Anita Dick @anitadickey.bsky.social · 21/04/2025News story - Trump eats own shit from diaper and feeds it to Fox News. 000
Anita Dick @anitadickey.bsky.social · 21/04/2025Hey Followers, I'm done experimenting with commenting and reposting. Summary: Want reposts and likes? Find breaking news without accompanying stories and post the story. Want smart takes, Bluesky search for senior writers. Want subs? Quote a post, then add quoted post as a comment in original. 100
Reposted by Anita DickDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 20/04/2025A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from gutting an independent agency tasked with protecting people from financial fraud. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comJudge Halts Trump’s Mass Firings at Consumer Finance Watchdog AgencyRead more here. 11812160
Reposted by Anita DickKrassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 20/04/2025BREAKING: Senator Van Hollen tells Dana Bash that Abrego Garcia told him that he was "sad and traumatized that he was being imprisoned because he has committed no crimes.” As all of you MAGA Christians celebrate Easter, at least think a little bit about this man and his family. 732080461
Reposted by Anita DickReuters @reuters.com · 20/04/2025Britain intercepted Russian aircraft over Baltic Sea in recent days reut.rs/3GgPbHL 16815
Reposted by Anita DickChristopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 20/04/2025People on the right absolutely lost it last year when Trans Day of Visibility happened to coincide with Easter and Biden acknowledged BOTH, since multiple things are possible at once. It was considered blasphemous. No mention of Jesus or God or anything Christian in Trump’s message. Crickets. 3204
Reposted by Anita DickChristopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 18/04/2025I’ll be at SCOTUS on Monday for oral arguments in a case challenging whether insurance companies have to cover preventative care, including PrEP for HIV prevention, which conservatives claimed "encourages homosexual behavior.” Here’s why it affects everyone. www.advocate.com/news/supreme...advocate.comWhat to know about the Supreme Court case that could take away your access to PrEP and other careHere's what’s at stake in the latest Obamacare challenge that the original plaintiffs claimed encouraged people to be gay. 03517
Reposted by Anita DickChristopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 18/04/2025As U.S. military members serve around the world, their children get a stellar education in the DoD school system, which is America’s highest-scoring, most diverse education system. Trump & Hegseth have ended that. Families are suing to regain it. www.advocate.com/news/militar...advocate.comMilitary families sue Trump administration to keep their school system diverseChildren of service members are fighting against the Trump administration's moves attacking books, Black history and LGBTQ+ students. 03311
Reposted by Anita DickChristopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 18/04/2025A lot of conversations lately about WorldPride in DC under Trump, the travel warning, and what it means for transgender and nonbinary folks. I asked trans leaders & the DC mayor’s office what people need to know if they plan to travel for Pride. www.advocate.com/news/tips-tr...advocate.comWhat does WorldPride's travel warning mean for transgender & nonbinary people?Transgender leaders and organizers respond to Travel fears ahead of WorldPride in Trump’s DC. 0125
Reposted by Anita DickThe New Republic @newrepublic.com · 20/04/2025Trump has revoked a U.S. citizen’s Social Security benefits in the hopes they would leave the country. This comes after the administration filed 6,000 immigrants into the SSA’s “death master file,” stripping them of their legal ability to work and receive benefits.newrepublic.comTrump Kicks Citizen Off Social Security in Anti-Immigrant PurgeDonald Trump has sought to punish immigrants by booting them off Social Security. 37441273
Reposted by Anita DickNBC News @nbcnews.com · 20/04/2025Video from Friday shows ICE buses heading toward an airport in North Texas before turning around as the Supreme Court ruled the Trump administration must, for now, refrain from deporting Venezuelan men based in the state under the Alien Enemies Act.nbcnews.toAs legal fight raged, ICE buses filled with Venezuelans heading toward airport turned around, video showsAt least 28 detainees were placed on buses Friday evening at ICE’s Bluebonnet Detention Center in Anson, Texas, and then driven toward an airport about an hour away. 531520488
Reposted by Anita DickEvan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 20/04/2025Alright. There is one other thing. Even Alito and Thomas say that the administration has to follow the Court’s orders. Nobody, and I mean nobody, seems remotely inclined to defend the admin on the merits. 319533
Reposted by Anita DickDrop Site @dropsitenews.com · 20/04/2025NEWS: Georgia Federal Judge Blocks Deportation of International Students In a win for international students, U.S. District Judge Victoria Calvert has issued a temporary restraining order blocking the deportation of 133 students whose immigration status was abruptly revoked. 210525
Reposted by Anita DickCNN @cnn.com · 20/04/2025Sen. Chris Van Hollen, who recently met with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, slammed the Trump administration for its handling of the Maryland man’s mistaken deportation, telling CNN it poses a threat to “the constitutional rights of everybody in America.”cnn.comSen. Chris Van Hollen argues Trump administration’s actions in Abrego Garcia case ‘threaten everybody’s rights’ | CNN PoliticsMaryland Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen, fresh off his visit to El Salvador where he met with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, slammed the Trump administration for its handling of the mistaken deportation case... 37718141
Reposted by Anita DickMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 20/04/2025👇🎯 So campus speech. Much viewpoint diversity. Very marketplace of ideas. Every accusation from the far right was a confession. And the total failure of our National Conversation™️ to distinguish between the real & imagined threats was deeply unserious. 1599
Reposted by Anita DickDavid Brauer @dbrauer.net · 20/04/2025Free link 4U: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/u...nytimes.comAn Urgent Supreme Court Order Protecting Migrants Was Built for Speed (Gift Article)In an overnight ruling blocking the Trump administration from deporting a group of Venezuelans, the justices ignored some of their protocols. 0123
Reposted by Anita DickThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 20/04/2025Experts said the high court appeared to be taking an aggressive step but cautioned that the order does not address major underlying questions about President Trump’s legal authority to use the Alien Enemies Act to remove migrants from the United States.washingtonpost.comSupreme Court’s predawn order halts deportation flights, for nowConstitutional scholars caution that the justices’ brief order does not address major underlying questions about the legal authorities Trump is using. 913928
Reposted by Anita DickMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 20/04/2025Once again, behold the unparalleled parsimony & explanatory power of the Dennis Green Unified Theory Of 🇺🇸 Politicsmedia.tenor.coma man wearing a hat and a red shirt says they are who we thought they were !ALT: a man wearing a hat and a red shirt says they are who we thought they were ! 03912
Reposted by Anita DickDrop Site @dropsitenews.com · 20/04/2025NEWS: Edan On — the 18-year-old from Beverly Hills who was seen brutally beating pro-Palestinian students at UCLA with a pole — may have joined the Israeli military. 310242
Reposted by Anita DickSharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 20/04/2025you know things are bad when the tech magazines are putting this out 121573222
Reposted by Anita DickMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 20/04/2025"no no no, this is a trap, democrats shouldn't talk about it" --every centrist Dem consultant/pundit paid six figures for their good politics brain 451701279
Reposted by Anita DickThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19/04/2025Facts matter 978163584179
Reposted by Anita DickAsha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 20/04/2025The interesting thing is that according to our own Justice Department, MS-13 began restricting tattoos (c. 2015) on its members precisely bc law enforcement was using them to ID them. Members have to get permission, which means fewer people would have them over last decade 23559261541
Reposted by Anita DickUSA TODAY @usatoday.com · 20/04/2025A judge ordered the State Department to provide six transgender and nonbinary people passports after finding 'irrational prejudice' in Trump order.bit.lyJudge orders State Department to provide passports to transgender people despite Trump orderA judge ordered the State Department to provide six transgender and nonbinary people passports after finding 'irrational prejudice' in Trump order. 921971
Reposted by Anita DickProPublica @propublica.org · 20/04/2025Just weeks after creating a $50 million tax credit for private schools, Idaho has shut down a program that helped public school students pay for laptops, school supplies, tutoring and other expenses. By @audreydutton.bsky.socialpropublica.orgIdaho Gave Families $50M to Spend on Private Education. Then It Ended a $30M Program Used by Public School Families.A Republican lawmaker said ending an Idaho program that helped public school students buy laptops and other materials wasn’t linked to the creation of a private school tax credit. The state’s most… 59844372
Anita Dick @anitadickey.bsky.social · 20/04/2025www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news...cbsnews.comMichigan Rep. Thanedar calls for Trump to be impeached over case of Kilmar Abrego GarciaThanedar's office said in a release Friday that the Trump administration's "blatant disregard" for a Supreme Court ruling requiring they facilitate the return of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia is a "dir... 010
Reposted by Anita Dicksouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 19/04/2025Is the consensus among mainstream journalists that the White House slandering a man they delivered into slavery using a crudely manipulated photo in the president’s grasp in the Oval Office is just not a very newsworthy event? 43894712273
Reposted by Anita DickDaryl Cagle🗞📰 📚 📝🖌 🖥 🎨 @cagle.bsky.social · 19/04/2025The Trump administration wants to kill Sesame Street, ridiculing versions of the show around the world, and by defunding PBS. I spent many years drawing Muppets. Sad to see. 812258
Reposted by Anita DickDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 19/04/2025A federal judge extended restrictions on Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency accessing Americans’ personal data held by the Social Security Administration. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comFederal Judge Extends Block on DOGE’s Access to Social Security DataRead more here. 501425306
Anita Dick @anitadickey.bsky.social · 19/04/2025www.thedailybeast.com/pope-snubs-v...thedailybeast.comPope Sends Deputy to Lecture Vance on Compassion at VaticanVance had an “an exchange of opinions” with Cardinal Pietro Parolin that touched on migration, the Vatican said. 010
Reposted by Anita DickJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 19/04/2025I think it shows that institutions that folded either made a huge miscalculation about the strength of the administration (many journalists, law firms) or actively wanted to partner with the administration on common goals (Columbia) 630872
Reposted by Anita DickThe Independent @the-independent.com · 19/04/2025Student could face ‘decades behind bars’ for alleged Tesla firebomb attack in Missourithe-independent.comStudent could face ‘decades behind bars’ for alleged Tesla arson attack in MissouriOwen McIntire is accused of setting fire to two Tesla Cybertrucks worth more than $100,000 each in Kansas City and damaging two charging stations worth $550 each 173011
Reposted by Anita DickRaw Story @rawstory.com · 19/04/2025rawstory.com'Revealing': Analyst says J.D. Vance's new 'admission' will 'undermine' Trump's legal caseThe Vice President might have made things more difficult for Donald Trump's administration in a major legal case. J.D. Vance's social media activity may be complicating the President's arguments in ... 127430
Reposted by Anita DickProPublica @propublica.org · 19/04/2025DOJ investigators found that Louisiana State Police, among other alleged abuses, used Tasers on people who were restrained or who didn’t pose a threat. The state’s governor and AG derided these findings as politically motivated. By @tophersanders.bsky.socialpropublica.orgTrump’s DOJ Has Frozen Police Reform Work. Advocates Fear More Abuse in Departments Across the Country.Federal investigators had identified at least eight police departments with patterns of unlawful behavior. But Trump’s freeze on oversight activities leaves many reform efforts in the hands of local… 35762318
Reposted by Anita DickAmanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 19/04/2025 Note that devout Catholics Thomas and Alito wanted to make sure Trump renditioned these new victims this Easter. 311818
Reposted by Anita DickKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 19/04/2025I assume there’s a lawyer out there prepping the defamation suits? 1203952611
Reposted by Anita DickThe New Republic @newrepublic.com · 19/04/2025Among the Declaration of Independence’s grievances against the Crown was “transporting us beyond seas to be tried for pretended offences.”newrepublic.comTrump’s Wildly Unconstitutional Plot to Banish U.S. Citizens to GulagsHis plan to send American citizens to foreign prisons is the latest in a long series of affronts to the American constitutional order. 12314121
Reposted by Anita DickAnna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 19/04/2025Somewhere out there, a Judge Xinis clerk just updated the draft order finding probable cause to hold the government in contempt. 1532719522
Reposted by Anita DickNPR @npr.org · 19/04/2025Among those fearful of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown are adoptees who grew up thinking they were U.S. citizens — only to find out years later, in adulthood, they're not.npr.orgShe grew up believing she was a U.S. citizen. Then she applied for a passportAmong those fearful of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown are adoptees who grew up thinking they were U.S. citizens — only to find out years later, in adulthood, they're not. 371395450
Reposted by Anita DickUSA TODAY @usatoday.com · 19/04/2025Secretary of Education Linda McMahon confused AI with A1 while speaking during the ASU+GSV Summit, and the sauce brand capitalized on the moment.bit.lyEducation Secretary Linda McMahon confuses AI with A1, sauce brand capitalizes on blunderSecretary of Education Linda McMahon confused AI with A1 while speaking during the ASU+GSV Summit, and the sauce brand capitalized on the moment. 189425
Reposted by Anita DickAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19/04/2025Who could’ve foreseen that it would be a disaster to put an unqualified Fox weekend host with a drinking problem and sordid personal history in charge of the militarypolitico.comPentagon turmoil deepens: Top Hegseth aide leaves post“There is a complete meltdown in the building,” one official said. 626210115634
