Maria
@mariaspags.bsky.social
Humanitarian. Special Ed teacher 40 years, love books, cats, and food. Hate conflict. Proud Dem
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When Trump unveiled DOGE last year, I warned it would gut programs that help ordinary people, while turning a blind eye to tax loopholes and subsidies for billionaires.
Despite DOGE's demise, my predictions have sadly come to pass. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hVMghqarHY
Despite DOGE's demise, my predictions have sadly come to pass. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hVMghqarHY
The REAL Waste That Elon's DOGE Should Cut
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:01 AM
When Trump unveiled DOGE last year, I warned it would gut programs that help ordinary people, while turning a blind eye to tax loopholes and subsidies for billionaires.
Despite DOGE's demise, my predictions have sadly come to pass. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hVMghqarHY
Despite DOGE's demise, my predictions have sadly come to pass. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hVMghqarHY
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It took more than fame for Donald Trump and his sons to build a crypto empire. They got a lot of help from industry insiders, many of whom happened to need a hand from the president.
These Crypto Giants Sent Trump Money. His Administration Let Them Off Easy
It took more than fame for Trump and his sons to build a crypto empire. They also got a lot of help from industry insiders, many of whom happened to need a hand from the president.
www.forbes.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:09 PM
It took more than fame for Donald Trump and his sons to build a crypto empire. They got a lot of help from industry insiders, many of whom happened to need a hand from the president.
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"The courts don't have the ability to look at a case and ask, 'What's best for America?,'.....they have to say, 'What does the Constitution require?' and the Constitution is really not adequate to deal with a President as evil as Trump is."
-Ty Cobb, former Trump legal team member
-Ty Cobb, former Trump legal team member
November 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
"The courts don't have the ability to look at a case and ask, 'What's best for America?,'.....they have to say, 'What does the Constitution require?' and the Constitution is really not adequate to deal with a President as evil as Trump is."
-Ty Cobb, former Trump legal team member
-Ty Cobb, former Trump legal team member
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Stop buying Nike shoes. Stand for something other than materialism.
Nike Co-Founder Phil Knight donates to Republican Salem PAC group.
www.wweek.com/news/state/2...
Nike Co-Founder Phil Knight donates to Republican Salem PAC group.
www.wweek.com/news/state/2...
Phil Knight Writes Record Check to Republican Legislative PAC
Phil Knight has broken his own record for political spending.
www.wweek.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Stop buying Nike shoes. Stand for something other than materialism.
Nike Co-Founder Phil Knight donates to Republican Salem PAC group.
www.wweek.com/news/state/2...
Nike Co-Founder Phil Knight donates to Republican Salem PAC group.
www.wweek.com/news/state/2...
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This is totally unfair. Witkoff and Kushner had extensive help from the Russian foreign ministry, and they are trying to hog all the credit. SMH.
One man -- Marco Rubio -- serves this country as both National Security Adviser and Secretary of State.
And he was nowhere near the drafting of that Ukraine 'peace plan,' which was instead devised by the president's real-estate buddy and his son-in-law.
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www.wsj.com/world/russia...
And he was nowhere near the drafting of that Ukraine 'peace plan,' which was instead devised by the president's real-estate buddy and his son-in-law.
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www.wsj.com/world/russia...
November 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
This is totally unfair. Witkoff and Kushner had extensive help from the Russian foreign ministry, and they are trying to hog all the credit. SMH.
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You have to ask, why was Witkoff chosen for this critically important role of special envoy to Putin? He had no diplomatic or foreign policy experience. No education on those subjects. So of all people, why him? I think what we all surmised is clear - Putin wanted Witkoff.
November 25, 2025 at 9:58 PM
You have to ask, why was Witkoff chosen for this critically important role of special envoy to Putin? He had no diplomatic or foreign policy experience. No education on those subjects. So of all people, why him? I think what we all surmised is clear - Putin wanted Witkoff.
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Over a quarter of Trump's proposed $1T military budget would go to just four companies who have spent $103B in taxpayer dollars on stock buybacks and dividends over the last decade.
He wants to use your money to make the military-industrial complex even richer.
He wants to use your money to make the military-industrial complex even richer.
November 25, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Over a quarter of Trump's proposed $1T military budget would go to just four companies who have spent $103B in taxpayer dollars on stock buybacks and dividends over the last decade.
He wants to use your money to make the military-industrial complex even richer.
He wants to use your money to make the military-industrial complex even richer.
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We Are Stronger Together......
November 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
We Are Stronger Together......
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How did I miss the news of Epstein’s estate receiving a refund of 112 million dollars from the Federal government this year?
November 25, 2025 at 9:24 PM
How did I miss the news of Epstein’s estate receiving a refund of 112 million dollars from the Federal government this year?
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Best Christmas ad yet! Knocks John Lewis into a cocked hat.
November 25, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Best Christmas ad yet! Knocks John Lewis into a cocked hat.
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A round of applause for the French is in order! 👏👏👏
November 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
A round of applause for the French is in order! 👏👏👏
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Almost every one he is pardoning is convicted of FRAUD!‼️
November 25, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Almost every one he is pardoning is convicted of FRAUD!‼️
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Historian Rutger Bregman is a well-respected proponent of a universal basic income. The Guardian has called him “the Dutch wunderkind of new ideas.”
The BBC invited Bregman to give this year’s Reith Lecture series.
Before airing, the BBC removed one sentence from his lecture, “A Time of Monsters.”
The BBC invited Bregman to give this year’s Reith Lecture series.
Before airing, the BBC removed one sentence from his lecture, “A Time of Monsters.”
November 25, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Historian Rutger Bregman is a well-respected proponent of a universal basic income. The Guardian has called him “the Dutch wunderkind of new ideas.”
The BBC invited Bregman to give this year’s Reith Lecture series.
Before airing, the BBC removed one sentence from his lecture, “A Time of Monsters.”
The BBC invited Bregman to give this year’s Reith Lecture series.
Before airing, the BBC removed one sentence from his lecture, “A Time of Monsters.”
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Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
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Safety is for suckers and losers.
We found that 11 of Trump’s DOT appointees disclosed between $12 million and $52 million in stock holdings and other financial interests in airlines, railroads, oil and gas corporations, transportation technology firms and other related businesses.
By @jessecoburn.bsky.social
By @jessecoburn.bsky.social
How Trump’s Transportation Department Is Loosening Safety Rules Meant to Protect the Public
ProPublica has identified dozens of instances in which the Trump administration’s DOT has moved to cut, soften or delay safety regulations for cars, trucks, planes, trains and even oil pipelines. Expe...
www.propublica.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Safety is for suckers and losers.
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Moments ago: tenants of the South Shore apartment building that federal immigration agents raided at the end of September held a presser to announce they're forming a tenants union.
They're demanding, among other things, sewage removal and heat and electricity restroration.
More updates TK.
They're demanding, among other things, sewage removal and heat and electricity restroration.
More updates TK.
November 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Moments ago: tenants of the South Shore apartment building that federal immigration agents raided at the end of September held a presser to announce they're forming a tenants union.
They're demanding, among other things, sewage removal and heat and electricity restroration.
More updates TK.
They're demanding, among other things, sewage removal and heat and electricity restroration.
More updates TK.
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Fuck DOGE and fuck Elon Musk.
November 24, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Fuck DOGE and fuck Elon Musk.
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Ex Trump WH Lawyer Ty Cobb: “The Constitution is not adequate to deal with a President as evil as Trump, whose desire is to accumulate & abuse power - total authoritarianism… lawyers, judges, the military don’t have to follow illegal orders even though they have been rampantly.”
November 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Ex Trump WH Lawyer Ty Cobb: “The Constitution is not adequate to deal with a President as evil as Trump, whose desire is to accumulate & abuse power - total authoritarianism… lawyers, judges, the military don’t have to follow illegal orders even though they have been rampantly.”
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Simply despicable:
EPA just approved new ‘forever chemical’ pesticides for use on food
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
EPA just approved new ‘forever chemical’ pesticides for use on food
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
EPA just approved new ‘forever chemical’ pesticides for use on food
Critics warn the EPA’s approvals of new PFAS pesticides could expose more Americans to “forever chemicals” through their food.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Simply despicable:
EPA just approved new ‘forever chemical’ pesticides for use on food
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
EPA just approved new ‘forever chemical’ pesticides for use on food
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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“Trump is criminally insane. What are officials waiting for to remove him?
The evidence that Trump is unfit to lead, and is a metastasizing threat to the US citizenry, is objectively irrefutable:”
www.alternet.org/amp/trump-co...
The evidence that Trump is unfit to lead, and is a metastasizing threat to the US citizenry, is objectively irrefutable:”
www.alternet.org/amp/trump-co...
November 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM
“Trump is criminally insane. What are officials waiting for to remove him?
The evidence that Trump is unfit to lead, and is a metastasizing threat to the US citizenry, is objectively irrefutable:”
www.alternet.org/amp/trump-co...
The evidence that Trump is unfit to lead, and is a metastasizing threat to the US citizenry, is objectively irrefutable:”
www.alternet.org/amp/trump-co...
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The bill last numbered H.R. 9495 would empower the Treasury Secretary to designate any nonprofit the Secretary wishes to kill a “terrorist supporting organization” and revoke the tax-exempt status on which it depends for survival. Unconstitutional but lethal in the harm it would do while in force.
November 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
The bill last numbered H.R. 9495 would empower the Treasury Secretary to designate any nonprofit the Secretary wishes to kill a “terrorist supporting organization” and revoke the tax-exempt status on which it depends for survival. Unconstitutional but lethal in the harm it would do while in force.
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Power to the people! 🦾👊🏻✊🏾
Citizens' Impeachment
@citizensimpeachment.com
Free Speech For People
@fsfp.bsky.social
www.impeachtrumpagain.org
@citizensimpeachment.com
Free Speech For People
@fsfp.bsky.social
www.impeachtrumpagain.org
November 24, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Power to the people! 🦾👊🏻✊🏾