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Jay Tea

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On a continuing journey of curiosity and humility. Gathering pebbles to build a better world where all of us are free.

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 08/10/2026
The U.S. is experiencing its worst measles outbreak since 1991. These graphics show the scale of the crisis.
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Measles is surging in the US. These graphics show how bad it has gotten
The U.S. is enduring its worst year for measles since 1991. Since the beginning of last year, large outbreaks have been reported in several states, including Texas, Utah, South Carolina and, now, Pennsylvania.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
25 years ago today, the U.S. launched its war in Afghanistan. Weeks earlier, Barbara Lee was the only member of Congress to vote against the 2001 Authorization of Military Force, warning it would be a blank check for forever wars. History has proven her lonely and courageous vote right.
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Jay Tea @j-tizzle.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
On American Airlines on 9/11. She refused to let the terrorists win 🫡
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Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 28/09/2026
Today, the Trump administration finalized a rollback of fuel economy standards for passenger cars and trucks. This move effectively kills the nation's CAFE standards, a program that has saved drivers $321 billion in fuel costs since 2010. Read UCS Statement: act.ucs.org/46NApCk
“The federal government’s decision to gut fuel economy standards is a handout to automakers and oil companies that will strap American consumers already struggling with an affordability crisis...Weakening these standards means drivers will spend more on fuel while having fewer options to choose efficient vehicles."
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Dannagal Goldthwaite Young @dannagal.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Imagine reporting that starts not with Trump as the subject of every sentence, but with American democracy or the Constitution as the subjects; subjects whose health & agency are harmed by the actions of this administration,including by efforts to ban the press from covering the White House at all.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/09/2026
LMFAO -- Trump is holding an event at the White House right now but there's no audio because the press pool isn't there. The Newsmax host notes that this is an example of Trump's attacks on the press "backfiring just a little bit"
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 19/09/2026
Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor launch their new book, "End Times Fascism: And the Fight for the Living World" on Democracy Now! It examines how wealthy elites are preparing for “the end of the world,” even as they contribute to growing inequality, political instability and the climate crisis.
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“End Times Fascism”: Naomi Klein & Astra Taylor on Billionaires, Bunkers, AI, Gaza & the Far Right
Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor launch their new book, End Times Fascism: And the Fight for the Living World on Democracy Now! It examines how wealthy elites are preparing for “the end of the world,” eve...
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NPR @npr.org · 16/09/2026
Kentucky Republican Thomas Massie introduced articles of impeachment against Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Tuesday over the war in Iran. n.pr/4gVcZ3V
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Republican Rep. Massie moves to impeach Defense Secretary Hegseth over Iran war
Kentucky Republican Thomas Massie introduced articles of impeachment against Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Tuesday over the war in Iran.
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Jay Tea @j-tizzle.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The Director of our domestic intelligence agency apparently does not stay informed of public reporting on high profile citizens and ties to foreign agents. Seems like a willful negligence of duty.
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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I wrote about what the pushback on ICE warehouse conversions and the data center revolt have in common—and how the latter needs to be seized on now, to keep it from being co-opted into the larger reactionary moment.
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Complete control
Data centers to detention camps, powerful people want unlimited authority.
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Thinking about Dolly Parton/Tim Curry and sometimes separating the art from the artist works the opposite way it’s conventionally used where sometimes you can’t separate them not because it’s bad but because you know the person is making the art in an expression of joy and it helps you connect more
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
👇🎯 It is maddening that this isn't in the first paragraph of every story on Trump's tariffs and the trade war with Canada
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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Finally sat down and did a proper edit on a few scenes from Jake Lang's brief hate rally today in Minneapolis. Shortly after this, MPD arrested Lang and his crew after they drove their vehicles onto a crowded sidewalk.
Spiderman v Jake LangJake Lang yells at policeCounter protester yells at policelive-streamed surrounded by cops before they removed him from the scene
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
The President of the United States is going to kill people
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Wikipedia workers have unionized, and they're demanding recognition. Wiki Workers United in the U.S. is demanding voluntary recognition from the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that hosts Wikipedia. WWU-US is organizing with the CWA. cwa-union.org/news/release...
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Wiki Workers United U.S. Branch Demands Voluntary Recognition from Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that hosts Wikipedia
Today, Wiki Workers United U.S. (WWU-US)/Communications Workers of America (CWA) demanded voluntary recognition from the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit organization that hosts Wikipedia and siste...
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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
My room temp and correct take on tipping is that if you make a comfortable living you tip servers always and you tip them well because who the fuck do you think you are
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
The look in his eyes as he ends this “joke” is legitimately chilling
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Wisconsin DOJ Joins Amicus Brief in United Farm Workers V. United States Department of Labor to Protect Wages for Domestic and H-2A Farmworkers urbanmilwaukee.com/pressrelease...
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Wisconsin DOJ Joins Amicus Brief in United Farm Workers V. United States Department of Labor to Protect Wages for Domestic and H-2A Farmworkers
 
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Shelley Clark @shelleydclark.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Is there really a fertility "crisis"? Beyond Birth Rates: Advancing a Pro-Alignment Approach to Low Fertility in North America A conference on August 20th, 2026. This event is hybrid and can be attended in person at McGill University (Montreal) or online. www.mcgill.ca/popcentre/ev... 1/
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Worried about low and declining birth rates? Is there really a fertility "crisis"?

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BEYOND BIRTH RATES: Advancing a pro-alignment approach to low fertility in North America
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
There's zero evidence this is real. I'm extremely angry at social media users who continue to not only post fake quotes by Trump but have now started falsely assuring us they looked and confirmed them first. I've blocked this person. Things are too serious in this country for this sort of garbage.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
For years, the anti-immigrant go-to line was that they were anti *illegal* immigration, because they believed in rule of law and had compassion for immigrants who "did it the right way." Now, from the White House and Supreme Court on down, it's openly anti-rule-of-law and anti-nonwhite-immigration.
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19thnews @19thnews.org · 25/06/2026
Many have heard of the Battle of Little Bighorn — which happened 150 years ago today — but few know about the women who fought to defend their people. bit.ly/3StHjZB
A detailed painting depicting a chaotic battle scene with numerous individuals engaged in combat. The backdrop features soldiers and warriors in various dynamic poses. The text below reads, "The 19th* Meet the women who fought at the Battle of Little Bighorn. The battle is considered one of the worst U.S. Army defeats in the Plains Indian Wars, but few know of the Indigenous women warriors who were there.Text on a black backgroundreads: "Moving Robe Woman On the day of the battle, she was digging turnips when a warrior announced that American soldiers were approaching. “I painted my face with crimson and braided my black hair. ... I was a woman, but I was not afraid,” she said in a 1931 interview." Below the text is an image of Moving Robe Woman.Text on a black background reads: "Pretty Nose
Pretty Nose wore beaded cuffs around her wrists, a testament to her status as a war chief." Below the text is an image of Pretty Nose.Text on a black background reads: "Buffalo Calf Road Woman No confirmed photographs of Buffalo Calf Road Woman exist, but she is commemorated in a hand-drawn account of an earlier battle in which she rescued her brother." Below the text is an image of Buffalo Calf Road Woman.
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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
I’m not too embarrassed that we are losing to Iran. It’s a big boy country with missiles and drones and so forth ran by stone cold killers. That’s NFL ball for you. I am a little embarrassed we are also losing to algae.
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Alex de Campi @alexdecampi.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
I love this. Unmute.
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Queen Sansa @queensansastark.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Wow, Trump finally got a crowd to show up at the Kennedy Center.
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Phineas, a corpse @phineas.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Directed at no one... I am all for doing bits and extra jokes in alt text. It's fun. But you still have to describe in some fashion what's in the image. It's not *just* for bits. Simply do both while you're already in there.
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 09/06/2026
the Trump admin has sent over a dozen undocumented pregnant minors to a shelter in San Benito, TX Some were as young as 13 At least half were pregnant as a result of rape All had high-risk pregnancies And now, they & their newborns--U.S. citizens--are missing ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/birth...
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The Supreme Court Hasn't Ruled On Birthright Citizenship. Trump May Be Deporting Newborn Citizens Anyway
The Trump administration is refusing to answer questions about the health and safety of undocumented young mothers—and their newborn U.S. citizens—in its custody.
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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Dear Islamic neighbors, Muslim neighbors, We do not hate you. Islamic Center of San Diego shooting is despicable & heartbreaking. I’m so sincerely sorry the world is such a mess. There are no right words to give the loved ones of those killed, to give to San Diego 💔 Hope persists beyond hate ❤️‍🩹
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
We all have occassion to say this a lot in this era, but seriously this is the craziest goddamn thing I've read in a very very long time abcnews.com/US/trump-poi...
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Trump poised to drop IRS suit, launch $1.7B 'weaponization' fund for allies: Sources
President Trump is expected to drop his $10 billion IRS suit in exchange for the creation of a $1.7 billion fund for victims of governmental "weaponization," sources say.
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Jay Tea @j-tizzle.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
“The arrangement would be an unprecedented use of taxpayer dollars with little oversight…Trump would have the authority to remove members of the commission running the fund without cause, and the commission would be under no obligation to disclose its procedures or decision-making process.”
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Picard Tips @picardtips.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Picard management tip: Do your best to learn about and comprehend the experiences of people who look very different from you.
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 12/05/2026
The self-styled "father of fertility" wants to paint himself as a friend to mothers and children. But if you scratch the surface of his new moms dot gov website, you'll see that it's pure propaganda, and that it traffics in White Christian nationalist tropes. 1/🧵 www.ms.now/opinion/moms...
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Opinion | Trump’s “Moms.gov” website is short on facts and long on propaganda
The website is aimed at asserting the president’s “pro mom” bona fides while preying on vulnerable women.
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Jay Tea @j-tizzle.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
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Hannibal Lecter's Chilling Smile
Alt: Hannibal Lecter's Chilling Smile
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
No sugar-coating the Court’s decision today. Real talk. @allinwithchris.bsky.social
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Picard Tips @picardtips.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Picard diplomacy tip: The greatest threat to lasting mutual respect is egocentrism. It may never leave you, but resist it at every turn.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
My latest. More thoughts on language, culture, and violence against women. We actually have a word for wife-killing. Why don't we use it?
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Uxoricide: The Word You Don't Know Because You're Not Supposed To
On the Language We Don't Have for Men Who Kill Their Wives.
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Nicole Hemmer @pastpunditry.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
if you post this clip, you should also post clips from the same episode of him saying the 2020 election was stolen, the civil rights movement was “disgusting,” and trump can’t be racist bc he has sex with black women. tucker didn’t have a change of heart over trump; he had a change in strategy
Post from headquarters news.bsky.social with video from Tucker Carlson and the text “Tucker Carlson: I'll be tormented for a long time by the fact that I played a role in getting Donald Trump elected. We're implicated in this. I misled people.”
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
The problem is that when media prints a story that says AI is dangerous and scary they get more clicks and investors invest more money. Whereas if they reported honestly that it's expensive useless slop that produces CSAM revenge porn and psychosis then it might be regulated instead
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Comfortably Boo @numb.comfortab.ly · 23/04/2026
Goddamnit people, add alt-text to your images! My Discover feed is full of amazing art, and breathtaking photography, and I can't repost any of them because they're not accessible.
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
If Trump is so great at making deals, why is he sending JD and Jared and Steve to negotiate instead of doing it himself?
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Jay Tea @j-tizzle.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
This is the typical detached mentality of media types. Wades in with completely disregard for the fact sometimes planes NEITHER depart NOR arrive. /s
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 16/04/2026
A nationwide warrant has been issued in the first criminal charges against an ICE agent for on-duty actions during the enforcement surge in Minnesota.
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ICE agent charged with two felonies for pointing his gun at motorists during Operation Metro Surge
Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said a nationwide warrant has been issued in the first criminal charges against an ICE agent for on-duty actions during the surge.
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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
“They thought the story was about how men should be able to take out their aggression however and whenever they want. To them, Fight Club wasn’t anti-capitalist; instead, it catered to their entitlement.”
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Everyone Misunderstands the Point of Fight Club
“The first rule about fight club is you don’t talk about fight club.” “The second rule about fight club is you don’t talk about fight club.” But the most important rule of fight club is: Fuck the r…
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mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @mady.cat · 12/04/2026
Orban's inability to prevent last year's Pride protests—attended by 300k despite being banned—was a turning point in his authoritarian grip of the country. Queer people are always leading the fight against authoritarianism, as we are often its first targets. Never cower to fear.
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Budapest Pride 2025: A Record Crowd Stands Up for Democracy
This weekend in Hungary’s capital Budapest, Human Rights Watch staff witnessed the city transform—if only for one brilliant afternoon—into a beacon of resistance. Budapest Pride was more than a celebr...
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
I got lots of problems with these people but one of the biggest complaints I have is none of them know any of the pop culture references they keep using in memes. This guy literally threw the detonator out the window so no one would die
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