CCinMN

@chrischiros.bsky.social

Psychologist, quilter, mom, wife, Unitarian Universalist

Susan Collins announcing she'll vote against a controversial nominee is basically the moment it becomes clear that nominee will be confirmed. It means Thune has enough votes to confirm, and thus, Collins gets a pass to look independent.

Max Miller released audio recordings of conversations he has with his ex wife. In one of them, she accuses him of clandestinely recording their conversations. “I have never recorded our conversations” he says, while recording their conversation. This is domestic violence. Ask me how I know.

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Six congressmen bought between $83,000 to $245,000 in SpaceX stock just before its IPO: -Jared Moskowitz -Gil Cisneros -Dan Meuser -John McGuire -William Timmons -John James Five serve on committees whose work impacts SpaceX's business. We must ban members of Congress from trading stock.

Justin Pearson on data centers: We are being asked to sacrifice our drinking water to cool computers whose main use case is to take our jobs.

Phang: "The incestuous relationships that exist in the MAGA moron-sphere is remarkable. I can say Tate brothers, and I don't need six degrees of separation to even get to Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens, Nick Fuentes, Don Jr., or Barron Trump. I mean, I could spit and hit all of them and then some."

The Pentagon is withholding causality and hit numbers. The CDC is withholding infection rates. The FDA is withholding information about food contamination. The EPA is withholding pollution and climate data. This corrupt administration is ALL about concealing the consequences of its incompetence.

""People detained at Camp East Montana reported routine ⁠beatings and other excessive force by guards, chronic malnutrition, and unsanitary and degrading living conditions," the report said... "Together, these abuses violate fundamental protections under U.S. and international human rights law.""

Detainees at ICE facility in Texas were beaten and abused, rights groups say

Detainees at ​a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Texas told two rights groups they were ‌beaten by guards, denied medical care and prevented from contacting family and la...

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