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Sandra Yarema

@sandrayarema.bsky.social
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Teacher Educator, science nerd, mom, voracious reader. 🚫No DMs, 🚫 No porn

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Trump and Elon not only gutted screwworm detection funding, but they then let Mexico send livestock to the US without screwworm monitoring.
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Brooke @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
There's an incredible story by Ursula Le Guin in which women organize a revolution on a slave planet while the men are getting worked to death in the fields, so and soon as all the slavers are gone the men turn around and enslave all the women
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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 10/06/2026
Super looking forward to civil rights laws protecting only white dudes. Black plaintiffs will have to prove an employer had discriminatory intent. White plaintiffs will too—but they’ll just point to DEI policies as proof of discriminatory intent and some Trump judge is going to say sure ok.
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Justice Department Concludes EEOC Disparate-Impact Guidelines Violate the Constitution
WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice has issued an opinion to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) that its guidelines about disparate-impact liability under Title VII of the Civil R...
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James Davenport @jradavenport.com · 10/06/2026
My read of this is: if your goal is to eliminate peer review, simply raise the never ending specter of “conflict of interest” and deem everyone ineligible for review. “We can’t let scientists judge their own proposals, that would be a conflict of interest” is where we are going
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kenofseattle @kenofseattle.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
And so it appears the Republican Party has such a bad pedophilia problem they've unanimously decided to simply endorse it.
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Jay Hightman @jay.hightman.org · 02/06/2026
This is a pattern for Trump... Want fewer COViD cases? Cut back on testing. He calls climate change a hoax. So cut back on both atmospheric and ocean monitoring. For Trump, this is problem solved. His policies against green energy and support for oil, natural gas and coal add to a warming world!
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Trump admin is terminating a vast network of ocean monitors
Hundreds of instruments are being yanked from the seas worldwide by the National Science Foundation.
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Morgan Fairchild @morgfair.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
No, it’s a press office…
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
“.. No female officers were included on the new one-star list, .. despite the fact that women make up about 21 percent of the active-duty Navy. The list appears to include only two nonwhite officers, even though .. minorities make up about 38 percent ..” www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/u...
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CorrinaLeeB 🇨🇦 @corrina.sheshed.rocks · 01/06/2026
Women have always been at the center of building families, communities & a better future. Strength is measured by resilience, compassion & the ability to keep moving forward despite every obstacle. Women don’t need permission to be powerful. History has already proven it!! #SheShed #StrongWomen
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SCKrys @sckrys1801.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Love is Love ♥️
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Greg Jaffe @gregjaffe.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Hegseth Strikes Female and Black Navy Officers From Promotion List. The net result: a slate of 22 new one-star admiral nominees that bears little resemblance to the broader force these officers will help lead. Of special note: The list has no women. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/u...
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Hegseth Strikes Female and Black Navy Officers From Promotion List
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Laurel Davila @laureldavilacpa.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
“Americans did it before. We can do it again. But ONLY if We the People see that the AMERICAN REICH (aka today’s so-called “Republican” Party) is OBLITERATED and no longer controls the U.S. military.” #Pinks #MomSky #ProudBlue
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 30/05/2026
I’m a climate scientist. Let me fix this headline. “Nearly a century ago, scientists showed that burning fossil fuels warms the planet. Today, we know human emissions account for over 100% of the warming. Yet dark money and disinformation still work to keep Americans addicted to fossil fuels.”
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 30/05/2026
How do we regularly have conversations around the crisis of masculinity fueling reactionary politics via the Republican Party and just never include that perspective?
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
nah he's not a pathological narcissist—couldn't possibly be 😂🤣
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RogueResistanceKnitter 🥄🐸 @rogueresistknitter.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
He's saying the quiet part out loud. He's targeting Disney because it isn't white enough.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 29/05/2026
It’s truly astonishing to see how comprehensively the US government is tearing down every part of the system that has made it up until now a world-leading power in science, research, and technological development. The entire world will suffer from this wanton destruction.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
This is Ken Paxton's mugshot. He was indicted on 3 felony counts for investment fraud. He was reported to the FBI by his own staff for bribery. He was impeached by his own party for corruption. Now he’s the Republican nominee for US Senate in Texas. Together we will stop him.
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Captain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
This is a hard-fought win. But don't expect the fight to end here. Trump will continue pushing states to redraw their maps to secure his own power by diluting Black representation in Congress — and we have to keep fighting it.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Dude, your boss is currently trying to steal $1,776,000,000 from the Treasury. And that’s just *one* of his scams. You people have ZERO self-awareness.
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hilzoy @hilzoy.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
So I read Into The Wood Chipper, which is a quite good account of what it feels like to have DOGE destroy the agency you work for and love, with huge numbers of lives on the line. I was struck by how long ago this feels to me.
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Into the Wood Chipper: A Whistleblower's Account of How the Trump Administration Shredded USAID
Nicholas Enrich had finally achieved his lifelong dream: becoming USAID’s lead official for global health. But that dream turned out to be a nightmare in the tumultuous time after President Trump’s se...
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
#1. This is a lie. #2. Lots of dollars don't go to people who are lawfully, correctly, eligible to receive them. This administration wants to increase that total. #3. This admin has gutted professional anti-fraud tools (e.g. Inspectors Generals) while fueling massive fraud by cronies.
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Vicky&Jim ❌👑 @vicjim.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
I would love to know why people are willing to go along with the idea that it's fine for a president to keep his tax returns secret because it might destroy him if they're revealed.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 20/05/2026
BREAKING: Trump-backed Ed Gallrein has defeated Rep. Thomas Massie in the Republican primary for Kentucky’s 4th Congressional District, according to projections. Trump targeted Massie after the congressman pushed for the release of the Epstein files and broke with Trump on spending and war powers.
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
I’m not sure why this isn’t being mentioned more, but: IRS policy for 50 years has been that the sitting president & VP get audited every year, in an effort to reassure the public they’re not corruptly abusing the office to enrich themselves.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
The Epstein class is out in full daylight with this.
Screenshot of a Headquarters (@HQNewsNow) post on X.com stating that Brock Pierce cut the ribbon for Trump's golden statue at Trump's golf resort, and noting Pierce was a close friend of Jeffrey Epstein's. An embedded image shows a group of people at the statue ribbon-cutting alongside what appears to be an email screenshot.
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Patti Olivier 💙VOTE BLUE @patti3333.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES DAY 6 MAY 202 These Horrendous Times I grew up never swearing But since Trump came down that escalator. . Every Day seems WORSE Today Kevin Hassett ..SMILING SMIRKING People have to use THEIR CREDIT CARDS TO BUY GAS GO INTO MORE DEBT AND HE BRAGS ABOUT IT !!
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Mad_as_hell (Maddie) @maddie-says.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
The office responsible for reviewing abuse and misconduct in the immigration detention system is now being shut down entirely following last year's reduction of oversight offices by Trump. ICE has come under fire from human-rights advocates. This feels important. #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks
Reuters article about the shutting down of federal immigration watchdog office.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 07/05/2026
This is crazy work by Alabama Republicans… As the Alabama Senate was being forced into the basement while tornado sirens were going off, the Republican supermajority kept moving, rammed through a cloture vote on redistricting, passed the bill, and adjourned. [video by Sen Merika Coleman]
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Bock Sam @bocksam.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
I love that they have a photo of Mike Rogers, currently running in Michigan primary for GOP US Senator (but lives full time in Florida) when discussing the Florida House!! Nicely done @thebulwark.com !!!
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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
We are getting closer to losing our measles elimination status. Our current measles epidemic started with Texas, with two imported cases. Now, measles has spread to 45 states. Canada lost theirs in November 2025. Six European countries, including Spain & UK lost their status. 🧪 bit.ly/4nbAhnx
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Will the USA lose its measles elimination status?
The USA currently faces its largest measles outbreak in decades, with 2280 confirmed cases in 2025 and 910 additional cases reported in just the first 6 weeks of 2026.1 This re-emergence threatens one...
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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 05/05/2026
CNN reported Tuesday morning that the Department of Veterans Affairs has opened investigations into employees who attended Alex Pretti memorials and spoke to the press.
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Report: VA investigated employees who spoke publicly about Alex Pretti • Minnesota Reformer
In the days following the Border Patrol killing of Alex Pretti, his colleagues at Department of Veterans Affairs clinics and hospitals across the country held vigils in his honor. The VA opened invest...
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
When Donald's stupid, tacky ballroom was estimated to cost $200 million and be privately funded: Donald planned to pocket anything over the actual cost. He then raised the estimate to $400 million to account for this corruption. Now, he wants taxpayers to pay $1 billion so he can pocket even more.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
This is so embarrassingly stupid. That our country put a person this incompetent in charge of a Dept with 3 million employees and a budget of $721 BILLION dollars makes us ridiculous, irresponsible, and unserious.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
🚨BREAKING: According to exclusive research by Democracy Docket, the Supreme Court’s ruling will likely derail at least 28 pro-voting lawsuits that aim to stop state legislatures from drawing electoral maps that dilute the voting power of racial minorities. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Supreme Court ruling derails 28 lawsuits defending minority voting rights, Democracy Docket research finds
The legal cases are primarily concentrated in the South, where America’s legacy of racial discrimination still casts the longest shadow over voting rights.
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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Racism is over says the Supreme Court, which you can tell because it took literally a matter of minutes after they gutted the Voting Rights Act for Republicans in the South to start moving to make sure Black people in their states get no representation in Congress
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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Today is a reminder that except for a brief period running roughly from Brown v. Board to Roe v. Wade, throughout its history the Supreme Court has been a reactionary force protecting the wealth of the wealthy and the power of the powerful, almost always hostile to equality and justice.
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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
So many people urge us to vote if we are dissatisfied with our democracy. And yes voting matters. But as today’s Supreme Court ruling tells us, it’s not that simple. Not everyone who should have the right to vote can exercise that right.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
What happened at the Supreme Court is about anti-Blackness and curtailing Black political power. Trump as a corrective to Obama. Anti CRT/ DEI as a corrective to Black Lives Matter and Black progress in education and the workforce. Anti-Blackness is America’s favorite manner of self-harm.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Landry’s career has been a crusade to limit the power of the state’s Black residents. boltsmag.org/jeff-landry-...
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Jeff Landry's Bid for Louisiana Governor Has Been a Crusade Against Its Cities - Bolts
Jeff Landry faces 15 opponents in Louisiana’s gubernatorial race this fall, but at times, it seems like the Republican attorney general is really running against the state’s Democratic, majority-Black...
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Catherine Prendergast @badtoss.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
This would for sure have been Putin's direct ask.
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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 30/04/2026
I think the way to see it is this is a Project 2025 Court majority, that is closely linked with the Project 2025 effort run by Russell Vought. Many of the litigation groups, the thinktanks, the orgs writing amicus briefs, the fed soc law profs — they're shared, or ideological fellow travelers.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 30/04/2026
i was told by john roberts and sam alito that racism is over so i won't worry about white republicans in the south jumping over themselves to end black political representation wherever they can
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
He says this in a world where almost every news and social media is owned by right wing billionaires who are consciously and deliberately trying to push pro-Trump, right wing viewpoints on a sadly ignorant public. He is not the victim and the press is not made up of Democrats.
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Holli Winters @holliwinters57.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
lol.....He is trying to deflect the question by making accusations against her. That is what abusers do. They loudly deny the charges and then turn around and yell at their accuser.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 27/04/2026
Thinking right now about the guy who submitted my tweets about my rapist (a different guy!!!!!) to an organization and said that I was defaming him because the tweets were about him And apparently no one at the organization was like "now why does this guy think tweets about rape are about him"
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