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edcomet.bsky.social @edcomet.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Stop this monstrous ripoff of public lands. Contact your Senators now.
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CJOB @patriarchysux.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
CANCEL YOUR NYT SUBSCRIPTIONS 🗞
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Birdergal 💙💛🌊 @kestrel61.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
They’ve always been the thugs, criminals and sex abusers.
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FatBaldBoomer @fatbaldboomer.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
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Young Protester Rips Into Trump Birthday Parade: “This Is Not North Korea!” | AC1G
YouTube video by DRM News
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edcomet.bsky.social @edcomet.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
RIP Sly!
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
This hits hard.
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Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D. @drharmony.net · 25/05/2025
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rogeriorocker @rogeriorocker.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Daniela Pes - Full Performance (Live on KEXP) youtu.be/BlnisQYWOHM?... via @YouTube
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Daniela Pes - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)
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Transportation Alternatives @transalt.org · 22/05/2025
Protected bike lanes protect everyone:
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𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐤𝐨 & 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧 @quietblkgrl.blacksky.app · 12/05/2025
Crazy how long this conversation has been going on
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Allen Cowgill @allencowgill.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
The Cherry Creek Trail is the crown jewell of biking infrastructure in Denver. When you build high comfort safe places to ride, people will use them.
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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 11/05/2025
Article I, Section 9, Clause 8: “no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.”
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 11/05/2025
Ages 0-4 are the most important, emotionally & intellectually, in human development. Yet, in the US, we have a very high rate of childhood poverty and a broken child care system. Congratulations to New Mexico for leading the way forward for high quality, free child care. Other states must follow.
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Pete Calandra @petecalandramusic.bandcamp.com · 11/05/2025
I have a new album coming out Friday, May 17. #piano centric instrumental #music. Quiet music for a loud world telling stories in sound. Linked is a preview of the entire album running ad-free for the next two weeks. Enjoy #musicsky #musiciansky #newmusic #stunday #eastcoastkin #composer #ambient
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Peter Calandra-Night Mist-Full Album
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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
House GOP just unveiled $4 Trillion in tax cuts - overwhelmingly for the wealthy - in a country that already leads the developed world in inequality. Look at where the US stands right now: Top 1%: 20% of income CEO pay: 354x workers Child poverty: 21% And they want to make it worse. On purpose.🧵⬇️
A chart titled “American Exceptionalism: Cross-National Policy Comparison” compares the United States with other advanced democracies across eight key economic indicators. Each indicator is represented as a dot plot showing the distribution among peer countries, with the U.S. highlighted in red and labeled.
	1.	Top 1% Share of Income – The U.S. has the highest at 20.2%, far above the median of 9.1%.
	2.	CEO to Worker Pay Ratio – The U.S. is the outlier with a ratio of 354, compared to a median of 89.
	3.	Share of Low Paying Jobs – The U.S. stands at 24.5%, higher than the median of 16.0%.
	4.	Working Age Poverty Rate – The U.S. is again among the highest at 15.4%, compared to a median of 10.2%.
	5.	Child Poverty Rate – The U.S. shows 21.2%, one of the highest, while the median is 12.3%.
	6.	Intergenerational Economic Mobility – The U.S. scores lowest with 0.5 (higher values indicate more mobility), while the median is 0.3.
	7.	Annual Hours Worked per Worker – The U.S. is near the top at 1,786 hours, above the median of 1,635.
	8.	Collective Bargaining Coverage – The U.S. has the lowest at 12.0%, far below the median of 51.2%.

The chart visually emphasizes the U.S.’s position as an outlier in economic inequality, poverty, and labor protections among peer democracies.
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NPR @npr.org · 10/05/2025
Women can use a wand to collect a vaginal sample, then mail it to a lab that will screen for cervical cancer. The device will be available by prescription through a telehealth service. By @jenniferludden.bsky.social
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The FDA approves first U.S. at-home tool as a Pap-smear alternative
Women can use a wand to collect a vaginal sample, then mail it to a lab that will screen for cervical cancer. The device will be available by prescription through a telehealth service.
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🦋FightForDemocracy!🦋 @budahsbaker.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
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edcomet.bsky.social @edcomet.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Yes!
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DC Public Library @dcpubliclibrary.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
🚋 What happened to DC’s streetcars? Join us Thurs, May 15 at 6:30 PM at Cleveland Park Library for How ‘Progress’ Killed the Historic DC Streetcar System — a fascinating talk from local historian John DeFerrari, presented by CPHS.
Historical black and white photo of road construction in an urban area with workers around open trolley tracks, flanked by old-style trams and bustling pedestrian activity.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
When Trump and DOGE take a chainsaw to the IRS, remember that this is who they're really helping. itep.org/what-corporations-have-to-…
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edcomet.bsky.social @edcomet.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Go Ted!
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edcomet.bsky.social @edcomet.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
An outstanding documentary. Surviving Progress Directors : Mathieu Roy, Harold Crooks Cast : Ronald Wright, Mark Levine, Robert Wright, Jane Goodall, Marina Silva Produced by Martin Scorcese youtu.be/6hjjkJPnmbM Free (public library/kanopy) stream. www.kanopy.com/product/surv...
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Kanopy - Stream Classic Cinema, Indie Film and Top Documentaries
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Paul Gundlach @paulsgundlach.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Happy Thursday! We are almost through the week! We had no sunrise today but there were some stellar colors to the north as the sun provided some beautiful backlighting on our behalf. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day!
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edcomet.bsky.social @edcomet.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Nice for people instead of nice for cars. I hope to see it in my lifetime.
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edcomet.bsky.social @edcomet.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
I know Virgil Starkwell (Woody Allen) played Cello in a maching band in Take the Money and Run, but until this, I'd never seen it done. Just great. ❤️
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NEW POPULAR FRONT Survivor❤️‍🩹 Ally🏳️‍🌈 Ukraine Must Win🇺🇦 @ouaisouaisdubuffet.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
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edcomet.bsky.social @edcomet.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
The Plan To Beat Trump On Public Lands open.substack.com/pub/wessiler...
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The Plan To Beat Trump On Public Lands
Real, actionable, proven steps each of us can take to protect our land from being destroyed
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Page One must have been crowded. So NYT puts it on Page 13. 🤡 @schooley.bsky.social
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Mike Levin @mikelevin.org · 06/05/2025
House Republicans have completely rolled over for President Trump, abandoning their constitutional duty. They weren’t elected to serve one man—they were elected to serve the people. Their cowardice weakens our democracy and disgraces a co-equal branch.
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FiveLetters @fiveletters.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
We allowed conservatives to defund education for 60 years only to finally cash it in now. An uneducated uninformed populace is the only environment that allows authoritarianism and fascism to rise.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Pediatricians say that childhood vaccines are safe. A heroin-addled nepo baby with a brain worm says they may not be. For busy voters, it can be hard to know who to believe.
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Shaktari @shaktari.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Senator Sander's bill: www.congress.gov/bill/117th-c... .
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Scanlon: The Gulf of Mexico was so named over 500 years ago. If we want to update that name to reflect our current culture, maybe we should call it the Sea of Emoluments—you know, the place where we can board the Ship of Fools and navigate from a State of Ignorance to the Confederacy of Dunces…
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Even *if* you accept Stephen Miller’s (textually, historically, and morally indefensible) claim that undocumented immigrants are not entitled to due process, you’d *still* need due process to ensure that the individuals at issue are, in fact, undocumented. His argument fails even on its own terms.
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The Urbanist @theurbanist.org · 05/05/2025
Op-Ed: Lowering Ethical Standards to Allow Elected Officials’ Self-Dealing is a Terrible Idea www.theurbanist.org/2025/05/05/o...
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Op-Ed: Lowering Ethical Standards to Allow Elected Officials’ Self-Dealing is a Terrible Idea - The Urbanist
# A proposal set to drop this week at the Seattle City Council would loosen ethics standards for councilmembers with potential conflicts-of-interest. Mayoral candidate Katie Wilson breaks down why tha...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Today, U.S. Department of Education will resume collecting on defaulted student loans. It sounds hard to believe, but college used to be free. This is the real story behind skyrocketing student debt. (Spoiler: It has a lot to do with Ronald Reagan)
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The Real Story Behind Skyrocketing Student Debt | Robert Reich
Heather McGhee, Co-Chair of Color of Change, and Ian Haney Lopez, author of "Dog Whistle Politics", explain how racism h
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Nearly 100 former federal prosecutors from the US Attorney's Office in DC have issued a memo arguing against the confirmation of .... .. Ed Martin, Trump's nominee to be the US Attorney in DC (The group has secured meetings with Senate GOP staff)
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
US scientist who touted hydroxychloroquine to treat Covid named to pandemic prevention role www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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US scientist who touted hydroxychloroquine to treat Covid named to pandemic prevention role
Steven J Hatfill, who promoted the drug despite scant evidence of efficacy, becomes special adviser at HHS
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
This is an important point. @timothysnyder.bsky.social: "The entire practice of the Holocaust of the Jews involved zones of statelessness. It is easier to move people away from law than it is to remove law from people. Almost all of the killing took place in artificially created stateless zones."
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Satan’s Niece @krissychula.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
This is high art
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Hal Steiner @halsteiner.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
#BlueCrew - Quote of the Day
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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 05/05/2025
Europe’s choice is clear. To put science at the heart of its economy. To become the home of scientific freedom and collaboration. And to welcome talent from all over the world. I’m glad to present the first elements of our Choose Europe Initiative. → europa.eu/!TTbWbJ
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edcomet.bsky.social @edcomet.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
The Greenwood masacre is the subject of this extraordinary work of investigative journalism. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
104 days of falling into Fascism

20 January 2025: 
“I do solemnly swear
that I will faithfully execute the Office of
President of the United States,
and will to the best of my ability,
preserve, protect and defend
the Constitution of the United States.” 



4 May 2025:
Do you have to uphold
the Constitution of the United States
as President?  “I don't know.”
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