Amy Passas
@amyp5280.bsky.social
Believer in democracy #BeAVoter Cynical optimist
SANGER: “.. why, if sanctions as airtight as these are possible, they were not employed before Mr. Trump ordered the U.S. military into battle, exposing shortages of key munitions and the limits of American military power? “ @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/u...
A trailer park in deep blue East Palestine, Ohio might seem like a strange place to meet a Trump supporter. But over heated discussion of Brandon Aiyuk's contract status, you can hear whispers that DEI is the reason a good prostitute costs $140.
sorry but this is the most obviously entirely-AI-generated op-ed ever. It has an "it's not X, it's Y" construction in both the first 2 paragraphs. Pangram has it as 100% AI. One of the most prominent billionaires in finance submitted this? The WSJ allowed it to run? are there no standards anymore?
Nick Timiraos@nicktimiraos.bsky.social · last mo.Stanley Druckenmiller renders an unfavorable opinion of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's use of buybacks to defend against higher yields in a market that is functioning normally. "Every basis point of artificial yield suppression is a subsidy to procrastination." www.wsj.com/opinion/let-...
Oil companies are blasting millions of gallons of toxic waste each year underground — less than a half-mile from Enid, Oklahoma’s water wells. But to protect their city, officials must appeal to the state agency that created the problem. (Published June with @readfrontier.bsky.social)
To Protect Its Drinking Water, This City Has to Appeal to the Oil Regulators That Put It at Risk
Oklahoma restricts oil field wastewater injection within a half-mile of public water wells. Regulators have let companies do it anyway. But in the city of Enid, officials are pushing back against one ...
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NEW: Flaming robots. Haywire Turkish machines. An actual dumpster fire. General Dynamics received $533 million from the Army to produce artillery but hasn’t made a single usable shell. ProPublica got the inside story of what went wrong. It’s a wild ride: www.propublica.org/article/gene...
Fiasco in the Factory: Taxpayers Funded a $533 Million Artillery Plant That Made Nothing
General Dynamics opened a Texas factory to churn out artillery shells for Ukraine, but the machines kept breaking. Robot arms smashed into things. Hunks of metal crashed to the floor. There was even a...
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Rescued after a Russian missile attack in Odesa, Ukraine yesterday.
We created this guide for anyone who could experience a miscarriage in a state with abortion restrictions. We wrote it in consultation with dozens of doctors, including those who regularly treat patients who are miscarrying 👇
If You’re Pregnant, Here’s What You Should Know About the Medical Procedures That Could Save Your Life
Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds themselv...
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Donald Trump has earned more money in his first and second year, in his second term as president, than in the previous 60 years of his life, per Bloomberg.
Totally normal stuff from the… <checks notes> …the leader of the free world. At least AI is winning the war that we’re not winning bc we won it already 30x. And good thing AI has plenty of munitions bc ours are depleted cuz “Biden”, but they’re not, we have plenty, but we’re rationing during a war🙃
Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social · 2mo agoTrump on Iran 🤦♂️
Rep. Boyle: Republicans’ new reconciliation bill is 44 pages and costs $95B. It’s got 73B for the Iran war and 10B for voter suppression. Not one word of it helps you.
Released on this day in the US in 1979: The Clash, the debut album by #TheClash youtu.be/7R2_4-421GM?si…
It remains hilarious that his cult will still insist, to this day, that Donald Trump is an "expert deal maker."
Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · 3mo agoCNN montage of Trump claiming for months that Iran wants to make a deal
Could “God” be busy stopping: natural disasters, famine, diseases, murders, sexual assaults, abuse of children, etc… Sure, but apparently “God” is busy talking to religious zealots and right wing politicians to deal with these catastrophic issues inflicting the world.
Kyle Clark@kylec.bsky.social · 4mo agoThis @samtabachnik.bsky.social piece on Rep Scott Bottoms' run for Colorado Gov is a great example of how to cover extremism and claims made without evidence. Papering over that stuff actively misleads voters. www.denverpost.com/2026/06/15/s...
4. Kushner’s LLC was granted that status “just weeks before the new US president’s inauguration, even without a business plan or feasibility study for the construction"
Kushner’s Albanian resort faces corruption probe, mass protests
Jared Kushner’s efforts to negotiate an end to the Iran War are not going well.
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9. In December, Kushner's plan to build a Trump tower in Belgrade collapsed amid a corruption scandal and mass protests.
Kushner’s Serbian boondoggle collapses amid corruption scandal
This week, Jared Kushner abruptly canceled his plans to build Trump Tower Belgrade after the project became enmeshed in a criminal corruption scandal involving Serbian government officials.
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The Trump government wants to probe the medical records of Americans . . . WITHOUT THEIR CONSENT. This is the "deep state" MAGA claimed existed, but didn't until Trump. And the new Trump-friendly @CNN ownership is referring to this as a "peek" at our records. 🤮 www.cnn.com/2026/06/04/h...
RFK Jr. seeks to peek at Americans’ medical records for clues on autism and vaccines | CNN
U.S. health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is pursuing federal government access to most Americans’ medical records, in a quest to research a link between vaccines and autism — a connection the medic...
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Trump continues his hard work today to bring down rising prices and solve the affordability crisis.
Imagine laying off employees because you believe AI can do their jobs only for AI vendors to raise their prices. 😭 And that’s before you find out that AI actually cannot do their jobs.
it’s because there’s raw shit in the milk. consuming cow shit can lead to illness
Kyle Pfannenstiel@pfannyyy.bsky.social · 4mo agoIdaho health officials are investigating how nearly 60 people got sick after drinking raw milk in the past two weeks. The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare says they didn't name two dairies potentially linked to the outbreak “because this is a potential risk for any raw milk producer.”
The NAACP asked a federal court to stop the U.S. Postal Service from enforcing a rule that could block voters from receiving mail-in ballots — arguing the plan violates a court-enforced settlement that requires USPS to prioritize election mail through 2028. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
USPS rule advancing Trump’s mail-voting attack violates settlement, NAACP alleges
The NAACP warned that election officials are already preparing for the 2026 election cycle, and that the proposed rule could sow confusion among USPS workers, state and local officials and voters.
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Trump 2.0 is a continuation of Trump 1.0….farm bankruptcies skyrocketing (again) tHe GoLdEn aGe “the Dow is at 50k” for the Epstein regime = Farmageddon for Americans
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4mo agoRep. Brown to Brooke Rollins: "So this is what a golden age of agriculture looks like? Because if rising bankruptcies, falling farm income, and worsening financial conditions are a sign of a golden age, I'd hate to see what a downturn looks like."
Day 500 of this administration and no, the economy is *not* strong and has not been improving since January 21, 2025…. #TrumpsAmerica
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4mo agoBessent: "The state of our economy is strong. I defy this side of the aisle [Democrats] to tell me what's wrong with our economy."
BREAKING: Senate Republicans have just begun a marathon vote-a-rama in the Senate. Why? Not to lower health care or housing costs. Instead, they are fighting tooth & nail to give ICE another $70 billion blank check with ZERO reforms. A disgrace.
If Scott Bessent absolutely insists, I'm sure we could assemble a panel of historians to evaluate precisely where his incompetent hackery ranks in the all-time list of Treasury Secretaries.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4mo agoSANCHEZ: I think it's safe to say this is probably the most corrupt Treasury Department in our nation's history BESSENT: I AM GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE EXCEPTION WITH THAT! THAT IS SLANDEROUS
