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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Socialism is what they called public power.  Socialism is what they called social security.    Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.   Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
RFK Jr. ordered the NIH’s Integrated Research Facility in Frederick to stop all research on serious infectious diseases yesterday at 5:00 PM. They study pathogens like Ebola there. You may be familiar with it from The Hot Zone. www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...
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RFK Jr.'s HHS Orders Lab Studying Deadly Infectious Diseases to Stop Research
NIAID's Integrated Research Facility is one of the few federal facilities charged with studying Ebola. Tuesday afternoon, all of its work was put on indefinite pause by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s departm...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
As outrage mixes with sadness, we feel the magnitude of our loss. Several of you weep at what’s happening. I have wept too. But I urge you not to dwell solely on the loss. We have much to do. Some thoughts... robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-t…
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Kristina🦋 @dunemythang.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
I’m here for anyone speaking w passion in their voice about this travesty we find ourselves in
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Fella Historian🌻 @thisuserisdumb.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Yesterday, I made the All Quiet On The Warfighting Front meme about Pete Hegseth. Today, I read that Pete Hegseth installed a makeup studio in the Pentagon for his TV interviews. So, I updated the meme again.
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Kaja Kallas @kajakallas.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
While claiming to seek peace, Russia launched a deadly airstrike on Kyiv. This isn't a pursuit of peace, it’s a mockery of it. The real obstacle is not Ukraine but Russia, whose war aims have not changed.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
We’re on the cusp of a national wave of outrage that transcends the old political labels of "left" and "right." Will this give cover to business leaders who have so far remained silent? robertreich.substack.com/p/the-view…
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Cowboy Tcherno Bill @rudigeerts.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
#OTD April 23, 1945, US forces liberated Flossenburg camp 🧵 1/n “On the morning of the 23rd they were there with a jeep and a machine gun wich stuck out of the window and four soldiers. They were chewing gum, they were smoking, and tears ran down my cheaks. I didn't realize that I were
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UK Defence Journal @ukdefencejournal.org.uk · 23/04/2025
The British Army’s intelligence and drone capabilities are moving forward, with the Ministry of Defence confirming key milestones in its Land ISTAR (Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance) programme. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/army-advance...
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Army advances with ISTAR, TIQUILA push
The British Army’s intelligence and drone capabilities are moving forward, with the Ministry of Defence confirming key milestones in its Land ISTAR (Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance) programme.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
So the Republican Party has historically blocked: -Paid sick leave -Paid family & medical leave -Universal childcare -Universal pre-K -Expanded Child Tax Credit -Programs to support reproductive health And they're wondering why more people aren't having children?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate. The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns. Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care. The list goes on and on. Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
💥 BREAKING: Goldman Sachs shareholders voted today to reject two anti-DEI proposals, both by 98-2 percent. GS Board urged shareholders to vote to reject proposals. "We believe that diversity, including diversity of thought, experience and perspectives, is important to our commercial success."
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UK Defence Journal @ukdefencejournal.org.uk · 23/04/2025
"For the first time since WWI a weapon system other than artillery has resulted in more casualties—drones", Carns wrote. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/drones-now-d...
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Drones now define war warns Minister Al Carns
"For the first time since WWI a weapon system other than artillery has resulted in more casualties—drones", Carns wrote.
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Every single service member and veteran, if they’re being honest, will all tell you the exact same thing: We’d be immediately burned at the stake if we treated classified intel the way Pete Hegseth has treated it.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe, vulnerable, and alone. But when we find ourselves surrounded by courageous people and brave institutions, we can more easily find courage inside ourselves. This is the beauty of solidarity.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 21/04/2025
Breaking News: Pope Francis is dead at 88. The first Latin American and Jesuit pontiff, he championed a more inclusive Catholic Church.
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Francis, the First Latin American Pope, Dies at 88
After decades of conservative leadership, Francis tried to reset the course of the Roman Catholic Church, emphasizing inclusion and care for the marginalized over doctrinal purity.
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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Alfred, the fourth of five Soul brothers to be killed in WW1 was killed today in 1918. His twin brother, Arthur, lost the will to live and died days later of wounds sustained in battle.
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Dorothee V. Plessis @dorotheevplessis.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased. Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power. Without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless. Some thoughts... robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-t…
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
She should be in the oval office right now. And Donald Trump should be in prison.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
The UK is ready to walk away empty handed from make-or-break trade talks with the US rather than accept a bad deal, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Rachel Reeves warns UK won't accept US trade deal if red lines are crossed
In an interview with The Mirror the Chancellor Rachel Reeves voiced her optimism an agreement can be reached to tackle the misery caused by Donald Trump's tariffs
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Tara Dublin, Rock Star Author📚❤️‍🔥🤘🏻 @taradublinrocks.com · 18/04/2025
True facts are true
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 18/04/2025
Each week, The Contrarian selects an "Undaunted" figurehead working to defend democracy This week's spotlight: Harvard University Harvard used its status to stand up to authoritarian bullies. Giving credit where credit is due, they've remained unbowed, unafraid, and undaunted
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Undaunted: Harvard University
Cambridge's Crimson Distinguishes Itself by Defying the Bullies
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
ONE IF BY LAND TWO IF BY D.C. the north end church in boston it’s 250 years today @northendpage.bsky.social
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
What does the phrase "three equal branches of power" mean to you?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
The next days and months and years will demand from all of us great courage — and solidarity. Be prepared.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
We are witnessing our government institutions — whose independence is vital for the fair functioning of our legal system — being compromised and their integrity undercut in real time. This is how tyrants undermine democracy.
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Johanna @johannas.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
The only thing shocking about Martyn’s situation is why Pam didn’t leave him sooner. What a Royal prick #TheArchers
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
History teaches us that the way to stand up to a dictator is to fight back against him, not capitulate to him. Surrendering to tyranny invites more of it. This moment we're in should not be met with a "moderate" response. Luckily, some Democrats starting to understand this.
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The Failures of “Centrism”
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 16/04/2025
A town hall for Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia on Tuesday quickly deteriorated into chaos, as police officers forcibly removed several protesters and subdued two of them with stun guns. Read more: nyti.ms/42MLMZV
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Sylvia at Tono Latino @tonolatino.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Kilmar Abrego Garcia lived in Maryland with his wife and their three children, and has never been charged with any crime. The Department of Homeland Security issued him a work permit, and he joined a union, working full time as a sheet metal apprentice.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Undocumented immigrants paid an effective federal income tax rate of 5.27% in 2022. That means they paid a higher effective tax rate than 5 of the richest Americans…and a higher effective tax rate than 55 mega corporations. So let me ask you: who are the real freeloaders?
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Jayne Sharp @jaynesharp.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Hear me out though. OF for the literal hotties.
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Jayne Sharp @jaynesharp.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Can’t believe I blagged an exclusive interview with Katy Perry!
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 16/04/2025
I’m about to board my flight to El Salvador, where I hope to meet with senior government officials to discuss the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. I also hope to see Kilmar and check on his condition — and remind him that we won’t stop fighting until he’s home.
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Headed to El Salvador to meet with government officials and discuss return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia
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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
In Hitler's last will and testament, dictating hours before he committed suicide, 80 years ago in April 1945, he insisted that no one had wanted war in 1939. It had been forced on him by 'international Jewry and its helpers.'
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
We traded Europe for a guy that builds concentration camps for profit.
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UK Defence Journal @ukdefencejournal.org.uk · 14/04/2025
The Princess Royal has officially opened BAE Systems’ £12 million Applied Shipbuilding Academy in Glasgow, a flagship training centre designed to prepare thousands of workers for careers building some of the Royal Navy’s most advanced warships. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/princess-roy...
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Princess Royal opens new BAE shipbuilding academy in Glasgow
The Princess Royal has officially opened BAE Systems’ £12 million Applied Shipbuilding Academy in Glasgow, a flagship training centre designed to prepare thousands of workers for careers building some of the Royal Navy’s most advanced warships.
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Cowboy Tcherno Bill @rudigeerts.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
1/n As WWII came to an end, attempts were made to evacuate concentration camps before Allied troops arrived. Three trains were sent from Bergen-Belsen on April 13, 1945, intended for Theresienstadt. This train got as far as Farsleben, near Magdeburg, when US troops freed the
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/04/2025
He still doesn't know who started the war. Or pretends not to know
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
This is organist Olena Kohut, killed today in Sumy by the Russian missile. Joseph Rheinberger, Visione, op. 156 no. 5 💔
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
The raw materials needed to keep British Steel's Scunthorpe plant operating have been paid for, Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has said news.sky.com/story/britis...
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British Steel: Raw materials for Scunthorpe plant 'paid for' amid race against time to avert shutdown
Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner says the government "hasn't seen any evidence" of sabotage when asked about suggestions that Chinese owner Jingye might have purposefully attempted to shut the blas...
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 14/04/2025
Trump is talking about shuttering publications and networks he disagrees with. He's talking about deporting and imprisoning Americans who dissent. This is unprecedented and undemocratic. Wake up America.
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Cambridge University Library @theul.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
#OnThisDay in 1868, astronomer and mathematician Annie Scott Dill Maunder (née Russell) was born. One of the first women employed at the Royal Observatory Greenwich, she is known for documenting the movement of sunspots from the poles to the equator during the sun's 11-year cycle
Studio portrait of Annie Maunder. We see a woman dressed in late Victorian/Edwardian clothes with her hair swept up.
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Eric Alper @thatericalper.com · 14/04/2025
Taylor Swift’s Fearless (Taylor’s Version) hits 208 weeks on the U.K. Country Artists Albums chart, marking four full years on the tally. It rises to #6 this week and has spent 53 weeks at #1 — the most for any Swift album on that chart.
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Sarah Longwell @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
He’s threatening media companies who are critical of him. He’s talking about sending Americans to foreign prisons. He’s signing executive orders to investigate former staff members who spoke out against him. He’s defying the Supreme Court. Don’t you see what’s happening here?
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
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Good morning.
Today is the 80th day that the U.S. President is running a backdoor bribery scheme in which any CEO or foreign oligarch can send him money secretly through his crypto coin scam in exchange for favors.
It's the biggest scandal in the history of the
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Glen 🇨🇦 part owner of Canada* @honestcanadian.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Mark Carney began working for and advising the Canadian government in 2003. He left in 2013. Notice the dramatic increase in the GDP per capita during that period, with a dip during the 2008 financial crisis. harper was in power from 2006 to 2015. After Carney left the economy crashed. 1/2
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