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Desiree Weber

@desireeweber.bsky.social
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Political theorist at the College of Wooster — books, bikes, hikes and kittens — observing whatever it is that we make of this here world

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
The SAVE America Act mandates that all voters must bring to the polls specifically a photo ID which has proof of citizenship “on the front of the document.” So REAL IDs don’t count. If the ID does not precisely conform to that standard, you must also bring separate proof of citizenship.
SEC. 3. PHOTO VOTER
IDENTIFICATION
REQUIRED FOR
VOTING IN A FEDERAL ELECTION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Each
individual voting in an election for Federal office shall present an eligible photo identification document.
(b) PRESENTATION
REQUIREMENTS.—
(1) IN-PERSON
VOTING.—In the case of an individual who votes in-person, the eligible photo identification document shall
(A) be a tangible
(not digital) document; and
(B) be presented at the time of voting.(c) ELIGIBLE PHOTo
IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENT.—For purposes of this section:
(1) IN GENERAL.—The
term "eligible photo identification document" means any document which
(A) is issued by an authority described in paragraph (2); and
(B) meets the requirements of paragraph (3).(3) REQUIREMENTS.—A
document meets the
requirements of this paragraph if the document contains
(A) a photograph of the individual identified on the document;
(B) an indication on the front of the document that the individual identified on the document is a United States citizen; and
(C) either
(1) an identification number issues by the entity described in paragraph
(2)(A); or
(11) the last four digits of the social security number of the individual identified on the document.(4) USE OF ADDITIONAL
DOCUMENTATION.—
(A) USE OF ADDITIONAL
DOCUMENTATION.—A document which fails to meet the requirements of paragraph (3)(B) shall not fail to be treated as an eligible photo identification document if the document is presented together with another identification document that indicates the individual is a United States citizen.
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 19/07/2026
New Jersey says Trans Rights
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Kari Dru @karidru.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Re: cyclospora, Taco Bell having ethics and going "you know what, it's always the fucking lettuce, why don't we just pull that until we know what's going on" resulting in all the outlets going "LETTUCE SOLD AT TACO BELL LINKED TO EXPLOSIVE DIARRHEA" is a fantastic way to discourage ethics in future.
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
The authoritarian narrative has a fundamental contradiction: they must make an "other" the eternal enemy AND claim victory as capable "strongmen" vanquishing that enemy. You are unsafe AND we are the ones keeping you safe. Their solution is to keep enlarging the category of "other"/enemy.
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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 18/07/2026
They kept distributing it until Thursday. So we've still 2 weeks of poss. new cases. "The shredded iceberg product was distributed June 29th thru July 16th in AL, AR, CT, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, and WI." www.taylorfarms.com/recall/
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Product Recall Information - Taylor Farms
Stay updated on Taylor Farms’ product recall information and learn about our commitment to food safety. Find FAQs, current statuses, and helpful resources.
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
On Tuesday, a New Jersey town pulled $91M out of Citizens Bank over its business with ICE prison contractors GEO Group and CoreCivic. Yesterday, Citizens announced it was ending its relationships with GEO and CoreCivic. Money managers should DIVEST from $GEO $CXW www.nj.com/essex/2026/0...
nj.com
This N.J. town just pulled $91M from Citizens Bank over ICE
Two N.J. municipalities have now pulled more than $330 million combined, according to the De-ICE Citizens Bank coalition.
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Ben Allen @evodynamics.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Congrats we just made it impossible to come here for a PhD www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/16/m...
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Trump administration limits student visas to four years, changing longstanding policy - The Boston Globe
The new rule, which also restricts the international students’ ability to transfer schools or change majors without approval in their first year, will go into effect in mid-September.
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
This lettuce is literally everywhere and usually it’s in contexts where no one knows/discloses it. Taco Bell is one of the only places doing the right, proactive thing here and misleading headlines are flipping things around making seem like they’re a site of danger instead.
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Will Jones @willpjones.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
This is like the Egyptian government fast-tracking drilling in Giza.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Trump’s speech lying about elections and pushing old conspiracy theories that are weak by even conspiracy theory standards shows how: By democracy standards, the US is in bad shape. We’ve fallen so far. By consolidated authoritarianism standards, things don’t look so bad. This guy doesn’t have it.
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Jamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
"documents do not back up his claims" is just a wildly inadequate way to describe a guy who lies all the damn time about everything and who has been lying all the damn time about this particular topic for a decade and who has a obvious self-interest in lying about it and who is definitely lying
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Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Here are resources to teach truthfully about the many threats to voting rights, including misinformation, fear mongering, gerrymandering, voter ID laws, reduced polling stations, and more. (& our thanks to the poll workers for their dedication & integrity.) www.zinnedproject.org/news/teach-t...
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Teach the Struggle for Voting Rights
To help students respond to voter suppression, teach about the long history of the fight for voting rights.
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Ben Silverstein ❌👑 @bensilverstein.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Trump's big news is China acquired the publicly available voter file? Bro, DOGE employees took off with our Social Security info on thumb drives.
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Wow. The ICE shooter in Maine asked his ex-wife to "to lie for him and to cover for his character." She said he was abusive and had previously reported concerns about him to his military superiors. He was also a volunteer firefighter, but was removed after several spats with department leadership.
pressherald.com
ICE agent who killed man in Biddeford identified as former Maine law enforcement officer
An ex-wife told the Press Herald that David Brouillette called her and admitted he was the ICE agent who shot Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 16/07/2026
The Los Angeles Police Department let its Flock contract expire after an audit revealed that 161 cars were falsely flagged as stolen in a two month span. Mass surveillance doesn't keep us safe. LAPD must permanently cut ties with this tech and other cities must follow suit.
fortune.com
LAPD was one of Flock Safety's biggest government customers. Now it’s renegotiating its partnership over ‘serious concerns around civil liberties’ | Fortune
The department recently announced it would not renew its contract due to how Flock collects and shares data.
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Fat Apollo, baby! @fatapollo.myatproto.social · 16/07/2026
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Smoke Forecast - FireSmoke.ca
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hux | vtuber @1ocentz.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
This is getting much more serious. Please limit your time outdoors please stay informed about the wildfire smoke and where it is headed. SHARE THIS MAP. I have such a bad headache and we live in one of the black spots. It's BARELY begun, here. I don't know what we are gonna do on Friday. 🥲
A map of the North Eastern United States detailing where wildfire smoke will be the most prominent on Friday at 4pm.
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✨Aedric✨ Writingway on AO3 @necromeowncy.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
As someone with asthma living in one of these affected areas, I am begging you to wear a mask if you'll be outdoors for any length of time.
Protect Yourself from Wildfire Smoke, a guide from the CDC. Staying inside away from smoke is best. If you just go outside, wear a snug respirator or mask to help filter smoke.

A chart below lists five different types of masks for use, with N95 or P100 respirators and K95 respirators rated as the most effective, surgical masks listed as moderately effective, and cloth masks and scarves listed as not very effective.

Respirators should not be used for children under 2.
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
“Testosterone deficiency” is not a medical diagnosis and there is no evidence that supplemental testosterone for arbitrary testosterone values has any therapeutic benefits. But I’m glad he’s allowed to feel like a real boy. Everyone should be allowed to feel like the gender they want to be.
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Desiree Weber @desireeweber.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Hegseth comes out for .. gender-affirming care? (I’m not trying to make light of the deeply impactful harm of anti-trans actions by this admin — but FFS, we live in the dumbest timeline and the very least self-reflective people are in charge)
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Doug Lindner @douglindner.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
The fascists, having vanquished the guardrails of the constitution, are opening a new front in their war on accountability. Restoring domestic institutions isn’t enough. We need to protect—and fully accept the jurisdiction of—the International Criminal Court at The Hague.
wsj.com
Opinion | Marco Rubio: Why We’re Dismantling the International Criminal Court
America never agreed to a world tribunal that can override our own courts and the Constitution.
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Sarah Gollust @sarahgollust.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Did you write your comment yet on the OMB rules on federally funded science yet? No? Don’t worry, you can do it this weekend. Here are some resources that can help you get started.
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Steve Horton 🚀 The Comic Book Story of Space Exploration @mst3k.fan · 12/07/2026
My grandmother had a saying: "And Magda Goebbels made a great strudel." For years I didn't understand it, until my mother explained that some glossy magazine once ran a puff piece on Magda Goebbels - Hitler's propaganda queen - complete with her strudel recipe. My grandmother, who despised the Nazis with every ounce of her soul, used it as shorthand for the way media will sanitize evil by focusing on something trivial, domestic, or charming while ignoring the atrocities staring us in the face.
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
🚨 NEW: ICE plans to open a new 'staging' facility for kids in Louisiana. Will be run by a private prison company that has reported deaths of 2 detainees since April at one of its facilities. Former IRS lawyer told me their tax filing "doesn't pass the smell test" www.thequeenzone.com/a-private-pr...
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A private prison company is running new ICE children's facility--and IRS pros have questions
A tax-exempt nonprofit tied to a private prison company will operate a new ICE facility in Louisiana, prompting questions from a former IRS expert.
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Michael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Miller has a 14% voting lifetime score from the AFL-CIO and is the grandson of one of the wealthiest families in northeast Ohio aflcio.org/scorecard/le...
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Rep. Max Miller | AFL-CIO
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Michael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Over an ironworker, the Ohio Teamsters endorsed Max Miller, who is accused by his ex-wife, the daughter of Senator Moreno, of domestic violence after a former White House press sec made similar allegations. www.news5cleveland.com/news/politic... www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Ohio Teamsters endorse Max Miller over an Iron worker
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Andrea Devon @andreadevon.sheshed.rocks · 11/07/2026
Every name on this list was a person with a family, a story, and a life. How many more names? ICE must be abolished. #SheShed
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Properly invoking his legal authorities and obligations Houston Mayor Whitmire vows "an independent and transparent” investigation by his office and District Attorney into ICE killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. Says FBI is "tightly controlling" evidence Houston Police Dept would normally have.
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ⓘ 𝕆ligarch f*ckery detected @adelpreore.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
And the *real* cuts don't kick in until *after* the midterms.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Not only very reminiscent of Renee Good but also Marimar Martinez who was shot six times in her car and remarkably survived.
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Rachel Cohen @cohen489.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
a follower saw my many posts about the “American Mom Murdered by ICE” posters and made a poster of Lorenzo for wheatpasteing—you can download it here: drive.proton.me/urls/VJ15H93...
Photograph of Lorenzo reading A BELOVED HUSBAND AND FATHER LORENZO SALGADO ARAUJO WAS MURDERED BY ICE ON JUSY 7, 2026 IN HOUSTON TXImage showing posters of Renee Nicole Good with the heading: AMERICAN MON, MURDERED BY ICE
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Houston Public Media @houstonpublicmedia.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
An ICE officer shot and killed a Mexican national on Tuesday morning in Houston, according to a spokesperson for the federal agency.
houstonpublicmedia.org
ICE agent fatally shoots man in Houston during ‘targeted enforcement operation’
A spokesperson for the federal agency alleged that Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, whom ICE identified as a Mexican man without legal status in the U.S., attempted to run over an ICE officer before he was shot.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
NEWS --> Three men who were in the van with the victim of the ICE shooting in Texas are potential witnesses, but they're now under pressure to self-deport, a rep for the families tells me. They remain in detention even as ICE's story falters. Details in this piece: newrepublic.com/article/2129...
newrepublic.com
Texas ICE Killing Darkens: Rep Says Witnesses Pressured to Self-Deport
There were three others in the van with the man shot by ICE in Houston this week. A represenative for the families tells TNR that the government is pressuring these potential witnesses to self-deport.
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Too Big to Fail @toobigtofail.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Honestly I really wish American reporters were more willing to ask Trump enablers "how do you live with the shame of this every day?"
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Gwen Snyder is uncivil @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Seriously. If you've ever spent any time in the left, you've met a Graham Platner
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Lawrence @ldog562.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Revolt in small Georgia town appears to ward off ICE detention center. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Revolt in small Georgia town appears to ward off ICE detention center
Social Circle announces homeland security has canceled plans to convert warehouse to detain up to 10,000 people
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
The humiliating Iran deal requires the U.S. to come up with a $300 billion reparations payment to Iran. That's more than Iran's entire GDP. Trump says taxpayers won't pay for it. So I compiled a helpful list.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
The 500 richest people on the globe added $336 billion to their fortunes on Monday, bringing their collective net worth to a record $13.3 trillion. Read that back. Our problem isn’t an issue of resources. Our problem is ever-expanding wealth inequality.
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molly taft @mollytaft.com · 16/06/2026
NEW: the US government intervened Monday on behalf of xAI in a lawsuit over its gas turbines, claiming that the company needs to run the turbines in order to power Grok, which is "vital" for national security lots of wild stuff in the filing:
wired.com
DOJ Lawyers Argue xAI Is ‘Vital’ for National Security in NAACP Lawsuit
In a bid to dismiss a lawsuit over xAI's polluting gas turbines, the Justice Department claimed the company is integral to military operations—including the Iran War.
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Physics World @physicsworld.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Soot from rocket launches remains in the upper atmosphere much longer than soot produced by sources on the ground, making it "an unregulated geoengineering experiment" with poorly understood (but potentially serious) consequences for the Earth’s climate. 🧪⚛️🔭 physicsworld.com/a/soot-from-...
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Soot from rocket launches is polluting Earth's upper atmosphere – Physics World
Problem set to worsen as launch numbers increase, say UCL researchers
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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 13/06/2026
By the way, Elon Musk didn't start Tesla. By the time he invested in Tesla, the original founders had already started building the Roadster THEY had designed. When he bought them out, he changed the history of the company to make himself a founder. I'm not joking. He's always been a fraud.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
For all the talk of genocide elsewhere, this is going to end up as the largest scale mass killing event in modern history. A crime against humanity & the rule of law of almost unimaginable proportions for which Musk must be marched in chains to the courthouse & then to jail for the rest of his life.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
A SECOND person died of exposure last winter after DHS dumped them in the middle of nowhere, miles from their home, without notifying their family.
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Count Melancholia @lillyh.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
[via @cmconseils@mastodon.social]
A storefront window of a bookstore displaying a large black sign with white text that reads, "FUCK SOCIAL MEDIA. MARRY BOOKS. KILL AI." Inside the store, wooden tables and shelves are filled with various books. Reflections of the street and buildings are visible on the window glass.
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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
They came here fleeing persecution; rather than give them refuge, Marco Rubio’s state department will send them to die in countries they’ve never been to. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/w...
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Women Who Fled Iran Are to Be Deported to Central African Republic, Lawyers Say
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Elizabeth Wrigley-Field @wrigleyfield.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
This is really good “Concentration camps are places where groups of people targeted based on their identity are imprisoned in violation of their legal and human rights.” They then go through these criteria and explain how Delaney Hall meets each one.
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
This puts all federal grants and contracts under the thumb of a commissar. It is profoundly anti-democratic and destructive. Political control will be instituted over science and every cent the USG disburses. Speak up now. This is really bad. It cannot stand. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/o...
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Opinion | Trump’s Assaults on Scientific Research Just Got Worse
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Christiaan Triebert @trbrtc.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
NEW: Our visual analysis suggests the U.S. hit two drinking-water facilities overnight in southern Iran with precision-guided munitions. Deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure could constitute a war crime. w/ @ckoettl.bsky.social @johnismay.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/w...
nytimes.com
Analysis of Satellite Image and Videos Suggest Precision U.S. Strikes on Iranian Water Facility
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
“Temperatures in the area have reached above 100 degrees Fahrenheit this week.”
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