Reposted by @mawturri.bsky.socialLaura Grace Weldon @lauragraceweldon.bsky.social · 02/05/2026 174114363300
Reposted by @mawturri.bsky.socialSaganism @sagan.bsky.social · 02/05/2026“I don’t think the robots are taking over. I think the men who play with toys have taken over. And if we don't take the toys out of their hands, we're fools.” — Ray Bradbury 427186
Reposted by @mawturri.bsky.socialHillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 30/04/2026In the 24 hours since the Supreme Court's majority ruled to demolish the Voting Rights Act's remaining protections, Louisiana and Tennessee have already signaled that they'll redraw their congressional maps with the clear effect of shutting Black voters out. 649105284392
Reposted by @mawturri.bsky.socialCitizen X @mayoubhappy.bsky.social · 29/04/2026This👇🏽 deserves to be posted 100 times but I’d be labeled spam. 3462852510862
Reposted by @mawturri.bsky.socialIda Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 29/04/2026The Voting Rights Act is essentially dead and it’s quite possible that we will, like when a similar SCOTUS gutted civil rights at the fall of Reconstruction, see a disappearance of much of the Black congressional representation, especially in the most heavily Black states, which are in the South. 340122955045
Reposted by @mawturri.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 29/04/2026The 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. 232136493784
Reposted by @mawturri.bsky.socialChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 27/04/2026Over 50% of American adults can't read above a 6th grade reading level, and this is an absolutely catastrophic civil rights crisis with implications for every facet of individual and collective life, including processing political statements by politicians, doctors, and so on 5744411220
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Reposted by @mawturri.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/04/2026Mark Carney: "Many of our former strengths, built on our close ties to the US, have become weaknesses. The US has changed. That's their right. And we're responding ... we're deepening our partnerships with our closest allies, including the EU, the Nordic countries, and Australia." 530127243381
Reposted by @mawturri.bsky.socialderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 26/04/2026every few months, americans are asked to resume their banquet and pretend a shooting didn't just happen 254188742731
Reposted by @mawturri.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23/04/2026it is important to emphasize that this was *the point*. this was *intentional*. elon musk is a vicious white supremacist who thinks poor african children ought to die, so that the world can be whiter 10181432745
Reposted by @mawturri.bsky.socialBarack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 13/04/2026The victory of the opposition in Hungary yesterday, like the Polish election in 2023, is a victory for democracy, not just in Europe but around the world. 657532379339
Reposted by @mawturri.bsky.socialMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 11/04/2026men can’t understand what it’s like for women to see story after story after story of women being victims of sexual violence in a culture where it’s routine; what it’s like to live in a world that is fundamentally hostile to our existence. it’s a wonder we leave the fucking house, let alone thrive. 212111191951
Reposted by @mawturri.bsky.socialKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 11/04/2026A powerful man sexually pursuing a young woman who works for him is oppressive. It immediately limits and reshapes her future to her detriment, whether she is physically forced into it or not. It’s coercion either way, and that is why it’s so wrong. It’s an abuse of power. 132101381806
Reposted by @mawturri.bsky.socialDenny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 10/04/2026probably nothing 4717
Reposted by @mawturri.bsky.socialChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 09/04/2026BREAKING: Fifth Circuit will not review the 2-1 decision OKing the Trump administration's mandatory detention policy with an en banc rehearing by the full court. No judge sought a vote, and no one wrote. The means only SCOTUS review is possible. Order: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 6261104
Reposted by @mawturri.bsky.socialJennifer N. Victor @jenvictor.bsky.social · 04/04/2026Not the main point here, but I do not ever recall a federal agency making significant programmatic and personnel changes as a result of the PRESIDENT'S BUDGET PROPOSAL, which does not change any law or funding allocations. Congress hasn't acted yet. What are we doing here? 452040582
Reposted by @mawturri.bsky.socialKashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 07/04/2026Armageddon is terrible, but our only other option was diversity trainings at work. 1824324310796
Reposted by @mawturri.bsky.socialKamala Harris @kamalaharris.com · 07/04/2026The President of the United States is threatening to commit war crimes and wipe out a "whole civilization" — all because he started a disastrous war of his own making and had no plan and no strategy for how to end it. This is abhorrent, and the American people do not support this. 21714683011453
Reposted by @mawturri.bsky.socialMike Tanier @miketanier.bsky.social · 07/04/2026"If he should send an army against the Persians, he would destroy a great empire." -- Oracle of Delphi to King Croesus, 6th century BC. 1404
Reposted by @mawturri.bsky.socialJamal Greene @jamalgreene.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Obviously not a substitute for Congress doing its job, but now would be a good time for Clinton, W, Obama, and Biden to say something jointly. 1552880544
Reposted by @mawturri.bsky.socialJohn Holland @johnholland.bsky.social · 07/04/2026I wish science could explain what’s happening. 35660201805
Reposted by @mawturri.bsky.socialChad Loder @chadloder.dev · 07/04/2026Mamdani is not just filling the potholes with the crew. He's creating a visual and personal reminder of the dignity inherent in all of these anonymous government jobs. 178157032843
Reposted by @mawturri.bsky.socialElizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 05/04/2026Jeff Bezos has $222 billion. If he paid my wealth tax this year, we could fund insulin in America for everyone who needs it plus free school lunch for every kid in Texas—and have plenty of money left over. And Bezos would still have $215 billion dollars to spare. 761195015684
Reposted by @mawturri.bsky.socialThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 06/04/2026A U.S. Army staff sergeant and his wife arrived at his base in Louisiana last week, expecting to begin their life together as newlyweds. The couple checked in at the visitor center, ready to complete the steps for her to move into his home on the base. Within hours, ICE agents detained her.nyti.msICE Agents Detain Newlywed Spouse of Soldier Training to DeployThe 22-year-old wife of an Army staff sergeant came to the U.S. as a toddler. She was taken from a military base where the couple planned to live. 43241118
Reposted by @mawturri.bsky.socialphilsmithcross.bsky.social @philsmithcross.bsky.social · 04/04/2026 326131314440
Reposted by @mawturri.bsky.socialAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 04/04/2026Seems to me if you think you have divine sanction for your warmongering when it goes badly you have to consider the opposite proposition but they never seem to! 1446745982
Reposted by @mawturri.bsky.socialJoGo @mywitsend.bsky.social · 04/04/2026Last year Kanye West took out a Super Bowl ad to sell swastika t-shirts. This weekend he sold out two shows at SoFi Stadium. To all of those in attendance—what the fuck is wrong you. That’s a rhetorical question. 391149872594
Reposted by @mawturri.bsky.socialTheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 05/04/2026A different perspective. Always helpful. 190193434260
Reposted by @mawturri.bsky.socialJosh Shepperd @joshshepperd.bsky.social · 01/04/2026What if we just went back to reading a bunch of books and thinking about them together, and that was the class? With syllabi no longer than three pages. 741528161
Reposted by @mawturri.bsky.socialOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 03/04/2026you may not like it but this is what peak performance looks like 412798360
Reposted by @mawturri.bsky.socialJacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 03/04/2026It turns out that breaching the wall between church and state means that some branches of Christianity are officially elevated over others. Who could have known? When in the last 500 years could such a lesson possibly have been learned? 431134279
Reposted by @mawturri.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Why do we live in such a childish, stupid country? A country that wastes its money on useless billion dollar aircraft carriers, when it could be spending those tax dollars to actually help its citizens like sane countries. 1375292367754
Reposted by @mawturri.bsky.socialUnited Humanists @unitedhumanists.bsky.social · 02/04/2026This 💯 107136203761
Reposted by @mawturri.bsky.socialLeah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 02/04/2026may this define her for the rest of her life. she was willing to stoop this low and still got fired. girl, bye. 1397375959114
Reposted by @mawturri.bsky.socialDavid M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Reminder to next dem government: take all of SpaceX’s federal contracts and give the money back to NASA. 7881471855
Reposted by @mawturri.bsky.socialAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 30/03/2026I genuinely think the president and many of his advisers, scammers, hustlers, and keyboard gangsters, don’t understand this concept at all and you can see it in the pattern of their mistakes from Minneapolis to Tehran www.nytimes.com/2026/03/29/o... 16466791332
Reposted by @mawturri.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/03/2026Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is on Fox & Friends riffing about war strategy, because nobody in the Trump administration has real job duties beyond going on TV and fluffing the leader 29253611143
Reposted by @mawturri.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 30/03/2026the reason hegseth lobbied trump to pardon war criminals in his first term and why he has done everything possible to make war crimes more likely is that hegseth believes war crimes to be Objectively Good. war to him, in fact, consists of committing indiscriminate war crimes. 1203906888
Reposted by @mawturri.bsky.socialPete Volk @petevolk.bsky.social · 28/03/2026another banner day for "if you didn't know sports were real, ESPN headlines would be crazy" 4667261645
Reposted by @mawturri.bsky.socialDr. Dawn Wright @deepseadawn.bsky.social · 27/03/2026The people of Minneapolis have been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize www.thenation.com/article/acti...thenation.com“The Nation” Nominates Minneapolis for the Nobel Peace PrizeWith their resistance to violent authoritarianism, the people of Minneapolis have renewed the spirit of Dr. King’s call for “the positive affirmation of peace.” 284738930
Reposted by @mawturri.bsky.socialThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 28/03/2026Breaking News: An Iranian attack on a U.S. base in Saudi Arabia injured 12 American troops, two of them seriously, officials said.nyti.msIranian Strike on U.S. Base in Saudi Arabia Injures 12 American Troops, Officials SayThe combined missile and drone attack amounted to one of the most serious breaches of American air defenses in the course of the monthlong war with Iran. 2413761
Reposted by @mawturri.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 27/03/2026from 1868 to 2025 there was little dispute about what the birthright clause meant and the idea that the past year has been some great scholarly debate is absurd. a handful of partisans and hacks have churned out junk so that the president can get what he wants. that’s it.legaltheoryblog.comStay Updated with Our Latest Posts and ArticlesDiscover the latest insights and news with our recent posts. Stay informed and explore trending topics on our blog! 8653341295
Reposted by @mawturri.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/03/2026SCHLAPP: Who wants to see impeachment hearings? CPAC CROWD: *cheers* SCHLAPP: No. That was the wrong answer. 2274268146267
Reposted by @mawturri.bsky.socialBob Mann @robertmannbooks.com · 27/03/2026Gutter racism. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/u... 3439461387
Reposted by @mawturri.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 27/03/2026i said last year that these people were segregationists and that “merit” just meant “white and male” to these people 219127623745
