FEMA Didn’t Answer Thousands of Calls From Flood Survivors, Documents Show

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Spokane Is Reading announced author Tananarive Due and her novel, The Reformatory, for this year’s community-wide reading event! Spokane Is Reading will host two appearances with @tananarivedue.bsky.social on Thursday, Oct. 23. @spokanecolibrary.bsky.social www.spokanelibrary.org/spokane-is-r...

My soul cringed when I heard that.

BREAKING: Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization says it will not halt its nuclear program following the U.S. attack, calling the strikes a “blatant violation of international law.”

Please pass along…

If you see “snow” or “ice” reported on Waze or GPS, someone is warning you of an immigration check point.

…we beat them by sticking together. 🇺🇸

AG Pam Bondi shutters the FBI’s Foreign Influence Task Force Pam Bondi is the first attorney in history to have been a lobbyist for foreign governments. She also just disbanded the FBI’s Foreign Influence Task Force.

"Pam Bondi is the first attorney general in history to have been a lobbyist for foreign governments. She also just disbanded the FBI’s Foreign Influence Task Force..."
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Loads of #literary #magazines are coming to Bluesky, here is a great list to follow! PLEASE SHARE TO HELP THEM LEAVE TWITTER!

#litmags #writer #writingcommunity

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list of banned keywords

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

Tweet by Sawyer Hackett reads, "None of this is legal." Below, a series of headlines from major news sources appear: WSJ: "Trump Advisers Weigh Plan to Dismantle Education Department" AP: "Trump and Musk move to dismantle USAID, igniting battle with Democratic lawmakers" Reuters: "Exclusive: Musk aides lock workers out of OPM computer systems" PBS: "DOGE has requested and is being granted 'access to all SBA systems'" AFP: "Musk takes reins of US Treasury payments, sparking alarm"

Not one thing, nope.

The world’s richest man who no one elected just walked into the US Treasury, stole your Social Security number, and Trump let him. You deserve to know why this is happening - call your member of Congress and Senators (202) 224-3121 and ask why.

Jasmine Crockett: "The problem is that Americans thought it was okay to take a full fledged criminal and make him the President of the US and then they want to act aghast when he does criminal things. Let me tell you, we have a thug in charge of the US and if we don't wake up we may not have a US"

I’m looking forward to seeing what you do next. Thanks for your fine work!!

LOOK CLOSER: My oldest son operates a 300k crane. It's a big crane. Today, he was sent home early because the undocumented workers who do the hard, labor-intensive work staging the loads to be picked up didn't come to work. His current job site, which is usually bustling, is a ghost town.

Stephen Miller and Homan’s goal is to shock and awe blue cities to terrify whole communities. They’ll deliberately targeting businesses, schools, hospitals churches and other places of worship. They want Americans to be afraid. Mayors and governors must stand up to them. Lawyers get on standby.

Good, but it’s too late.

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943

Trump officials pause health agencies’ communications, citing review The agencies are charged with making decisions that touch the lives of every American and are the source of crucial information to health-care providers.

New: Trump officials have paused all external communications at health agencies like CDC, FDA, NIH.

No health alerts and the famed MMWRs; no updates to key websites or social media posts.

And no indication how long the pause will last.

With @rachelroubein.bsky.social + Lena Sun.

Nazis: "that's a nazi salute"

Historians: "that's a nazi salute"

Average person: "that's a nazi salute"

The Media: "Elon Musk makes odd gesture throwing his heart to the crowd."

The kids are allright…

More kissing of the—-ring?

User 'Nick Knudsen' tweets, "Donald Trump said that his Presidency would be used to help working people. Instead, his first order of business was to pardon convicted felons who tried to overthrow democracy. These are not the priorities of the American people."

It’s as if the Joker threw open the prison gates of Gotham.

Deepest condolences, Leslye.

The first day at work (the job of trying to save a nation worth living in), and I am struggling. So much to read! (All the new rules.) It’s rough. How are you doing? #Idiocracy #FOTUS

Cecile Richards, former Planned Parenthood president, has died | CNN Cecile Richards, the former president of Planned Parenthood, has died, her family said Monday in a statement.

I loved and admired this woman. She was one I would follow into battle. A true fighter and ally in every way.
God bless you Cecile Richards. Rest in Peace and Power.
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Brave yourselves for more of the like.

No matter where you fall on the TikTok ban, the President undoing by “executive order” a law passed by Congress and upheld unanimously by the Supreme Court is an unconstitutional abuse of power.

Welcome to the plutokleptokakistocracy! Where the ultra wealthy steal from you and run the country in the most insanely inept way imaginable.

Graphic of Tananarive Due and Steven Barnes with info on the webinar "How SciFi/Afrofuturism Can Help Us Survive"

If you missed my free webinar with @kundalinisteve.bsky.social, here's the replay link! Almost 200 people joined our Zoom. 😍

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