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Isaac Asimov's Ghost

@isaacasimovsghost.bsky.social
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🌊 Beginning again, in bluer skies. Wonky progressive. Health & social policy by day. Data & useless trivia always. GA->DC #FAFO "Nobody's free until everybody's free." - Fannie Lou Hamer

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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
A real life American Hero... not hiding behind a mask. I bet soon we will know his name. We salute you brother for your civil courage and the eloquence.
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Raymond Norman @raymondnorman.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
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NIH scientists publish declaration criticizing Trump's deep cuts in public health research
President Donald Trump’s National Institutes of Health director says some employees’ critical letter to him has “fundamental misconceptions about the policy directions the NIH has taken.”
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
When I hear Trump voters saying this is not what they voted for…
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
LAPD STATEMENT: “The protests remained peaceful… without incident…”
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
I don't care if these monstrous ICE raids are a "federal operation". This is authoritarian violence, plain and simple.
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Isaac Asimov's Ghost @isaacasimovsghost.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
As long as these Do Nothing Dems continue to do nothing, violence is inevitable. I'm speaking primarily of state violence, and the reactive violence that will happen out of fear/self defense. But hey, how's the podcast going? How much are you making per episode again @governor.ca.gov
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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 08/06/2025
The federal government is moving to take over the California National Guard and deploy 2,000 soldiers. That move is purposefully inflammatory and will only escalate tensions.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
I don't care if these monstrous ICE raids are a "federal operation". This is authoritarian violence, plain and simple. Just because Stephen Miller has kidnapping quotas for brown people he doesn't want to see on the street doesn't mean we have to think it's okay.
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Lili Von Shtupp @lili-vonshtupp.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Who here was out protesting in LA today and wants a few thousand thanks?
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Charles Johnson @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 07/06/2025
People in Los Angeles rising up against ICE.
Huge demonstrations in Los Angeles against ICE raids.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
West Virginia is warning that women who have a miscarriage could be charged with a crime unless they contact local police. Every woman in WV should call 911 every time they have a period. Gum up the system with malicious compliance. www.cnn.com/2025/06/06/h...
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A West Virginia prosecutor is warning women that a miscarriage could lead to criminal charges | CNN
Amid a constantly changing reproductive landscape, one West Virginia prosecutor is warning people who have miscarriages in his state that they could get in trouble with the law.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Reminder that California subsidizes red states.
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Pretty sure this should tell you all you need to know about the veracity of the DOJ's charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
NEW - Ben Schrader, the former chief of the criminal division for the U.S. attorney’s office in Nashville, resigned following the office’s decision to seek an indictment against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, sources familiar with the matter tell ABC News.
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Opening My Heart 💞🍉🦋 @openingmyheart.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Chicago fighting back against ICE. You love to see it 💪
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to lift a lower court order blocking its plan to dismantle the Education Department and begin firing its employees.
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 05/06/2025
Watching Trump and Elon fall out is like watching two thieves argue over who got caught on camera. Newsflash: it was both of y’all.
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Jesse Duquette @jesseduquette.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Least surprising breakup since Stephen Miller and his suit made of human skin
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Isaac Asimov's Ghost @isaacasimovsghost.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
@democrats.org are not up to this moment. We desperately need new leadership before @schumer.senate.gov, @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, et al. before these out of touch cowards lead us all off the cliff like lemmings.
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Axios @axios.com · 04/06/2025
NEW: Former Biden press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre leaves Democratic Party
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Former Biden press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre leaves Democratic Party
The former White House press secretary will detail President Biden's 2024 campaign departure in her new book.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 04/06/2025
He eliminated a State Department office that dealt with Russian disinformation campaigns—and is married to a woman with family ties to the Kremlin. It's another clear conflict of interest that's extremely typical within the Trump administration. trib.al/AANtzmh
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Trump Official Behind Controversial Russia Move Has Ties to Kremlin
Darren Beattie dismantled a key agency fighting Russian propaganda. There’s a reason why.
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Isaac Asimov's Ghost @isaacasimovsghost.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
The US burns, and the Dems continue to fiddle
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The Lever @levernews.com · 03/06/2025
A recent study by the RAND Corporation found that $79 trillion was pilfered from the bottom 90% of income earners. The problem isn’t that America lacks abundance. It’s that America’s abundance is being hoarded by a tiny handful of rich people. www.levernews.com/abundance-is...
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“Abundance” Is How Dems Lose To Trump
Ezra Klein’s new book is supercharging elites’ campaign to deter Democrats from challenging billionaires and corporate power.
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Montana Free Press @montanafreepress.org · 03/06/2025
House Bill 819 limits the display of flags on government property to a list of several exceptions, including official flags of any municipality.
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Missoula recognizes Pride flag as an official city flag in response to new state law
House Bill 819 limits the display of flags on government property to a list of several exceptions, including official flags of any municipality.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 30/05/2025
Harvard president receives standing ovation during commencement.
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Jamie Dupree @jamiedupree.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
President Trump has now pardoned 9 members of Congress convicted of crimes
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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 28/05/2025
Science is under attack. The NIH, the NSF, and our research universities. So today, I have a message for America's scientists: youtu.be/MeoZDPy5cIY?...
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A Message to Scientists
YouTube video by Sen. Adam Schiff
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
HARVARD PROF David Armitage: “We’re being made an example of by Trump — authoritarians across the world go for the universities first, because they’re set up for freedom of thought and provide critical opposition.”
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Jon Ossoff @ossoff.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Once we get this done everyone in Congress will pretend they were for it all along www.axios.com/2025/05/22/s...
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Scoop: Senate Dems reintroduce stock trading ban for Congress
"The only way to stop insider trading in Congress is to stop members of Congress from trading stocks."
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Seems Trump's mafia-style diplomacy is not working out for him. www.newsweek.com/greenland-tr...
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Greenland signs lucrative minerals deal with Europe in blow to Trump
The Arctic territory has issued a 30-year mining permit to a Danish-French consortium.
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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 22/05/2025
They’re rushing a budget through at 1am that would devastate working families by slashing health care, food assistance, and retirement benefits. As @repmcgovern.bsky.social said, if they’re so proud of it, debate it in prime time.
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Isaac Asimov's Ghost @isaacasimovsghost.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 20/05/2025
Don't miss the scariest committee hearing of the year.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
If you’re spending one fucking second wringing your hands about Joe Biden’s age while a new set of arsonists are burning the entire nation down, please go touch all the grass
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
NEW: The charges against Rep. Lamonica McIver escalate a confrontation between the political branches at a time when President Trump is seeking to maaximize executive branch dominance. www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
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Feds charge New Jersey congressmember with assault
The charge against Rep. LaMonica McIver stems from a scuffle at a Newark migrant detention facility.
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Rick @rickylongthread.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
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Candice Frederick @candicefrederick.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
playbill.com/article/kenn... Kennedy Center Staff Vote to Unionize After Trump Takeover
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Kennedy Center Staff Vote to Unionize After Trump Takeover
The union demanded "freedom from partisan interference in programming," among other stipulations.
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Absolutely vile. Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd in a modern day lynching— it was chilling and intentional.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Three days ago: theonion.com/sean-combs-a...
Sean Combs Asks For Quick Trial So He Can Get To Part Where Trump Pardons Him
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Sounds like Gabbard fired them for telling the truth. Not much “intelligence” going on here… www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
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Gabbard fires intel officials who oversaw memo contradicting White House claims on Venezuelan gang
Democratic lawmakers criticized the firings, suggesting they were punishment for providing information that didn’t support the administration’s agenda.
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Isaac Asimov's Ghost @isaacasimovsghost.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
And the do nothing Dems (looking at you @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, @chuckschumer.com, et al) are not up to this moment. @democrats.org & @kenmartin.bsky.social primary them all
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
I will never forget that the week Qatar decided to bribe the president of the United States with a plane, CNN decided to focus on the age and health of an ex-president. Shame.
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Distill Social @distillsocial.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
In 2022 Michiganders passed the Reproductive Freedom for All Amendment - but medically unnecessary restrictions on abortion care still remained on the books. Thanks to @nfpcenters.bsky.social , @reprorights.bsky.social , and @msfchoice.bsky.social 3 of these restrictions have been struck down
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Weber: I'm glad you're addressing us instead of speaking to the camera. … AOC: There are 13.7 million Americans on the other side of that screen. Hello. I’m talking to you because I work for you. They deserve to see what is happening here..
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14/05/2025
i am fascinated by the editorial choice to give the last word to a disbarred charlatan pushing a discredited constitutional theory www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/u...
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At Supreme Court, a Once-Fringe Birthright Citizenship Theory Takes the Spotlight
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/05/2025
Baldwin to RFK Jr: "You cannot tell us that you want to make America healthy again when you are willfully destroying programs that keep children safe and healthy from lead poisoning ... the entire staff has been fired"
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NPR @npr.org · 13/05/2025
The health care conglomerate is facing mounting financial problems – and ongoing consumer anger over high costs and denied claims.
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UnitedHealth Group abruptly replaces CEO Andrew Witty, deepening a terrible year
The health care conglomerate is facing mounting financial problems – and ongoing consumer anger over high costs and denied claims.
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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 13/05/2025
So, the net result of Signalgate is Hegseth keeps his job, Waltz gets put up for a promotion, and the mainstream media just moves right along?
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Trump is taking a bribe from a country that funds Hamas. If you can’t say that, then you shouldn’t be a journalist.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey mayor is arrested at ICE detention center where he was protesting its opening, acting US attorney says.
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