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Deva Ferar

@devaferar.bsky.social
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🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Bay Area native, networking with defenders of democracy. Recruiter for design, marketing and advertising industries. mstdn.social/@devaferar ferartalent.com

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 26/09/2026
The free speech™️ people are at it again. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
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The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.
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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 21/08/2026
This is the funniest shit. Florida allows religious exemptions for vaccines. Catholic schools in Florida: we require vaccines. Florida's attorney general, who is Catholic, is threatening to pull vouchers if they don't allow for religious exemptions The Bishops: separation of church & state
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Catholic bishops remind attorney general about separation of church and state
“The government may not decide that Church teaching is insufficiently religious,” wrote the Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
The argument that Democrats—if they get power again—should refrain from Supreme Court reform in the name of preserving norms has a deep flaw: Trump, the Republican Party, and the Roberts Court already destroyed those norms. Denial won’t bring them back. As this essay says, moral courage is needed.
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 11/08/2026
every day, every hour, brings us images that are totally beyond the powers of parody
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
SHOUT OUT to Mike Luckovich: one of the all-time great political cartoonists. 🏆 With corporate media doing such a poor job in these most perilous of times, his work is more vital than ever! THANK YOU @mluckovich.bsky.social!!! 🙏
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
They could always sign up to give comment at a public meeting.
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Deva Ferar @devaferar.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
How does he only have 30K followers on Bluesky of all places. Follow this man!
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ʟᴇɢꜱ ʙᴇɴᴇᴅɪᴄᴛ ✨ 𝟏𝟎/𝟒 @maybecam.blacksky.app · 05/08/2026
Waking up to Sharia Law in NYC is crazy. Knicks won, crime is down, 2,000 toddlers are going to school for free, parents got “date night” with nyc babysitters, they’re building housing on city land, small businesses are saving money and selling ice cream. Its sunny out i should go get one.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 03/08/2026
"While the world frets over Trump’s incompetence, corruption, and carnage, the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court enjoy a deference that obscures their role in causing permanent damage."
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A Blistering Critique of the Roberts Court, From Hawaii’s Supreme Court
In an extraordinary opinion, the state justices accuse the SCOTUS majority of undermining democracy.
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
I need more Jon Osoff content
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Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 24/07/2026
as a historian of the premodern world, this is what drives me insane about right-wing nostalgia. you know what medieval knights/ peasants/ everyone there would've fucking killed for? vaccines and a stable, safe food supply
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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
My dude has only 4k followers on here! Follow the logger!
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Dread VanVleet 🎃🕷️ @velodus.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
If LeBron really wants to play with AD and that's what's holding up his decision, then the best solution for him is clear: he should finish his career with the Wizards
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Adam Sternbergh @sternbergh.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
what a great article — I had no idea about any of this. There are only 25 IMAX 70mm theaters in all of America!! They can’t make new IMAX projectors because they don’t have the plans anymore! They had to track down broken ones ahead of “The Odyssey” and fix them!! variety.com/2026/film/ne...
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Why Aren’t There More Imax 70mm Screens for ‘The Odyssey’? ‘It’s Not Practical,’ Company Says
'The Odyssey' has spiked interest in IMAX70mm showings, but the company explains why building more is 'not practical.'
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Jeff Weiss @passionweiss.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
While primarily known as a singer, Chaka Khan is also an expert drummer, who regularly stepped behind the kit to supply percussion during live sessions with her band Rufus, solos at concerts, and on TV. A few videos of the Queen of Funk in action.
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Deva Ferar @devaferar.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Good opinion piece from E.J Dionne on the DSA and centrist democrats; “the {Democratic} party overall has drifted leftward in reaction to the discrediting of unbridled capitalism by the financial crash of 2008 and the steady rise in inequality since 1980…”
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Opinion | Don’t Let This Useless Debate Distract You, Democrats (Gift Article)
A battle over idealized economic systems doesn’t help Democratic candidates.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/07/2026
incredible -- more than two hours into this morning's Fox & Friends, "fraud" has not been mentioned a single time and hosts haven't discussed Trump's big primetime speech at all. They have 787 million reasons to ignore it.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 29/06/2026
need to start thinking now about a full package of judicial reforms: new justices, new circuits, new district courts, ethics reforms, docket reforms, and transparency reforms.
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
The terror spreading across the country this a.m. because in some more progressive corners of the US progressives won elections is telling. The reason the reaction is so over-large is because progressives unlike centrists and the right, are the only group who pose a real threat to established power.
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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
FBI agents on Thursday raided the Cleveland offices of the Ohio Organizing Collaborative, a pro-democracy organization that helps register voters in that state, according to three people briefed on the search.
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FBI raids Ohio voting-rights organization
“Just straight up intimidation tactics”: Sources tell MS NOW agents also fanned across the state, showing up at staff members’ homes.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
My one ask to everyone right now: Spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket for free and share its content with everyone you know. Thanks. bit.ly/4a7l1TR
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 29/05/2026
The ICE agent charged with shooting a Venezuelan immigrant in north Minneapolis during Operation Metro Surge and lying about the circumstances has been arrested in Texas after Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension agents tracked him there.
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ICE agent charged in shooting of Venezuelan immigrant during Operation Metro Surge arrested in Texas
Christian Castro’s arrest could lead to extradition proceedings between Minnesota and Texas.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Many of you are asking how you can help me. My only ask is this: Spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket for free and share its content with everyone you know. Thanks. bit.ly/4a7l1TR
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18/05/2026
critically this was the case in 1870 when the 15th amendment was ratified! there is literally no such thing as partisan gerrymandering and manipulation of voting rules in the south outside of the context of “white reactionaries want to neuter black political power”
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
The stories & photos from today’s voting rights marches in Alabama deserve to be seen by people who weren’t able to stand there in person. If this piece moves you, please share it widely & help make sure these voices aren’t lost in the noise of a crowded news cycle. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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Selma Rejects Jim Crow 2.0
Half of the population in Dallas County, Alabama, where Selma is located, was African American in 1965.
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The Media and Democracy Project @mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
EditorialCartoonist @andertoon.bsky.social with a powerful message.
Cartoon depicting Iwo Jima flag raising-like group effort of Supreme Court justices Alito Thomas gorsuch Coney Barrett kavanaugh raising a confederate flag. 
Nick Anderson.
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Spooky Back From The Dead Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
It's an understudied element of our media environment that Republicans can insult Democrats in any way they see fit, regardless of propriety or truth value, without repercussion, but Dems are consistently forced to use measured tones to describe Republicans no matter how outrageous their actions.
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Kimberley Johnson @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Everywhere you look, Trump, his family members, his donors, his political supporters & his cronies are looting the US treasury, getting paid by foreign entities for policy favors, & getting no bid contracts. Criminal cases are dropped and convictions pardoned. The US govt is an ongoing crime scene.
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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
JUST IN: DC lawyer Abbe Lowell & firm signs onto another big Trump admin case: DOJ's Alabama-based criminal prosecution of Southern Poverty Law Center over payments to informants. Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2026/04...
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Southern Poverty Law Center indicted for fraud, money laundering
The nonprofit accused the Trump administration of "weaponizing" the Justice Department.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 19/04/2026
This graphic is a mess. Let’s clean it up. Opposition infographics are great for outrage, terrible for legal reality. Here’s what’s actually true about Xavier Becerra’s record: 🧵
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Steven T. Dennis @steventdennis.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
2026 is starting to look very similar to 2006, when an unpopular war in the Middle East and a 2nd-term president with fading approval ratings helped Democrats win a surprising takeover of the Senate. W/quick look at key races: (GIFT LINK!) www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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What It Would Take for Democrats to Win the Senate
An unpopular war in the Middle East and voters’ discontent with the cost of living have put Democrats within striking distance of repeating a historic victory notched exactly two decades ago, when the...
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Rowena Eureka @rowenaeureka.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Anti-War protest tonight at 6 pm at the White House. Spread the word!
Stop the War on Iran. 6 pm at White House - sponsored by multiple organizations
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cozybooksonly.bsky.social @cozybooksonly.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
He's desperate, he's panicking. BUT we have people power. Everyone sign up to be a poll watcher! Every state needs help.
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Dr. Lisa Corrigan @drlisacorrigan.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Social movement scholar here to comment on No King again. a 🧵: These protests are important b/c: 1.) as sustained image events, protests offer evidence of continued disapproval of the direction the country is going and disavowal of the country's leadership.
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Deva Ferar @devaferar.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
This Netflix broadcast of the Giants Yankee game is embarrassing. In the 3rd inning they had the Yankee’s 2nd baseman talk over the broadcast for 3 at bats without the score, pitch count visible, announcers suck, stuffed with in game Netflix promotions.
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Art Weber @artweber.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Saudis are renting our military from Trump.
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JoeinNJfightsfordemocracy @progavalanche.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Never been to a rally? Come anyway. Your turn to speak out is NOW! You’ll feel it the second you’re surrounded by thousands of people who refuse to give up. This Saturday. March 28. 3,000+ events. First-timers welcome. #NoKings2026 social.demcast.com/s/b0WkTzXP
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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
might be a good idea for some Ds to drop out here. and/or...CA D voters could just realize that they need to abandon everyone but the top couple D candidates. that'd work.
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Jim Teeth @drjamesjteeth.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
This is an excellent summary of the US War on Iran current situation. I’m an existentialist and borderline absurdist and even I struggle with the current moment. This summary is just fantastic.
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March, 19-21: God is a comedian
A stiff drink is recommended
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
🔥 NEW BOOK by Congressman Jared Huffman 'No Prophets: The Fight to Save Democracy from Christian Nationalism' Foreword by Rep. Jamie Raskin. (August 18 release date) W.W. Norton, publisher: wwnorton.com/books/978132...
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Former Middle East adviser at the US Department of Defense, Jasmine El-Gamal, has it exactly right.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 03/03/2026
Meiselas: Trump is a parody in the most extreme sense of the boogeymen MAGA created to go after Dems. He’s quite literally all of it. He covers up the pedo ring. He starts wars everywhere. He uses government to tread on people. He's the most extreme example of what they claimed they wanted to stop.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
for those of you who werent adults during iraq, its hard to overstate how much the media loves war porn. they salivate over pentagon spin briefings. they love stories about all the bombs and how supposedly infallible they are. they love the notion of the commander in chief, in the situation room etc
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Teri G @terilg.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
⚠️ WAIT… Do you know where your birth certificate is? If the SAVE Act passes, you may need it to vote. 🗳️ Congress is pushing a bill that could block millions of eligible Americans not because they aren’t citizens, but because they can’t easily access documents. #SaveActTaxesYourVote
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Deva Ferar @devaferar.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/o...
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Opinion | Why Trump’s Fearmongering Is Falling Flat With Voters
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Art Weber @artweber.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Trump's end goal is to transform our entire government into an oligarchy working for HIM, *not* the American people. He gets there by lying, hiring loyalists, and sowing chaos, doubt, fear, and hate. Billionaires are now jockeying for position in that oligarchy. RESIST! indivisible.org 5calls.org
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Clinton: It then got at the end quite unusual because I started being asked about UFOs and a series of questions about Pizzagate. One of the most vile bogus conspiracy theories that was propagated on the internet.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
This guy gets it. Seriously though, this feels like a moment of transition from the post-911 era into something darker, more Torrian, and more focused on policing American citizens
"It's the transformation of DHS from an entity that protected the homeland from external threats to one increasingly policing American society," Donald Moynihan, author of an excellent Substack on state capacity, tells me.
With this ramped-up stockpiling, Moynihan says, the endgame will be "filling those warehouses with people and using those guns and that technology to control American cities."
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