Michele Riv formerly mama_pause 🧵& dead bird app

Michele Riv formerly mama_pause 🧵& dead bird app

@rivet-em.bsky.social

I’m a mom, social worker /psychoanalyst, aspiring writer, traveler. Kamala, then Warren Democrat in 2020. Dead bird app refugee. Salty language sometimes. Fk the patriarchy. Ted Lasso is my escape. Also on threads as mama_pause. No DMs.

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I truly believe in ten years not a single person will admit in polite company to having supported Trump. Honest to God I fully believe that

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France calls out the U.S. at a UN meeting: “The US used to be a beacon of human rights. Not anymore. Today, it stands alongside North Korea, Nicaragua, Mali and Russia. Isolated. And the world no longer listens to it.” U.S. representatives stormed out of the meeting. Well said France! 👏🏼🇫🇷👏🏼

Blanche only met with them because Tom Tillis made this a condition of getting his yes vote. What a sellout. Tillis talks tough, but it’s just like one of the other confirmations, Hegseth I think, where he made one weak demand and then gave up his yes.

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social

Statement from Annie Farmer on meeting with Todd Blanche: "After meeting with Todd Blanche, I feel even more confident in urging senators to vote against his confirmation as the United States' Attorney General. "I found him abrasive, condescending, and intentionally noncommittal to survivors."

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Trump will lie about the 2020 election. Trump will lie about the 2026 election. But, if Trump claims powers he does not have, or tries to undermine free and fair election, we will sue and we will win. If you doubt me, take a look at my record in beating him and his allies in court.

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The US is hosting the World Cup and just turned away Africa’s top referee at the airport 3 days before kickoff because of where he was born. Omar Artan had a valid visa. He had a historic assignment. They didn’t care. Disgraceful. #USDemocracy #Pinks newrepublic.com/post/211508/...

newrepublic.comTop African Referee Barred From Entering the U.S. For World CupOmar Artan was set to become the first Somalian to officiate a World Cup match. He was denied entry to the United States on Monday at Miami International Airport.

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One of Ken Paxton’s former defense attorneys just endorsed James Talarico. That should tell Texans everything they need to know.

Pardoning the white collar criminals and detained the innocent. What a fucked up timeline.

ProPublica@propublica.org

The quashed investigation centered on potential criminal violations of the Clean Water Act by Southern Coal, a constellation of firms run day-to-day by Justice’s son, Jay, according to current and former officials familiar with the matter. By @mtredden.bsky.social and Avi Asher-Schapiro

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Ken Paxton was indicted for scamming his own friends. He convinced them to invest hundreds of thousands in a company while secretly pocketing a commission. Paxton sold out his own friends for a quick buck. What makes you think he won't sell you out in the Senate?

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The separation from reality in the Republican Party today - vaccines are poison; Iran can be conquered; January 6th was staged by Democrats - should really really worry people. These folks just aren’t fit to govern anymore.

Scott MacFarlane@macfarlanenews.bsky.social

Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) Says January 6th Attack on Capitol Was Staged meidasnews.com/news/ralph-n...

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Congratulations on your wedding Don Jr. Sorry for distracting your Dad with this important work.

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For more than a decade, Stephen Colbert has been one of the top voices of late night—making us laugh and, even more importantly, reminding us who we are and what America stands for. Michelle and I enjoyed being Stephen’s guests—even when the games were rigged—and we’re grateful to call him a friend.

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Because the MAGA Republican Cult of Trump. Everything that is wrong with our politics today.

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So now we’ve gone from “make a deal and end the war or I’ll blow you to hell” to “please sign this letter to think about maybe ending the war in the next 30 days” How embarrassing.

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Everyone knows "1776" was *the* battle cry of the January 6 insurrectionists, right? I wrote a book on the armed rebellion Trump incited, and if you missed that his Terrorist Slush Fund is $1.776B *explicitly* to signal its aim of making MAGA terrorists rich, that's... a big miss.

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A lot of newer followers often ask me who Tina was, the dog that means so much to me. This is her beautiful story A lot of older followers will also enjoy seeing her big, beautiful face I'm sure.

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It’s not that the president has some mysterious ability to “do whatever he wants” It’s that Senators are choosing not to stop him, even though they could

About what was @colorado.gov trying to appease Trump? What a message for a Democrat to send— election deniers who tried to interfere with an election don’t deserve full consequences for their crimes. We are starting to see that if you stand up to Trump, he caves. Stop capitulating the mad man.

MAGA was never going to turn on him until he hurt them. Their adult children could be applying to get a $25,000 credit for a new home; the child tax credit could’ve been extended and they would’ve gotten $250 per month per child. But they were pissed 2 trans kids were playing sports and voted Trump.

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Zelensky issued an official presidential decree authorizing Russia to hold its Victory Day parade in Moscow tomorrow. He included the exact coordinates of Red Square. That's it. A+ trolling.

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the optics of this Oval Office event are absolutely insane. get a load of this. crazytown.

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a thought i had while talking to a friend is that a federal end to partisan gerrymandering has to be at the top of the democratic party's agenda, and may likely get there because of threat the status quo poises to black representation, and thus black political involvement altogether.

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Can someone let the AP know that violating court orders is not a sign of "executive power. " It is a sign of contempt, lawlessness and authoritarianism.

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Almost 100% of new cars sold in Norway last year were electric. Not just because of oil wealth. Because of carbon taxes, EV incentives, and thirty years of consistent policy. New newsletter: Norway: The World's Most Instructive Energy Paradox janrosenow.substack.com/p/norway-the...

janrosenow.substack.comNorway: The World’s Most Instructive Energy ParadoxThe electrification playbook the world needs - and its inconvenient footnote