Paripetia
@paripetia.bsky.social
I am an old fart who spent her life watching as fascism first invaded the Whitehouse in 1980. Today we are no longer a democracy and the torch is yours. It's time to fight, but not industrialists/plantations, but 99% / 1%. Know who serves your interests.
Legal expert rings Trump crusade's death knell after DOJ 'humiliated' once more www.rawstory.com/doj-voter-ro...
Legal expert rings Trump crusade's death knell after DOJ 'humiliated' once more
A legal expert made a damning prediction for the Department of Justice amid a losing crusade to access state records.In a recent video posted by Democracy Docket, elections lawyer Marc Elias explained...
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my hot take for "america has used up all its weapons" is... let 'em go! let 'em go! let's demilitarize the police state in which we live, baby. take the tanks from the cops and use 'em all up.
ICE set a record in July. 51,000 arrests. Yet…we watch the biggest criminal in US history…walk around unscathed.
A central part of why it seems like powerful, rich people live in a consequence-free world is that the social incentives to hold them to account have withered. www.ctinsider.com/columnist/ar... 𝟏𝟐-𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞-𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬
It has been said that we never would have had The New Deal had we not suffered the robber barons, deadly working conditions, poverty, hunger and homelessness. Perhaps Republican excess is necessary to end our passiveness and make us mad enough to fight them off. It's time again to take control.
In other words, going from a constitutional right (Roe) to a constitutional state by state decision (Dobbs) to a constitutional rule of no abortions. What is the DOJ/legal underpinning for that? There isn't one. Ladies & Gentlemen, your lawless soon-to-be AG. www.politico.com/news/2026/08...
Blanche assures anti-abortion supporters that Dobbs will be ‘permanent in every single state’
The acting attorney general made the remarks during a private call with faith leaders.
politico.com
Remember, If you don't pick your candidate in the primary, you will wind up with a candidate picked by corporations.
Queen Zenobia’s Electile Dysfunction ™️@queenfellobia.bsky.social · 2d agoHeads up, it’s primary day in: Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Virginia, and Washington. Tennessee votes on Thursday, Hawaii on Saturday. Big week for voters across the country. Be sure to get out there and vote!
They didn't rob a bank. They robbed entire generations by dismantling the one institution powerful enough to stand up to corporate America… hartmannreport.com/p/killing-un...
Killing Unions: The Greatest Political Heist in American History
They didn't rob a bank. They robbed entire generations by dismantling the one institution powerful enough to stand up to corporate America…
hartmannreport.com
Since Nixon, Republicans have shifted wealth from working Americans to the morbidly rich. Dems should repeat that simple affordability message everywhere, every day, without apology or hesitation… hartmannreport.com/p/its-worse-...
It’s Worse Than You Think for the Middle Class
Since Nixon, Republicans have shifted wealth from working Americans to the morbidly rich. Dems should repeat that simple affordability message everywhere, every day, without apology or hesitation…
hartmannreport.com
Bluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on whether he feels pressure to transition away from a text-first platform: "This is the beauty of an open protocol... let somebody else build the TikTok of AT Proto."
“The family of a Haitian immigrant who froze to death in early March at a bus shelter in Pittsburgh after she was dropped off in the city by [ICE] is poised to file a lawsuit this month against the United States and ‘multiple other governmental and non-governmental entities’.”
Family to sue after woman released from ICE custody froze to death
Exclusive: Daphy Michel, from Haiti, was dropped off in Pittsburgh in 20F temperatures wearing summer clothes
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Cyclospora: Parasite back in the spotlight after two US deaths. Here's what to know about symptoms, transmission, risky foods and the situation in Europe. #EuropeNews
What is Cyclospora? Two deaths as US outbreak puts Europe on alert
Cyclospora: Parasite back in the spotlight after two US deaths. Here's what to know about symptoms, transmission, risky foods and the situation in Europe.
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Trump's Medicaid work requirements are putting even terminally ill patients through bureaucratic nightmares to keep their health insurance — all to fund even more tax cuts for the wealthy.
The Trump administration is sending tariff refunds, including $2.2 billion to Apple and $600 million to Amazon. But American consumers? $0. Once again, corporations get billions to line their pockets while Americans pay the price.
The vote to advance Todd Blanche’s nomination by Senate Republicans on the Judiciary Committee is disrespectful to survivors and Americans who want accountability. I call on Republican senators to find some courage and deny Todd Blanche confirmation. Full statement:
Its embarrassing how many grown ass adults live in these fantasies where people work for some nonsense like the artificial cultures oligarchs manufacture over survival.
I served in the USMC as a young man, Believing I owed my country a debt, For the freedoms we all are born with, Today there's no freedom left, It's humiliating to see an idiot, Occupy our highest post, Wreaking havoc upon the world, And being the punchline of every joke.
Only two more months away, and I can't wait. I'm so sick of the sweltering air that feels like you're taking in a drink of water with every breath. Soon it will be dry again, then, I'll be complaining about the cold.
Scott Perkins@cali6887.bsky.social · 2d agoMost definitely
