#ThisWeekInWTF

Kirsten Grady

@mrskgrady.bsky.social

7 months ago

House Oversight subcommittee votes to subpoena DOJ for Epstein files | CNN Politics A House Oversight subcommittee voted Wednesday to subpoena the Department of Justice to release the Jeffrey Epstein files. House Oversight Chair James Comer will be required to sign the subpoena befor...

It’s unraveling.

A House Oversight subcommittee just voted to subpoena the DOJ for the Epstein files. The truth has a long fuse… but it’s lit now.

House Oversight vote coverage via CNN: share.google/uARE4jvgdEbD...

#ThisWeekInWTF #EpsteinFiles

Kirsten Grady

@mrskgrady.bsky.social

7 months ago

The Wall Street Journal reports the Justice Department has notified Trump that he is in the Epstein files.

In other news, water is wet and the sky is blue.

#ThisWeekInWTF #EpsteinFiles

Kirsten Grady

@mrskgrady.bsky.social

7 months ago

A guinea pig as a supreme court justice with the caption: Ruth Bader Guinea Pig...more qualified than some SCOTUS justices

In honor of surviving another week in social work, Ruth Bader Guinea Pig reminds us: “Fight for the things you care about... with snacks.” May your boundaries be strong, your documentation complete, and your hay piles never-ending.

#ThisWeekInWTF #SocialWorkHumor #GuineaPigWisdom

Kirsten Grady

@mrskgrady.bsky.social

7 months ago

The Senate just passed $9 billion in cuts targeting public media and foreign aid. Because nothing says “small government” like gutting information access and global support. It’s not budgeting; it’s silencing. Watch the House next.
#ThisWeekInWTF #SpendingCuts #PublicMedia #SenateGOP #Budget2025

Kirsten Grady

@mrskgrady.bsky.social

7 months ago

Trump says he didn’t write a lewd note to Epstein with a naked doodle. But the fact that this even has to be denied? That’s the real #ThisWeekInWTF moment. If this is the hill, we’re already deep in the valley.
#Trump #EpsteinFiles

Kirsten Grady

@mrskgrady.bsky.social

8 months ago

Cannabis farm worker in California dies day after chaotic federal immigration raid The manager of one farm, Edgar Rodriguez, a U.S. citizen, said he was handcuffed, thrown to the ground and had his arm twisted behind his back after he asked to see a warrant.

Update: one of the injured workers has died from head trauma. Tear-gas, rubber bullets, now a fatality...over an immigration warrant at a licensed grow. Hard to call this “routine.” Full story: www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

#ThisWeekInWTF

Kirsten Grady

@mrskgrady.bsky.social

8 months ago

Federal agents use force during immigration raid at two California farms Immigration and Customs Enforcement responded to protesters with chemical munitions

ICE, CBP, even the National Guard stormed two California cannabis farms...armored trucks, tear gas, rubber bullets, kids choking, a congressman locked out. They call it a “routine check.” It looks like farm-labor theatre in riot gear.

More: www.theguardian.com/...

#ThisWeekInWTF

Kirsten Grady

@mrskgrady.bsky.social

8 months ago

First immigration detainees arrive at 'Alligator Alcatraz' in Florida Everglades The first group of immigrants has arrived at a new detention center deep in the Florida Everglades that officials have dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” a spokesperson for Republican state Attorney General James Uthmeier told The Associated Press.

Welcome to “Alligator Alcatraz”: 100-degree tents, spoiled sandwiches, no showers, worship denied, cables sparking in floodwater. Officials shrug while detainees beg for water. Freedom shouldn’t taste like swamp water.

More: www.pbs.org/newshour...
#ThisWeekInWTF

Kirsten Grady

@mrskgrady.bsky.social

8 months ago

Court Rules EPA Failed to Properly Consider, Update Water Pollution Standards For Oil Refineries, Plastics Plants The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today that the Environmental Protection Agency acted unlawfully in declining to update water pollution control standards for seven major industries. The industri...

The EPA just got roasted by a federal court... for still using REAGAN-ERA pollution rules. Yes, 1980s tech is regulating 2025 water waste.

“Updating standards every 30+ years” is bold strategy, Cotton.

biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...

#PolicyParody #EnvironmentalJustice #ThisWeekInWTF

Kirsten Grady

@mrskgrady.bsky.social

9 months ago

Sen. Alex Padilla handcuffed after forced removal from DHS press conference Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was in Los Angeles as part of a broad federal response to public demonstrations against immigration raids.

The Speaker lied. There’s video. Senator Padilla was handcuffed for asking questions. DHS is off the rails, and the entire GOP is cosigning it. This isn’t policy...it’s a coup in slow motion.

#Padilla #Coup #ThisWeekInWTF #AbolishICE #SocialWorkersUnite

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