Meaningfullness
@meaningfullness.bsky.social
Lover of history and people's stories. Just a mom that believes in the good of this country.
Pinned
Trump has set up a new club where CEOs, tech bros, and foreign oligarchs can pay $500,000 to join in order to get access to the Trump Cabinet who will all be there regularly.
Just because the grift is all public doesn’t mean this isn’t the most corrupt White House in history.
Just because the grift is all public doesn’t mean this isn’t the most corrupt White House in history.
Time to create a thread with all the corruption ... In all the places. Let's start here with three Ohio son's. Vance winning his Senate race because of Thiel money and Moreno winning because of Musk money. Ohio's GOP is corrupt from the bottom up. bsky.app/profile/chri...
Reposted by Meaningfullness
"Anyone who would denigrate the service of our NATO allies clearly never spent a day in uniform"
from Admiral Bill McRaven
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
from Admiral Bill McRaven
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Never Fight Alone
Anyone who would denigrate the service of our NATO allies clearly never spent a day in uniform.
www.theatlantic.com
January 30, 2026 at 7:47 AM
"Anyone who would denigrate the service of our NATO allies clearly never spent a day in uniform"
from Admiral Bill McRaven
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
from Admiral Bill McRaven
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Reposted by Meaningfullness
Our opponents still refuse to learn the lessons from the ECOT scandal. Ohio taxpayers need more transparency, not less.
This is a reminder that it’s the people in power who are costing everyday Ohioans.
1/
This is a reminder that it’s the people in power who are costing everyday Ohioans.
1/
This is another example of how Vivek Ramaswamy and his allies are making your life worse.
Ohio is taking taxpayer dollars from hardworking Ohioans and using them to fund for-profit charter schools.
www.cleveland.com/open/2026/01...
Ohio is taking taxpayer dollars from hardworking Ohioans and using them to fund for-profit charter schools.
www.cleveland.com/open/2026/01...
Ohio Ethics Commission kills charter school disclosure rule after political pressure
The Ohio Ethics Commission voted to indefinitely set aside a rule that would have required officials overseeing $1.6 billion in charter school funding to report income sources and investments.
www.cleveland.com
January 29, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Our opponents still refuse to learn the lessons from the ECOT scandal. Ohio taxpayers need more transparency, not less.
This is a reminder that it’s the people in power who are costing everyday Ohioans.
1/
This is a reminder that it’s the people in power who are costing everyday Ohioans.
1/
Reposted by Meaningfullness
This is ok tho
January 24, 2026 at 7:32 PM
This is ok tho
@petebuttigieg.bsky.social, this is a great post and explains how we got here and how we can rebuild democratic systems. How can we make this synopsis more accessible to all Americans?
🧵 @jburnmurdoch.ft.com is spot on about the conditions in his FT piece. Liberal democracy held it together thanks to growth, good demographics, and the promise of a better future. Those days are gone, and that’s the "why" behind the erosion. However...
Democratic politicians have, though, pursued growth in GDP at the expense of other values. One response to @jburnmurdoch.ft.com pessimistic scenario is refocus on those values, combined with egalitarianism, sufficiency and quality of life. Not "it's the economy, stupid" but "it's the the society"
January 24, 2026 at 4:43 PM
@petebuttigieg.bsky.social, this is a great post and explains how we got here and how we can rebuild democratic systems. How can we make this synopsis more accessible to all Americans?
Reposted by Meaningfullness
Immediate punishment for speaking out against the regime.
Mischief Toy Store in St. Paul has until Wednesday to turn over employment records to the Department of Homeland Security as part of a surprise audit launched Friday, just hours after one of the shop's owners criticized ICE agents during a television interview. bit.ly/4r5AFol
January 21, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Immediate punishment for speaking out against the regime.
Reposted by Meaningfullness
An anti-Ukraine policy “swept through the Pentagon. Time and again, Mr. Hegseth and his advisers undermined, sidelined or silenced front-line generals and administration officials sympathetic to Ukraine.” (gift article)
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The Separation: Inside the Unraveling U.S.-Ukraine Partnership (Gift Article)
As President Trump sought a peace deal and Vladimir V. Putin sought victory, factions in the White House and Pentagon bled the Ukrainian war effort.
www.nytimes.com
December 31, 2025 at 2:17 PM
An anti-Ukraine policy “swept through the Pentagon. Time and again, Mr. Hegseth and his advisers undermined, sidelined or silenced front-line generals and administration officials sympathetic to Ukraine.” (gift article)
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Reposted by Meaningfullness
No secret that I'm a huge @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social fan. This piece is tough, important, and excellent. www.meditationsinanemergency.com/how-big-shou...
How Big Should Your Tent Be?
It's striking to me that a lot of people want politics to be about their personal feelings, in which case they're not engaged in politics, though they may be engaged in the sabotage of politics. This ...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:00 AM
No secret that I'm a huge @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social fan. This piece is tough, important, and excellent. www.meditationsinanemergency.com/how-big-shou...
Wondering if America Democrats should take note.
Thanks to @theweek.com for placing this in your junior edition.
Thanks to @theweek.com for placing this in your junior edition.
November 9, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Wondering if America Democrats should take note.
Thanks to @theweek.com for placing this in your junior edition.
Thanks to @theweek.com for placing this in your junior edition.
Reposted by Meaningfullness
I've seen this go by a few times on TikTok now and I have to say, I love this idea. We need a way to convince people to keep running even if they don't win, maybe building the loss into it as a troll move is the secret.
November 6, 2025 at 12:49 AM
I've seen this go by a few times on TikTok now and I have to say, I love this idea. We need a way to convince people to keep running even if they don't win, maybe building the loss into it as a troll move is the secret.
Reposted by Meaningfullness
The #1 lesson from yesterday’s blowout:
Humanities majors killed on the job market
1) Mamdani- Africana Studies
2) Spanberger -French
3) Sherill - Global History
Humanities majors killed on the job market
1) Mamdani- Africana Studies
2) Spanberger -French
3) Sherill - Global History
November 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The #1 lesson from yesterday’s blowout:
Humanities majors killed on the job market
1) Mamdani- Africana Studies
2) Spanberger -French
3) Sherill - Global History
Humanities majors killed on the job market
1) Mamdani- Africana Studies
2) Spanberger -French
3) Sherill - Global History
@tanglenews.bsky.social, @npr.org, @nytimes.com, @marcelias.bsky.social, @statesnewsroom.com, @chicagotribune.com @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social, @morgantrau.bsky.social
This story should be getting more coverage. Potential for systemic change and return to a more pure form of democracy.
This story should be getting more coverage. Potential for systemic change and return to a more pure form of democracy.
Bipartisan former officials, billionaires defend restrictions on money in politics in Maine lawsuit mainemorningstar.com/2025/10/30/b...
Bipartisan former officials, billionaires defend restrictions on money in politics in Maine lawsuit • Maine Morning Star
Republican and Democratic former governors and members of Congress, billionaires and democracy reform organizations are coming to the defense of Maine’s law in a case over the legality of campaign fin...
mainemorningstar.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:17 PM
@tanglenews.bsky.social, @npr.org, @nytimes.com, @marcelias.bsky.social, @statesnewsroom.com, @chicagotribune.com @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social, @morgantrau.bsky.social
This story should be getting more coverage. Potential for systemic change and return to a more pure form of democracy.
This story should be getting more coverage. Potential for systemic change and return to a more pure form of democracy.
Reposted by Meaningfullness
Among the Education Department’s new appointees is Lindsey Burke, the lead author of Project 2025’s education section.
She envisions dramatic enrollment declines for public schools: “We’re going to have a lot of empty school buildings.”
By @megomatz.bsky.social @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
She envisions dramatic enrollment declines for public schools: “We’re going to have a lot of empty school buildings.”
By @megomatz.bsky.social @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.
Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...
www.propublica.org
October 16, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Among the Education Department’s new appointees is Lindsey Burke, the lead author of Project 2025’s education section.
She envisions dramatic enrollment declines for public schools: “We’re going to have a lot of empty school buildings.”
By @megomatz.bsky.social @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
She envisions dramatic enrollment declines for public schools: “We’re going to have a lot of empty school buildings.”
By @megomatz.bsky.social @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
Reposted by Meaningfullness
grawlix | noun | a series of typographical symbols (such as $#!) used in text as a replacement for profanity
October 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
grawlix | noun | a series of typographical symbols (such as $#!) used in text as a replacement for profanity
@bsky.app the app seems to be hemorrhaging users. @profpaulpoast.bsky.social posted he will post his threads on LinkedIn now where he is getting more engagement. @repgreglandsman.bsky.social does not list Bluesky as one of their social media outlets on his newsletter. More marketing needed.
October 6, 2025 at 1:16 PM
@bsky.app the app seems to be hemorrhaging users. @profpaulpoast.bsky.social posted he will post his threads on LinkedIn now where he is getting more engagement. @repgreglandsman.bsky.social does not list Bluesky as one of their social media outlets on his newsletter. More marketing needed.
Reposted by Meaningfullness
i don’t think people on bluesky understand the severity of this situation.
i woke up to literally hundreds of texts from friends and family thinking about either moving back home to india or applying to other countries for jobs. this includes me.
i woke up to literally hundreds of texts from friends and family thinking about either moving back home to india or applying to other countries for jobs. this includes me.
Those on an H1B cannot return to the US from tomorrow (Sunday) unless paying $100K. This is an out-of-the blue presidential action. We’ll see software engineers stranded abroad.
One easy to predict outcome: those on US visas will travel less… for work, for conferences etc.
One easy to predict outcome: those on US visas will travel less… for work, for conferences etc.
September 20, 2025 at 12:20 PM
i don’t think people on bluesky understand the severity of this situation.
i woke up to literally hundreds of texts from friends and family thinking about either moving back home to india or applying to other countries for jobs. this includes me.
i woke up to literally hundreds of texts from friends and family thinking about either moving back home to india or applying to other countries for jobs. this includes me.
Reposted by Meaningfullness
Good news out of Ohio… which doesn’t happen often
🎉 GREAT NEWS: Ayman Soliman was released from ICE detention and his legal asylum status was reinstated.
www.cincinnati.com/story/news/p...
www.cincinnati.com/story/news/p...
Embattled Cincinnati imam released from ICE detention
Ayman Soliman was released from Butler County Jail around 1 p.m. His advocates will host a 5 p.m. press conference with him.
www.cincinnati.com
September 19, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Good news out of Ohio… which doesn’t happen often
@bluesky, can you please use this moment and market why you are different! More interviews. More " a world without Ceasars" tshirts. People still don't know you exist.
What could possibly go wrong
* ORACLE, SILVER LAKE, ANDREESSEN TO CONTROL TIKOK IN US: WSJ
$ORCL
$ORCL
September 17, 2025 at 2:44 AM
@bluesky, can you please use this moment and market why you are different! More interviews. More " a world without Ceasars" tshirts. People still don't know you exist.
Reposted by Meaningfullness
AFSCME Local 2798.
Local 18-S.
OPBA.
our unions are working for you today, Labor Day, and every day.
here’s to all who labor.
Local 18-S.
OPBA.
our unions are working for you today, Labor Day, and every day.
here’s to all who labor.
September 1, 2025 at 12:19 PM
AFSCME Local 2798.
Local 18-S.
OPBA.
our unions are working for you today, Labor Day, and every day.
here’s to all who labor.
Local 18-S.
OPBA.
our unions are working for you today, Labor Day, and every day.
here’s to all who labor.
Reposted by Meaningfullness
Opinion
What happened in Ohio is now serving as a playbook for what we are seeing in states like Texas, Missouri and Florida.
The governors and state legislatures of these states have indicated that they are willing to cheat to win.
by Rory Riley Topping
thehill.com/opinion/camp...
What happened in Ohio is now serving as a playbook for what we are seeing in states like Texas, Missouri and Florida.
The governors and state legislatures of these states have indicated that they are willing to cheat to win.
by Rory Riley Topping
thehill.com/opinion/camp...
thehill.com
August 25, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Opinion
What happened in Ohio is now serving as a playbook for what we are seeing in states like Texas, Missouri and Florida.
The governors and state legislatures of these states have indicated that they are willing to cheat to win.
by Rory Riley Topping
thehill.com/opinion/camp...
What happened in Ohio is now serving as a playbook for what we are seeing in states like Texas, Missouri and Florida.
The governors and state legislatures of these states have indicated that they are willing to cheat to win.
by Rory Riley Topping
thehill.com/opinion/camp...
Reposted by Meaningfullness
NEW: After DOGE outed Mohammad Halimi on social media, Taliban intelligence agents blindfolded and took three of his family members to a remote prison.
They were repeatedly beaten and questioned about Halimi and his recently publicized work for the United States.
They were repeatedly beaten and questioned about Halimi and his recently publicized work for the United States.
DOGE Targeted Him on Social Media. Then the Taliban Took His Family.
Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi, who fled the Taliban in 2021, had worked to help U.S. diplomats understand his homeland. Then DOGE put his family’s lives at risk by exposing his sensitive work for a U...
www.propublica.org
August 22, 2025 at 10:34 AM
NEW: After DOGE outed Mohammad Halimi on social media, Taliban intelligence agents blindfolded and took three of his family members to a remote prison.
They were repeatedly beaten and questioned about Halimi and his recently publicized work for the United States.
They were repeatedly beaten and questioned about Halimi and his recently publicized work for the United States.
@senatorweinstein.bsky.social, @tanglenews.bsky.social is looking for a State Senator to do a "day in the life" interview and perhaps spend some days with you in the Ohio State House. This is an awesome opportunity for you and our state. Please consider contacting Will, [email protected].
August 11, 2025 at 4:10 PM
@senatorweinstein.bsky.social, @tanglenews.bsky.social is looking for a State Senator to do a "day in the life" interview and perhaps spend some days with you in the Ohio State House. This is an awesome opportunity for you and our state. Please consider contacting Will, [email protected].
Reposted by Meaningfullness
Reposted by Meaningfullness
The crew leader on an Oregon blaze said her team went hungry for several days, ran short of medical supplies and had to scrounge for chainsaw fuel after support staff quit the agency during two rounds of "fork in the road" buyouts.
As US wildfires rage, firefighters clean toilets after Trump staff cuts, critics say
The U.S. Forest Service faced criticism from current and former employees who say federal workforce reductions under the Trump administration have left fire teams understaffed, as the country grapples with decade-high U.S. wildfire numbers this year.
www.reuters.com
July 21, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The crew leader on an Oregon blaze said her team went hungry for several days, ran short of medical supplies and had to scrounge for chainsaw fuel after support staff quit the agency during two rounds of "fork in the road" buyouts.
What we learned in Ohio, GOP will happily lie and deceive.
It's about education. It's about selling. As Trump's policies start taking effect later this year, showing school voucher expansion, hard numbers of how much families are paying in tariffs and lost medical care is critical.
It's about education. It's about selling. As Trump's policies start taking effect later this year, showing school voucher expansion, hard numbers of how much families are paying in tariffs and lost medical care is critical.
My colleague @burgessev.bsky.social and I talked to Dems about the TX gerrymander mess. Some are warning that Trump could lock in an Orban-style dictatorship if they don't respond in kind... some queasy that they'd lose both the map war and the moral high ground. www.semafor.com/article/07/3...
Democrats struggle against Trump-waged redistricting battle
The president’s party wants to add five safe seats in a red state, and his opponents are still at odds over whether to bring a proverbial knife to the gunfight.
www.semafor.com
July 30, 2025 at 6:15 PM
What we learned in Ohio, GOP will happily lie and deceive.
It's about education. It's about selling. As Trump's policies start taking effect later this year, showing school voucher expansion, hard numbers of how much families are paying in tariffs and lost medical care is critical.
It's about education. It's about selling. As Trump's policies start taking effect later this year, showing school voucher expansion, hard numbers of how much families are paying in tariffs and lost medical care is critical.
Reposted by Meaningfullness
If Texas Republicans pass this map, it would shift Trump's median seat margin from 3.1 points to 3.8, while he won nationally by just 1.5.
But Republicans were already poised to pass a new gerrymander in Ohio & have recently been considering mid-decade gerrymanders like Texas in several more states
But Republicans were already poised to pass a new gerrymander in Ohio & have recently been considering mid-decade gerrymanders like Texas in several more states
July 30, 2025 at 5:29 PM
If Texas Republicans pass this map, it would shift Trump's median seat margin from 3.1 points to 3.8, while he won nationally by just 1.5.
But Republicans were already poised to pass a new gerrymander in Ohio & have recently been considering mid-decade gerrymanders like Texas in several more states
But Republicans were already poised to pass a new gerrymander in Ohio & have recently been considering mid-decade gerrymanders like Texas in several more states