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Kye @gxldsociety.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

MUST WATCH: ICE kidnapped a disabled American citizen. Her name is Alma Bowman. Born in the Philippines while her dad served in the U.S. Navy. She’s lived here 48 years. They crashed her wheelchair, denied meds, cut her off from her lawyer—and jailed her. She. Is. A. Citizen.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

AI could erase half of all entry-level white-collar jobs and hike unemployment to 10-20% within the next one to five years, warns Dario Amodei, CEO of one of the leading companies developing artificial intelligence. He says a looming job apocalypse is facing industries like finance, tech and law.

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Tech Billionaire Warns About Looming Jobs Apocalypse That Americans Are Ignoring

“It sounds crazy, and people just don’t believe it.”

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Karla Ortiz @kortizart.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Folks, the House advanced the disastrous reconciliation bill, with the destructive 10-year State Ban against regulations for AI intact! We now MUST mobilize our calls to the Senate! Call today! If you need a script the post below offers a fantastic alternative! We only have one chance! Lets go!

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

While many Americans were still asleep, Republicans in the House of Representatives passed Trump’s huge, horrible mega-bill. It might be the worst, most damaging piece of legislation I’ve seen in my nearly 60 years in politics.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Beyond being a Councilwoman, she is an adult mocking the appearance of a young person - a young person graduating 2nd in her class btw - and is demonstrating how to make snap judgments about people based on their appearance. Which every adult knows is immature and stupid. The absence of character….

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Amanda Litman @amandalitman.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

The gerontocracy has consequences, episode one million and three.

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NPR @npr.org · 22/05/2025

At the center of the sweeping bill is trillions in tax cuts, which Republicans aim to partially offset through changes to safety net programs like Medicaid and SNAP.

npr.org

Here's what's in the GOP megabill that's just passed the House

At the center of the sweeping bill is trillions in tax cuts, which Republicans aim to partially offset through changes to safety net programs like Medicaid and SNAP.

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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

MAGA is inflicting so many horrors on so many people that we're being forced to ration empathy. slate.com/news-and-pol... by @dahlialithwick.bsky.social on @slate.com

slate.com

Americans Don’t Lack Empathy. We Are Being Drained of It.

There’s a reason this Trump term has felt so emotionally devastating.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

they're preparing for the fucking rapture which is why they care about israel!!!!

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Kaitlin Is Just Getting Started @gothamgirlblue.com · 22/05/2025

I know I sound ridiculous and extreme saying this, but this reconciliation bill deserves mass civil disobedience from every level of elected official in the country

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 22/05/2025

The new version of the House reconciliation bill expands the medicaid and chip ban on coverage for gender affirming care to ALL AGES. This will decimated access to care for tens of thousands of trans people. amendments-rules.house.gov/amendments/R...

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Patti Olivier 💙VOTE BLUE @patti3333.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Good Morning The House has passed this HORRIFIC budget bill. House Republicans, how can you look in the mirror knowing you will hurt so many of your constituents? BUT AMERICA It is NOT over Now the SENATE So, please Call Your Senators Bombard them with CALLS 202 202 224-3121 FACTS ⬇️⬇️

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 21/05/2025

NEW: The Missouri GOP is trying to trick voters into banning abortion again, just months after voters protected it. As Democracy Docket contributor @susanrinkunas.com writes, it’s a reminder that conservatives don’t want voters to have a say on abortion.

democracydocket.com

To Impose Abortion Ban, Missouri GOP Aims to Stymie Direct Democracy

Read more here.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 20/05/2025

Thread! And Emily provides great, easy call scripts. Check it out and make those calls, friend! Also follow @threnody.bsky.social - a genuinely essential follow if you're interested in practical things you can do via political action to fight fascism in the US.

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Karla Ortiz @kortizart.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Update: While the 10yr ban on State Ai regulations progresses through the House, 140 organizations join the call to reject this proposal! Add your voice to these organizations today by calling your representatives and tell them to reject this proposal! thehill.com/policy/techn...

A coalition of more than 140 organizations urged House leaders to reject a proposal in the House's tax and spending bill that would block states from regulating artificial intelligence (Al) models for the next 10 years.
In a letter sent Monday to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), House Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and congressional members, the organizations said the 10-year moratorium on state Al regulation would remove accountability for developing technology.

"This moratorium would mean that even if a company deliberately designs an algorithm that causes foreseeable harm - regardless of how intentional or egregious the misconduct or how devastating the consequences - the company making that bad tech would be unaccountable to lawmakers and the public," the letter stated.
Signers of the letter included tech workers, civil society groups, academic institutions, and artists.
Among those are Amazon Employees for Climate Justice, progressive consumer rights watchdog nonprofit Public Citizen and Alphabet Workers Union, the labor representatives for workers at Google's parent company.
The provision, included in President Trump's "one, big beautiful" bill, would bar states from enforcing laws or regulations governing Al models, systems or automated decision systems.

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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Kindness is activism "Research shows that individual acts of kindness and connection can have a real impact on global change when these acts are collective." www.fastcompany.com/91237735/cha...

fastcompany.com

Why collective micro-activism is a powerful force for change

Research shows that individual acts of kindness and connection can have a real impact on global change when these acts are collective.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 19/05/2025

Just called Gillibrand's office AGAIN about this. New Yorkers, feel free to call her yourself: 202-224-4451 Everyone else, you can find your senators at reps.fyi

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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Big Ugly Billionaire Tax Breaks

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Do not open the gate. Definitely not without a valid warrant, signed by a judge-- and no searches are lawful unless signed not by an immigration judge, but by a federal or state court judge. And, something to consider (continued next skeet) : Ht @ravmike.bsky.social

sfgate.com

Potential ICE raid thwarted at Central Calif. strawberry packing facility

In Ventura County, a gatekeeper at a strawberry packing facility turned back ICE agents during a potential daytime raid.

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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Exactly! Listen up, Democratic leadership!

Weak won't win!

The Reformers

We ARE the Democratic Party

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Bock Sam @bocksam.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Call your rep!!! 14 million will lose health care. Food assistance taken away. All of this is targeting those who can least afford it in order to line the pockets of the millionaires and billionaires. #HandsOffMedicaid #HandsOffSnap #DontScrewAmericans

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Ben Wikler @benwikler.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

The extra-extreme members of the House Budget Committee voted "present" tonight so that the Medicaid-cuts-to-fund-tax-giveaways-for-the-rich bill could pass out of committee 17-16. Tomorrow, flood Capitol Hill switchboards to voice your opposition to this monstrosity. 202-224-3121.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 16/05/2025

Call your senators and tell them to vote against this crummy bill and industry. Find your reps here: reps.fyi

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Dave Infante @dinfontay.com · 16/05/2025

"[P]ro-crypto Democrats—that is, the ones who collected millions in crypto campaign contributions—have gotten a few token concessions, but nothing whatsoever that would stop Trump’s corruption spree, and this is likely enough to get it through." — @ryanlcooper.com @prospect.org

prospect.org

Senate Democrats Poised to Enable Trump’s Crypto Corruption

Today on TAP: They would also massively destabilize the financial system.

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Katherine Clark @whipkclark.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

BREAKING: The House GOP just failed to pass their Big Ugly Bill out of the Budget Committee. They're fighting over how many Americans to rip health care and food away from. Keep up the pressure.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 16/05/2025

Two years ago, Georgia began allowing low-income adults to join Medicaid on the condition that they work or train for a job. But Georgia’s experience may actually offer reason for caution nationwide.

wapo.st

As Republicans weigh Medicaid work requirements, Georgia offers a warning

Only a small number of people were enrolled in the state program, and administrative costs exceeded spending on medical care.

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Alex Kirshner @alexkirshner.com · 16/05/2025

this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...

Rep. Laurel Libby, R-Auburn, recently used my second-place finish in the 1,600-meter run, and that of my teammate in the 800-meter run, to malign Soren Stark-Chessa, the trans-identified athlete who finished first.

One of the reasons I chose to run cross-country and track is the community: Teammates cheering each other on, athletes from different schools coming together, and the fact that personal improvement is valued as much as, if not more than, the place we finish.

Last Friday, I ran the fastest 1,600-meter race I have ever run in middle school or high school track and earned varsity status by my school’s standards. I am extremely proud of the effort I put into the race and the time that I achieved. The fact that someone else finished in front of me didn’t diminish the happiness I felt after finishing that race. I don’t feel like first place was taken from me. Instead, I feel like a happy day was turned ugly by a bully who is using children to make political points.

We are all just kids trying to make our way through high school. Participating in sports is the highlight of high school for some kids. No one was harmed by Soren’s participation in the girls’ track meet, but we are all harmed by the hateful rhetoric of bullies, like Rep. Libby, who want to take sports away from some kids just because of who they are.

Anelise Feldman
Freshman, Yarmouth High School
Yarmouth

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Focus on 2026, NOT 2028. sherrilyn.substack.com/p/part-2-how...

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 16/05/2025

This should be bigger news: ICYMI - Project 2025’s puppet master Russell Vought just replaced Elon as head of DOGE. People still in denial & believe Trump knew nothing about Project 2025, need to explain why he just handed the keys to the whole damn thing to its architect. He is the plan. Wake up.

Wall Street Journal headline: “Trump’s Budget Hawk Takes Over the DOGE Agenda. First Up: The Military,” with a photo of Russ Vought. Highlighted text discusses Vought pushing for Trump to use “impoundment” powers to block Congress-approved spending.

Link in thread

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 15/05/2025

Yes, I know. People are being sent to foreign gulags without due process. RFK Jr. is killing our public health. Trump is driving the economy off a cliff. Don't let this fall under the radar: DOGE wants *your* personal info sucked into mass systems—data very tempting for an authoritarian to use.

newrepublic.com

Trump’s Sneaky Plot to Steal Your Data—and Weaponize It Against You

Under the guise of immigration enforcement, the administration is building a new, expanded surveillance state.

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Bock Sam @bocksam.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

They definitely are removing a link at a time. Or maybe like the tariff insanity, they snatched 10 feet of chain down to inches and then said gave us back a couple of feet? We never get everything back after they take away rights and privileges. Not ever.

If you reduced a dog's chain one link at a time, every few days, until his chain is so short he won't be able to move, he will never resist because he is conditioned to the loss of his freedom slowly, over time.
That's what's happening to you.

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Abortion Action Missouri @abortionaction.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

BREAKING: Anti-abortion, anti-democracy politicians just directly attacked the will of MO voters and passed HJR 73–another abortion ban. The resolution will now be sent to the people for a vote with ballot language that never mentions that the resolution will reinstate an abortion ban. (1/2)

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 15/05/2025

We’re expecting another vote later today on the crypto-friendly bill that would enable Trump’s corruption. Your Democratic senator needs to hear from you ASAP if they’re on this list: indivisible.org/resource/cal...

These Senate Democrats need to hear from their constituents right now:

Ruben Gallego (AZ)
Adam Schiff (CA)
John Hickenlooper (CO)
Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE)
Raphael Warnock (GA)
Catherine Cortez Masto (NV)
Andy Kim (NJ)
Ben Ray Luján (NM)
Kirsten Gillibrand (NY)
Mark Warner (VA)

Tell your senators to vote NO on the GENIUS
Act, the crypto-friendly bill that would enable Trump's corruption.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 15/05/2025

House Republicans’ tax bill would grant the Treasury Secretary the ability to accuse any nonprofit of being a “terrorist supporting organization” without basic due process. No president should have the power this bill provides to punish their political opponents.

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Over 200 Organizations: House Tax Bill Threatens Tax Status for Charities, Churches, and Nonprofits — Stop Government Censorship

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, May 14th, 2025 CONTACT Caitlin Legacki press@stopgovernmentcensorship.org  “No President should have the power this bill provides to punish their politic...

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R Lee Griffin @evilbraininajar.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

The Hurt Syndicate has the chance to do a BRUTAL reenactment of Joe Pesci's end in Goodfellas next week and the thought of it is keeping me alive right now. Picture it. MJF in his little suit, walking in thinking he's gonna be made. Bam. Two in the back of the head. End scene. #AEWDynamite 🤼

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R Lee Griffin @evilbraininajar.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Tony narcing out MJF to Shelton like that is cold. Never took him for a snitch. #AEWDynamite 🤼‍♂️

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R Lee Griffin @evilbraininajar.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

The image of Hangman Page signing a child while a massive video of him having a whisky while sitting in front of Swerve’s burning home plays in the background must have been incredibly wholesome to see live. Leaves is plants sir, leaves is plants. 🤼 #AewDynamite

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Patti Olivier 💙VOTE BLUE @patti3333.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Now THIS Thank you Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasia-Cortez WOMEN, raise your voices loud and clear Don't Defund Planned Parenthood #MomSky Please listen Call Your Congressional Representatives 202 224-3121 No cuts to Planned Parenthood

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Bock Sam @bocksam.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

I love how he breaks this down. And keep yelling from the rooftops #DontDefundPublicSchools

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Karla Ortiz @kortizart.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Update: The TERRIBLE 10-Year Ban on State AI Regulations advanced House Committee. What does this mean? It means we BLAST the HELL out of their phones! Call your House Members AND Senators today! Called a few days ago? Call again! Tell them NO on 10-year State AI Regulation Ban! (Info in thread)

techpolicy.press

US House Committee Advances 10-Year Moratorium on State AI Regulation | TechPolicy.Press

After an amendment challenging the moratorium language failed, it will advance with the rest of the legislative package.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Russell Vought, acting director of Trump’s Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has quietly killed plans to more tightly regulate the sale of Americans’ sensitive personal data.

wired.com

CFPB Quietly Kills Rule to Shield Americans From Data Brokers

Russell Vought, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has canceled plans to more tightly regulate the sale of Americans’ sensitive personal data.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

-A 10-year ban on state AI regulations -A "nonprofit killer" clause that would stifle dissent -Selling off public lands to Big Oil It's not just healthcare/food assistance cuts for the poor and tax breaks for the rich in the GOP's "big, beautiful bill." It's much worse.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Yes. Expose the incompetence.

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Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Chilling final paragraph and editor’s note.

We know that tech corporations, fossil fuel companies, and governments bear the most responsibility for the accelerating climate crisis — not individuals. But you can choose to opt out of the Al hype.

Editor's note: In August 2024, Condé Nast, Teen Vogue's parent company, announced "a multi-year partnership with OpenAl to expand the reach of Condé Nast's content."

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