Corrinamadcity
@corrinajl.bsky.social
💙 Happily married, mom to 1 🙋♂️ 2 🐶 & 3 naughty 🐱 World traveler, UW-Madison alum, army vet (89-93, DLI-Arabic 97E), WisDems, pro-choice, avid reader📚, Italian wine & Belgian beer aficionado #Resist No DMs
"RKF took money earmarked to provide health care for Black infants and spent it on his personal security detail" is a ludicrous headline. Comic book villainy.
Exclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health Office
The cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026.
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Obviously, if this is anything other than a glitch, it's big.
Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 3d agoBREAKING: A POLITICO reporter was denied access to the White House Thursday and his press credentials confiscated after a judge ordered the Trump admin to immediately restore access for news organizations that Trump banned.
Some CNN reporters also said they were still barred despite a judge's ruling restoring access.
Politico Reporter Denied Access To White House, Outlet Says
Politico Reporter Denied Access To White House, Outlet Says
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Don’t you dare @agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov, do not cave. 5670 film makers put their necks on the line for you to fight this merger. Another 75,000+ and counting have signed to tell you not to concede in just 3 weeks. Please sign to send a message to the AG’s and Paramount. noparamountconcessions.com
Heads up: The Russian government has been targeting Americans with covert online disinformation operations seeking to undermine public confidence the midterms — using a familiar playbook in an attempt to inject chaos into the voting season, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
Russia Aims to Inject Chaos Into Elections, U.S. Intelligence Finds
The Kremlin is once again seeking to undermine confidence in American democracy with online influence campaigns, U.S. officials said.
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BREAKING NYT: Investigators may have broken state laws under the direction of top Trump Homeland Security leaders by posing as voters as part of an expansive effort to find noncitizens on the nation's voter rolls, according to a federal whistleblower's account just released.
Whistle-Blower: Federal Agents May Have Broken State Laws in Search For Voter Fraud
Agents expressed concern about being directed by top Homeland Security leaders to use private information to look up voter records in state databases.
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This is an excellent guide on what you can and should do to help if someone you know is taken by ICE. The most important thing - 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝗻'𝘁 𝗱𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝘁. There's PLENTY we can do help ensure a fair outcome.
New: a secretive DHS predictive policing unit is analyzing Americans' financial activity, feeding those names to police, then having cops pull them over. Not suspected of any particular crime We're revealing the unit name too: Predictive Intelligence Targeting Team www.404media.co/a-secretive-...
A Secretive DHS ‘Predictive Policing’ Unit is Analyzing Americans' Financial Habits and Pulling Them Over
404 Media is revealing the name of Border Patrol's predictive policing units, which analyze financial data and have local cops pull people over. The people are not suspected of any particular crime.
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“Bennett decried Netanyahu’s reaction to the warning, claiming that Netanyahu ‘did not warn the heads of the security establishment, did not prepare Israel for the attack, and did not convene the cabinet.’ ... www.jpost.com/israel-news/...
Naftali Bennett, Yair Lapid decry Netanyahu's inaction after UAE warning of Hamas attack | The Jerusalem Post
Yair Lapid similarly scrutinized Netanyahu’s failure to heed the warning and claimed that others, including Egypt and the Shin Bet, had also attempted to warn the prime minister of Hamas’s threat.
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“‘The emir hoped that despite his reserved response, Netanyahu would take the message seriously and take action,’ the adviser says. None of them imagined that the prime minister would hear the message but wouldn't brief the heads of the defense establishment. ...
George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸@gtconway.bsky.social · 3w agowww.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Iran appears more confident after six months of war, according to a US intelligence assessment, NYT reports . Tehran believes it has learned the limits of American military power, retained enough missiles and drones to keep fighting and gained leverage by disrupting the Strait of Hormuz. 1/
Reminder: Dolly Parton helped fund the Moderna vaccine for COVID.
Dolly Parton, who helped fund the Moderna vaccine, gets a ‘dose of her own medicine.’ (Published 2021)
The country music star broke into song before she was inoculated, and urged her fans to “get out there and get your shot.”
nytimes.com
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social why in the f*ck are you meeting with Jared Kushner? He's a failure, and just as crooked as Trump.
“Trump is losing the room.” 🐄 👇🏽 #TrumpsBadBeef
@msnowreports.bsky.social can you please explain what exactly is newsworthy about Trump's cabinet meeting? Do you have to inflict it upon your viewers? Couldn't you just watch it in the newsroom and decide it there's anything actually worth reporting other than Trump's droning voice?
* TASNIM NEWS AGENCY SAYS OIL TANKER EXPLODES AFTER HITTING NAVAL MINE IN STRAIT OF HORMUZ, LEFT PATH DESIGNATED BY IRAN @reuters.com
Pete Hegseth's performative anger is embarrassing to watch.
ICE officer who shot Colombian man in Maine has history of threatening behavior and mental illness, family and court documents say.
AP Exclusive: ICE officer in Maine shooting has history of violent behavior, family and records say
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who shot a Colombian man in Maine this week is an Army veteran who has struggled with serious mental health issues since early childhood, according to close relatives who spoke to The Associated Press.
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Watch @premthakker.bsky.social ask Sen. Susan Collins if she regrets funding ICE given its recent killing, including of 26-year-old Maine resident Joan Sebastian Guerrero. Collins defends herself saying it went to bodycams & training. ICE wasn’t wearing bodycams when they killed Guerrero.
Real wage growth has fallen sharply, and is just -- only just! -- barely positive.
