Sharlene Beck 🇺🇦
@sharleneb.bsky.social
Native of Salt Lake City — a blue island in a red expanse — and an escapee from the cesspool “X.” Pic of my cat, Nigel whose whims rule the house. I ignore DMs unless I know you.
It’s terrifying that deranged chaos agent RFK Jr admitted on national tv that he has no idea how to stop a future pandemic and what’s worse is that he truly doesn’t give a fuck either way. We went from having top scientific medical experts leading US Health to this looney basket.
“In recent months, ICE has deployed a round-the-clock digital dragnet to scour the public internet—from Facebook to Instagram to X—for speech that could endanger the agency’s mission.” Speech. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
How ICE Is Weaponizing Social Media Against its Critics
Agency says its surveillance program searches for threats to agents, but critics see free-speech infringements.
wsj.com
You'd have to be a special kind of stupid to not understand this.
Cool, cool. We’re basically out of ATACMS and PrSM, and we used half our *global* TLAM supply… all for the Strait of Hormuz to still be closed?
Good people of Oregon, take heed. You must prevent Drazan from gaining governorship.
Alex Baumhardt@alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · yesterdayBanger report from @shaanthx.bsky.social on self-dealing from Oregon's Republican gov. hopeful. Sen. Christine Drazan registered a new consulting business in 2023, then a new nonprofit 3 weeks later, then paid her consulting biz $100k from the nonprofit. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/08/04/h...
"Today, I think is a sad and embarrassing day for this committee. As it looks like on a party-line vote, we are going to advance out of this committee probably the most discreditable person ever to seek the office of attorney general of the United States." Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
Any Senator who votes to confirm Todd Blanche is also siding with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell – and is actively participating in covering-up their numerous and heinous crimes.
Susan Collins has gone on record saying she won't vote to confirm Todd Blanche. Of course, that's good news.But the only reason she's doing so is because she's up for reelection & she's trying to appeal to Maine's independent voters. With McConnell gone, we need just 2 more Republicans to vote "no".
The elected geniuses in Utah are putting all their eggs in a nuclear basket that’s not proven
It is campaign season, after all. That’s almost certainly what’s happening
1/ 🧵 A private company almost nobody has heard of just built a $1.27 billion surveillance empire across Mexico, and it is now wiring that camera and license plate data straight into Texas under a quiet border deal. #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy
Russia loses more soldiers every two months than the US lost in the entire decade-long Vietnam War
Ukrainska Pravda 🇺🇦@pravda.ua · 3d ago☠️ Russia loses 1,390 soldiers over past day
I remember going down with rn staff to a refrigerated truck that served as an extra morgue for a midsized city hospital. When these kind of comments came up, I wanted to take photos of the iv poles filled trying to keep people alive. People have no idea.
THE ICUS WERE NOT OVERRUN? Fucking bullshit! I live near St. Vincent's in NYC. FUCKING MORGUE TRUCKS FOR MONTHS!
Hospitals renting refrigerated tractor trailers during early Covid because their morgues were overflowing bespeaks ICU's and all other inpatient units packed way beyond capacity. Dishonest does not begin to cover RFK's contention.
Sometimes, I get so aware of how stupid and dishonest Donald Trump is I forget how stupid and dishonest RFK JR is. But he always finds a way to remind me.
Republicans are like perseverated 12 year-olds who were out-of-place AF in high school: they constantly bad-mouth California – just like they did to their dream-girl who turned them down for the prom.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoHassett: "One of the metrics of shelter costs that I find most interesting is that they're going down pretty rapidly in places like California because everybody is leaving. Even though there are high prices in California, it puts downward pressure on inflation because everybody is leaving the state"
Trump, RFK jr, et. al., are trying to cull you and your family.
Translation: I don't like being called out on my fuck-ups and my autocracy – and I'm going to throw a tantrum right now.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoTrump says Jeanine Pirro "choked" and then snaps at a reporter who asks if her job is safe: "Don't ever talk again"
This type of display/characteristic in a person's personality (exampled here in the false belief that 'past athletic achievements are fictitious') is not only indicative of arrogance beyond measure, but it's also an extremely reliable indicator of very low and/or nonexistent empathy.
Razzball@razzball.bsky.social · 2d agoThe whole Mariners' pen believes Babe Ruth didn't exist. Kinda want all MLB players to believe this and make the owners agree to it in next CBA
People should look up “phosphorus bombs” And what phosphorus does to living human tissue
Human Rights Index 💙@humanrightsindex.bsky.social · 2d agoAccording to Lebanon’s National News Agency, Israeli forces used phosphorus bombs yesterday on two locations in southern Lebanon. The attacks caused fires in olive groves and pine forests, burning more than 120 hectares in Yaroun alone.
"The Trump administration admitted that it terminated nearly 300 federal research grants 'solely because' the projects were connected to states that voted against Donald Trump in 2024 and had two Democratic senators in office, according to court filings." www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Trump administration concedes it canceled research grants in blue states
The administration said 284 research grants were canceled because they were in states that voted against Donald Trump in 2024.
nbcnews.com
So now research is going to be directed by the Gilead State
Handmaid's Tale: Under His Eye Scene
ALT: Handmaid's Tale: Under His Eye Scene
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Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur.bsky.social · 2d ago"The Trump administration admitted that it terminated nearly 300 federal research grants 'solely because' the projects were connected to states that voted against Donald Trump in 2024 and had two Democratic senators in office, according to court filings." www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
