Just took lovely Maeve out for an afternoon field trip. She’s a big sweetie looking for a home in the DC area where she can be the lone doggo. Go pay her a visit! bvspca.org/adopt/maeve-2
Tawny Wilson
@tawnywilson.bsky.social
Mother. Nurse. Citizen. Horse Lady. Dog Lover. Political Junkie. Proud Iowa Democrat. The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men(and women) to do nothing - Take Action. -Edmund Burke
Judge Berner's decision is a sobering read. Trump's mass detention agenda "harkens back to some of the darkest moments in our country’s history," including the internment of Japanese people during WWII. 9 Appellate Courts have now shot down this lawless policy. SCOTUS should too.
Appeals court rejects ICE detention policy, setting stage for SCOTUS
The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals compared ICE’s policy to Japanese internment.
politico.com
Beto O’Rourke stood outside the Texas GOP convention tonight and said what everyone in that room already knows: they scare you about immigrants and trans neighbors so you don’t notice the pockets getting picked. Tarrant County just cut 92 polling places. Connect the dots.
BREAKING: Jimmy Kimmel says his interview with Texas Senate candidate James Talarico will NOT air on ABC due to threats from Trump’s FCC. The interview will instead be posted to YouTube.
Consumer sentiment is at its lowest in 70 years of survey data. That's lower than during wars, financial crises, and a pandemic. The economy isn't the whole story here. Faith in how Washington is running policy is at an all-time low, and it's hard to blame people. https://youtu.be/h0LB9PEiZ3o
George Orwell is rolling in his grave right now. Representative Jim Himes
Devastating allegations surface against Pete Hegseth.U.S. Representative Pat Ryan has just revealed that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth reportedly ordered American military members into an active warning zone in Kuwait with ZERO defense against drone attacks.
"Today it’s Lake America, but tomorrow the propaganda coming from south of the border could be both more serious and insidious, and the actions of Google, Apple and other companies show plainly that they will not be on our side." — @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social
ANALYSIS: 'Lake America' makes one thing clear: we can’t trust U.S. tech companies | TVO Today
The president’s decree is dumb. Why is anyone going along with it?
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🧑🌾 IOWA… farmers getting crushed by Trump’s actual war and trade war all across 🇺🇸
A new peer-reviewed study says that fossil fuel producers are responsible for roughly 40% to 64% of the man-made climate effects causing a water crisis in the Western United States, which includes irrigation demand, snowpack reduction, streamflow loss, and groundwater depletion. 🧵
These whistleblower allegations are extraordinary. If Trump Administration officials knowingly built a system designed to prevent Americans from receiving their ballots, that is not election security. It is a betrayal of our Constitution and the American people.
Whistle-Blower Says USPS Is Secretly Proceeding on Trump’s Mail Voting Plan Before Midterms
A report detailed “grave concerns” that a new system being rushed into use by the U.S. Postal Service could imperil millions of mail ballots ahead of the midterm elections.
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More than 70% of Texas data centers refused to answer a state-mandated inquiry about their water use. These Corrupt Bigshots want our water while keeping Texans in the dark about how much they're taking.
Wow -- Lutnick is pressed on his corruption KERNEN: The perception is you're sitting at Commerce & able to control what Cantor is getting in fees w/ your sons running it. It looks like a conflict LUTNICK: It's just not. I'm no longer involved in my own companies & this is just minor stuff anyway
Ahead of the midterms, Trump isn’t even being subtle about his brazen politicization of federal disaster relief aid, explicitly tying approvals to campaign endorsements and election results. It’s one of the underappreciated scandals of his second term. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
Trump approves disaster relief funds for 7 red states, after denying aid to blue states
Ahead of the midterm elections, the president isn’t even being subtle about his scandalous politicization of disaster aid.
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To folks who think caving on things like “Lake America” doesn’t matter in the long run… It does. It invites more such ego-serving It suggests that there’s no push back. It teaches people to expect more of the same. It matters.
Pete Hegseth is trying to silence anyone who exposes his failures as Secretary of Defense. The Pentagon fired three @starsandstripes.bsky.social journalists just a few days after the outlet published a story about mental health and food and water shortages aboard the USS Lincoln.
Among other things, Elon Musk now makes clear his belief that women must be disenfranchised. And he's now the sole source funder of the Texas GOP. Shouldn't Texas GOP candidates who are running with his money be asked about this?
Benjamin Netanyahu admits that he manipulated the U.S. president to go to war against Iran. Right out in the open he is admitting to it.
Here's a California public safety story you probably won't see on Fox News: Crime is way down. Homicide ⬇️ 18.6% Robbery ⬇️ 19.9% Property crime ⬇️ 14.3% Motor vehicle theft ⬇️ 25.8% Violent crime ⬇️ 10.2% California's crime is falling — and the data proves that point.
macabre = “muh-KAHB” Worcestershire = “WOOSS-ter-sheer” omnipotent = “ahm-NI-puh-tunt” reticent = “RET-uh-sunt” epitome = “ih-PIT-uh-mee” myriad = "MEER-ee-ud" Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word. It means they learned it by reading.
Oh, Canada! Life expectancy 🇨🇦: 83 🇺🇸: 79 Infant deaths per 1K births 🇨🇦: 3.6 🇺🇸: 5 Senior Poverty Rate 🇨🇦: 12% 🇺🇸: 23% Yearly deaths from lack of health insurance 🇺🇸: 68,000 🇨🇦: 0 Uninsured/Underinsured 🇺🇸: 85 million 🇨🇦: 0 Health Admin Costs Per Person 🇺🇸: $1,076 🇨🇦: $231
Believe the science. It is literally written in stone. Vaccinate.
WSJ: "Iowans are frustrated, discontented, and downhearted. That bodes ill for Republicans in November, and many GOP candidates are running scared—ducking interviews, avoiding issues, and seeking a MAGA stance that doesn't involve praising Trump." #ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed
Food companies wanted deregulation. Now there are dozens of recalls across the country. Mining companies wanted deregulation. Now the black lung rate is at a 45-year high. Financial companies wanted deregulation. Now financial losses to fraud are the highest on record. Noticing a pattern?