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"Someone I once loved gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this, too, was a gift." – Mary Oliver On this wild ride that is life. Best pastime is reposting wiser thoughts than mine.

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 15/06/2026
If you talk about Michelle Obama today, please make it about this video
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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Just thinking about what we could do with a billion dollars a day that doesn’t include bombing people.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” —George Orwell (1984)
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Eliza Orlins @elizaorlins.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Online safety is more important than ever right now, and most people give away their location online unknowingly. I'm Eliza Orlins, a career public defender for 15 years in Manhattan. I spend a lot of time thinking about safety—both offline and online. Here are 10 ways to keep yourself safe 👇
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Andrea Love, PhD | Biomedical Scientist @drandrealove.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Any Senators here? I’m a biomedical scientist with immunology, cancer, infectious disease expertise. RFK Jr lied to you in his confirmation hearings. Repeatedly. Provably. He’s lied to EVERYONE for 30+ years. Repeatedly. Provably. He WILL lie today. Repeatedly. Provably. 1/
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Grumpy-ish Brian🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🇮🇪 @brian770.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 21/07/2025
While the administration cites public safety to justify its immigration crackdown, the Justice Department has quietly stopped funding programs that actually prevent crime. Our experts explain which initiatives were cut and how that affects communities.
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Crime-Prevention Efforts Face Setbacks After Federal Cuts
The Justice Department’s withdrawal of funding for long-standing public safety programs and partnerships is an alarming reversal.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Associate Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson will end up being one of the heroes of this era if ever there are historians in the future who write about the fall of the United States She will almost never be in the majority on a major ruling, but she will have been the conscience of America
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
More than ever, Americans must remain grounded in the founding principles of our republic. I'm proud to be among those from across the political spectrum supporting the @weholdtruths.bsky.social to remind us of the values we hold in common, and to help make the Constitution accessible to everyone.
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We Hold These Truths
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
"The bill directs what is likely the largest single sale of national public lands in modern history..." www.wilderness.org/articles/med...
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250+ million acres of public lands eligible for sale in SENR bill
The bill mandates disposal of over 2 million acres of BLM and National Forest lands; public lands eligible for sale in the bill encompass over 250 million acres, including local recreation areas, wild...
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Today they have crossed a deep red line. We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
"Your agency acts as if laws don’t matter, as if the election gave you some mandate to violate the Constitution and the laws passed by this Congress. It did not give you that mandate." --Sen. Chris Murphy confronting DHS Secy Kristi Noem www.americaamerica.news/p/confrontin...
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Confronting the Arrogant Lawlessness
Senators Chris Murphy and Patty Murray incisively criticized the illegality and inhumanity of Kristi Noem's Department of Homeland Security. It's a start, but not enough to overcome this cruel regime.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
One thing I’ve often commented on on social media is that there’s actually only a very small cadre of people Trump can rely on—as he seeks out (and can work with) only the most corrupt, unscrupulous, venal, disreputable folks to do his bidding. It’s no surprise he needs his lawyer to do double-duty.
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Trump naming his former defense attorney as acting Librarian of Congress
Todd Blanche already holds the number two position at the Justice Department.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
As part of House Republicans’ must-pass budget reconciliation bill, lawmakers just snuck in a ten-year federal preemption of state-level artificial intelligence laws — effectively nullifying all local efforts to regulate the explosive spread of AI technology.
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GOP Chooses AI Dominance Over Democracy
House lawmakers writing the upcoming budget bill just snuck in a provision that would wipe from the books every state law regulating artificial intelligence.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
NEW: Trump’s takeover of the Library of Congress is about taking control of the legislative branch. One expert says it’s “dangerous,” given agencies within the Library provide legal advice to lawmakers and police their misconduct.
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Trump Is Trying to Take Control of Congress Through Its Library
Donald Trump’s administration is pushing to take over the Library of Congress, its latest effort to subsume the legislative branch.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Not that this needs to be said, but bribery out in the open is still bribery.
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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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ItsMsD @itsmsd.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Kamala Harris Full speech 9:55 Emerge - San Francisco #kamalaharris www.youtube.com/live/NJoZ0qG...
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LIVE: Harris delivers first major public address since leaving office | NBC News
YouTube video by NBC News
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
There it is, in a nutshell.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Americans put in the Oval Office a man who does not give a damn about the Constitution or the rule of law, but only about consolidating power & wealth for himself & his cronies. Every day we can see the fateful consequences of this disaster--and We the People must decide how long we'll tolerate it.
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
So to sum up the Wisconsin arrest issue: ICE didn't have a juridical warrant. They only had an administrative warrant. The DOJ has not convened a grand jury to indict the judge. They only got a criminal complaint before a magistrate judge. This is ridiculous.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
They make it sound like there are millions of dead people getting Social Security checks. But it's just not true.
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Northwest Progressive Institute @nwprogressive.org · 25/04/2025
This voter gets it. Social Security and Medicare are a form of deferred pay. It's our money that we earned. #AlwaysReframe
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
ICE can enter anyone’s home, and abduct and deport them to a foreign prison indefinitely because the DOJ says they can ignore the 4th, 5th and 15th amendments. If there’s no due process or protections against illegal search and seizures, none of us are safe.
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Once you disregard the legal rights of immigrants, everything is on the table Today, they are arresting judges Tomorrow it could be Democratic members of Congress
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Governor Jay Inslee @govjayinslee.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Arresting judges. Disappearing people. Punishing law firms. The Supreme needs to come down on him like a ton of judicial bricks now, not later, when it could be too late. Authoritarians get more dangerous the longer they are accommodated.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
We have now arrived at the "arresting judges" level of fascism.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
This entire interview is something else. Check out, confused, lying, doesn’t seem to have any grip on the facts at issue in anything. time.com/7280114/dona...
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Read the Full Transcript of Trump’s ‘100 Days’ Interview
President Trump discussed his trade war and the economy, immigration, presidential power, and more
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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 25/04/2025
On the one hand, Trump publicly saying he doesn’t know anything about what is going on besides what he’s being told might be a lie to try and shift the buck but on the other the evidence for “he is not actually mentally competent to run the country” is getting stronger by the day
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Equally bad polling for Trump today among independents in the New York Times/Siena poll: - 59% disapprove of handling of Abrego Garcia case - 58% disapprove of Trump’s record on “immigration”
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Fight For A Union @fightforaunion.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
This is OBSCENE.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
In case you hadn't noticed:
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ian bremmer @ianbremmer.com · 14/04/2025
bloomberg: ~90% of deported migrants to el salvador had no criminal record
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Ken Martin @kenmartin.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
So Trump, you want to deport “homegrown” criminals? Only one of you has 34 felony convictions, was found liable for sexual assault, impeached 2x, and is actively tearing this country apart. Look in the mirror,it’s you. Not sure you’d survive a gulag-you dodged military service because of bone spurs!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/04/2025
Booker: "This isn't just about Mr. Garcia. This is about every American understanding that this president is making an assault on the due process rights that are afforded to people in our country ... you cannot disappear people off American streets."
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Barry McCaffrey @brma64.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
As tensions between the U.S. and China escalate over President Trump’s tariffs, JD Vance sparked acrimony by referring to its people as “peasants” in a Fox… VP Vance the voice of an “Ugly American.” Crude. Insulting. Harmful to our diplomacy. These “peasants” have built a sophisticated nation.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
@booker.senate.gov: "For a guy who spends the weekend on his golf course and brags to the media about him winning a tournament while the struggling-- this is the kind of gross arrogance of a Marie Antoinette saying, "let them eat cake" ... Screw him for telling people to accept pain."
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Brinda Adhikari @brindabee.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Dr. Peter Marks, recently pushed out of FDA, told us he believes the measles outbreak is being underreported. He says the case count is likely 3-7x higher, saying we could actually have as many as 3,000 cases. Yesterday, Sec'y Kennedy said we had 600+ cases and the outbreak was under control.
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Proud Veteran @roghair.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Saying the quiet part out loud
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DaveAnthony @daveanthony.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Not a single word to help the 33m small businesses in this country. Not from anyone in the administration. So many buy from China, and don't have alternatives. So many didn't have the cash to front run the tariffs and buy inventory
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/04/2025
Tim Walz: "It's not a 'woke policy' to provide food for children to get breakfast and lunch, and we get better outcomes from that. They defined things on their terms that weren't true ... we got timid."
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60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
The administration is a perfect storm of dumb people who enjoy inflicting pain and are addicted to psychotic cruelty and quadrupling down. It ends in total ruin if you don't impeach him.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Well this seems like a fantastic plan. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/h...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 05/04/2025
WOW: Thousands are currently protesting in Boston. This is just one of more than 1200 'Hands Off' protests underway today across the nation as people rise up against the Trump-Musk regime. (via Rob Way)
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 04/04/2025
You had us at "a book of spells, the key to wonders."
Tweet from @A_B_morgan:
My seven-year-old asked for a dictionary this week. We went to the bookshop today to buy one. She walked home hugging it, pausing every so often to look up a word, grinning as though she had been given a book of spells, the key to wonders.

Merriam-Webster QT: The kids are alright.
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