Joyce Millman

@joycemillman.bsky.social

Salon/SF Examiner/Boston Phoenix alum. Seattleite now, Bay Area for 33 years, Greater Boston born & raised. Baseball, Springsteen, hockey. She/her. joycemillman.wordpress.com

Here’s a map of states that have said they will disregard federal guidance on vaccines and instead follow recommendations issued by the American Academy of Pediatrics.

map of states that have said they will disregard federal guidance on vaccines and instead follow recommendations issued by the American Academy of Pediatrics.

There's a big machine at the headquarters of Republican Inc. that sorts GOP candidates according to the kind of abuse they specialize in. Spousal abuse, child abuse, pedophilia, medical scams, punishing immigrants ... it's a big tent but they all find common ground in the bonds of hurting people.

Kim Weeden@weedenkim.bsky.social · 2d ago

At this point, it may be faster to list the Republican politicians or political candidates who *aren't* alleged or adjudicated domestic abusers, sexual assailants, and/or child abusers.

👀 “The Powell memo outlined a strategy. Unite corporate special interests, privilege corporate perspectives in the media, appoint sympathetic judges to the court, and buy politicians in both political parties” - @jamestalarico.bsky.social This is good stuff.

Empowering Main St. Before Wall St.@rchady.bsky.social · 3d ago

Talarico Explains Infamous 'Powell Memo' to Texas Voters, Making Right-Wing 'Master Plan' a Campaign Issue . “The top 1% put the American Dream behind a paywall." www.commondreams.org/news/powell-...

"construction of the ballroom will inflict permanent and irreversible harm to the historic, architectural, and aesthetic interests of the National Trust’s members, as well as the design of President’s Park, the White House, and the surrounding area."

Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News@froomkin.bsky.social · 4d ago

"We are aware of no instance in American history in which a President unilaterally and using privately collected funds demolished substantial portions of the White House that Congress authorized to be built and American taxpayers paid for. Until now."