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@elyka.bsky.social
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Fond of democracy, walks in the park, gardening, kids, cats, various other creatures, silver linings, etc.

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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 22/08/2025
He cried, “Why are you doing this? I was just eating crabs!” as ICE & DC cops smashed his head into pavement, blood streaming down his face. FIVE armed agencies to gang up on one unarmed man. It’s cowardice, it’s thuggery, it’s fascism flaunted in the heart of our capitol. Contact your reps.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
I know the bigger issue here is the president of the United States talking like Paul Sorvino's character in GoodFellas, but I'm struck by the president of the United States *looking* like Paul Sorvino's corpse, which was buried three years ago.
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Leigh Harrison Helberg @leighhelberg.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
This is exactly what happens in a fascist regime. People who speak out getting violently abducted.
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Elizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
This decision willfully ignores the Trump Administration's unprecedented and lawless attempt to destroy an agency *created by Congress* that has helped millions of families across the country. We'll keep fighting back. www.npr.org/2025/08/15/n...
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CFPB staff layoffs can proceed, appeals court rules
The Trump administration sent reduction-in-force notices to more than 1,400 staffers at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in April.
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Peggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Why would someone keep a list of pedophiles secret? 1) They’re on the list 2) They’re protecting people on the list 3) They’re following an order Am I wrong, GOP? Then prove it. #ReleaseAllTheEpsteinFiles
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 22/08/2025
And finally, after a quick word search, nothing was mentioned in the transcripts about a prison transfer. No mention of FPC Bryan, or a minimum security facility. So if these are the complete transcripts, where is that discussion? END/
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Eric Shurson @ericshurson.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
I was playing goalie in a rec league hockey game and some guy winds up from outside of the blue line and the puck was over my shoulder before I could blink. My teammates were laughing and informed me he retired from the NHL two weeks earlier. Staggering difference from us mere mortals.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Trump would concede at the table what Russia could not take on the battlefield. Americans should not accept this from this weak ass president.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Holy shit.
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Bonnie Russell @originalrockmedia.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
1/3 Only unvarnished journalism will save us from wannabe misogynistic types. No more congressionally provided booster seats to Mark. Elect more women. Men can’t handle power. @bluesterb.bsky.social @bluewavefusion.bsky.social @littlemissemmet.bsky.social @olepal.bsky.social @robbin.bsky.social
Mark Zuckerberg invented the misogynistic gamer-gate, culture.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Important www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/o...
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
This would explain a lot.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
I know rural America because I live here. I know rural inside and out and I speak on it often because almost no one else does. I have the market on rural politics cornered because not many think it’s worth cornering. But it is. jesspiper.substack.com/p/they-cant-...
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They Can't See What I See
Because they aren't from where I'm from
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Grab a sandwich and read about what to expect in The Week Ahead. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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The Week Ahead
August 17, 2025
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🇺🇸💙💙🤔🤨CJ🤣🧐💙💙🇺🇸 @cnice59.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
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Burma-Gram @burmagram.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
KAMALA HAD SMARTS AND PLAN KEY THING SHE LACKED: BEING OLD WHITE MAN ~ BURMA-GRAM
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Eric Segall @espinsegall.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
As we approach the 20th Anniversary of the Roberts Court, here is my list of the Top Ten Worst Con Law Cases of his Court. Boy was that a hard list to whittle down and no doubt people will disagree with some omissions but the harm to America is truly awful. www.dorfonlaw.org/2025/08/mour...
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Mourning Chief Justice Roberts' Twenty-Year Anniversary: The Ten Worst Constitutional Law Cases of the Roberts Court
We are close to the twentieth anniversary of John Roberts taking office as the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court (September 2...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
The concentration of wealth in the hands of a few isn't just bad for our economy. It's corrosive to our democracy. When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, regular people don't have a voice. The result? The demagoguery and corruption we're seeing now.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Worth remembering…
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Life comes at you fast
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 17/08/2025
ALERT: For the first time in the history of the survey, the Office of Personnel Management is CANCELLING the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FEVS). They don’t want you to know how they’re treating federal workers. I really want to create a shadow FEVS…
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Alisdair Calder McGregor @acmcgregor.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
British pubs are not democracies. If the publican tells you to leave, you leave, or you're committing a crime. They don't even need to give you a reason.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
Putin's declaration of "brotherly love" for #Ukraine and what it looks like in reality. Putin is a maniac and a sadist. We know who we're dealing with. Peace through force and ironclad security guarantees for Ukraine are needed. Putin's promises are worthless.
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Dave Kitzinger 🇺🇦 @dfkpgh.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
I keep hearing that Putin won't agree to Ukraine joining NATO, but I don't remember Russia being a member of NATO. They don't get a vote.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
Like a well oiled machine www.npr.org/2025/08/16/n...
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onion person @junlper.beer · 16/08/2025
i’ll never get over how blatantly and proveably lying is one of the best political strategies of the modern age
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Sarah Longwell @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Bad @jvl.bsky.social is back @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/bonfire-of...
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Bonfire of the Leopard Face Eating
Warning: If schadenfreude lasts longer than 4 hours, contact your physician.
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 15/08/2025
No disrespect to Smash Mouth, but ‘somebody’ is one word.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
"This is the most interventionist White House of my lifetime."
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Natty🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🏐🏈🐕🐴📎 @grillnatty.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
#NewYorkCity do the work.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 15/08/2025
The FDA last week issued a warning about unapproved thyroid medications made from animal tissue, only to appear to ease its stance days later and promise that they would remain accessible to patients.
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FDA warns about unapproved thyroid pills — then says it'll 'ensure access' to them
The apparent reversal illustrates the power of the “Make America Healthy Again” movement, particularly with its focus on “natural” drugs.
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Hell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · 15/08/2025
A Hell Gate data analysis found the Parks Department cancels tree plantings near NYPD precincts due to cops parking on the sidewalk.
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No Shade: Illegally Parked Cop Cars Are Why We Can't Have Nice Trees
A Hell Gate investigation reveals that the Parks Department has canceled tree plantings near NYPD precincts where cops park on the sidewalk.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Please read this but don’t call me a fearless reporter compared to those risking this lives in Gaza or getting clubbed on the head in LA. I’m just lucky to work at a place that doesn’t censor my opinions
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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 15/08/2025
This man and his cabinet behave like the Perons and the Marcoses. It reflects their dim view of the federal government as a vehicle for their corrupt shakedown cartel and the cabinet and foreign service as an extended network of Lordships to be doled out by Dear Leader.
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Kristi Noem is living rent free in home used by Coast Guard commandant
A DHS spokesman said Noem must live on the military base because she had been “so horribly doxxed and targeted that she is no longer able to safely live in her own apartment.”
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Alt Health and Human Services @alt-hhs.altgov.info · 15/08/2025
A crisis for our veterans' health, there is a legal and moral obligation to provide care to them, but the current regime doesn't care about veterans.
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Veterans’ Care at Risk Under Trump as Hundreds of Doctors and Nurses Reject Working at VA Hospitals
Amid concerns about the stability of the agency, records show nearly 40% of the doctors offered jobs at the VA from January through March of this year turned them down — quadruple the rate of rejectio...
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Chad Lehman @chadlehman.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Never designed to do anything on its own.
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Jessica 👩🏻 Bodhi 🐕 and Casanova 🐈‍⬛ @sparrowjess12.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Not if it isn’t upheld by the very people sworn to uphold it.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
I don't dispute this, generally. But I also think that certain beats are really easy to play. For example, it's really easy to get someone to parrot a fascist claim if you present it as a process story.
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karicort.bsky.social @karicort.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
He gives me so much hope. Every representative needs to look at what Mamdani is doing, what @katmabu.bsky.social is going. It’s about community work- COMMUNITY! We can all come from every corner of the world and still care for each other. Open hearts and open minds is what we all need to commit to
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Karen K @alphadogspunkyk.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
This👏💯
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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
This anti-vaxxer emailed me four more times late last night. You know, like a normal person would.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
JUST IN: Blistering ruling by Judge Ho on ICE arrests in immigration court. He says the Trump administration has turned attendance at immigration court proceedings into a game of "detention roulette" that violates due process. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/08/2025
Rep. Gabe Amo: "The only people who have demonstrated that they are soft on crime are Republicans in Congress and Donald Trump. I remember January 6 ... I also have seen this administration slash hundreds of millions of dollars from efforts to combat crime at the local level."
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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 14/08/2025
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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has said plans to build more than 3,000 homes in a new settlement project in the West Bank that will "bury the idea of a Palestinian state." This is religious supremacy. He views Christians and Muslims as inherently inferior. Equal rights must be demanded!
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
What could possibly go wrong, you ask?
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The Genius Act Raised The Odds Of A Crisis. No Bank Is Immune.
A broad adoption of stablecoins will threaten the stability of the entire financial system, Mark Copelovitch writes in a guest commentary.
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
holy shit this is a helluva ad from the Democrat running against Joni Ernst in Iowa. worth every second
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Nick Carmody JD, MS Psych @nick-carmody.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
www.patreon.com/posts/47160497
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