Myrna
Scientist and science educator. Chemistry professor emerita. Sourdough bread baker.✡️💙🌞🏃🏻♀️
- Reposted by MyrnaBlumenthal: ICE and CBP are out of control. The practices of this agency have to be completely overhauled. It’s like a corporation in bankruptcy—either dissolved or reorganized. They’re morally bankrupt, legally bankrupt, and politically bankrupt.
- Reposted by MyrnaCOONS: Joe, it's same rules NYPD follows. Do you see roving bands of NYPD w/ masks using bear spray on people? KERNEN: You lost the election! That doesn't give you right to shut down govt C: I have to fight for the core value of our democracy, including law enforcement that doesn't murder citizens
- Reposted by MyrnaIf you hear someone saying that they hope lawyers are ready to go to court to protect free and fair elections, I suggest you let them know that my law firm is already litigating more than 80 voting and election cases in 40 states.
- Reposted by MyrnaNEW: A federal judge in Oregon issued a sweeping rebuke of the Justice Department’s nationwide push to seize state voter rolls, ruling that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warning that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.
- Reposted by MyrnaAny investigation from the UK into the Epstein files should be extended to investigating the relationship between the disgraced financier and Steve Bannon. What role did Bannon play in our politics? And why?
- Reposted by MyrnaNever forget why this matters. Trump sent fellow racist whites into Minneapolis to hunt Somalis like animals. He's about to send fellow racist whites into Ohio to hunt Haitians like animals. He's sent fellow racist whites into many cities to hunt Venezuelans like animals. His racism is POLICY.
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- Reposted by MyrnaThis is the ad that Fox News does NOT want you to see. Fox News rejected our newest ad, which demonstrates that Trump has “gone too far” with ICE. But we will not remain silent in the face of these attacks. Share our ad and follow @usjewishdems.bsky.social to join us in the fight.
- Reposted by MyrnaWarehouses are not fit for human habitation. These will violate all sorts of health codes and human rights.
- The banality of evil is shocking. An ex-Big Lots warehouse for cheap consumer junk is bought by ICE to ship as many as 7,500 handcuffed human beings, as the Trump regime builds a U.S. gulag archipelago The unthinkable comes to Pa. coal country. My special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
- Reposted by MyrnaLegislators have tried since 2011 to change Massachusetts’ 15-year statute of limitations for rape — one of the shortest windows in the nation. The governor’s proposal would eliminate the deadline to prosecute rape when there’s a DNA match. With @wbur.org
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- Reposted by MyrnaThe ASPS has come out against trans youth surgical care. The AMA then endorsed the ASPS. Meanwhile, WPATH's president-elect testified on behalf of a detransitioner who won their case. And hospitals capitulate to Trump. I write my indictment of the American medical system on trans youth care.
- Reposted by MyrnaI have zero bandwidth to develop the idea, but the last decade has given rise to a gulliblity style, where a source’s statement is treated as the story regardless of whether it’s true or plausible. It creates stories that are technically true but functionally misinformation. You see it everywhere.
- i think people should consider the extent to which bannon, a known bullshit artist, knows that you will see this and panic. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
- Reposted by MyrnaNEW: Members of congress, election officials and pro-voting advocates are denouncing Trump’s rapidly-escalating push to overtake elections from states. But Trump is doubling down, and instead pushing to “nationalize voting.”
- Reposted by Myrnathe Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex
- Reposted by MyrnaExcited to see more investment in building media to compete with TPUSA — but this seems like a good time to remind folks media is just half of what they do. The other half is campus organizing — and @votersoftomorrow.org is actively fighting back on schools across the country.
- Reposted by Myrnanew threats to 2030 census already apparent (via the excellent @hansilowang.bsky.social) bsky.app/profile/cram...
- Reposted by MyrnaEpstein had many known connections to Silicon Valley CEOs, but less known was how he made money from those relationships. We did a deep dive into how he got dealflow in Silicon Valley, giving him shots to invest in Coinbase, Palantir, SpaceX and other companies. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/b...
- Reposted by MyrnaTrump amplified an account that argues against life saving medication
- Reposted by MyrnaHe’s negotiating down with himself. He’s bargaining against his own leverage.
- Reposted by MyrnaAmazing. If a professional wrestling crowd is chanting "fuck ICE," it suggests to me that large swaths of the culture are not just upset over ICE tactics, they're coalescing against mass deportations as a broader ideological project. newrepublic.com/article/2060...
- Reposted by MyrnaNew: Immigration agents have shot a dozen people since Sept--yet police are often skipping any investigation After agents near Chicago killed a man, an officer asked if chief who would investigate. The answer: “You’re not going to investigate a federal officer” www.propublica.org/article/why-...
- Reposted by MyrnaJeffrey Epstein’s brother Mark sent a tip to the FBI accusing Trump of authorizing his murder: “I have reason to believe he was killed because he was about to name names. I believe Present Trump authorized is murder.“
- Reposted by MyrnaStandard “prayer breakfast” fare.
- Reposted by MyrnaAs I wrote last year, Brad Karp brought shame on the legal profession, and he has also brought shame on himself.
- Brad Karp to step down as Paul Weiss chair after Epstein revelations ft.trib.al/H1vYT7B
- Reposted by MyrnaCourage is contagious. Let’s keep going.
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- Reposted by MyrnaThis morning at the Minnesota State Capitol. An ice sculpture that reads "PROSECUTE ICE". I'm told the organization behind the sculpture is Common Defense.
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- Reposted by MyrnaThose same cowboys and ranchers and militia men are nearly all silent on the “tyranny” they just stood up against a decade ago. Some of those same men are even celebrating ICE. The men who stood up for cows during the Bundy uprising won’t stand up for humans. open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...
- Reposted by MyrnaI had seen the "hold me in contempt so I can sleep" line, but the whole transcript is striking. Julie Le she tried to quit but then stayed so she could get more people OUT of detention; and expressed concern that her own family might get picked up. www.lawdork.com/p/the-minnes...
- Reposted by MyrnaAnd if you're bragging today about how you killed your WaPo subscription a while ago -- which is legit -- but you still have Amazon Prime because you just gotta watch, I dunno, Fallout, or Fleabag, or, fuck me, Shiny Happy People, of which I was a part, then you've chosen yr side, & its Bezos'.
- Reposted by MyrnaHomeland Security’s alleged drawdown in Minnesota does not change their mission to terrorize people — it’s designed to change our level of alarm over their mission to terrorize people.
- Reposted by MyrnaICE at the polls! Bannon is basically yelling “fire” in a crowded theater here. His objective is to cause chaos (and suppress votes on the left). And it’s already working. This threat works on multiple levels and doesn’t have to be “real” to serve its purpose. Let me explain & offer some advice.
- Steve Bannon says the federal government is planning to send ICE officers to patrol polling stations during the midterms. "We're going to have ICE surround the polls come November." "We're not going to sit here and allow you to steal the country again." www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
- Reposted by MyrnaRep. Robert García is 🔥 🔥 🔥
- Reposted by MyrnaSteve Bannon says the federal government is planning to send ICE officers to patrol polling stations during the midterms. "We're going to have ICE surround the polls come November." "We're not going to sit here and allow you to steal the country again." www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
- Reposted by Myrna2020 is about 2026 and 2028.
- Reposted by MyrnaI've reread this like 3 times. Freed herself from slavery by running away, *went back a week later bc the slaver was talking shit, set his house on fire, and then escaped again is absolutely incredible queen shit
- Reposted by MyrnaI don’t believe Tom Homan. I think this is a ploy to get @democrats.senate.gov to fund DHS. They lied about deescalation last week and I don’t believe a word the Cava Czar says.
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- Reposted by MyrnaI think it's best for everyone to understand that the unified class project of billionaires right now is to do to white collar workers what globalization and neoliberalism did to blue collar workers.
- Reposted by MyrnaWe’re literally killing ourselves. They’ve been working on cutting edge cancer vaccines
- Moderna announced that they’re cutting back late-stage vaccine trials due to the uncertainty in the US market www.cidrap.umn.edu/misc-emergin...
- Reposted by Myrnacontinue to think that if instead of "raw milk" we called it "doodoo milk" people would understand the risk proposition
- This is bonkers. MAHA 'farmers' with ecoli tainted raw milk admit they really don't know how to make the stuff after all. "Producing raw milk takes careful planning from a facility and infrastructure standpoint. Unfortunately, we learned this after the fact." people.com/ballerina-fa...
- Reposted by MyrnaICE wants to turn 23 industrial warehouses across the country into detention ‘death camps.’ COURIER shares the details on the status of each location, alongside an interactive map.
- Reposted by MyrnaThat would make him the main character.
- Reposted by Myrnabezos and the post is yet another reminder that it's impossible to have billions of dollars and operate in the public interest at the same time. nobody with that kind of money got it by looking out for other people or putting the common good first. that's why it's so antithetical to journalism
- Reposted by MyrnaTBH, the last 20 years makes a lot more sense when reconsidered thru the lens of "nearly every major institution was being led by someone either directly in or complicit in a massive sex trafficking ring involving minors."
- Reposted by MyrnaVast camps are central to Trumpism. Stephen Miller has long been very excited about them. Backlash is another sign that opposition to Trump/Miller runs deeper than revulsion at ICE. There's real resistance to the whole ideological project of mass deportations. 4/ newrepublic.com/article/2060...
