demwriter

demwriter

@demwriter.bsky.social

Retired SPED teacher, Dem, mom to a rescue dog. I write as demwriter on Substack, political, anti-Trump and resistance information. Mom and grand. Knowledge is power-READ. 🫸DM No crypto, no porn, no dating, no money requests #Resist

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This is Manchis. She's the dog of Alberto Mesías Zárate, a journalist in Peru. When her human was targeted this week by criminals who threw an explosive device at their home, she barked at the perpetrators and successfully extinguished the dynamite before it detonated. 14/10 good girl, Manchis

Every school in America has a version of active shooter drills. Teachers take extra workshops. Kids are taught combat level first aid. But did anyone think to teach a while you're praying shooter drill? STOP THE GUNS!

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Hey MSM, ask RFK Jr to define 'inflammation'. Ask him to define 'mitochondria'. Ask him how, specifically, that he can tell how children have 'mitochondrial challenges'. Ask him what, specifically, about children's faces and body movement indicates inflammation. He won't know. He's making shit up.

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via @acyn.bsky.social RFK JR: I’m looking at kids as I walk through the airports today...and I see these kids that are just overburdened with mitochondrial challenges, inflammation—you can tell from their faces, movements, and lack of social connection

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Sen Patty Murray (D-WA): “If there are any adults left in the White House, it’s well past time they face reality… We cannot let RFK Jr. burn what’s left of the CDC and our other critical health agencies to the ground—he must be fired.”

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We’re going to go on a rant for a minute, and yes we’re bringing some history with us. Back in 1755, Benjamin Franklin wrote words that still echo today: “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.”

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Our President keeps insisting prices are going to drop by 1400%, 1000%, or some other number that’s mathematically impossible. That he can’t do simple math isn’t the problem, it’s that he’s lying to America while things are getting more expensive because of his bad choices.

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I have seen multiple instances in which victims of crime who report the crime to the police. Those people are being deported. Victims of domestic violence. Victims of human trafficking.

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It’s outrageous that Sec. Kennedy is trying to fire the CDC Director — after only a few weeks on the job — for her commitment to public health & vaccines. The Sen. HELP Committee must hold a hearing with Kennedy & the CDC Director as soon as possible. Vaccines save lives. Period.

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Something is wrong with a system where 76% of workers say they’re worried to make ends meet, while greedy corporate CEOs make 285x what the median worker does. Working people don’t have to accept this. A union contract is how we fight back.

I pray tonight for the priest who was saying Mass as the Minneapolis shooting unfolded in front of him. That had to be a horrible sight to see from the altar. I've prayed all day for the families affected. As a mother, grandmother, and former teacher, each school shooting takes another piece of me.

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It won’t fit in screen shots but linking here the full letter of resignation posted by one of the departing CDC officials, Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, who ran the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases and led efforts to fight COVID, monkeypox, and bird flu x.com/dr_demetre/s...

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It won’t fit in screen shots but linking here the full letter of resignation posted by one of the departing CDC officials, Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, who ran the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases and led efforts to fight COVID, monkeypox, and bird flu x.com/dr_demetre/s...

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Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), top Dem on the Senate health committee, on this evening's chaos at CDC: “We cannot let RFK Jr. burn what’s left of the CDC and our other critical health agencies to the ground—he must be fired."

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Psaki: I felt a mixture of anger—a lot of anger—and emotional exhaustion about this today, as I’m sure many of you have, because we have been here so many times. And yet again, like clockwork, half the politicians in our country have little more to offer than thoughts and prayers.

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NEW: After reports surfaced that she had been fired, lawyers for CDC Director Susan Monarez say she "has neither resigned nor received notification from the White House that she has been fired, and as a person of integrity and devoted to science, she will not resign."

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Meteorologists now face a Trump ‘loyalty test’ when applying to National Weather Service jobs. The essay questions — which have nothing to do with meteorology — are part of federal guidelines launched as part of the Trump administration’s efforts to recruit “patriotic Americans” to its workforce.

sfchronicle.comMeteorologists now face a Trump ‘loyalty test’ when applying to National Weather Service jobsAfter firing hundreds of meteorologists, the National Weather Service announced it is filling vacant positions. Applicants are being asked to detail their support for Trump’s policies.

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A reminder that Cracker Barrell settled 2 major discrimination lawsuits in 2004 that found Black customers were seated in areas segregated from white patrons, received inferior service, and were made to wait longer for tables. Oh, and served food from the trash. www.foxnews.com/story/cracke...

foxnews.comCracker Barrel Settles Racial Discrimination Lawsuits for $8.7MCracker Barrel has agreed to an $8.7 million settlement to resolve all lawsuits brought or supported by the NAACP that accused the restaurant chain of segregating blacks in the smoking section and den...

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🚨 The CDC as we know it is being severely altered tonight. In addition to the CDC director being ousted, the Post is reporting that several senior leaders are leaving as well. Here are from two of the resignations:

Fenit Nirappil@fenitn.bsky.social

EXCLUSIVE: The new CDC director is being ousted weeks into the job. @lenasun.bsky.social @ddiamond.bsky.social report www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

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Release the Epstein files. We don’t care about party. Hold them all accountable! But think about it: why is Trump trying to stop the Epstein files from coming out? He’s not doing it to protect Bill Clinton.

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She was brought to the US as an 8yo, worked hard, studied, earned a scholarship, planned to become a nurse. ICE kidnapped her. Held her for 6 MONTHS in a detention facility with conditions so miserable that she finally agreed to voluntarily move to Honduras, which her family left at gunpoint.

wunc.orgAfter six months in ICE custody, Charlotte woman chooses voluntary removal to HondurasA 20-year-old Honduran woman who has lived in the Charlotte area for more than a decade will soon be removed from the U.S.

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Abbe Lowell and I represent CDC Director #SusanMonarez. Contrary to govt statements, Dr. Monarez has neither resigned nor yet been fired. She will not resign. We have issued the following statement:

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From a pal To: @governor.ca.gov 🚨We need Dem politicians everywhere in CA explaining this is temporary + response to TX actions. As a CA resident, I have already received 2 big glossy brochures from anti redist. orgs. NO mailings from Newsom, Dems. We have 2 mos to convince CA's to fight back.