Bea
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former librarian moderate media literacy advocate Ground News reader "There is much to be done" - Frances Perkins Supporting a tiny sliver of the old Ottoman Empire for a group that has ties to the land.
There is STILL much to be done but we have to make sure that all that Frances Perkins did isn't dismantled. #socialsecurity #minimumwage #workersafety #40hourworkweekswithovertimepay #unemploymentinsurance #bannedchildlabor #encouragedlaborunionsandcollectivebargaining
"What do we need to do to get flotillas, award-event speeches, constant media attention, increased contributions for aid, & be part of your political platform?" ask the Sudanese, Haitians, Rohingyas, Syrians, Yemenis, Ukrainians, Uyghurs, Central Africans from the Sahel, people from the DRC, etc.
We often talk about what we are against. What are we for? #endingcitizensunited #votingrightsact #socialsecurity #universalhealthcare #medicaid #civilrights #immigrationreform #publicschools #publictransportation #medialiteracy #environmentalsustainability #medicalresearch #science
www.yahoo.com/news/world/a... #Hamas #Gazans #June26revolution #Palestine #howwouldyouthinkthiswouldbeaseculardemocracy
Anti-Hamas ‘revolution’ faces brutal crackdown
Hamas has launched a brutal crackdown before planned protests across the Gaza Strip on Friday to call for an end to the terror group’s rule.
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Where were all the people who protest, support flotillas and those giving speeches at award shows? You say you care about Gazans. Doesn't look like it.
Disingenuousness is contagious or maybe influencers see that it doesn't matter. PAL PAC P stands for peace? I hear code words, false narratives, & victim talk. Be honest about all the initiated violence since the 20s. Peace to most isn't the sound, after you've thrown all the Jews in the sea. AIPAC
150,000-400,000 deaths in Sudan conflict, 14 million displaced, 25 million hungry, but no flotillas, no academy awards speeches, no special help for them. Guess they don't have the influencers that convinced you to demonize Israelis defending themselves & AIPAC.
The administration is modeling witch hunts, bullying, smugness, disingenuousity, going for vibe, or unquestioning any claim. Why do we have to copy any of that? What does demonizing Bari Weiss do? Make us feel .... what? So many fires and we have time for this?
Twisting yourself like a pretzel so you agree with your party or team.
What we are seen as by those with power. I'm so tired of being squeezed.
NEW: President Trump's policies and actions have been stopped by US courts more than 200 times. We've been tracking lawsuits from the moment he was sworn in, identifying at least 320+ by the start of May -- and more keep coming. A deep, deep dive into the data: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
Trump Has Been Stopped By Courts More Than 200 Times
A Bloomberg analysis of more than 325 court cases involving challenges to President Trump’s executive actions reveals the stress test on the balance of power taking shape.
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Bessent should go on tour to food pantries, homeless shelters and parking lots where people sleep in their cars and give parents advice there.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last yr.Bessent says that little girls who are sad about having fewer dolls should just have it explained to them that they will have a better life for it
"It's a sinking ship. " Social Security - Oregon Federal Employee Town Hall Meeting March 17, 2025. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtG-...
Hamas killed 22-year-old Odai Naser Saadi, one of the leaders of the anti-Hamas protest movement in Gaza. He was kidnapped, tortured for hours, and then executed. His body was dumped at the doorstep of his family’s home, with a chilling message: “This is the price for those who criticize Hamas.”
Love the chant: Alone we are a drop of water, together #wearetheflood Thanks to all who were there.
Kurt Mullett@hoosierblue1963.bsky.social · last yr.Great weekend in D.C. Thank you Cliff Cash for all your hard work! Thank you Robin Fader for the beautiful photography! #wearetheflood
This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH
With Social Security in the news, here are non-fiction and fiction accounts of the woman responsible for Social Security, Frances Perkins.
I'm not convinced this will happen, but if it does, I would imagine that a LOT more people will suddenly start paying attention to DOGE.
Taniel@taniel.bsky.social · last yr.The former head of the Social Security Administration says he expects the agency to miss on some payments over the next three months, interrupting some people's benefits, for the first time in Social Security's history of eight decades: www.cnbc.com/2025/03/01/d...
New, from me: Musk is not just destroying core government functions, he is also destroying the tech capacity of government. The people with serious tech skills who care about fixing govt have been fired. Both 18F and the US Digital Service are gone. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/skilled-te...
Skilled technologists are being forced out of government
18F and USDS are gutted by DOGE
donmoynihan.substack.com
We’re in this mess in large part bc the average American is uninformed about fundamentals of civics, history, basic biology, economics, etc, and media and the internet are not meeting the moment. Is anyone organizing teach-ins or similar for the general public, whether irl or online?
