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Irreverent Reverend - fierce, strategic, collaborative, and determined to use my social privilege to make Good Trouble 😈

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 07/05/2025
Salt Lake City, Utah, and Boise, Idaho, adopted official Pride flags on Tuesday in response to state laws barring the display of any nonofficial flags at schools and government buildings.
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Salt Lake City and Boise Adopt Official Pride Flags in Response to State Laws
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 05/05/2025
JUST IN: ProPublica’s “Life of the Mother” series, which exposes the fatal consequences of abortion bans, has won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. This is the second consecutive year we’ve been awarded this distinction and our eighth Pulitzer: www.propublica.org/series/life-...
Pulitzer Prizes Public Service Winner: ProPublica. Image (right) displays headline that reads: Their States Banned Abortion. Doctors Now Say They Can't Give Women Potentially Lifesaving Care.
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 16/04/2025
I just landed in San Salvador a little while ago, and I look forward to meeting with the team at the U.S. embassy to discuss the release of Mr. Abrego Garcia. I also hope to meet with Salvadoran officials and with Kilmar himself. He was illegally abducted and needs to come home.
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Just landed in El Salvador to discuss release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia
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Mendi Tackett @mentack.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
THIS 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 #txlege
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Edward A. Rowe @edwardarowe1.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Calm down, folks, it was just an attempted assassination of a Jewish Democratic governor and his family on the first night of Passover, it’s not like somebody spray painted a dick on a Cybertruck.
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🌊🏄BlueWaveSurfer🏄🌊 @bluewavesurfer.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
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NPR @npr.org · 08/04/2025
The Internal Revenue Service has reached an agreement with immigration authorities to share tax information about some immigrants without legal status, marking a major change in how tax records can be used.
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The IRS finalizes a deal to share tax information with immigration authorities
The Internal Revenue Service reached a deal to share tax information about some immigrants without legal status, marking a major change in how tax records can be used.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
If you think this can’t happen, remember that of the 125,000 Japanese Americans who were interned during WWII for years without charge or trial, two-thirds were U.S. citizens. Including me.
The image is a screenshot of a tweet from Brandon Bradford (@BrandonLBradfor
). The tweet reads: "Deporting Americans without due process then saying they no longer get due process because they aren’t in America means no one has rights, FYI. Nightmare scenario."
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Nicki Washington, Ph.D. @drnickiw.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
If you are an NC resident and voted in November, please check if your name or the names of any family areone of the 60K votes being challenged. If so, confirm ASAP with your Board of Elections. You only have two weeks. The website to check linked in the reply. www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
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NC Court of Appeals gives over 60,000 challenged voters 15 days to prove eligibility
The majority wrote that, even though they have the authority to completely throw out the contested ballots, they decided to instead mandate a cure period for most of the challenged voters.
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Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Decline is a choice. open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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The American Age Is Over
Emergency Triad: The United States commits imperial suicide.
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Dustin Moskovitz @moskov.goodventures.org · 25/03/2025
First they came for your due process rights, and you said nothing for you had not committed a crime. Then they came for your right to privacy, and you said nothing for you had nothing to hide. Then they came for your free speech rights, and you said nothing.
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Dana Gould @danagould.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Bernie Sanders and AOC aren’t holding rallies so they can run for president in 2028. They’re holding rallies so SOMEBODY can run for president in 2028.
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
I’m old enough to remember when Secretary Hegseth tried to publicly mock Judge Reyes—suggesting that she didn’t know what she was doing when it comes to protecting our national security. It was … two days ago.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
ICYMI: DOGE signed an agreement with Louis DeJoy to slash 10,000 jobs from the already-understaffed USPS. The USPS is the nation’s lifeline, ensuring delivery to every corner of the country. We cannot allow it to be dismantled, sold off, and handed over to billionaires for profit.
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 12/03/2025
🎶 That’s not how religion works! 🎶
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12/03/2025
i think shutting the government down is preferably to nullifying article i of the constitution
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 10/03/2025
We cannot fix everything by fighting back, but we won’t fix anything unless we try. Join our nationwide organizing by finding a group near you: indivisible.org/groups Or let us help: indivisibleproject.formstack.com/forms/organi...
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
JD Vance best watch this vid ‘cuz yesterday he bitched that his 3-yr-old was scared by a group of protesters shouting “Slava Ukraini.” The hypocrisy is staggering: This girl lost her leg in a Russian attack & is a symbol of the unyielding strength of the Ukrainian people who are fighting pure evil.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Overheard: The Tesla Chainsaw Massacre.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Three days ago, Donald Trump openly threatened to kill all of ‘the people of Gaza’ and it wasn’t even a story. No consequences. The media, the world, just moved on.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
What a different world we could have.
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irreverendt.bsky.social @irreverendt.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Our Resistance is still disorganized and ineffective. WE need to empower smart, strategic, persuasive grown ups to formulate a plan that gets US all pulling in the same direction. I nominate B. Sanders, AOC, Rbt Reich, and P.Buttigieg.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Former 🇺🇸 ambassador to Russia 👇🏽
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 04/03/2025
"While I never truly understood all the ins and outs of LGBTQ culture, I knew LGBTQ airmen were also proud to serve in the world’s greatest air force. And that’s really all that mattered." ICYMI Will Selber:
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Transgender Service Members Aren’t the Problem
The problem is people in high office who can’t recognize bravery, patriotism, and sacrifice.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
“European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said: ‘Today, it became clear that the free world needs a new leader. It’s up to us, Europeans, to take this challenge.’”
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‘Free world needs a new leader’: Europe defends Zelenskyy after Trump attack
France, Germany and Poland all make prompt declarations of support as Europe fears Trump’s alignment with Putin.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
The correct answer is “Your Honor, given my professional ethical obligations and my obligations as an officer to the court, I am not in a position to make a representation on behalf of the government in response to that question.”
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
The President of the United States expressing his views on the 1st Amendment
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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 25/02/2025
I was proud to be part of the United States team that rallied the world to support Ukraine. Now, I’m horrified by what we’ve become. A tragic day for democracy and an indelible stain on America’s history.
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The Vote Is The Antidote @emilyvote.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
🇺🇸JOIN A TEAM TO HELP DEMS WIN‼️ 🩵VOTE FORWARD votefwd/org 🩵 BLUE WAVE POSTCARD MOVEMENT bluewavepostcards/org 🩵 SWING LEFT swingleft/org 🩵 POSTCARDS TO VOTERS postcardstovoters/org 🩵 ROCK THE VOTE rockthevote/org 🩵 FIELD TEAM 6 fieldteam6/org #VoteBlueAndGetOthers2JoinU #GOTVBlue2025 Start Now
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Boycotts are taking hold. Protests are on the rise. Federal courts are hitting back. The Trump-Musk-Vance regime's popularity is plunging and DOGE is losing credibility. In these dark times, it's important to recognize that people are fighting back. Join them.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 25/02/2025
"The war that Putin unleashed was a premeditated, unprovoked war of aggression. And if it is allowed to stand and if Ukraine can be swallowed up, it will make the world safe for any autocrat who wants to change boundaries by force." September 2022. www.thebulwark.com/putin-thinks...
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Putin Thinks He Can Wait Out U.S. Support for Ukraine
Americans need to be reminded why the war matters for them.
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Jan-Werner Mueller @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Bongino 'took out two plastic toy robots, an orange one to represent Trump and a blue one he called “liberal screaming Karen.” He used the Trump robot to beat the lady one, smashing it over and over. “Yes!” he exclaimed. “This is how we fix this place.”'
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Opinion | Trump’s New Deputy F.B.I. Director Has It Out for the ‘Scumbag Commie Libs’
Dan Bongino is in a place to turn wild notions from the right-wing internet into pretexts for federal investigations.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
President Zelenskyy has more courage, principle and honor in his right pinky than Trump has displayed in his whole, vile lifetime.
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Scott Linnen @scottlinnen.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
‘i’m mad as hell and i’m not going to take it anymore’ is contagious.
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 24/02/2025
ICYMI: If it’s a Shutdown, it’s not on Dems!
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Rep Crockett Defends Dems: – If It Is A Shutdown, It’s Not On Dems!
YouTube video by Rep. Jasmine Crockett
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Ray Monica @raymonica.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
This is Illinois Gov. Pritzker speaking on C- Span about the similarities between Trump and the Holocaust. It’s kind of long but worth it. www.c-span.org/clip/state-l...
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Illinois Governor Pritzker Warns Against Threats to American Democracy in State of the State Address
In his annual State of the State address Democratic Governor JB Pritzker warns Americans against the threats to their democracy and says if they don't want to repeat history, they should be strong eno...
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
WSJ's analysis of the fraudulent claims about savings that DOGE is making comes to similar conclusions NPR did earlier: $2.6B v $2B of real savings. But it also notes how much of the cuts are research focused. It also notes that JUST 2% would go to DEI. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Research-focused agencies were among the top targets for cuts, including the Education Department and the Department of Health and Human Services, where DOGE terminated contracts costing the government more than $900 million last year.

DOGE terminated more than 60 Health and Human Services contracts including a clinical evaluation of an Alzheimer’s and traumatic brain injury drug and a study of smokers with chronic lung disease. DOGE described these as “administrative expenses.” 

An administration official said many contracts were canceled for waste, fraud and abuse. They added that DOGE’s estimations of its savings are conservative and that no funds for Alzheimer’s were canceled. 

Many of the Education Department’s canceled contracts funded research on college costs, student career paths and early childhood development. DOGE said one $1.4 million contract funded “mailing and clerical operations.” The contract was used to mail surveys to respondents participating in studies and was nearly complete when canceled, creating no savings for terminating it.

Followed by a bar graph showing what kinds of research have been cut:
Scientific & tech: $115.6M
Biotech: $109.7M
Engineering & life sciences: $102.5M
Social sciences: $86.8M
Lab services: $56.1M
Animal production: $18.8M
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
“The thing Trump and Musk value most of all is money. Their entire regime is best understood as a criminal junta whose end goal is to redirect the wealth of the nation into their own pockets. They are running a kleptocracy, and they’ve figured out that facism is actually the quickest path to riches”
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This Executive Order Reveals the Trump-Musk Endgame
A recent order aimed at destroying independent regulatory agencies isn’t just about taking control of the state—it’s a giant cash-grab in disguise.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
This is the House Republican budget plan that Donald Trump endorsed. Trickle up economics.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
I posted this longer version on X #Emails2DOGE cc: HR@OPM.gov
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office. Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc. Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.
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irreverendt.bsky.social @irreverendt.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
I think this could work! Retired people holding peaceful Sit-Ins at MoC offices. All Day. EVERY DAMN DAY. Bring a list of demands/expectations, a sack lunch, a book, a cribbage set, cookies, family photos, your knitting. Getting arrested for Civil Disobedience is still on my Bucket List —
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irreverendt.bsky.social @irreverendt.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
@indivisible.org @50501movement.bsky.social
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
He nails it.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
We are arms dealers to terrorists.
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The Convocation Unscripted @convocation.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
New episode of The Convocation Unscripted: We cover Katherine Stewart’s “Money, Lies, & God” and the hypocrisy of Trump’s “anti-Christian Bias” order. @dianabutlerbass.bsky.social @kkdumez.bsky.social @robertpjones.bsky.social @jemartisby.bsky.social convocation.substack.com/p/money-lies...
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Money, Lies, and God: New Episode of The Convocation Unscripted
PLUS, the latest from The Convocation Team
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