Sour Scooter
@writesomethink.bsky.social
Midwesterner transplanted to California.
Casual desert romper. Actively writer-curious. Pro pet. Anti igmo.
Casual desert romper. Actively writer-curious. Pro pet. Anti igmo.
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The numbers vary from study to study but hundreds of thousands of people have died because of Elon Musk and Marco Rubio illegally disbanding USAID — a body count on par with the first eight years of the Syrian civil war — In just seven months. It’s mass death that is simply unfathomable in scale.
USAID shutdown has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
The Trump administration’s decision to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths from infectious diseases and malnutrition, accord...
hsph.harvard.edu
November 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The numbers vary from study to study but hundreds of thousands of people have died because of Elon Musk and Marco Rubio illegally disbanding USAID — a body count on par with the first eight years of the Syrian civil war — In just seven months. It’s mass death that is simply unfathomable in scale.
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“.. This is X in 2025: Potentially fake accounts crying at other potentially fake accounts that they aren’t real, all while refusing to acknowledge that they themselves aren’t who they say they are — a Russian nesting doll of bullshit.”
@cwarzel.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
@cwarzel.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
November 25, 2025 at 1:21 AM
“.. This is X in 2025: Potentially fake accounts crying at other potentially fake accounts that they aren’t real, all while refusing to acknowledge that they themselves aren’t who they say they are — a Russian nesting doll of bullshit.”
@cwarzel.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
@cwarzel.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
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….yes.
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 24, 2025 at 11:50 PM
….yes.
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. @rbreich.bsky.social explains how we can neuter Citizens United through the states, without changing the Constitution or requiring all 50 states to sign on. It sounds like a great idea to me.
www.rawstory.com/citizens-uni...
www.rawstory.com/citizens-uni...
This grassroots rebellion can decapitate Supreme Court's catastrophic mistake
Several of you have told me that the first step out of the mess we’re in is to get rid of the Supreme Court’s bonkers Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission decision of 2010, which held that c...
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November 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
. @rbreich.bsky.social explains how we can neuter Citizens United through the states, without changing the Constitution or requiring all 50 states to sign on. It sounds like a great idea to me.
www.rawstory.com/citizens-uni...
www.rawstory.com/citizens-uni...
No.
Now you don’t have to read this drivel.
Now you don’t have to read this drivel.
Over many interviews, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told Michael Scherer about how he plans to remake America’s public-health system. Can he lead the scientific establishment he’s spent much of his life crusading against?
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Read more in our new cover story: theatln.tc/q9hXxlbM
November 24, 2025 at 7:27 PM
No.
Now you don’t have to read this drivel.
Now you don’t have to read this drivel.
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We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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Rep. Jasmine Crockett has released receipts that reveal that ProPublica has reported that Kristi Noem secretly diverted hundreds of millions of dollars in Department of Homeland Security funds to a consulting firm affiliated with her own campaign.
November 21, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Rep. Jasmine Crockett has released receipts that reveal that ProPublica has reported that Kristi Noem secretly diverted hundreds of millions of dollars in Department of Homeland Security funds to a consulting firm affiliated with her own campaign.
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NEW: ICE has finally released post-shutdown detention data. The latest data reveals that a full 40%(!) of people arrested in the interior and held in ICE detention have no criminal record; no criminal charges or prior convictions. That is up from just 4% when Trump took office.
November 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: ICE has finally released post-shutdown detention data. The latest data reveals that a full 40%(!) of people arrested in the interior and held in ICE detention have no criminal record; no criminal charges or prior convictions. That is up from just 4% when Trump took office.
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I am well versed in American racism and I can tell you that Greene, Mace, and Boebert have neither tired of white supremacy nor the patriarchy and are simply bitter that they are no longer young enough, white enough, attractive enough or useful enough to reap the rewards of Bondi, Noem, and Kirk.
I'd be really curious if someone better versed in feminist theory wrote about what's happening on the right. Because between Greene, Mace, and Bobert, we've got this bloc forming of women who seem tired of serving a patriarchy of sex criminals. And their rhetoric is starting to lean that direction.
Marjorie Taylor Greene: "I was called a traitor by a man that I fought for 6 years for. I gave him my loyalty for free. I've never owed him anything. Let me tell you what a traitor is -- a traitor is an American that serves foreign countries."
November 18, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I am well versed in American racism and I can tell you that Greene, Mace, and Boebert have neither tired of white supremacy nor the patriarchy and are simply bitter that they are no longer young enough, white enough, attractive enough or useful enough to reap the rewards of Bondi, Noem, and Kirk.
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Read this very carefully. A man who emigrated to the US as a child, as a WWII refugee, has been taken by ICE for being in the country "illegally."
In no world, never mind in a country that claims to support the rights of individuals, should that sort of thing happen.
In no world, never mind in a country that claims to support the rights of individuals, should that sort of thing happen.
79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
Sanford grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S.
Paul Bojerski never gained official residency, but he checked in regularly with ICE for years. Then in July, at age 79, he was detained and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.
www.orlandosentinel.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Read this very carefully. A man who emigrated to the US as a child, as a WWII refugee, has been taken by ICE for being in the country "illegally."
In no world, never mind in a country that claims to support the rights of individuals, should that sort of thing happen.
In no world, never mind in a country that claims to support the rights of individuals, should that sort of thing happen.
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What does freedom mean to you?
Have you asked your low info voter friends that?
Have you told them what it means to you? Does it mean masked men brutalizing random people—guns in your face—tear gas on your street?
Have you ever shared a video about #ICELawlessness?
Silence is complicity.
Link⬇️
Have you asked your low info voter friends that?
Have you told them what it means to you? Does it mean masked men brutalizing random people—guns in your face—tear gas on your street?
Have you ever shared a video about #ICELawlessness?
Silence is complicity.
Link⬇️
November 15, 2025 at 5:27 PM
What does freedom mean to you?
Have you asked your low info voter friends that?
Have you told them what it means to you? Does it mean masked men brutalizing random people—guns in your face—tear gas on your street?
Have you ever shared a video about #ICELawlessness?
Silence is complicity.
Link⬇️
Have you asked your low info voter friends that?
Have you told them what it means to you? Does it mean masked men brutalizing random people—guns in your face—tear gas on your street?
Have you ever shared a video about #ICELawlessness?
Silence is complicity.
Link⬇️
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Dear ICE: They don't let you wear a mask in your mug shot.
Great news. This is what an ICE agent looks like in a mugshot. Meet Gerardo Rodriguez, 45, of Temecula, courtesy of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office. Arrested for "illegally detaining a minor at gunpoint while off duty last week." 🧵
November 17, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Dear ICE: They don't let you wear a mask in your mug shot.
Holy poop!
"Epstein collaborated with Trump and Musk’s inner circle during the presidential election. Epstein reportedly arranged meetings between influential Trump backers Peter Thiel, Thomas Barrack, and Russia’s U.N. ambassador, Vitaly Churkin." #OpDeathEaters
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Epstein’s connections with covert efforts to influence U.S. politics, including Trump’s election
Jeffrey Epstein leveraged connections with global elites, potentially serving intelligence interests while entrenching himself in powerful circles linked to Donald Trump, Peter Thiel, Elon Musk…
spookyconnections.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Holy poop!
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I’ve only posted one GFM, and it’s my intention never to post another. But this one is close to my heart. I know the family personally and have visited with them countless times. If you can help out, it would be great. If not, I completely understand - but a retweet is free.
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Betty is an 86-year-old widow who has always been proud of her independence. A… Patricia Winter needs your support for Support Betty's Fight to Keep Her Home
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November 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I’ve only posted one GFM, and it’s my intention never to post another. But this one is close to my heart. I know the family personally and have visited with them countless times. If you can help out, it would be great. If not, I completely understand - but a retweet is free.
gofund.me/e44538b52
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Los Angeles is under siege, and corporate-owned media has failed to meet this critical moment. #FreeLA
If you believe L.A. deserves better, support independent publications like L.A. TACO: lataco.com/join
If you believe L.A. deserves better, support independent publications like L.A. TACO: lataco.com/join
November 10, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Los Angeles is under siege, and corporate-owned media has failed to meet this critical moment. #FreeLA
If you believe L.A. deserves better, support independent publications like L.A. TACO: lataco.com/join
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We've identified over 200 ICE Agents, employees and collaborators. None have been assaulted, as the US government claims.
This is freely available and verifiable information, unlike the wild claims from the Department of Homeland Security.
We are in the process of uploading over 200 more IDs.
This is freely available and verifiable information, unlike the wild claims from the Department of Homeland Security.
We are in the process of uploading over 200 more IDs.
ICE List – Put ICE on ice
The ICE List is an open journalistic project, created by Crust News, aimed at collecting and sharing information that can hold ICE members legally accountable.
icelist.is
November 10, 2025 at 10:58 PM
We've identified over 200 ICE Agents, employees and collaborators. None have been assaulted, as the US government claims.
This is freely available and verifiable information, unlike the wild claims from the Department of Homeland Security.
We are in the process of uploading over 200 more IDs.
This is freely available and verifiable information, unlike the wild claims from the Department of Homeland Security.
We are in the process of uploading over 200 more IDs.
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The AP tracked down details of some of the people killed in President Trump's military strikes on drug smugglers he describes as narco-terrorists.
They were, with one exception, not high-level criminals. One was a fisherman. One was a bus driver; another a taxi driver.
apnews.com/article/trum...
They were, with one exception, not high-level criminals. One was a fisherman. One was a bus driver; another a taxi driver.
apnews.com/article/trum...
November 7, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The AP tracked down details of some of the people killed in President Trump's military strikes on drug smugglers he describes as narco-terrorists.
They were, with one exception, not high-level criminals. One was a fisherman. One was a bus driver; another a taxi driver.
apnews.com/article/trum...
They were, with one exception, not high-level criminals. One was a fisherman. One was a bus driver; another a taxi driver.
apnews.com/article/trum...
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🔥 @agiftfromtodd.bsky.social : "Y’all get it now?? Do you understand what’s possible? I don't wanna hear no more 'my vote doesn't matter. Nothing ever changes.' Look what happens when you participate. We win everything. There are more of us… for the rest of your damn life, you gotta vote.”
November 6, 2025 at 9:57 PM
🔥 @agiftfromtodd.bsky.social : "Y’all get it now?? Do you understand what’s possible? I don't wanna hear no more 'my vote doesn't matter. Nothing ever changes.' Look what happens when you participate. We win everything. There are more of us… for the rest of your damn life, you gotta vote.”
Good morning from California!
November 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Good morning from California!
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This appears to be gaining steam. I hope it happens. Money and our work are some of the only leverages we have right now to stop the steady creep of fascism in our country.
November 3, 2025 at 8:47 PM
This appears to be gaining steam. I hope it happens. Money and our work are some of the only leverages we have right now to stop the steady creep of fascism in our country.
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WTAF! Opening fire with kids in the car!
If this isn’t grounds for termination, nothing will be!
If this isn’t grounds for termination, nothing will be!
October 31, 2025 at 10:57 AM
WTAF! Opening fire with kids in the car!
If this isn’t grounds for termination, nothing will be!
If this isn’t grounds for termination, nothing will be!