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Ocean protector and fighter for democracy. I live somewhere near the sea.
RFK Jr's CDC reportedly scaled back foodborne disease tracking last year, removing cyclospora from mandatory reporting. The CDC also lost roughly 3,000 employees since 2025. Now a cyclosporiasis outbreak has killed 2 and sickened thousands across 45 states. "Make America Healthy Again."
Infantino tried to sell off the World Cup to Jared Kushner brother and now he might lose his job as FIFA president. Proving that there is never a way to win by working with Trump.
🥴 At the rate we are going, there won’t be any ice to break.
Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin@ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 4d agoThis story is absolutely insane. Courtesy of the President’s childlike fascination with icebreaker ships, the US now has 11 new ones, more than twice it needs, at a cost of $7 billion. The only good news is that the money came out of “border security” in the BBB. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/c...
This is generational damage. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/u...
Trump Administration Plans to Upend Head Start by Deregulating It
The White House tried but failed to block funding for preschool for poor children. Instead, it will seek to strip away standards on health, literacy — and brushing teeth.
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This man broke his two year old child’s collarbone and has the nerve to claim he’s innocent.
Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3d agoMax Miller is denying all the allegations against him and you can tell he's sincere because of the popped collar.
It’s not shocking that DV victims try to keep the peace, let alone when there are children in the mix. I’ve been there. You will do anything to keep him from hurting you again or in front of your kids, until you have the means and the ability to get safe.
Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3d agoAnyone who has worked with domestic violence victims know the answer to this is too often yes.
I’m just going to say also that releasing your wife’s medical files when she tells the truth about your abuse is another form of abuse.
"If a country unquestioningly adopts language that obscures its bloodiest crimes to absolve their worst perpetrators, how can we expect successive generations to remember the new assaults on democracy without deploying equally forgiving language?" www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/o...
Opinion | The ‘Civil War’ Is a Lie. Let’s Call It the ‘Slaveholders’ Rebellion’ Again. (Gift Article)
To face our own history, we must be honest about it.
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The NYC Gay Men's Chorus in 1993. The men in white were the only original chorus members to make it out of the AIDS crisis. We lost SO many young people.
ɪᴍᴍᴀɴᴜᴇʟ ᴋᴜɴᴛ@soberthots.blacksky.app · 4d agoHearing Jennifer Lewis talk about the losses she experienced during the AIDS crisis really contextualizes how bad it was. She said that every day she would get a phone call saying at least 3-5 people passed away, and this is just within her immediate circle - think about it nationally.
NEW: In 2025 ICE obtained DNA from nearly one million people and funneled it into an FBI criminal database. The collection likely included DNA from young children and was backed by the threat of criminal prosecution. The raw genetic material is stored indefinitely. Free to read:
ICE Collected Nearly 1 Million People’s DNA Last Year—Including Young Children
Internal documents show ICE's DNA collection has skyrocketed in the second Trump administration. Now hundreds of thousands of people never convicted of a crime are in an FBI criminal database forever.
wired.com
Just unfathomable humiliation and cruelty. Please read this piece and understand what our government is doing to trans troops.
Greg Jaffe@gregjaffe.bsky.social · 2d ago"The Pentagon has treated the trans separation board hearings with levels of security and silence usually reserved for state secrets... In some cases, service members’ spouses and even the service members themselves are kept out." w/ Dave Philipps www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u...
If you don’t want mandatory genital exams for girls’ sports, it’s time to make a donation to No Hate in WA State. An oligarch funded ballot initiative would mandate exactly that, and it would be the first of many to come. www.thecut.com/article/wash...
The Push to Force Genital Exams on Student Athletes
In just a few months, Washington could become the first state to require sex-verification tests for girls playing sports in K–12 schools.
thecut.com
Can't think of a thing that will radicalize a generation faster than "you've gotta let that old man in the corner over there see what's inside those pants before you play Kindergarten volleyball."
Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 2d agoAn initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play
NONE OF THESE MONSTERS will get away this time. Keep ALL receipts for the soon upcoming MASS Nuremberg Tribunal Trials 2.0! No need for PROOF BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT.
“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
As everything seems to crater around us, I want to impress upon you that there is ALWAYS SOMETHING YOU CAN DO. Billionaires and their politicians want us to believe that we are helpless. We are NOT. If something makes you mad, find out who's responsible and CALL THEM. Tell others to call.
This is a blatant disregard for human life. It is a form of genocide. He was denied his medication and died. He lived here for 20 years with a valid work permit and now his 12 year old daughter has no father. They are all fucking Nazis and will be held accountable.
Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin@ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 2d agoI heard about this earlier today. He was denied his meds, taken out on a stretcher on Saturday and was DOA at the hospital. The Trump regime is running death camps.
$100 Million Not for children Or disabled Or Veterans, healthcare, food for children, people who are homeless due to global warming weather flooding fires... For RACISM! To elect racists so that he and 47 make America something that it never was and should never be! Vote wisely it's power
US Political Politics News 💙🌈🦋The Fighting Liberal@us-political-news.bsky.social · 5d agoSo much for Elon Musk staying out of politics
Louisiana, recall Jeff Landry. The worst governor ever. ✅ Request a packet by mail or email. ✅ Sign & return it. ✅ Become a volunteer & help others do the same. Be part of the movement. Take Louisiana back. For the future our state deserves. 🌐 LouisianaDeservesBetter.com #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
Cheap gas won't save Trump, now at a new all-time approval low ->Strength in Numbers | More info at BigEarthData.ai
Cheap gas won't save Trump, now at a new all-time approval low
This post is free to read, but if you want to support my independent data-driven political journalism and get premium posts like these sent to your inbox 2x a week, become a paying subscriber to Strength In Numbers today. Members also get early access to data products, a private community on Discord for our political data nerds, and an ad-free newsletter experience. From time to time, Strength In Numbers accepts sponsors for free posts sent out to all readers (never paywalled articles). These funds help pay for things like data acquisition, subscriber churn, and staff members, including people who help with the podcast and survey research. This post contains one such sponsorship, clearly denoted after the introductory portion of the article. After several new polls dropped this week, Donald Trump just hit the lowest approval rating of his presidency. Worse than that, he hit a new low two days in a row (and counting). Our own average over at FiftyPlusOne has the president around 36% approve, and 61% disapprove — a net score of −25. This is a historically bad rating for a president at this point in his term. It’s even worse than Biden’s rating at this point in...
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YIKES!! Trump’s ICE INVASION has NEW TARGET #MeidasTouch
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YIKES!! Trump’s ICE INVASION has NEW TARGET
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America's gun psychopathy continues: *324* mass shootings so far in 2026. 💔😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer This one, with 1 person killed and 3 others wounded on July 3, 2026, almost escaped our attention: www.krqe.com/news/albuque...
Downtown Albuquerque police shooting leaves one dead, three injured in chaotic scene
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A chaotic scene in downtown Albuquerque leaves a person dead and multiple people injured Friday night, makes for the seventh police shooting involving the Albuquerqu…
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Republicans not stopping Trump because he is carrying their goal: Kill the US Constitution Republicans work for OLIGARCHS & gave them $1 TRILLION in tax cuts Zero to Americans Republicans cover-up Epstein-Trump Rapes Trump's $6 BILLION richer & economy UNAFFORDABLE Vote💙 #usa Flip Congress 🌊