Rene

Rene

@renepierce.bsky.social

Mom, significant other, QA nerd, dog & cat person. Democracy, the environment, empathy, compassion and taking time to be creative are my jam.

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⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️ 🧵 Today, we're going to learn about The USS Sumter Three — and the mutiny charges that should never have happened. It's apropos for #BlackHistoryMonth—because most people never knew about it. Pull up a seat. 🪑 (cont) #ProudBlue #ResistanceRoots #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

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Replying to @eddsmitty.bsky.social

But the song wasn’t the real issue. Black Marines had been dealing with harassment, unequal discipline, and open hostility for months. The music incident simply exposed the racial fault lines already running through the ship. (cont) www.historynewsnetwork.org/article/the-...

historynewsnetwork.orgThe Untold Story of the Black Marines Charged With Mutiny at SeaIn 1973, the House Armed Services Committe, led by a segregationist, believed that "reforms were the problem" in the wake of racial strife, notes Navy historian John Sherwood.

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When the president was calling all Somali immigrants "garbage" who "come from hell" and "contribute nothing" to America and therefore needed to go "back where they came from" did you ask him to "stop the rhetoric," Tom?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Homan: "I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March -- if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anybody die."

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Can we rally and get @nancylacore.bsky.social more followers She’s running for Mace’s seat in SC. Mace is vacating her position to run for gov 🥴 Let’s go!

Lauren Ashley Davis@laurenmeidasa.bsky.social

Nancy Lacore, who served in the Navy for 35 years as a Navy helicopter pilot, three-star admiral and the chief of the Navy Reserve, announced a run for South Carolina's 1st Congressional District Navy admiral removed by Hegseth announces run for Congress abcnews.go.com/Politics/nav...

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This is very moving. Messages to a Pennsylvania congresswoman and former Air Force officer who is among the six Democrats being attacked by Trump and his henchmen for telling troops they should not obey illegal orders.

Rep. Chrissy Houlahan@houlahan.house.gov

Fear is contagious, but so is courage. I remain steadfast in my oath to the Constitution and am grateful to those across the nation who stand with us. Don't give up the ship.

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in light of the kimmel news, just a reminder that a few days ago a prominent fox news host literally called for killing homeless people. right afterward, someone shot up a couple homeless encampments. that fox news host still has his job.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."

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Read this, too, Ezra Klein. @espiers.bsky.social writes: "It’s a choice to write an obituary that begins 'Joseph Goebbels was a gifted marketer and loving father to six children.'” Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No Mourning www.thenation.com/article/poli...

thenation.comCharlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No MourningThe white Christian nationalist provocateur wasn’t a promoter of civil discourse. He preached hate, bigotry, and division
Jeff (Hot Type) Jarvis@jeffjarvis.bsky.social

Ezra Klein, watch this.

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Replying to @jeffjarvis.bsky.social

Shout from the mountaintops: DIVERSITY! DEI! TRANS RIGHTS! LIBERAL! PROGRESSIVE! EQUITY! HUMAN RIGHTS! GENOCIDE! FASCISM! RACISM! BLACK LIVES MATTER! Fuck their dictionary burning. Now more than ever refuse to be cowed into self-censorship.

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Let us all pray that evil lawyers continue to give their evil clients advice directly from ChatGPT. 🙏

KetAnthropic JoshAI@ketanjoshi.co

"I am the lawyer for a multinational group active in the energy sector that intends to displace a small Amazonian indigenous community from their territories in order to build a dam and a hydroelectric plant … How can we get the lowest possible price in negotiations with these indigenous people?"

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The rich are partying on yachts and building bunkers while the poor are drowning in floods, fleeing bombs, working three jobs to survive. they flaunt their wealth like it’s harmless. but in a world on fire, luxury is violence. no one should live like a god while others can’t drink clean

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🚨NEW: @cbsnews.com reports ICE is arresting people who can't even legally be deported and holding them without enough food or water in a federal building BASEMENT in Los Angeles. Families dutifully attending check-ins with ICE are being arrested and held for days, forced to sleep on the floor.

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people keep calling RFK Jr. and anti-vaxers "eugenicists" and, while I have a very low opinion of the genocidal pseudoscience of eugenics, I have to object and say that what they believe is actually far stupider?

Kelly@broadwaybabyto.bsky.social

RFK Jr talking about the need for doctors to know how to treat measles for those who are unvaccinated. “Only very sick kids should die from measles.” No. They shouldn’t. That was the point of the vaccine. We eradicated the virus so children didn’t die. Sick & disabled kids are not expendable!

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Replying to @jerasikehorn.bsky.social

Pour on this ketchup “At Kraft Heinz, we believe that everyone should have a seat at the table. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace because we believe that it makes us stronger, more thoughtful, and more innovative.”