Reposted by ChangeServantMatt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 17/03/2025Today in Sentences I Hoped to Never to Read 113129
Reposted by ChangeServantSoraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 17/03/2025"In November McGregor was ordered by an Irish civil court to pay nearly €250,000 (£210,000) in damages to a woman who said he “brutally raped and battered” her in a hotel in Dublin in 2018." Naturally, the White House considered him an appropriate guest.theguardian.comConor McGregor anti-immigration rant in White House condemned by Irish PMMicheál Martin says MMA fighter’s comments before Trump meeting ‘do not reflect spirit of Saint Patrick’s Day’ 18583201
Reposted by ChangeServantCeleste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 17/03/2025Two high profile illegal detainment/deportment cases of *lawful residents* out of Logan Airport in Boston. This is a great thing to call your electeds about TODAY. ☎️ at reps.fyi 10581238
Reposted by ChangeServantYashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 17/03/20252. President Trump’s children all had six months of Secret Service protection after their father left office in January 2021. Hunter Biden’s wife is South African, which is why he has been visiting there. 926132
Reposted by ChangeServantYashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 17/03/20251. BREAKING President Trump says he is stripping Hunter Biden and Ashley Biden of their U.S. Secret Service details. It is standard for the adult children of U.S. presidents to have their details extended for six months after their parent is no longer president. 5427385
Reposted by ChangeServantbarely-sane.bsky.social @barely-sane.bsky.social · 17/03/2025If Netanyahu died would anyone who attended his funeral be deported? Of course not. A lot of MAGAs would attend. Netanyahu has committed war crimes. But in the black and white MAGA world, he's the good guy. 191
Reposted by ChangeServantTom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 17/03/2025If enough Democrats had showed up to the polls in 2024, we wouldn’t be having this conversation at all 4549234
Reposted by ChangeServantTom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 17/03/2025A group of people embracing the term “antifa” was one of the stupidest self-owns of the past decade 2820415
Reposted by ChangeServantKyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 17/03/2025Donald Trump has pulled the Secret Service details of Hunter and Ashley Biden "effective immediately." 282956355
Reposted by ChangeServantNPR @npr.org · 17/03/2025At issue was whether plane-loads of alleged members of the Tren de Aragua gang were deported despite the judge's order to turn the planes around.npr.orgJudge seeks sworn declaration from Justice Department in deportation caseAt issue was whether plane-loads of alleged members of the Tren de Aragua gang were deported despite the judge's order to turn the planes around. 2163254686
Reposted by ChangeServantDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 17/03/2025To stay updated on the legal efforts challenging the Trump administration’s actions, subscribe to our free newsletters:newsletters.democracydocket.comSubscribe to Democracy DocketSign up for our free newsletters to stay up to date on the latest in the fight for our democracy in the courts. 1636192
Reposted by ChangeServantMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 17/03/2025Universities are in an impossible position: defend core values OR comply with the new policies. It's really important for university presidents to acknowledge that impossibility & get out, collectively, & speak out against what is an existential crisis. Pretending otherwise like this is not helpful. 218442
Reposted by ChangeServantTexas Public Radio @texaspublicradio.bsky.social · 17/03/2025Jasmine Amy Rogers is starring in her first Broadway musical. Eight years ago, NPR talked with her when she was still in high school.tpr.orgThis Betty Boop is Broadway's newest star 092
Reposted by ChangeServantRenee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 17/03/2025From this article: www.chronicle.com/article/how-...chronicle.comHow a University Fights an Authoritarian RegimeViktor Orbán came for me. Donald Trump is coming for you. Here’s what to do. 14415
Reposted by ChangeServantemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 17/03/2025I wonder how long Fox is gonna be cool with this. I mean, someone has to clean the camera lens to wipe of the spit, anyway. 2432362
Reposted by ChangeServantAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 17/03/2025Kinzinger: So my reaction to him is like, you know what? Then bring it. Stop talking about it. Bring the charges then if you really want to do it. Because we will crush you in court. And it'll make me three times more effective against you. 255129132461
Reposted by ChangeServantRyan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 17/03/2025NEW: “DOGE has broken into our building.” -- Acting President and CEO of the United States Institute of Peace George Moose 521377508
Reposted by ChangeServantAnna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 17/03/2025lol what would be so bad if Black and Brown people were the majority? Why are you afraid of that? Did we steal your land? Your people? Your resources? Your money? What reason do YOU have to fear of minorities being the majority? Wrestle with that fear and then go to therapy. 17212
ChangeServant @changeservant.bsky.social · 17/03/2025That is why they will upend the rule of law to protect white supremacy. 010
Reposted by ChangeServantCiara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 17/03/2025Not sure this is helpful. 0204
Reposted by ChangeServantSource New Mexico @sourcenm.com · 17/03/2025“We don’t know what’s happened to these four dozen New Mexicans. They’ve effectively disappeared. They’re gone,” said Becca Sheff, senior staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico.buff.lyICE has ‘disappeared’ 48 New Mexico residents, attorneys say • Source New Mexico“We don’t know what’s happened to these four dozen New Mexicans. They’ve effectively disappeared. They’re gone,” an ACLU attorney said. 15386285
Reposted by ChangeServantJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 17/03/2025If the Supreme Court ultimately agrees with what the gov't is arguing today, that the President has broad Article II powers that would permit it to deport people & there can be no judicial review, then literally no one is safe. 845209286445
Reposted by ChangeServantChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 17/03/2025They want the unreviewable power to grab people and render them to a foreign gulag. 770213235351
Reposted by ChangeServantNahal Toosi @nahaltoosi.bsky.social · 17/03/2025Good Lord. Latest from US Institute of Peace: 21079772588
ChangeServant @changeservant.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Ugh. Part of the goal to remake America in Trump’s image. 000
ChangeServant @changeservant.bsky.social · 07/03/2025www.linkedin.com/posts/change...linkedin.comClaire Gastanaga on LinkedIn: The Women and the Law InstituteOn March 20 and 21, the Virginia Law Foundation is sponsoring its first Women and the Law Institute in Richmond, VA and online. Not just for lawyers (although… 010
Reposted by ChangeServantJacob Bogage @jacobbogage.bsky.social · 21/02/2025📬🚨 HUGE NEWS 📬🚨 Trump plans to fire the USPS governing board, merge the Postal Service into the Commerce Department. It would disrupt 55 years of non-political mail service, and threatens to upend trillions of dollars of ecommerce and the 250 year-old US mail system.washingtonpost.comTrump expected to take control of USPS, fire postal board, officials sayThe move threatens to upend trillions of dollars in ecommerce business and the 250 year-old Postal Service. 1851164612
Reposted by ChangeServantThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 21/02/2025Breaking news: Trump is preparing to dissolve the leadership of the U.S. Postal Service and absorb the independent mail agency into his administration, potentially throwing the mail provider and trillions of dollars of ecommerce transactions into turmoil.washingtonpost.comTrump expected to take control of USPS, fire postal board, officials sayThe move threatens to upend trillions of dollars in ecommerce business and the 250 year-old Postal Service. 7551442870
Reposted by ChangeServantAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/02/2025"None whatsoever" -- Trump says states that allow trans people to play sports will no longer receive federal funding 182640160
Reposted by ChangeServantAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/02/2025there is nothing they won't normalize 1752294278
Reposted by ChangeServantRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21/02/2025When are we going to start those WH drug tests? bsky.app/profile/atru... 1682308414
Reposted by ChangeServantNicole Hemmer @pastpunditry.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Farmers slaughtering their chickens and losing their overseas markets, rural public schools losing funding when there are no private alternatives for vouchers to pay for, universities that prop up rural college towns laying off workers, immigrant residents being rounded up. Not great! 36111
Reposted by ChangeServantNicole Hemmer @pastpunditry.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Post offices are critical infrastructure in rural communities. It’s hard not to see the first month of this administration as a wholesale attack on rural communities, its most loyal voting base. 517236
Reposted by ChangeServantProPublica @propublica.org · 21/02/2025NEW: While the agency is allowing disability discrimination probes to resume, the Trump administration’s investigation shutdown still applies to cases of alleged civil rights violations based on race and gender, according to a memo obtained by ProPublica.propub.liEducation Department “Lifting the Pause” on Some Civil Rights Probes, but Not for Race or Gender CasesA memo to the department’s Office for Civil Rights reveals that the agency will allow “only disability-based discrimination” cases to proceed. Thousands of outstanding complaints will continue to sit… 20564213
Reposted by ChangeServantBlake Emerson @blakeprof.bsky.social · 21/02/2025They may regret coming for the ALJ’s. Not to be trifled with. Many Veterans. 25812
Reposted by ChangeServantCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 16/02/2025On Friday night, HHS ordered CDC to take down all flu vaccine campaign materials from its website. Materials are starting to come down. For example, a campaign explaining that flu shot can reduce flu severity from "wild to mild" is now offline. Left image is from Friday, right is now Meanwhile... 44077764000
Reposted by ChangeServantCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 20/02/2025DOJ has deleted a database tracking federal police misconduct www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...washingtonpost.comJustice Department deletes database tracking federal police misconductThe Trump administration has killed a nationwide database of federal police officers’ misconduct, launched by the Biden administration to keep bad cops from jumping from job to job. 591467858
Reposted by ChangeServantChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 21/02/2025In case you don't get what that means: The Supreme Court had this precise issue before them last term and they literally said "we are not deciding that." 517622
Reposted by ChangeServantKevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 21/02/2025The first reaction to this news should be concern about the future of voting by mail www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...washingtonpost.comTrump expected to take control of USPS, fire postal board, officials sayThe move threatens to upend trillions of dollars in e-commerce business and the 250-year-old Postal Service. 1051745594
Reposted by ChangeServantJoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Fun fact: while Phony Stark and the DOGEbags are taking money from our veterans, the world’s poorest people and kids with cancer, Assistant President Poopy Pants has already spent nearly $11 million of our money… playing golf. 46265742007
Reposted by ChangeServantErnie Johnston @songsung.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Not just jobs but rights! 152
Reposted by ChangeServantAnna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 21/02/2025“As the clock ticks toward the scheduled 2 p.m. start time, Bove’s solitary presence at the prosecution table is both conspicuous and telling. ‘Is he really going to do this alone?’ I hear someone in the gallery wonder aloud. He is, as it turns out.” www.lawfaremedia.org/article/a-lo...lawfaremedia.orgA Lone Bove in Federal CourtThe acting deputy attorney general appeared solo to present the Justice Department’s case for dismissing charges against Eric Adams. 1040484
Reposted by ChangeServantdigby @digby56.bsky.social · 21/02/2025I wonder if Ed Martin's going to send him a letter asking him to explain what he means by this like he did to Robert Garcia? No, of course not. 2355189
Reposted by ChangeServantSusan Glasser @sbg1.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Donald Trump’s Putinization of America My new column: www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...newyorker.comDonald Trump’s Putinization of AmericaIt’s not just in foreign policy that the President is turning Russia’s way. 581106360
Reposted by ChangeServantKyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 21/02/2025NEW: The Justice Department now says Donald Trump’s sweeping pardons for Jan. 6 rioters covers unrelated gun charges some faced after the FBI searched their homes. It’s moving to drop felony charges against Daniel Ball and Elias Costianes. www.politico.com/news/2025/02... 1141102591
Reposted by ChangeServantDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 20/02/2025I don't think people really get how these employee purges are just going to break the culture of public organizations for a very long time. 953147884
Reposted by ChangeServantJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Simply horrible people (every single one ) and a confluence of musk world and maga that brought it about. 16773133
