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@jpagir.bsky.social
Blue in PA; formerly NC. Acquainted with both the frying pan and the fire. Swear a hell of a lot more than I used to.
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This is the best infographic I have ever seen dreamagainusa.org
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I am nearing-ish retirement and have spent most of my career held back by imposter syndrome and sometimes I read a story like this and just wonder what I've been thinking all these years.
White House press secretary Katie Zacharia finally admitted today that she never passed the bar, although she's called herself a lawyer and Trump has referred to her as an attorney.
Honestly, as a PA Democrat, I'm starting to think that the best we can hope for until 2028 is that Fetterman just keeps on staying away. share.inquirer.com/vAEmmp
We're all focused, rightly, on Nov. 2026. But, Pennsylvania Dems, we've GOT to prepare for 2028, bc we absolutely need a Senator who WANTS to do the job and, y'know, cares about constituents. That's sure not Fetterman. Shameful. Gift link: share.inquirer.com/cd3TEb
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The State AGs were on pace to kill the Paramount/Warner Bros by litigation and delay until Gavin Newsom stepped in and turned the tide. Now the Trump loyalist Ellisons will control CNN and HBO. Don't ever, ever forget that Newsom stabbed us in the back www.wsj.com/business/med...
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Very very much worth the read.
Celeste Davis explains why fraternity reform won't stop rape and hazing. Secrecy and breaking rules (OF COURSE frat boys understand consent) is the whole point of them. They teach that masculinity requires domination, and so prepare them for a life exploiting others. substack.com/home/post/p-...
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I don’t think everyone realizes how bad things are for US science: For the fiscal year that just ended, the Trump regime withheld $1.4 billion from the National Science Foundation’s research budget, which is about 1/5 of its primary research budget.
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Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun.
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Whoever said we had to stop calling these people weird should never ever ever get another job in politics ever.
NEWS: The Pentagon has announced mandatory low-testosterone screenings for male troops 30 and older, including screening for symptoms such as “reduced libido, loss of spontaneous morning erections, erectile dysfunction,” and other symptoms.
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Folks! Today is National Voter Registration Day. You do not have to decorate. Or wear a costume. Or send cards. (All are welcome, though.) All you need to do is check your voter registration: midterms.voteamerica.org/vote/verify/ If you're not registered, do it: midterms.voteamerica.org/vote/
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Feel like this was written for me. And for your, too, if you're part of the overwhelmed and exhausted club.
1/ If you feel exhausted, frozen, or unable to keep fighting, that does not mean you stopped caring. Your nervous system may be responding exactly as prolonged, uncontrollable stress trains it to respond. The way back begins smaller than you think. #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy
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Nothing good has happened with UNC football since Bill Belichick was hired. Thanks to the Board of Trustees for forcing the hiring. www.wral.com/sports/north...
Repeat this every day between now and Election Day. SO important.
1/ The choice is crystal clear. Republicans will spend the next 60 days shouting “communism” in perfect unison - everywhere. If Democrats spend those same 60 days attacking the candidates our own voters selected, we are handing them the election. Enough. #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy
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I cannot emphasize enough the extent to which these gloves are not even tasers, which are in and of themselves extremely dangerous, they are not designed to incapacitate people they are designed to torture them and they're being given to cops to use on children Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
They’ve already been using the shock gloves on children.
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I'm loathe to share this man, but this one is personal. My masters thesis was on the MMR controversy, so believe me when I say that this path of separation of the MMR will result in nothing but increased sales of too-small coffins, and children with life-altering medical conditions.
Trump: "The MMR I think should be taken separately. This is based on what I feel."
Just read. Every time you think there can’t possibly be more, there’s more. However angry you are, you’re not angry enough.
@justinglawe.bsky.social and @avashook.bsky.social brilliantly explain how WE are the ones being forced to pay for Trump's corruption in @atrupar.com's latest PN: open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...
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On the campaign trail ahead of Election Day 2024, Trump said Americans could expect to see their energy bills cut in half by July 2026. It’s July 2026. How’d that work out?
"From Trump’s inauguration in January 2025 to April 2026 (the most recent month for which government data are available), residential electricity rates have risen by an eye-watering 18%..." www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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If you were "stunned" by Trump's hateful rambling performance, then you haven't been paying attention for the last decade. If you sat in "silence" while Trump attacked democracy and elections, then you have learned nothing. We need an independent, pro-democracy media. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Never Trumpers have to recognize their power. And their complete lack of power. They represent voters who don't exist. The few Republicans who never voted Trump basically all have substacks. But they're huge substacks. Their power to shape narrative is inordinate. Don't help Trump smear the left!
"Beating Trump means sitting with something less comfortable than an alliance of the reasonable: it will look like an activated progressive base, which isn’t built to impress lifelong Republican voters." Never Trump Republicans Need Us to Win Get in, hosers, we’re doing a national front.
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I saw a post from Taylor Farms on Facebook yesterday where they were claiming there was no iceberg in their “salad kits.” They are actively trying to make this harder and lying to people. And they’re a Tr*mp donor so I guess that’s allowed
NEW: Taylor Farms recalled iceberg lettuce sent to 27 states with possible cyclospora contamination. But they didn't even name the products, making it VERY tricky to recall them. And at least two hard-hit states aren't on this list. TL;DR: prepare for more www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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