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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 28/05/2025
The people of Missouri made it very clear: They wanted abortion rights (at least until fetal viability). Alas, the Missouri Supreme Court doesn’t seem to be inclined to listen.
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Missouri Supreme Court defies voters, halts abortions in the state
Despite passage of a constitutional amendment last fall, the ping-pong battle over "reproductive freedom" continues.
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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
This is going to financially hobble many universities and possibly bankrupt some. The damage these animals are doing to America will take a generation to undo.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
The reality that masked men without proper identification are confronting and arresting and taking away people should be intolerable to anyone who calls themselves American.
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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
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Esther Be Good! @estherbgood.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
2.5 months later Kesiniia Petrova is granted bail “A federal judge…grant[ed] bail to Kseniia Petrova, a Russian scientist employed by Harvard Univ, in an immigration case stemming from Ms. Petrova’s failure to declare scientific samples” & the judge criticized many aspects of her deportation case.
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Judge Says Government Should Release Russian Scientist
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 29/05/2025
One might have thought that last November, when Missourians voted to enshrine “reproductive freedom" in the state constitution, that would have been the end of the conversation. Alas, the Missouri Supreme Court doesn’t seem to be inclined to listen. This week, the court halted abortions.
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Missouri Supreme Court defies voters, halts abortions in the state
Despite passage of a constitutional amendment last fall, the ping-pong battle over "reproductive freedom" continues.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Meltdown on Truth Social in 3, 2, 1...
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
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Feds Chop Enforcement Staff and Halt Rules Meant To Curb Black Lung in Coal Miners - KFF Health News
The Trump administration has paused implementation of a rule limiting miners’ exposure to airborne silica dust days after a federal court agreed to put it on hold to hear an industry challenge. The pr...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
"As Musk slinks away, spending went up, not down, during his tenure, and DOGE made the government less efficient, not more..." "A legacy of shattered institutions, weakened public services, and fired civil servants who did nothing but serve their country well..." www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 18/04/2025
Exclusive: Immigrants falsely labeled dead by the Social Security Administration are showing up at field offices with documents proving they are alive, leading staff to reinstate nearly three dozen people over the past week, according to records obtained by The Post.
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Immigrants prove they are alive, forcing Social Security to undo death label
The immigrants who have requested a reversal and been reinstated in Social Security databases include a Haitian asylum seeker and a minor child.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
When Andrew Tate was charged with rape and human trafficking, Trump intervened to fly him back to the US. When a working-class father of a disabled 5-year-old child was wrongfully deported and charged with NO crime, Trump refuses to lift a finger.
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
If you need a bike and want to buy American, check out guardianbikes.com. We started on the path of bringing mfg from China to the USA in 2020. Indiana. And they are now there. From Shark Tank to possibly the leading bike company in the USA
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Safer Kids Bikes Direct to Your Door | Guardian Bikes
Kids bikes that give your kids the safety and fun they deserve. Featuring the award-winning SureStop Brake System, 365 day test ride, free returns & easy 10-minute setup.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
The stock portfolios of more than two dozen members of Congress outperformed the market in 2024. This isn't due to luck or skill. Lawmakers can use privileged information to trade stocks while they’re supposed to be working for you. Make no mistake, it’s legalized corruption.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Trump’s own voters are turning on him.
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After Dinner Conversation® @afterdinnerconversation.com · 01/04/2025
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Barbra Streisand @barbrastreisand.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
This country is openly sliding towards authoritarianism. Trump is defying courts/attacking judges. His entire Administration consists of loyalists who swear allegiance to him, not the rule of law. The Dems have to stop playing by normal political rules and start fighting this new war on democracy.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
@karaswisher.bsky.social: "Every accusation is a confession with these people... Elon is exactly what they claim to have hated with George Soros. But he's explicit and right in front of you buying elections."
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
"There was no access to a toilet, so guards told the women – whose accounts in some cases occurred on different days or different buses – to urinate or defecate on the floor... " www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
usatoday.com
Immigrant women describe 'hell on earth' in ICE detention
No shower for days, cameras trained on the toilet, women crammed into cells 'like sardines,' among the allegations.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
@warnock.senate.gov: "If they're interested in waste, fraud, and abuse, they should start with co-president Musk's own companies, and ask why has he gotten $20 billion and more from the federal government. This is wealth-fare at its worst."
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Jim Wurst @jimwurst.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Lots of supportive honking at today's #TeslaTakedown in Brooklyn.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Tucson, Arizona today. Original projected attendance was 3,000 people. 23,000 showed up.
Bernie Sanders, AOC, and Greg Casar on stage in Tucson in front a crowd of 23,000 people.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
JUST IN: In new sworn declaration, DOGE administrator Amy Gleason says DOGE has 89 employees and no “formal front office or organizational chart.” Gleason again doesn’t mention her dual role as an HHS employee. www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
If you live in NC, call every Republican politician you know. Call every farmer you know and ask them to do the same When money walks , voters talk. Make sure they know this effects everyone in their town and state www.wunc.org/news/2025-03...
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USDA cancels $11 million in federal funding for North Carolina food banks
The USDA has notified the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services that it would terminate the agreement for the Local Food Purchase Assistance Program, which is one of the progr...
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Attention working-class Americans: Republicans’ new budget does NOT include no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, or no tax on Social Security. Instead it protects tax handouts for billionaires and makes way for the largest Medicaid cut in history.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Huh. www.npr.org/2025/02/24/n...
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A new document undercuts Trump admin's denials about $400 million Tesla deal
The State Department claimed a plan to buy thousands of armored Teslas was left over from the Biden administration. A document obtained by NPR shows the Biden plan was far smaller.
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Dear Dems. This is a reminder that Donald Trump rescinded the ethics rules preventing gifts to executive branch employees. Now would be a good time to propose legislation formalizing the prevention into a law Time to do things that make him react to you. apnews.com/article/trum...
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Trump has canceled Biden's ethics rules. Critics call it the opposite of 'drain the swamp'
Donald Trump took office eight years ago pledging to “drain the swamp” of the dominance of Washington influence peddlers.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
"North Carolina senator Thom Tillis told people that the FBI warned him about 'credible death threats' when he was considering voting against Pete Hegseth’s nomination for defense secretary... "Tillis ultimately provided the crucial 50th vote to confirm." www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
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“They’re Scared Shitless”: The Threat of Political Violence Informing Trump’s Grip on Congress
With the president smashing norm after norm, even lawmakers within his party have feared for their personal safety, and at least one has told confidants that it has swayed his decision-making.
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Barbra Streisand @barbrastreisand.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
“Be careful. When a democracy is sick, fascism comes to its bedside, but it is not to inquire about its health.” — Albert Camus This warning should chill all American who care about our nation.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
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Barbra Streisand @barbrastreisand.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Trump’s corrupt quid pro quo with the dismissal of charges against the indicted mayor of NYC is far worse than Watergate. The press and the Democrats need to treat it as such. It is heartening that mass resignations at DOJ show there are still people with integrity in the justice system.
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Trump DOJ's order to drop Eric Adams case sparks mass resignations
Six senior Justice Department officials, including Manhattan's top federal prosecutor, resigned on Thursday rather than comply with an order to dismiss corruption charges against New York City's mayor, according to internal Justice Department letters seen by Reuters and people familiar with the matter. Gabe Singer reports.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
What an international embarrassment our government of frauds and grifters is.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
after the overturning of roe, black infant mortality has spiked nearly 11% in states with abortion bans: www.reuters.com/world/us/inf...
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Infant mortality rises in states with abortion bans, study finds
Increases in infant mortality have been found in U.S. states that enacted abortion bans or severe restrictions after the Supreme Court overturned the landmark ruling that guaranteed a right to the procedure, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.
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Barbra Streisand @barbrastreisand.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Trump does not believe in our democratic traditions. He is trying to usher in a new form of American authoritarianism. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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The New Authoritarianism
This isn’t single-party rule, but it’s not democracy either.
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Is there anyone out there that is mapping any delayed or cancelled federal payments ? Would be really interesting to see which towns and cities are going to be hit
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Lord knows I’m not a constitutional scholar not even a lawyer (and I’ve yet to check in with @kateshaw.bsky.social) but a legal regime in which “you can do crimes if you’re buddies with the president or praise him publicly” is *on its face* a violation the equal protection of the laws.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
The CFPB has returned $21 billion to 205 million consumers who were scammed at the hands of predatory banks. You can root out waste, fraud, and abuse... or you can eliminate the CFPB. But you can't do both.
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Imagine if @aoc @sanders.senate.gov , every dem, SIMULTANEOUSLY held Town Halls where they allowed grant and contract recipients to explain to the country what it is they do and why it's important Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone Call it a Day Of Transparency
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Dems should propose a law that immediately requires every fed agency to post on @bsky.app account, every outlay with a detailed description, $, and a link to existing gov sites with in depth details Rather than trying to keep Elon out, pre-empt him so he cant miss characterize spending.
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Janet Maher @circlegardenstudio.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Heather Cox Richardson is a must-read every day!
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
"Two-thirds of the staff of the President’s Malaria Initiative, an organization founded by former President George W. Bush, have been fired, including some of the most senior and respected scientists working on malaria control in the world..." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...
nytimes.com
Health Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid
Lifesaving treatment and prevention programs for tuberculosis, malaria, H.I.V. and other diseases cannot access funds to continue work.
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hammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Media : why were people cheering for Luigi People :
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22-Year-Old With Chronic Asthma Died After Inhaler Price Went From $66 to $539: Lawsuit
Cole Schmidtknecht's parents are now suing Walgreens and pharmacy benefit manager OptumRx.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
NEW: The Trump administration has rescinded the federal grant freeze.
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Great to see KFF on @bsky.app they are a great resource for info on healthcare. Definitely worth a follow
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
"Since inauguration, the rapid response teams have proactively sent out volunteers as early as 4AM to scout locations where federal agents have staged operations in the past.." boltsmag.org/chicago-immi...
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How Chicago’s Immigrant Rights Groups Plan to Hold the Line on Sanctuary Policies
As Trump threatens Chicago, organizers are bracing for raids but also hopeful that a vast suite of local protections and community trainings can limit the scale of deportations.
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Stephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Tip from @snowjob.bsky.social If you have a whitehouse.gov link you want to access and it is down, try replacing "www.whitehouse.gov" with "bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov" The national archives is still doing its job for now.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
The problem is, the Trump family has so many crypto scams going on that it’s difficult to tell which are affiliated with them or some other scammer. Most likely you will lose your money either way.
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🪷MsGrumpyBunny🪷 @msgrumpybunny.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
His own SIL, under penalty of perjury, filed a report that he’s unfit. Call your senators! Vote NO on Pete Hegseth!
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