Trump
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Quickies
Quickies: Catch up on impeachment, or just a good book…
It’s Friday! There are so many threads to the impeachment story, so I’m quite glad that NPR’s Up First podcast put together a nice, logical, timeline of the events that led up to now. Or at least til Nov 2, when it posted. As the NPR Politics Podcast always reminds us, “Things may have changed by the time you hear…
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Quickies
Quickies: A controversial moment, a vicious proposal, a ridiculous claim, and a potty mouth
Welcome to your Friday Quickies! Brandt Jean’s Act Of Grace Toward His Brother’s Killer Sparks A Debate Over Forgiving – NPR does a pretty good job of capturing a wide array of voices, specifically black voices, commenting on this controversial moment. You all heard how the Trump administration actually considered a gorram alligator-filled moat for a border wall, right? The…
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Activism
Quickies: Trump’s Latest High Crimes and What You Can Do about Them
I usually try to post articles here that people may have missed over the weekend, but this weekend, nothing I read seemed as important as the latest news of Trump attempting to pressure Ukraine into fabricating an investigation into his political opponent Joe Biden. (And he knows it’s a fabrication because he pressured Ukraine through his personal lawyer, not standard…
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Feminism
The Rise and Downfall of Jeffrey Epstein Is About a Lot More Than Just Epstein
A lot of words have already been written here at Skepchick about Jeffrey Epstein being arrested on charges of sex crimes. Amy wrote about how she wants every man connected to Epstein that took part in his sex trafficking to be taken down alongside him, regardless of their political leanings. Rebecca wrote about the scientists who have publicly supported Epstein…
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Politics
New Epstein Indictment Unsealed.
Billionaire-convicted-pedophile, assface, Jeffrey Epstein was arrested on Sunday and will stand trial in Southern District of New York on new charges of sex trafficking of minor girls. He is considered a flight risk and so will not have bail. Insert sad trombone. That means his rich ass will have to sit in a jail cell until trial. Unlike his last…
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Politics
Bad Chart Thursday: Trump Argues for More Americans to Suffer and Die
Donald Trump has an impressively horrific record for avoidable death tolls. At last count, American fatalities in Puerto Rico post-Hurricane Maria have surpassed 3,000, many of them preventable had the Trump administration not done everything in its power to block and delay life-saving aid to the island. For context, the death toll for Hurricane Katrina was 1,833; Hurricane Sandy, 285;…
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Activism
California Senate Says Show Us Your Taxes or Stay Off Our Ballot
The California State Senate voted Thursday to pass a bill that tells Trump to put up or STFU. The Bill approved in a 27-10 vote, (all 10 republicans voted no – shocking to literally no-one) now goes to Governor Newsom for his approval and signature. Republicans are trying to spin the story by saying that this would be bad for…
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Meta Stuff
It’s the Skepchick Sundaylies! Opera vs. Trump, Star Trek Optimism, Wonder Woman, and more!
Sunday Funny: Glacial Erratic (via xkcd) Teen Skepchick Suspension of Disbelief: Wonder Woman Elizabeth reviews Wonder Woman. Awesome Sauce Music Friday: Opera vs Trump One doesn’t normally turn to opera for protest music, and yet… Mad Art Lab Star Trek: Optimism Ryan is cautiously optimistic about the new Star Trek series. 150 Years of Doing It Wright You can celebrate…
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