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Mel

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Imran Khan @imrankhan.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Look, you can say a lot about Hogan's legacy: he was racist, he was terrible to his colleagues, he put himself above other people, he firmly believed in the supremacy of white people, he was a bad wrestler, his life was a net negative for society. That's it. That's the post.
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Our hearts are heavy for the grieving family of Jaime Alanis, who died from injuries sustained during a chaotic raid on Thursday. We will do everything we can to support them. We continue to work with the hundreds of farm worker families navigating the aftermath of this violent raid.
photo of Jaime Alanis
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/07/2025
Brooke Rollins on farm laborers: "There will be no amnesty. The mass deportations continue, but in a strategic way. And we move the workforce toward automation and 100% American participation, which with 34 million able-bodied on Medicaid we should be able to do fairly quickly."
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 07/07/2025
Pam Bondi in February: The Epstein client list is sitting on my desk right now to review. Pam Bondi today: There is no Epstein client list and no "further disclosure" of Epstein-related material "would be appropriate or warranted."
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Devlyn Angel, ETQ 😈😇 @devlynangel.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
In Texas, 14 children & 18 adults are dead. 27 girls from summer camp are missing. The rain continues, & Governor Fuckhead says: "One word has been used more than any during this natural disaster: Prayer. All we know is that prayer does work." Know what works better? Early warning systems.
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
UFW proud to join Justice Journey in solidarity with @seiu.org. #SolidaritySummer
Ufw Board member Elizabeth Strater joins in Justice Journeyoutside the La Salle Detention Facility in Jena, LA as part of Justice Journeyoutside the La Salle Detention Facility in Jena, LA as part of Justice Journeyoutside the La Salle Detention Facility in Jena, LA as part of Justice Journey
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Hertz is now using AI scanners to check rental cars for damage the human eye might miss. The car rental company has entered into a partnership with UVeye, an Israeli company that builds automatic vehicle inspection units. www.motortrend.com/news/hertz-a...
motortrend.com
Hertz Is Using AI to Scan Your Rental Car for Damage—and Fast-Tracking Repair Estimates
The tech has the potential to make renting a car quicker and easier—or more frustrating. In one instance in Atlanta, it's been the latter.
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Jazz. @jl3001.blacksky.app · 26/06/2025
I aspire to make all the worst people mad every day
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 27/06/2025
Damn‼️ Federal agents blew a door off for this? Federal agents blasted their way into an LA home where Jenny Ramirez lives with her boyfriend and two kids. She heard the blast while checking on her 6-year-old, with her 1-year-old in her arms. Ramirez says everyone in the home is a U.S. citizen. 🧵
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Global vaccine uptake rates are falling , this is bad for the world. “Vaccination remains one of our most powerful tools for protecting child health, but its continued success depends on sustained investment, equity, and public trust.” www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
theguardian.com
Millions of children at risk as global vaccine rates fall, study finds
Persistent health inequalities, disruption caused by Covid-19, and soaring levels of misinformation and hesitancy are behind fall, say study’s authors
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
The Medicaid cuts in the Republican budget bill would hurt nearly half of America’s kids. If the bill passes it would mean a distinctly worse health care situation for about 37 million children.
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Sean Morrow @snmrrw.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
The CEO of Palantir. Violent extremist Chay Raichik. Far-right madman Bill Ackman. Billionaire Republican donor, and Home Depot CEO, Ken Langone. Why Cuomo even in a Democratic primary?
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
The proposed cuts to health care in Republican budget could increase some families’ medical debts by as much as $22,800. Overall, medical debt would increase by $50 billion as a result of the budget bill, according to a new report.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Donald Trump just unilaterally bombed Iran. A masked gang is terrorizing our streets. America has rapidly devolved into an authoritarian state. That's why, today, The Onion has purchased a full page ad in today's New York Times with a simple plea to Congress: Sit back and do absolutely nothing.
An Onion front page with the headline: Congress, Now More Than Ever, Our Nation Needs Your Cowardice

Who will stand up for our democracy? This
question, fraught in even the most peaceful
times, has only grown more pressing as our
country approaches its 250th anniversary.
Each passing day brings growing assaults on
essential liberties like freedom of speech and due process.
Meanwhile, our delicately assembled legal system faces
a constant barrage of threats. Even as this issue reaches
publication, the U.S. military has been deployed against
peaceful protesters. We teeter on the brink of collapse into
an authoritarian state. That is why, today, The Onion calls
upon our lawmakers to sit back and do absolutely nothing.
Members of Congress, now more than ever, our nation
desperately needs your cowardice.
Our republic is a birthright, an exceedingly rare treasure
passed down from generation to generation of Americans. It
was gained through hard years of bloody resistance and can
too easily be lost. Our Founding Fathers, in their abundant
wisdom, understood that all it would take was men and
women of little courage sitting in the corridors of power
and taking zero action as this precious inheritance was
stripped away—and that is where we have finally arrived.
Now is not the time for bravery or valor! This is the time
for protecting your own hide and lining your pocket. Now is
not the time for listening to your idiotic constituents drone
on about what’s happening to their precious democracy.
This is the time for getting down on all fours and grov-
eling. Now is not the time to say, “Enough is enough,” and
have the tough conversations about resisting the ongoing
assaults on American liberty. This is the time to let the wave
of apathy and indifference roll over you as you think about
getting a really nice renovation to your house in Kalorama.
But what can I, one coward, do alone? you might ask.
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Purple Monkey Dishwasher @hayekandhockey.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Dudes will cheerlead a war in the Middle East instead of going to therapy and taking their meds
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
And just like that, the ‘No New Wars’ people are all-in on a new war. Proving yet again that they really believe in nothing other than what one man tells them to believe today. Which could be different tomorrow. The very definition of a cult.
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Juan Cole @jricole.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Israeli tank fire kills at least 59 in Gaza crowd trying to get food, medics say www.cbc.ca/news/world/i...
cbc.ca
Israeli tank fire kills at least 59 in Gaza crowd trying to get food, medics say | CBC News
Israeli tanks fired into a crowd trying to get aid from trucks in the Gaza Strip on Monday, killing at least 59 people, according to medics, in one of the bloodiest incidents yet in mounting violence ...
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
FIFA Club World Cup ticket sales tank dramatically after the Dept. of Homeland Security bragged that agents would be “suited and booted" at the stadium in a now-deleted social media post
huffpost.com
FIFA Club World Cup Ticket Sales TANK After DHS Says Agents Will Be At Stadium
Tickets to the opening match that were once $349 (and up) could be had for just $4.
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Jordan Uhl @jordanuhl.com · 15/06/2025
Remarkable. MSNC: "I want to reiterate this has been 100% peaceful." Seconds later, LA County sheriffs start firing on the crowd. Yet again, "law enforcement" deliberately escalated.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/06/2025
Walz announces that Rep. Melissa Hortman is dead as a result of a "politically motivated assassination"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/06/2025
absolutely horrifying: "Minnesota state senator John Hoffman in Champlin and Minnesota state representative Melissa Hortman in Brooklyn Park were reportedly shot in their homes by a gunman impersonating a police officer."
kstp.com
Sources say two Minnesota lawmakers have been shot
Sources have told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS' Tom Hauser that two Minnesota Lawmakers have been shot.
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Nina Turner @ninaturner.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Marines detained a civilian, reportedly an Army veteran, in Los Angeles today. Extremely chilling sight. This is not ok. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
reuters.com
Exclusive: US Marines carry out first known detention of civilian in Los Angeles, video shows
Marines deployed to Los Angeles carried out the detention of a civilian on Friday, the U.S. military confirmed after being presented with Reuters images, in the first known detention by active-duty troops deployed there by President Donald Trump.
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Howard Waz @tallcpgchef60.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
#ICE #MLS #Soccer
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Senate Republicans want to sell off up to 3.3 million acres of federally owned land in 11 Western states. Their draft of the budget bill includes this massive and unpopular sale of public, federal land. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
washingtonpost.com
Senate GOP plan would sell millions of acres of Western public land
Proponents argue the move could spur housing development, while critics counter it would shrink open space for recreation and wildlife.
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Senator Padilla pledged to help us answer some questions on why California’s workers are being hunted down like prey. He’s doing his best to get some answers.
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Working Families Party 🐺 @workingfamilies.org · 12/06/2025
A SITTING U.S. SENATOR FORCIBLY REMOVED FROM KRISTI NOEM'S PRESS CONFERENCE AND HANDCUFFED ON THE GROUND. The alarms are going off. This administration is silencing people.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Funded by your tax dollars.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Amazon, Coinbase, Lockheed Martin, Oracle, Palantir and other corporations are supporting Trump’s military parade. These companies sponsor the America250 Foundation, which is handling spectator logistics and putting on a festival for the controversial Trump parade. www.theverge.com/policy/68569...
theverge.com
Big Tech quietly sponsors Trump’s military parade party
Amazon, Oracle and Coinbase are top sponsors, while Meta’s involvement is unclear.
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Dale Ryder @kryton3298.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
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Sean Keenan @thatseankeenan.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
A scene from the explosive police-protester clash on Buford Highway this evening CONTENT WARNING: Video begins with officers throwing a man to the ground, causing his head to hit a concrete embankment
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Sean Beckner-Carmitchel @acatwithnews.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
BREAKING: A few minutes ago, a vehicle of three people was rammed by a truck belonging to federal immigration authorities in Boyle Heights, CA. According to security footage shown to me, they deployed chemical munitions & detained the driver at gunpoint. All are US citizens according to the wife.
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
We feed you. They hunt us.
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Liz (or Lizzie) Kim 김혜성 💫 @lizzielizliz.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
A man impersonating ICE in Philadelphia tied up and robbed a woman at a business in the Mayfair section of Philadelphia. It happened Sunday at an auto repair shop on the 6400 block of Harbison Avenue. This is what we feared.
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Jorts (and Jean) @jortsthecat.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
David Huerta, the local president of SEIU United Service Workers West, was injured and arrested by federal agents in the midst of a fascist and chaotic immigration “enforcement” event on Friday in Los Angeles. Since then, the current admin is “deploying” to provoke unrest in California.
FREE DAVID HUERTA
STOP ICE RAIDS NOW
David Huerta is being held as a political prisoner for exercising his First Amendment Rights. His arraignment is Monday.
Rally to Demand Justice for David Huerta
Monday, 6/9 @ 11am
Gloria Molina Grand Park, Los Angeles
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
A massive supermarket strike is brewing, with 150,000 workers moving toward a walkout. 56,000 workers in Washington, Idaho and Oregon have voted to authorize strikes at Albertsons and Kroger. Grocery workers across Colorado have also authorized a strike, and more could follow.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 08/06/2025
The people of Los Angeles will rally on Monday, 6/9 to demand the release of everyone unjustly detained by ICE, like SEIU leader David Huerta, and an end to militaristic escalation on our communities. Join us and @aclusocal.bsky.social at 11 AM in LA to call for an end to these human rights abuses.
act.aclu.org
Free David Huerta, Rally Against ICE Raids
I'm attending this event - sign up now to join me!
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
JULIETTE KAYYEM: “Active duty Marines for this, Hegseth? I mean, we were just reporting on it. There's music. The traffic is moving. Most people in L.A. probably don't even know this is going on.”
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The Fighting Liberal Texan🌈🌊💙🦋Congress Switchboard 202-224-3121 @fightingliberal.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
If ICE were only targeting criminals in Los Angeles… Why were they only going to Home Depot and garment factories in Los Angeles? And only randomly asking brown people for their work papers at places of business? These photos were taken outside places of Los Angeles businesses…
If ICE was only after criminals in Los Angeles…

Why were they only going to Home Depot and garment factories in Los Angeles?

And only asking brown people for their work papers at place of business?

These photos were taken outside places of Los Angeles businesses…If ICE was only after criminals in Los Angeles…

Why were they only going to Home Depot and garment factories in Los Angeles?

And only asking brown people for their work papers at place of business?

These photos were taken outside places of Los Angeles businesses…
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Naotoshi Maeda @naotoshimaeda.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Anti-vaccine lunatic RFK Jr. just forced the CDC to drop COVID vaccine recommendations for children and pregnant women. In a world where the masses are ignoring peer-reviewed science and expert guidance, this unsupported move fuels confusion and supercharges anti-vax propaganda. Where is Congress?
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
“A CDC report found that among pregnant U.S. women infected with COVID-19, about 1 in 80 deliveries was a stillbirth — the loss of a fetus anytime after 20 weeks. That’s compared with 1 in 155 among uninfected women” Pregnant women need access to Covid boosters. TW for photos of Covid placenta:
apnews.com
Coronavirus can destroy the placenta and lead to stillbirths
New research suggests the coronavirus can invade and destroy the placenta and lead to stillbirths in infected women.
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Working Families Party 🐺 @workingfamilies.org · 22/05/2025
Republicans are a party that steals from working people to give more money to billionaires like them. House Republicans have pushed through their billionaire budget to slash Medicaid, steal from working people, and give more money to the ultra rich like Trump and his friends.
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Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 21/05/2025
No one experiencing the tragedy of a miscarriage should be arrested, much less abandoned in jail for 5 months with a $100k bond. But that’s exactly what happened to Mallori Patrice Strait in Texas. Women, particularly women of color, in this country are no longer allowed dignity even in extreme loss
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
UnitedHealth secretly paid nursing homes to slash hospitalizations for elderly residents, according to a new investigation from The Guardian. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
theguardian.com
Revealed: UnitedHealth secretly paid nursing homes to reduce hospital transfers
A Guardian investigation finds insurer quietly paid facilities that helped it gain Medicare enrollees and reduce hospitalizations. Whistleblowers allege harm to residents
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
The GOP budget bill would cut up to $300 billion from SNAP over the next ten years. 42 million Americans get food assistance from SNAP. This bill would make people go hungry.
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 16/05/2025
Breaking news: The US has been stripped of its top-notch triple-a credit rating by Moody’s on concerns about rising levels of government debt www.ft.com/content/e456...
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NPR @npr.org · 06/05/2025
India has launched strikes in several parts of Pakistan and Pakistan-controlled territory, in a dramatic escalation of tensions between the two nuclear-armed rivals.
npr.org
India launches missile attacks on Pakistan
India has launched strikes in several parts of Pakistan and Pakistan-controlled territory, in a dramatic escalation of tensions between the two nuclear-armed rivals.
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C. ♡ @charnotshar.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Damson Idris pulls off STUNNING reveal at the 2025 #MetGala #fashionsky
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