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Maureen Frei

@mfrei22.bsky.social

Can’t think of a pithy bio. Baking | Hiking in the woods | Libraries | Touch of photography | Cats

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Barb McQuade@barbmcquade.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Repetition of Nazi imagery normalizes the regime’s horrors to make its views acceptable in political debate. These aren’t jokes. They are weapons.

Robert P. Jones@robertpjones.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Trump's proposed new Space Force uniform. The Nazi vibes are not a joke. In my new book BACKSLIDE (publishes tomorrow), I write: "If we have any hope of finding our way, we must start by being explicit about the dangers of our current moment... This is our 1933." bookshop.org/a/56272/9781...

Barb McQuade@barbmcquade.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Last time, SCOTUS said the matter wasn’t ripe, but now the Postal Service has issued its rule that is clearly out of its constitutional lane. Elections are to be run by states and Congress. Not executive branch. Let’s go John Roberts. This call is a strike right down the middle.

Senator Patty Murray@murray.senate.gov · 3mo ago

On a private call, Todd Blanche said his goal was to make the "Dobbs decision permanent in every single state." This isn’t just a confirmation vote anymore—it’s a roll-call vote on which Senators endorse BANNING abortion in ALL 50 states. I’m voting NO.

Clare Blackwood@clareblackwood.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The Red Sox broadcast booth is all women tonight for Women's Celebration Night, and while I love it and they're killing it, I want to see this on the regular and not for one specific purpose. I just love watching smart women talk about sports! Put more of them in booths, damnit!

Barb McQuade@barbmcquade.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Blanche should be blocked for IRS/slush fund AND - targeting Comey, James, Hearn, Powell, Walz, Frey, MOCs - Epstein - payouts to Flynn, Page, Babbitt, Vaughn - rejecting ethics advice to recuse from Trump cases - “war” on judiciary - “cleaning house” of DOJ personnel who worked on Trump cases

UBI Works@ubiworks.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Harvard professor explains the long-term youth outcomes of UBI: More education, voting, conscientiousness, and open-mindedness. Less depression and anxiety. "[We] expect that this would be a result that would... translate to other populations as well."

UBI Works@ubiworks.bsky.social · 9mo ago

"Not only don't people work less when they are guaranteed an income, they might actually put in more effort at work. And the fact that they have more money to spend leads to the creation of more jobs." Nobel Prize–winning economists Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo

Screenshot of a Wall Street Journal opinion article titled “A Guaranteed Income Won’t Stop People From Wanting to Work,” by Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo. A subheading says evidence from programs around the world suggests basic income does not make recipients lazier. Below the headline is a photo of several women sitting outdoors at a table working.