Janet Biehl
@jbiehlvt.bsky.social
Author, artist, editor, for multiethnic democracy. Vote blue. Slava Ukraini. Bijî Rojava.
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Just incredible the scale of peaceful rallies today in the midst of all the tensions and chaos Trump has deliberately stoked.
No matter how much Trump and those who share his authoritarian desires create mayhem and conflict, the American people still showed up at our patriotic best. #NoKings
No matter how much Trump and those who share his authoritarian desires create mayhem and conflict, the American people still showed up at our patriotic best. #NoKings
June 15, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Just incredible the scale of peaceful rallies today in the midst of all the tensions and chaos Trump has deliberately stoked.
No matter how much Trump and those who share his authoritarian desires create mayhem and conflict, the American people still showed up at our patriotic best. #NoKings
No matter how much Trump and those who share his authoritarian desires create mayhem and conflict, the American people still showed up at our patriotic best. #NoKings
June 14, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Gonna say something obvious to most: real masculinity defends the defenseless, punches up not down, has compassion, and fights only on behalf of others to battle injustice or evil.
It doesn’t just lift weights and tweet in all caps and listen to Rogan and grow a beard to feel accepted by other men
It doesn’t just lift weights and tweet in all caps and listen to Rogan and grow a beard to feel accepted by other men
June 4, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Gonna say something obvious to most: real masculinity defends the defenseless, punches up not down, has compassion, and fights only on behalf of others to battle injustice or evil.
It doesn’t just lift weights and tweet in all caps and listen to Rogan and grow a beard to feel accepted by other men
It doesn’t just lift weights and tweet in all caps and listen to Rogan and grow a beard to feel accepted by other men
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Switching from Trump’s Amazon to the more diverse, equitable, and inclusive Costco is easier than you think. I made the switch. Now everything I need is delivered by Costco right to my door in two hours instead of two days - and without supporting oligarchs!
May 26, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Switching from Trump’s Amazon to the more diverse, equitable, and inclusive Costco is easier than you think. I made the switch. Now everything I need is delivered by Costco right to my door in two hours instead of two days - and without supporting oligarchs!
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Well well well, @aaronparnas.bsky.social strikes again—this time catching the new head of the Social Security Administration ADMITTING he had to Google what Social Security is. You can’t make this up. Trump picked a guy who knows as much about SSA as he does about Africa. 🙄#YouHadOneJob
May 23, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Well well well, @aaronparnas.bsky.social strikes again—this time catching the new head of the Social Security Administration ADMITTING he had to Google what Social Security is. You can’t make this up. Trump picked a guy who knows as much about SSA as he does about Africa. 🙄#YouHadOneJob
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No other developed nation in the world would tolerate the monstrosity that is the GOP's Murder-Suicide Pact with America. It's time to face the fact that virtually every other leading democracy on the planet serves their people better than we do here. My latest. www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-big-b...
Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Should Doom the GOP. But It Will Doom Many Americans Too
Trump and the GOP will celebrate its likely passage with a pyrotechnic display of lies, to help them “justify” more tax cuts and other benefits for the rich and powerful.
www.thedailybeast.com
May 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
No other developed nation in the world would tolerate the monstrosity that is the GOP's Murder-Suicide Pact with America. It's time to face the fact that virtually every other leading democracy on the planet serves their people better than we do here. My latest. www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-big-b...
“to balance the best of human nature against the worst … the first step is to recognise that we have a proclivity for blindly following others & trusting success, to share this insight & to support our fellow citizens’ capacity to think critically & ethically.” www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
Are we hardwired to fall for autocrats?
It’s human nature to trust strongmen, but we’ve also evolved the tools to resist them
www.theguardian.com
May 19, 2025 at 3:37 AM
“to balance the best of human nature against the worst … the first step is to recognise that we have a proclivity for blindly following others & trusting success, to share this insight & to support our fellow citizens’ capacity to think critically & ethically.” www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
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A Wisconsin judge charged with helping a man illegally evade immigration agents is seeking donations to fund her court defense.
Wisconsin judge accused of helping a man dodge immigration agents seeks donations for attorneys
A Wisconsin judge charged with helping a man illegally evade immigration agents is seeking donations to fund her court defense.
www.chicagotribune.com
May 16, 2025 at 8:09 PM
A Wisconsin judge charged with helping a man illegally evade immigration agents is seeking donations to fund her court defense.
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Trump has revoked a U.S. citizen’s Social Security benefits in the hopes they would leave the country.
This comes after the administration filed 6,000 immigrants into the SSA’s “death master file,” stripping them of their legal ability to work and receive benefits.
This comes after the administration filed 6,000 immigrants into the SSA’s “death master file,” stripping them of their legal ability to work and receive benefits.
Trump Kicks Citizen Off Social Security in Anti-Immigrant Purge
Donald Trump has sought to punish immigrants by booting them off Social Security.
newrepublic.com
April 20, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Trump has revoked a U.S. citizen’s Social Security benefits in the hopes they would leave the country.
This comes after the administration filed 6,000 immigrants into the SSA’s “death master file,” stripping them of their legal ability to work and receive benefits.
This comes after the administration filed 6,000 immigrants into the SSA’s “death master file,” stripping them of their legal ability to work and receive benefits.
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The lecturers topic was about the value of understanding your enemy. It described how Admiral Stockdale benefited from studying Marxism, knowledge he used to counter his torturers when captured in Vietnam. Once we start to accept censorship as the norm, we lose other things.
April 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The lecturers topic was about the value of understanding your enemy. It described how Admiral Stockdale benefited from studying Marxism, knowledge he used to counter his torturers when captured in Vietnam. Once we start to accept censorship as the norm, we lose other things.
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April 20, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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These Democratic senators need to hear from their constituents right now. Urge them to reject the GOP’s voter suppression bill and protect our freedom to vote.
KELLY (AZ)
WARNOCK (GA)
PETERS (MI)
SHAHEEN (NH)
HASSAN (NH)
CORTEZ MASTO (NV)
ROSEN (NV)
Call your senators: indivisible.org/reso...
KELLY (AZ)
WARNOCK (GA)
PETERS (MI)
SHAHEEN (NH)
HASSAN (NH)
CORTEZ MASTO (NV)
ROSEN (NV)
Call your senators: indivisible.org/reso...
April 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
These Democratic senators need to hear from their constituents right now. Urge them to reject the GOP’s voter suppression bill and protect our freedom to vote.
KELLY (AZ)
WARNOCK (GA)
PETERS (MI)
SHAHEEN (NH)
HASSAN (NH)
CORTEZ MASTO (NV)
ROSEN (NV)
Call your senators: indivisible.org/reso...
KELLY (AZ)
WARNOCK (GA)
PETERS (MI)
SHAHEEN (NH)
HASSAN (NH)
CORTEZ MASTO (NV)
ROSEN (NV)
Call your senators: indivisible.org/reso...
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bloomberg: ~90% of deported migrants to el salvador had no criminal record
April 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
bloomberg: ~90% of deported migrants to el salvador had no criminal record
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🚨NEW: The NC Supreme Court's GOP majority will retroactively nullify 2,000 to 7,000 ballots from military and overseas voters unless they quickly prove their identity—but only those who voted in a few Democratic counties.
Could overturn Justice Riggs' victory.
appellate.nccourts.org/orders.php?t...
Could overturn Justice Riggs' victory.
appellate.nccourts.org/orders.php?t...
April 11, 2025 at 9:45 PM
🚨NEW: The NC Supreme Court's GOP majority will retroactively nullify 2,000 to 7,000 ballots from military and overseas voters unless they quickly prove their identity—but only those who voted in a few Democratic counties.
Could overturn Justice Riggs' victory.
appellate.nccourts.org/orders.php?t...
Could overturn Justice Riggs' victory.
appellate.nccourts.org/orders.php?t...
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3 days ago RFK Jr. told the CDC to stop recommending water fluoridation, claiming it was a neurotoxin (this is a lie).
Turns out he also just eliminated the CDC’s entire Lead Program, and now lead poisoned children in Milwaukee are just on their own. Lead IS a neurotoxin and harms brain development
Turns out he also just eliminated the CDC’s entire Lead Program, and now lead poisoned children in Milwaukee are just on their own. Lead IS a neurotoxin and harms brain development
CDC denies help for lead poisoning in Milwaukee schools due to layoffs
The CDC rejected a request for help "due to the complete loss" of their lead poisoning experts.
www.cbsnews.com
April 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
3 days ago RFK Jr. told the CDC to stop recommending water fluoridation, claiming it was a neurotoxin (this is a lie).
Turns out he also just eliminated the CDC’s entire Lead Program, and now lead poisoned children in Milwaukee are just on their own. Lead IS a neurotoxin and harms brain development
Turns out he also just eliminated the CDC’s entire Lead Program, and now lead poisoned children in Milwaukee are just on their own. Lead IS a neurotoxin and harms brain development
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NEW: Entire scientific fields have been wiped out by the nearly 800 grants cancelled at NIH, finds a @nature.com analysis of the unprecedented cuts.
About half of all 2024 NIH projects related to LGBT+ health or vaccine hesitancy — gone.
See the other topics and US states hardest hit here:
About half of all 2024 NIH projects related to LGBT+ health or vaccine hesitancy — gone.
See the other topics and US states hardest hit here:
How Trump 2.0 is slashing NIH-backed research — in charts
Nature analyses which fields of science and US states are being hit hardest by grant terminations.
www.nature.com
April 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
NEW: Entire scientific fields have been wiped out by the nearly 800 grants cancelled at NIH, finds a @nature.com analysis of the unprecedented cuts.
About half of all 2024 NIH projects related to LGBT+ health or vaccine hesitancy — gone.
See the other topics and US states hardest hit here:
About half of all 2024 NIH projects related to LGBT+ health or vaccine hesitancy — gone.
See the other topics and US states hardest hit here:
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🚨House voting on SAVE Act today, worst voter suppression bill ever considered by Congress. Could disenfranchise:
-21 million w/out access to citizenship docs
-69 million women who took spouses last name
-ends online + mail registration & voter reg drives
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
-21 million w/out access to citizenship docs
-69 million women who took spouses last name
-ends online + mail registration & voter reg drives
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
House Republicans are set to pass a voter suppression bill that would disenfranchise millions
“It's a five-alarm fire for American voters and for election officials”
www.motherjones.com
April 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
🚨House voting on SAVE Act today, worst voter suppression bill ever considered by Congress. Could disenfranchise:
-21 million w/out access to citizenship docs
-69 million women who took spouses last name
-ends online + mail registration & voter reg drives
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
-21 million w/out access to citizenship docs
-69 million women who took spouses last name
-ends online + mail registration & voter reg drives
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Trump caves on disastrous, incoherent tariffs. The market spikes. MAGA influencers, on cue: "see? Proof that Trump was right all along!"
The essence of the authoritarian thought ecology. Where all changes, all events, all accidents only confirm further the perfect, immutable wisdom of the Leader.
The essence of the authoritarian thought ecology. Where all changes, all events, all accidents only confirm further the perfect, immutable wisdom of the Leader.
April 9, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Trump caves on disastrous, incoherent tariffs. The market spikes. MAGA influencers, on cue: "see? Proof that Trump was right all along!"
The essence of the authoritarian thought ecology. Where all changes, all events, all accidents only confirm further the perfect, immutable wisdom of the Leader.
The essence of the authoritarian thought ecology. Where all changes, all events, all accidents only confirm further the perfect, immutable wisdom of the Leader.
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WARNER: Can you explain how it helps natl security or our trade balance - I loved your fancy Greek formula which was bad math on steroids - how with a trade surplus Australia got hit with a 10% tariff as well?
GREER: Australia has the lowest rate available
WARNER: We have a trade surplus!
GREER: Australia has the lowest rate available
WARNER: We have a trade surplus!
April 8, 2025 at 5:52 PM
WARNER: Can you explain how it helps natl security or our trade balance - I loved your fancy Greek formula which was bad math on steroids - how with a trade surplus Australia got hit with a 10% tariff as well?
GREER: Australia has the lowest rate available
WARNER: We have a trade surplus!
GREER: Australia has the lowest rate available
WARNER: We have a trade surplus!