@pmclarke.bsky.social
Artist, Cat Lover, Dog Lover, Gardening, Plumerias, Love to cook
"They stood, diplomas in hand, having met every standard of physical endurance, academic excellence, and military discipline. But when the time came for the US Air Force Academy’s class of 2025 to commission as second lieutenants, 3 cadets were quietly held back..."
www.advocate.com/news/transge...
A top coronavirus vaccine adviser at the CDC has resigned, citing concerns that she could no longer help vulnerable people after officials rescinded recommendations to immunize children and pregnant women.
04.06.2025 19:23 — 👍 12252 🔁 4237 💬 409 📌 205
www.warren.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
(link opens warren's very punchy short report in pdf format)
Good morning Bluesky!
24.05.2025 11:17 — 👍 1132 🔁 160 💬 0 📌 6
I for one feel sad that the last public figure meeting the Pope had before dying was this one
21.04.2025 10:54 — 👍 18711 🔁 1965 💬 1869 📌 372“Remains in excellent health” is a hell of an assessment for a man taking three daily medications to prevent heart attacks.
13.04.2025 14:50 — 👍 107 🔁 24 💬 19 📌 3
Oof. We’ve fallen so far, so fast.
13.04.2025 16:44 — 👍 14113 🔁 4254 💬 324 📌 156It's not a bad idea to go to the local Walmart or big box retailer and buy lots of consumables now. From toothpaste to soap, anything you can find storage space for, buy before they have to replenish inventory.
Even if it's made in the USA , they will jack up the price and blame it on tariffs.
This was….five months ago
02.04.2025 23:49 — 👍 50764 🔁 13276 💬 1617 📌 1127Holy hell.
02.04.2025 14:05 — 👍 436 🔁 92 💬 52 📌 9
“These professional podcasters stand in front of a bunch of career scientists and say ‘What has science ever done?’ I don’t know, science eradicated measles until two months ago...”
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
It’s still hard to believe the simple fact that this is all self-imposed. Everything that’s happening right now wasn’t the result of some foreign adversary destroying the country. We did this all to ourselves by electing the dumbest motherfucker to ever rule a nation.
02.04.2025 23:11 — 👍 36302 🔁 7439 💬 1326 📌 490
“There is no such thing as an ‘illegal immigrant’”
My myth-busting piece for The Guardian today arguing that it is factually inaccurate & totally, utterly wrong to say that undocumented people are ‘illegal’ & are automatically ‘criminals’.
I bring receipts:
On this day in 1974, one of my fav music artists John Denver has his first #1 song, “Sunshine On My Shoulders". youtu.be/E_i6h8_07mA
30.03.2025 11:10 — 👍 633 🔁 67 💬 42 📌 4
This maniac Felon told NBC that if Iran does not immediately agree to a nuclear deal there will be “BOMBING THE LIKES THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE!” Remember, he pulled out of a nuclear deal in 2016 negotiated by Obama. They are now days or weeks from having nuclear weapons!
IRAN JUST RESPONDED!
"Two US officials said Waltz has created and hosted multiple other sensitive national-security conversations on Signal with cabinet members, including on Russia/Ukraine and on military operations. They declined to say if classified information was posted in those chats."
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
used to not have toilets, shade or drinking water cause bosses said it was too expensive. With pesticides we would work too close to the spray. Thanks to Cesar Chavez they changed those things. Join us in marching for Cesar Chávez - Francisco, CA farmworker, 28 yrs #WeFeedYou
30.03.2025 00:00 — 👍 21787 🔁 4753 💬 298 📌 145If Trumpty-Dumpty is working with the Russians to screw up America, he's doing a great job. Eggs, $11 a dozen. Health & Human Services down the dumper, ditto VA. If you call Social Security, they tell you to call back later. Guys 'n gals, this is more fucked up than Peter O'Toole on his birthday.
30.03.2025 15:01 — 👍 56730 🔁 9392 💬 1893 📌 372
28.03.2025 10:43 — 👍 848 🔁 170 💬 26 📌 4
These men behind bars are not in prison after being charged with crimes. They are "enemy combatants" being detained in a concentration camp.
As such, Kristi Noem's crass photo-op using them as props violates the Geneva Convention's prohibition of ‘exposure to public curiosity’ of those captured.
"A rapper, Michael Williams, who joined Trump during a campaign rally last year has pleaded guilty to attempted murder...
"More than 30 purported members of the 8 Trey Crips have so far been indicted; among them Tegan Chambers, who also appeared on stage with Trump..."
apnews.com/article/trum...
The kind of person that kills dogs.
28.03.2025 16:58 — 👍 37635 🔁 5854 💬 3448 📌 641
IT GETS WORSE
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth brought his wife, a former Fox News producer, to two meetings with foreign military counterparts where sensitive information was discussed, according to multiple people who were present or had knowledge of the discussions.
New via @wsj.com:
29.03.2025 03:07 — 👍 24168 🔁 5770 💬 386 📌 173
According to a source I have at the CIA, Director Radcliffe lied today under oath. Signal is absolutely not loaded on agency computers. As a matter of fact it’s specifically prohibited as an outside app. Skype is allowed for conference calls but not Signal. He’s lying. @markwarner.bsky.social
25.03.2025 21:14 — 👍 35791 🔁 12330 💬 1280 📌 661
NBC News story with the headline: Tulsi Gabbard fires more than 100 intelligence officers over messages in a chat tool. A picture of Gabbard sits beneath the headline
Happy One Month Anniversary to this story.
25.03.2025 23:35 — 👍 20057 🔁 7126 💬 686 📌 720
This seems like an important datapoint
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This aged badly
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