Muddles
@muddles1968.bsky.social
North Carolina Democrat
I have a perfect dog, Louis
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I have a perfect dog, Louis
I need a kidney donation to stay alive-reach out for info
#AllIn
Taxpayers may fork over tens of millions to Trump ally Mike Flynn who lied to the FBI
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Taxpayers may fork over tens of millions to Trump ally Mike Flynn who lied to the FBI
www.rawstory.com/mike-flynn-p...
Taxpayers may fork over tens of millions to Trump ally Mike Flynn who lied to the FBI
The Department of Justice is discussing a massive cash settlement with Michael Flynn over his prosecution for lying to the FBI about his foreign contacts.The retired U.S. Army general and former natio...
www.rawstory.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:46 AM
#AllIn
Taxpayers may fork over tens of millions to Trump ally Mike Flynn who lied to the FBI
www.rawstory.com/mike-flynn-p...
Taxpayers may fork over tens of millions to Trump ally Mike Flynn who lied to the FBI
www.rawstory.com/mike-flynn-p...
#MeetthePress
Would be great if ppl like @kristenwelker.bsky.social would mention the billions in permanent tax cuts to the wealthy the GOP gladly passed when discussing basic healthcare premium affordability w any member or supporter of the GOP.
Would be great if ppl like @kristenwelker.bsky.social would mention the billions in permanent tax cuts to the wealthy the GOP gladly passed when discussing basic healthcare premium affordability w any member or supporter of the GOP.
November 9, 2025 at 3:43 PM
#MeetthePress
Would be great if ppl like @kristenwelker.bsky.social would mention the billions in permanent tax cuts to the wealthy the GOP gladly passed when discussing basic healthcare premium affordability w any member or supporter of the GOP.
Would be great if ppl like @kristenwelker.bsky.social would mention the billions in permanent tax cuts to the wealthy the GOP gladly passed when discussing basic healthcare premium affordability w any member or supporter of the GOP.
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Boris Romanchrnko came to our school in Kharkiv to tell about WW2. Not of the glory days, but of 4 concentration camps he survived. He also lived through Holodomor. Boris was a human rights activist and he was killed by the russian military 22 March 2022 in his home in Saltivka district, Kharkiv.
May 9, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Boris Romanchrnko came to our school in Kharkiv to tell about WW2. Not of the glory days, but of 4 concentration camps he survived. He also lived through Holodomor. Boris was a human rights activist and he was killed by the russian military 22 March 2022 in his home in Saltivka district, Kharkiv.
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Ashley Babbit's family is poised to recieve 30 million dollars (from tax payers) thanks to the Dept of Justice...
Mrs Sicknick just wanted a phone call and the people who assaulted her son Brian held accountable.
Mrs Sicknick just wanted a phone call and the people who assaulted her son Brian held accountable.
May 4, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Ashley Babbit's family is poised to recieve 30 million dollars (from tax payers) thanks to the Dept of Justice...
Mrs Sicknick just wanted a phone call and the people who assaulted her son Brian held accountable.
Mrs Sicknick just wanted a phone call and the people who assaulted her son Brian held accountable.
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Good morning. It is now 12:01 AM, which means a 25% tariff on all $114B in non-USCMA-compliant auto part imports has now gone into effect, alongside a hideously complex system allowing carmakers to rebate tariffs on 15% of the content in a US-made car this year & 10% next year
May 3, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Good morning. It is now 12:01 AM, which means a 25% tariff on all $114B in non-USCMA-compliant auto part imports has now gone into effect, alongside a hideously complex system allowing carmakers to rebate tariffs on 15% of the content in a US-made car this year & 10% next year
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May 3, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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Tariffs: when you tax your own citizens to teach another country a lesson they won’t learn.
May 2, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Tariffs: when you tax your own citizens to teach another country a lesson they won’t learn.
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"The GOP budget has $0 for FEMA’s emergency management funding, yet provides $300M to pay for Trump’s golf trips,"
www.rawstory.com/trump-budget...
www.rawstory.com/trump-budget...
'Pay for Trump's golf trips': Observers call out 'Orwellian language' in Republican budget
President Donald Trump released his 2026 budget proposal on Friday in a document that says he's cut $163 billion from federal spending so far. Fox News reporter Edward Lawrence said that this was a "s...
www.rawstory.com
May 2, 2025 at 6:14 PM
"The GOP budget has $0 for FEMA’s emergency management funding, yet provides $300M to pay for Trump’s golf trips,"
www.rawstory.com/trump-budget...
www.rawstory.com/trump-budget...
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This seems like a no brainer that shouldn’t be necessary. But unfortunately, it is. And good on @pkryan.bsky.social for pushing it forward.
May 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
This seems like a no brainer that shouldn’t be necessary. But unfortunately, it is. And good on @pkryan.bsky.social for pushing it forward.
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💔Kharkiv now, after russian attack.
May 2, 2025 at 9:25 PM
💔Kharkiv now, after russian attack.
#ncpol
I just in case you see him…
I just in case you see him…
Getting a few more updates on the investigation into the dog stolen along with a woman's car in Charlotte. Meantime, there are now thousands of dollars on the table for whoever turns in the person who has Julio and reunites him safely with his mom. www.wcnc.com/article/news...
CMPD updates search for stolen French bulldog as owner increases reward to find him
A pet owner turns to social media for clues as a CMPD investigation continues.
www.wcnc.com
May 2, 2025 at 8:25 PM
#ncpol
I just in case you see him…
I just in case you see him…
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Pretending that the two party system is to blame, is just another lazy excuse for not voting correctly.
No, it is not the fault of the two party system that people chose to elect Nazis.
No, it is not the fault of the two party system that people chose to elect Nazis.
We've had a two-party system in the United States since the early 1800s. You simply cannot argue that a two-party system per se is responsible for our current maladies & that we need a multi-party system when those maladies were not present in other eras. Most political scientists get this.
May 2, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Pretending that the two party system is to blame, is just another lazy excuse for not voting correctly.
No, it is not the fault of the two party system that people chose to elect Nazis.
No, it is not the fault of the two party system that people chose to elect Nazis.
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Okay, I have a theory about how to get $557 bn. If I am right, that's base plus phony emergency, but net of all CHIMPs and rescissions.
If that's the case - and if they're only calling for $15 bn of phony CHIMPs, then Trump is actually calling for a $193 bn cut - 25%. We will know more tomorrow.
If that's the case - and if they're only calling for $15 bn of phony CHIMPs, then Trump is actually calling for a $193 bn cut - 25%. We will know more tomorrow.
Pretty difficult to make sense of them saying they're cutting NDD down to 557 - for a cut of 163 (they call it a 22% cut). Won't be able to tell until we see their tables tomorrow. But I'm going to guess the cut is actually meaningfully bigger than 21% once we're able to look under the hood.
Trump calling to cut non-defense discretionary funding by $163 billion. That is a 21% cut.
We'll see *some* of the details tomorrow, but this is the part of the govt that funds Head Start, LIHEAP, WIC, NIH, etc.
It is impossible to achieve cuts that large w/out destroying core govt functions.
We'll see *some* of the details tomorrow, but this is the part of the govt that funds Head Start, LIHEAP, WIC, NIH, etc.
It is impossible to achieve cuts that large w/out destroying core govt functions.
May 2, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Okay, I have a theory about how to get $557 bn. If I am right, that's base plus phony emergency, but net of all CHIMPs and rescissions.
If that's the case - and if they're only calling for $15 bn of phony CHIMPs, then Trump is actually calling for a $193 bn cut - 25%. We will know more tomorrow.
If that's the case - and if they're only calling for $15 bn of phony CHIMPs, then Trump is actually calling for a $193 bn cut - 25%. We will know more tomorrow.
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Trump is calling to cut NDD* to the lowest level on record - by far.
This is the part of the budget that funds education (Title I, IDEA), nutrition (WIC), child care (CCDBG), biomedical and other cutting edge research (NIH, NASA, EERE), and some critical low-income programs (Section 8, LIHEAP).
This is the part of the budget that funds education (Title I, IDEA), nutrition (WIC), child care (CCDBG), biomedical and other cutting edge research (NIH, NASA, EERE), and some critical low-income programs (Section 8, LIHEAP).
May 2, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Trump is calling to cut NDD* to the lowest level on record - by far.
This is the part of the budget that funds education (Title I, IDEA), nutrition (WIC), child care (CCDBG), biomedical and other cutting edge research (NIH, NASA, EERE), and some critical low-income programs (Section 8, LIHEAP).
This is the part of the budget that funds education (Title I, IDEA), nutrition (WIC), child care (CCDBG), biomedical and other cutting edge research (NIH, NASA, EERE), and some critical low-income programs (Section 8, LIHEAP).
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We are about to experience a supply chain crisis. If your pet takes a medication or requires a special food, consider stocking up on it now. Same for your meds and any equipment you might need for your medical needs, like CPAP equipment or syringes. (Only one company manufactures syringes in the US)
May 2, 2025 at 2:52 AM
We are about to experience a supply chain crisis. If your pet takes a medication or requires a special food, consider stocking up on it now. Same for your meds and any equipment you might need for your medical needs, like CPAP equipment or syringes. (Only one company manufactures syringes in the US)
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Trump is calling to cut the part of the govt that funds child care, education, & nutrition for newborns by $163 bn - according to his own numbers - and probably actually $193 bn.
This is far more extreme than last time. For comparison, in 2017, he called to cut this part of the budget by $54 bn.
This is far more extreme than last time. For comparison, in 2017, he called to cut this part of the budget by $54 bn.
Exclusive | Trump to Propose Slashing $163 Billion in Government Programs in Budget Blueprint
The president’s budget wish list would cut health research, climate and education programs.
www.wsj.com
May 2, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Trump is calling to cut the part of the govt that funds child care, education, & nutrition for newborns by $163 bn - according to his own numbers - and probably actually $193 bn.
This is far more extreme than last time. For comparison, in 2017, he called to cut this part of the budget by $54 bn.
This is far more extreme than last time. For comparison, in 2017, he called to cut this part of the budget by $54 bn.
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Gaspar sent us this vid from the strawberry harvest in Santa Maria CA. He shared the season just started and we're earning $16.50 an hour. We don't receive any benefits. It's hard work to be bent over all day, but it feeds my family. #WeFeedYou
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May 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Gaspar sent us this vid from the strawberry harvest in Santa Maria CA. He shared the season just started and we're earning $16.50 an hour. We don't receive any benefits. It's hard work to be bent over all day, but it feeds my family. #WeFeedYou
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Tesla’s ( $TSLA) Board Chair cashed out $32.1M in shares this week.
May 2, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Tesla’s ( $TSLA) Board Chair cashed out $32.1M in shares this week.
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Trump calling to cut non-defense discretionary funding by $163 billion. That is a 21% cut.
We'll see *some* of the details tomorrow, but this is the part of the govt that funds Head Start, LIHEAP, WIC, NIH, etc.
It is impossible to achieve cuts that large w/out destroying core govt functions.
We'll see *some* of the details tomorrow, but this is the part of the govt that funds Head Start, LIHEAP, WIC, NIH, etc.
It is impossible to achieve cuts that large w/out destroying core govt functions.
Exclusive | Trump to Propose Slashing $163 Billion in Government Programs in Budget Blueprint
The president’s budget wish list would cut health research, climate and education programs.
www.wsj.com
May 2, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Trump calling to cut non-defense discretionary funding by $163 billion. That is a 21% cut.
We'll see *some* of the details tomorrow, but this is the part of the govt that funds Head Start, LIHEAP, WIC, NIH, etc.
It is impossible to achieve cuts that large w/out destroying core govt functions.
We'll see *some* of the details tomorrow, but this is the part of the govt that funds Head Start, LIHEAP, WIC, NIH, etc.
It is impossible to achieve cuts that large w/out destroying core govt functions.
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Some folks are getting confused by this scenario but the upshot is that vaccines are already approved on the basis of placebo-controlled trials, what RFK is trying to do is eliminate vax updates, which don’t require placebo controlled studies. So basically trying to kill annual flu/COVID updates.
Just to be clear, this is a violation of the fundamental ethical principle in clinical trial design called "equipoise."
Equipoise means that no-one is exposed to excess risk just to test the therapy. That's specifically *why* vaccine trials don't use placebo arms.
Ethical violation as POLICY.
Equipoise means that no-one is exposed to excess risk just to test the therapy. That's specifically *why* vaccine trials don't use placebo arms.
Ethical violation as POLICY.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr will require all new vaccines to undergo placebo testing, WaPo reports
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr intends to shift the way vaccines are tested, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing a spokesperson from the HHS.
www.reuters.com
May 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Some folks are getting confused by this scenario but the upshot is that vaccines are already approved on the basis of placebo-controlled trials, what RFK is trying to do is eliminate vax updates, which don’t require placebo controlled studies. So basically trying to kill annual flu/COVID updates.
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Once again…I’m not even mad at him when he tells the truth. He said his folks are getting what they voted for a couple of days ago. Yesterday he said “fuck them kids at Christmas” 😂🤷🏾♀️
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
May 1, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Once again…I’m not even mad at him when he tells the truth. He said his folks are getting what they voted for a couple of days ago. Yesterday he said “fuck them kids at Christmas” 😂🤷🏾♀️
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
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huge plea to all journalists who follow me:
when we get the skinny budget tomorrow, you have to be super careful when comparing 2026 request to 2025.... because trump *might* also be requesting 2025 rescissions at the same time (tbd, but be careful).
example of where we could go wrong in next post
when we get the skinny budget tomorrow, you have to be super careful when comparing 2026 request to 2025.... because trump *might* also be requesting 2025 rescissions at the same time (tbd, but be careful).
example of where we could go wrong in next post
May 1, 2025 at 7:42 PM
huge plea to all journalists who follow me:
when we get the skinny budget tomorrow, you have to be super careful when comparing 2026 request to 2025.... because trump *might* also be requesting 2025 rescissions at the same time (tbd, but be careful).
example of where we could go wrong in next post
when we get the skinny budget tomorrow, you have to be super careful when comparing 2026 request to 2025.... because trump *might* also be requesting 2025 rescissions at the same time (tbd, but be careful).
example of where we could go wrong in next post
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Honestly this is just incredible content.
May 1, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Honestly this is just incredible content.
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Happy International Workers Day from the United Farm Workers!
Feliz Día Internacional de los Trabajadores de la Unión de Campesinos!
#MayDay2025
Feliz Día Internacional de los Trabajadores de la Unión de Campesinos!
#MayDay2025
May 1, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Happy International Workers Day from the United Farm Workers!
Feliz Día Internacional de los Trabajadores de la Unión de Campesinos!
#MayDay2025
Feliz Día Internacional de los Trabajadores de la Unión de Campesinos!
#MayDay2025