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4blackbutterflies.bsky.social @4blackbutterflies.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Extremists are ordering school superintendents to testify in Congress just for having policies that promote welcoming, inclusive schools! I signed this petition to say that congressional hearings shouldn't be used to bully school leaders. Join me! social.redwine.blue/s/6v98YD1B
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4blackbutterflies.bsky.social @4blackbutterflies.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
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Ready to tell corporations who enable harmful policies that We Ain't Buying It? Sign up here!
Communities have been under attack from harmful government policies and corporations including Amazon, Target, and Home Depot have been aiding and abetting these attacks. Send a huge message to these ...
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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
I didn’t give a wit about new pope coverage, but the first American pope being a man with Black ancestry born in Chicago by way of New Orleans by way of Haiti. Names his self after the pope who condemned slavery? In the Trump era? Oh, baebae, I am HERE for it. www.wwltv.com/article/news...
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Pope Leo XIV's grandparents were 7th Ward Creoles
The newly elected pontiff, born in Chicago, has ancestral ties to the city’s historic Seventh Ward, according to genealogists at The Historic New Orleans Collection.
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4blackbutterflies.bsky.social @4blackbutterflies.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
How will we respond? www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
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Destroying America Was The Plan All Along
Trump wants to be the anti-FDR — and his goal is to smash the country built during the 20th century.
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4blackbutterflies.bsky.social @4blackbutterflies.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The shocking far-right agenda behind the surveillance tech used by ICE and the FBI
Clearview AI’s founders always intended to target immigrants and the political left. Now their digital dragnet is in the hands of the Trump administration.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief. 1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
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4blackbutterflies.bsky.social @4blackbutterflies.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
The real reason Trump is destroying the economy - Vox
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Keep the Congressional switchboard number handy these days: (202) 224-3121
The image is a screenshot of a post on X by a user named Pete Buttigieg (@PeteButtigieg
). The post reads: "Not getting much attention, but the Senate GOP is about to start voting - to make sure banks can charge higher overdraft fees. Seriously. Good time to let your Senators know what you think of that."
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
“Create a ruckus” is the standard.
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4blackbutterflies.bsky.social @4blackbutterflies.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
“We’re not going to be able to lead on all these fights. But what we are hoping is that these rallies can be a funnel to start… a thousand flowers bloom.” Bernie’s ‘Fighting Oligarchy’ Tour Is Organizing, Too url:https://prospect.org/politics/2025-03-26-bernies-fighting-oligarchy-tour-organizing/
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Mark Abraham @markabraham.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
The USA’s two leading scholars of authoritarianism and fascism moved to Canada (one permanently, one on leave). “Stanley writes he has been “very happy at Yale, with the department and the university,” but he wants “to raise my kids in a country that is not tilting towards a fascist dictatorship.”
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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 19/03/2025
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to return detained pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil to New Jersey and adjudicate his arrest and attempted deportation in the jurisdiction where he resides.
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Judge Orders Mahmoud Khalil's Case be Returned to New Jersey
A judge has ruled that pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil's case should be moved from Louisiana to New Jersey.
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Kerrie Strong @kerriestrong.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
I despise making phone calls, but I have to say 5 Calls does make it very easy. I was able to leave VM for both Gillibrand and Schumer today.
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Judith Browne Dianis @jbrownedianis.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Department of Education sent out FAQs today about their anti-DEI Dear Colleague letter. School districts and universities really need to slow down in throwing true US History, students of color and women under the bus. Hold the line. www.ed.gov/media/docume...
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4blackbutterflies.bsky.social @4blackbutterflies.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
🤩 More than 200 gather in Boston Township to protest cuts at Cuyahoga Valley National Park www.beaconjournal.com/story/news/l...
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More than 200 gather in Boston Township to protest cuts at Cuyahoga Valley National Park
"I'm worried about drilling; I'm worried about poaching": Protesters decry cuts at Cuyahoga Valley National Park, fear more is to come.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
I shared this note with the owner of the Washington Post this morning.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
This is great. www.theverge.com/news/617014/...
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Federal workers launch a new site to share inside information about DOGE
We the Builders aims to explain why DOGE’s data access matters.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
CAIR: “Anyone who see the word “Islam" in the name of an American charity and immediately declares the charity must be a "terrorist organization" is a hateful person who must know next to nothing about American Muslims & their contributions” www.cair.com/press_releas...
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 23/02/2025
Shortly after U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi was sworn in, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) asked her to drop the DOJ's lawsuit challenging the state’s voter suppression law SB 202. @marcelias.bsky.social explains:
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Georgia Secretary of State Asks DOJ, DHS to Suppress Voters
Shortly after the new U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi was sworn in Wednesday, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) asked her to drop the Departm...
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4blackbutterflies.bsky.social @4blackbutterflies.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Looking forward to watching this over the weekend.
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SiriusXM Urban View @urbanviewradio.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Mosiah (Short 2023) @luriedanielfavors.bsky.social #LDFShow www.imdb.com/title/tt1541...
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Mosiah (Short 2023) | Short, Biography, Drama
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Ibram X. Kendi @ibramxk.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Sixty years ago, five assassins from the Nation of Islam murdered Malcolm X. The FBI had spent years escalating the serious political differences between Malcolm and NOI leaders—and worsening petty jealousies NOI leaders had for Malcolm as his prominence rose.
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Indivisible Brooklyn @bkindivisible.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
It’s cold but your constituents and neighbors want your 🔥 and action, not tepid and tired rhetoric and bipartisanship. MEET THE MOMENT @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @indivisible.org @foodandwater.bsky.social @nychange.bsky.social @350brooklyn.bsky.social @moveon.org @nypan1.bsky.social
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
“A walking conflict of interest… $20 Billion in 🇺🇸 government contracts…” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Trump has ordered the Justice Department to stop enforcing the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act . It's yet another alarming move by the most unabashedly corrupt president in American history. robertreich.substack.com/p/bribery-…
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
🇺🇸 Today is the 2025 Spring Primary: VOTE WISCONSIN!
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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 18/02/2025
During a hearing on trans military service, Judge Reyes brings up the case of a sailor whose surgery was interrupted. "They’re literally about to put anesthesia on the guy, and someone comes in and says, 'You’ve got to stop the surgery.'" The declaration buff.ly/41l4fvY
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4blackbutterflies.bsky.social @4blackbutterflies.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Know your rights. Many of us are at risk, not just those who are undocumented. Americans have been swept up in these efforts as well.
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Janai Nelson @janainelson.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Demographics are not destiny but they can be a direct obstacle to the Trump-Musk takeover. Read @RonBrownstein's important article on the dangers of disregarding diversity. www.cnn.com/2025/02/14/p...
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The real obstacle for Trump’s campaign against DEI isn’t Democrats. It’s demography | CNN Politics
The escalating drive from President Donald Trump and other Republicans against programs to promote greater diversity in education and employment is on a collision course with fundamental changes in th...
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Our VP met with far-right German party AfP while in Europe. In case you don’t know who they are, I wrote about it when Musk argued that party, Nazi leanings & all, was Germany’s future. joycevance.substack.com/p/musk-in-di...
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Musk in Die Welt
It did not take long for Eva Marie Kogel, the opinion editor at Die Welt, Germany’s paper of record, to decide what the right thing for her to do was.
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Janai Nelson @janainelson.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Schools across the country received a racist threat letter from the Trump Administration on Friday effectively stating that schools that receive taxpayer dollars cannot address the stark racial inequalities in education by any means. #THREAD ed.gov/media/document…
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4blackbutterflies.bsky.social @4blackbutterflies.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
This resonated with me. Read the entire article, not just the segments she's chosen. open.substack.com/pub/kristind...
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What comes next
The path to American authoritarianism
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T.J. Payne @thomaspayne.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
#Ohio Senate passes controversial bill banning DEI and changing how college campuses could function, a big win for straight white males.
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Ohio Senate passes controversial bill banning DEI and changing how college campuses could function
One section of the bill would require all Ohio colleges and universities to teach an American civics literacy course and require all students to take the class to receive their bachelor's degree.
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Monster C. Camacho 👻🐈‍⬛🎃 @mc2x.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
This profile has been scrubbed from the site. Rose Ferreira grew up without reliable electricity, immigrated to NY, then survived homelessness and cancer on her way to NASA. She was so moved by images from the Webb telescope she wept. This is what’s at stake web.archive.org/web/20231206...
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NASA Intern Found Hope in the Moon - NASA
Lee esta historia en español aquí
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Cory Booker @corybooker.com · 08/02/2025
A few things Trump has done that won’t lower costs but will make life harder for no good reason... 🧵
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 08/02/2025
Making sure everyone understands: Afrikaners—Elon Musk’s people—built, enforced, and thrived under the apartheid system they created. Not just “white-ruled segregation”—it was systemic racial oppression to keep the white minority in power. They don’t deserve refugee status—they were the oppressors!
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Jamie Carter @jctheresistance.demcast.com · 07/02/2025
WOW! @booker.senate.gov NAILED IT! "There can be no bystanders in this fight. It is time that we understand the only thing necessary for wrong to triumph is for right to do nothing, for right to be silent."
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
In their WSJ op-ed, Musk and Ramaswamy were upfrong that the return-to-office “would result in a wave of voluntary terminations that we welcome." The goal is to make the federal government such a toxic workplace that people will leave. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/will-the-f...
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Every day these people show us who they are
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Because this is getting downplayed in some of the coverage, the racist staffer DOGE rehired isn’t a case of “stupid things he wrote years ago as a teen.” He posted about how we should “normalize Indian hate” IN SEPTEMBER.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/02/2025
this stuff makes perfect sense when you understand that these people have a slaveholder’s ideology and believe that liberty means the freedom to dominate others
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Teddy Wilson @reportbywilson.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Shot…. and chaser.
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Just learned from NPR that the federal government is the largest employer in the great Kansas City area, for example. I found it helpful to be reminded that, of course, this isn’t just about people who work and live in DC. Federal employees are in all of our communities.
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dimitrikg13.bsky.social @dimitrikg13.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Hell yeah. Hold the line. This is what we need people to do. Slow things down, don’t comply in advance so the courts have time to stop them. It’s starting to work.
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Kathleen Belew @kathleenbelew.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
one.npr.org?sharedMediaI... a win: a Black church awarded name and trademark of Proud Boys in settlement
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🔊 Listen Now: D.C. pastor hopeful and resolute after church awarded Proud Boys' trademark
All Things Considered on NPR One | 8:15
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