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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Business that attack DC Home Rule — or the power of the officials we democratically elect — are not welcome in DC. We will stop purchasing your products and services and will do everything in our power to make sure others do the same.
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D.C. officials thought they could work with Comer. A new bill blindsided them.
D.C. lawmakers say they were surprised when the House Oversight chair proposed a bill that would require congressional approval for any D.C. tax initiative.
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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Last night Trump's National Guard arrested Nolan, a student organizer in DC. His hearing will be this morning at 11 AM and community allies are encouraged to be there to support him. 500 Indiana Ave NW at 11 AM. h/t @taskforceusa.bsky.social www.instagram.com/p/DabdKp2lgz6/
"Breaking: National Guard arrests DC student. Our friend and team member Nolan was detained by the National Guard last night for calling out the Guard's illegal occupation of DC. Court support Monday, July 6 @ 11 AM. DC Superior Court. 500 Indiana Ave. NW"
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toonerman @dptoon.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
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Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
I made a new t-shirt that I think has an important message about the future and also about friendship and i think maybe you will like it roryblank.bigcartel.com
A shirt depicting a cute beaver wearing a hardhat and a work vest and holding a hammer, standing in front of a series of pictures of other beavers in work gear variously sawing wood, hammering nails, and carrying planks of wood. 

On the pictures it says "working together we can build anything we like."

In big text it says "stop building hell" at the top
and at the bottom it says "we are trapped in the prison of nostalgia, a world built by ghosts, not a world for the living. Nothing new can be built until we escape. Nothing can be fixed if you aren't willing to let things go."
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Rebecca Watson @skepchick.org · 29/06/2026
Israel purposely murdered a woman who dedicated her life to protecting endangered sea turtles and raising a generation of conservationists in Lebanon. skepchick.org/2026/06/isra...
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Israel Bombed a Turtle Sanctuary & Killed Mona Khalil
Transcript: Last year, when we lost primatologist Jane Goodall, I talked a bit about how she inspired a lot of people to care more about the planet, and particularly how she worked with local conse…
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Gory Thing @korybing.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wscQ... An elderly man consigned his Lego collection worth $200k to his local Bricks & Minifigs store in order to help pay for his medical debt and help his family and then the Bricks & Minifigs corporation stole all of it and refused to acknowledge that they did that.
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I tracked down the thief who stole $200,000 of LEGO
YouTube video by Reckless Ben
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404 Media @404media.co · 04/06/2026
The Bricks & Minifigs / Reckless Ben beef is consuming YouTube (and the entire state of Utah.)
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The LEGO YouTube Scandal Has Broken Containment, Can No Longer Be Ignored
The Bricks & Minifigs / Reckless Ben beef is consuming YouTube (and the entire state of Utah.)
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singlecatlady23.bsky.social @singlecatlady23.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
The Sargent at Arms blocks Representative Justin Pearson from Memphis from entering a committee meeting about redrawing the map specifically for the district he represents.
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Political Humor @politicalhumor9.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
May Day: There were huge anti Trump protests all across America. Did you hear about it in the corporate media?
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California Fast Food Workers Union @cafastfoodunion.org · 13/04/2026
The industry can afford it. Our families deserve it. Annual cost of living raises now! #FastFoodCouncil
A worker with a sign that says fast food workers demand annual raises now from last year's fast food council subcommittee meeting in Sacramento
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AEP @aep47.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
I'm attending a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social event: May Day 2026: A Day of Truth and Freedom. No Work. No School. No Shopping.. RSVP here: actionnetwork.org/events/may-d...
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Walk Out on Fascism
January 20, 2026 will mark one year of this fascist regime and one year of Free DC's organizing to rise up and protect our people. One year into this fight it is more urgent than ever: ICE is kidnappi...
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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 30/10/2025
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House. Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity. They are not the same.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
I flew down to south Texas today to do my job - investigate why people are dying in ICE detention centers. I was just illegally denied entry to Dilley Detention Center. Because they have something to hide.
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AkivaMCohen @akivamcohen.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Co-signing this. Grok is out there making CSAM on request from pictures posted to the internet. And if you posted pictures of your kids to Twitter, you LICENSED Grok to do that. Take those pics down NOW
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
they’re trying to turn everyone into the joker reason.com/2025/12/31/d...
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DHS says REAL ID, which DHS certifies, is too unreliable to confirm U.S. citizenship
It's the punch line to a bad joke that started 20 years ago when Congress passed the REAL ID Act.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
As usual, incredible work from @karenyourish.bsky.social and colleagues. It’s all about the grift.
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Hundreds of Big Post-Election Donors Have Benefited From Trump’s Return to Office (Gift Article)
Well into his second term, the president and his allies have continued aggressively raising money. Many donors have interests before his administration, The Times found.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Ugh.
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
I don’t use social media to argue about politics with strangers. I use social media to talk to people about fish. When I talk about fish on Bluesky, people ask me questions about fish. When I talk about fish on Twitter, people threaten to murder my family because we’re Jewish.
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skáld @danglinghemmie.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
real sign of the times that the federal reserve chair all but accused the federal government of falsifying jobs data and it didn't even last a full day in the news cycle
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Fed Chair Jerome Powell Says U.S. May Be Drastically Overstating Jobs Numbers
Powell said that Fed staffers believe federal data could be overstating job creation by up to 60,000 jobs a month—which suggests the jobs market might be shrinking.
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April Verrett @seiupres.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
In 2023, union members earned about $1,263 a week vs $1,090 for nonunion workers. That’s roughly $9,000 more a year. One word for that: power. Organizing puts money back in workers’ pockets. #UnionsForAll
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Hey all, The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships. Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits. You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
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Fellowship
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barbararogan.bsky.social @barbararogan.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
DO NOT give your money to Jeff Bezos. He has plenty. Make a list of the books you want to buy as gifts and buy or order from a local bookstore...if you want those stores to continue to exist.
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a man is looking at books in a bookstore with a sign that says " chapter books "
ALT: a man is looking at books in a bookstore with a sign that says " chapter books "
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Katie Brennan @katiebrennan.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
@runforsomething.net is doing incredible work with candidates ready to meet the moment. I’m honored to have their endorsement. The status quo isn’t working for a lot of people right now. So this is really about changing who has power in Trenton and whose voices get heard.
Endorsement photo
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Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 02/04/2025
Two of our union siblings were detained by ICE. This comes at a time when our union is continuing to fight for fair contracts with strong protections, and stand up against Starbucks's repeated union-busting. Our message is clear: If you mess with one of us, you mess with ALL of us. #4the1st
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/03/2025
RFK is a eugenics freak first and foremost and everything falls downstream from that. he *wants* excess deaths. he thinks that only the "fit" should survive.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 27/03/2025
thinking of one of abraham lincoln's great quotes this morning: "As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the difference, is no democracy."
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
This is really the whole ball game right now, *particularly* among the institutions that make up civil society. (my parents definitely had this poster when I was growing up)
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Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable" @kateschapira.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
They're trying to deport my colleague from the med school and holding her without counsel. She was coming back from a visit to her family. If there are ways to help I'll let you know. www.providencejournal.com/story/news/l...
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She saw family in Lebanon. Now this Brown Medicine doctor is being held at Logan for deportation.
Dr. Rasha Alawieh flew into Logan Airport Thursday after visiting family in Lebanon. She's being detained now at Logan without legal counsel.
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EC from DC @notkarlsson.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
*sighs in taxed and unrepresented*
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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
I had not heard of this book but now I am going to read it tonight.
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loveroflife1987.bsky.social @loveroflife1987.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Petition to remove Schumer www.change.org/p/demand-imm...
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Sign the Petition
Demand Immediate Removal of Chuck Schumer as Senate Minority Leader
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
I asked Schumer about this last night and his answer was basically that they’re wrong.
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Extraordinary moment — Nancy Pelosi issues a statement calling on Democratic senators to reject the House funding bill, i.e. to defy Chuck Schumer. "Democratic senators should listen to the women," she says, referring to Murray/DeLauro who want a 1-month stopgap bill instead.
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SEIU_ORG @seiu.org · 13/03/2025
🚨 BREAKING: A judge has ruled that thousands of fired federal workers must be rehired immediately after being wrongfully terminated! This is what we mean when we say protect workers' rights. Checks and balances exist for a reason—so we don’t live under an authoritarian government.
yahoo.com
Trump’s plans dealt another blow in court as federal judge orders fired probationary employees be rehired
Probationary employees in six government departments were fired in February.
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Wow. Rep. Chuck Edwards is getting torn apart at a town hall in Asheville, NC. “I’m a veteran & you don’t give a fuck about me. You don’t get to do this to us!” Edwards orders veteran to be thrown out. We’re approaching a tipping point now. Anger across the country is going to boil over soon.
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AEP @aep47.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
A poster. 
# MOCFSS
## calling all colleagues and friends from throughout the DMV
### meeting of concerned faculty, staff, and students

Thursday march 20th 4:30 to 6:30pm

Thursday April 3rd 5 to 7pm

West end library 
Meeting room 1
2301 L street NW, corner of 23rd St NW / metro: Foggy Bottom

Email: M O C F S S @gmail.com
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
OK, a roundup response to the "they won't follow the court orders" people. First of all, you're wrong! The administration *is* following many of the court orders. What's more, they're showing their understanding of the validity of court orders by seeking stays pending appeal when they lose.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 11/03/2025
The Trump administration is trying to deport Mahmoud Khalil, a permanent legal resident of the U.S. who recently graduated from Columbia University, where he helped lead pro-Palestinian protests on campus against Israel’s war efforts in Gaza. Here’s what to know. nyti.ms/3Fhv7of
Mahmoud Khalil at a demonstration, gesturing with one hand. A headline reads: What to Know About Mahmoud Khalil, the Detained Columbia Activist. Photo by Marco Postigo Storel for The New York Times
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Maaike @maaikeverbruggen.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Wow, massive shakeup in the DoD budget, this cut should allow the DoD to be supplied with bolts for at least a month
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SEIU Local 73 @seiulocal73.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
This is a fight for our families. Medicaid covers doctor visits, prescriptions, care for millions of children, veterans, people with disabilities and working adults. Don’t stay silent—demand Congress votes “NO” to cut Medicaid. 📲 Call NOW: 866-426-2631
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AEP @aep47.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
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Demand the Immediate Release of Palestinian Student Activist Mahmoud Khalil from DHS detention
On the evening of March 8, 2025, Columbia University student activist Mahmoud Khalil was detained by the Department of Homeland Security. The arrest comes on the heels of the Department of State’s ann...
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Erica Joy Astrella @ericajoy.astrel.la · 08/03/2025
so a thing…i got an email this week asking me to speak on a podcast. they were “particularly interested in my experiences as a trans woman” in tech. chat i’m not trans, have never claimed to be. what i am is Black and 6ft tall and for those reasons, have been assumed to be trans quite frequently.

I'm reaching out to you because I deeply admire your work advocating for diversity and inclusion in the tech industry, and I'm particularly interested in your experiences as a trans woman in that space. Your insights on creating positive change are incredibly valuable.
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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Some "Russian Warship" vibes here from a tiny fed'l agency. via Brett Murphy: The African Development Foundation (budget ~$40 million) is putting up a fight and denying DOGE + Pete Marocco — the State Dept official dismantling USAID — access to their building:
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SEIU_ORG @seiu.org · 04/03/2025
📢 Thousands of University of California workers are on strike—and for good reason. UC’s unfair bargaining tactics are an attack on workers who keep campuses running. No worker should have to fight this hard for fair wages and respect.✊🏾 seiu.co/4kzRSnw
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Thousands of University of California workers go on strike alleging unfair bargaining tactics - ET Education
University Of California Strike: The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299, or AFSCME Local 3299, and the University Professional Technical Employees (UPTE)-CWA Local...
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
If you worked for 18F and got fired, Group together to start a consulting company. It’s just a matter of time before DOGE needs you to fix the mess they inevitably create. They will have to hire your company as a contractor to fix it. But on your terms. I’m happy to invest and/or help
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ex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
The measles outbreak in Texas is reminding me of the public letter Roald Dahl wrote about losing his daughter to measles in 1962, just before the vaccine was publicly available.
Excerpt from a public letter Roald Dahl wrote encouraging people to vaccinate their children.

Olivia, my eldest daughter, caught measles when she was seven years old. As the illness took its usual course I can remember reading to her often in bed and not feeling particularly alarmed about it. Then one morning, when she was well on the road to recovery, I was sitting on her bed showing her how to fashion little animals out of coloured pipe-cleaners, and when it came to her turn to make one herself, I noticed that her fingers and her mind were not working together and she couldn’t do anything.

“Are you feeling all right?” I asked her.

“I feel all sleepy,” she said.

In an hour, she was unconscious. In twelve hours she was dead.

The measles had turned into a terrible thing called measles encephalitis and there was nothing the doctors could do to save her. That was twenty-four years ago in 1962, but even now, if a child with measles happens to develop the same deadly reaction from measles as Olivia did, there would still be nothing the doctors could do to help her.

On the other hand, there is today something that parents can do to make sure that this sort of tragedy does not happen to a child of theirs. They can insist that their child is immunized against measles. I was unable to do that for Olivia in 1962 because in those days a reliable measles vaccine had not been discovered. Today a good and safe vaccine is available to every family and all you have to do is to ask your doctor to administer it.
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Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 28/02/2025
BREAKING: Starbucks workers at the S. Dale Mabry & Neptune location in Tampa, FL just WON the 550th union Starbucks store in the US! Not only that - baristas at 23 MORE stores are announcing organizing efforts today! When we fight together, we WIN together. And we're NOT slowing down. ✊🔥
Photos of SBWU members posing with SBWU logos and signs are edited onto a colorful poster that says "550 UNION STARBUCKS STORES + TODAY, PARTNERS AT 23 MORE LOCATIONS ARE ANNOUNCING THEY'RE ORGANIZING"
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SEIU_ORG @seiu.org · 27/02/2025
Farm workers are out in freezing 39° temps, pruning vines for just 40 cents per vine—backbreaking work that puts food on our tables. Meanwhile, CEOs rake in millions. This is why we fight for fair pay & dignity for ALL workers.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
None of us can be sure what will “work.” You try multiple things and find your way in. Read some histories of the Civil Rights Movement by those who participated. They were never “sure” of what would work. Some campaigns fizzled out. But persistence, creativity, determination, and focus were key.
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