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Absentee Shallot @absenteeshallot.bsky.social · 14h

Bill Nye on NASA budget cuts: Nye says cutting NASA violates Article 1 Section 8 of the Constitution, which promotes science for America's health and competition. He warns China will beat the U.S. to Mars by 2028.
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#billnye #nasa #china #spacerace

Absentee Shallot @absenteeshallot.bsky.social · 18h

Rep. Maxwell Frost on Speaker Johnson's lack of a plan: Johnson admitted he has no strategy while refusing to bring half of Congress back to work until the government reopens.
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#maxwellfrost #governmentshutdown #congress #mikejohnson

Absentee Shallot @absenteeshallot.bsky.social · 22h

New AP reporting reveals ICE is using the WRAP—a restraint device linked to at least 12 deaths—on migrants "simply for crying or verbally objecting to their deportation."
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#ice #goodtrouble #thewrap

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Absentee Shallot @absenteeshallot.bsky.social · 1d

Cincinnati Children's Hospital chaplain on being unjustly detained by ICE for 73 days: Speaking to a large crowd after his release, he says he's only free because people made noise on his behalf, proof that speaking up makes a difference.
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#cincinatti #iceraids

Absentee Shallot @absenteeshallot.bsky.social · 1d

Governor Gavin Newsome talks minimum wage on Higher Learning Podcast
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#gavinnewsome #rachellindsay #vanlathan #higherlearningpodcast #minimumwage

Absentee Shallot @absenteeshallot.bsky.social · 1d

Aftyn Behn after winning her primary for TN-7: "Tonight Tennessee sent a message: women still fight, organizers can still win, and Democrats in the Deep South aren't done yet."
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#aftynbehn #deepsouthdemocrats #tennessee

Absentee Shallot @absenteeshallot.bsky.social · 2d

Sawyer Hackett breaks down Trump's corruption.Trump has added at least $3.4 billion to his net worth in just 9 months in office. How has he done this without taking a salary?
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#sawyerhackett #trump #corruption

Absentee Shallot @absenteeshallot.bsky.social · 2d

The JAAM breaks down how those in power are distracting us from stuff that ACTUALLY matters.
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#thejaampodcast #culturewar

Absentee Shallot @absenteeshallot.bsky.social · 2d

Ruben Galego spells it all out for us.
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#rubengalego #epsteinfiles #adelitagrijalva #mikejohnson

Absentee Shallot @absenteeshallot.bsky.social · 3d

Illinois farmer on Trump's trade war: "MAGA now means Make Argentina great again" as China buys soybeans from Argentina—the same country Trump sent $20 billion. "A bailout is like putting a Band-Aid on a bullet wound. We don't want a bailout. We want markets for our crops."

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Absentee Shallot @absenteeshallot.bsky.social · 3d

Jared Moskowitz reveals ICE has $858 million for employee bonuses—$42,000 per ICE agent. "The average Christmas bonus for American workers is $2,500."
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#jaredmoskowitz #ice #icebonuses #immigration

Absentee Shallot @absenteeshallot.bsky.social · 4d

"Is f*cking over disabled children what you voted for?"
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#pissedoffbartender #specialneedseducation #departmentofeducation

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Absentee Shallot @absenteeshallot.bsky.social · 4d

Pissed Off Bartender on the Republic repeal of the Affordable Care Act.
"Every single one of you has someone in your life who needs the ACA to continue living."
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#pissedoffbartender #affordablecareact #governmentshutdown

Absentee Shallot @absenteeshallot.bsky.social · 5d

Governor Gavin Newsome on Higher Learning Podcast. The cost of living is the issue of our time.
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#gavinnewsome #higherlearning #vanlathan #rachellindsay

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Absentee Shallot @absenteeshallot.bsky.social · 5d

The JAAM breaks down the myth that we can't afford universal healthcare. #thejaampodcast
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#healthcarereform #governmentspending #taxes

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Absentee Shallot @absenteeshallot.bsky.social · 6d

New Medicaid rules from the "One Big Beautiful Bill" are punishing families who filled prescriptions early.
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#healthcarereform #bigbeautifulbill #medicaidrules

Absentee Shallot @absenteeshallot.bsky.social · 6d

Anyone with a heart see's this and thinks "this can't be the only way to do this". Even Joe Rogan sees how bad ICE is.
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#joerogan #iceraids #humanity

Absentee Shallot @absenteeshallot.bsky.social · 7d

Vic Mensa visited the apartment building ICE raided and saw agents marking people's homes for targeting—something he's only seen in police states.

Absentee Shallot @absenteeshallot.bsky.social · 7d

Don Lemon interviews a US citizen snatched up by ICE.
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#ice #donlemon #immigration

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Absentee Shallot @absenteeshallot.bsky.social · 7d

Country Artist Bryan Andrew's Crashes Out on ICE. "You don't get to call yourself a Christian and then think it's okay that the highest court in the land just gave a green light to ICE agents to target people because they are brown or speaking Spanish."

Absentee Shallot @absenteeshallot.bsky.social · 10d

Your tax dollars at work.
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#trump #argentinabailout #wtf

Absentee Shallot @absenteeshallot.bsky.social · 11d

"Are you folks seriously going to sit there and tell me that terrorizing families in the middle of the night is what you voted for?" - Pissed Off Bartender
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#iceraids #immigrantjustice #trump

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Absentee Shallot @absenteeshallot.bsky.social · 12d

"Is MAGA okay with pedophilia now? Or do they only care about the Epstein case to take down Democrats?" via NowThisImpact
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#trump #epsteinfiles #ghislainemaxwell

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Absentee Shallot @absenteeshallot.bsky.social · 12d

Government Shutdown. WE'RE DONE FOR! via abeetheartist
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#abeetheartist #thejaampodcast #governmentshutdown

Absentee Shallot @absenteeshallot.bsky.social · 13d

"What little S.S. Miller is claiming here is that Trump has complete, unlimited control over the military to do with it as he pleases." - Brenna Perez
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#stephenmiller #plenaryauthority #cnn