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Parrots. Parks. Politics. Hoping to survive the tiny-hands tangerine tyrant.

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macatoo.bsky.social @macatoo.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Attention Minneapolis! Unfortunately Mr. Lang did not learn his lesson when he was hounded out of Minneapolis the last time he tried to have a hate rally or when he was arrested for felony vandalism, so we need to get together and send the message again. Hate is not welcome here.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
This is just one of the ways that we're not *seeing* this war.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Right, simply entertaining this challenge as if it's remotely legitimate is already discrediting. If there's a single vote to end birthright citizenship, we need to take this Supreme Court apart with sledgehammers and start over.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Pam Bondi dropped the cases against 4 accused drug dealers for resource reasons in MN, even as the entire office focused on processing snatched grannies. Turns out she did the same on much larger scale last year. www.propublica.org/article/trum...
A table showing how many more cases Bondi's DOJ has dropped as compared to previous Administrations. The top three are Labor (+129% dropped), National Security (+93%), Organized Crime (+86%), and White Collar Crime (+59%).
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 31/03/2026
In 2021, Oklahoma oil regulators documented nearly 2,000 wells that were either operating above legal limits — or lacked limits entirely. Yet they never acted on their own findings. And they never made the report accessible to the full agency. With @readfrontier.bsky.social
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Oil Regulators Found Hundreds of Wells Violating Oklahoma Rules. Then They Ignored Their Findings.
Oklahoma took on an ambitious project to catalog all of the state’s injection wells, which shoot toxic waste generated by oil drilling back into the ground. Despite records showing risk of drinking wa...
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Pooh 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 🇨🇦 🇩🇰 @poohbearcorner.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Not Farage Oil Since 2019, Spain has doubled its wind and solar capacity, adding over 40 GW - more than any other EU country except Germany, whose power market is twice the size of Spain’s. www.euronews.com/2026/03/11/s...
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Spain could be the only EU country to beat energy price hikes
Spain spent the last six years investing heavily in wind and solar energy, leading to some of the cheapest power prices in Europe.
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
CNN reports that the US/Israel bombed an Iranian ORPHANAGE, killing at least two people. edition.cnn.com/2026/03/30/w...
US-Israeli strike on orphanage west of Tehran kills two, Iranian media reports
Sana Noor Haq
By Adam Pourahmadi and Sana Noor Haq
At least two people have been killed by a US-Israeli strike on an orphanage west of Tehran, Iran’s semi-official Fars News Agency reported Monday.

Five others were injured in the attack on a newly built orphan charity complex in the city of Fardis, about 25 miles west of Tehran, the agency quoted a regional official as saying.

Rights groups have condemned the number of civilians and children killed in US and Israeli strikes and the targeting of educational establishments and residential areas.

In Iran alone, strikes have killed at least 230 children and injured a further 1,800, the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency reported on Sunday.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
New from @splawinski.bsky.social at Can We Still Govern. Normal companies don't need to clarify they "don't do death markets." A peek inside the regulatory wild west of prediction markets. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-polyma...
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The (Poly)Market Nobody Knows How to Govern
Prediction markets or gambling websites? Inside the regulatory wild west
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Just so we are clear, this is different from the other Jan 6 rioter that Trump pardoned who was sexually abusing children.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Tom Morello opening speech in Minneapolis 🔥
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The Fighting Liberal Texan🌈🌊💙🦋Congress Switchboard 202-224-3121 @fightingliberal.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
A Nursing Home Owner Got a Trump Pardon. The Families of His Patients Got Nothing. At least three families won multimillion-dollar wrongful death suits against former Skyline Healthcare owner Joseph Schwartz. They haven’t collected a cent. ...
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A Nursing Home Owner Got a Trump Pardon. The Families of His Patients Got Nothing.
At least three families won multimillion-dollar wrongful death suits against former Skyline Healthcare owner Joseph Schwartz. They haven’t collected a cent.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Oh. www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
The lead graph for a WSJ article titled, "Private Credit's Exposure to Ailing Software Industry Is Bigger than Advertised."

It shows the holdings of four private credit companies: Blue Owl, Blackstone, Ares, and Apollo. For each, there's a bright blue bar, showing admitted exposure, and a darker blue one, showing what WSJ found. In Blue Owl's case, it's almost the same amount.
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WIRED @wired.com · 30/03/2026
Documents show the tax agency is testing a Palantir tool to surface “highest-value” audit and investigation targets from a maze of legacy systems. www.wired.com/story/docume...
wired.com
The IRS Wants Smarter Audits. Palantir Could Help Decide Who Gets Flagged
Documents show the tax agency is testing a Palantir tool to surface “highest-value” audit and investigation targets from a maze of legacy systems.
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The Fighting Liberal Texan🌈🌊💙🦋Congress Switchboard 202-224-3121 @fightingliberal.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
For Democrats, fighting Trump isn’t enough anymore A New York congressional primary is exposing the gap between Democrats who want to fight Trump and Democrats who want to fight for something ...
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For Democrats, fighting Trump isn’t enough anymore
A New York congressional primary is exposing the gap between Democrats who want to fight Trump and Democrats who want to fight for something
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
But those lies are one reason I think he'll end up declaring victory from catastrophic defeat, and likely in a way that vastly helps Russia. Bc Russia is offering "solutions" to him that probably look easy, and Trump likes easy, especially if there is personal graft involved.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Trump is telling two lies about Iran: First, that when it opens its tollbooth controlling Hormuz to let ships out, it is a gift to him. Second, that he has accomplished regime change. It's still likely he'll further escalate, bc he has is all ego. But... www.nytimes.com/2026/03/29/w...
President Trump said on Sunday night that Iran had agreed to release 20 more cargo ships of oil through the Strait of Hormuz starting on Monday, in what the president insisted was a “tribute” to the United States and a “sign of respect.”

Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One as he returned to Washington from a weekend spent in Florida, Mr. Trump cast Iran’s decision to allow free passage for the ships as a sign that negotiations were underway toward ending the military conflict in the region, in what he said were direct and indirect talks.

But to many outside experts, Iran’s ability to turn the spigot of oil deliveries on and off simply demonstrates its power to control the narrow, 21-mile-wide passage. Previously Mr. Trump had said he did not care much about what went through the strait because most of the oil goes to customers in Asia and Europe, and very little to the United States.

It was not clear where the 20 cargo ships were headed. China and India are major buyers of Iranian oil. The ships may also belong to Gulf Arab states. Last week, the Iranians allowed about 10 ships to transit the strait, a development that Mr. Trump also hailed as a sign of progress.

The movement of the oil is an issue that has arisen only after the United States and Israel began their military action on Feb. 28. The core of the negotiations center on the future of Iran’s nuclear program, the size and range of its arsenal of missiles and, based on Mr. Trump’s earlier goals, the freedom of the Iranian people to protest without being shot in the streets by the government.

Mr. Trump insisted to the reporters, however, that he had already achieved “regime change” in Iran because the leaders in place when the attacks on the country began have been killed, starting with Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader.

“I think we’ve had regime change,’’ said Mr. Trump. “It truly is regime change.”
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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
NEW: You may have heard about Trump's efforts to undermine trust in the elections with the SAVE America Act. But here I highlight how this is just one part of a broader effort to manipulate the midterms, and how that could have long-lasting effects on US democracy www.wired.com/story/this-i...
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This Is How Trump Is Already Threatening the Midterms
WIRED surveyed the ways the Trump administration is working to manipulate this year’s midterm elections.
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Gray Kimbrough @graykimbrough.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Great graphic on the occasion of the the 50th birthday of the DC Metro
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Immigrants weren’t just filling existing jobs; they were helping create them. That’s Econ 101: jobs are not a fixed pie. More people means more customers, more demand, more businesses expanding, and yes, more hiring.
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The Fighting Liberal Texan🌈🌊💙🦋Congress Switchboard 202-224-3121 @fightingliberal.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
‘People should be scared’: convictions in US ‘antifa’ trial set dangerous precedent Experts say verdict gives Trump officials scope to crack down on leftwing views using spurious ‘terrorism’ label ...
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‘People should be scared’: convictions in US ‘antifa’ trial set dangerous precedent
Experts say verdict gives Trump officials scope to crack down on leftwing views using spurious ‘terrorism’ label
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Clever Resistance @cleverresistance.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
What a terrific sign. Two important Minnesota symbols. St. Paul, MN
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 28/03/2026
The Brass Solidarity Band is leading #NoKings marchers from Harriet Island to the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul. 📷️: Kyeland Jackson
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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 29/03/2026
“plague of billionaires” art protest pieces at no kings in st. paul against citizens united
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Clever Resistance @cleverresistance.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Love it.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
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Steve Held @peoplesfabric.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Love how they describe this plane as “damaged” like they might just patch it up. www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
Photo of plane split in pieces by an explosion
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
“I’ve been a MAGA supporter since the beginning. I believed in him. He said he would end wars and bring peace. Now look at us.”
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
This looks grim. But it’s also an interesting test for all the grifters who use the meaningless phrase ‘Judeo-Christian values’ as a euphemism for hatred of Muslims.
Report that the Catholic Cardinal of Jerusalem has been prevented from celebrating Palm Sunday mass for the first time in centuries by the Israeli police.
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connie0714.bsky.social @connie0714.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
No Kings Paris @indivisible.org @indivisibleparis.org
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oldbutgold1.bsky.social @oldbutgold1.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
#nokings #munich
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
So much winning 😕🇺🇸
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Rescue American Democracy: ❌👑 @radgreece.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Americans in Thessaloniki say : NO to Trump! #NoKings #NoKingsGreece
A couple dozen people holding signs both homemade and printed against Trump and ICE at the No Kings event in Thessaloniki, March 28th, 2026.
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Liz in Oz @lizisinoz.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
We’re with you! Happy to kick things off in Sydney…!
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MiBaWi @mibawi.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
#NoKings #NoKings3 #NoKingsIII Good morning from Amsterdam, and happy 'No Kings Day' Note for Republicans: Amsterdam is the capital of the Netherlands and is a country in Europe.
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Morgan @morganf.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
#NoTyrants Madrid with @democrats.org Abroad
Protest crowd in Puerta del Sol MadridProtest crowd in Puerta del Sol Madrid with Democrats Abroad bannerSpeaker at No tyrants protest in Puerta del Sol Madrid
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Mike Minarik @mikeminarik.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
No tyrants, Barcelona #notyrants #democratsabroad #barcelona
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
They started an illegal war of choice during an ideological, racist and sexist purge led by right wing podcasters calling targets on a sieg heiling billionaire’s website, believing their superior genes and brutality would lead to rapid victory and are now facing defeat bsky.app/profile/dunc...
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ARC's Dad @arcsdad.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
We found this gentleman protesting alone for #NoKings in Sligo, Ireland. We swelled his number and assured him that he was not alone.
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@aizuchi1 @aizuchi1.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
It’s #NoTyrants in Japan as well, starting off with a good turnout in Tokyo today! 🪧✊✨
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Andrew D Wilson @adw.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Wikipedia now has higher standards than all universities
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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 27/03/2026
Yikes, here's a HUGE story that it seems not enough folks are reporting on yet. Drone swarms of unknown origin this month apparently attacked an important Air Force base—"the first time a US airbase was temporarily put out of operation in wartime, something that never happened even in World War II."
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Sophisticated drones attacked Louisiana's Barksdale bomber base - Asia Times
Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana, in Bossier Parish not far from Shreveport, was attacked by drone swarms during the week of March 9. The attack
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Micah @rincewind.run · 27/03/2026
TIL that flight attendants aren’t paid during boarding and that had simply not crossed my mind as a thing that was possible? what the actual fuck
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 27/03/2026
Fundamental foundational reminder: It's human biases and human values all the way down. The particular technology in question can matter in how exactly said values express, but the core remains: Human biases, human values, human choices, and unquestioned human assumptions, leading to human death.
It has also occluded something deeper: the human decisions that led to the killing of between 175 and 180 people, most of them girls between the ages of seven and 12. Someone decided to compress the kill chain. Someone decided that deliberation was latency. Someone decided to build a system that produces 1,000 targeting decisions an hour and call them high-quality. Someone decided to start this war. Several hundred people are sitting on Capitol Hill, refusing to stop it. Calling it an “AI problem” gives those decisions, and those people, a place to hide.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/03/2026
NEW: After ICE came to Minneapolis, ProPublica journalist @peterdicampo.bsky.social saw his community step up to patrol the streets, drive strangers to work and provide aid to families in hiding. These are his neighbors, in their city, in their own words.
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Trump Called My Neighbors “Paid Agitators.” This is Who They Really Are.
After ICE came to Minneapolis, ProPublica journalist Peter DiCampo saw his community step up to patrol the streets, drive strangers to work and provide aid to families in hiding. These are his neighbo...
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Teaching my class yesterday, trying to explain make-or-buy logics for government, and using diplomacy as an example of where you can't really contract out, obviously need experienced officials whose goals are clearly aligned with government. And then I said. "Well, thats what we used to think."
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Private equity + military
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Vittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
New from me: Last month ICE agents arrested a Columbia student inside university housing after gaining access to the building by claiming to be police looking for a missing 5 year old. In other words, they used a "ruse." And in many cases, that's legal. www.wired.com/story/why-ic...
wired.com
Why ICE Is Allowed to Impersonate Law Enforcement
“There's no accountability,” one expert tells WIRED of ICE’s ability to lie to the public. "The consequence of this is that it’s going to be a systemic harm across all law enforcement.”
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Clever Resistance @cleverresistance.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
"Holding rooms operate with different standards than detention centers and are not required to have beds or toilets."
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