they think once again people will get tired of the Rs messing everything up and then they'll slide back into power and have bipartisanship with their friends!
G Elliott Morris (@gelliottmorris.com) reposted
over the last week, several political scientists i trust have declared trump a dictator and that america is not a full functioning democracy anymore. see here: goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/where-we-a... donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author... i think making a list clarifies this:
rogue vagabond (@picaroon.bsky.social) reply parent
Does it address what @democrats.org are going to do about it?
rogue vagabond (@picaroon.bsky.social) reply parent
Why vote for roll over and play dead then business as usual?
rogue vagabond (@picaroon.bsky.social) reply parent
Why does anyone still think the Confederates are going to come to their senses and stop?
rogue vagabond (@picaroon.bsky.social) reply parent
And actual consequences for the Confederates.
rogue vagabond (@picaroon.bsky.social) reply parent
Still pretty deviant and predatory.
rogue vagabond (@picaroon.bsky.social) reply parent
@murray.senate.gov the Confederates aren't going to come to their senses and stop it and it's well past time @democrats.org face that reality.
Maggie Astor (@maggieastor.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Here's a gift link to my Covid vaccine explainer.
rogue vagabond (@picaroon.bsky.social) reply parent
a fetish
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@democrats.org
Eric Feigl-Ding (@drericding.bsky.social) reposted
📍FDA has approved new variant-adapted COVID vaccine formulation (Novavax too)— but now only for those age 65+ or those “higher risk”, which is vague. Still needs CDC’s clearance—but now controlled by RFK Jr’s new dubious ACIP vaccine committee. Gift🎁 🔗 wapo.st/45RvyPx
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@democrats.org
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Evil.
The New York Times (@nytimes.com) reposted
At least one-fifth of U.S. national parks have been significantly strained and understaffed because of steep cuts mandated by the Trump administration, according to internal government data obtained by The New York Times.
Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) reposted
This is painful to watch. Felon Trump has the National Guard picking up trash in D.C. Because there isn’t enough crime to keep them busy?
David Dayen (@ddayen.bsky.social) reposted
The US Attorney who declined to prosecute an Israeli government official arrested last month for underage solicitation has a colorful collection of deep-pocketed donors from past political campaigns, including one who fled a fraud case by going to... Israel. prospect.org/justice/2025...
rogue vagabond (@picaroon.bsky.social) reply parent
Agree @democrats.org
rogue vagabond (@picaroon.bsky.social) reply parent
Evil.
rogue vagabond (@picaroon.bsky.social) reply parent
Hero 🥖
rogue vagabond (@picaroon.bsky.social) reply parent
Because the government is stuck in the 1950s.
rogue vagabond (@picaroon.bsky.social) reply parent
Donald Trump is a psychopath @warren.senate.gov
rogue vagabond (@picaroon.bsky.social) reply parent
Why are they paying hosts so much money to just sit there expressionless?
rogue vagabond (@picaroon.bsky.social) reply parent
"Biden wasn’t going to do this, so he couldn’t do this."
rogue vagabond (@picaroon.bsky.social) reply parent
A veteran.
rogue vagabond (@picaroon.bsky.social) reply parent
A veteran.
rogue vagabond (@picaroon.bsky.social) reply parent
Trump is bad for business @democrats.org
rogue vagabond (@picaroon.bsky.social) reply parent
Trump is bad for business @democrats.org
rogue vagabond (@picaroon.bsky.social) reply parent
Its hard to see this as enabling over complicit.
rogue vagabond (@picaroon.bsky.social) reply parent
Its hard to see this as enabling over complicit.
Balls & Strikes (@ballsandstrikes.org) reposted
The lesson for Democrats of the last four years is that if you don't use power when you have it, your opponents will happily use it instead
rogue vagabond (@picaroon.bsky.social) reply parent
It's past time. And sentences like this are part of the problem. @radiofreetom.bsky.social
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@democrats.org
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no
jamelle (@jamellebouie.net) reposted
one sign that the “unitary executive” is less the restoration of an older constitutional order and more the imposition of a radical new one is that allowing the president to act untethered from most legal or congressional limits has largely just served to plunge the country into disorder
rogue vagabond (@picaroon.bsky.social) reply parent
Or it was Project 2025's plan all along.
rogue vagabond (@picaroon.bsky.social) reply parent
Or it was Project 2025's plan all along.
rogue vagabond (@picaroon.bsky.social) reply parent
And pursue justice.
rogue vagabond (@picaroon.bsky.social) reply parent
legally dubious lol
rogue vagabond (@picaroon.bsky.social) reply parent
To rule your fiefdom.
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
Pritzker: To the members of the press who are assembled here today and listening across the country, I am asking for your courage to tell it like it is. This is not a time to pretend here that there are two sides to this story.
Marisa Kabas (@marisakabas.bsky.social) reposted
I loved @vermontgmg.bsky.social's latest piece so much that I asked if I could republish it on The Handbasket and he so generously said yes. If you haven't read it yet, please do. It's essential:
Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) reposted
He didn't just invoke MLK's "arc of the moral universe" line. He added that the arc won't bend itself and people need to step up to make that change happen. Absolutely right. Pitch perfect.
rogue vagabond (@picaroon.bsky.social) reply parent
Ministry of Peace was right there.
rogue vagabond (@picaroon.bsky.social) reply parent
No pushback there, no fact check here.
Mother Jones (@motherjones.com) reposted
Trump's DC occupation in a nutshell: Deploy military vehicles designed for war zones, arrest weed smokers, sexually harass residents, and leave sex toys as calling cards.
rogue vagabond (@picaroon.bsky.social) reply parent
Human trafficking.
rogue vagabond (@picaroon.bsky.social) reply parent
Human trafficking.
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It's been 10 years.
Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) reposted
(Reuters) - U.S. consumers with the highest credit scores are starting to fall behind in debt repayments, credit scoring company VantageScore said in a report published on Monday, in a sign that Americans' financial health may be deteriorating more broadly. www.tradingview.com/news/reuters...