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Lough Talt @loughtalt.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
“There now lives an American with more global followers than he has, and it happened in an instant.” Trump upstaged by Leo XIV @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social for @theguardian.com
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The art of dealing with Donald Trump? Don’t fight him alone | Jonathan Freedland
This week’s trade deal is a boost for Keir Starmer. But a lasting win will only come by joining forces with other nations to resist the US president’s entire destructive agenda, says Guardian columnis...
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Lough Talt @loughtalt.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
A wishy-washy president
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Lough Talt @loughtalt.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Not a racist or misogynist administration
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Trump Administration Fires Librarian of Congress
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Lough Talt @loughtalt.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
“It’s hard to understand, because these people have everything. But what they want is beyond that. They want to not be accountable to anyone. Because what they want is absolutely everything.” A sharp, clear appraisal of our doomsday oligarchs by @naomiaklein.bsky.social
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Naomi Klein: 'What They Want Is Absolutely Everything'
The ‘Shock Doctrine’ author explains the dark logic of Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s path of destruction and why billionaire oligarchs are so angry.
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Lough Talt @loughtalt.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Francis’s First Miracle Putting Trump in his place
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Lough Talt @loughtalt.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
He has no empathy Or compassion For the weak, the poor, The downtrodden He is the opposite of meek He worships gold And money He hates immigrants Journalists, judges He’s mean and sometimes Even cruel He’s no Pope
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Lough Talt @loughtalt.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
To paraphrase Nixon: “Non-plausible deniability”
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Lough Talt @loughtalt.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
She understands that silence is complicity and acts in consequence. She understood how democracy can be overturned via the democratic process and reported in consequence. The broligarchy whispered in the Guardian’s ear to get rid of her and the Guardian complied. @carolecadwalla.bsky.social Read her
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Springtime for Hitler
It's not Bake Off. It's a global far-right insurgency.
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Lough Talt @loughtalt.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Laziness is the original sin of libertarians: Due process? Naa, too much work. Medicaid? Naa, too much work. Democracy? Naa, too much work. DEI? Naa, too much work. Thinking before posting a picture of yourself as Pope right after a beloved Pope dies? Naa, too much work.
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Lough Talt @loughtalt.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
You could the same about anything, shoplifting, tax dodgers, heart patients, vaccination programs, the millions of medical interventions. There’s nothing libertarians hate as much as work, they even hate the thought of somebody else working. Trials? Naaa. Medicaid? Naaa. Doing your taxes? Naaa.
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Lough Talt @loughtalt.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
“You are taking on an old Jewish woman, I’m not leaving” @emilyjaynef.bsky.social
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Lough Talt @loughtalt.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
“Putin’s biggest problem, though, won’t be solved by convincing women to carry their pregnancy to term. He’s created a society that Russians no longer want to bring children into. Getting them to reconsider will take more than government checks and pink banners.” Anna Nemtsova for @theatlantic.com
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Russia Is in Demographic Free Fall. Putin Isn’t Helping.
The Russian president is enacting one of the world’s most extreme natalism programs—and one of the weirdest.
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Lough Talt @loughtalt.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
The White House proposes the US president for Pope Pope Donald the 1st?
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Lough Talt @loughtalt.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
“Putin’s quest for immortality stands revealed: he has not achieved Russia’s greatness, but only ruin – the destruction of countless Ukrainian, Russian, and other lives, sacrificed like the retinue of a dying pharaoh to accompany him toward his inevitable final death.” @shekhovtsov.substack.com
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Putin’s Genocidal Quest for Symbolic Immortality, Part 6
The ruin
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Lough Talt @loughtalt.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Artificial Intelligence
Pope
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Lough Talt @loughtalt.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
We are digging our own grave and jumping in it
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Lough Talt @loughtalt.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
We are digging our own grave and already jumping in it
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Lough Talt @loughtalt.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
“First with the disproportionate power of money and the wealthy who have it, then with attacks on the free press, the control of information, the weakening of checks and balances, suppression of dissent, surveillance of the population, and finally the normalization of repression.” @theatlantic.com
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The Dark Ages Are Back
Americans must insist on academic freedom, or risk losing what makes our nation great.
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Lough Talt @loughtalt.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
In Trumpsy-Turvy USA, the Civil Rights Office recast to persecute non-binary people, non-Christians and non-Conservatives.
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Trump Recasts Mission of Justice Dept.’s Civil Rights Office, Prompting ‘Exodus’
Hundreds of lawyers and other staff members are fleeing the arm of the agency that defends constitutional rights, which appointees intend to reshape to enact President Trump’s agenda.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 28/04/2025
ICE Agents Wait At Edge Of Delivery Table To Deport Newborn
ICE Agents Wait At Edge Of Delivery Table To Deport Newborn
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
"In one of her first acts, Dhillon changed the mission statements for many of the division’s sections to align with Trump Executive Orders with titles such as 'Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling,' 'Keeping Men Out of Woman’s Sports' and Eradicating Anti-Christain Bias.'"
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Lough Talt @loughtalt.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Putin’s plan for the destruction of the US from the inside is working better than even he envisioned
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US at tipping point for return of endemic measles
The United States is at a tipping point for the return of endemic measles a quarter century after the disease was declared eradicated in the country, researchers warned on Thursday.
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Lough Talt @loughtalt.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
‘The courts have not been as easily intimidated as Congress by Trump’s attempts to consolidate his presidency into an authoritarian regime unbound by the Constitution and the rule of law.’ @adamserwer.bsky.social for @theatlantic.com
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Trump Administration to Judges: ‘We Will Find You’
The attorney general’s message to the judiciary is clear.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Trump has set up a new club where CEOs, tech bros, and foreign oligarchs can pay $500,000 to join in order to get access to the Trump Cabinet who will all be there regularly. Just because the grift is all public doesn’t mean this isn’t the most corrupt White House in history.
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Lough Talt @loughtalt.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
For Trump, denial is not just a river in Egypt
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Vance's Easter visit to Rome clogged its streets with a 40-vehicle entourage. He also demanded the Coliseum be closed so he and his family could tour it alone. Tourists who properly booked slots in advance got screwed. He's apparently the first to make that demand. Then he didn't bother to show up.
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JD Vance and his forty 4x4s visit the Vatican during trip to Rome
The US vice-president, a self-styled ‘baby Catholic’ who was baptised in 2019, and his family met senior officials from the Catholic Church
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Lough Talt @loughtalt.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Exiled, expelled, banished, not “deported”, only foreigners can be “deported”, not US-born citizens.
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Lough Talt @loughtalt.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
“Fear is a very pervasive thing that changes a society, and changes the way people behave with each other, and changes you inside. Something breaks inside you.” @nytimes.com
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‘The Interview’: Isabel Allende Understands How Fear Changes a Society
The beloved author left Chile at a time of great turmoil and has longed for the nation of her youth ever since.
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Lough Talt @loughtalt.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
“Mr. President, a plea: If you want to make America great again, let’s start by respecting the rule of law and ending the practice of disappearing people into distant dungeons.” @nickkristof.bsky.social for @nytimes.com
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Opinion | This Is Not the America My Immigrant Father Was Determined to Reach
After my dad was disappeared abroad, he fled to this land, which exemplified respect for law and a welcome for refugees. Until now.
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Lough Talt @loughtalt.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Jeffrey Epstein claims latest victim from beyond the grave
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Virginia Giuffre, Voice in Epstein Sex-Trafficking Scandal, Dies at 41
She accused Jeffrey Epstein and his co-conspirator, Ghislaine Maxwell, of recruiting her to join their predatory ring and sued Prince Andrew for sexual assault.
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Lough Talt @loughtalt.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Hey @usatoday.com you can’t “deport” a US-born citizen. You can only exile, expel, banish or expatriate them.
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US child deported to Mexico with parents after brain surgery
The Mexican parents were detained while driving their 10-year-old to a checkup in Texas after the child's brain surgery.
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Lough Talt @loughtalt.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Hey @nytimes.com you can’t “deport” a US citizen. You can only expel, exile, banish them.
nytimes.com
2-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Deported ‘With No Meaningful Process,’ Judge Suspects
A federal judge in Louisiana said the deportation of the child to Honduras with her mother, even though her father had filed an emergency petition, appeared to be “illegal and unconstitutional.”
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Lough Talt @loughtalt.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Hey @aclu.org you can’t “deport” US citizens. You can only kidnap, disappear, expel them.
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ICE Deports 3 U.S. Citizen Children Held Incommunicado Prior to the Deportation | American Civil Liberties Union
Families disappeared and isolated without legal access; one child with cancer deported without medication and pregnant mother deported as well
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Lough Talt @loughtalt.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Trump wants to make salmonella great again
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USDA withdraws a plan to limit salmonella levels in raw poultry
The Agriculture Department says it is withdrawing a plan to limit salmonella bacteria in poultry products.
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Lough Talt @loughtalt.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Freedom of the press guarantees revoked. US-born citizens start being deported. A judge is arrested. Lists of Jews. And they get upset if you call them fascists.
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Justice Department revokes Biden-era protections for reporters in leak investigations
In a new memo, Attorney General Pam Bondi said the DOJ will allow for subpoenas, court orders and search warrants to get information and testimony from journalists.
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Lough Talt @loughtalt.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Don’t know which is more terrifying: 1) The gov’t asking Barnard for the cell phones of all its employees. 2) Barnard surrendering the numbers. 3) The gov’t drawing up lists of Jews. Nara Milanich, a Barnard history professor, said: “We’ve seen this movie before, and it ends with yellow stars.”
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U.S. Texts Barnard Employees and Asks if They Are Jewish (Gift Article)
A questionnaire from a federal commission also inquired about whether professors and other college staff members had been harassed.
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Carly Goodman @carlygoodman.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
It’s really wild how there is no reason to deport anyone, let alone children and US citizens and LPRs and students and people undergoing cancer treatment etc. it’s all a fake solution to a made up problem enacted by violent racists who are stealing from you
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Lough Talt @loughtalt.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
“A bedrock principle of the United States is that all CITIZENS are treated equally under the law,” says the EO. Actually, the US Constitution states that “all MEN are created equal.” The Devil is in the Details.
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Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose.  A
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Lough Talt @loughtalt.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
‘This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.’
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White House Initiative to Promote Excellence and Innovation at Historically Black Colleges and Universities
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose.
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Lough Talt @loughtalt.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
llinois @govpritzker.illinois.gov is asking his state’s pension funds and procurement agencies to examine investments with companies in El Salvador, the first step toward a possible boycott of the country for assisting Trump in defying court orders on the treatment of migrants.
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Democratic Governor Moves To Boycott El Salvador For Aiding Trump
Illinois Gov. J.B. Prtizker is ordering the state's pension funds and procurement agencies to review any investments in the Latin American country.
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Lough Talt @loughtalt.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Beyond words
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Top Producer of ‘60 Minutes’ Quits, Saying He Lost Independence
The news program has faced mounting pressure from both President Trump and its corporate ownership at Paramount, the parent company of CBS News.
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Lough Talt @loughtalt.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
“Anticipate increased questioning by border agents regarding political affiliations, work history, and coverage of sensitive topics.” CPJ advisory for journalists traveling to the US
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CPJ Safety Advisory: Traveling to the US - Committee to Protect Journalists
A stated policy goal of the Trump administration is to significantly change U.S. travel and immigration policies. Foreign nationals whose countries do not meet U.S. vetting standards may be barred ent...
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Lough Talt @loughtalt.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
‘Francis became an increasingly lonely voice in a world that has seemingly become ambivalent about many of his priorities. Now that he is gone, there is no obvious alternative to fill the void.’ Jason Horowitz for @nytimes.com
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Pope Francis’ Death Silences a Voice for the Voiceless (Gift Article)
As democratic values and alliances were being turned upside down, the pope was a consistent moral guidepost. Who can play that role now?
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Lough Talt @loughtalt.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Every night Pope Francis phoned the only Catholic parish in the Gaza Strip. When asked what he told them, Francis answered: “Oh, I never tell them anything, I just listen.”
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Lough Talt @loughtalt.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Hair-raising story! Whistleblower tells Congress how DOGE allegedly accessed NLRB data, covered up its tracks, and minutes laters hackers in Russia were using DOGE-created usernames and password to try to access the same data. @jennamclaughlin.bsky.social for @npr.org
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A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data
A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.
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Lough Talt @loughtalt.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
“The fundamental weakness of Western Civilization is empathy” Elon Musk
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Lough Talt @loughtalt.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
This brief essay beautifuly captures the essence of Francis, service and love @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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Humble Francis
A memory of transcendent humanity in Rome
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Lough Talt @loughtalt.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Any scholar or researcher who was worked on the slave trade knows the inestimable value of the SlaveVoyages site, which will now be permanently hosted at @harvard.edu
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Slave trade database moving to Harvard — Harvard Gazette
Publicly accessible digital tool compiles four decades of scholarship on more than 30,000 voyages and 200,000 people.
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Lough Talt @loughtalt.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Recovering addict on the White House lawn
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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 21/04/2025
A new study models the impact of the implosion of U.S.-funded disease treatment and prevention in the developing world — and suggests that Elon Musk and Marco Rubio will go down as among history’s greatest monsters if funding and effective administration are not restored.
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Count the Dead by the Millions
From HIV and tuberculosis infections to millions of dead children, the deadly impact of Rubio, Musk and Trump’s agenda has been quantified.
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