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4thestate.bsky.social @4thestate.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Contact your elected officials to push back against this administration's attempts to claw back funding for public broadcasting. Please donate to your local NPR and PBS, if you're able. Democracy dies in darkness.
protectmypublicmedia.org
Protect My Public Media
Take a stand for the local stations and programs you love.
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 11/04/2025
“Emergency powers are designed to address sudden, unforeseen crises that are moving too quickly for Congress to address.” Invoking them to address a longstanding trade imbalance “is not how they’re meant to be used,” @lizagoitein.bsky.social tells Inside City Hall.
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Brennan Center for Justice talks about 90-day tariff pause
Some lawmakers and legal experts are questioning the president’s broad legal authority.
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Pat Ryan @pkryan.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Don’t let this get lost amidst the chaos. Today, Republicans sided with the big banks AGAIN and voted to increase fees for YOU and YOUR FAMILY.  MAGA picks loyalty to Trump over loyalty to the people every time.
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Paul Kane @pkcapitol.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Easily the weakest day of Trump 2.0. He caved on misguided tariff war because the anonymous world of financial traders hated his policy. Then tonight / less than 24 hours after DJT ordered House Rs to fall in line / Speaker Johnson admits Rs don’t have votes to pass budget outline. Oof.
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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
The AP chose not to pull a Paul Weiss. And it prevailed before the most conservative of Trump’s appointees to the district court in D.C.
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Nick Knudsen @nickknudsenus.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Now THAT’S some #GoodTrouble. #HandsOff
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Jenny Geer ❌ 👑 @jennygeer.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Today’s the day! Where are you protesting the terrible policies of the Trump/Musk regime? Find an action near you: www.mobilize.us/handsoff/ #HandsOff2025 #SaveSocialSecurity #SaveMedicaid #SaveMedicare #TeslaTakedown #FireMusk www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/u...
nytimes.com
Saturday’s ‘Hands Off!’ Anti-Trump Protests Try to Reach the Newly Alarmed
The rallies on Saturday are being held all over the country and emphasize cuts to health care, Social Security and education.
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4thestate.bsky.social @4thestate.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
damn, should have invested in education
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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Several sources tell me a passel of high profile tech and also finance leaders is making a trip to Mar-a-Lago to read Trump the riot act — um talk common sense — to him on the tariffs. Their million dollar donations to the inauguration is turning into billions in losses.
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a black and white photo of a baby wearing a hat looking out a window .
ALT: a black and white photo of a baby wearing a hat looking out a window .
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Bombshell in North Carolina: the state's GOP-dominated Court of Appeals just sided with the GOP candidate in last year's supreme court race. Their decision would toss roughly 60,000 ballots (!) that have been counted, & likely hand the election to GOP instead of incumbent Dem Justice who won it.
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Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Much has been said about this post, but it's also interesting for non-obvious reasons. His first person language — "my Starlink system" and "if I turned it off" — is extremely telling. We rarely see him speak so plainly about his unilateral power like this.
Elon Musk tweet that reads:

"I literally challenged Putin to one on one physical combat over Ukraine and my Starlink system is the backbone of the Ukrainian army. Their entire front line would collapse if I turned it off. 

What I am sickened by is years of slaughter in a stalemate that Ukraine will inevitably lose. 

Anyone who really cares, really thinks and really understands wants the meat grinder to stop. 

PEACE NOW!!"
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Rivertowns Vote @rivertownsvote.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
"The reality is that Democrats can’t win this argument on the merits, so all they have left is character assassination and lies..." 😏 As it happens, we also have video. Roll the tape! www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
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Republican lawmaker questions citizenship status of Latino county official at public meeting
Rep. Mike Lawler of New York made the remark in response to a question from José Alvarado, the vice chair of Westchester County's Board of Legislators.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 24/02/2025
"Only a revived faith in who we are, what we have been, what we have achieved can provide the energy, purpose, and direction to help us find the courage and determination to perpetuate our special democracy." It's over when we give up.
thebulwark.com
Don’t Give Up on America
No previous generation abandoned this country’s ideals. We shouldn’t, either.
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4thestate.bsky.social @4thestate.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Call your elected representatives and let your opinions be known
5calls.org
5 Calls
Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 04/12/2024
Informed citizens are democracy's best defense. Follow our experts to stay updated on our work to protect democracy:
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 04/12/2024
Ayad Akhtar’s “McNeal” “asks some of the most essential and urgent questions of our time, and it does so in a way that brilliantly fits form to function.” Read the play in full, with a foreword by Jeremy Strong:
theatlantic.com
McNeal
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Bluesky has overtaken both Instagram and Twitter for the FIRST time.
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Amanda Litman @amandalitman.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Nearly every DNC chair candidate (or possible candidate) has brought up a need for better candidate recruitment & working to contest every office in every state - work that @runforsomething.bsky.social started doing 8 years ago & got us laughed at. Pretty cool to see that shift!
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Stephen Wolf @stephenwolf.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Dems likely would’ve won the House 218-217 if the GOP hadn’t gained 3 seats by re-gerrymandering North Carolina. GOP gerrymandered 3x more districts than Dems did nationally. GOP in Congress unanimously blocked efforts to end gerrymandering in 2019 & 2021. GOP Supreme Court justices did so in 2019
A cartogram showing the partisan intent behind congressional redistricting in every state, with each state’s size corresponding to how many districts it has. The graphic illustrates how Republicans gerrymandered states with 42% of districts in red, which is three times as many as the 14% of districts that Democrats gerrymandered in blue. The remaining 43% of districts are in yellow states where a court, commission, or divided legislature drew a relatively neutral map.
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Jessica Denson @jessicadenson07.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Many of us are echoing @timothysnyder.bsky.social's lesson in On Tyranny, "Do not obey in advance.” A no less vital admonition that deserves attn: STAND OUT “...without that unease, there is no freedom. The moment you set an example, the spell of the status quo is broken, and others will follow."
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