Steve Straiger

Steve Straiger

@straiger.bsky.social

Curler 🥌 Golfer⛳️ IndyCar Fan 🏎 Foodie 🍣 Miss Indiana Volunteer🤴Indiana University Alum & Fan 🏀 🏈 Geek 💾 & Parent to Fanny/Mitzi🐱#straigerfoodiefotos

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Allison Gill
@muellershewrote.com

GOOD TROUBLE: We could be a couple days from Judge Sullivan making a bombshell ruling in the Epstein Files redactions case brought by @katiephang.bsky.social. Everyone call your senator and tell them to VOTE NO on Blanche, or at least WAIT for Judge Sullivan.

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Guardian US
@us.theguardian.com

"A concentration camp, in its most basic definition, is a place where a targeted civilian population, not necessarily accused of a crime, is detained and at least some of their basic rights are suspended," writes @jwashing.bsky.social. "That’s precisely what’s happening in the United States today."

theguardian.comDon’t call them ICE detention centers. Call them camps | John WashingtonI’ve spent a decade reporting on immigration enforcement. The word ‘camp’ best captures the political function of these facilities
Steve Straiger
@straiger.bsky.social

France just stating the facts!

🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁@teamcanadaforever.bsky.social

France calls out the U.S. at a UN meeting: “The US used to be a beacon of human rights. Not anymore. Today, it stands alongside North Korea, Nicaragua, Mali and Russia. Isolated. And the world no longer listens to it.” U.S. representatives stormed out of the meeting. Well said France! 👏🏼🇫🇷👏🏼

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Barack Obama
@barackobama.bsky.social

Here are some of the songs I've been listening to this summer. It starts with a song Michelle and I love by Glen Hansard, a great musician who passed tragically this week. Our hearts go out to his family.

Steve Straiger
@straiger.bsky.social

Wow. This may be one of the most out of touch folks in the entire Administration. And that is saying a lot. If you don’t think they are planning to take away your social security, you probably didn’t believe Project 2025 either.

Social Security Works@socialsecurityworks.org

BREAKING: Trump's billionaire Commerce Secretary says that seniors won't care if they don't get their Social Security checks — and that anyone who does complain is a fraudster.

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George Takei
@georgetakei.bsky.social

Military aid to Ukraine has always been a bargain for the U.S. We degraded Russia’s armed forces and replaced our own stockpiles with brand new weapons, all while brave Ukrainians— not Americans—fought the Russians off. Halting that aid is not only morally repulsive, it’s plain stupid.

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Ron Filipkowski
@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social

Trump and Vance needed to create an incident to provide a justification for their pre-planned abandonment of Ukraine now, then separation from NATO in the near future. That’s what that was all about, and that was always the way a second Trump term was going to go.

Steve Straiger
@straiger.bsky.social

How could a single Administration do this much damage? I knew it would be bad… but never thought it could be this bad so fast.

Jon Cooper@joncooper-us.bsky.social

The Trump administration confirmed it's reviewing whether to pull $590 million in funding that Moderna received in the final days of the Biden administration to develop an mRNA vaccine for bird flu in people.

axios.comTrump team weighs pulling funding for Moderna's bird flu shot despite outbreakThe funding from BARDA aimed to create another line of defense should the bird flu become easily transmissible between people.

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Mark Hamill
@markhamillofficial.bsky.social

After playing a fictional member of the Resistance a long time ago, I never could have imagined it ever happening in real life, but here we are.

Delaney King (In Yellow)@delaneyking.bsky.social

Mark Hamill posting rebellious content in a battle against a dictator and his robotic sidekick is the most Star Wars shit ever.

Steve Straiger
@straiger.bsky.social

Go Hoosiers! Beat Purdue!

Zach Osterman@zachosterman.bsky.social

Forty years to the day after Bob Knight was ejected from a game against Purdue for slinging a chair across the Assembly Hall floor, that chair has been located, and returned. Mike Woodson will sit in it today: www.indystar.com/story/sports... #iubb

indystar.comMike Woodson to sit in infamous chair Bob Knight threw in Indiana basketball game vs PurdueIt's a historic anniversary for a famous Bob Knight incident, and the Hoosiers are hoping to rekindle that fire against archrival Purdue.
Steve Straiger
@straiger.bsky.social

Explains a lot. But maybe, just maybe, this should have been vetted back in 2015!

Seth Abramson@sethabramson.bsky.social

OK, the report is now fully in major media. Media must get an extensive White House response; Congress must investigate (even if it's a minority report); DOJ and the FBI must investigate; the CIA must issue a report on what it knew about this and when.

uk.news.yahoo.comDonald Trump was recruited by KGB with codename 'Krasnov', claims ex-Soviet spyDonald Trump was recruited by the KGB with the codename 'Krasnov', claims an ex-Soviet spy.
Steve Straiger
@straiger.bsky.social

Hmmmm…. Interesting.

Anna Bower@annabower.bsky.social

Last week, Elon Musk appeared alongside Trump in the Oval to defend the work of DOGE. Looking directly at Musk, Trump asked; “Could you mention some of the things *your team* has found?” Tonight, the government claimed that Musk isn’t in charge of DOGE & isn’t a DOGE employee.

Steve Straiger
@straiger.bsky.social

Utter Incompetence! This would be comical if not so life threatening to us all!

Bloomberg News@bloomberg.com

New: The Energy Department is seeking to bring back nuclear energy specialists after abruptly telling hundreds of workers that their jobs were eliminated, according to two people familiar with the matter

bloomberg.comDismissed Nuclear Bomb Specialists Recalled by Energy DepartmentThe Energy Department is seeking to bring back nuclear energy specialists after abruptly telling hundreds of workers that their jobs were eliminated, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Steve Straiger
@straiger.bsky.social

I just did this and the Cartographer in me was quite happy!

Susan Rogan@sgrogan.bsky.social

1. Google Gulf of Mexico. 2. Click on the three little dots to the right of “Gulf of America”. 3. Select "Send Feedback" 4. Click on "Gulf Of America" text. 5. Select "Inaccurate content". 6. Select "Incorrect" and type in : "The correct name of this body of water is “Gulf of Mexico".

Steve Straiger
@straiger.bsky.social

Google just kissing the ring multiple times today. First changing the Gulf of Mexico’s preferred pronoun to something idiotic and now Google Calendar removes Black History Month, Pride and other cultural events. Disgusting! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

theguardian.comGoogle Calendar removes Black History Month, Pride and other cultural eventsCompany says listed holidays were not ‘sustainable’ for its model in latest move to roll back diversity efforts
Steve Straiger
@straiger.bsky.social

Just like everything coming out of his mouth. Absolute Bull Shit! Tell me you know NOTHING about technology, accountability, productivity or what it means to work PERIOD! Absolute MORON!

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "I don't think you can work from a home. Nobody is gonna work from home. They are gonna be going out, they're gonna play tennis, they're gonna play golf, they're gonna do a lot of things. They're not working."

Steve Straiger
@straiger.bsky.social

What could possibly go wrong?

PBS News@pbsnews.org

The Trump administration has ordered the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to stop nearly all its work, effectively shutting down an agency that was created to protect consumers after the 2008 financial crisis and subprime mortgage-lending scandal. https://buff.ly/42NeEl6

Steve Straiger
@straiger.bsky.social

This is beyond disgusting.

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social

Reporter: You are going to meet with first responders today, but you pardoned hundreds of people who assaulted first responders. Trump: No, I pardoned people who were assaulted themselves… by our government. What I did was a great thing for humanity.

Steve Straiger
@straiger.bsky.social

I had no idea. Quite cool!

Kathy G.@dgoddess.bsky.social

Bloomington people - remember seeing the trapeze rig in a yard in High Street? I worked with Dreya's wonderful sister Licia. Talented, awesome family, each and every one.

forbes.comAfter Collaborating With P!nk, Taylor Swift, Madonna, Cher And Rihanna, Dreya Weber Takes Flight In Her One-Woman Show, ‘Hexen’Using storytelling, song, audience interaction and aerial dance, Hexen mines the lineage of women who are witch archetypes
Steve Straiger
@straiger.bsky.social

Call me insane, but this seems to be a really big deal!

The Guardian@theguardian.com

Google owner drops promise not to use AI for weapons

theguardian.comGoogle owner drops promise not to use AI for weaponsAlphabet guidelines no longer refer to not pursuing technologies that could ‘cause or are likely to cause overall harm’ The Google owner, Alphabet, has dropped its pledge not to use artificial intelligence for purposes such as developing weapons and…
Steve Straiger
@straiger.bsky.social

It’s all about the cruelty.

Polly Sigh@dcpoll.bsky.social

Coast Guard leaders had given Linda Fagan, the first female Coast Guard commandant, a 60-day waiver to find new housing. But on Tuesday, DHS officials told the acting commandant to kick Fagan out because “the president wants her out of quarters.” Trump is such a fascist asshole.