Maya-18
@maya-18.bsky.social
Neuroscience/HolisticHealth
Masks=Science,not politics 😷
Meditator ☸️ Pema Chödrön Fan
CERN Fan ⚛️
1st Amendment/FreedomOfPress Fan
Defend the truth/Deflect the lies,J.Biden
🟧 NYS🇺🇸🇺🇦
Land of free,home of brave
An illiterate crowd is easiest to rule-A.Manguel
Masks=Science,not politics 😷
Meditator ☸️ Pema Chödrön Fan
CERN Fan ⚛️
1st Amendment/FreedomOfPress Fan
Defend the truth/Deflect the lies,J.Biden
🟧 NYS🇺🇸🇺🇦
Land of free,home of brave
An illiterate crowd is easiest to rule-A.Manguel
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NEW: A win for Trump’s guard deployment in DC comes with a major warning — from two of his own appointees — about his deployments to other cities.
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Appeals court clears way for Trump to keep National Guard on DC streets
But the 3-judge panel cast doubt on Guard deployments in ‘non-consenting’ states.
www.politico.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
NEW: A win for Trump’s guard deployment in DC comes with a major warning — from two of his own appointees — about his deployments to other cities.
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
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I wish I could talk with him again. What a loss for the country. (2/2)
December 17, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I wish I could talk with him again. What a loss for the country. (2/2)
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Like many others I was probably formed by Rob Reiner’s movies more than I realized. I met him once and was struck by the practical efforts he made to translate his powerful understanding of people and how they relate to one another into a more durable and kinder form of democratic politics. (1/2)
December 17, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Like many others I was probably formed by Rob Reiner’s movies more than I realized. I met him once and was struck by the practical efforts he made to translate his powerful understanding of people and how they relate to one another into a more durable and kinder form of democratic politics. (1/2)
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Trump says we need to go after drug cartels.
Meanwhile, he disbanded a DOJ task force that took them on.
And he pardoned a former Honduran president convicted of drug trafficking.
Trump doesn't care about drugs — he wants to be able to declare war on anyone he labels an enemy.
It's a power grab.
Meanwhile, he disbanded a DOJ task force that took them on.
And he pardoned a former Honduran president convicted of drug trafficking.
Trump doesn't care about drugs — he wants to be able to declare war on anyone he labels an enemy.
It's a power grab.
December 17, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Trump says we need to go after drug cartels.
Meanwhile, he disbanded a DOJ task force that took them on.
And he pardoned a former Honduran president convicted of drug trafficking.
Trump doesn't care about drugs — he wants to be able to declare war on anyone he labels an enemy.
It's a power grab.
Meanwhile, he disbanded a DOJ task force that took them on.
And he pardoned a former Honduran president convicted of drug trafficking.
Trump doesn't care about drugs — he wants to be able to declare war on anyone he labels an enemy.
It's a power grab.
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He must have some insane blackmail on these people. Can’t imagine how else so many people will do a 180 on everything they’ve said
December 17, 2025 at 6:21 PM
He must have some insane blackmail on these people. Can’t imagine how else so many people will do a 180 on everything they’ve said
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Right-wing figures are escalating their calls for violence to free Tina Peters, the Colorado election denier serving a nine-year state prison sentence for her role in a voting system data breach. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Far Right Escalates Calls For Violence to Free Tina Peters After Trump’s ‘Pardon’
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Right-wing figures are escalating their calls for violence to free Tina Peters, the Colorado election denier serving a nine-year state prison sentence for her role in a voting system data breach. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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It’s a joke for Trump, Vance, Witkoff and anyone else to even remotely suggest that Putin wants peace and Ukraine is the problem.
December 17, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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‼️BREAKING: Our discharge petition has enough signatures. Speaker Johnson is now FORCED to bring a vote to the House floor to extend ACA tax credits.
This can’t wait. Call your Member of Congress. We must vote NOW to protect healthcare.
This can’t wait. Call your Member of Congress. We must vote NOW to protect healthcare.
December 17, 2025 at 3:57 PM
‼️BREAKING: Our discharge petition has enough signatures. Speaker Johnson is now FORCED to bring a vote to the House floor to extend ACA tax credits.
This can’t wait. Call your Member of Congress. We must vote NOW to protect healthcare.
This can’t wait. Call your Member of Congress. We must vote NOW to protect healthcare.
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🚨House Democrats' discharge petition to force a vote on extending the Affordable Care Act tax credits has reached the necessary 218 signatures.🚨
We call on Speaker Johnson to bring this bill to the floor IMMEDIATELY to ensure Americans' health care costs don't skyrocket.
We call on Speaker Johnson to bring this bill to the floor IMMEDIATELY to ensure Americans' health care costs don't skyrocket.
December 17, 2025 at 4:05 PM
🚨House Democrats' discharge petition to force a vote on extending the Affordable Care Act tax credits has reached the necessary 218 signatures.🚨
We call on Speaker Johnson to bring this bill to the floor IMMEDIATELY to ensure Americans' health care costs don't skyrocket.
We call on Speaker Johnson to bring this bill to the floor IMMEDIATELY to ensure Americans' health care costs don't skyrocket.
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On this, yes. Given the hand he's holding, he's played it about as well as he could.
December 17, 2025 at 4:23 PM
On this, yes. Given the hand he's holding, he's played it about as well as he could.
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NEW: When the Trump administration took away her family’s food this summer, Rose Natabo had to choose which of her three sons to care for — who ate and who didn’t.
By Brett Murphy & @annamaria.bsky.social, photography by Brian Otieno
By Brett Murphy & @annamaria.bsky.social, photography by Brian Otieno
The Summer of Starvation: Amid Trump’s Foreign Aid Cuts, a Mother Struggles to Keep Her Sons Alive
After the Trump administration cut off food from the third-largest refugee camp in the world, thousands of families faced impossible choices as their children starved.
www.propublica.org
December 17, 2025 at 1:00 PM
NEW: When the Trump administration took away her family’s food this summer, Rose Natabo had to choose which of her three sons to care for — who ate and who didn’t.
By Brett Murphy & @annamaria.bsky.social, photography by Brian Otieno
By Brett Murphy & @annamaria.bsky.social, photography by Brian Otieno
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It’s a joke for Trump, Vance, Witkoff and anyone else to even remotely suggest that Putin wants peace and Ukraine is the problem.
December 17, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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December 17, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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NEW: Jack Smith will make his case to Congress today while navigating a labyrinth of secrecy rules, laws and restrictions — and a room full of Republican lawmakers eager to trip him up and incriminate him.
w/ @Hailey_Fuchs
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
w/ @Hailey_Fuchs
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Jack Smith wants to tell Congress about his Trump investigations. That comes with risks.
The House Judiciary Committee will question the former special counsel behind closed doors.
www.politico.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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NEW: As the Trump administration ordered agencies to eradicate “illegal” diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, we identified more than 1,000 nonprofits that removed such language from the mission statements in their tax filings.
Under Trump, More Than 1,000 Nonprofits Strip DEI Language From Tax Forms
As the Trump administration ordered agencies to eradicate “illegal” diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, we identified more than 1,000 nonprofits that removed such language from the mission statem...
www.propublica.org
December 17, 2025 at 12:30 PM
NEW: As the Trump administration ordered agencies to eradicate “illegal” diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, we identified more than 1,000 nonprofits that removed such language from the mission statements in their tax filings.
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⚡️Russian KAB bomb attack hits apartment buildings in Zaporizhzhia, injuring at least 26
Russian KAB bomb attack hits apartment buildings in Zaporizhzhia, injuring at least 26
Russia attacked the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia with KAB bombs the morning of Dec. 17, injuring at least 26 people, including a child, Governor Ivan Fedorov said.
kyivindependent.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:24 PM
⚡️Russian KAB bomb attack hits apartment buildings in Zaporizhzhia, injuring at least 26
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Trump’s ballroom went from $200 million to $250 million to $300 million to $350 million to $400 million to …
December 17, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Trump’s ballroom went from $200 million to $250 million to $300 million to $350 million to $400 million to …
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NEW: Without USAID funding to help buy food for refugees, the World Food Program rushed to prioritize families based on need, determining that only half the population would get food.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death
“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.
www.propublica.org
December 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: Without USAID funding to help buy food for refugees, the World Food Program rushed to prioritize families based on need, determining that only half the population would get food.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
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Trump: “…an alcoholic’s personality”
Vance: “…a conspiracy theorist for a decade”
Vought: “…right wing absolute zealot”
Musk: “…an avowed ketamine user”
These aren’t the wild opinions of a Twitter troll.
It’s coming from the White House Chief of Staff.
They are who we think they are.
Vance: “…a conspiracy theorist for a decade”
Vought: “…right wing absolute zealot”
Musk: “…an avowed ketamine user”
These aren’t the wild opinions of a Twitter troll.
It’s coming from the White House Chief of Staff.
They are who we think they are.
December 17, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Trump: “…an alcoholic’s personality”
Vance: “…a conspiracy theorist for a decade”
Vought: “…right wing absolute zealot”
Musk: “…an avowed ketamine user”
These aren’t the wild opinions of a Twitter troll.
It’s coming from the White House Chief of Staff.
They are who we think they are.
Vance: “…a conspiracy theorist for a decade”
Vought: “…right wing absolute zealot”
Musk: “…an avowed ketamine user”
These aren’t the wild opinions of a Twitter troll.
It’s coming from the White House Chief of Staff.
They are who we think they are.
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In an open letter to President Donald Trump, Ukrainian-American Vlad Skots asks for extension or automatic renewal of work authorization for the more than 280,000 Ukrainians who came to America legally through the temporary Uniting for Ukraine (U4U) program.
Open letter to President Trump: Protect legal Ukrainian workers in US
Editor’s note: This is an open letter by Vlad Skots, a Ukrainian American businessman and public activist, which was sent to U.S. President Donald Trump. A petition linked to the letter is available f...
kyivindependent.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:19 AM
In an open letter to President Donald Trump, Ukrainian-American Vlad Skots asks for extension or automatic renewal of work authorization for the more than 280,000 Ukrainians who came to America legally through the temporary Uniting for Ukraine (U4U) program.
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Earlier this year, ProPublica found that the sepsis rate in second-trimester pregnancy loss hospitalizations increased by more than 50% under Texas’ abortion ban.
Here’s how we did our analysis.
(Published Feb. 2025)
Here’s how we did our analysis.
(Published Feb. 2025)
Texas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We Did
Since Texas banned abortion, no one has studied the statewide effects on pregnant women experiencing complications. Here’s how we sifted through data on millions of pregnancy hospitalizations and anal...
www.propublica.org
December 17, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Earlier this year, ProPublica found that the sepsis rate in second-trimester pregnancy loss hospitalizations increased by more than 50% under Texas’ abortion ban.
Here’s how we did our analysis.
(Published Feb. 2025)
Here’s how we did our analysis.
(Published Feb. 2025)
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⚡️US senators introduce bipartisan sanctions bill targeting Russian oil profits.
The Decrease Russian Oil Profits (DROP) Act would impose targeted sanctions on anyone dealing in Russian oil, effectively barring them from the U.S. financial system.
The Decrease Russian Oil Profits (DROP) Act would impose targeted sanctions on anyone dealing in Russian oil, effectively barring them from the U.S. financial system.
US senators introduce bipartisan sanctions bill targeting Russian oil profits
The bill would impose targeted sanctions on anyone dealing in Russian oil, effectively barring them from the U.S. financial system.
kyivindependent.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:30 AM
⚡️US senators introduce bipartisan sanctions bill targeting Russian oil profits.
The Decrease Russian Oil Profits (DROP) Act would impose targeted sanctions on anyone dealing in Russian oil, effectively barring them from the U.S. financial system.
The Decrease Russian Oil Profits (DROP) Act would impose targeted sanctions on anyone dealing in Russian oil, effectively barring them from the U.S. financial system.
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Inflation is so bad in Trump’s economy that the cost of his ballroom went from $200 million to $400 million in 6 months.
December 17, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Inflation is so bad in Trump’s economy that the cost of his ballroom went from $200 million to $400 million in 6 months.