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@marinde.bsky.social

Scientist, parent, CA native. In Germany (where ICE stands for Intercity Express), but I still bleed Dodger blue. Connoisseur of all things Hygge. #FactsMatter #ScienceMatters #DemocracyMatters

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www.newsweek.com Gerrymandering Is America's Dumbest Political Tradition | Opinion

Gerrymandering Is America's Dumbest Political Tradition | Opinion https://twp.ai/4ip5zS

08.08.2025 10:13 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Add to that congressional Republicans trying to steal the right to vote for millions of American citizens living abroad

www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...

07.08.2025 18:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"When I talk to folks in Europe and I talk to even older people...they look at me like, do you guys understand how bad it is? Do you know how far down the path towards dictatorship you actually are?" @zerlinamaxwell.bsky.social talks American authoritarianism with @timmiller.bsky.social:

07.08.2025 12:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1544    πŸ” 479    πŸ’¬ 68    πŸ“Œ 29

A rose garden without roses

07.08.2025 14:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Add to that the Republican plan to steal the right to vote from Americans living abroad. That would hit every district.

www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...

07.08.2025 13:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Why mRNA vaccines are so valuable, explained: πŸ§ͺ

06.08.2025 20:23 β€” πŸ‘ 52    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Another ploy by Republicans to steal the vote, this time from American citizens living abroad.

06.08.2025 21:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yet snother ploy by Republicans to steal the vote, this time from American citizens living abroad.

06.08.2025 20:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The latest plot by Republicans to steal the vote: H.R.4851 would remove the right to vote for Americans living abroad.

www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...

06.08.2025 20:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Me, too

06.08.2025 19:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Washington Post: β€œIs fascism bad? The answer may surprise you”

Teen Vogue: β€œHere are three fun tips you can use this summer to disable an armored personnel carrier”

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How the Prison Industry Became a Booming Business CoreCivic’s CEO called the Trump administration β€œone of the most exciting periods” of his career.

#OpEd: "We must recognize the prison industry for what it is: an industry built on the human suffering of crime victims, incarcerated people, their families, and still others." Read the full story on how the prison industry became worth over $80 billion a year.

06.08.2025 18:30 β€” πŸ‘ 419    πŸ” 167    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 11
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H.R. 4851 - New Threat to Overseas Voting Rights Introduced in Congress A new bill, HR 4851, introduced in the U.S. House on August 1 threatens to block overseas Americans from voting in federal elections.

Trying to take away the right to vote for Americans living abroad is another thing they are trying to do.

H.R. 4851 - New Threat to Overseas Voting Rights Introduced in Congress - Democrats Abroad share.google/0hCRTYVLMXnY...

06.08.2025 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sections of the U.S. Constitution Missing from Government Website Articles I, Sections 9 and 10 are inaccessible on Congress-run portal, raising concerns over transparency and public access.

Article I Sections 9 & 10 of the U.S. Constitutionβ€”which limit presidential power over tariffs and protect habeas corpusβ€”have disappeared from Congress’s website. They claim a coding error is to blame.

06.08.2025 15:57 β€” πŸ‘ 12605    πŸ” 6312    πŸ’¬ 1366    πŸ“Œ 854
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Kennedy Cancels Nearly $500 Million in mRNA Vaccine Contracts

Yet another bad day for science...

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/h...

06.08.2025 15:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Beautiful!

04.08.2025 20:02 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished

Relentless greed of a few has caused the downfall of many societies in the past. Can we react in time to prevent it from happening this time?

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

04.08.2025 19:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished

Get rid of the billionaires...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

03.08.2025 10:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

02.08.2025 17:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished

Can we stop growing inequality in time before those promoting it have consumed everything in their path?

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

02.08.2025 11:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Scientists slam Trump administration climate report as a β€˜farce’ full of misinformation Experts say the report being used to justify the mass rollback of climate regulations has many claims based on long-debunked research

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

01.08.2025 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œWe’ll Smash the Fucking Window Out and Drag Him Out” We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests β€” a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims its officers use a β€œmini...

projects.propublica.org/trump-ice-sm...

01.08.2025 17:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It has taken medical science 200 years to advance humans to the point where people are so healthy and living so long that they can deny that science and medicine is what got us here.

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Trump’s Tax Bill Expands Farm Subsidies. Not All Farmers Will Benefit.

Not a surprise that big agribusiness benefits while small farmers do not...

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/u...

30.07.2025 15:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Actually heartbreaking, the list of colleagues that have run the show behind the scenes for so many years who are saying their pre-emptive goodbyes and taking literally thousands of years of amassed knowledge and expertise with them.

Not to mention camaraderie and community.

Morale is ... bleak.

28.07.2025 22:50 β€” πŸ‘ 560    πŸ” 191    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 11

☝️This

29.07.2025 10:37 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Terrible

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If you say β€œI’m fine with immigration as long as it’s legal” or β€œI came the right way” but you’re not sounding the alarm over this, you’re lying.

A company says an employee was detained by federal agents during an immigration court hearing, despite being here legally with a valid work permit.

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America in Crisis: How β€œWe the People” saved Democracy from oligarchs in 1850, 1890, and 1920 | Milwaukee Independent

It’s important for folks to know, that we have faced this before.

And we have won!!!!!

β€œWe the People” saved Democracy from oligarchs in 1850, 1890, and 1920

www.milwaukeeindependent.com/articles/ame...

#Oligarchy
#MAGA

26.07.2025 12:32 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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