Billie Wahlstrom
@bwahlstrom.bsky.social
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Joyful progressive, lover of fishing and the natural world, professor emerita, Jewish grandmother, always 💙. Supporter of women and ally 🇺🇦🇮🇱🏳️‍⚧️
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The war zone in Portland is out of control.
White House pauses $11 billion in funding for infrastructure projects in mostly blue states - POLITICO
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Prince Andrew has been stripped of all his royal titles.

Exerts from Virginia Guthrie’s memoir, detailing her abuse by Andrew, played a role in his downfall. Tragically, she committed suicide last April.

It’s on all of us to make sure the other Epstein survivors get justice before it’s too late.
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Breaking on MSNBC: Two top criminal lawyers in the Eastern District of Virginia have been fired: Elizabeth Yusi, the criminal chief, and her deputy Kristin Bird. Both had been involved with Letitia James case and were skeptical of it.
Trump commutes sentence of former Rep. George Santos - The Wall Street Journal

Why on earth?
Bipartisan senators to force vote blocking “unauthorized war” in Venezuela - The Hill

Doubt if it will be successful but it’s the right thing to do
Prince Andrew forced to renounce Duke of York title - The Times of London

The monarch should have done this earlier. Release the Epstein files.
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Mike Johnson has now had the House adjourned for 73 out of the last 85 days.

Epstein Shutdown.
Michigan? Minnesota? Join up.
15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more.

Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.
Trump Team Plans IRS Overhaul to Enable Pursuit of Left-Leaning Groups - The Wall Street Journal
Last night the water heater cracked open so water in the basement and the plumber this morning. Cost? $5000. Just waiting for the other shoe—cost of health care insurance—to drop.
President Trump threatens to move World Cup matches out of Boston - USA TODAY
Shutdown layoffs target services for vulnerable students, homeless, seniors - The Washington Post
Who will lose out when ACA health-insurance subsidies expire? - The Washington Post

22 million people. That’s who.
Sharp global rise in antibiotic-resistant infections in hospitals, WHO finds - The Guardian

We can expect a sharp increase in related deaths.
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“Absolute savage damage done by RIFs this weekend to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, where staffing levels appear to be near 1/3 where they were at the beginning of the year.”

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Trump’s Guilt-By-Association Law Enforcement
The groundwork has been laid to go after innocent people, opposition groups, and even No Kings protesters.
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White House fires nearly all NEH members - CBS News

Why do we need books or the arts anyway?😢
Trump escalates his use of federal power to target Democratic states - The Washington Post
Trump slashes mental health agency as shutdown drags on - NPR
Trump says Nobel Peace Prize winner Machado accepted the award for him - NBC News

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