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Former journalist who still writes, edits, designs. Geek who loves art, music, words, what you do with them. I'm on Threads too @_eileenie_ for now.
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A large debt & big budget deficits are for Republicans a feature, not a bug, the best arguments Republicans have for attacking Democrats over excessive spending – funny in and of itself, because far and away the biggest spender on non-defense discretionary items of the last 20 years? Donald Trump.

Day 52. 🇺🇸

More than one million people living with HIV in the U.S. rely on services that can only be provided by a fully funded HIV response. Once again, the pro-life party showing they care. #ActUpForHealthCare

One thing is clear: teachers are not OK. www.404media.co/teachers-are...

Lest you thought geomagnetic storms were only good for giving us beautiful colors in the sky. www.independent.co.uk/space/starli...

Thank you, @lkatfield.bsky.social, I hope so!

"Yes, robots can do some things better than humans — none more so than spread disinformation." Let that sink in.

Peter Thiel and his minion, Palantir CEO Alex Karp, think of you as the enemy -- yeah, the taxpayers whose money they're siphoning up and living off in order to help the fascists consolidate and steal their data.

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I really, really need people to understand that as a function of supremacy, normal everyday people lie constantly about their intentions—to everyone, but perhaps to themselves most of all—and most often in service of protecting their ignorance and complacency, rather than any coherent ideology.

Starting soon: At a noon hearing in AAUP v. Rubio, the Trump admin will try to avoid a trial seeking to block it from targeting students for deportation based on speech. I'm covering it virtually for @AllRiseNews.com Find out how to connect remotely here. www.allrisenews.com/p/d-day-prot...

Journalists have the power to expose him for the hollow man and liar he is.

Poland why

These ACA subsidies are extremely important for folks working hourly jobs with no benefits, especially young people. For many, it's meant their first opportunity to get decent health care. This is a good story about the stakes:

💥 A Ukrainian Su-27 from Ukraine's 39th Tactical Aviation Brigade destroyed a Russian air defense system, reportedly using a U.S.-made HARM anti-radiation missile. This would be the first confirmed video of a HARM destroying a Russian SAM.

We need to talk. As a country- have a real conversation abt immigration. They are snatching up law abiding moms that have immigration issues. Don’t think this is lost on M@gas. They just don’t have the brain cells to understand it. It’s a good listen. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Politico constantly runs oil propaganda, but reporters at Politico-owned @eenews.bsky.social keep churning out great stories about how the oil industry is trying to kill all of us, including its own workers.

New York state reminding us that it is not safe to bring children to Republican states until they are old enough to be vaccinated, because Republicans are eliminating herd immunity for previously eliminated deadly childhood illness.

One striking thing this immigrant facing deportation does here is speak powerfully about the support she's been getting from Trump voters. You can listen to her voice from jail. She gets extremely emotional. The depravity of Trump's deportations laid bare in a new way.

Any decent country, decent, moral people, would shun this.

Really eye-popping reporting from @wsj.com — the law firms that bent the knee lost the trust of clients, partners, and associates, often fleeing to firms that stood up for themselves. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

bad news for maga’s Big E Coli lobby

This is why people across the country need to remain engaged and not give up in the face of oppression

Russia intentionally bombs civilians repeatedly for months and months. MAGAland response: Give peace a chance, Ukraine! Ukraine takes out bombers at a military site with remotely operated drones without endangering Russian civilians. MAGAland response:

NASHVILLE councilman David Benton responds to calls for him to resign after he stood with Pinocchiogles at that anti-immigrant fearmongering presser inside a closed Capitol on Memorial Day and backed the ICE raids terrorizing communities. www.wsmv.com/2025/06/02/m...

“It is unclear what happened in the yrs between the deaths of 19 patients and the 1880s, when a New Orleans doctor sent the skulls to a doctor in Germany who researched the then-popular practice of phrenology.” Never forget the rise of Jim Crow enabled the rise of the Third Reich on so many levels…

Killed by…..?????

For emphasis: LOL no

It’s better than even odds that Trump shared this dumb post because he didn’t have his glasses on and he liked the photo and now the White House press secretary will have to be like “Experts agree that it’s quite possible cyborgs walk among us, no matter what the fake news claims.”

NEWSFLASH: At least 41 Russian aircraft are burning after a covert Ukrainian drone strike deep inside Russia. The attack, planned over 18 months by Ukraine's Security Service, hit four airfields and targeted Russia’s strategic aviation used to bomb Ukrainian cities.

Man I don't even know what to tell you it looks like the entire Russian military just disintegrated immediately on contact, from what I'm seeing Russia doesn't have an air force, air defence or fleet anymore

The voodoo machine will detect all wrong speak!!!

*stares directly at the camera*

Courts generally decide cases based on evidence. Anyone can go on FOX news and lie with impunity, but courts largely look at the actual facts and proof. So when Trump people lie about taking some action based on an imaginary emergency, a lot of judges call b.s., even many Trump judges

⚡️Exclusive footage shows the SBU attack on strategic bombers at Belaya Air Field in Russia's Irkutsk region.

@support.bsky.team - Why are all the senate.gov handles now being labeled as "invalid"?

“I’m sorry that visibly distraught woman was too stupid to know that everyone is going to die someday. She probably thinks the Tooth Fairy is real too LOL. Again, I truly apologize… for that woman’s stupidity.”

I'm really pissed we spent so long not allowing Ukraine to do this

THE FUCKING RUSSIAN STRATEGIC BOMBER AIRBASE IS BURNING

Vought gets a little salty after Dana Bash plays the clip of him saying that he wants federal bureaucrats to be "in trauma," telling her "you cherrypicked the quote" (she literally just played the clip)

An operation by Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) using FPV drones smuggled deep into Russia and hidden inside trucks has hit 41 Russian heavy bombers at four airfields, dealing a major blow to aircraft used to launch long-range missile attacks on Ukraine's cities. kyivindependent.com/enemy-bomber...