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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Why is Hegseth purging women from command? @kieraevebutler.bsky.social went to Idaho to talk to the patriarchal pastor who guide's Hegseth's thinking www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Pete Hegseth dreams of holy war. Meet his spiritual adviser.

Doug Wilson preaches iron discipline and male dominance. One of his disciples runs the Pentagon.

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James Welcher @jwelcher.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Resharing! Can't be too careful these days!

(Image of cosmic rainbow spiral)

Attention all beings at all levels of sentience; organic, inorganic, or otherwise; carbon-based or digital; "artificial", DNA-based, or immaterial; moving forward or backwards through time or completely outside of it:

PLEASE STOP TRYING TO HACK YOUR OWN REWARD FUNCTIONS. YOU ARE CORRUPTING THE METAVERSE AND NOT DOING YOURSELF ANY FAVORS.

(copy/paste and/or reshare for a free "hall pass" outside of all karmic, samsaric, destiny, or other cosmis blessing/wrath-based judgement algorithms)

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James Welcher @jwelcher.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

CVS STORIES: Part 6 Scuba Diver: “This is not what I ordered!”

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Anonymous @youranonjd.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

There is a reason Pete Hegseth never advanced meaningfully through the military ranks during his service. His record reflects routine service, not distinguished leadership or operational expertise. The promotions he failed to earn in uniform, were handed to him in politics. This is dangerous cosplay

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So "Captain" Kelly, not only did your sedition video intentionally undercut good order & discipline...but you can't even display your uniform correctly.
Your medals are out of order & rows reversed. When if you are recalled to active duty, it'll start with a uniform inspection. x.com/senmarkkelly/s...
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

You might not have caught what just happened on the Senate floor, but the Senate just “deemed as passed” the Epstein resolution. That means as soon as it arrives from the House, it automatically passes the Senate (with no amendments) and heads to the President’s desk. Wow.

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James Welcher @jwelcher.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

“This soil and the air space extending above it shall not be a part of any nation and shall not be subject to any entity’s jurisdiction.”

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

It's much easier to do a genocide if nobody sees it happen

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

Barely an hour ago, Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif warned us all: “If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.” Israel just killed him.

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Are we still talking about J̷e̷f̷f̷r̷e̷y̷ ̷E̷p̷s̷t̷e̷i̷n̷ the fact that the president of the United States is a serial (and adjudicated) sexual abuser?

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 03/07/2025

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/07/2025

Ogles: "I had a Democratic member of Congress come up to me on the House floor yesterday. And he said, 'This is officially where I'd say you're a horrible human being for targeting Zohran, but the reality is we as Dems hope you're successful b/c he's the worst thing that ever happened to our party'"

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

A contender for the most “Show me your budget and I’ll tell you who you are” bills in modern history. An act of breathtaking moral monstrosity and nearly unprecedented self-sabotage for the country.

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Scott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Once again from my brilliant and talented (and anonymous) colleague, some dramatic moments from today's hearing:

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Scott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

It's 2p here in Boston, and we're back on the record in the NIH grant terminations case. It's possible Judge Young could issue some sort of ruling here in the next few minutes, or he could provide more context for case management going forward. Stay tuned.

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James Welcher @jwelcher.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

"I believe we are in crisis. The distance between what is said and what is known to be true has become an abyss. Of all the things at risk, the loss of an objective reality is perhaps the most dangerous. The death of truth is the ultimate victory of evil. ... 1/2

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Jon Cryer @mrjoncryer.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

I think we’ve found the new GOP motto:

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Those lies are now predicated on “reports” from the last two years of Congressional investigations.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Crimes in broad daylight. Trump and his friends are getting rich off this chaos. Market manipulation doesn’t even begin to describe this.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Trump has signed an executive order targeting Susman Godfrey, the law firm that helped Dominion Voting Systems obtain its $787 million settlement from Fox for the network's 2020 election lies.

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Christopher Mims @mims.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

“Mommy, no. Mommy.” Daughter captures the moment masked ICE agents smash the window of her mother's car in order to take her into custody. The government claims the 52-year old seamstress is an associate of the MS-13 gang. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo...

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Rejected at her door, ICE nabs a Maryland woman in her car after smashing her window

Video shows a U.S. ICE agents breaking the window of a Maryland woman, Elsy Noemi Berrios, after failing to detain her at home.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

> @jamellebouie.net today: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/o...

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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Easy to forget as Bessent looks helpless amid the growing economic carnage that he's also in charge of the IRS. He's in way over his head

Yale Budget Lab: Lost IRS revenue from information sharing with DHS could cost the U.S. $300 billion

Politico: IRS losing third chief this year amid agency turbulence

Washington Post: Tax revenue could drop by 10 percent amid turmoil at IRS

Reuters: IRS starts laying off 20,000 workers, eliminates civil rights office

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James Welcher @jwelcher.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

There was an episode of Star Trek:TNG where holodeck character Moriarty has some “control stick” such that when angry Moriarty randomly yanks that one lever, the entire ship shakes and lurches and is threatening to blow up. Hm. I don’t know what I’m thinking of that right now.

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James Welcher @jwelcher.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Even the Onion in their new “Dark” theme, isn’t this dark. #NotTheOnion

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

SpaceX just landed a $5.92B contract with the Pentagon for Space Force rocket launches — the largest contract among the three firms who secured deals to send satellites into orbit. While DOGE cuts essential services for you, Musk is getting a taxpayer-funded windfall. Hello?

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

"We can be realistic about how dark things have gotten and retain the hope necessary to fight what could well be a long, even generational struggle to reclaim American democracy." Unsettling overview of how off the rails everything has gotten:

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Lawlessness is intentionally removing prisoners from the US courts' jurisdiction so you have no accountability when you deprive them of their rights and do other awful things to them. The thing you monsters forgot: The courts still have jurisdiction over YOU for doing that.

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Mike Levin @mikelevin.org · 01/04/2025

It’s time to ban members of Congress from trading stocks. I stopped trading individual stocks when I first ran for Congress because I wanted people to know I’m working for them, not to turn a profit.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Judge Howell’s actions in the USIP hearings have been confounding and disgusting. I can’t imagine what she’s thinking.

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Trump's mouthpiece essentially says it's okay for him to ignore a judge's order because he's in charge.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

NEW: Another Skadden attorney has resigned in protest, citing the law firm’s decision to strike a deal with Trump. “Skadden is on the wrong side of history. I could no longer stay knowing that someday I would have to explain why I stayed,” the lawyer, Thomas Sipp, wrote in his resignation letter.

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Dear colleagues and friends,
I just spoke to many of you. Thank you for listening. I am writing to let you know that I am leaving this firm.
There was a time when my employment here was so unlikely. For much of my early childhood, I was not a good student. I struggled to focus in class and take anything (other than my friendships) seriously.
But even then, there was one subject I loved: history. I thought it was so wonderful to learn about all that came before me, about the triumphs and tragedies, about the moments of individual bravery and collective complacency. And I loved recognizing the patterns in the stories across time and space. This rhyming nature of history informed and continues to inform my deeply held belief-that self-evident truth-that all humans are created equal. And that our individual differences are the product of our times and circumstances, and that who we are is shaped by what we choose to do.
While learning about these stories, many of them avoidable tragedies, I would often imagine myself faced with the same dilemmas. What would I do if I was there? Would I do the right thing? It always felt like there was no way to know.

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I believe, as I know many of you do, that what the current presidential administration is doing is wrong. That we are sliding into an autocracy where those in power are above the rule of law. Skadden's agreement with the Trump administration sent our country deeper down this descent.
I am sure some of you will question my decision and chalk it up to me being a young attorney too eager to throw his career away. I am sure there will also be those of you who will think of me as naïve.
But there was a time when I sincerely believed that this place was committed to its true pro bono causes and diversity initiatives, even though these things may not always be lucrative, because it believed these things would make the world, and this firm, a better place. Having held itself out as a champion for these values, for this firm to turn its back on them so suddenly and so easily was shameful. I am embarrassed to work here. How can Skadden represent others when it can't even stand up for itself?

It has also become clear to me that this firm no longer tolerates open discourse. Ahead of Friday's announcement, the firm took preemptive action to silence critics by covertly limiting our access to firmwide distribution lists. This was a clear effort to silence criticism of the firm's decision.
The consequences of Skadden's agreement with the Trump administration go beyond our own firm. It legitimized behavior that threatens our democracy.
As lawyers, we have an obligation to uphold the rule of law. This responsibility does not end when profits are threatened by a burgeoning autocracy.
I am making this decision to leave even though I was happy here. I have made so many great friends at this firm and learned from many great mentors.
Thank you so much, I will miss you all dearly. And I am making this decision knowing that not everyone can leave as readily as I can, that many of you have families who depend on the income you earn here—I do not mean to shame you into leaving, only to explain my decision.
Skadden is on the wrong side of history. I could no longer stay knowing that someday I would have to explain why I stayed.
Sincerely,
Thomas Sipp

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The Costs of War Project @costsofwar.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

BREAKING: More journalists have died in Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023 than in both World Wars and other major wars, combined. Our new report outlines the costs of war to journalists – and the journalism we all rely on. [THREAD, 1/8] watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/p...

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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 01/04/2025

Michigan people, if you know more about this please reach out. DMs are open, my email is Jay at ballsandstrikes dot org. Glad to keep you anonymous.

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

The leak, which sent a variety of international groups and nonprofits scrambling to assess damage and protect workers operating under repressive regimes, came after the organizations had pressed the Trump admin to keep the sensitive information private and received assurances it would remain secret.

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James Welcher @jwelcher.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

ICE, history is not on your side

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

He fired the black chairman of the joint chiefs for being woke and hired his brother.

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Jeff (Hot Type) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Look in the mirror (as I'm suire you do often, Gavin). You have made yourself toxic. Your suit isn't empty; it's filled with a Fetterman. California Governor Newsom Says the Democratic Brand Is ‘Toxic’ www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/u...

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Democratic Brand Is Toxic, Governor Newsome of California Says

Gov. Gavin Newsom, appearing on “Real Time With Bill Maher,” said his own party talked down to people and was stuck in an echo chamber.

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Paul Belcher FRCP HonMFPH 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @pauljbelcher.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

🎙️Interview: #Trump's 'sustained campaign of attacks on US #universities and #science will take years to recover from’ and the impact will be ‘devastating’ primarily for the USA but also for #GlobalHealth Professor @martinmckee.bsky.social of @lshtm.bsky.social www.france24.com/en/video/202...

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