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James Queally @jqwritesstuff.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
SCOOP: Sources tell us several L.A. federal prosecutors resigned after Trump-appointed U.S. Atty. Bill Essayli offered a plea deal to an L.A. Sheriff's deputy who'd already been convicted in excessive force case. w/ @brittnymejia.bsky.social & @keribla.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...
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L.A. federal prosecutors resign over plea deal for convicted sheriff's deputy, sources say
Multiple federal prosecutors in Los Angeles submitted resignations after U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli offered a plea agreement to an L.A. County sheriff's deputy who had already been convicted of using ...
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
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Tuberculosis case reported at Miami federal jail
Officials confirmed Friday that an inmate at the Federal Detention Center in Miami has tested positive for tuberculosis.
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US Political Politics News 💙🌈🦋The Fighting Liberal @us-political-news.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Trump’s nominee to head customs and border protection could be implicated in alleged cover-up www.dailykos.com/story/2025/5/3/231…
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Trump’s nominee to head customs and border protection could be implicated in alleged cover-up
Rodney Scott led the U.S. Border Patrol sector in San Diego when officials killed immigrant Anastasio Hernández Rojas. By� Kate Morrissey �...
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 04/05/2025
there was a whole media boomlet around this time over “angry white men!”
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Yes, Trump’s budget is a massive transfer of wealth from the poor and middle class to the rich — cutting programs for the former while cutting taxes for the latter. A budget is a moral document. The moral of his: Greed. open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
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𝙽𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝙸𝚜 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝙸𝚝 @nashishereforit.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Not all heroes wear capes.
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 08/04/2025
DOGE Oversight Subcommittee held a hearing on reducing federal property. All they said was “fire sale” this, “fire sale” that. Meanwhile, they’re lighting all of this s**t on fire — while their incompetent leader wastes millions of taxpayer dollars golfing, all while steering us towards a recession.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 04/04/2025
No matter which state you live in, Trump’s dismantling of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau affects your ability to be protected from scams. We want to understand the fallout that comes with gutting the government’s consumer watchdog. Here’s how you can help us report: propub.li/43EycsC
Data visualization titled "Complaints to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Come From Across the Country." Below, a representation of a U.S. map, but each of the 50 states is represented as a single green square labeled with the state's abbreviation. A key to the top left shows a gradient that goes from white to light green to dark green, with white representing 5 complaints per 1,000 residents and dark green representing >50 complaints per 1,000 residents.
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NPR @npr.org · 03/04/2025
The announcement comes after lawmakers voiced concern about whether top national security officials discussed classified information on Signal about a military strike against Houthi rebels in Yemen.
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A Pentagon inspector general announces investigation into Hegseth's use of Signal
The announcement comes after lawmakers voiced concern about whether top national security officials discussed classified information on Signal about a military strike against Houthi rebels in Yemen.
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Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
At one of his frequent press conferences (because he loves being on TV), I'd love it if some reporter piped up with, "What do you say to people who call you a know-nothing narcissistic asshole, Mr. President?"
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Disco Barrington 🏳️‍⚧️ Author @discobooks.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
In the last 24 hours Erdogan, the ultra right wing President of Turkey, had the Mayor of Istanbul (his political rival) arrested, along with over 100 others for ‘provocative’ social posts, and the pro-Erdogan governor of Istanbul banned protests for 4 days www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Turkey arrests dozens for online posts after Erdogan rival held - BBC News
Some 37 people have been arrested for "provocative" social media posts, the interior ministry says.
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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
More of this, please. A LOT more of this, please.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
To put it in clearer terms…
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
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NPR @npr.org · 17/03/2025
While the VA never offered gender-affirming surgery, it did offer treatments like hormone therapy. The agency says less than than 0.1% of the 9 million veterans it provides care for identify as trans.
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The VA will deny gender dysphoria treatment to new patients
While the VA never offered gender-affirming surgery, it did offer treatments like hormone therapy. The agency says less than than 0.1% of the 9 million veterans it provides care for identify as trans.
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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
BREAKING: DOGE has broken into the United States Institute of Peace, the Trump Administration works to remove Judge Boasberg from overseeing the deportation case, and the National Archives refutes Trump. Subscribe for more and to support! open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
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BREAKING: DOGE Breaks into United States Institute of Peace
DOGE has broken into the United States Institute of Peace, the Trump Administration works to remove Judge Boasberg from overseeing the deportation case, and the National Archives refutes Trump.
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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
NEWS: Donald Trump shares article telling Americans to "shut up about egg prices," Republicans unveil a budget that will cut police grants and health care benefits, and more trouble with cabinet secretaries. Check out my evening rundown: open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
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Donald Trump Shares Article Telling Americans To "Shut Up About Egg Prices"
Donald Trump shares article telling Americans to "shut up about egg prices," Republicans unveil a budget that will cut police grants and health care benefits, and more trouble with cabinet secretaries
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Missy Hubbard @missy-ubermom.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
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Xiran Jay Zhao @xiranjayzhao.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Women's Day has been so heavily co-opted by bourgeois feminism but let's never forget that it originated from the labor movement under the organization of socialists like Theresa Malkiel and Clara Zetkin. It was always meant to be the International WORKING Women's Day.
Photo of Theresa MalkielPhoto of Clara Zetkin
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NPR @npr.org · 08/03/2025
Over the past five years, Washington, D.C.'s iconic Black Lives Matter street painting has served as a powerful symbol of activism and a gathering place for joy and resistance.
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D.C.'s Black Lives Matter mural will be erased. Look back at the iconic street painting
Over the past five years, Washington, D.C.'s iconic Black Lives Matter street painting has served as a powerful symbol of activism and a gathering place for joy and resistance.
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cami65.bsky.social @cami65.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
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FloofMcGoof @floofmcgoof.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Senator Chris Murphy took to the Senate floor on Friday to break down the corruption flowing from the WH. He connects the dots, and makes a clear argument regarding who what where and why Shitler and Muskrat are destroying our govt!! This needs to be shared far and wide!! youtu.be/hycoCYenXls
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Murphy: Six Weeks In, This White House Is On Its Way To Being The Most Corrupt In U.S. History
YouTube video by Senator Chris Murphy
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 08/03/2025
Women don’t wait for change, we make it. We’ve broken barriers, made history, and fought for justice every step of the way. Today, we honor the women who came before us and keep pushing for those who will come after. The fight isn’t over. Let’s get to work.
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John Cusack @johncusack.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
That is exactly true.
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Technology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
It would be helpful if more people understood renewable energy is actually an extremely disruptive technology and the reason monied interests are trying to make folks hate it is that they are the ones which will be disrupted.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 24/02/2025
The anti-abortion movement is splintering
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The anti-abortion movement is splintering
Is the faction that wants the death penalty for women who terminate pregnancies winning?
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NPR @npr.org · 24/02/2025
The Grammy Award-winning artist and educator had shared an ALS diagnosis in 2022. She was best known for ballads such as "Killing Me Softly With His Song" and "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face."
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Roberta Flack, singer of 'Killing Me Softly,' has died at age 88
The Grammy Award-winning artist and educator had shared an ALS diagnosis in 2022. She was best known for ballads such as "Killing Me Softly With His Song" and "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face."
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
SCOOP: On his second day as HHS secretary, RFK Jr., the onetime environmentalist, killed climate change programs at NIH that research and prepare for the health effects of extreme weather and a warming planet. This is not going to make Americans healthy. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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RFK Jr., one-time environmentalist, kills NIH climate change programs
He pulled HHS support from projects that aim to protect Americans' health.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
If you were wondering if there is a word to describe how the United States is currently being governed, why, yes, there is: kakistocracy!
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
DOGE recommended firing workers at: -FDA, which oversees Neuralink -FAA, which oversees SpaceX -USAID, which probed Starlink -CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X. "Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
WATCH: “ @aoc.bsky.social is 6th from the bottom in net worth in Congress, and hasn’t traded a single stock since being in Congress.” PSA: Anyone who won’t back a ban on congressional stock trading is unworthy of your vote, regardless of party. Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGHs8gg...
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Scott Galloway @profgalloway.com · 16/02/2025
A point to consider.
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
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New bird flu strain emerges as cases climb in Washington
New cases emerge amidst egg shortages and gaps in government disease surveillance.
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Tim Murphy @timothypmurphy.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Dove into Musk's vast vast foreign entanglements, with operations in more than 100 countries, heads of state lining up to meet with him, and a long trail of regulatory battles. And lots and lots of $$: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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US Political Politics News 💙🌈🦋The Fighting Liberal @us-political-news.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Trump legalizes bribery... Trump to pause enforcement of law banning bribery of foreign officials...
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Trump to pause enforcement of law banning bribery of foreign officials
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act became law in 1977. In 2024, the Department of Justice announced 24 cases related to the anti-bribery statute.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 10/02/2025
one of the things that drive me crazy about the defense of impoundment is that it is in such obvious bad faith. like, of course congressional appropriations are directives! why would congress have oversight powers if the constitutional expectation was that appropriations were advisory?
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JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
This is a good way of putting it. Democracy requires bureaucracy and fixed rules; since collective decisions can be made only occasionally, the system has to be on autopilot most of the time. A system based on personal hierarchy and domination can rely more on command and less on administration.
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Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
The impeccable @oliverdarcy.bsky.social is up with a mind-blowing scoop. When the NYT, NPR, NBC and Politico told the Pentagon losing their work spaces put them at a competitive disadvantage, these Trump Shitheels said OK, we'll ALSO throw out WaPo, CNN, The Hill, and The War Zone
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Oni Blackstock, MD MHS @oniblackstock.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Under fascism, no one is safe. Universities stayed quiet as the admin targeted DEI & foreign aid, censored research, etc. Now, they face devastating cuts to indirect cost rates, threatening research & operations. Silence won’t protect institutions. It won’t protect people; it never does.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
And watch the Trade Uncertainty Index shoot near 20-year highs. Legal chaos generally NOT a driver of domestic business investment.
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AltYellostoneNatPar @altyellonatpark.org · 08/02/2025
It would be ideal if the national guard stepped up and arrested the DC capitol security police. Speak to your friends, neighbors, relatives who are in the guard and encourage them to speak to their respective units. If they're going to rip up the constitution, it's time for action.
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US Political Politics News 💙🌈🦋The Fighting Liberal @us-political-news.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Corruption... Trump's nominee as Air Force Secretary, currently a top official at the national spy satellite agency, arranged a multibillion-dollar contract solicitation in a way that favored Elon Musk's SpaceX, according to seven people familiar with the contract. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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Exclusive: Trump Air Force nominee arranged satellite contract in manner that favored Musk's SpaceX, sources say
President Donald Trump's nominee as Air Force Secretary, currently a top official at the national spy satellite agency, arranged a multibillion-dollar contract solicitation in a way that favored Elon Musk's SpaceX, according to seven people familiar with the contract.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
WATCH: @timmiller.bsky.social says Dems actually should “take the bait” and go after Trump on the absurd things he says, because that’s the stuff people they have trouble reaching actually pay attention to. Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DF0cUV_...
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/02/2025
this stuff makes perfect sense when you understand that these people have a slaveholder’s ideology and believe that liberty means the freedom to dominate others
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God @thegodshow.com · 07/02/2025
Bless this hero!
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FBI Agent’s Anonymous Letter Is A Spontaneous Act of Rebellion
One by one, the rebellion grows.
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Rivera Sun @riverasun.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Flood this! DOGE wants to hire people. I suggest you overload their system with fake applications. (This is how striking Kelloggs workers crashed a scab website, btw.) join.doge.gov I imagine Franco, Hitler & Disney supervillains would make good applicants. Spread the word. @altnps.bsky.social
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Mother Moth @thehippieviking.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
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