Ann Keisling Smith

Over a dozen dead head of cattle piled up in a grass field.

Oil regulators claim Oklahoma's wastewater incidents are under control.

But our reporting with @readfrontier.bsky.social shows the state is still dealing with dozens of instances of toxic waste spewing out of the ground, one of which killed about two dozen cows in Sept.

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In 2008, a blogger named Curtis Yarvin called for a future president to kill foreign aid programs as part of a plan to replace democracy with dictatorship.

Now 600,000 people are dead—and 14 million will die by 2030, according to the Lancet. This is the running death toll of tech fascism.

An elderly man has had a syncope event and everyone else in the room rushed over to help. The president stands facing the camera without apparent curiosity or empathy about the event.

I’m an ER doc who has responded to hundreds of events like this in the hospital & on planes and other public spaces. The right side of this photo is like exhibit A of normal human behavior in these circumstances. People rush to help so instinctively that part of the skill of a code is crowd control.

Trump Says U.S. Visas Can Be Denied to Fat People From Now On New State Department guidance encourages embassies and consulates to deny visas to people with obesity or other health issues.

The Trump administration has ordered visa officers to deny immigrants who are obese or have certain health issues, in yet another instance of the president’s strange obsession with physical traits. trib.al/b0AtL8r

"We've dropped infertility drugs to make lots of trump babies. I'm hoping by the midterms".......aside from the obvious creepiness, the gop have chosen to not use contingency funds for SNAP when 15 million babies & children rely on SNAP to not starve.

#Pinks

With Trump’s massive tax cuts for the wealthy currently exploding the deficit, and now this, Trump and his oligarch cronies want to make us debt slaves from birth to death while truly owning nothing, while they buy bigger yachts and more mansions.

"A team of independent forensic analysts examined their testimony. The experts called it consistent and credible, saying most of the acts described met the United Nations’ definition of torture."

In our name, with our tax dollars.

Trump II is an indelible stain on our national honor.

if you are food insecure for both the humans and pets in your household there is a tool called Pet Help Finder that can help locate pet food banks nearby and other free or reduced price assistance and supplies for pets.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.

Democrats didn’t cave. They boxed republicans in and made them own the shutdown. Watch.

The question being asked by the NYT after an election that promoted MANY women to power.

It’s not a question.
It’s a comment.
An attack.

“Look at these scumbags — in the car with guns with a baby in the back.”

What are we doing?

A year ago today, we had a really terrible election night, and because I know how people fall into despair I sat down at 11pm and wondered what I could tell you. I told you:

Squeaker Johnson with text, “No food for you until the Democrats let us take away your healthcare”

As 42M Americans go hungry, The Felon hosts a “Great Gatsby” Halloween Party.
Every person at that party should be shunned and called out verbally when seen in public spaces.

This isn’t America. This is HELL.
Want better?
Vote better!
#Voices4Victory
#DemVoice1
#Pinks

Donald Trump Is a Commie Bernie’s democratic socialism is still compatible with liberal democracy. Trump’s national socialism is not. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

“It’s when you step back and take in the full list, with all of the extortionate details, that it becomes clear that Trump is moving toward something like China’s command economy.”

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Help Us Report on the Impact of Oil Field Waste in Oklahoma Toxic wastewater from oil fields keeps pouring out of the ground in Oklahoma. For years, residents have filed complaints and struggled to find solutions. We need your help to understand the full scale...

Toxic wastewater from oil fields keeps pouring out of the ground in Oklahoma. It has bubbled up near homes and a school — and it has killed farmers’ crops and ranchers’ calves.

Help ProPublica and @readfrontier.bsky.social understand the full scale of the problem 👇

Ladies and Gentlemen: The President of the United States.

Tracking PPP: Search Every Company Approved for Federal Loans - ProPublica As part of the Paycheck Protection Program, the federal government has provided hundreds of billions in financial support to banks to make low-interest loans to companies and nonprofit organizations i...

If you see any business owners belittling SNAP recipients for accepting government money to get through tough times, maybe look them up on @propublica.org's PPP Loan Tracker to see if they got any of the $793B in bailout money (96% of which was forgiven)

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Opinion | The White House's sweeping overhaul of ICE is creating a Frankenstein force The recent wave of ICE senior official reassignments has a clear motive.

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"... It isn't ICE. It isn't CBP. It's a Frankenstein force, stitched together from multiple agencies but loyal to none. Its purpose is to create a community response designed for social media clicks, rather than to keep communities safe..."
This is fascism

The Bmore Community Fridge Network Fights Food Insecurity, One Refrigerator at a Time Given the government shutdown, soaring grocery prices, and federal cuts to food-assistance programs, the need for the grassroots initiative is greater than ever.

Here is an idea that could be adopted by every community in the nation.

www.baltimoremagazine.com/section/comm...

ICE violently detain father & son walking to school—teenage boy had to be rushed to hospital.

"I was just going to school," kid cries out. "I'm underage!"

The 16-year-old star athlete is a U.S. citizen—agents sent him to the hospital with severe injuries to his back & neck.

Houston, Texas.

Trump plans to install Border Patrol officials to lead a more aggressive migrant crackdown The White House has approved a list of ICE leaders to be replaced by Border Patrol officials in coming days amid disappointment with arrest numbers.

The Trump regime has decided that ICE is not Gestapo enough so it’s boosting the role of the Border Patrol thugs who enjoy zip-tying children and tear-gassing neighborhoods in Chicago.

“.. perhaps the most cruel and unlawful offense the Trump administration has perpetrated yet — freezing funding already enacted into law to feed hungry Americans while he shovels tens of billions of dollars .. to Argentina and into his ballroom.”

@politico.com #SNAP
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"Congress approved funding for the renovations in 2008—before Obama took office—'after a Bush administration report revealed some systems in the White House were periodically failing.'"

Ed Luce watching democracy die in the United States of America

Here is the transcript of the speech President Reagan delivered on April 25th, 1987, on “free and fair trade”:

This is amazing!!

Carney: "We can't control the trade policy of the US. We recognize it has fundamentally changed from the policy in the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, & it's a situation where US has tariffs against every trading partner... what we we can control is developing new partnerships, including w/econ giants of Asia"

“.. The US now doles out nearly $200 billion in direct subsidies for favored businesses each year, and the president has imposed an expansive tariff regime, which will likely invite corruption, waste tax dollars, and sap ambition.”

@opinion.bloomberg.com
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American Conversations: Senator Andy Kim YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson

We can probably agree too many politicians are corrupt and self serving. This one is not. Have a listen.
Senator Andy Kim and @hcrichardson.bsky.social
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This is a desecration and an abomination. First he posts an AI video of himself wearing a crown dumping shit on the heads of Americans, then he starts tearing down part of the White House for his Mar-a-Lago style ballroom.