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Greater Baltimore DSA @baltimoredsa.org · 19h

As socialists, we believe it is an absolute travesty that anyone could have their finances turned upside down for what is fundamentally a human right: access to health care. That's why we've launched a fundraising campaign to relieve debt for those in our area! Donate at gbdsa.org/s/UndueDebtR... !

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Greater Baltimore DSA Medical Debt Relief Campaign

Greater Baltimore Democratic Socialist of America (GBDSA) is proud to partner with Undue Medical Debt to erase medical debt in the Greater Baltimore area! Medical debt is a significant material…

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United Wizards of the Coast - CWA @uwotc-official.bsky.social · 19h

❗Attention, union supporters ❗ We're asking Wizards and Hasbro to voluntarily recognize our union—and you can help! Sign our petition today and show our leadership that you want change in the gaming industry. actionnetwork.org/forms/uwotcp...

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 09/10/2026

Defund and abolish ICE. Melt down their weapons and shift its budget to social services and affordable housing. Ban everyone who led or worked for ICE from any government job. Corporate death penalty for the companies that aided them. Citizenship to all of its victims, should they want it.

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I'd add that there are lots of Republicans actually taking money from Elon Musk, and they are rarely or never asked about his more radical/racist statements.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Horrifying: Arizona Democratic congressional candidate Bernadette Greene-Placentia was raped by a man after he knocked her out. Another man approached her to do the same. “She began swinging her foot at him. ‘Not even worth it,’ she heard the man say as he moved away.”

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Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs

Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

NEW: It's that time of year: time to launch my annual guide to November's elections! I guide you through over *650* interesting elections, & why they matter. Judges, AGs, govs, mayors, lawmakers, AGs, county & school boards—plus many (many) ballot measures. Oh, & Congress. Explore & bookmark!

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Your Cheat Sheet to the 2026 General Elections - Bolts

Congressional races will take center stage on Nov. 3, but they’re just the tip of what to watch. Prosecutors and governors, attorneys general and sheriffs, school boards and mayors, utility... Read Mo...

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Christa Pike was tortured yesterday by the state of TN in every single USians name and the fact is that this is a country that is mostly OK with this. This says everything about all of us. We are all implicated in this barbaric practice. It's sickening.

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WIRED @wired.com · 30/09/2026

Lost time. Lost jobs. Lost friends. Lost family. Lost lives. Checkpoints are suffocating Palestinian life in the occupied West Bank. Over 18 months, WIRED and our reporting partners investigated the full scope of the system that has carved the West Bank up. www.wired.com/story/how-is...

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How Israeli Checkpoints Choke Palestinian Life in the Occupied West Bank

Lost time. Lost jobs. Lost friends. Lost family. Lost lives. Our joint investigation reveals the system that has divided the West Bank and measures what it cost people to move through it.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The point Allison Keats made in @powermapmag.com with fuller context:

Text from the article reading: "This reminds me of a critical mistake made in previous generations of socialists; the idea that before any political action happens, before it’s worth contesting power, the people need to be educated. Even now, I encounter people who claim it was a disqualifying error that Bernie Sanders spoke in terms of a 99% and 1% instead of workers and capitalists. DSA has built a socialist movement because we have never excluded people who wanted to build with us for having the wrong reasoning. In doing so, we’ve also recognized that political education is something that is best built in the practice of organizing; someone can come to an issue with the wrong framing and become aligned from our framing of the solutions. People come to DSA concerned about their cost of living, become exposed to the interconnectedness of all the issues we care about, and become socialists in the process."

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Sheriffs & DAs have huge powers over criminal justice, e.g.: often deciding how much local assistance ICE gets. So I worked all year on whittling down the thousands (!) of these races happening in 2026 to find the ones that matter most. NEW TODAY: Learn about the 25 most pivotal November races.

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The 25 Sheriff and Prosecutor Races Set to Shape Criminal Justice and ICE Collaboration - Bolts

Voters face stark choices for offices with vast powers on policing and punishment. Bolts walks you through key contests to watch across a dozen states.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Senator Alsobrooks saves JD Vance the trouble of breaking a tie

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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 22/09/2026

NEW in Bolts: Frederick County’s sheriff turned his office into a force multiplier for ICE before such collaboration became commonplace. As he again faces voters this year, the harm to immigrant communities is impossible to ignore.

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“We're Afraid on a Daily Basis”: How a Maryland Sheriff Targeted Immigrants Long Before ICE Raids Spiked - Bolts

Frederick County’s sheriff turned his office into a force multiplier for ICE before such collaboration became commonplace. As he again faces voters this year, the harm to immigrant communities is impossible to ignore.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026

Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵

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Greater Baltimore DSA @baltimoredsa.org · 21/09/2026

Apartheid Free Baltimore will present on the US-backed occupation of Palestinian lands and its parallels to the US occupation of Puerto Rico and Baltimore! Join us at the Diaspora Pa'lante Collective and Black Alliance for Peace's panel and community discussion this Fri, 9/25 at 6pm at Red Emma's.

Resisting U.S. Occupation of Our Land: From Puerto Rico to Baltimore to Palestine. Friday, September 25th, 6pm. Red Emma’s
3128 Greenmount Avenue, Baltimore. Join us for a conversation to resist the U.S. interconnected occupation of our lands: From Puerto rico to Baltimore to Palestine! Logos for Black Alliance for Peace and Diaspora Pa'lante Collective. In the background is an image of protestors with their fists up and people holding a Puerto Rican flag.

White background with light blue and red candles and map of Puerto Rico. Hurricane Maria Vigil. Join us in honoring the thousands of Puerto Rican and Caribbean lives lost to Hurricane Maria. Invitation to bring flowers, photos of loved ones, and other offerings for our collective altar. Friday, September 25th, 6pm. Red Emma’s, 3128 Greenmount Ave, Baltimore, MD. Logos for Black Alliance for Peace and Diaspora Pa’lante Collective at the bottom.

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Ed BooOOooOOmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

A useful way to think about it is to imagine a republican candidate saying one thing that you liked, agreeing with you on exactly one issue. That would totally work, right? Donald Trump announces he’s for one thing you are also for and then you vote for him. See how stupid it sounds.

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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I say this over and over again. It’s trans rights. It’s immigrant rights. It’s Palestinian lives. It’s always been Black and indigenous lives. No one is free until everyone is free is a warning, not a mantra!

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

If you're a Dem who thinks you'll gain something by going anti-trans, look at Gallup's "most important problem" and Fox News' "most important issue" polling and see where trans issues rank. Whoever told you going anti-trans is a savvy or necessary move spends too much time on X and should be fired.

Gallup polling. "LGBTQ rights" moves between 0 and 1%.

Fox news polling. Wokeness/transgender issues at 0%.

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

"This election is about the threat of trans kids" is the worst possible messaging for Dems yet so many candidates are leaning into it. No voter will flip R->D over it. Low-info voters read this as "you're focused on bullshit that doesn't affect me" while the base reads this as "you're an asshole."

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Bill @bill-of-lefts.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I actually want to vomit. There is nothing that can redeem this moment. We are living through a regime that is victimizing immigrants in at least as bad a way as early Nazi Germany victimized Jews. We all fucking know. We, all of us, live in the Zone of Interest.

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Deva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Yeah. Wrote a whole book about it. We make issues salient in discourse through consistent effort. It’s an empirical fact but folks acts like political issues& issue attitudes are sprung from a “kitchen table” cabbage patch. We should argue for what we want. Again & again. Until it’s common sense.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

the lesson from the right is not that their obsessions with trans volleyball, anti Haitian blood libel, or reversing the change in teen pregnancy rate are actually the well framed kitchen table issues of the volk but simply that political discourse becomes about things people say often and loudly

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Jared Kushner is not "on the other side of the aisle." He's not an elected official. He's not an administration official. He's the president's son-in-law and a private citizen. You do not, in fact, have to take meetings with relatives of the president. Some might even say you should *not* do that

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Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 12/09/2026

We have power in numbers, and we'll continue to fight for a better Starbucks. Support us by BOYCOTTING STARBUCKS until the company finalizes fair union contracts with workers! boycottstarbucks.net

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BOYCOTT STARBUCKS

Starbucks is the biggest violator of U.S. labor law in modern history. Join the movement - Boycott Starbucks!

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sasha and the banshees @trashphalt.beauty · 13/09/2026

Anyways, this was all to raise money for Baltimore Safe Haven, and if you didnt see my repost earlier this morning,, they provide critical services for the trans community here, especially the unhoused. They are also at the center of raising money to help with this tragedy bsky.app/profile/fred...

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 11/09/2026

No "well there was an opinion poll I saw and 73% of Americans think" bullshit. This is what WE do because it's right. Leadership! From someone who has (and wants to remain in) a leadership job

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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 09/09/2026

After years of company stalling, Blizzard workers win mega-contract that applies to all unionized teams aftermath.site/blizzard-union...

the famous orc statue outside blizzard's HQ in irvine, california

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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The Baltimore Sun has sparked widespread backlash after replacing traditional editorial cartoonists with AI-generated political cartoons Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC) Letter to Baltimore Sun Re: Use Of Artificial Intelligence

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Friendly Neighborhood Mouse @missmouse.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Friday morning, I was gardening when I checked my phone. A request had gone out for help. For 25+ hours, ICE had been laying siege to a quiet neighborhood in Frederick, MD. Community members were afraid, some didn’t want to leave their homes. ICE vehicles seemed to be lurking on every corner.

ICE vehicle - black Nissan Maxima with plate cover - posted up in a spot that also serves as an elementary school bus stop.

Another ICE vehicle, black Dodge Durango, lurking around the community.

Two more ICE vehicles - black Dodge Durango and a white SUV, unclear on make, model - on a quiet residential street, being quietly creepy. Note that the white SUV has its plate covered.

Yet another ICE vehicle. Black Nissan Pathfinder. They were all over the neighborhood.

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The most productive thing you could do right now to turn your anger into action is hassle the fuck out of your local government. Vote, push progressive state and municipal platforms. Vote out school board or town council shitheads. You're not helpless for 2.5 more years.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 02/09/2026

After our trip to the Gaza-Egypt border last year, @merkley.senate.gov & I released a report entitled, "The Netanyahu Government is Implementing a Plan to Ethnically Cleanse Gaza of Palestinians." Now the Israeli Min of Defense confirmed that's the goal. We must end our complicity.

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Israel ‘organised and prepared’ to remove Gaza population if US gives green light, Katz says

Israel is "organised and prepared" to remove Palestininians from Gaza "by every way possible", Defence Minister Israel Katz told reporters Wednesday, adding that there was no alternative "solution" to...

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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I know I'm just preaching to the choir here, but I cannot get over how much mainstream discourse on 🇮🇱/🇵🇸 insists on framing it entirely as a theoretical or abstract philosophical issue, instead of a conflict over whether a state should be allowed to deny self-government to 33% of its population.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

The media gave more coverage to a totally fake, invented idea that the federal government was withholding aid to Hurricane Helene victims in 2024 than to Trump actually doing it in 2025/26. Why did the fake story get more coverage than the real one?

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Charm City Slicker @sprawlhater.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Baltimore, one of our great civic orgs needs us. Asylee Women Enterprise, which helps asylum seekers, torture + trafficking survivors, and other forced migrants, rebuild their lives here, must rapidly leave their space of 10+ years. Please give to help them move to their own forever home in Hampden!

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A Forever Home for Asylee Women Enterprise (AWE)

We’re asking people who believe in our mission to help us reach our goal and build a permanent home for AWE and the communities we serve.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

It’s mind-blowing that we have literal white nationalists in the White House carrying out unfathomably cruel, abusive, white nationalist policies, and the punditariat has spent the last two weeks debating if some people were too intemperate after a Black man was murdered by cops six years ago.

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Renters United Maryland @rentersunitemd.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Hey, Maryland renters — what do YOU need? Tell us! 💬 Take the RUM renter survey — we want to know the biggest challenges you're facing. Your answers will help shape our policy agenda for 2027! 📣 The survey closes at the end of the month, so make your voice heard today: bit.ly/MDRenterSurvey2026

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brandon soderberg @bsoderberg.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

This is a very good point! By my quick math, ~20% of the city's population would've been alive in 1961. These are some of the most active/consistent voters these days so the memory of NOT 300+ homicides is especially very real for these people. They arguably "get it" better than anybody.

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Renters United Maryland @rentersunitemd.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Hey, Maryland renters – what do YOU need? 💬 Tell us! Take the RUM renter survey – we want to know the biggest challenges you're facing when it comes to your housing needs. Your answers will help shape our policy agenda for 2027! 📣 Make your voice heard today: bit.ly/MDRenterSurvey2026

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Evidence keeps accumulating that LLMs are a powerfully useful technology for people who already know what they're talking about, and a dangerous outsourcing of cognitive function for people who don't. This can occur within a single individual, who knows a lot about some things and not about others.

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AntennaPod @antennapod.org · 18/08/2026

Update time! Release 3.12 brings you: ✨ Playback service rewrite: mandatory maintenance and fixed bugs 📊 Statistics in the main navigation ⭐ Favorite episodes on dedicated screen 🧽 Polished episode lists 🚗 New "For You" section in Android Auto Get it now on Google Play or F-Droid.

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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Many articles/think pieces/interviews about the Democrats pushing back against the scourge of the DSA. I am a DSA member but will, out of the kindness of my heart, offer some advice to the establishment re: pushing back Do something Do literally goddamn anything

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Remap Radio @remapradio.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

On some level, you have to respect Twitch's radical honesty: absolutely nobody would opt in to AI training!!!

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I like this notetaking example. it is a good case of how gender works. Notetaking has never been about producing a transcript. It is a bureaucratic skill in the 20th c. organixarion because it is SENSEMAKING. Those women socialized to take notes? They have been doing men’s metacognition for them

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

This is such an important point about speed cameras. We have overwhelming data that the vast majority of drivers quickly learn where they are and adjust their driving habits to avoid getting ticketed. This makes them a bad way to generate ticket revenue but a super effective way to reduce speeding

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GylesNaMopaleen @gylesnamopaleen.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

handy Kneecap splainer for those outside Ireland wondering what Greta Thunberg was doing at their gigs in Belfast. In an Irish flag balaclava! TL;DR: Settler Colonialism is a really bad idea and sometimes turns victims into monsters. 1/5

Greta Thunberg sitting beside Naoise Ó Cairealláin (stage name:Móglaí Bap) one of the lead rappers & singers with Kneecap in a Belfast pub. thunberg is wearing a special GAA jersey with the slogan "Grá do Gaza" which means "Love to Gaza" in english.

Greta Thunberg pictured amongst the crowd at feile belfast in july 2026 wearing an Irish tricolour balaclava.

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Lowkey excellent thing about Wikipedia: accurately describing the extremism and lies of right-wingers because its sole concern is provable truth, while the media tiptoes around accurately describing whats happening to avoid appearing “biased” against the extremists and liars

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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

BEHOLD! my intestines, filled with myself

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Michael Oberg @michaelleroyoberg.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

The 200th anniversary of 1826 treaty with the Senecas is this month. It should be better known for it shows how the Empire State took shape and the central role of Indigenous dispossession in that story.

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In This Year of Commemoration, a Forgotten Bicentennial

As Americans commemorate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, we should be aware that the American Revolution did not just pit colonists against Great Britain. I…

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

hell as a late genxer myself, i became fully aware of politics at the precise moment the republican party was impeaching the sitting president for the sin of cheating on his wife, a moral failing that showed he was a pig, but not exactly on the level of richard nixon and a crime against america.

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