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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I can’t be the only one who has noticed massive power outages happening much more often in only predominantly Black populated areas in red states at a time when those particular areas are having their power grids strained by data centers. PAY ATTENTION.
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RoseMarie @rosesbloom24.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Two Black mayors took cities that the country loves to write off and made them measurably safer. That’s not a fluke. That’s a blueprint. Chicago and Baltimore just posted numbers that should be front-page news. They’re not. We need to talk about why. 🧵 www.theroot.com/opinion-blac...
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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
I can't come up with one positive reason for these data centers to even exist.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
The new racist double standard set up by Alito in the TPS ruling: if there’s any other motive in addition to the racism, the racism doesn’t count, but if the state wants to *prevent* discrimination against black people, that is racist and unconstitutional www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
The Roberts Court has been turning anti-discrimination law upside down for years. Its approach came into particular focus in May, with Louisiana v. Callais, in which it determined that not allowing Louisiana’s government to dilute Black votes was racist. In that case, Alito insisted that forcing the state to draw a second majority-Black congressional district would be an “unconstitutional racial gerrymander” because Republicans were entitled to discriminate against Black voters if they argued that their purpose was partisan instead of racist. The Court reaffirmed that position in a subsequent case dealing with Alabama, after a lower court had found ample evidence of deliberate racial discrimination, as opposed to the discriminatory effect of the Louisiana map.

Mullin now sets up an even more impossible double standard. If the government wants to discriminate against Black people, any pretext will do. “As long as there is a plausible basis—any plausible articulable basis—for the government’s action, then the Court will look to that basis as sufficient,” Aderson Francois, a law professor at Georgetown University, told me, “even in the face of evidence that government actors were motivated by animus.” If a Black person wants to prove they’ve been discriminated against, however, no amount of evidence will suffice.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
WATCH: “The South deserves better. Black people deserve better… I came from MEMPHIS to tell you you do not want a data center.” @keshaunpearson.bsky.social went to Georgia to help them fight a data center there — as the DOJ steps in to let xAI keep poisoning Memphis. (From @TheRoot)
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
For those who have forgotten the past 40 years: Tax cuts for the rich ...don’t trickle down Boosting military spending ...doesn’t bring peace Slashing regulations ...doesn’t create jobs Folks, we’ve seen this all before.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Thank you President Obama. 🙏 I appreciate your honesty, intelligence, dignity, integrity, humility & humor. 👍 Looking forward to the opening of your Presidential Center this week! 👀 Wishing you & your family all the best & continued success, Mar🐫
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Senator Mike Lee has introduced a last-minute amendment to the Wildfire Prevention Act that would eliminate the 2001 Roadless Rule, stripping protections from roughly 60 million acres of national forest land. This is an attempt to sneak a major public lands policy change through before most
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 30/05/2026
I’m a climate scientist. Let me fix this headline. “Nearly a century ago, scientists showed that burning fossil fuels warms the planet. Today, we know human emissions account for over 100% of the warming. Yet dark money and disinformation still work to keep Americans addicted to fossil fuels.”
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Data centers’ diesel backup generators are emitting pollutants that can cause health problems for residents. That’s on top of contributing to higher electricity prices and sucking up communities’ water. Is it any wonder communities across the country are organizing to stop them?
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James Haley @jhaley.com · 25/05/2026
#MemorialDay #BlackVoices #History #AURN
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Black Origins: The Untold Story Behind Memorial Day
The roots of Memorial Day trace back to newly freed Black Americans in Charleston, South Carolina, after the Civil War.
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James Hughes @dystopian-fashion.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
These data centers do not produce jobs. These centers raise electricity rates and create electric shortages. These centers use tens of millions of gallons of water and discharge toxic water, causing environmental pollution and noise pollution. Why are they getting billion-dollar tax breaks???
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
SCOTUS, which ordered Alabama to create a second Black opportunity district just 3 years ago, has lifted that order a week before the primary. The Purcell principle says courts shouldn't permit chaos too close to an election—it's now an open question whether there will even be a primary on schedule.
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R. Souissi @rsouissivibes.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
It's amazing how quickly White politicians in the South rushed to PROVE exactly why we needed the Voting Rights Act!
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 07/05/2026
Tennessee Republicans did it. The final vote is in. They just gutted the only Black-majority district to lock in more Republican power. Black voters shut out, representation erased. Call it what it is, a white supremacy power grab. And a shameful day for Tennessee, the birth place of the KKK.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
We are watching the worst assault on multiracial democracy since the Pettus bridge. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/u...
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Republicans Unveil Map Carving Up Tennessee’s Majority-Black House District
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Fascism.
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 05/05/2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Google co-founder Sergey Brin — the third-richest man on the planet — is reportedly spending $57M to defeat California's proposed billionaire's tax. So he and his fellow oligarchs can't afford a wealth tax, but they'll spend a fortune buying elections? See the problem...
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 29/04/2026
The court has simply recreated the pre-Brown world in allowing racial discrimination across a broad number fields as long as it is “facially neutral,” gutting the Reconstruction Amendments in the process.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 29/04/2026
The Supreme Court’s six-to-three Republican-appointed majority issued a staggering ruling on Wednesday, essentially killing the remaining protections of the Voting Rights Act. The “now-completed demolition” of the law could take us back to the Jim Crow era.
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Supreme Court deals a death blow to the Voting Rights Act
The "now-completed demolition" of the law could take us back to the Jim Crow era.
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AnthropoceneMPG 🌊 @anthropocenempg.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
#BidenFundedNASA In 2025 Chump tried to defund NASA but he failed. He is trying again this year.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
We posted about this a few days ago. The EPA is trying to roll back protections against ethylene oxide, a chemical that causes leukemia and breast cancer, in communities that are already overburdened with pollution. The public comment period is open right now.
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Indivisible Memphis @indivisiblememphis.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Read this. Then read it again.
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newmexicoflyfisher.bsky.social @newmexicoflyfisher.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Democrats are expected to perform miracles, and when they can't people are ready to back the GOP who does nothing for them.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Reggie Williams was walking to a corner store when armed authorities aggressively asked him if he was from Ethiopia or Ghana, he said He and other Black Memphis residents have been reporting harassment by Trump’s police task force: "I don't feel safe"
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“I Don’t Feel Safe”: Black Memphis Residents Report Harassment by Trump’s Police Task Force
A pastor was pulled over for looking lost. A 72-year-old was marched out in his bathrobe due to mistaken identity. Memphis’ mayor welcomed the federal law enforcement surge, but some residents say the...
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
The truth about the administration’s threat federal employees won’t get paid when shutdown ends. joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion. Read that back. When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
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Eddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
🧵 How many times have you heard "Blacks are 13% of the population and commit 50% of violent crime"? Well, racists have been using the UCR wrong for their tired narrative. Let's set the record straight. Pull up a seat, folks.🪑 #ProudBlue #ResistanceRoots #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
It’s wild, absolutely wild, how for EVERY. SINGLE. CITY. Trump wants to militarize I can post data showing how crime is plummeting in all of them without any federal invasion… … and the press KEEPS stenographing the naked bad-faith claims about “fighting crime!” in the headlines. Infuriating.
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Ebony Noor! I love garden season! ✊🏿 @darlingebony.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
The fact that there are people trashing Leader Hakeem Jeffries for not doing what a Governor can do shows how ignorant people are of how government works. He is the MINORITY LEADER of Congress b/c that is what the majority of white people voted for. Go deal with you MAGA family and friends.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
It isn’t normal for a president to repeatedly threaten the use of military force against American citizens. Treating the National Guard as a political pawn disrespects those who serve and undermines public trust in our military.
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
1. This week, the FBI released its comprehensive crime report for 2024, which revealed that both VIOLENT CRIME and PROPERTY CRIME reached their LOWEST LEVELS SINCE THE 1960s This a massive story. But you might not have heard about it, even if you follow the news closely. Here's why.
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Why you might not know that 2024 was America's safest year since the 1960s
An overwhelming majority of Americans, 64 percent, believe that crime increased across the country in 2024, according to a Gallup survey conducted late last year.
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 06/08/2025
We should have the House right now. Let me say it again: we should have the House. This ain’t just a Texas problem, it’s a national problem. They’re stealing seats to keep power, and that’s how we ended up with Speaker Johnson instead of Speaker Jeffries. They can’t win fair, so they cheat.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Tuberville must be censured and denounced by every Democratic member of the Senate. This is vile and dangerous rhetoric. @schumer.senate.gov @democrats.senate.gov
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Carol Norris @carolnorris.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
"For Every Millionaire Household that Gets a Tax Cut, 19 Americans Lose Their Health Insurance Under Republican Bill that Doubles Uninsured Rate in Many States"
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NEWS: Sanders Releases New Report Detailing Devastating Impact of Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” on Health Care in America » Senator Bernie Sanders
For Every Millionaire Household that Gets a Tax Cut, 19 Americans Lose Their Health Insurance Under Republican Bill that Doubles Uninsured Rate in Many States WASHINGTON, June 25 – As Senate Republica...
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Atima Omara @atimaomara.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Not taking anything away from Senator Padilla because he was treated atrociously But I JUST want to remind everyone that the Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, a Black woman, was just indicted for just asking questions at an ICE detention center in her state Keep that same energy of support for her
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
So Kristi Noem goes on Fox and lies that Sen Padilla didn’t ID himself, even though the video is there for all to see. But get what she’s saying: Assaulting and handcuffing someone for trying to ask a question is OK in any case? This is a criminal regime.
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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
The fact that a term such as “reverse discrimination” exists is an admission that gives away the whole game: Even they are defining the normal discrimination as being against people who aren’t white and straight.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 22/05/2025
If you want democrats to stop bringing knives to a gunfight, arm them with a MAJORITY in 2026 😀💙
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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
I wish journalists would stop framing political news as wins or losses for politicians or political parties. It’s an abrogation of our mission. Why do we keep doing this? Is the spending bill a win or loss for the American people? Who does it help? Who does it hurt? Is it sound policy? Fiscally?
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 22/05/2025
The “big, beautiful” bill ain’t beautiful—it’s bullshit. House Republicans just voted for the largest cut to SNAP & Medicaid in U.S. history—turning their backs on their own damn constituents: the working people they were sent here to represent. They don’t serve the people. They serve the rich.
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
If your private religious school is so good, why does it need public funds to operate?
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
This is an era where it’s really important to know your rights and to make sure others around you know their rights, NO, ICE cannot enter your home without a *judicial* warrant. Not an administrative one like what they were trying to use with the WI judge to arrest someone. A judge-signed warrant.
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