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If you don’t understand the difference between abortion being an individual decision that affects only oneself & vaccine refusal being a public health choice that affects herd immunity & thus the health of your community, you have zero fucking business working in, let alone overseeing public health.
Here and in climate adaptation, the federal government is actively resisting some of the most transformative technologies of my lifetime while embracing scams and falsehoods, it's like we're being ruled by Amish Lyle Lanley
In another usual fragile ego move, Trump says he is refusing to open a fully built bridge over some petty bullshit with Canada. “I will not allow this bridge to open until the US is fully compensated for everything we have given them."
In other words, he wants a bribe.
www.cnn.com/2026/02/10/p...
Incredible stuff from @wsj.com
www.wsj.com/us-news/igno...
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
This is the America that Trump & Vance want. It's a direct and intentional result of their policies.
Underneath the name Charlie Hebdo is a pile of bloodied dead bodies representing US citizens killed by ICE. The pile of bodies are collected in one corner to represent the stars of the US flag and the streaks of blood caused by them being dragged across the ground form the red and white stripes. In the foreground an armed skinhead officer with an ICE vest is dragging his latest victim with multiple gunshots to join the pile. The world is watching in horror.
Wow.
The front page of tomorrow’s Charlie Hebdo magazine in France.
Professor Snyder, what should we be doing? I’m an American adult, don’t live in Minnesota, want to do something effective to try to save our country from current administration.
A contemporaneous record can’t rely on platforms built for ephemerality. Feeds reorder, context slips, memory edits itself. Some things require permanence.
What happened does not belong to the feed. It belongs to the public.
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Carrie Chapman Catt
OTD in 1859, Carrie Chapman Catt was born. She led the largest org pushing for the 19th Amend. After ratification, she said: “The vote is a power, a weapon of offense & defense, a prayer. Use it intelligently, conscientiously, prayerfully. Progress is calling to you to make no pause. Act.” #WeTheMen
Priorities.
"300 agents stormed the building, rappelled from a helicopter, knocked down doors and hurled flash-bang grenades. Agents ziptied and detained many US citizens for hours..."
Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
Excellent book, well researched and documented , easy to read. Expanded my knowledge of legal history of women’s rights in US.
More than 80 organizations that provide health care for women all over the world received grants Wednesday totaling $250 million from Melinda French Gates after a year-long application process.
They _certainly_ would not put up gender-ideology-based barriers between veterans and the treatments they need for their probably-service-related-but-it's-near-impossible-to-prove-how-you-got-cancer cancers.
"Male breast cancer" is no more a distinct disease than "male PTSD" or "male heart attack."
The whole time on the Jan 6 committee, every republicans talking point to the media was “It’s just time to move on and look forward.” Now they are obsessed and on their SECOND investigation of the investigation and of course are at a brick wall
Belva Lockwood
On this day in 1830, Belva Lockwood was born. She became a pioneering attorney and 1884 presidential candidate. In 1894, she challenged Virginia's refusal to admit her to the state bar. She lost, even though VA’s statute explicitly authorized admission to “any person” admitted elsewhere. #WeTheMen
Trump was required to get approval from congress, which he didn't do, and no one is demanding why not! Congress and the mainstream media just let it slide.
"Somebody just reminded me that the people on Flight 93, who famously cried out “Let’s Roll” knowing that they were going to die protecting the White House. And this is what Trump has done to it."
threads.com/@elaineroberts2525
Watertown Massachusetts rally in support of democracy, US Constitution (three photos of people holding signs)
NoKings
Watertown, Massachusetts. This is what democracy looks like.
The only violence I’ve been seeing in Portland is from the so-called Feds!!!
Keep sharing these videos; it’s evidence.
“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Genuinely incredible how unprofessional these guys are. One dude yelling in your face and you immediately assault them on camera?
If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove that you are a citizen.
And just like that you’ve disappeared
A screenshot of an X post with a black background and white text, featuring a "Being Liberal" logo in the top right corner. The post lists products launched by Donald Trump, including TrumpRX, Trump Gold Card, Trump Mobile, Trump Coin, and Trump Social/Truth Social. It also mentions upcoming projects: Trump Golf Resort in Qatar, Trump Plaza in Saudi Arabia, and Trump Tower in UAE. Additional claims include Melania having a crypto coin, Jared buying EA, and Trump accepting a $40M jet from Qatar. The post ends with a sarcastic remark about the Bushes and Clintons being the "swamp" and questions about grocery bills, salaries, and the feeling of getting poorer while the president and his family get richer.
And this is just a small sample of the scams and the grift!
“Distemper of the soul” - good description, worth remembering.
As @mbkplus.bsky.social says, tune in to livefromwatthall.transistor.fm on Tuesday. You might even hear me rant about our private equity overlords!
