Erik Bee

Erik Bee

@erikbee.bsky.social

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Yes, this is real. Kristi Noem’s DHS is exploring a reality show where immigrants compete for U.S. citizenship. It’s called The American. Think “Survivor,” but for naturalization. Deportation agenda on one channel, game show citizenship on the other. What are we doing?

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This is a HUGE scandal. Elon Musk, JD Vance, and Trump are lying about Social Security fraud. Internal documents show DOGE found "no significant fraud"—but did slow retirement claim processing by 25%. Nothing efficient about making it harder for people to get their benefits.

nextgov.comDOGE went looking for phone fraud at SSA — and found almost noneSince SSA installed new anti-fraud checks on claims made over the phone, only two claims out of over 110,000 were found to likely be fraudulent, according to internal documents obtained by Nextgov/FCW...

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Republicans have just proposed defunding Planned Parenthood nationwide. In doing so, they are telling women and people across the country that our healthcare doesn’t matter and that we are undeserving of care. It’s time to stop this bill in its tracks.

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It’s 2 am and we’re still marking up massive cuts to Medicaid. While their constituents are asleep, Republicans are trying to take away health care from 13.7 million people to pay for tax cuts for billionaires. They want you to tune out. Don’t ⬇️ x.com/i/broadcasts...

x.comHAPPENING NOW: Republicans are putting health care on the chopping block / XHAPPENING NOW: Republicans are putting health care on the chopping block

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Workers, immigrants, and students are taking to the streets today for #MayDay to protest Trump’s attacks on our rights. This ain’t just about wages. It’s about rolling back child labor protections. It’s about union-busting. It’s about targeting immigrants and silencing students.

This quote of a quote from the movie Seven feels appropriate right now. "Ernest Hemingway once wrote, 'The world is a fine place and worth fighting for. ' I agree with the second part."

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The SAVE Act is another bogus attempt by Republicans to suppress the vote — this time, targeting women. It’d make it damn near impossible for millions who changed their name after marriage to vote. This isn’t about integrity. It’s suppression. We’re not letting it slide.

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jesus christ they want her dead

Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social

Kseniia Petrova, a Russian scientist at Harvard Medical School, was detained at Logan Airport after returning from France and sent to an ICE detention in Louisiana, The Insider reports. A big critic of Putin and the war in Ukraine, she may now be deported to Russia.

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PROTEST SCHUMER'S BOOK TOUR NEXT WEEK: 🚨 BALTIMORE: Mon 3/17, 7 PM: Central Library 🚨 NYC: Tue 3/18, 6:30 PM: Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center 🚨 WASHINGTON DC: Wed 3/19, 7 PM: Sixth & I 🚨 PHILLY: Thu 3/20, 1 PM: The Weitzman 🚨 SF: Sat 3/22, 1 PM: Corte Madera Store

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Perhaps the most depressing part about the last couple of months is that every awful shitty thing that’s happening to this country is self-induced. People asked for this. None of it had to happen.

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When Trump was sworn in, Elon Musk's corporations were under more than 32 investigations conducted by at least 11 federal agencies. Most of the cases are now closed or likely to be closed soon, and the federal agencies are being defanged by DOGE. Funny how that works, huh?

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U.S. employers announced plans to cut 172k jobs in February. Trump's massive federal layoffs and uncertainty around his economic policies helped contribute to the biggest monthly total of planned job cuts since the Great Recession. Does this sound like economic leadership?

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Trump's repeated attacks on "DEI," "wokeness," and the trans community have one clear purpose: If we are angry at each other, we won't look up to see how big corporations and billionaires have rigged markets and siphoned off most of the economy's gains.

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I'm at the National Assembly building. The army is here. And I just saw two soldiers in fatigues getting pushed around by belligerent ajusshis. and they looked legit scared.

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Texas and Georgia are blocking the review and release of information on the deaths of pregnant women from abortion bans. The GOP knows the stories of pregnant women dying preventable deaths sounds bad. So they're making sure you never hear about them.

salon.comRepublicans don't care if women die from abortion bans — but they don't want you to know about itWomen will keep dying, but the GOP is working hard to destroy the evidence

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