Mara
@maralinn.bsky.social
Half pessimistic doom-scroller, half progressive socialist. Ex-librarian into rug-hooking, cats, dogs, nature, classic film, Jeopardy, US politics, climate. I try to post/repost interesting things in addition to politics.
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When you summon the strength to let the bad post go by without responding
December 9, 2025 at 7:30 PM
When you summon the strength to let the bad post go by without responding
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This is a pretty stunning admission, he doesn't appear to know how group insurance works. Toyota/GM don't buy insurance, employers of that size are self-funded. They pay United or Aetna for admin services, but they pay for the actual health care themselves (with some catastrophic/stop-loss coverage)
Rand Paul on his healthcare plan: "What if you could join Costco? Costco has 44m members and if one person negotiated for all 44 and they bought a group plan like Toyota or General Motors does, they would be the largest collective entity in the country. They would drive prices down by sheer might."
December 9, 2025 at 3:41 PM
This is a pretty stunning admission, he doesn't appear to know how group insurance works. Toyota/GM don't buy insurance, employers of that size are self-funded. They pay United or Aetna for admin services, but they pay for the actual health care themselves (with some catastrophic/stop-loss coverage)
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I would have a lot more respect for the “unitary executive” theory of the Constitution if just one of its advocates argued for it when a President they didn’t like was in power.
I don’t write the headlines but I do like this one (post-Slaughter argument roundtable for @nytimes.com with @stevevladeck.bsky.social & @williambaude.bsky.social)
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/o...
Opinion | Looks Like the Supreme Court Will Continue to Overturn the 20th Century
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I would have a lot more respect for the “unitary executive” theory of the Constitution if just one of its advocates argued for it when a President they didn’t like was in power.
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very unitary, this executive
POLITICO: Do you believe the second strike was necessary?
TRUMP: Uhhhh. Well it looked like they were trying to turn back over the boat. But I don't get involved in that. That's up to them.
TRUMP: Uhhhh. Well it looked like they were trying to turn back over the boat. But I don't get involved in that. That's up to them.
December 9, 2025 at 2:18 PM
very unitary, this executive
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Walking around downtown screaming MERRY CHRISTMAS at random people. They either say it back verbatim or we’ve got a problem. Keep the real spirit of Christmas alive you assholes.
December 9, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Walking around downtown screaming MERRY CHRISTMAS at random people. They either say it back verbatim or we’ve got a problem. Keep the real spirit of Christmas alive you assholes.
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THEY JUST FUCKING LIE
December 9, 2025 at 2:24 PM
THEY JUST FUCKING LIE
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i’m so sick of the way people feel entitled to cheap clothes. people are taking “no ethical consumption under capitalism” to mean “don’t blame me if there were slaves in the supply chain.”
clothes should cost money—the solution is that you need less clothes, and that you should be paying a lot more
clothes should cost money—the solution is that you need less clothes, and that you should be paying a lot more
December 9, 2025 at 1:35 PM
i’m so sick of the way people feel entitled to cheap clothes. people are taking “no ethical consumption under capitalism” to mean “don’t blame me if there were slaves in the supply chain.”
clothes should cost money—the solution is that you need less clothes, and that you should be paying a lot more
clothes should cost money—the solution is that you need less clothes, and that you should be paying a lot more
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Nobody treats the Republican base with more contempt or counts on them being stupid more than Republicans
Karoline Leavitt lies with impunity on Fox & Friends: "Don't forget -- a year ago, President Trump inherited the worst inflation crisis in modern American history from the Biden administration."
December 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Nobody treats the Republican base with more contempt or counts on them being stupid more than Republicans
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Yes, and what if your access to affordable healthcare was considered a right guaranteed to everyone by the government and not a bauble of certain types of employment or friggin club store membership? What then?
Rand Paul on his healthcare plan: "What if you could join Costco? Costco has 44m members and if one person negotiated for all 44 and they bought a group plan like Toyota or General Motors does, they would be the largest collective entity in the country. They would drive prices down by sheer might."
December 9, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Yes, and what if your access to affordable healthcare was considered a right guaranteed to everyone by the government and not a bauble of certain types of employment or friggin club store membership? What then?
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Bye bye
Alina Habba resigns as acting U.S. attorney after disqualification
www.axios.com/2025/12/08/t...
Alina Habba resigns as acting U.S. attorney after disqualification
www.axios.com/2025/12/08/t...
Alina Habba resigns as acting U.S. attorney after disqualification
Habba was recently disqualified from the role after an appeals court found that she was serving unlawfully.
www.axios.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Bye bye
Alina Habba resigns as acting U.S. attorney after disqualification
www.axios.com/2025/12/08/t...
Alina Habba resigns as acting U.S. attorney after disqualification
www.axios.com/2025/12/08/t...
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I make sure that people know my gingerbread cookies are MEN! None of this woke "gingerbread people" nonsense. I include a 10inch super thick cock *exploding* with man juice (white frosting so it's educational). In fact they are dick cookies with men attached, I call them "XXXmas COCKIES."
December 8, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I make sure that people know my gingerbread cookies are MEN! None of this woke "gingerbread people" nonsense. I include a 10inch super thick cock *exploding* with man juice (white frosting so it's educational). In fact they are dick cookies with men attached, I call them "XXXmas COCKIES."
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Trump rages that Henry Cuellar didn’t pay him back for a pardon by switching parties, blasting Cuellar for a “lack of LOYALTY.”
In other words, Trump admits he was trying to use his pardon power to buy Republicans a House seat.
In other words, Trump admits he was trying to use his pardon power to buy Republicans a House seat.
December 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Trump rages that Henry Cuellar didn’t pay him back for a pardon by switching parties, blasting Cuellar for a “lack of LOYALTY.”
In other words, Trump admits he was trying to use his pardon power to buy Republicans a House seat.
In other words, Trump admits he was trying to use his pardon power to buy Republicans a House seat.
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You are ABSOLUTELY NOT going to regret listening to this bird:
A male rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) in winter plumage.
Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.
A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).
Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.
A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).
December 6, 2025 at 5:10 PM
You are ABSOLUTELY NOT going to regret listening to this bird:
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Wisconsin GOP lawmakers who cast Milwaukee as a symbol of unchecked urban violence have repeatedly blocked the tools it needs to address bloodshed. They’ve stalled gun safety bills, stripped funding for prevention, and limited what cities can do to curb shootings.
Wisconsin Republicans Condemn Milwaukee for Gun Violence While Blocking Solutions
Using rhetoric about “law and order,” state legislators have long stripped resources from violence prevention and advanced laws that could make shootings more likely.
www.thetrace.org
December 7, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Wisconsin GOP lawmakers who cast Milwaukee as a symbol of unchecked urban violence have repeatedly blocked the tools it needs to address bloodshed. They’ve stalled gun safety bills, stripped funding for prevention, and limited what cities can do to curb shootings.
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I’m actually terrified to do this, but here goes.
One request. You do not comment until you read the entire thread. And you are respectful when you do. If not I will either restrict you or block you depending on how hateful you are.
Great, glad we’re on the same page, let’s begin.
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One request. You do not comment until you read the entire thread. And you are respectful when you do. If not I will either restrict you or block you depending on how hateful you are.
Great, glad we’re on the same page, let’s begin.
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December 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM
I’m actually terrified to do this, but here goes.
One request. You do not comment until you read the entire thread. And you are respectful when you do. If not I will either restrict you or block you depending on how hateful you are.
Great, glad we’re on the same page, let’s begin.
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One request. You do not comment until you read the entire thread. And you are respectful when you do. If not I will either restrict you or block you depending on how hateful you are.
Great, glad we’re on the same page, let’s begin.
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also birth certificates are issued by counties and there are what like 3000 counties in the US? we have no national standard for what they say. how are you gonna find out parents' status? setting aside the more important issues, this is a logistical nightmare. admin burden forever
It really cannot be stressed enough that if we don’t have birthright citizenship we don’t have citizenship.
The only Americans who have any proof of citizenship are either naturalized adults or the tiny fraction of natural born citizens who are born abroad. Everyone else has birthright citizenship.
The only Americans who have any proof of citizenship are either naturalized adults or the tiny fraction of natural born citizens who are born abroad. Everyone else has birthright citizenship.
Stephen Miller thinks it’s terrible that I can vote
December 6, 2025 at 10:06 PM
also birth certificates are issued by counties and there are what like 3000 counties in the US? we have no national standard for what they say. how are you gonna find out parents' status? setting aside the more important issues, this is a logistical nightmare. admin burden forever
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If I were one of the wealthiest people in human history, living in a country with ever growing wealth inequality, I might think twice about advocating ritual execution
A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings
Silicon Valley radicalization escalates
www.thenerdreich.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:20 PM
If I were one of the wealthiest people in human history, living in a country with ever growing wealth inequality, I might think twice about advocating ritual execution
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A flagship study that declared the weedkiller Roundup posed no serious health risks has been retracted with little fanfare, ending a 25-year saga that exposed how corporate interests can distort scientific research and influence government decision-making.
Ghostwriters, polo shirts, and the fall of a landmark pesticide study
A flagship study that declared the weedkiller Roundup posed no serious health risks has been retracted with little fanfare, ending a 25-year saga that exposed how corporate interests can distort scien...
phys.org
December 6, 2025 at 5:44 PM
A flagship study that declared the weedkiller Roundup posed no serious health risks has been retracted with little fanfare, ending a 25-year saga that exposed how corporate interests can distort scientific research and influence government decision-making.
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What an interesting coincidence.
December 6, 2025 at 5:43 PM
What an interesting coincidence.
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Ok what's the prettiest sight you saw OTHER than the holly on your own front door? 🙄
December 6, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Ok what's the prettiest sight you saw OTHER than the holly on your own front door? 🙄
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If the Fourteenth Amendment isn’t real then Section 3 isn’t real either and the justices are suddenly just people in funny clothes.
The Supreme Court Friday agreed to decide whether President Donald Trump can unilaterally limit the constitutional right to citizenship granted to virtually every person born in the United States. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Supreme Court to Hear Trump's Bid To Eliminate Birthright Citizenship
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
If the Fourteenth Amendment isn’t real then Section 3 isn’t real either and the justices are suddenly just people in funny clothes.
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Meet Solio – proof that saving one rhino can impact the species as a whole. Orphaned by poaching, we raised her in our care, until she was ready to reintegrate into Nairobi National Park. She has since had two calves – both contributing to Kenya's rhino recovery. www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.o...
December 6, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Meet Solio – proof that saving one rhino can impact the species as a whole. Orphaned by poaching, we raised her in our care, until she was ready to reintegrate into Nairobi National Park. She has since had two calves – both contributing to Kenya's rhino recovery. www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.o...
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At some level, they can't have been surrendering, because they didn't know they were in a war.
NEW info on shipwreck attack. It gets worse.
The 2 survivors climbed atop wreckage and waved to overhead.
"Some of the people viewing the video thought ... could have been an attempt to surrender"
Others "said the most logical explanation was ... signaling for a rescue."
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The 2 survivors climbed atop wreckage and waved to overhead.
"Some of the people viewing the video thought ... could have been an attempt to surrender"
Others "said the most logical explanation was ... signaling for a rescue."
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December 6, 2025 at 1:29 AM
At some level, they can't have been surrendering, because they didn't know they were in a war.