Sonja
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Secular humanist tst member. Indy/IN/USA. Part time badass.
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Here to learn, share, vent, debate, laugh.
She/her, disabled ππ· novid.
Secular humanist tst member. Indy/IN/USA. Part time badass.
Do we know they were even ICE agents? No. We don't. We never do.
October 6, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Do we know they were even ICE agents? No. We don't. We never do.
Sinclair owns hundreds of local tv affiliate stations. They edit all their local news stations and force mandatory right-wing stories. They have waiting for a moment to prove their loyalty to the lead magat.
I'm sure the "news programming" replacing Kimmel's show will be quite comical.
I'm sure the "news programming" replacing Kimmel's show will be quite comical.
September 23, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Sinclair owns hundreds of local tv affiliate stations. They edit all their local news stations and force mandatory right-wing stories. They have waiting for a moment to prove their loyalty to the lead magat.
I'm sure the "news programming" replacing Kimmel's show will be quite comical.
I'm sure the "news programming" replacing Kimmel's show will be quite comical.
September 7, 2025 at 7:11 PM
"The ability to tell the truth, especially when it does not suit any particularly partisan aims, is an essential prerequisite for a free society."
Scientistsβ role in defending democracy
The United Statesβ democratic leadership, commitment to freedom of expression, and investment in the pursuit of knowledge have long enabled its preeminence in science and technology. Yet today we are ...
www.science.org
August 17, 2025 at 4:36 PM
"The ability to tell the truth, especially when it does not suit any particularly partisan aims, is an essential prerequisite for a free society."
Every conservative accusation is an admission.
May 12, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Every conservative accusation is an admission.
"The Episcopal Church announced on Monday that it is terminating its partnership with the government to resettle refugees, citing moral opposition to resettling the Afrikaner refugees."
White South African Afrikaner refugees arrive in U.S. on a government-chartered plane
The first group of white Afrikaner South Africans granted refugee status by Trump administration arrive in U.S. as most other refugee admissions still suspended.
www.npr.org
May 12, 2025 at 7:34 PM
"The Episcopal Church announced on Monday that it is terminating its partnership with the government to resettle refugees, citing moral opposition to resettling the Afrikaner refugees."
PBS kids was my early childhood education. Beyond my ABCs and 123s, it taught me a passion for learning, to treat others with kindness, to understand and appreciate the world outside of my own experience.
#ProtectMyPublicMedia
#savethelibraries
#SaveEducation
#SaveKnowledge
#SaveTheUSA
#ProtectMyPublicMedia
#savethelibraries
#SaveEducation
#SaveKnowledge
#SaveTheUSA
Trump signs executive order directing federal funding cuts to PBS and NPR
The order instructs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and other federal agencies βto cease Federal funding for NPR and PBS."
www.pbs.org
May 2, 2025 at 5:06 AM
PBS kids was my early childhood education. Beyond my ABCs and 123s, it taught me a passion for learning, to treat others with kindness, to understand and appreciate the world outside of my own experience.
#ProtectMyPublicMedia
#savethelibraries
#SaveEducation
#SaveKnowledge
#SaveTheUSA
#ProtectMyPublicMedia
#savethelibraries
#SaveEducation
#SaveKnowledge
#SaveTheUSA
It's too bad politicians work harder to spin than represent people.
Democracy at a Crossroads: How Americans View Trumpβs First 100 Days in Office | PRRI
PRRI interviewed more than 5,000 adults to assess Americansβ views on President Donald Trumpβs first 100 days in office. This survey explores voter satisfaction and regret, Trumpβs job approval and fa...
www.prri.org
April 30, 2025 at 10:55 PM
It's too bad politicians work harder to spin than represent people.
#save the children or something?
The Trump Administrationβs War on Children
The administration is quietly putting Americaβs children at risk by cutting funds and manpower for investigating child abuse, enforcing child support payments, providing child care and much more.
www.propublica.org
April 30, 2025 at 7:36 PM
#save the children or something?
The kitties are not amused.
April 29, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The kitties are not amused.
Gift article. I haven't read it yet. Not enough spoons tonight.
βI Run the Country and the Worldβ
Donald Trump believes heβs invincible. But the cracks are beginning to show.
www.theatlantic.com
April 29, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Gift article. I haven't read it yet. Not enough spoons tonight.
They will try it if he survives this term.
Trump store is selling βTrump 2028β hats
The βMade in America Trump 2028β hats retail for $50 on the Trump Store website.
ground.news
April 24, 2025 at 11:52 PM
They will try it if he survives this term.
The Department of Homeland Security is now doxxing US citizens.
Trumpβs DHS posted Jennifer Vasquez Suraβs home address onlineβwhile her husband, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, is trapped in an El Salvador prison the courts ordered him returned from. Now she and her kids are in a safe house. This is cruelty, not governance.
April 24, 2025 at 2:20 AM
The Department of Homeland Security is now doxxing US citizens.
CBS et al should reverse course and take this lawsuit to court. Settling an easily winnable case to appease the deranged tyrant is not going to benefit them at all. He'll keep coming back for more, and still try to bury them.
April 14, 2025 at 3:05 AM
CBS et al should reverse course and take this lawsuit to court. Settling an easily winnable case to appease the deranged tyrant is not going to benefit them at all. He'll keep coming back for more, and still try to bury them.
No, definitely stupid too.
April 12, 2025 at 4:12 AM
No, definitely stupid too.
Mere hours before announcing the tariff pause.
April 10, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Mere hours before announcing the tariff pause.
Reposted by Sonja
WATCH: After he got lit up by Dems for his multiple anti-DEI bills, we caught up with @AronMaberry β who tried to tell us DEI discriminates against Black people π€
(He also had never heard of the Rooney Rule, which @HakeemForHouse later explained to him)
(He also had never heard of the Rooney Rule, which @HakeemForHouse later explained to him)
April 10, 2025 at 3:43 AM
WATCH: After he got lit up by Dems for his multiple anti-DEI bills, we caught up with @AronMaberry β who tried to tell us DEI discriminates against Black people π€
(He also had never heard of the Rooney Rule, which @HakeemForHouse later explained to him)
(He also had never heard of the Rooney Rule, which @HakeemForHouse later explained to him)
Day 3 of 40mg prednisone for bronchitis.
My mind is all over the place, like ADD on crack.
My emotions... extreme, also all over the fucking place.
I would love to sleep through the 5 days I'm on it.
Ambien isn't even slowing it down.
Prednisone is the devil.
My mind is all over the place, like ADD on crack.
My emotions... extreme, also all over the fucking place.
I would love to sleep through the 5 days I'm on it.
Ambien isn't even slowing it down.
Prednisone is the devil.
April 10, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Day 3 of 40mg prednisone for bronchitis.
My mind is all over the place, like ADD on crack.
My emotions... extreme, also all over the fucking place.
I would love to sleep through the 5 days I'm on it.
Ambien isn't even slowing it down.
Prednisone is the devil.
My mind is all over the place, like ADD on crack.
My emotions... extreme, also all over the fucking place.
I would love to sleep through the 5 days I'm on it.
Ambien isn't even slowing it down.
Prednisone is the devil.
Flaunting his crime
Trump told people to buy. Hours later, his tariff pause sent markets soaring.
Trumpβs post on Truth Social advising people to βbuyβ before his market-moving tariff announcement has Democrats calling it a βmarket manipulation scheme.β
wapo.st
April 10, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Flaunting his crime
Fired for refusing to recommend Mel Gibson get his gun rights back, former DoJ attorney was warned not to testify. Intimidation failed.
Attorney fired from DOJ sounds alarm on "ongoing corruption"
Liz Oyer, a former Justice Department attorney, was allegedly fired after objecting to actor Mel Gibson regaining his gun rights.
www.newsweek.com
April 10, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Fired for refusing to recommend Mel Gibson get his gun rights back, former DoJ attorney was warned not to testify. Intimidation failed.
More destruction to "prove" it's broken
In today's @nytimes.com @upshot.nytimes.com, the @budgetlab.bsky.social analysis on I.R.S. funding: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/u...
Why I.R.S. Audits, Already at Their Lowest Levels, May Fall Further
President Trump is reversing the Biden plan to increase tax revenue through more enforcement.
www.nytimes.com
April 9, 2025 at 1:46 PM
More destruction to "prove" it's broken