Reposted by @aweddleart.bsky.socialSATX Indivisible @satx-indivisible.bsky.social · 26/03/2025The public page got taken down by Facebook today. No warning. Just completely gone. We have the private fb group still though so that’s good. 011
Reposted by @aweddleart.bsky.socialSATX Indivisible @satx-indivisible.bsky.social · 25/03/2025#SanAntonio #CityCouncil elections are coming up FAST! Early voting starts in less than ONE MONTH! We are hosting a #GOTV Day of Action on March 30th. Please volunteer for any local municipal campaign this weekend at their regularly scheduled GOTV events. We will share some options on this thread: 1175
Reposted by @aweddleart.bsky.socialArt Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Stacey Plaskett: "In December of 2023, many people made Secretary Lloyd Austin go through the stages of the cross in self-flagellation and mea culpas for not informing the president that he was having a surgery, and now how we are treating Secretary Hegseth as if he is untouchable." Spot on! 150102472877
Reposted by @aweddleart.bsky.socialNPR @npr.org · 25/03/2025The Department of Veterans Affairs embraced telehealth, especially for mental health care, in recent years. Now, staffers hired to give therapy and other health care remotely are ordered to do it from offices lacking privacy, VA clinicians told NPR.npr.orgTrump's back-to-office order will hurt veterans, VA docs and therapists sayThe Department of Veterans Affairs embraced telehealth, especially for mental health care, in recent years. Now, staffers hired to give therapy and other health care remotely are ordered to do it from... 31752228
Reposted by @aweddleart.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/03/2025This has always been the GOP's strategy: 1) Cut taxes for the wealthy & corporations by claiming they'll pay for themselves. 2) Explode the deficit. 3) Demand cuts to vital programs that help millions. 4) Repeat. Don't let them get away with it. 494200115311
Reposted by @aweddleart.bsky.socialJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 26/03/2025The Times has to issue a correction here. An Executive order can’t “require” any such thing. Calling it ‘an aggressive push to catch” fraud is bad editorial judgment. The first part is demonstrably false. Those who have any voice to the Times need to demand this. Might as well say pigs fly. 19856561464
Reposted by @aweddleart.bsky.socialAnti-Malarkyite @jpj1421.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Looks like it's been since the Ben Harrison administration. bsky.app/profile/penn... 1152
Reposted by @aweddleart.bsky.socialAssemblymember Jo Anne Simon @joannesimonbk52.bsky.social · 25/03/2025The writing is on the wall—it's time for NY to divest from Tesla. Tesla's volatility & plummeting stock poses a risk to NY's pension fund. I sent a letter with 27 Assemblymembers urging NYS Comptroller DiNapol to divest. 1227761
Reposted by @aweddleart.bsky.socialHuey Li @hueyli.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Look at how fast my suspicion got verified. 532779362
Reposted by @aweddleart.bsky.socialLauren @laurenatlaw.bsky.social · 26/03/2025“Have you ever noticed there are two sets of rules in this country” is a theme we could hit harder here. Imho. 131870259
Reposted by @aweddleart.bsky.socialBella Chu @isabellachu.bsky.social · 25/03/2025The externalities of cars scale with weight, size and speed: space taken, gas burned, tire particulates, noise, pavement, cost to consumer and, above all, crash force, injuries and fatalities. Shrinking cars would accomplish most of the goals of EVs with many ancillary benefits, like fewer deaths. 20933151
Reposted by @aweddleart.bsky.socialTom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Some context: After the 2020 presidential election, Trump & others relied on a version of the independent state legislature theory, falsely claiming legislatures had so much power they could even overturn the results of the popular vote. Now Trump wants the federal government to control elections. 521143
Reposted by @aweddleart.bsky.socialJeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 26/03/2025here's today's post: "Signalgate is a five-alarm clusterfuck that just keeps getting worse" — and Republicans keep pretending it’s no big deal. thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter to keep getting the good stuff —bit.lySignalgate is a five-alarm clusterfuck that just keeps getting worseand Republicans keep pretending it’s no big deal 981513234
Reposted by @aweddleart.bsky.socialtwainjane.bsky.social @twainjane.bsky.social · 26/03/2025This was a tragedy of epic proportions. 😭 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangl...en.wikipedia.orgTriangle Shirtwaist Factory fire - Wikipedia 031
Reposted by @aweddleart.bsky.socialsoleless.bsky.social @soleless.bsky.social · 26/03/2025This could happen again. Union membership worldwide is at rock bottom, encouraging conservatives. A U.S. state wants to loosen child labour laws. Their government is decimating government departments, limiting oversight. If it is not time to join organised labour when is it? It can and will spread. 082
Reposted by @aweddleart.bsky.socialEllen Bender @ellenbnyc.bsky.social · 25/03/2025From @rtraister.bsky.social Triangle Day and the Impossibility of Remaining Intensely Peaceable open.substack.com/pub/rebeccat...open.substack.comTriangle Day and the Impossibility of Remaining Intensely PeaceableToday is the 114th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist factory, a day I remember every year, because it also happens to be the 91st anniversary of Gloria Steinem’s birth, the 83rd anniversary of Ar... 1139475
Reposted by @aweddleart.bsky.socialThe Sons of Liberty @sonsofliberty.bsky.social · 26/03/2025This is the full Signal Chat as released by The Atlantic this morning. Had a lot of MAGA clowns tell me it was fake news. Anyway MAGA clowns can engulf on this penile projectile. #WhiskeyLeaks 47612
Reposted by @aweddleart.bsky.socialGuardian US @us.theguardian.com · 26/03/2025"We should not mourn what Columbia has become, for as great as it may have been, none of this is entirely new," writes Rashid Khalidi, a professor at Columbia. "Columbia has long been run more like the vast, wealthy business and real estate empire that it is, than as an educational institution."theguardian.comDoes Columbia still merit the name of a university? | Rashid Khalidi 9335100
Reposted by @aweddleart.bsky.socialHam Roids 🎃 @anarchymarshmallow.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Right! And if you do have the means but don't want to, and that makes you feel bad, deal with it internally. Don't take it out on people who are trying to survive a genocide. No one is watching you. You can share, give a kind word, or keep scrolling. You don't need to spend time being an ass. 0158
Reposted by @aweddleart.bsky.socialSiddhartha Mitter @siddharthamitter.bsky.social · 26/03/2025The abductions continue. Now, a doctoral student in child development and Fulbright scholar from Turkey. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/26/m...bostonglobe.comFederal immigration authorities detain Tufts graduate student - The Boston GlobeIn an email Tuesday night, Tufts University President Sunil Kumar said the school received reports that the student was taken into custody outside an off-campus apartment building in Somerville. 3163117
Reposted by @aweddleart.bsky.socialChantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 26/03/2025Remember when my home state of North Carolina was banning masks & it was it outrage like my god those GOP infested hicks down there with no civilization! Mmm mhmm. Look at the democrat mayor of New York Kathy Hochul trying to do it. I keep telling y'all this fascism & COVID denial is bipartisan! 419132
Reposted by @aweddleart.bsky.socialAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Wisconsin residents are receiving text messages from a (202) D.C. area code, falsely urging them not to vote in the upcoming election. These messages are not legitimate. 544196298136
Reposted by @aweddleart.bsky.socialshelleydelayne.bsky.social @shelleydelayne.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Yeah, mine pointed out how hard it is to do that and wondered if it was actually done intentionally as a way to make sure EU saw the insults. Leaking war plans is 🤷♀️ because they believe no one can stop them even if plans are known. & they don’t care if servicemembers die; “that’s their job” 😐 3493
Reposted by @aweddleart.bsky.socialNPR @npr.org · 26/03/2025The Atomic Spectroscopy Group provides standardized measurements used across wide swaths of science and industry. The Trump administration plans to cut it.npr.orgTrump cuts threaten measurement lab critical for advanced chips and medical devicesThe Atomic Spectroscopy Group provides standardized measurements used across wide swaths of science and industry. The Trump administration plans to cut it. 26352108
Reposted by @aweddleart.bsky.socialChase Strangio @chasestrangio.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Well done, everyone. Who could have ever predicted it would come to this… 2567978
Reposted by @aweddleart.bsky.socialJohn Smillie @johnsmillie42.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Looks like there were about 44k deaths last year from COVID in the US, putting it on par with guns and cars, so officially the level that "we" stop caring about it. 251173258
Reposted by @aweddleart.bsky.socialMichael Bérubé @michael-berube.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Next thing you know Jewish physicists will be leaving Germany well before 1939 201328201
Reposted by @aweddleart.bsky.socialRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Meanwhile, just last month... "... commands that link the victim's phone to a new device—in this case, one in the hands of an eavesdropper who can then read every message the target sends or receives..." www.wired.com/story/russia...wired.comA Signal Update Fends Off a Phishing Technique Used in Russian EspionageGoogle warns that hackers tied to Russia are tricking Ukrainian soldiers with fake QR codes for Signal group invites that let spies steal their messages. Signal has pushed out new safeguards. 17963472414
Reposted by @aweddleart.bsky.socialIndivisible Acton Area ❌👑 @indactonma.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Hegseth has no honor. 1814397543
Reposted by @aweddleart.bsky.socialPoliticsGirl @politicsgirl.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Elect a clown. Expect a circus. Every single one of these people should be fired, and most likely in jail. Imagine a regular soldier or regular government worker did this and act accordingly. 25178381289
Reposted by @aweddleart.bsky.socialAdam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 25/03/2025I saw the work by Olga Lautman and he findings were disturbing: Steven Witkoff was in Russia when he was added to the signal chat. Russia has infiltrated Signal and used against Ukrainians. Very possible they have the classified signal info: 17623550812798
Reposted by @aweddleart.bsky.socialKara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Exactly 283257174268
Reposted by @aweddleart.bsky.socialGet Up, Stand Up‼️✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿 @getupstandup2.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Houlahan challenges FBI Director Ka$h Patel. He refuses to answer whether he will launch an investigation into #SignalGate, talks over Senator Houlahan [a woman] & when she asks to reclaim her time, the Nazi Senator Tom Cotton cuts her off. #WhiskeyGate 297
Reposted by @aweddleart.bsky.socialRep. Haley Stevens @rephaleystevens.bsky.social · 25/03/2025The American people deserve answers. Discussing sensitive war plans on a commercial messaging app that *accidentally* included a journalist is insane. 2132350
Reposted by @aweddleart.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 26/03/2025After the Atlantic published the texts this morning, Tulsi Gabbard is confronted today on why she lied in her testimony to the Senate yesterday. She says she misremembered. 65673854110378
Reposted by @aweddleart.bsky.socialJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 25/03/2025It's not uncommon for principals to put things together for a president's final sign off. Presidents are busy. But you can't read these texts and not get the strong sense the actl commander in chief isn't really part of the convo, not literally or figuratively. Out to lunch. Weekend at Bernies vibe. 36896141802
Reposted by @aweddleart.bsky.socialNPR @npr.org · 26/03/2025During a heated Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Tuesday, Sen. Mark Warner described the actions of the nation's top intelligence officials as "sloppy, careless, incompetent behavior."npr.org'Plain sloppiness': Sen. Mark Warner says on Signal chat fiascoDuring a heated Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Tuesday, Sen. Mark Warner described the actions of the nation's top intelligence officials as "sloppy, careless, incompetent behavior. 1583646568
Reposted by @aweddleart.bsky.socialDeborah Elizabeth Finn @deborahelizabeth.bsky.social · 26/03/2025 083
Reposted by @aweddleart.bsky.socialFlorence, Queen of Queer Tokusatsu @spookyflo.bsky.social · 26/03/2025I think that's sort of the point. Those people were fired illegally. We cannot lose sight of the fact that absolutely nothing this administration is doing is following the letter OR spirit of the law. That doesn't change the fact that they're doing it, but we can't let it become a normalized power. 2385
Reposted by @aweddleart.bsky.socialJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 25/03/20256/ is meaningless. 391315169
Reposted by @aweddleart.bsky.socialJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 25/03/20255/ threats about money. Those threats are plainly illegal. But that's where you need courts to stop him if he says to Pennsylvania: change your election law or all the money for roads and all your social security and medicare checks stop tomorrow. That's what this is about. The EO itself ... 131609259
Reposted by @aweddleart.bsky.socialJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 25/03/20254/ threatened numerous times: do what I want or I'll cut off federal in your state: money for roads, money for your hospitals, Social Security checks for people who live in your state. There's not even a place to start for Trump to do the things he demands in this EO. It's all about his ... 61435238
Reposted by @aweddleart.bsky.socialJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 25/03/20253/ ability to review state election laws for compliance with federal law and the federal constitution. President's don't have any role in that other than filing lawsuits to enforce federal law or constitutional protections. Look at the actual EO and Trump is trying again to do what he's ... 21452237
Reposted by @aweddleart.bsky.socialJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 25/03/20252/ They're more or less like tweets. They have no legal standing in courts beyond being statements of the Presidents goals and directives to members of the executive branch. States run elections. The Congress has a limited ability to make rules for the conduct of federal elections. Courts have ... 102053331
Reposted by @aweddleart.bsky.socialJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 25/03/2025It's critical for everyone to remember what an Executive Order is. It is the President communicating orders to members of the executive branch. Policies to pursue, actions to take, etc. They are not laws. They are not close to being laws. They are formalized memos to employees. That's all. 10215588217482
Reposted by @aweddleart.bsky.socialJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 17/03/2025So it appears DOGE has decreed that Social Security administration will no longer provide phone support. At all. This is in addition to shutting down a ton of local SSA offices. www.axios.com/2025/03/17/s...axios.comLeaked memo: DOGE plots to cut Social Security phone supportChanges could break the system, former officials say. 1231162068510
Reposted by @aweddleart.bsky.socialNPR @npr.org · 17/03/2025While the VA never offered gender-affirming surgery, it did offer treatments like hormone therapy. The agency says less than than 0.1% of the 9 million veterans it provides care for identify as trans.npr.orgThe VA will deny gender dysphoria treatment to new patientsWhile the VA never offered gender-affirming surgery, it did offer treatments like hormone therapy. The agency says less than than 0.1% of the 9 million veterans it provides care for identify as trans. 57936226
