Marangie
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Marangie
@marangie.bsky.social
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Sociologist ~ Feminist ~ Activist ~ Mama Bear ~ Owned by Big Black Lab (Rico) … Love All Things Outdoors …. Gardening, Camping, Backpacking, & Hiking. When I Can’t Be Outdoors, I am Usually Reading, Cooking/Baking, or Binge Watching Something.
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Five Republican U.S. senators joined Democrats Tuesday to terminate President Donald Trump’s national emergency that triggered steep tariffs on goods from Brazil. https://ow.ly/iaTN50XjsuU
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There is a severe shortage of life-saving refuge accommodation but Refuge is opening new dispersed accommodation for domestic abuse survivors.
Is this the future for helping domestic abuse survivors escape homelessness?
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29 Oct 2025 -- Trump demanded states strip references to gender identity/ trans from fed sex ed programs: 11 states -- AK, GA, IA, KY, MI, NC, OK, SC, TN, WV and WY are complying. Two others -- AL & SD - said they never had that language to begin with. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social
Trump demanded trans issues be excluded from sex education. 11 states complied
Sixteen other states have sued the White House over the program, saying it’s trampling on Congress’s authority
www.theguardian.com
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A Cuban man deported by the U.S. to the African nation of Eswatini is on a hunger strike at a maximum-security prison having been held there for more than three months without being charged or having access to legal counsel under the Trump administration’s third-country program.
A Cuban man deported by the US to Africa is on a hunger strike in prison, his lawyer says
A lawyer representing a Cuban man deported by the United States to the African nation of Eswatini says he is on a hunger strike after being held at a maximum-security prison for more than three months without charge or access to legal counsel.
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Wealthfare has always been the real problem
Billionaires are using a loophole to avoid Medicare taxes. Closing it — and eliminating other ways around the tax for wealthy business owners — could raise more than $250 billion over 10 years for the program.

(Published Dec. 2024)
How a Decades-Old Loophole Lets Billionaires Avoid Medicare Taxes
Some of Wall Street’s richest and most powerful figures are using a legal loophole to avoid paying millions of dollars in taxes earmarked for health care, a ProPublica investigation found.
www.propublica.org
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New York State's attorney general on Wednesday urged the public to submit photos, videos and other documentation of federal immigration operations to her office for review, a day after a high-profile raid targeted Manhattan street vendors.
New York attorney general urges public to report ICE activity after raid targets vendors
www.dailymaverick.co.za
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Even if a shutdown deal were reached immediately, the time needed to process the payments and make them available for recipients means benefits would likely be delayed, our D.C. Bureau reports:
Shutdown likely to halt food benefits for 42 million in just days | Arkansas Advocate
More than 42 million low-income Americans are at risk of losing food assistance Nov. 1 if the government shutdown continues.
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Earlier this year, we published an article headlined “10 Ways to Enrich the Trumps and the MAGA Movement.”

We failed, though, to consider that the president might simply force the US government, i.e. us taxpayers, to straight-up pay him hundreds of millions of dollars.
Report: Trump demands taxpayers hand him $230 million
Is it still "ridiculous that anyone would even suggest" that he's cashing in?
www.motherjones.com
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In Opinion

“The United States is cutting off the kind of foreign aid that keeps children alive for 12 cents a day, but it’s willing to invest far larger sums in a dubious effort to prop up a distant economy — while effectively subsidizing tycoons who made bad investments,” Nicholas Kristof writes.
Opinion | Trump Revives Foreign Aid, Helping Needy Billionaires
As children die for want of cheap medicines, the U.S. spends billions on Argentina — thus rescuing rich investors who made bad bets.
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Some environmental groups are warning that a federal bill intended to prevent major wildfires could effectively increase logging, cattle grazing and mining on federal lands — which make up half of Oregon’s land base.
Half of Oregon could see more logging, grazing under federal wildfire bill
The Fix Our Forests Act passed out of a Senate committee Tuesday, and now heads to a full vote
www.opb.org
WTAF How did we become this country?!?!
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This recipe for roasted brussels sprouts is our most popular version and is perfect as a Thanksgiving side dish. It results in sweet caramelized brussels sprouts that will make a believer out of anyone. nyti.ms/3WfpjRe
Roasted Brussels Sprouts With Garlic Recipe
This recipe for roasted brussels sprouts from Mark Bittman is our most popular version and is perfect as a Thanksgiving side dish.
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