Clare
@idclare.bsky.social
she/her. super progressive. PNW. older than you think. This account will likely be a lot of fandom conversations, with reposts of politics and the occasional science or tech.
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the birthright clause was not just written to wipe dred scott off of the books, it was written to repudiate the *idea* behind dred scott, you might say the larger *ideological project* of dred scott. and the whole of section 1 of the 14th amendment is a constitutional statement of political equality
December 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
the birthright clause was not just written to wipe dred scott off of the books, it was written to repudiate the *idea* behind dred scott, you might say the larger *ideological project* of dred scott. and the whole of section 1 of the 14th amendment is a constitutional statement of political equality
A solid foundation for an “eliminate poverty” platform
Tho I’d say $30 min wage
Where are the public servants who will fight for this
Tho I’d say $30 min wage
Where are the public servants who will fight for this
-Bust up monopolies
-Boost unions
-$20/hr fed minimum wage
-Ban Wall Street from buying homes
-Pass M4A
-Universal childcare
-Get rid of Trump’s tariffs
-Enact UBI
-Tax the rich
These are crucial steps to making America affordable again. Every Democrat must fight for this.
-Boost unions
-$20/hr fed minimum wage
-Ban Wall Street from buying homes
-Pass M4A
-Universal childcare
-Get rid of Trump’s tariffs
-Enact UBI
-Tax the rich
These are crucial steps to making America affordable again. Every Democrat must fight for this.
December 6, 2025 at 8:03 PM
A solid foundation for an “eliminate poverty” platform
Tho I’d say $30 min wage
Where are the public servants who will fight for this
Tho I’d say $30 min wage
Where are the public servants who will fight for this
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Remember: RFK Jr. fired his last CDC director because she refused to ram through his anti-vax agenda.
Yesterday, RFK Jr.’s handpicked vaccine skeptics threw out DECADES of settled science — and Donald Trump gave a thumbs-up.
This will hurt American kids and families.
Yesterday, RFK Jr.’s handpicked vaccine skeptics threw out DECADES of settled science — and Donald Trump gave a thumbs-up.
This will hurt American kids and families.
CDC advisory panel rolls back universal hepatitis B vaccine recommendation
The change upends decades of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance and goes against widespread public health consensus.
www.nbcnews.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Remember: RFK Jr. fired his last CDC director because she refused to ram through his anti-vax agenda.
Yesterday, RFK Jr.’s handpicked vaccine skeptics threw out DECADES of settled science — and Donald Trump gave a thumbs-up.
This will hurt American kids and families.
Yesterday, RFK Jr.’s handpicked vaccine skeptics threw out DECADES of settled science — and Donald Trump gave a thumbs-up.
This will hurt American kids and families.
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What an interesting coincidence.
December 6, 2025 at 5:43 PM
What an interesting coincidence.
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from top to bottom all of these guys treat the united states government as a neat toy they can show off to their friends and use to impress girls
and we're all just a bunch of action figures to play with and discard when they're bored
and we're all just a bunch of action figures to play with and discard when they're bored
lol
Kash Patel is using the FBI to serve as an Uber for his girlfriend's drunk pals.
www.ms.now/news/kash-pa...
Kash Patel is using the FBI to serve as an Uber for his girlfriend's drunk pals.
www.ms.now/news/kash-pa...
Kash Patel ordered FBI detail to give girlfriend’s pal a lift home: sources
FBI agents have grown increasingly concerned by Patel’s use of the bureau’s strapped resource.
www.ms.now
December 5, 2025 at 9:15 PM
from top to bottom all of these guys treat the united states government as a neat toy they can show off to their friends and use to impress girls
and we're all just a bunch of action figures to play with and discard when they're bored
and we're all just a bunch of action figures to play with and discard when they're bored
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We don't need a Dem candidate who sides with the billionaires. We just don't. And I guarantee y'all that if you nominate this guy you will live to regret it.
He's also got a habit of vetoing really good bills because the billionaires don't like them. We can do better.
He's also got a habit of vetoing really good bills because the billionaires don't like them. We can do better.
Gov. @gavinnewsom says he disagrees with Mayor @zohrankmamdani about the need for a wealth tax on billionaires, which he is “adamantly against” - says Dems are a “big tent party” with both views.
More on the CA proposal: www.sacbee.com/news/politic...
More on the CA proposal: www.sacbee.com/news/politic...
December 5, 2025 at 5:56 AM
We don't need a Dem candidate who sides with the billionaires. We just don't. And I guarantee y'all that if you nominate this guy you will live to regret it.
He's also got a habit of vetoing really good bills because the billionaires don't like them. We can do better.
He's also got a habit of vetoing really good bills because the billionaires don't like them. We can do better.
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One of the most destructive institutions in our nation is the for-profit prison system. Corporations lining their pockets by keeping people in prison and punishing them financially for being there. Lining the pockets of elected reps to do it.
This has to stop.
boltsmag.org/north-caroli...
This has to stop.
boltsmag.org/north-caroli...
North Carolina Prison Officials Raise Prices for Those Who Can Least Afford It - Bolts
It’s 4:30 pm on a Monday as Colell Steele stands in front of the closed canteen window at Neuse Correctional, a medium-custody prison in North Carolina. He’s lined up to... Read More
boltsmag.org
December 4, 2025 at 1:13 PM
One of the most destructive institutions in our nation is the for-profit prison system. Corporations lining their pockets by keeping people in prison and punishing them financially for being there. Lining the pockets of elected reps to do it.
This has to stop.
boltsmag.org/north-caroli...
This has to stop.
boltsmag.org/north-caroli...
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Trump’s treatment of immigrants is beyond inhumane.
That’s why today I’m introducing my Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act to phase out our over-reliance on private, for-profit detention centers & put in place guardrails to protect immigrants’ civil & human rights. www.newsweek.com/ice-detentio...
That’s why today I’m introducing my Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act to phase out our over-reliance on private, for-profit detention centers & put in place guardrails to protect immigrants’ civil & human rights. www.newsweek.com/ice-detentio...
Democrat says Trump admin's "absurd" actions will help ICE bill succeed
In an exclusive interview with Newsweek, Washington Representative Pramila Jayapal outlined her updated ICE detention bill.
www.newsweek.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Trump’s treatment of immigrants is beyond inhumane.
That’s why today I’m introducing my Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act to phase out our over-reliance on private, for-profit detention centers & put in place guardrails to protect immigrants’ civil & human rights. www.newsweek.com/ice-detentio...
That’s why today I’m introducing my Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act to phase out our over-reliance on private, for-profit detention centers & put in place guardrails to protect immigrants’ civil & human rights. www.newsweek.com/ice-detentio...
Super interesting thread (read up to get the start) Posits Dem leadership stuck in the decade they became “famous “ while the rest of us have moved on. Also has me thinking about viral celebrities unprepared for the attention.
"fame and power are types of trauma" is one of those things I did *kinda* already understand but didn't ever think explicitly
December 3, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Super interesting thread (read up to get the start) Posits Dem leadership stuck in the decade they became “famous “ while the rest of us have moved on. Also has me thinking about viral celebrities unprepared for the attention.
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As of Monday, Trump has fired over 100 immigration judges, essentially on suspicion of them being judges, as opposed to sure-thing compliant cogs in the mass deportation machine
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
Trump Has Never Been Clearer About What an Immigration Judge’s Real Job Is
The president doesn’t want immigration judges who handle cases by the book. He wants immigration judges who will rubber-stamp his mass deportations agenda.
ballsandstrikes.org
December 3, 2025 at 4:57 PM
As of Monday, Trump has fired over 100 immigration judges, essentially on suspicion of them being judges, as opposed to sure-thing compliant cogs in the mass deportation machine
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
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Can I let you in on a little secret?
Billionaire philanthropy isn’t charity.
It’s PR to distract you from low wages, labor exploitation, and a tax system that’s rigged for the rich.
Billionaire philanthropy isn’t charity.
It’s PR to distract you from low wages, labor exploitation, and a tax system that’s rigged for the rich.
December 3, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Can I let you in on a little secret?
Billionaire philanthropy isn’t charity.
It’s PR to distract you from low wages, labor exploitation, and a tax system that’s rigged for the rich.
Billionaire philanthropy isn’t charity.
It’s PR to distract you from low wages, labor exploitation, and a tax system that’s rigged for the rich.
I’m in this post and I’m write about it
I saw a meme last night about a generational divide marker of folks who cannot sit through videos and want the words typed out because they read faster than they can watch a video and I felt that deep in my heart. I'm happy for folks who love video, but I hate them. Give me text. Let me read.
December 3, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I’m in this post and I’m write about it
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In case you wonder if there will ever be justice for the victims of the racist border gestapo or an attempt to restore constitutional rule, Hakeem wans you to know "not on my watch"
Jeffries: "The border is secure. That's a good thing. It happened on his watch. He wants to claim credit for it, of course he'll get credit for that. In terms of making sure that we actually deal with the issues that matter, including on immigration, there's a lot that's left to be desired."
December 3, 2025 at 5:47 PM
In case you wonder if there will ever be justice for the victims of the racist border gestapo or an attempt to restore constitutional rule, Hakeem wans you to know "not on my watch"
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NEW: A majority of voters (63%) support a Medicare for All system that would:
- Eliminate most private insurance plans
- Replace premiums with higher taxes
- Guarantee health coverage for everyone
- Eliminate most out-of-pocket costs like copays and deductibles
- Eliminate most private insurance plans
- Replace premiums with higher taxes
- Guarantee health coverage for everyone
- Eliminate most out-of-pocket costs like copays and deductibles
November 26, 2025 at 8:12 PM
NEW: A majority of voters (63%) support a Medicare for All system that would:
- Eliminate most private insurance plans
- Replace premiums with higher taxes
- Guarantee health coverage for everyone
- Eliminate most out-of-pocket costs like copays and deductibles
- Eliminate most private insurance plans
- Replace premiums with higher taxes
- Guarantee health coverage for everyone
- Eliminate most out-of-pocket costs like copays and deductibles
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No-strings-attached, zero-means-testing, no-questions-asked cash payouts have been proven, over and over again, to be the most effective form of charity/aid going.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
December 3, 2025 at 7:12 AM
No-strings-attached, zero-means-testing, no-questions-asked cash payouts have been proven, over and over again, to be the most effective form of charity/aid going.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
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does someone have kompromat on Jeffries? Just fucking stop talking, man.
Jeffries claims the charges against Cueller were "very thin" and says Trump's pardon was "exactly the right outcome"
December 3, 2025 at 6:02 PM
does someone have kompromat on Jeffries? Just fucking stop talking, man.
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The two-pronged campaign slogans I want to see:
1. End Poverty in America (so much under this: universal healthcare, UBI, affordable housing, tax the rich, ect)
2. Impeach and Convict (aka lock them up, crime doesn’t pay, end corruption, they won’t get away with it, no one is above the law)
1. End Poverty in America (so much under this: universal healthcare, UBI, affordable housing, tax the rich, ect)
2. Impeach and Convict (aka lock them up, crime doesn’t pay, end corruption, they won’t get away with it, no one is above the law)
November 30, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The two-pronged campaign slogans I want to see:
1. End Poverty in America (so much under this: universal healthcare, UBI, affordable housing, tax the rich, ect)
2. Impeach and Convict (aka lock them up, crime doesn’t pay, end corruption, they won’t get away with it, no one is above the law)
1. End Poverty in America (so much under this: universal healthcare, UBI, affordable housing, tax the rich, ect)
2. Impeach and Convict (aka lock them up, crime doesn’t pay, end corruption, they won’t get away with it, no one is above the law)
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November 30, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Imagine getting ready for your daughter to come home from her freshman year of college for Thanksgiving, and the day of departure she goes MIA, and then 48 nightmarish hours later she calls you to tell her that ICE goons kidnapped her and shipped her to Honduras www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/25/m...
November 29, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Imagine getting ready for your daughter to come home from her freshman year of college for Thanksgiving, and the day of departure she goes MIA, and then 48 nightmarish hours later she calls you to tell her that ICE goons kidnapped her and shipped her to Honduras www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/25/m...
A pet sleeping on you, snoring quietly
7. What's something that isn't therapy, but feels like therapy?
November 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
A pet sleeping on you, snoring quietly
10 languages I didn’t even have to see the alternative before deciding
5. Would you rather speak 10 languages fluently or be a master of 10 instruments?
November 28, 2025 at 2:28 PM
10 languages I didn’t even have to see the alternative before deciding
A personal chef omg no contest
WTF does a butler do anyway for someone in a tiny 1 bedroom
Now if the choice was “personal chef or administrative assistant or housekeeper” we’d have some real angst
WTF does a butler do anyway for someone in a tiny 1 bedroom
Now if the choice was “personal chef or administrative assistant or housekeeper” we’d have some real angst
4. Would you rather have a butler or a personal chef?
November 28, 2025 at 2:27 PM
A personal chef omg no contest
WTF does a butler do anyway for someone in a tiny 1 bedroom
Now if the choice was “personal chef or administrative assistant or housekeeper” we’d have some real angst
WTF does a butler do anyway for someone in a tiny 1 bedroom
Now if the choice was “personal chef or administrative assistant or housekeeper” we’d have some real angst
The Regan election
1. What was the first major news story you remember as a child?
November 28, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The Regan election