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@baazilla.bsky.social
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Free, fair and auditable election advocate. Proud atheist - keep the god(s) out of governance.

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capitolhunters @capitolhunters.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
The cynics think today's attack on Venezuela is staged and transactional. Maduro is allied with Putin, but in 2019 Putin offered Trump a swap: Russia cedes Venezuela and gets Ukraine. (See Fiona Hill's testimony in Trump's first impeachment trial, h/t @davetroy.com). Even Maduro may be in on it. 2/
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
When you kill the DEI so you have no drums.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
"Earlier this week Donald Trump called for a second civil war at a US military base. This scenario can be resisted and prevented, if we have the courage to listen, interpret, and act. And this Saturday we will have the occasion to act." snyder.substack.com/p/trumps-civ...
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Trump's civil war
And our new birth of freedom
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
The Minnesota assassinations, the attempted arson at Governor Shapiro's home, and the violent arrest of Senator Padilla are all straight out of the Jim Crow terrorism playbook. Same goes with cops aiming for journalists covering the ICE protests. None of these are new tactics, just a new iteration.
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PA election wonk @baazilla.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Giving off real Dennis Hastert vibes. But I guess that's a prerequisite for the job.
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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
The House version of this bill had a loophole that might’ve let federal courts require $1 bond for civil rights plaintiffs. Senate Republicans not only closed it but beefed up the requirement to effectively outlaw preliminary injunctions for all but the richest litigants. Insanity.
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PA election wonk @baazilla.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
This is unhinged madness.
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PA election wonk @baazilla.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Can't find a gift link? Use archive.ph to create an archival page and share that. Do not allow important information to wither behind a paywall.
archive.ph
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Kevin Collier @kevincollier.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
This is a very good story, and is significantly more disturbing when you realize that soon Mattel toys will also be OpenAI chatbots.
corporate.mattel.com
Mattel and OpenAI Announce Strategic Collaboration
Mattel and OpenAI announced a strategic collaboration to support AI-powered products and experiences​ ​based on Mattel’s brands.​​​
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PA election wonk @baazilla.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
We were promised the Jetsons and delivered 1984. I demand a refund from this timeline.
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
The president of the United States in our time is not supposed to wield armed troops and even station marines on American soil because of political speech and assembly he doesn’t like, that is typically not allowed and no I don’t care if any of it is technically “legal”
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L @banalplay.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
you don't want to sit for hours through a fascist production and get paid in McDonald's and what amounts to a moth flying out of your digital wallet?
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L @banalplay.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Look who's paying people to come to his birthday party
Craigslist posting from T-Mellon Events looking for seat fillers for the little birthday boy's parade on the 14th. "People of color and ethnic groups" are encouraged to sign up for "perception control." Attendees are promised free fast food and $1,000 in an unspecified shitcoin.
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E. Rosalie @erosalie.infoepi.com · 12/06/2025
Genetic material shed by tumors can be detected in the bloodstream three years before cancer diagnosis, according to a study led by investigators at Johns Hopkins University. That study was made possible with federal funding. Now, many studies like this are canceled. hub.jhu.edu/2025/06/04/...
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Cancers can be detected in bloodstream three years prior to diagnosis
Detection of cancer before a clinical diagnosis could give patients and caregivers more time for intervention and may lead to better outcomes because tumors are more likely to be curable
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Aside from the questionable conclusion of this answer, which is both stupid and dangerous, Mike Johnson was literally a constitutional lawyer before becoming a lawmaker.
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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
🚨 SOUTH PHILLY: ICE was spotted on 7th & Snyder at 9am this morning; their two unmarked Dodge SUVs (one gray, one black) are heading South on Broad as of 10am. Community members have eyes on them—alert your neighbors! KKF 7661 gray Dodge SUV LTM 932 black Dodge SUV
Text: ICE spotted 7th & Snyder. 6/10/25 9am: ICE has been spotted on 7th & Snyder Avenue, waiting in three unmarked vehicles wearing tan vests. 

Show up and alert your neighbors! We keep us safe!
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PA election wonk @baazilla.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
I could only Cassandra so hard... Knew this was coming and it's going to get worse.
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Adam Rose @adamrose.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
If anyone is having trouble following my (increasingly long) thread tracking incidents where police assaulted journalists at protests in Los Angeles this weekend, it's also in spreadsheet form here. This is the more organized version I've been sending to lawyers, agency chiefs, electeds, etc.
docs.google.com
California Press Rights Tracking Doc (Consolidated)
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Bishop Steiner @bishopsteiner.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
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Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
media.tenor.com
a woman is sitting at a table in a living room talking to a man .
ALT: a woman is sitting at a table in a living room talking to a man .
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PA election wonk @baazilla.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
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a man in a suit says let them fight in front of a group of soldiers
ALT: a man in a suit says let them fight in front of a group of soldiers
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Dean: When did we have a trade surplus? Lutnick: About 100 years ago Dean: It was the Great Depression.
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PA election wonk @baazilla.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
That Kafkaesque feeling? It's not imaginary. Even federal judges are noting the similarities. The impact of the Trump kakistocracy is being felt all over the world.
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PA election wonk @baazilla.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Defund cancer research but give this dude an $18 million dollar department? www.propublica.org/article/trum...
propublica.org
“The Intern in Charge”: Meet the 22-Year-Old Trump’s Team Picked to Lead Terrorism Prevention
One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is the Department of Homeland Security official tasked with overseeing the government’s main hub for combating v...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 04/06/2025
NEW: Meet the 22-Year-Old Trump’s Team Picked to Lead Terrorism Prevention One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is the Department of Homeland Security official tasked with overseeing the government’s main hub for combating violent extremism.
propublica.org
“The Intern in Charge”: Meet the 22-Year-Old Trump’s Team Picked to Lead Terrorism Prevention
One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is the Department of Homeland Security official tasked with overseeing the government’s main hub for combating v...
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PA election wonk @baazilla.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
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Bill Resh @billresh.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Here are the four essay questions all federal job applicants for GS-05 and above positions will be expected to answer. It is transparently obvious that these will be used to effectively screen for ideological and personal loyalty.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
“meritocracy” www.cbsnews.com/news/fema-he...
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Acting head of FEMA said he wasn't aware U.S. has a hurricane season, sources say
It was not clear to staff whether FEMA's David Richardson meant it literally or as a joke, but current and former employees who spoke with CBS News said the comment flustered many.
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PA election wonk @baazilla.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Readable link archive.ph/vbV4o
archive.ph
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PA election wonk @baazilla.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
This administration does not want free, fair and auditable elections. If they did, they would properly fund CISA instead of robbing from them to pay for the gestapo and private prison contractors.
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PA election wonk @baazilla.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
HEROES
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Bud Grant Green @boxy.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
2025 Lee Atwater: you start out by saying your opponents aren't from around here, or they're not real Americans... Eventually, you're saying that they're robots, or clones, or NPCs.
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PA election wonk @baazilla.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
It’s fine, he’s just got all your personal data. 💊💉
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PA election wonk @baazilla.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Every day we look more and more like we are portents of Idiocracy.
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PA election wonk @baazilla.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
I love this for him.
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PA election wonk @baazilla.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Next Trump judicial nominee?
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PA election wonk @baazilla.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
This is a must read. Here's an archive link archive.ph/EXvCM
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
These SpaceX failures are being financed by taxpayer dollars. So far, over $7,000,000,000. So this is *actual* government waste, unlike the *alleged* waste at Social Security that DOGE was unable to find.
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PA election wonk @baazilla.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Shame on the 9 law firms that offered the Trump admin over one billion in pro bono legal assistance to shred the constitution and attack his "perceived enemies". Kudos to Wilmer Hale and other firms for having a spine and bringing this before the courts. Do not obey in advance!
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PA election wonk @baazilla.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
J6 pardon tracker is here: capitolriotmap.com/pardon-track... Others can be found here but the are a bit behind: www.justice.gov/pardon/cleme...
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Capitol Riot Map
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PA election wonk @baazilla.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
This is a must read story on the illegal maneuvers of this now pardoned sheriff. Dude was giving people that donated to his campaign weapons and badges!!! Now he's a free member of the maga extremist militia that will do whatever dear leader requests. boltsmag.org/culpeper-vir...
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PA election wonk @baazilla.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
RFRA is a poison pill. This rejection was a good call by SCOTUS.
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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 23/05/2025
Hard not to notice that ICE isn't breaking up drug rings or gangs (because we would ABSOLUTELY hear about it if they were), but instead are dressing up like bank robbers and doing the laziest shit possible, like hanging out at immigration court or grabbing people for busted taillights. Worthless
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John Panzer @johnpanzer.com · 24/05/2025
Idea: People visiting the House should ask to see the @thejan6plaque.bsky.social as part of the tour. Ask to go see it in the storeroom. Ask why we can’t see that piece of history. Livestream the whole thing.
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John Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · 08/05/2025
Weird how "making America great again" consists of dismantling all America's soft power and also future source of hard power
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PA election wonk @baazilla.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Love this for him.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Burn it all down "Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth led a Christian prayer service in the Pentagon’s auditorium on Wednesday morning, during working hours, in which President Trump was praised as a divinely appointed leader."
nytimes.com
Pete Hegseth Leads Christian Prayer Service in the Pentagon
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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 20/05/2025
Don't miss the scariest committee hearing of the year.
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