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Melinda

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
After He Ran a Cartoon on the War in Gaza, Gannett Fired Him - The New York Times As ever, the biggest victims of ‘cancel culture’ in the US are always pro-Palestine voices! (Btw Mr Doris is Jewish and says he is a supporter of Israel.)
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After He Ran a Cartoon on the War in Gaza, Gannett Fired Him
Tony Doris, the editorial page editor at The Palm Beach Post, was fired after he selected a cartoon that drew criticism from a nearby Jewish organization.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Sen Chris Murphy (D-CT) on CNN just now: “The White House has become an arm of the Kremlin”
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
WATCH: Mike Myers makes a surprise “SNL” cameo as Elon Musk in a cold-open spoof of Zelenskyy’s disastrous meeting with Trump, our incompetent Bully-in-Chief. The whole country is laughing at our fucking embarrassment of a president.
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Mike Myers Makes Surprise “SNL” Cameo as Elon Musk in Cold-Open Spoof of Zelenskyy’s Disastrous Meeting with Trump: Watch
The actor and comedian poked fun at Musk's chainsaw stunt at a recent conservative event during the March 1 cameo
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
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Quote from a New Yorker piece noting that working moms today 4 hours more a week interacting w their children than stay at home moms of a previous generation.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 02/03/2025
Former New York governor Andrew Cuomo, who famously challenged President Trump during the covid-19 pandemic, is running to replace embattled New York Mayor Eric Adams.
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In New York, a mayor’s race takes shape that’s all about Donald Trump
Former New York governor Andrew Cuomo, who famously challenged Trump during the covid-19 pandemic, is running to replace embattled New York Mayor Eric Adams.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
One way you can tell that DOGE is not doing what they claim they are, modernizing tech or finding waste, is bc Trump and DOGE have ousted 3 entities who ALREADY WERE DOING THAT. @donmoyn.bsky.social describes two here, USDS and 18F. The third are the IGs. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/skilled-te...
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Skilled technologists are being forced out of government
18F and USDS are gutted by DOGE
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
What Republican leaders are doing is not demanding Zelensky resign but signaling their approval of further and more aggressive Russian attempts on his life.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
I don’t have a specific suggestion yet. But my first reaction is that it should meet these criteria: 1. It should be somewhat subtle. 2. It should provoke him into apoplexy. 3. It should make people want to laugh at him.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/03/2025
Reconcile this with the White House’s own admission that illegal border crossings have “plummeted”. 🚨 BREAKING: Pentagon Sending 3,000 additional troops to the southwestern border, rushing to comply with Trump’s executive order.
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Many are wondering about the WHCA dinner. So far, it has not been canceled. A White House official tells Lemire that Trump has not decided whether to attend this year, but that many of his aides were urging him to go—“to make clear that he owns you.”
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
“Sorry VP, sold out”— JD Vance met with pro-Ukraine protests as he tries to go skiing ⛷️ in Vermont
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
If you are wondering what you can do to help our country, check out this Democracy Playbook 2025
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Democracy Playbook 2025
Norm Eisen and Jonathan Katz provide actionable steps for democratic actors in the U.S. and globally to strengthen democratic institutions and resist illiberal forces.
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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Marco Rubio is 53 years old. Whoever has his best interests at heart should tell him to resign.
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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Make the algorithm work for you.
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Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Maryland has over 160,000 federal employees plus military members and contractors. The 2nd highest in the country. I asked @govwesmoore.bsky.social who they really are and it's not the MAGA lies. They're real patriots. Check out this whole conversation on @meidastouch.com youtu.be/5GdW3H4j2tc?...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/02/2025
“We’ve almost fully switched sides here” — Mark Kelly
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/02/2025
relatedly, why is the entire political press completely uninterested in the verifiable fact that JD Vance has close relationships with online nazis?
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Dahlia Lithwick @dahlialithwick.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
With @asharangappa.bsky.social on what happens when law enforcement stops enforcing the law. slate.com/podcasts/ami...
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What happens when podcasters are determining what constitutes rule of law?
The appointment of a January 6 denier at the FBI should be and is incredibly worrying.
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Melinda @iowacowgirl.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
I’m going to start telling people I’m Canadian when I travel overseas.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Horrific: One of the USAID programs Trump just terminated was set to deliver lifesaving treatment to hundreds of thousands of starving kids abroad. Much of it is now sitting in a Georgia warehouse. Rubio's promise to preserve urgent assistance was a lie. New piece: newrepublic.com/article/1921...
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Musk’s Purges Suddenly Take a Horrific Turn—and Wreck an Ugly MAGA Lie
We can now be depressingly confident that their mass cuts are killing people.
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
My God. I managed to leave the news off all morning and now I come back to this. We've gone from international laughingstock to international pariah.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
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When Lawyers Stand Up
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 01/03/2025
To every woman who feels overlooked or unheard—Women’s History Month is a reminder of your strength and worth. Together, we move forward in solidarity.
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Melinda @iowacowgirl.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
A weak, pathetic, little clown. No spine left and no dignity left.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 01/03/2025
The Trump administration has made limited progress so far toward promised mass deportations, but a dire message is filtering into communities of long-term undocumented immigrants, @mccrummen.bsky.social reports from southwest Chicago.
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Migrants Prepare to Lose Their American Lives
In one Chicago neighborhood, this Trump term feels different.
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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
I don’t give a fuck about what Zelensky was “wearing.” I care about the fact that my once upon a time beacon of democracy nation kicked him to the curb in favor of an evil despot. That’s what I fucking care about.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Never forget this day, February 28, 2025, when an American president abused and betrayed a democratic ally in the midst of a barbaric war with Russia. This grotesque stain will never wash away.
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Newspapers this morning 🇺🇦❗️🇺🇸
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Fred Guttenberg @fredguttenberg.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Today, in a meeting at the White House, the only person actually defending American interests was Zelenskyy. Let that sink in.
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Harlow’s Musings @harlowsmusings.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
A 78 year old man wearing bronzer threw a tantrum in the Oval today and some of y’all think women are too emotional?
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
What was most shocking about yesterday's WH meeting was not that Trump was an unhinged thug or that Vance was a weasel. It was that Trump and Vance were embracing the Putin line, spreading Putin's lies, seeking to advance Russia's national interests and hurt ours from beginning to end.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Donald Trump has disgraced the United States of America in countless ways since he first entered political life ten years ago. But he had never disgraced the nation as badly as he did today. He has brought shame on this country to an extent I had never thought possible. And he has only just begun.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Apart from showing how evil he is yesterday, Trump showed how he’s actually a bad—moronic—dealmaker. I mean, you’ve got some guy coming in to give you his country’s minerals. Wouldn’t you want to get him to sign first before berating him on global television?
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Please fold this into stories about Trump’s little performance yesterday.
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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
This scrum of pot-bellied, sunken-chested betas trying to bully an all-black clad badass Eastern European wasteland survivor while dressed like Men’s Wearhouse mannequins is peak cinema.
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Laurence H. Tribe @tribelaw.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
“Putin has wanted to carve the globe up for a long time. Now, at last, Trump is handing him the knife.” And he’s handed Musk a chainsaw to help him carve up a potentially enlarged American Empire, unmoored from the constitutional Rule of Law, unhinged from morality www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o...
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Opinion | Putin Is Ready to Carve Up the World. Trump Just Handed Him the Knife.
The talks about Ukraine were never just about Ukraine.
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Keith Edwards @keithedwards.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
"Why don't you wear a suit?"
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Alonso Gurmendi @alonso-gd.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
And just like that, overnight, there’s a US-Russia axis. If you made a movie out of this people would say it’s an absurd premise
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
None of us can be sure what will “work.” You try multiple things and find your way in. Read some histories of the Civil Rights Movement by those who participated. They were never “sure” of what would work. Some campaigns fizzled out. But persistence, creativity, determination, and focus were key.
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Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 01/03/2025
Reuters & The A.P. were among the few news outlets to have their press credentials revoked by the White House. Trump is controlling the message by controlling the messengers, degrading the ability of the media to hold the president to account. @aprildryan.bsky.social join me at 10a ET on #Velshi.
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God @thegodshow.com · 28/02/2025
That press conference was the most disgraceful act of betrayal I’ve ever seen.
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Tristan Snell @tristansnell.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
This is Winston Churchill visiting the White House during World War II. Funny how he isn’t wearing a suit either. Almost like he was a wartime leader defending his country from being slaughtered and wiped out by an authoritarian aggressor.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
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Melinda @iowacowgirl.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
I feel deep shame when I think about what happened in the Oval Office yesterday. Deep shame.
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Melinda @iowacowgirl.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Anyone else feel like the Republican Party is dying to learn Russian?
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Dana Goldberg @dgcomedy.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
One thing got missed in that disgusting embarrassing exchange between a respected President and two wannabe mafia thugs…Vance admitted Russia invaded Ukraine.
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Trump and Vance are part of the tiny percentage of Americans who sympathize more with Russia (4%) than Ukraine (62%) and who view Putin more favorably (75% unfavorable) than Zelensky (28% unfavorable) today.yougov.com/politics/art...
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 28/02/2025
Federal workers at a Virginia town hall last night—this says it all! “I know their goal is to make us miserable.” — so they don’t show up to work. And Dems, take note: People aren’t here for your ill-timed, tone-deaf donation requests. It’s going to backfire. They want to see you fight for them!
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