Tramaine
@tramaine.bsky.social
Just trying to make sense of the world
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Cornell University treating Gaza protestors more harshly than gang rapists is a real statement of values. It’s almost like violent domination by the powerful is the core belief of leadership.
September 27, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Cornell University treating Gaza protestors more harshly than gang rapists is a real statement of values. It’s almost like violent domination by the powerful is the core belief of leadership.
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"RKF took money earmarked to provide health care for Black infants and spent it on his personal security detail" is a ludicrous headline.
Comic book villainy.
Comic book villainy.
Exclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health Office
The cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026.
www.wsj.com
September 25, 2026 at 2:03 PM
"RKF took money earmarked to provide health care for Black infants and spent it on his personal security detail" is a ludicrous headline.
Comic book villainy.
Comic book villainy.
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Cubans living in Florida are being deported to Africa
Cubans living in Florida are being deported to Africa
ICE sent them away under a controversial policy without knowing where they were going or what would happen next.
www.tampabay.com
September 1, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Cubans living in Florida are being deported to Africa
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MEMPHIS: “Authorities said Tyrin Johnson turned toward the National Guard with a gun while running from them… But autopsy shows a bullet went in his back and exited through his chest…”
One Guard member who fired was 19 — too young to be Memphis PD. No body cam. #UnSafeTaskForce
One Guard member who fired was 19 — too young to be Memphis PD. No body cam. #UnSafeTaskForce
Autopsy shows Tennessee National Guard fatally shot 20-year-old armed man in the back
An autopsy shows that an armed man killed by the Tennessee National Guard was shot in the back. The report that Tyrin Johnson’s family shared with The Associated Press on Thursday contradicts accounts...
apnews.com
August 28, 2026 at 3:34 AM
MEMPHIS: “Authorities said Tyrin Johnson turned toward the National Guard with a gun while running from them… But autopsy shows a bullet went in his back and exited through his chest…”
One Guard member who fired was 19 — too young to be Memphis PD. No body cam. #UnSafeTaskForce
One Guard member who fired was 19 — too young to be Memphis PD. No body cam. #UnSafeTaskForce
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At an invitation-only gathering in Italy, white supremacists mapped out strategies to target rural America while local press coverage vanishes www.confrontthehate.com/p/white-nati...
August 20, 2026 at 2:49 AM
At an invitation-only gathering in Italy, white supremacists mapped out strategies to target rural America while local press coverage vanishes www.confrontthehate.com/p/white-nati...
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“A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.”
ysph.yale.edu/news-article...
ysph.yale.edu/news-article...
Universal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study Projects
A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it
ysph.yale.edu
August 17, 2026 at 5:25 AM
“A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.”
ysph.yale.edu/news-article...
ysph.yale.edu/news-article...
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Ossoff on Mike Collins: "What he's saying to the people of Georgia is after cutting their healthcare, throwing 300k of them off their health insurance, doubling health insurance premiums for more than 1 mil Georgians, he's then going to take their tax dollars and pay it out to violent criminals."
August 13, 2026 at 1:20 AM
Ossoff on Mike Collins: "What he's saying to the people of Georgia is after cutting their healthcare, throwing 300k of them off their health insurance, doubling health insurance premiums for more than 1 mil Georgians, he's then going to take their tax dollars and pay it out to violent criminals."
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ISRAEL WARNED U.S. OF IRANIAN PLOT TO TARGET TRUMP AND AIR FORCE ONE WITH SHOULDER-FIRED MISSILES; TRUMP SECRETLY MOVED TO MILITARY JET AS RUBIO AND STAFF REMAINED ABOARD AS DECOY — WSJ
August 11, 2026 at 5:32 PM
ISRAEL WARNED U.S. OF IRANIAN PLOT TO TARGET TRUMP AND AIR FORCE ONE WITH SHOULDER-FIRED MISSILES; TRUMP SECRETLY MOVED TO MILITARY JET AS RUBIO AND STAFF REMAINED ABOARD AS DECOY — WSJ
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A major humanitarian crisis is unfolding in a San Juan, Puerto Rico. Hundreds of thousands of people in and around the American city are facing rolling water shutoffs brought on by an historic drought. NBC News’ George Solis reports from a well that locals are using to get their water.
August 10, 2026 at 12:40 PM
A major humanitarian crisis is unfolding in a San Juan, Puerto Rico. Hundreds of thousands of people in and around the American city are facing rolling water shutoffs brought on by an historic drought. NBC News’ George Solis reports from a well that locals are using to get their water.
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Netanyahu again makes it clear Israel does not want peace to break out.
Netanyahu rejects Gaza plan in new break from Trump
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday rejected a US-led Gaza plan endorsed by Hamas, putting distance between himself and President Donald Trump as he tries to shore up his base ahead of...
www.yahoo.com
August 9, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Netanyahu again makes it clear Israel does not want peace to break out.
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it wasn't communism or socialism that invaded iraq and iran, caused the great recession, kidnapped and killed moms and dads, separated families, or took away a woman's right to abortion
if you wonder why the communism boogeyman just won't work, you haven't been paying attention. this isnt 1950.
if you wonder why the communism boogeyman just won't work, you haven't been paying attention. this isnt 1950.
July 23, 2026 at 1:41 PM
it wasn't communism or socialism that invaded iraq and iran, caused the great recession, kidnapped and killed moms and dads, separated families, or took away a woman's right to abortion
if you wonder why the communism boogeyman just won't work, you haven't been paying attention. this isnt 1950.
if you wonder why the communism boogeyman just won't work, you haven't been paying attention. this isnt 1950.
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I'm going to KEEP talking about how Florida Senator Rick Scott, the RICHEST man in all of Congress DEFRAUDED Medicare & is trying to CUT Social Security.
Will you join me?🤚
Will you join me?🤚
July 13, 2026 at 10:50 AM
I'm going to KEEP talking about how Florida Senator Rick Scott, the RICHEST man in all of Congress DEFRAUDED Medicare & is trying to CUT Social Security.
Will you join me?🤚
Will you join me?🤚
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🚨 HUGE ongoing surge of ICE arrests, with ICE directing 80% of all officers to go out into the field and round people up, aiming to hit 2,000 arrests a day; which would be more than during the Minneapolis surge.
This may be why the nun in Texas got briefly picked up.
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/u...
This may be why the nun in Texas got briefly picked up.
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/u...
Immigrant Arrests Surge to 10,000 in 5 Days as ICE Clamps Down
www.nytimes.com
July 2, 2026 at 12:59 AM
🚨 HUGE ongoing surge of ICE arrests, with ICE directing 80% of all officers to go out into the field and round people up, aiming to hit 2,000 arrests a day; which would be more than during the Minneapolis surge.
This may be why the nun in Texas got briefly picked up.
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/u...
This may be why the nun in Texas got briefly picked up.
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/u...
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Ossoff: "You've got the American govt controlled by Donald Trump backing a Trump family tungsten mine in Kazakhstan w/ a billion plus dollars of federal commitments at the very same time that they are cutting healthcare, defunding hospitals, & nursing homes, & doubling health insurance premiums."
June 30, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Ossoff: "You've got the American govt controlled by Donald Trump backing a Trump family tungsten mine in Kazakhstan w/ a billion plus dollars of federal commitments at the very same time that they are cutting healthcare, defunding hospitals, & nursing homes, & doubling health insurance premiums."
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BREAKING: More than 100 Venezuelans who were deported from the U.S. hours before the earthquakes are missing after their hotel collapsed.
More than 100 Venezuelans who were deported from the US hours before the earthquakes are missing
Survivors say more than 100 people just deported from the United States were being held in a hotel when earthquakes struck Venezuela, setting off a scramble to find survivors and bodies buried in the rubble.
bit.ly
June 29, 2026 at 9:23 PM
BREAKING: More than 100 Venezuelans who were deported from the U.S. hours before the earthquakes are missing after their hotel collapsed.
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"I don't think about Americans' financial situation. I don't think about anybody."
-- Donald J. Trump
"I don't want to hear about affordability. The affordability crisis is a hoax."
-- Donald J. Trump
"No one gives a shit about housing."
-- Donald J. Trump
Getting it yet, America?
-- Donald J. Trump
"I don't want to hear about affordability. The affordability crisis is a hoax."
-- Donald J. Trump
"No one gives a shit about housing."
-- Donald J. Trump
Getting it yet, America?
June 25, 2026 at 1:27 PM
"I don't think about Americans' financial situation. I don't think about anybody."
-- Donald J. Trump
"I don't want to hear about affordability. The affordability crisis is a hoax."
-- Donald J. Trump
"No one gives a shit about housing."
-- Donald J. Trump
Getting it yet, America?
-- Donald J. Trump
"I don't want to hear about affordability. The affordability crisis is a hoax."
-- Donald J. Trump
"No one gives a shit about housing."
-- Donald J. Trump
Getting it yet, America?
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Republican leaders opted not to redraw political districts for the 2028 election cycle. But they could come back to do it in the fall.
The special session is over. But lawmakers could be back soon.
www.ajc.com
June 24, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Republican leaders opted not to redraw political districts for the 2028 election cycle. But they could come back to do it in the fall.
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30 to 100 years sentence, but violent insurrectionists who beat up cops get pardoned.
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...
Alleged antifa members in Texas are sentenced for ICE protest
Eight people got prison terms ranging from 30 to 100 years for their roles in a protest that turned violent outside an immigration detention center last summer.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 23, 2026 at 9:08 PM
30 to 100 years sentence, but violent insurrectionists who beat up cops get pardoned.
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...
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We should all be concerned.
Members of Congress were prevented from speaking with people inside at least two different US concentration camps this week.
Both facilities are privately run FOR PROFIT by the same company, GEO Group, which is expected to make $3 billion in revenue this year.
Members of Congress were prevented from speaking with people inside at least two different US concentration camps this week.
Both facilities are privately run FOR PROFIT by the same company, GEO Group, which is expected to make $3 billion in revenue this year.
June 18, 2026 at 2:41 PM
We should all be concerned.
Members of Congress were prevented from speaking with people inside at least two different US concentration camps this week.
Both facilities are privately run FOR PROFIT by the same company, GEO Group, which is expected to make $3 billion in revenue this year.
Members of Congress were prevented from speaking with people inside at least two different US concentration camps this week.
Both facilities are privately run FOR PROFIT by the same company, GEO Group, which is expected to make $3 billion in revenue this year.
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ICE is ending a policy that provides public reports and investigations into deaths of formerly detained people that occurred within 30 days of their release from ICE custody.
Daphy Michel's death was an avoidable tragedy, but it isn’t the first. Congress must hold ICE accountable.
Daphy Michel's death was an avoidable tragedy, but it isn’t the first. Congress must hold ICE accountable.
A woman's hypothermia death in Pittsburgh after her release from ICE custody is ruled a homicide
The death of a woman from Haiti seeking asylum in the U.S. who died from hypothermia days after her release from federal custody was ruled a homicide by a Pennsylvania county medical examiner's office. Daphy Michel was 31 when she died March 2. An attorney for her family said she had psychiatric ...
www.wral.com
June 16, 2026 at 8:09 PM
ICE is ending a policy that provides public reports and investigations into deaths of formerly detained people that occurred within 30 days of their release from ICE custody.
Daphy Michel's death was an avoidable tragedy, but it isn’t the first. Congress must hold ICE accountable.
Daphy Michel's death was an avoidable tragedy, but it isn’t the first. Congress must hold ICE accountable.
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Wait, taxpayers are going to pay how much for Trump’s dumb ballroom? www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
Wait, taxpayers are going to pay how much for Trump’s dumb ballroom?
After months of President Donald Trump claiming that his planned ballroom addition to the White House would be fully paid for with private donations, a new report on Tuesday revealed that taxpayers…
www.dailykos.com
June 16, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Wait, taxpayers are going to pay how much for Trump’s dumb ballroom? www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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27 people were made homeless after Tuesday night's violence in Belfast, including children.
June 10, 2026 at 6:14 PM
27 people were made homeless after Tuesday night's violence in Belfast, including children.
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We will be taxing the ultra-wealthy and global elites.
Hochul Proposes Tax on N.Y.C. Second Homes That Are Worth $5 Million
www.nytimes.com
April 15, 2026 at 1:54 PM
We will be taxing the ultra-wealthy and global elites.
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INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS SAYS IT IS "DEEPLY CONCERNED" BY ATTACKS ON MEDICAL WORKERS IN LEBANON FOLLOWING STRIKE ON LEBANESE RED CROSS CENTER
April 13, 2026 at 11:53 AM
INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS SAYS IT IS "DEEPLY CONCERNED" BY ATTACKS ON MEDICAL WORKERS IN LEBANON FOLLOWING STRIKE ON LEBANESE RED CROSS CENTER