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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 07/04/2025
This is our chapter of the Civil Rights Movement. #HandsOff
Rep. Ayanna Pressley addresses a crowd of tens of thousands at the Hands Off Rally in Boston
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Governor Josh Stein @ncgovernor.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Too many of North Carolina’s public schools are overcrowded or just old – there's more than $13 billion in pent up construction and repair needs. My budget recommends putting a $4 billion school bond on the ballot for the voters to decide.
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NPR @npr.org · 07/04/2025
When we worry about the declining rates of literacy and a lack of reading skills, it's often about children. But how often are adults reading these days? And what are we reading? A new NPR/Ipsos poll finds out.
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Most Americans want to read more books. We just don't.
When we worry about the declining rates of literacy and a lack of reading skills, it's often about children. But how often are adults reading these days? And what are we reading? A new NPR/Ipsos poll ...
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Franchesca Ramsey @chescaleigh.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
here’s a curse word free version of “look it up” as requested by countless teachers and librarians 🥰😘
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STAT @statnews.com · 06/04/2025
#Breaking: ‘Most effective way’ to prevent measles is vaccination, RFK Jr. says, in most direct remarks yet www.statnews.com/2025/04/06/r...
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'Most effective way' to prevent measles is vaccination, RFK Jr. says, in most direct remarks yet
Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Sunday that "the most effective way to prevent the spread of measles is the MMR vaccine,” his most direct statement yet on the issue.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 07/04/2025
Elon Musk’s DOGE cronies want an AI bot to replace the federal workers who advise students and families on how to pay for college. Relying on AI for major financial decisions is annoying at best and reckless at worst. Either way, it’ll cost Americans.
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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 07/04/2025
Last week, Sen. Bobby Joe Champion introduced a bill giving $1 million to Rev. Jerry McAfee's non-profit. After the Reformer reported that McAfee was Champion's former legal client, that funding appears to have been yanked from the current budget bill. minnesotareformer.com/2025/04/07/f...
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Funding for Champion's former legal client not included in jobs omnibus • Minnesota Reformer
Funding for a nonprofit run by controversial north Minneapolis pastor Jerry McAfee was cut from the latest version of a Senate budget bill after Reformer reporting showed McAfee had been a legal clien...
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
We are living through the consequences of having an uninformed and ill-informed citizenry. Our founding fathers warned us about this danger.
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Governor Josh Stein @ncgovernor.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
TODAY is the deadline to apply for FEMA assistance in NC - if you still need Individual Assistance or for local and county governments and nonprofits affected by Helene, please make sure you apply.
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Elizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Quick recap for Donald Trump, who was very busy on the golf course this weekend: the entire economy is on the brink of disaster as we’re in the middle of the dumbest trade war in American history. But there is a way out of this madness:
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Unsurprisingly given the conditions their client remains in, Abrego Garcia’s lawyers filed their opposition moments after Roberts stayed the order that would have returned him to the US www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Last night I wrote about Abrego Garcia’s case. Today, SCOTUS confirmed it’s true. Even though their stay is just temporary, he remains in cruel & unusual conditions in a foreign prison with no recourse. It could happen to any of us. joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
he did this just *after* going to the funeral of an 8 year old girl. he walks away from where the hearse is idling and immediately starts hyping this stuff again. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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NPR @npr.org · 06/04/2025
Israeli strikes on Gaza killed at least 32 people, including over a dozen women and children, local health officials said Sunday, as Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu headed to meet President Trump.
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Israeli strikes on Gaza kill at least 32, mostly women and children
Israeli strikes on Gaza killed at least 32 people, including over a dozen women and children, local health officials said Sunday, as Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu headed to meet President Trump.
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Ben Stiller @benstiller.redhour.com · 05/04/2025
#HANDSOFF #NYC
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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Goal achieved: An unusual number of people in an unusual number of places. 1,300 globally. There were probably more than 10,000 speakers alone at rallies today. Baffling to think about this scale!
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Half an hour before scheduled start hundreds of people gathered on Colorado Blvd in Pasadena, eight wheee the Rose Parade goes every year. Crowd trends older.
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Kurt Andersen @kurtandersen.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
A series of a couple dozen signs at the protest march down 5th Avenue in New York City this afternoon.
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Wow Chicago! #HandsOff #FiftyFiftyOne (🎥 Marco Foster)
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Rebecca Traister @rtraister.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Augusta, Maine
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Mor Naaman @informor.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
I have never seen anything like this in NYC. 5th Ave covered from 42nd St well to the 20s. Nobody prepared for this volume. Volunteers are holding the traffic on all the side streets. No police in sight. #handsoff
Full of people down 5th avenue, view from 39th Street.
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Zelie @pinkparadise.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
So proud of Trump stronghold Knoxville, TN for a massive turnout that stretches at least six city blocks! cc @hcrichardson.bsky.social @gtconway.bsky.social @mollyjongfast.bsky.social
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
The Illinois State Capitol, Springfield, Illinois #3E #Handsoff #FiftyFiftyOne 📷 @merryanne1234.bsky.social
A large group of protesters gather outside a historic building, holding signs and flags, advocating for justice and liberty on a cloudy day.
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Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 05/04/2025
Former Maryland governor and Social Security chief Martin O’Malley fired up "Hands Off" protesters at SSA's headquarters in Baltimore County today. O'Malley railed against President Donald Trump & "co-president" Elon Musk over cuts to the agency. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-pow...
Former Maryland governor and Social Security chief Martin O'Malley speaks passionately into a microphone while standing above a crowd at a rally. He gestures with his left hand, pointing outward. Behind him, protesters hold signs that include messages like “HANDS OFF SOCIAL SECURITY” and “Even the Introverts Are Here.”A woman in a wheelchair smiles while holding hands with a woman standing beside her at a protest. Behind them, others hold signs that include “HANDS OFF MY SOCIAL SECURITY & MEDICARE.” A cardboard sign in front reads “HANDS OFF MY SSI!”A masked protester wearing sunglasses and a baseball cap holds two yellow signs with black handprints. One reads “MY $,” the other reads “HANDS OFF.” Other demonstrators and protest signs are visible in the background.A protester with their back to the camera holds up a handwritten sign that says “SEND MUSK TO MARS NOW!” amid a crowd. Other signs in the crowd include “HE MUST GO” and “HANDS OFF,” with an American flag also visible.
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Stand Up America @standupamerica.com · 05/04/2025
Hundreds of thousands of Americans around the country are showing up for democracy today and standing against Trump and Musk’s reckless agenda!
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Seattle protests.
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stcaF Tenet Facts @tenet-facts.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Providence, RI
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Ben Wikler @benwikler.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
#HandsOff in New Richmond, WI (pop. 10,700)
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Ali Adair @aliadair22.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
🪧 #HandsOff protest in Tallahassee, #Florida “Remember when a protest fit on one sign?” “Where do I even f*cking start” “Elon is a shitty president” “Dictatorship bad 2025”
#HandsOff protest in Tallahassee, Florida.#HandsOff protest in Tallahassee, Florida.
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Midlands LikeMinded @midlandslikeminded.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Columbia SC Showing UP #scpol
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Rather Be Napping 💙🇺🇦 @lindajblue.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Pittsboro, North Carolina
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NPR @npr.org · 05/04/2025
Palestinian medical officials say they obtained video footage that refutes Israel's claims about the killing of 15 rescue and aid workers in the southern Gaza Strip last month. By @danielestrin.bsky.social and @alexleff.bsky.social
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Palestinian medics say a video of Gaza rescue crews under fire refutes Israeli claims
Palestinian medical officials say they obtained video footage that refutes Israel's claims about the killing of 15 rescue and aid workers in the southern Gaza Strip last month.
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Dr. Cara Berg Powers @clbergpowers.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Reminder that Dr. King did not say "I may not get there with you" because he was psychic, but because they'd been trying to kill him for years. Because they'd already taken down so many. Remember this when those with power use their fear as excuse for inaction or, worse, collaboration.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 05/04/2025
The Trump administration is asking an appeals court to suspend a judge's order for the government to broker the return of a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported from the U.S. and is now in an El Salvador prison.
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Trump administration argues judge can't order return of man mistakenly deported to El Salvador
The Trump administration is asking an appeals court to suspend a judge's order for the government to broker the return of a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported from the U.S. to an El Salvador prison.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 05/04/2025
When President Trump fired the head of the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command on Thursday, it was the latest in a series of moves that have torn away at the country’s cyberdefenses just as they are confronting the most sophisticated and sustained attacks in the nation’s history.
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Trump’s National Security Firings Come as He Weakens U.S. Cyberdefenses
The firing of the head of the National Security Agency was only the latest move that has eroded the country’s fortifications against cyberattacks, especially those targeting elections.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 05/04/2025
Creating and sharing deceptive media made with artificial intelligence is now a crime in New Jersey.
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Creating and sharing deceptive AI-generated media is now a crime in New Jersey
Creating and sharing deceptive media made with artificial intelligence is now a crime in New Jersey and open to lawsuits under a new state law. Democratic Gov.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 05/04/2025
Former president Barack Obama called on universities and law firms to stand up to intimidation from President Donald Trump’s administration and urged Americans to prepare to “possibly sacrifice” in support of democratic values.
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Obama calls on citizens, colleges and law firms to resist Trump agenda
In a campus speech, the former president said universities should be prepared to lose federal funds to defend academic freedom, rather than be “intimidated.”
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
If the U.S. military is given direct orders to seize Greenland—pull down another nation’s flag, and then claim the ground in the name of the United States—every senior commander has a moral obligation to refuse to accept or support such a command. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Trump’s Greenland Ambitions Are No Joke
The Danes seem to believe him, and so should Americans.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Dictators of all stripes hate solidarity. They’d prefer that we cower alone. They want us to feel powerless. This is why I encourage you to participate in the peaceful demonstrations planned for today across America. robertreich.substack.com/p/april-5-…
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
If the courts lose jurisdiction because the government puts the prisoner in a black hole then there is no law.
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🖤💋SammieSam💋🖤 @sammiestsam.sheshed.rocks · 04/04/2025
🚨🚨NORTH CAROLINA🚨🚨 It's very important that you look at this list and see if you are on it. They Jefferson Griffin is trying to steal your vote. Don't let him. #SheShed #MomSky #Voices4Victory
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Alexander S. Vindman @avindman.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Anti-Trump protesters in Fort Lauderdale chanting U.S.A.
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Faith Paige @faithdenise.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
@maddow.msnbc.com This is what democracy looks like HENDERSON COUNTY NC
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Faith Paige @faithdenise.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
@maddow.msnbc.com #Henderson NC
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Lisa @lisamancini.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
@maddow.msnbc.com thanks for keeping us so informed! Here is my son (Green Day fan, Trump hater) and I heading to #handsoff protest in MA.
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Joann Zaharakos @joannz.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
@maddow.msnbc.com today’s protest in Mt. Kisco, NY
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Erik Uebelacker @uebey.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
NEW: The Trump Admin has been "covertly" withholding FEMA funds from Democratic states, seemingly as retaliation for sanctuary laws, a judge ruled. Hawaii is missing $6 million for widlfire aid. Oregon is waiting on $129 million for disaster prevention.
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Trump slammed for ‘covertly’ withholding FEMA funds from blue states
The Trump administration had claimed FEMA was just launching a new manual review process for allocations — a process the states showed is covertly based on Trump's funding freeze.
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