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Chicana Chingona

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Chicana in AZ. Keeping it real. Food. Politics. Science. Community. Truth.

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Chicana Chingona @cactuscaddie.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
100 Days of Ethics Erasure Date April 25, 2025 Case: Holding the Trump Administration to High Ethical Standards campaignlegal.org/document/100...
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100 Days of Ethics Erasure
Over the first 100 days of his second term in office, President Trump has already eroded public trust by prioritizing his own wealth or the wants of special interests. CLC has identified 27 times that...
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 20/03/2026
"The years I spent as a House and Senate staffer taught me that most of the time, slapping a sympathetic person’s name on a bill is a cheap way of making well-intentioned but often bad policy more popular." This one is not that:
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Trump Is Getting Drilled, Baby, Drilled
And he has no one to blame but himself.
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Dustin Volz @dustinvolz.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Some personal news: After nearly eight fantastic years, today is my last day at @wsj.com. Next month I'm starting with @nytimes.com to cover cybersecurity, intelligence, and more. I'm thrilled to be joining such an excellent team, and can't wait to get started.
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 20/03/2026
China could be the world’s biggest public funder of science within two years www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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China could be the world’s biggest public funder of science within two years
Forecast by science-policy researchers raises questions about where the epicentre of global research will shift to in the coming decade.
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Chicana Chingona @cactuscaddie.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Interior renews campaign for employees to snitch on ‘DEI discrimination’ in the department www.govexec.com/management/2...
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Interior renews campaign for employees to snitch on ‘DEI discrimination’ in the department
The refusal to participate in DEI activities is covered by whistleblower protection laws, DOI says.
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Chicana Chingona @cactuscaddie.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Trump Nominates an Apostle of ‘White Erasure’ for the State Department [Gift Link] www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...
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Trump Nominates an Apostle of ‘White Erasure’ for the State Department
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Robin MacNab @robinmacnab.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
In Pursuit of the Monarch’s Magnetic Sense. The magnetic compass is the last unknown sense in migrating animals. For some scientists, the monarch butterfly is leading the way. Gift article www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/s...
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In Pursuit of the Monarch’s Magnetic Sense
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🦋 kris🌻⋆⋆⋆ @eviebauer727.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Everything in there is true except the stuff about Trump which is completely false. Oh, ok. GTFO out of here pedo clown.
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The Potty Mouth Pundit @pottymouthpundit.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
This is fucking insane. Epstein’s bro thinks Trump “authorized” his murder in jail: www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
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Latest Epstein files name Trump multiple times
In the more than 10,000 files released Tuesday, Jeffrey Epstein’s brother, Mark Epstein, said the sex trafficker was killed because he was going to name co-conspirators.
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Chicana Chingona @cactuscaddie.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
I like how this Administration's trolls are trying to rage bait Dems with Bill Clinton. Please! Take him we don't care. We want to tear it all down. ANYONE involved with Epstein needs to be revealed. Justice for the true victims.
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Chicana Chingona @cactuscaddie.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
White House on the defensive when asked how billionaire Trump can tell average Americans to limit kids’ Christmas gifts ca.news.yahoo.com/white-house-...
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White House on the defensive when asked how billionaire Trump can tell average Americans to limit kids’ Christmas gifts
Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt also ignored a question on why President Donald Trump has falsely claimed a farm bailout program is funded by tariffs
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Sune Engel Rasmussen @suneengel.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
“All these folks that fought our wars should have been granted veteran status. We gotta make sure they get the same benefits as our veterans” Advocates say the US should allow in more, not fewer, Afghans, and provide mental health counseling. My story: www.wsj.com/politics/nat... #afghanistan
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Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Targets Even Closest Wartime Allies
The door is now shut to some 265,000 Afghans waiting to come, many of whom worked with the U.S. or have loved ones who did.
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Chicana Chingona @cactuscaddie.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
I shouldn't have to seek comfort in the fact that everything is f-ked up for so many. We shouldn't be seeking comfort in the pain of others. "We're all in the same boat." No, we're not! Those making it worse are living high on the hog, on the backs of what's left of the middle class and below.
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Chicana Chingona @cactuscaddie.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Estamos Todos by Intocable www.shazam.com/track/834834...
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Estamos Todos - Intocable: Song Lyrics, Music Videos & Concerts
Listen to Estamos Todos by Intocable. See lyrics and music videos, find Intocable tour dates, buy concert tickets, and more!
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Chicana Chingona @cactuscaddie.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
The idea that the chances of getting pregnant plummet at 35 is widespread. But it’s not totally true. Gift Link 🎁: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/w...
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Does the ‘Fertility Cliff’ Really Hit at 35?
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Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
RIP Frank Gehry. I’ve enjoyed the sights and sounds of his Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park so many times.
A view of the Chicago skyline at night through the Jay Pritzker Pavilion trellis at night, with colors reflected on the pavilion’s metal curls seen on the right side.A crowd in front of the Pritzker Pavilion’s stage and its curled metal shapes.The pavilion’s trellis over an empty lawn on a foggy day.A view of the Chicago skyline at night through the Jay Pritzker Pavilion trellis at night, with the pavilion’s metal curls and stage seen on the right side.
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Chicana Chingona @cactuscaddie.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
When It Pays to Invest in Commodities Stock-and-bond portfolios suffer when inflation spikes, but a commodities stake would cut risk and boost returns, research finds www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
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When It Pays to Invest in Commodities
Stock-and-bond portfolios suffer when inflation spikes, but a commodities stake would cut risk and boost returns. And the cost would be minimal when inflation is low.
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Eugenia @eugeniast.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
The kidney donor’s family told doctors about his skunk scratch before his organs were donated. Doctors should’ve known skunks are one of the top 5 rabies vectors: bats, raccoons, skunks, coyotes, foxes. Several other recipients had transplants removed. One tested + www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/h...
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Kidney Recipient Dies After Transplant From Organ Donor Who Had Rabies
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RAOK @evolvingempathy.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
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Pete Hegseth Is Seriously Testing Trump’s ‘No Scalps’ Rule
Lawmakers are finally waking up to the problems the defense secretary has created.
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RAOK @evolvingempathy.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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Putin Lives by a Code Trump Doesn’t Understand
Where Trump sees a deal, Putin sees submission.
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Blaise Boo-lysse Bernard Collins @wittywebhandle.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Crypto as a whole has a market cap of just over $3T AI, a 'field' in which 95% of businesses produce LESS THAN NOTHING is worth TENS OF TRILLIONS THE TULIPS ARE FUCKING AI
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Bitcoin Is Starting to Look Like a Digital Tulip
It’s been a tough few weeks for holders of Bitcoin. Not long ago you could, with a little effort, make a reasonable case that it was a bit like gold. Digital gold.
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Chicana Chingona @cactuscaddie.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Gift Link🎁 The 'Con Job' is something ol' Donnie knows well. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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Trump Campaigned on Affordability. Now He’s Calling the Idea a ‘Con Job.’
His messaging on the cost of living contradicts itself.
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Chicana Chingona @cactuscaddie.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
SCOOP: David Gentile reported to prison on Nov. 14 to begin a 7-year sentence for what prosecutors described as a $1.6B scheme that defrauded thousands of victims. Trump commuted Gentile's sentence 12 days later, freeing him from prison. 🎁 link www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
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Trump Frees Fraudster Just Days Into Seven-Year Prison Sentence
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Chicana Chingona @cactuscaddie.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Estamos Todos by Intocable www.shazam.com/track/834834...
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Estamos Todos - Intocable: Song Lyrics, Music Videos & Concerts
Listen to Estamos Todos by Intocable. See lyrics and music videos, find Intocable tour dates, buy concert tickets, and more!
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Joe 👻Boo!🎃 dek @joedudekjd.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Every claim in this paragraph is false, which cannot bode well for the rest of the post.
Our current operations in the Caribbean are lawful under both U.S. and international law, with all actions in compliance with the law is armed conflict — and approved by the best military and civilian lawyers, up and down the chain of command.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Who’s gonna tell ‘em
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
A chapter in Hegseth’s book is literally titled “More Lethality, Less Lawyers.” It’s almost as if there were signs!
Pete Hegseth Chapter 10
More Lethality, Less Lawyers
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Josh Russell @jrussjruss.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Another SDNY prosecution to be upended by Trump pardon: Trump announced Friday he plans to pardon former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who was convicted of narco-conspiracy charges at criminal trial and sentenced to 45 years in prison. www.courthousenews.com/ex-honduran-...
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Ex-Honduran president gets 45 years in prison for narco-bribery conspiracy
Prosecutors asked that Hernández be sentenced to life in prison plus an additional 30 years for his role in profiting from a narco-state that caused a surge in
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Virginia Heffernan @virginiaheffernan.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Could Jeffrey Epstein Read? Thinking wasn’t easy for him. virginiaheffernan.substack.com/p/could-jeff...
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Could Jeffrey Epstein Read?
For decades, Epstein controlled the American idea industry. But thinking wasn’t easy for him.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 29/11/2025
What is an autopen and why can’t Trump stop talking about it?
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What is an autopen and why can’t Trump stop talking about it?
The first autopen was patented in the 1800s and has been used by many American presidents
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
In sworn testimony during his trial, a witness testified that former President Hernández once said that he wanted to “shove drugs right up the noses of the gringos.” Now he is going to be granted a pardon by President Trump — not even a commutation — and be freed from a 45-year prison sentence.
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Chicana Chingona @cactuscaddie.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Photo showing former honduran president with trump. Both have a thumbs up. 
" Bombing boats. Threatening to invade Venezuela. All to "stop drugs." And now he's pardoning a man who helped traffic 400 tons of cocaine to the U.S. "
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 28/11/2025
Trump to pardon ex-Honduran president serving 45 years for drug trafficking on.ft.com/4iBRcNJ
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Trump to pardon ex-Honduran president serving 45 years for drug trafficking
Clemency for Juan Orlando Hernández comes ahead of fraught elections in Central American country on Sunday
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
"I co-wrote Trump's first anti-terrorism plan in 2017-2018. He's not trying to stop "left wing" terrorism. He is staging it. His troop deployments are a false flag – meant to provoke a response in order to justify harsh crackdowns. This is now very obvious." Miles Taylor
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Profolus @profolus.com · 28/11/2025
Trump appears to be struggling to keep up with his responsibilities due to his age. Observers noted office hours starting late in the day, more time off from Washington, and visible signs of fatigue in public settings.
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Observed Tell-Tale Signs Donald Trump is Aging in Office - Profolus
Donald Trump has been starting office late in the day and has been taking a lot of time off from Washington.
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
The idea that a country and the descendants of its colonizers who committed mass genocide of native people – while kidnapping and enslaving countless millions of others – treats recent immigrants as criminals while indiscriminately kidnapping and deporting them is beyond words hypocritical and evil.
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Profolus @profolus.com · 28/11/2025
Neuroscience researcher Dr. Alex Korb explained that feelings of gratitude activate the regions in the brain associated with the release of dopamine—a neurotransmitter that plays in the reward-motivation system.
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Neuroscience: Link Between Gratitude And Happiness - Profolus
There is a strong association between gratitude and happiness. Researchers and neuroscientists have tried to explain the science behind this.
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Profolus @profolus.com · 28/11/2025
KONSYSE: The Trump administration has canceled the advance GDP estimate for the third quarter of 2025. This adds to a growing gap in key economic indicators for policymakers, businesses, and the public.
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The Trump Administration is Delaying the Release of Key Economic Reports — Konsyse
The Trump administration has canceled the advance GDP estimate for the third quarter of 2025.
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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
"Contrary to Miller and Trump, Lakanwal’s shooting spree is not the result of importing Afghan culture to America. While much will surely be revealed in Lakanwal’s upcoming trial, it looks more like the result of importing American culture to Afghanistan." New from me @zeteo.com
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He Killed for the CIA in Afghanistan. Trump Blames Afghan Culture Instead of Langley’s
After the National Guard shooting, the US needs to reckon with how its legacy of global violence inevitably comes home. Stephen Miller wants to do anything but.
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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
i do not regret to inform you we are going to win
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
The president is such a bumbling idiot he thinks tweeting out the word "hereby" a couple times on his white supremacist social media site is the same thing as making an actual law. The only story here is the one about a mentally diminished, increasingly erratic president who thinks he's a king.
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Chris Morran @themorrancave.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
If you want to read the full @propublica.org investigation into CIA-backed Afghan Zero Units, here's Lynzy Billing's award-winning piece from 2022:
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The Night Raids
CIA-backed operations killed countless Afghan civilians, and the U.S. hasn't been held accountable. A reporter returns to investigate her past and unravel the legacy of the secretive Zero Units.
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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Trump entered the Mar-a-Lago ballroom for his Thanksgiving feast to the song “We Are the World,” a song used to raise money to help starving children. Trump himself has cut aid to address global famine and has fought for the right to cut food stamps from American families.
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 28/11/2025
If the U.S. was at war, Pete Hegseth's order would be a war crime, a military lawyer said. Instead, it might just be murder. wapo.st/49KbUJ1
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Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Hagueseth
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Patrick Wolfinbarger @wyowolfy.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Miller's statement demonstrates far more natural born Americans are having a harder time assimilating into the founding precepts that all are created equal, that all are endowed with certain unalienable Rights, and that government derives their just powers from the people.
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Trumpism and Trumpists are incompatible with American culture and traditions and should be purged.
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