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Mark Silverman

@marksilverman1.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor of Economics, Franklin & Marshall College (J.D., Ph.D) [Living in the Orwellian age of Trump, where the criminal is the aggrieved, and the prosecution is persecution.]

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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Peter Thiel is getting a very cold reception outside his new mansion in the exclusive Barrio Parque neighborhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Argentinians are chanting: “Out, out, Peter out.”
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/08/2026
Dr. Vin Gupta, an actual health expert, just dismantled RFK Jr.’s entire health agenda piece by piece. Medicaid cuts. NIH trials canceled. Environmental protections gutted. "Lots of marketing, little substance" on food policy.
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Do Not Obey. We are Democracy. @zangerliberia.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
#trumpcorruptionCostsUs
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I’ve been in or around politics for over a half-century now. I’ve watched as corporations and the super-rich flooded D.C. with campaign cash and ransacked our system. It won't be easy, but here’s how we break the corporate oligarchy and return power to the people.
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The Big Picture: How We Got Into This Mess, And How We Get Out of It | Robert Reich
I’ve been in or around politics for over a half-century now. I’ve watched as corporations ransacked our system. In 1952,
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/08/2026
El-Sayed: "My commitment to Jewish safety is the same commitment that I have to the safety of my own daughters. Because if there is one question of political philosophy that ought to animate us all, it's what would we do if we treated all our kids like they were all of our kids?"
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
If That's What Mayor Mamdani Has Been Doing For NYC,Count Me In...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
HAYES: “For the 2nd time in less than a week ICE officers have shot and killed a motorist in the middle of the street. For the 2nd time in less than a week the man they shot dead was not their intended target.” #JoanSebastianGuerrero #LorenzoSalgadoAraujo
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Mark Silverman @marksilverman1.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
I'm attending Disappeared in America's event, “Justice4Lorenzo&Johan: Day of Action & Accountability Movement Call” - sign up now to join www.mobilize.us/disappearedi...
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Justice4Lorenzo&Johan: Day of Action & Accountability Movement Call · Disappeared in America
On Tuesday, July 7, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Houston, Texas. He was a dad driving a work van with his crew when he was gunned down. Then on Monday, July 13, ICE un...
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Rep. Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.house.gov · 23/06/2026
The reality is that Americans are getting sicker, not healthier, because of Trump and RFK’s disastrous “health” policies. They’re destroying vaccination programs nationwide and stripping billions of dollars from pandemic prevention. This should concern all Americans.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
🔥 Charlamagne on Josh Hokit attacking Michelle: “All you do when you bring the Obamas up is remind people what is currently missing from the White House. The Obamas set a standard for decency & class & poise & intelligence... Now that bar is in hell.”
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Three years ago tomorrow, I very nervously gave this speech. I knew my career as a TV journalist was dunzo, cooked, filleted, kaput the morning I wrote it. (Thanks to Kat insisting I go for it anyway.) The end is awfully prescient at this exact second, though. Big ups to Scott Pelley for fighting.
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Mark Silverman @marksilverman1.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Communities Not Cages Updates (Keep the Immigrants - deport the Nazis) act.indivisible.org/signup/commu...
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Mark Silverman @marksilverman1.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
AmeriKKKa is now run by Nazis throwing immigrants into concentration camps - who not only have broken no law, but were grabbed precisely for complying with immigration law - where they are fed inedible worm-ridden food and are sick and dying from lack of medical care. It's almost beyond belief.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
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Adam Rose @adamrose.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
A day after The Late Show ended, Colbert hosted an episode of public access program Only In Monroe, reviving his 11-year-old gag. How bad is CBS/Paramount taking it? They issued copyright complaints for a show they don't own. 🤣 CBS would hate it if you watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DlF...
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Paramount is apparently trying to suppress copies of "Only in Monroe" from appearing on other social platforms by filing frivolous copyright notices, even though the show was produced by a public access TV channel and doesn't use their intellectual property...
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Happened to us at The Mayday Network as well — this is insanity.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Here’s a thought — Maybe these people don’t deserve to be handsomely rewarded? (From NPR)
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 22/05/2026
Despite President Trump's seemingly unchecked power over the federal government and his own party, his national support is crumbling to record lows, a new Times/Siena poll suggests. On “The Daily,” we explain what the poll’s results mean for the midterms this fall.
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Trump’s National Support Is Cratering
The president’s low approval rating suggests the G.O.P. is facing a big midterm problem despite recent redistricting gains.
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consciumai.bsky.social @consciumai.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
1/8 Ask an LLM if it’s confident about something, and it replies 'yeah, definitely'. Then you explain that it’s wrong, and it glibly replies 'my bad.' This is not metacognition, says Megan Peters, but mimicry. www.prism-global.com/podcast/mega...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 20/05/2026
Shapiro: Somehow, he can’t find the money to pay for healthcare, but he can steal from you to pay off the criminals who stormed the Capitol.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 15/05/2026
I rarely say “major breaking” and rarely put out these video hits, but this is pretty major.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
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Mark Silverman @marksilverman1.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
I'm attending Indivisible's event, “Fund Communities Not Chaos Phone Bank” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
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Fund Communities Not Chaos Phone Bank · Indivisible
Indivisible Project and Bend The Arc are partnering to bring you a phone bank opportunity to reach voters on this critical issue. Republicans in Congress are trying to pour billions more taxpayer do...
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Mark Silverman @marksilverman1.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Reading the SCOTUS opinion in Louisiana v. Callais, it's hard not to be overcome by the absolute absurdity of the Court finding that Congressional legislation specifically designed to implement the 15th Amendment is -unless interpreted in their draconian way - in violation of the 14th Amendment.
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Mark Silverman @marksilverman1.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
I'm attending Bend the Arc: Jewish Action's event, “Jews Against ICE Phonebank: Not One More Dollar for ICE” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/bendthearc/e...
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Jews Against ICE Phonebank: Not One More Dollar for ICE · Bend the Arc: Jewish Action
Join us from wherever you are to call Jews who have critical Senators that need to hear our demand to stop funding ICE violence. Right now, Congress is considering funneling billions of dollars to ICE...
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Mark Silverman @marksilverman1.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
RIP VRA (Democracy, we hardly knew ye)
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
KIMMEL: “You know how sometimes you wake up and the First Lady demands you be fired? We’ve all been there, right? — I agree hateful, violent rhetoric is something we should reject… a great place to start to dial that back would be to talk to your husband.”
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 27/04/2026
German Chancellor Merz: It is quite obvious that the Americans have absolutely no coherent strategy whatsoever. There is a sense that a whole nation is being humiliated by the Iranian leadership, particularly the Revolutionary Guards.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
🔥SEN. @ossoff.senate.gov : “Ivanka’s husband Jared Kushner’s on the Saudi payroll for $2 BILLION— as he leads 🇺🇸 diplomacy + asks sheikhs for billions more… Never have we seen so little effort to hide so much corruption. The Mar-a-Lago mafia taking corruption to spectacular new heights.”
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
The American gestapo abducted an 85 year-old widow. Was she one of the worst of the worst? No, her step-son, a retired Alabama state trooper, got ICE to put her in a detention center to deport her because he wanted all of his father's inheritance. Sounds like the son is the worst of the worst.
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Mark Silverman @marksilverman1.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
In the Baltimore facility, people are sleeping on the floor, packed like sardines, sleeping in feces. In the Diley facility in Texas, the foods have worms and the water is putrid. I
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alexjungle.bsky.social @alexjungle.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
“We want to live in a free, European Democracy. After 16 years of sorrow, corruption and Russian influence. We have had enough” The organisers & singers at the massive Budapest concert told me why Orban has to go.
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
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Mark Silverman @marksilverman1.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
I'm attending Indivisible's event, “Movement Call: National Day of Action to Stop ICE Warehouse Detention” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
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Movement Call: National Day of Action to Stop ICE Warehouse Detention · Indivisible
The Trump administration is converting warehouses across the country into mass detention facilities — and communities are already fighting back. Join Indivisible, Detention Watch Network, Disappeared in America, and other partners on April 14th for a one-hour national training call where you will learn the tactics and strategies to host actions in defense of immigrants in your community. On April 25th , we’re coming together for the Communities Not Cages National Day of Action to show up in defense of immigrants through hosting non-violent and peaceful local actions. That day is our first step, and we're going to make sure you're ready. This call is for everyone, including if you live near an existing or proposed site. On this call, you will: -Hear directly from organizers at a frontline site fight about what they're planning. -Get an overview and resources so you can host a safe, effective event in your community. -Register your actions live on Mobilize, with step-by-step support. There's a role for everyone, whether you're in a community with a proposed warehouse facility or not. We'll make sure you leave with everything you need to take action on April 25th and beyond.
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Mark Silverman @marksilverman1.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
If only there was some indication from Trump's first term that he was not actually anti-war. [This from NYT, April 16 2019:] "President Trump vetoed a bipartisan resolution on Tuesday that would have forced an end to American military involvement in Saudi Arabia’s civil war in Yemen...
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
A huge win! The Senate voted unanimously early this morning to fund the Department of Homeland Security but without funding for ICE or Border Patrol deportation and enforcement operations.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
“We can’t last 34 more months of what we’ve seen in the last 14. We’re fucked if this guy serves out his term. He’s gonna trash everything once and for all.”
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
The United States is contemplating threatening to kill people with HIV in another country as leverage to get that country's minerals. We have become a sick nation, just as depraved and disgusting as its leader.
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Karen Sue Waters @karensuew.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Frankly, if this comes as any surprise then you really need to start paying attention.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Thought I would have gotten used to it by now, but I’m still grappling with the realization of just how stupid the men running this country are.
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Human Rights Campaign @hrc.org · 03/03/2026
GENDER-AFFIRMING CARE IS HEALTH CARE. Thank you to the NY Attorney General’s Office for affirming our community.
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N.Y. Attorney General Orders Hospital to Resume Youth Transgender Care
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Dee Chan @deechan17.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
The Declaration of Independence says that we not only have the right but we also have the duty to alter or abolish any government that does not secure our unalienable rights, including life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. www.learnliberty.org/blog/the-dec...
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The Declaration of Independence says we have the right to overthrow the government
The right to overthrow a government remains an important principle to uphold, as it serves as a check on government power. It is a reminder that governments ...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Marana/Tucson AZ fighting: "I’m proud of the fight our community has waged against this horrendous detention center... Hundreds have protested in Marana and they join with millions across the country." "We will continue to look for any way to shut it down." www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report...
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ICE pens deal to use Marana private prison as immigration detention center
Immigration and Customs Enforcement is moving forward with plans to reopen a privately run prison near Marana, Ariz., for use as a detention center for hundreds of people taken into federal immigratio...
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Global Abortion Rights News @globalabortionnews.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
“It’s a choice to ensure zero abortions." Since July, more than a dozen pregnant children have been moved to a single facility in the small town of San Benito, along the south Texas border. The children kept in Texas are as young as 13, and about half are pregnant because of rape.
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US moving pregnant immigrant girls to Texas to avoid providing abortions, critics say
Ex-official calls transfer of unaccompanied girls as young as 13, many pregnant due to rape, a human rights violation
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Alison the Resister @alisonwhite3.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
I hate it when he talks…
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/02/2026
Gallego: "They're going and racially profiling people and rounding up Americans until they can prove their citizenship. That money came from kicking millions and millions of Americans off Medicaid. It was the same bill. They cut Medicaid to expand ICE."
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Whoopsy… #TrumpEpsteinCoverUp
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@MissMyRubyDoo @fuckcancer56.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert: “A Settler Drive to Ethnically Cleanse Palestinians Is Underway in the West Bank. Israel's Security Apparatus Is Complicit.” www.haaretz.com/opinion/2026...
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Israel's security apparatus is complicit in the ethnic cleansing of West Bank Palestinians | Opinion
A Militia of Hundreds of Jews Is Operating in the West Bank With Direct and Indirect Backing From Israeli Government Officials, While Security Agencies Have Deliberately Chosen Not to Take Action Agai...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Remember back in the day when Congress used to be in charge of appropriations?
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