Smrt_Dawtr
@sharon-elle.bsky.social
"Ignorance & intolerance are at their most dangerous when fed to the hungry by the same hands that create starvation." ~ S.E.
Small earnest citizen of Earth. Progressive, feminist, animal & wild horse advocate & 🐎 owner, tree lover.
Small earnest citizen of Earth. Progressive, feminist, animal & wild horse advocate & 🐎 owner, tree lover.
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International aid fell in 2025 by 23.1% in real terms compared to 2024, the largest annual drop in the history of official development assistance, according to preliminary data collected by the OECD. www.oecd.org/en/about/new...
International aid fell sharply in 2025, says OECD
International aid from member countries and associates of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) fell in 2025 by 23.1% in real terms compared to 2024, the largest annual drop in the history of official development assistance (ODA), according to preliminary data collected by the OECD.
www.oecd.org
April 10, 2026 at 5:39 PM
International aid fell in 2025 by 23.1% in real terms compared to 2024, the largest annual drop in the history of official development assistance, according to preliminary data collected by the OECD. www.oecd.org/en/about/new...
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lol I meant white collar! Not color
(Though maybe that too?)
(Though maybe that too?)
Last year white-color prosecutions hit an all-time low.
Numbers had been trending down for a while, to be clear, but Trump and his DOJ also explicitly said they were “turning a new page on white-collar and corporate enforcement”
www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-eco...
Numbers had been trending down for a while, to be clear, but Trump and his DOJ also explicitly said they were “turning a new page on white-collar and corporate enforcement”
www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-eco...
April 10, 2026 at 7:38 PM
lol I meant white collar! Not color
(Though maybe that too?)
(Though maybe that too?)
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Yes. And doling it out to Ukraine at $25 billion a month would create steady pressure on Putin to get serious as Russia’s sovereign wealth trove slips away.
It’s time to unlock Russian assets to help Ukraine
European countries need a way to support Kyiv without Donald Trump’s permission. The best option is to use Russia’s $300 bln of frozen central bank assets, most of which are in Europe. With Germany’s new government endorsing the move, the political stars may be finally aligning.
www.reuters.com
May 28, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Yes. And doling it out to Ukraine at $25 billion a month would create steady pressure on Putin to get serious as Russia’s sovereign wealth trove slips away.
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It’s easy to overlook this fundamental fact: these people know nothing about how any of this works, they are completely ignorant, they have zero understanding of the systems and institutions they are regulating and governing. And they are overconfident because of that very same fact.
Linda McMahon: "Universities should continue to be able to do research as long as they're abiding by the laws and in sync, I think, with the administration and what the administration is trying to accomplish."
May 28, 2025 at 3:15 PM
It’s easy to overlook this fundamental fact: these people know nothing about how any of this works, they are completely ignorant, they have zero understanding of the systems and institutions they are regulating and governing. And they are overconfident because of that very same fact.
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I have been sick for a week and I just read about "something going around" in a subreddit, which I guess is how I get my information now that the CDC is officially spending the next four years determining when and how microscopes became gay.
May 28, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I have been sick for a week and I just read about "something going around" in a subreddit, which I guess is how I get my information now that the CDC is officially spending the next four years determining when and how microscopes became gay.
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Stephen Miller, Tom Homan, Kristi Noem and a whole lot of ICE/DHS types is will discover a Strange New Respect for habeas corpus and the rule of law when the 2029 Truth and Reconciliation Commission arrests them for human trafficking, conspiracy, kidnapping, and child abuse.
May 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Stephen Miller, Tom Homan, Kristi Noem and a whole lot of ICE/DHS types is will discover a Strange New Respect for habeas corpus and the rule of law when the 2029 Truth and Reconciliation Commission arrests them for human trafficking, conspiracy, kidnapping, and child abuse.
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The rule of law is all or nothing and must apply equally to everyone. If there's no rule of law for some people in America, then there's no rule of law for any of us.
May 10, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The rule of law is all or nothing and must apply equally to everyone. If there's no rule of law for some people in America, then there's no rule of law for any of us.
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WATCH: “This is how Fox spreads disinformation. It’s sad to see Alexis McAdams be part of that machine.”
Receipts of Fox News lying to their audience about the arrest of Mayor Ras Baraka with false headlines and selectively edited clips. As usual.
Receipts of Fox News lying to their audience about the arrest of Mayor Ras Baraka with false headlines and selectively edited clips. As usual.
May 10, 2025 at 1:26 PM
WATCH: “This is how Fox spreads disinformation. It’s sad to see Alexis McAdams be part of that machine.”
Receipts of Fox News lying to their audience about the arrest of Mayor Ras Baraka with false headlines and selectively edited clips. As usual.
Receipts of Fox News lying to their audience about the arrest of Mayor Ras Baraka with false headlines and selectively edited clips. As usual.
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The people who threw rocks at Ruby Bridges for trying to go to school in 1960 are now upset their grandchildren might learn about them throwing rocks at Ruby Bridges for trying to go to school.
May 10, 2025 at 5:55 AM
The people who threw rocks at Ruby Bridges for trying to go to school in 1960 are now upset their grandchildren might learn about them throwing rocks at Ruby Bridges for trying to go to school.
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Eminem - LOSE YOURSELF (Sung by 331 Movies!)
YouTube video by The Unusual Suspect
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May 10, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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Newark airport radar goes dark—for the SECOND TIME. 90 seconds with no pilot contact. Controllers alarmed: ‘Our scopes just went black again.’ Lawmakers demand immediate action.
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/... #BlueSky #MedSky #NewsSky
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/... #BlueSky #MedSky #NewsSky
Newark air traffic control loses contact with pilots in second outage
Radar systems at Newark Liberty International Airport stopped working for about 90 seconds Friday morning, the second major outage for the New Jersey airport.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 10, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Newark airport radar goes dark—for the SECOND TIME. 90 seconds with no pilot contact. Controllers alarmed: ‘Our scopes just went black again.’ Lawmakers demand immediate action.
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/... #BlueSky #MedSky #NewsSky
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/... #BlueSky #MedSky #NewsSky
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These ICE agents that are violating the law should be prosecuted to the fullest extent.
I know that won’t happen under a Bondi DOJ, but maybe someday it will happen.
I know that won’t happen under a Bondi DOJ, but maybe someday it will happen.
May 10, 2025 at 5:59 AM
These ICE agents that are violating the law should be prosecuted to the fullest extent.
I know that won’t happen under a Bondi DOJ, but maybe someday it will happen.
I know that won’t happen under a Bondi DOJ, but maybe someday it will happen.
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F you Dan Bishop
But since you're an idiot, let me provide you with the definition of Insurrection:
noun;
a violent uprising against an authority or government.
Thoughts and prayers to those who were injured yesterday 🖕🏽
But since you're an idiot, let me provide you with the definition of Insurrection:
noun;
a violent uprising against an authority or government.
Thoughts and prayers to those who were injured yesterday 🖕🏽
May 10, 2025 at 11:23 PM
F you Dan Bishop
But since you're an idiot, let me provide you with the definition of Insurrection:
noun;
a violent uprising against an authority or government.
Thoughts and prayers to those who were injured yesterday 🖕🏽
But since you're an idiot, let me provide you with the definition of Insurrection:
noun;
a violent uprising against an authority or government.
Thoughts and prayers to those who were injured yesterday 🖕🏽
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Ryan Petersen, CEO of Flexport, a supply-chain logistics geek has a huge following—and a dire warning about tariffs. What happens to American companies if the tariffs continue? He says there will be “an extinction-level, asteroid-wiping-out-the-dinosaurs kind of event.” www.wsj.com/business/tar...
The CEO Who Says an Asteroid Is Coming to Destroy America’s Businesses
He’s a supply-chain logistics geek with a huge following—and a dire warning about tariffs.
www.wsj.com
May 3, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Ryan Petersen, CEO of Flexport, a supply-chain logistics geek has a huge following—and a dire warning about tariffs. What happens to American companies if the tariffs continue? He says there will be “an extinction-level, asteroid-wiping-out-the-dinosaurs kind of event.” www.wsj.com/business/tar...
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🔥 “There’s something wrong in this country… everything has gone up but wages… how many yachts and houses does one person need? — They want us to stay poor, stay hidden, and die silently.” 🇺🇸 #FightTheOligarchy
H/T @violadavis.bsky.social
H/T @violadavis.bsky.social
May 4, 2025 at 2:40 AM
🔥 “There’s something wrong in this country… everything has gone up but wages… how many yachts and houses does one person need? — They want us to stay poor, stay hidden, and die silently.” 🇺🇸 #FightTheOligarchy
H/T @violadavis.bsky.social
H/T @violadavis.bsky.social
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Greyhound, I promise I will never talk smack about you ever again.
Bravo
Bravo
May 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Greyhound, I promise I will never talk smack about you ever again.
Bravo
Bravo
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"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
snyder.substack.com
May 4, 2025 at 2:56 PM
"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
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I joined Ali Velshi of MSNBC this morning and Ali’s first question was about the President’s jarring answer “I don’t know” to the question “Don’t you need to uphold the Constitution of the United States as president?”
May 4, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I joined Ali Velshi of MSNBC this morning and Ali’s first question was about the President’s jarring answer “I don’t know” to the question “Don’t you need to uphold the Constitution of the United States as president?”
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He stood there on Jan 20 and falsely mouthed the words to protect and defend our Constitution.
Asked now on Meet the Press if he thinks he needs to uphold the Constitution, he says, “I don’t know.”
Translation: No.
Woe to America and the utter failure of putting this man back in our Oval Office.
Asked now on Meet the Press if he thinks he needs to uphold the Constitution, he says, “I don’t know.”
Translation: No.
Woe to America and the utter failure of putting this man back in our Oval Office.
May 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
He stood there on Jan 20 and falsely mouthed the words to protect and defend our Constitution.
Asked now on Meet the Press if he thinks he needs to uphold the Constitution, he says, “I don’t know.”
Translation: No.
Woe to America and the utter failure of putting this man back in our Oval Office.
Asked now on Meet the Press if he thinks he needs to uphold the Constitution, he says, “I don’t know.”
Translation: No.
Woe to America and the utter failure of putting this man back in our Oval Office.
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Today, Demand Justice launched a campaign calling out law firms who bent the knee to Trump’s brazen extortion efforts. BigLawCowards.com will track those who capitulated to Trump’s demands, pledging an estimated $940 million and counting in pro bono services to his administration.
Big Law Cowards - Demand Justice
When Big Law cowards lend their names and reputation to authoritarian actors, they’re not neutral. They’re complicit.
BigLawCowards.com
April 26, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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“When you see some of the most powerful law firms in the country, if not the world, unwilling to stand up to the administration when ordinary people are speaking out, we think it’s really important to shine a bright light on that." - @maggiejopb.bsky.social
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Furor over Trump's targeting of law firms heats up with court fight and ad campaign
As judges question the constitutionality of Donald Trump's targeting of law firms he dislikes, a liberal group is encouraging firms to "stop bending the knee."
www.nbcnews.com
April 24, 2025 at 1:12 PM
“When you see some of the most powerful law firms in the country, if not the world, unwilling to stand up to the administration when ordinary people are speaking out, we think it’s really important to shine a bright light on that." - @maggiejopb.bsky.social
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...