rilene

rilene

@rilene.bsky.social

Veteran, counselor, Lift and Support Travel www.youtube.com/@CDCRilene

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Kat Abughazaleh
@katmabu.bsky.social

I’m extremely concerned by reports the Trump administration destroyed a facility during a covert action in Venezuela. If this was done without Gang of Eight oversight, it’s a serious violation of federal law and a dangerous escalation that pushes us closer to war: www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

nbcnews.comTrump says the U.S. took out a 'big facility' in Venezuela amid strikes on alleged drug boatsThe president did not provide details about the apparent strike, which NBC News has not independently confirmed.

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Attorney Ben Crump
@attorneybencrump.bsky.social

When lifesaving aid is cut, the consequences are not abstract. After funding for clean water and public health was slashed, cholera spread and people died. Preventable deaths demand accountability. Human lives must never be collateral damage of political decisions.

propublica.orgTrump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a…

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ACLU
@aclu.org

BREAKING: The House of Representatives just passed a bill that would subject immigrant children to invasive bodily searches and keep them in detention instead of releasing them to their families. The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.

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Dovewoman 💙 🇺🇦 💙
@dovewoman.bsky.social

IT WAS A LANDSLIDE! Hope it was worth the $Billions our country lost in tourism, air travel, sales & job income Speaker Johnson. It still passed & you trashed our country. Your oath was to our Constitution NOT an individual. apnews.com/live/donald-...

apnews.comLive updates: House votes overwhelmingly to pass bill to force release of Epstein filesThe House voted to force the Justice Department to release files on the late financier Jeffrey Epstein, an effort that overcame opposition from President Donald Trump.

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Angry
@angrystaffer.bsky.social

Pay attention to how Mike Johnson is trying to shift the narrative today - he’s saying some Epstein files can’t be released because they’re intelligence products and would harm national security.

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Eric Schmeltzer
@ericschmeltzer.bsky.social

I mean, look, I'm not a reporter, so who am I to talk? But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession. But that's just me

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Karen Attiah
@karenattiah.bsky.social

A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi. I hired and worked with Jamal for a year. www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...

washingtonpost.comCIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassinationAudio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.