@candasaurusrex.bsky.social
Devoured this book in 3 days. Excellent narrative storytelling following several families, with data and stats interwoven. Extremely timely with current SNAP events and talk of affordability.
November 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Devoured this book in 3 days. Excellent narrative storytelling following several families, with data and stats interwoven. Extremely timely with current SNAP events and talk of affordability.
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Asylum
seekers
don’t
come
from
"insane asylums.”
seekers
don’t
come
from
"insane asylums.”
O'DONNELL: Are we going to war against Venezuela?
TRUMP: I doubt it. They emptied their mental institutions and insane asylums into the United States of America
TRUMP: I doubt it. They emptied their mental institutions and insane asylums into the United States of America
November 3, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Asylum
seekers
don’t
come
from
"insane asylums.”
seekers
don’t
come
from
"insane asylums.”
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“Oklahomans would lose their mind if Pritzker in Illinois sent troops down to Oklahoma during the Biden administration.”
It’s very sad that Gov. Stitt can say this obviously true thing but @GovBillLee wouldn’t in a million years.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...
It’s very sad that Gov. Stitt can say this obviously true thing but @GovBillLee wouldn’t in a million years.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...
October 9, 2025 at 9:26 PM
“Oklahomans would lose their mind if Pritzker in Illinois sent troops down to Oklahoma during the Biden administration.”
It’s very sad that Gov. Stitt can say this obviously true thing but @GovBillLee wouldn’t in a million years.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...
It’s very sad that Gov. Stitt can say this obviously true thing but @GovBillLee wouldn’t in a million years.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...
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As I observed in my Substack Round Up this past week, the endgame of the military strikes against drug cartels in international waters is to lay the groundwork to use lethal military force against Americans at home. Pay attention open.substack.com/pub/asharang...
October 9, 2025 at 1:25 AM
As I observed in my Substack Round Up this past week, the endgame of the military strikes against drug cartels in international waters is to lay the groundwork to use lethal military force against Americans at home. Pay attention open.substack.com/pub/asharang...
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"We took freedom of speech away" should be in every campaign ad moving forward.
Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."
October 8, 2025 at 7:45 PM
"We took freedom of speech away" should be in every campaign ad moving forward.
Looking forward to a great local event tonight!
October 7, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Looking forward to a great local event tonight!
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“The Govt sometimes makes brief, investigative stops to the check the immigration status of those who gather in locations where ppl are hired for day jobs; who work or appear to work in jobs such as landscaping, construction, agriculture, or car washes…” -Justice Kavanaugh
"Rodrick Johnson, 67, is one of many residents who were detained by federal agents during the South Shore raid. A U.S. citizen, he said agents broke through his door and dragged him out in zip ties."
Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'
The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.
chicago.suntimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 4:16 AM
“The Govt sometimes makes brief, investigative stops to the check the immigration status of those who gather in locations where ppl are hired for day jobs; who work or appear to work in jobs such as landscaping, construction, agriculture, or car washes…” -Justice Kavanaugh
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It really does not get more explicit than Trump telling top active-duty military generals that they will need to participate in occupations of large cities run by his political opponents as part of his "war from within"
Trump: "The ones that are run by radical left Democrats -- what they've done to San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles. They're very unsafe places & we're gonna straighten them out one by one. This is gonna be a major part for some people in this room. That's a war too. It's war from within"
September 30, 2025 at 2:21 PM
It really does not get more explicit than Trump telling top active-duty military generals that they will need to participate in occupations of large cities run by his political opponents as part of his "war from within"
“This meeting could have been an email” energy.
Trump to a room of generals: "I've never walked into a room so silent before. Just have a good time. And if you want to applaud, you applaud."
September 30, 2025 at 2:18 PM
“This meeting could have been an email” energy.
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"The number of Americans missing work for National Guard deployments or other military or civic duty is at a 19-year high, adding disruption to a labor market that’s already under strain."
Pretty remarkable when we're not at war—except against our own people.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Pretty remarkable when we're not at war—except against our own people.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
September 12, 2025 at 12:51 PM
"The number of Americans missing work for National Guard deployments or other military or civic duty is at a 19-year high, adding disruption to a labor market that’s already under strain."
Pretty remarkable when we're not at war—except against our own people.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Pretty remarkable when we're not at war—except against our own people.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Watch what they do, not what they say
August 29, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Watch what they do, not what they say
A little fiction break, and now back to some non-fiction. I read and enjoyed Icebound by @andreapitzer.bsky.social … I’m not sure “enjoy” will be the right word for this book about such a dark topic, but I believe I’ll learn plenty.
August 20, 2025 at 1:49 PM
A little fiction break, and now back to some non-fiction. I read and enjoyed Icebound by @andreapitzer.bsky.social … I’m not sure “enjoy” will be the right word for this book about such a dark topic, but I believe I’ll learn plenty.
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We are outraged and deeply distressed that armed federal agents came onto our campus—making arrests on the very ground where, in 1942, Japanese American families were forced to board buses bound for concentration camps. It was a deliberate act of provocation and intimidation.
August 18, 2025 at 4:37 PM
We are outraged and deeply distressed that armed federal agents came onto our campus—making arrests on the very ground where, in 1942, Japanese American families were forced to board buses bound for concentration camps. It was a deliberate act of provocation and intimidation.
Grieving for the America I love.
Federal agents violently detained a food delivery driver as he emerged from a D.C. coffee shop Saturday morning.
The incident captured on video showed the officers throwing him to the ground and beating him before sweeping him away in an unmarked vehicle. wapo.st/45Egtkc
The incident captured on video showed the officers throwing him to the ground and beating him before sweeping him away in an unmarked vehicle. wapo.st/45Egtkc
August 18, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Grieving for the America I love.
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August 16, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Immigration thugs drew their guns on a disabled kid & dragged him from a car outside a school.
Then they somehow left a bunch of bullets on school grounds.
When agents were contacted to pick up the ammunition, they told the school to use it for target practice.
www.huffpost.com/entry/la-boy...
Then they somehow left a bunch of bullets on school grounds.
When agents were contacted to pick up the ammunition, they told the school to use it for target practice.
www.huffpost.com/entry/la-boy...
Immigration Agents Detain Boy With Disabilities Outside LA School
After the school principal intervened, the agents left live bullets behind in a case of what the district superintendent called "mistaken identity."
www.huffpost.com
August 12, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Immigration thugs drew their guns on a disabled kid & dragged him from a car outside a school.
Then they somehow left a bunch of bullets on school grounds.
When agents were contacted to pick up the ammunition, they told the school to use it for target practice.
www.huffpost.com/entry/la-boy...
Then they somehow left a bunch of bullets on school grounds.
When agents were contacted to pick up the ammunition, they told the school to use it for target practice.
www.huffpost.com/entry/la-boy...
That wouldn’t have deep reaching impacts at all, across multiple industries
Trump’s BLS pick is floating the idea of suspending monthly jobs reports — which are widely relied on by economists, the Fed, Wall Street and others to gauge the state of the economy in near real time.
Trump BLS pick hints at halting monthly jobs report
E.J. Antoni’s comments could complicate his Senate confirmation
www.politico.com
August 12, 2025 at 7:19 PM
That wouldn’t have deep reaching impacts at all, across multiple industries
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The road to authoritarianism is littered with people telling you you’re overreacting.
Breaking News: President Trump said he was taking control of the police in Washington, D.C., and deploying 800 National Guard troops there in response to “out of control” crime — even though violent crime in the city has fallen. Follow live updates. nyti.ms/3H9yVcu
August 11, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The road to authoritarianism is littered with people telling you you’re overreacting.
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🚨NEW: This is what all networks should do!
MSNBC fact checks Trump live during his press conference.
The REAL crime stats are put on screen as he reads out his made up figures.
MSNBC fact checks Trump live during his press conference.
The REAL crime stats are put on screen as he reads out his made up figures.
August 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
🚨NEW: This is what all networks should do!
MSNBC fact checks Trump live during his press conference.
The REAL crime stats are put on screen as he reads out his made up figures.
MSNBC fact checks Trump live during his press conference.
The REAL crime stats are put on screen as he reads out his made up figures.
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I mean, you could cancel Paramount and support @pbs.org instead.
Did you know that for $5/month, you can get PBS Passport, a service that unlocks the vastness of the @pbs.org libraries?
Feed your mind while you help PBS stay on the air.
Feed your mind while you help PBS stay on the air.
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help.pbs.org
July 18, 2025 at 11:54 PM
I mean, you could cancel Paramount and support @pbs.org instead.
I really do love my city. Never thought I’d end up staying here as long as I have, but it has a lot of beauty and greatness… if one knows where to look.
July 17, 2025 at 1:34 AM
I really do love my city. Never thought I’d end up staying here as long as I have, but it has a lot of beauty and greatness… if one knows where to look.
When I saw this book by @maklelan.bsky.social I knew I had to read it. So excited to dive in!
July 15, 2025 at 1:32 AM
When I saw this book by @maklelan.bsky.social I knew I had to read it. So excited to dive in!
Finished @leahlitman.bsky.social book Lawless last night. Chapter 5 really illuminated and gave context to what we are seeing with the dismantling and debilitation of our government agencies. Great book. I’ve already ordered a copy for a gift!
July 14, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Finished @leahlitman.bsky.social book Lawless last night. Chapter 5 really illuminated and gave context to what we are seeing with the dismantling and debilitation of our government agencies. Great book. I’ve already ordered a copy for a gift!
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"the Justice Department’s decision to spare Hernandez shows that officials are also willing to keep serious offenders in the United States to meet their particular goals. Abrego has no prior criminal arrests or convictions"
Violent felon offers to lie about Abrego to save his own ass. DOJ accepts.
Violent felon offers to lie about Abrego to save his own ass. DOJ accepts.
Star witness against Kilmar Abrego García was due to be deported. Now he’s being freed.
Jose Ramon Hernandez Reyes is a three-time felon released early from federal prison to a halfway house in exchange for testifying against Kilmar Abrego García.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 13, 2025 at 1:43 PM
"the Justice Department’s decision to spare Hernandez shows that officials are also willing to keep serious offenders in the United States to meet their particular goals. Abrego has no prior criminal arrests or convictions"
Violent felon offers to lie about Abrego to save his own ass. DOJ accepts.
Violent felon offers to lie about Abrego to save his own ass. DOJ accepts.
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An astonishing figure in this piece:
Last year, the U.S. budgeted $12.8B for new affordable housing.
This country is now poised to spend $45B on immigrant detention centers.
That's nearly *four times* as much on cages as on homes—in the middle of a devastating housing and homelessness crisis.
Last year, the U.S. budgeted $12.8B for new affordable housing.
This country is now poised to spend $45B on immigrant detention centers.
That's nearly *four times* as much on cages as on homes—in the middle of a devastating housing and homelessness crisis.
Are We About to Have Labor Camps in the United States of America?
If you think that’s far-fetched, then you really haven’t been paying attention to what the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress have been up to lately.
newrepublic.com
July 7, 2025 at 1:31 PM
An astonishing figure in this piece:
Last year, the U.S. budgeted $12.8B for new affordable housing.
This country is now poised to spend $45B on immigrant detention centers.
That's nearly *four times* as much on cages as on homes—in the middle of a devastating housing and homelessness crisis.
Last year, the U.S. budgeted $12.8B for new affordable housing.
This country is now poised to spend $45B on immigrant detention centers.
That's nearly *four times* as much on cages as on homes—in the middle of a devastating housing and homelessness crisis.