Vera Racine
@veraracine.bsky.social
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This sounds like one of the CIA black sites during the GWOT. Gitmo, Abu Ghraib.
Don't ever think Americans won't do this too. We already did.
Don't ever think Americans won't do this too. We already did.
“In Cell 15, Plaintiff Abrego Garcia and 20 other Salvadorans were forced to kneel from approximately 9:00 PM to 6:00 AM, with guards striking anyone who fell from exhaustion. During this time, Plaintiff Abrego Garcia was denied bathroom access and soiled himself…”
July 3, 2025 at 12:35 AM
This sounds like one of the CIA black sites during the GWOT. Gitmo, Abu Ghraib.
Don't ever think Americans won't do this too. We already did.
Don't ever think Americans won't do this too. We already did.
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Elon Musk casually, and illegally, dismantled USAID. According to a new study in the Lancet, that action will lead to *14 million* premature deaths between 2025 and 2030.
Again: Elon Musk is directly responsible for 14 million coming deaths. 4.5 million will be children.
Again: Elon Musk is directly responsible for 14 million coming deaths. 4.5 million will be children.
Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis
USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality
across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates
show that, unless the a...
www.thelancet.com
July 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Elon Musk casually, and illegally, dismantled USAID. According to a new study in the Lancet, that action will lead to *14 million* premature deaths between 2025 and 2030.
Again: Elon Musk is directly responsible for 14 million coming deaths. 4.5 million will be children.
Again: Elon Musk is directly responsible for 14 million coming deaths. 4.5 million will be children.
Reposted by Vera Racine
For the life of me I don’t understand going to the effort - time, money, everything - of running for Congress, winning, and then just rolling over. It makes no sense.
July 1, 2025 at 10:12 PM
For the life of me I don’t understand going to the effort - time, money, everything - of running for Congress, winning, and then just rolling over. It makes no sense.
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The U.S is the wealthiest country in the history of the world. We should not have the highest rate of child poverty of nearly every major country on earth. We should have the lowest.
It's time to end this international embarrassment & create an economy that works for all.
It's time to end this international embarrassment & create an economy that works for all.
April 1, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The U.S is the wealthiest country in the history of the world. We should not have the highest rate of child poverty of nearly every major country on earth. We should have the lowest.
It's time to end this international embarrassment & create an economy that works for all.
It's time to end this international embarrassment & create an economy that works for all.
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What was dumber: including a journalist on a signal chat about your bomb plans or then calling that journalist “bottom scum” while he still had the screenshots available to publish as your colleagues were already committing perjury
March 26, 2025 at 3:11 PM
What was dumber: including a journalist on a signal chat about your bomb plans or then calling that journalist “bottom scum” while he still had the screenshots available to publish as your colleagues were already committing perjury
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The United States of America is the only major country on earth that does not guarantee health care as a human right.
The result: We rank dead last among wealthy nations in life expectancy.
We must end that international embarrassment.
Yes. We need Medicare for All.
The result: We rank dead last among wealthy nations in life expectancy.
We must end that international embarrassment.
Yes. We need Medicare for All.
March 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The United States of America is the only major country on earth that does not guarantee health care as a human right.
The result: We rank dead last among wealthy nations in life expectancy.
We must end that international embarrassment.
Yes. We need Medicare for All.
The result: We rank dead last among wealthy nations in life expectancy.
We must end that international embarrassment.
Yes. We need Medicare for All.
Reposted by Vera Racine
you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
March 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
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In which evil is embraced with glee
The Cruelty Is The Point
I really don’t want to talk about current events every time I get up in the pulpit, but when evil’s in the world, you gotta call it when you see it.
open.substack.com
February 26, 2025 at 7:50 PM
In which evil is embraced with glee
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Tuberculosis, the deadliest infectious disease on the planet, kills more than 1.25M people a year.
New infections are expected to surge by 30% as a result of closing USAID, one memo obtained by @propublica.org says.
Read the latest from @annamaria.bsky.social + Brett Murphy
New infections are expected to surge by 30% as a result of closing USAID, one memo obtained by @propublica.org says.
Read the latest from @annamaria.bsky.social + Brett Murphy
Internal Memos: Senior USAID Leaders Warned Trump Appointees of Hundreds of Thousands of Deaths From Closing Agency
One million children will go untreated for severe malnutrition, up to 166,000 people will die from malaria and 200,000 more children will be paralyzed by polio over the next decade, the memos estimate...
www.propublica.org
March 3, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Tuberculosis, the deadliest infectious disease on the planet, kills more than 1.25M people a year.
New infections are expected to surge by 30% as a result of closing USAID, one memo obtained by @propublica.org says.
Read the latest from @annamaria.bsky.social + Brett Murphy
New infections are expected to surge by 30% as a result of closing USAID, one memo obtained by @propublica.org says.
Read the latest from @annamaria.bsky.social + Brett Murphy
Reposted by Vera Racine
NEW: One million children will go untreated for severe malnutrition, up to 166,000 people will die from malaria and 200,000 more children will be paralyzed by polio over the next decade, internal memos estimated.
The USAID programs were cut anyway.
By Brett Murphy and @annamaria.bsky.social
The USAID programs were cut anyway.
By Brett Murphy and @annamaria.bsky.social
Internal Memos: Senior USAID Leaders Warned Trump Appointees of Hundreds of Thousands of Deaths From Closing Agency
One million children will go untreated for severe malnutrition, up to 166,000 people will die from malaria and 200,000 more children will be paralyzed by polio over the next decade, the memos estimate...
propub.li
March 3, 2025 at 10:07 PM
NEW: One million children will go untreated for severe malnutrition, up to 166,000 people will die from malaria and 200,000 more children will be paralyzed by polio over the next decade, internal memos estimated.
The USAID programs were cut anyway.
By Brett Murphy and @annamaria.bsky.social
The USAID programs were cut anyway.
By Brett Murphy and @annamaria.bsky.social
Reposted by Vera Racine
Since the president has signed an EO making English the official language of the United States, here is the first non-English copy of the Declaration of Independence, printed in German just days after July 4, 1776. We have always been multilingual.
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cdm16274.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/coll...
March 2, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Since the president has signed an EO making English the official language of the United States, here is the first non-English copy of the Declaration of Independence, printed in German just days after July 4, 1776. We have always been multilingual.
cdm16274.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/coll...
cdm16274.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/coll...
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We pay just over $2,800/mo for a “gold” health plan for our family. One of our kids obtained an MRI. The top number is the cost of the MRI. The bottom number is what we owe. Molina, which owns our plan, received $38 BILLION in premium revenue in 2024, and its CEO got $21.5 MILLION in compensation.
January 22, 2025 at 11:41 PM
We pay just over $2,800/mo for a “gold” health plan for our family. One of our kids obtained an MRI. The top number is the cost of the MRI. The bottom number is what we owe. Molina, which owns our plan, received $38 BILLION in premium revenue in 2024, and its CEO got $21.5 MILLION in compensation.
The US will no longer be a first world country after Trump gets done with us. Not a single one of these pillars will be standing.
February 18, 2025 at 10:04 PM
The US will no longer be a first world country after Trump gets done with us. Not a single one of these pillars will be standing.
My homeschool kid and I watched Schindler’s List today. If you haven’t seen it, or it’s been a while, I encourage you to do the same. If you ever wonder how you would have acted, what you would have done, when history turned unforgivable, your actions and who you support now will tell you.
February 12, 2025 at 10:14 PM
My homeschool kid and I watched Schindler’s List today. If you haven’t seen it, or it’s been a while, I encourage you to do the same. If you ever wonder how you would have acted, what you would have done, when history turned unforgivable, your actions and who you support now will tell you.
Reposted by Vera Racine
"I have some potentially disturbing news for you," says @garrisonhayes.bsky.social in his latest video. "Throughout American history, the only group of people to consistently get jobs they didn't deserve because they were the right race or the right gender were white men."
Fun fact: White men don't have a monopoly on merit. #DEI
YouTube video by Mother Jones
youtube.com
February 12, 2025 at 6:53 PM
"I have some potentially disturbing news for you," says @garrisonhayes.bsky.social in his latest video. "Throughout American history, the only group of people to consistently get jobs they didn't deserve because they were the right race or the right gender were white men."
Weird how they’re now spinning what Musk is doing at Treasury as an “audit.” What is a random tech guy and some teenagers doing conducting an audit of a complicated system involving trillions of dollars? I wouldn’t trust them to audit the change drawer in my minivan. Where are the accountants?
February 11, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Weird how they’re now spinning what Musk is doing at Treasury as an “audit.” What is a random tech guy and some teenagers doing conducting an audit of a complicated system involving trillions of dollars? I wouldn’t trust them to audit the change drawer in my minivan. Where are the accountants?
Reposted by Vera Racine
Fascism is when Donald Trump bans 1600+ vetted Afghan Muslim refugees who helped USA against the Taliban—but now issues an Executive Order accepting white Afrikaner South Africans as refugees to the USA.
It was never about justice or national security. It was always about advancing white supremacy.
It was never about justice or national security. It was always about advancing white supremacy.
February 9, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Fascism is when Donald Trump bans 1600+ vetted Afghan Muslim refugees who helped USA against the Taliban—but now issues an Executive Order accepting white Afrikaner South Africans as refugees to the USA.
It was never about justice or national security. It was always about advancing white supremacy.
It was never about justice or national security. It was always about advancing white supremacy.
Reposted by Vera Racine
I wonder why Musk is focused on the federal civilian workforce (4% of the budget) and not federal contractors, which account for 3x more annual spending and are more prone to waste, fraud, and abuse?
February 6, 2025 at 12:20 AM
I wonder why Musk is focused on the federal civilian workforce (4% of the budget) and not federal contractors, which account for 3x more annual spending and are more prone to waste, fraud, and abuse?
The only good thing that came out of this election was @governorwalz.mn.gov ‘s Tator Tot Hot Dish! Thank you, Governor, for fighting for us, for giving us hope, for standing up for decency and honor, and also for this amazing dish that everyone in my family loves! 🫶🏻
February 4, 2025 at 11:31 PM
The only good thing that came out of this election was @governorwalz.mn.gov ‘s Tator Tot Hot Dish! Thank you, Governor, for fighting for us, for giving us hope, for standing up for decency and honor, and also for this amazing dish that everyone in my family loves! 🫶🏻
Reposted by Vera Racine
hey quick question does Goliath win in that story
February 2, 2025 at 6:06 PM
hey quick question does Goliath win in that story
“The control tower” is air traffic controllers, who he put a hiring freeze on last week. But since he’s an expert on everything and has already figured this whole thing out, maybe he can take shifts doing all the jobs of all the people he’s fired and whose jobs he’s eliminated.
January 30, 2025 at 12:10 PM
“The control tower” is air traffic controllers, who he put a hiring freeze on last week. But since he’s an expert on everything and has already figured this whole thing out, maybe he can take shifts doing all the jobs of all the people he’s fired and whose jobs he’s eliminated.