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@empathee.bsky.social
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Proud dad of two youngins and an avid tennis player. Master cannabis grower. Unabashed compassion for the prosperity of all peoples and extremely concerned over what type of planet we are leaving for our children and future generations.

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Local Resister @projectspacetime.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Records show /checks notes/ that 47 will remain in the WH UNIMPEDED since he's literally untouchable by any law anyone cares to pretend applies to him.
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David A. Graham @dgraham.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
When I saw this post I assumed it was hyperbole or at least inference. But nah.
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Steve Inskeep @steveinskeep.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Hey! My colleagues at NPR made a voter registration guide. Enter your state and learn the deadlines to register in time to make your voice heard in this year’s primaries. apps.npr.org/voter-regist...
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How to register to vote and check your registration status
For the 2026 primary elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
The New York Times reports that the Department of Homeland Security has sent Google, Meta, and other media corporations subpoenas for the names on accounts that criticize ICE enforcement. The department wants to identify Americans who oppose what it’s doing. I’ll save them time.
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A short note to Kristi Noem
To a current Cabinet secretary from a former one
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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/01/2026
There is video circulating on social media of a group of ICE agents beating a man near 26th and Nicollet in south Minneapolis, then one of the ICE agents shoots the man while he's on the ground numerous times. A witness can be heard yelling that the victim is dead.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Hilarious. The WH had all the Cabinet members simultaneously put out statements supporting Susie Wiles after the Vanity Fair article came out.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/11/2025
“In days after Alaska, a European intel agency distributed a hard-copy report in an envelope to some of the continent’s most senior national security officials, who were shocked by the contents: Inside were details of the commercial and economic plans the Trump admin had been pursuing with Russia.”
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Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
The White House is lying to you about Donald Trump's signature on the 50th birthday letter, and I am exposing it. We have the evidence. youtu.be/W3UXpF0V5wY
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Trump White House in CRISIS MODE as LIES Get EXPOSED
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
August 25, 2025
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August 24, 2025
As the administration of President Donald Trump is using loopholes in the nation’s laws to claim the right to use the military against American citizens, Democratic governors are pushing back.
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
this is just straight-up dictatorship and it’s repulsive and pathetic our newspapers and TV stations still won’t say so. there is no emergency. there is no precedent for this in US history. Trump is establishing military and paramilitary control of the capital
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empathee.bsky.social @empathee.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
No Kings Let's start a political party with that as the name and the guiding principle
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
This is not a president of the United States. This is a hateful demagogue and pathological liar who is exploiting the office to sow division and dismantle our democratic system.
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The Athletic @theathletic.com · 12/06/2025
Bennedict Mathurin's 27 PTS off the bench are the third-most in NBA Finals history. He's the first bench player to score 25+ PTS in the Finals since Jason Terry in 2011. H/T @lawmurraythenu.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/liv...
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
The president’s Truth Social posts within the past ten minutes
ARREST THE PEOPLE IN FACE MASKS, NOW!
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Donald J. Trump
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Looking really bad in L.A. BRING IN THE TROOPS!!!
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Jim McDonnell, the highly respected LAPD Chief, just stated that the protesters are getting very much more aggressive, and that he would "have to reassess the situation," as it pertains to bringing in the troops. He should, RIGHT NOW!!! Don't let these thugs get away with this. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!o
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
White House official confirms Trump had conversation last night with Enrique Tarrio at Mar-a-Lago last night as Trump was walking to his dinner table On social media, Tarrio said Trump told him to thank the J6ers
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350.org @350.org · 24/04/2025
In 10 yrs Uruguay switched from fossil fuels to 98% renewable electricity. What did this transformation bring? Lower costs. More jobs & #energysecurity. Showing what's possible with political will, public support & trust in renewables. 350.org/uruguay-ener... #IEASummit #REbootTheWorld #HopeHub
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Zach Stafford @zachstafford.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
#BREAKING: Over 36,000 people rallied in Los Angeles today in support of @sanders.senate.gov and @aoc.bsky.social’s OLIGARCHY TOUR — setting a record as their largest stop on this tour.
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empathee.bsky.social @empathee.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
So correct
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PoliticsGirl @politicsgirl.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
This seems right, and all of this is WRONG.
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empathee.bsky.social @empathee.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
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empathee.bsky.social @empathee.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Wordle 1,390 2/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Great way to start the day!
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Tennis Updates @tennisupdates.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Frances Tiafoe wins 6-4, 7⁷-6³ against Brandon Nakashima to make the Final in Houston. After not winning back to back matches since the US Open, Tiafoe wins 3 in a row here. Its his 10th ATP Final, which is 2nd among active American men, only behind Fritz. 📸 Mike Lawrence/ATP Tour
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
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David Litt @davidlitt.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Five things this week: - Spent $25 million to buy an election - Lost election by double digits - Tweeted about rockets a lot to pretend I hadn’t just spent $25 million on an election I lost by double digits - Inspired protests against me in all 50 states - Cheated at videogames
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empathee.bsky.social @empathee.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/04/2025
Peter Navarro: "You can't lose money unless you sell ... we will hit 50,000 on the Dow easily by the end of this term."
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
A Skadden attorney resigned today, citing the firm’s decision to strike a deal with Trump amid pressure campaign on law firms. “[I]f my employer cannot stand up for the rule of law, then I cannot ethically continue to work for them,” the former Skadden lawyer, Brenna Trout Frey, wrote on LinkedIn.
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Skadden Resignation
Today the executive partner of my former firm sent us all an
"update" that attempted to convince some of the best minds in the legal profession that he did us a solid by capitulating to the Trump administration's demands for fealty and protection money. Fellow Skadden attorneys: If you agree with Jeremy London's position that the firm should not engage in "illegal DEI discrimination," should devote prestigious Skadden Fellows to the Trump administration's pet projects, and should help "politically disenfranchised groups who have not historically received legal representation from major national law firms," (taking into account the robust pro bono work that major national law firms already do), then by all means continue working there. But if that email struck you as a craven attempt to sacrifice the rule of law for self-preservation, I hope you do some soul-searching over the weekend and join me in sending a message that this is unacceptable (in whatever way you can). As one of my more eloquent former colleagues put it:
"Do not pretend that what is happening is normal or excusable. It isn't."
There is only one acceptable response from attorneys to the Trump administration's demands: The rule of law matters.
The rule of law matters. As an attorney, if my employer cannot stand up for the rule of law, then I cannot ethically continue to work for them.
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empathee.bsky.social @empathee.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Where will the 51st star go on our flag?
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Laurence H. Tribe @tribelaw.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
“A New York Times review of the flight data showed that none of the planes in question landed in El Salvador before the judge’s order and that one of them did not even leave American soil until after the judge’s written order was posted online.” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/u...
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Timeline of Trump’s Deportation Flights, From Alien Enemies Act to Judge’s Order
A New York Times review of flight data showed that at the time of a federal judge’s order, two flights were in the air, and one had not yet taken off.
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JD Random - RandomWhiteGuy @thereelrandom.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Civics Lesson… POTUS does not have the constitutional or statutory authority to rescind a pardon issued by a preceding POTUS while in office. Trump will do whatever he wants until he’s forced to stop. He’ll trample on laws and the US Constitution until they are ground to dust… if we let him.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
March 8, 2025
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March 8, 2025
Yesterday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent made it clear that the Trump administration’s goal is to slash the federal government and to privatize its current services.
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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Scoop: Incoming Paramount boss Jeff Shell has made it clear to CBS News chief Wendy McMahon and "60 Minutes" boss Bill Owens that they need to get on board with Trump settlement and possible admission of wrongdoing—something sure to raise questions of gun-jumping. www.status.news/p/paramount-...
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Shell-Shocked at CBS
As Paramount’s merger with Skydance nears the finish line, CBS News chief Wendy McMahon and “60 Minutes” boss Bill Owens have faced escalating pressure to settle Donald Trump’s lawsuit—including from ...
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empathee.bsky.social @empathee.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Sickening
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Andrew C. Laufer, Esq. @lauferlaw.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Maybe DOGE can eliminate tariffs. That would save US consumers billions.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
SCOOP: Now that Linda McMahon is confirmed/sworn in as secretary, Trump will be imminently issuing an executive order eliminating the Department of Education. I’ve obtained a draft of an email that McMahon will be sending to staff re: the EO and the department’s “final mission”. Here is a portion:
After President Trump's inauguration last month, he has steadily signed a slate of executive orders to keep these education promises: combatting critical race theory, DEl, gender ideology extremism, and discrimination in admissions. President Trump has also been focused on eliminating wasteful bureaucracy and harmful programs in the federal government. To that end, today he signed [Executive Order XYZ, entitled "Eliminating the Department of Education,] which has given us a clear and final mission.

We are to identify which of the Department's functions, programs, and offices are not mandated by statute, and eliminate them. This reorganization will impact staff, budgets, reporting, and more —and in coming months, we will determine how it can be accomplished with minimal delay and disruption. The President further tasked us with creating a plan to reallocate and reassign functions of the Department of Education that would be more effectively managed by other agencies. This plan will offer Congress a road map toward fulfilling the expectations of the President and the American people.

The new vision—which I hope each of you will embrace going forward—can be expressed as four main convictions:
Parents are the primary decision makers in their children's education.
Students deserve to be protected from physical violence, racial discrimination, medical tyranny, and gender extremism ideology on campus.
Postsecondary education should be a path to a well-paying career aligned with workforce needs. 
Taxpayer-funded education should refocus on meaningful learning: proficiency in math, reading, and core subjects, and patriotism in American history and civics.
As we move to reduce the Department's middleman role in education, these four convictions must guide us toward conscientious and pragmatic action. The elimination of bureaucracy should free us, not limit us, in our pursuit of these goals

Removing red tape and bureaucratic barriers will empower parents to make th
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
NOTE: The opponents of DEI are purging anyone who is not a white man from military leadership This is not about merit; it’s about normalizing racism and misogyny
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No More Female 4-Stars: Franchetti Firing Leaves Top Ranks Filled by Men
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired Adm. Lisa Franchetti, the Navy's first female chief, last week without any clear explanation -- part of a purge of top uniformed leadership that included the Joint...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
While I appreciate the sentiment, not one Republican senator who disagrees with Trump on this will even say his name. While Zelensky demonstrated political courage, Republican senators are still afraid to say Trump’s name, except when they praise him.
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empathee.bsky.social @empathee.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
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Brian J. Karem @briankarem.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
I have covered presidential politics for 40 years. This was the most juvenile display by a President and Vice President I have ever seen. Other presidents treated their enemies with more respect. This is a low point and a dark day for the US. Totally embarrassing.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 28/02/2025
On behalf of many Americans, don’t thank us we THANK YOU Ukraine for your work.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Interesting how there wasn’t such risk of “catastrophic failure” until these grifters swooped in.
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Amanda Walker @aw90.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
The GOP "elephant" logo with the caption "These Colors Run"
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empathee.bsky.social @empathee.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Well said JD, gaslighting hypocrite
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
State AG’s stepping up
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
87% of jobs at Amazon pay less than $20 an hour while half of its warehouse workers struggle to cover food and housing costs. Meanwhile, Jeff Bezos saw his net worth increase by $7.9 million an hour in 2023. Is this the "free market" Bezos is so desperate to defend?
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 27/02/2025
Breaking News: Three mainstream political parties in Austria have agreed to form a government that excludes the far-right Freedom Party.
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Austrian Parties Reach Deal to Form Government Without Far Right
The announcement was a victory for mainstream political parties, after earlier talks involving the hard-right Freedom Party broke down.
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empathee.bsky.social @empathee.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Arrest him for war crimes apnews.com/article/smot...
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Israeli Finance Minister Smotrich will meet with Treasury Secretary Bessent in Washington
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich will head to Washington in the coming days to meet with U.S.
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