Mary Giddings 🐸📎🌻🏳️🌈
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concerns: #PaperclipMutiny, #earth, #democracy, #community,#idaho
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The Constitution is very straightforward on birthright citizenship. There's no ambiguity in the language, no other plausible interpretation.
The fact that this is a public discussion at all, and that the Supreme Court is taking it up, is on its own anti-constitutional bullshit.
Read the text👇
The fact that this is a public discussion at all, and that the Supreme Court is taking it up, is on its own anti-constitutional bullshit.
Read the text👇
It starts with knowing the truth. Don’t allow yourselves to be gaslit into believing this is a real question.
December 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The Constitution is very straightforward on birthright citizenship. There's no ambiguity in the language, no other plausible interpretation.
The fact that this is a public discussion at all, and that the Supreme Court is taking it up, is on its own anti-constitutional bullshit.
Read the text👇
The fact that this is a public discussion at all, and that the Supreme Court is taking it up, is on its own anti-constitutional bullshit.
Read the text👇
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A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
Redirecting
doi.org
December 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
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supreme court to decide whether part of constitution is part of constitution
The Supreme Court will ultimately decide whether to uphold the longstanding principle that grants citizenship to the children of non-citizens born in the U.S., following a legal challenge by the Trump administration. n.pr/48E1oko
Supreme Court agrees to hear arguments in birthright citizenship challenge
The Supreme Court will ultimately decide whether to uphold the longstanding principle that grants citizenship to the children of non-citizens born in the U.S., following a legal challenge by the Trump administration.
n.pr
December 6, 2025 at 4:57 PM
supreme court to decide whether part of constitution is part of constitution
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National parks cut free entry for MLK Day, add Trump's birthday. Looks like they got the No Kings thing backwards.
December 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
National parks cut free entry for MLK Day, add Trump's birthday. Looks like they got the No Kings thing backwards.
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Wednesday: affordability is a con job
Thursday: here's new floor plans for a golden ballroom expansion
Thursday: here's new floor plans for a golden ballroom expansion
December 5, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Wednesday: affordability is a con job
Thursday: here's new floor plans for a golden ballroom expansion
Thursday: here's new floor plans for a golden ballroom expansion
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Oregon Senator Ron Wyden announced Tuesday that survivors of Jeffrey Epstein are supporting the senator's bill aiming to shed light on the late sex offender’s finances.
https://www.koin.com/news/politics/epstein-survivors-back-wydens-bill-to-release-late-sex-offenders-bank-records/?cid=bluesky_
https://www.koin.com/news/politics/epstein-survivors-back-wydens-bill-to-release-late-sex-offenders-bank-records/?cid=bluesky_
Epstein survivors back Wyden’s bill to release late sex offender’s bank records
Oregon Senator Ron Wyden announced Tuesday that survivors of Jeffrey Epstein are supporting the senator’s bill — aiming to shed light on the late sex offender’s finances.
www.koin.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Oregon Senator Ron Wyden announced Tuesday that survivors of Jeffrey Epstein are supporting the senator's bill aiming to shed light on the late sex offender’s finances.
https://www.koin.com/news/politics/epstein-survivors-back-wydens-bill-to-release-late-sex-offenders-bank-records/?cid=bluesky_
https://www.koin.com/news/politics/epstein-survivors-back-wydens-bill-to-release-late-sex-offenders-bank-records/?cid=bluesky_
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Former ABC News correspondent and anchor, Terry Moran, and I talk about how the current press corps is not meeting the moment and how capitulation by big media companies is setting the stage for a rise in independent journalism.
youtu.be/iiPN6FGXB_0?...
youtu.be/iiPN6FGXB_0?...
FED UP Journalists REVOLT After Trump’s Latest POWER PLAY
YouTube video by Katie Phang
youtu.be
December 6, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Former ABC News correspondent and anchor, Terry Moran, and I talk about how the current press corps is not meeting the moment and how capitulation by big media companies is setting the stage for a rise in independent journalism.
youtu.be/iiPN6FGXB_0?...
youtu.be/iiPN6FGXB_0?...
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“On Dec. 6, 1989, a man motivated by a hatred of feminists shot and killed 14 women and injured 13 other people at the Montreal engineering school affiliated with Université de Montréal.”
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/5e0dd47...
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/5e0dd47...
Recognizing ‘femicide’ 35 years after the Montreal Massacre at Polytechnique Montréal
On Dec. 6, 1989, a man motivated by a hatred of feminists shot and killed 14 women and injured 13 other people at the engineering school
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:25 PM
“On Dec. 6, 1989, a man motivated by a hatred of feminists shot and killed 14 women and injured 13 other people at the Montreal engineering school affiliated with Université de Montréal.”
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/5e0dd47...
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/5e0dd47...
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Trumpworld likes to present comparisons of his anti-immigrant rhetoric with 1930s Germany as inherently hyperbolic. So I asked some historians if they were.
www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
December 6, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Trumpworld likes to present comparisons of his anti-immigrant rhetoric with 1930s Germany as inherently hyperbolic. So I asked some historians if they were.
www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
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Needy Amin strikes again.
Donald Trump just removed Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth from the list of free entry days at national parks.
They are being replaced with Trump’s birthday.
They are being replaced with Trump’s birthday.
December 6, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Needy Amin strikes again.
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When ecologist Luca Luiselli and his team began studying tropical lizards feasting on discarded pizza, international recognition felt out of the question.🍕
Hear this and more highlights from the 2025 Ig Nobel Prizes: buff.ly/NQ3WSvp
Hear this and more highlights from the 2025 Ig Nobel Prizes: buff.ly/NQ3WSvp
!["[We] simply wanted to answer the age-old scientific question: What happens when a lizard discovers cheese and carbs? Now we know, and the answer is they behave like Italians." —Esther Duflo, on behalf of Luca Luiselli](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rjtifgmgwnacwa24lqp4tpsy/bafkreif7ncvsvdcsuljdpxwtmv4a3vi7rdi447k6b6l7eifrapzmswpcce@jpeg)
December 6, 2025 at 2:36 PM
When ecologist Luca Luiselli and his team began studying tropical lizards feasting on discarded pizza, international recognition felt out of the question.🍕
Hear this and more highlights from the 2025 Ig Nobel Prizes: buff.ly/NQ3WSvp
Hear this and more highlights from the 2025 Ig Nobel Prizes: buff.ly/NQ3WSvp
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This Day in Labor History: December 6, 1977. The United Mine Workers of America walked off the job. This moment demonstrated a moment when workers thought they could gain more power in the economy. But they effectively lost this strike and the war on workers throughout American got underway!!
December 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
This Day in Labor History: December 6, 1977. The United Mine Workers of America walked off the job. This moment demonstrated a moment when workers thought they could gain more power in the economy. But they effectively lost this strike and the war on workers throughout American got underway!!
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Join America’s unions in Baltimore for our Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Civil and Human Rights Conference!
We’re coming together to honor our history and fight for a future that puts working people first.
Register: themlkconference.org
We’re coming together to honor our history and fight for a future that puts working people first.
Register: themlkconference.org
2026 AFL-CIO Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Civil and Human Rights Conference
Join community leaders and activists for the 2025 AFL-CIO Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Civil and Human Rights Conference.
themlkconference.org
December 6, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Join America’s unions in Baltimore for our Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Civil and Human Rights Conference!
We’re coming together to honor our history and fight for a future that puts working people first.
Register: themlkconference.org
We’re coming together to honor our history and fight for a future that puts working people first.
Register: themlkconference.org
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Has anyone written a coherent, good-faith argument *against* a ban on stock trading by members of Congress, or in favor of the status quo? What is the argument lawmakers use when explaining why they don't want a vote on the matter? Having trouble finding.
December 6, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Has anyone written a coherent, good-faith argument *against* a ban on stock trading by members of Congress, or in favor of the status quo? What is the argument lawmakers use when explaining why they don't want a vote on the matter? Having trouble finding.
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some of the best early career scientists doing pandemic prevention work no one else is — defunded, just a couple years after tens of millions died from a pandemic.
I'm devastated by what the field has lost in terms of pandemic prevention research and infrastructure, but even more for the (to date, 60+) PhD students and postdocs on the project, many of whom face an immediate funding cliff at the end of the year. NSF had the funds for them and just didn't pay /3
December 6, 2025 at 2:40 PM
some of the best early career scientists doing pandemic prevention work no one else is — defunded, just a couple years after tens of millions died from a pandemic.
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December 5, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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Well this is interesting
December 6, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Well this is interesting
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December 5, 2025
December 5, 2025
Late last night, the Trump administration released the 2025 National Security Strategy (NSS) of the United States of America.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:38 AM
December 5, 2025
New Independent Americans episode out now. Listen/Watch now: https://independentamericans.us/389-todd-achilles-independent-veteran-for-senate-everybodys-pissed-off-the-view-from-idaho-hegseth-signalgate-venezuela-ice-flags-lowered-for-spec-sarah-beckstrom-the-2x2-matrix/
December 6, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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If Virginia Democrats follow through with a new 10-1 congressional map and a couple of other Dem states make small changes, Trump's gambit to rig the 2026 maps will be remembered as an epic blunder.
December 6, 2025 at 2:43 PM
If Virginia Democrats follow through with a new 10-1 congressional map and a couple of other Dem states make small changes, Trump's gambit to rig the 2026 maps will be remembered as an epic blunder.
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“I did not resign to make a symbolic point. I resigned because staying silent would have made me complicit. I spoke up because the stakes for children, communities, and our preparedness are too high.” time.com/7338714/dr-d...
I Left the CDC 100 Days Ago. My Worst Fears About the Agency Are Coming True
"Things have not improved," writes Dr. Debra Houry. "They have worsened. And Congress has still failed to act."
time.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:40 AM
“I did not resign to make a symbolic point. I resigned because staying silent would have made me complicit. I spoke up because the stakes for children, communities, and our preparedness are too high.” time.com/7338714/dr-d...
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X has been hit with a $140 million fine by the European Commission.
Musk's company is being penalized for “the deceptive design of its 'blue checkmark.'"
The lack of transparency of its ad repository and not giving researchers access to public data also contributed to the fine.
Musk's company is being penalized for “the deceptive design of its 'blue checkmark.'"
The lack of transparency of its ad repository and not giving researchers access to public data also contributed to the fine.
Elon Musk’s X fined $140 million by European Commission over 'deceptive' blue checkmark and lack of transparency
The social-media platform has been fined by the bloc after breaching transparency obligations under the Digital Services Act (DSA).
www.cnbc.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:57 PM
X has been hit with a $140 million fine by the European Commission.
Musk's company is being penalized for “the deceptive design of its 'blue checkmark.'"
The lack of transparency of its ad repository and not giving researchers access to public data also contributed to the fine.
Musk's company is being penalized for “the deceptive design of its 'blue checkmark.'"
The lack of transparency of its ad repository and not giving researchers access to public data also contributed to the fine.