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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 19/06/2025

Netanyahu was wrong in 2002. He Is wrong now.

In 2002, in testimony to Congress urging the United States to go to war in Iraq, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu stated: “There is no question whatsoever that Saddam is seeking… nuclear weapons…. If you take out Saddam’s regime, I guarantee you that it will have enormous positive reverberations.”

Netanyahu was wrong. Very wrong. The war in Iraq resulted in 4,492 U.S. military deaths, over 32,000 wounded, and a cost of roughly three trillion dollars. Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis also died as a result of that tragic war. Netanyahu was wrong regarding the war in Iraq. He is wrong now. We must not get involved in Netanyahu’s war against Iran.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 09/06/2025

@timmiller.bsky.social: "You have to notice that the ICE raids are not happening at Donald Trump's golf courses or in deep red parts of the country. These raids are happening in a lot of blue cities...That shows just how much they want this fight in the White House."

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Ric Caric @riccaric.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

www.newsweek.com/donald-trump... On Monday, Rep. Shri Thanadar introduced impeachment articles against Trump and House Dems responded with their usual lack of imagination and did nothing. The whole caucus should have been cheered Thanadar when he filed his bill and then supporting him in the media.

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Donald Trump calls for Democrats to be removed over impeachment moves

An attempt to impeach Trump for a third time was launched on Monday by a House Democrat.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Let’s spend funds on infrastructure that actually keeps us moving forward.

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Dorothee V. Plessis @dorotheevplessis.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

I will never forgive them. Never forget.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Trump abruptly fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden on Thursday as the White House continues to purge the federal government of those perceived to oppose the president and his agenda. Hayden was the first woman and the first African American to be librarian of Congress.

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President Trump fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden

President Donald Trump abruptly fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden on Thursday as the White House continues to purge the federal government of those perceived to oppose the president and his age...

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NPR @npr.org · 08/05/2025

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has laid off thousands of workers since January. Current and former CDC staff are grappling with uncertainty about both their futures and public health.

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Former CDC staff warn of "a five alarm fire"

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has laid off thousands of workers since January. Current and former CDC staff are grappling with uncertainty about both their futures and public health.

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mpenirian.bsky.social @mpenirian.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

THEY ALL ABUSE THE LAW! You need to bring Marco Rubio to testify ! Now he’s going to send Americans to Libya? 🤬

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

What can we do about $90 million jets continuing to fall off carriers into the Red Sea? When are going to get around to that stuff?

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

“They’re only arresting them because of our color. Because we’re Hispanics. My mom isn’t a criminal. She takes care of her grandkids & serves a church.” ICE says her mom is in Louisiana. @tnimmigrant.bsky.social presser on the @TNHighwayPatrol ICE NASHVILLE raids: www.facebook.com/share/v/18D7...

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

In New York, ICE detained a busload of farmworkers that were actively involved in a union drive. In Washington state, ICE dragged a farmworkers’ rights activist and leader out of his car to detain him. Be warned: attacking unions is a hallmark of fascism.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

I feel bad for their son but not them.

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Ephire @ephire.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

It’s time to clear your calendars for a National Day of Action on April 19! Polish up those pots and pans & bring out instruments. All hands on deck! If you don’t see a protest happening in your area make one. Share far and wide. Let’s do this. #indivisible #fiftyfiftyone #moveon #3E #USProtests

A flyer for the April 19, 50 states protests. It shows the Statue of Liberty with a mask on. It also reads “Join the 3E Movement” and calls for an end to impunity, autogenocide, and oligarchy. For more information on 3E, it is recommended to consult the writings of Heather Marsh. The font is red and black. It is set against a white backdrop.

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Musk’s DOGE involved in what appears to be a foreign espionage operation and data theft. They also have death threatened US federal whistleblowers and disabled security systems, deliberately allowing Russian IPs to access sensitive US federal government systems. www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...

A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data

The IT team met to discuss insider threats - namely, the DOGE engineers, whose activities it had little insight into or control over. "We had no idea what they did," he explained. Those conversations are reflected in his official disclosure.
They eventually launched a formal breach investigation, according to the disclosure, and prepared a request for assistance from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). However, those efforts were disrupted without an explanation, Berulis said. That was deeply troubling to Berulis, who felt he needed help to try to get to the bottom of what happened and determine what new vulnerabilities might be exploited as a result.
In the days after Berulis and his colleagues prepared a request for CISAs help investigating the breach, Berulis found a printed letter in an envelope taped to his door, which included threatening language, sensitive personal information and overhead pictures of him walking his dog, according to the cover letter attached to his official disclosure. It's unclear who sent it, but the letter made specific reference to his decision to report the breach. Law enforcement is investigating the letter.

While investigating the data taken from the agency, Berulis tried to determine its ultimate destination. But whoever had exfiltrated it had disguised its destination too, according to the disclosure.
DOGE staffers had permission to access the system, but removing data is another matter.
Berulis says someone appeared to be doing something called DNS tunneling to prevent the data exfiltration from being detected. He came to that conclusion, outlined in his disclosure, after he saw a traffic spike in DNS requests parallel to the data being exfiltrated, a spike 1,000 times the normal number of requests.
When someone uses this kind of technique, they set up a domain name that pings the target system with questions or queries. But they configure the compromised server so that it answers those DNS queries by sending out packets of data, allowing the attacker to steal information that has been broken down into smaller chunks.
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U.S. government systems," said one threat intelligence researcher who requested anonymity because they weren't authorized to speak publicly by their employer.
That analyst, who has extensive experience hunting nation-state-sponsored hackers, reviewed the whistleblower's technical claims.

Within minutes after DOGE accessed the NLRB's systems, someone with an IP address in Russia started trying to log in, according to Berulis' disclosure. The attempts were "near real-time," according to the disclosure. Those attempts were blocked, but they were especially alarming. Whoever was attempting to log in was using one of the newly created DOGE accounts - and the person had the correct username and password, according to Berulis. While it's possible the user was disguising their location, it's highly unlikely they'd appear to be coming from Russia if they wanted to avoid suspicion, cybersecurity experts interviewed by NPR explained.
On their own, a few failed login attempts from a Russian IP address aren't a smoking gun, those cybersecurity experts interviewed by NPR said. But given the overall picture of activity, it's a concerning sign that foreign adversaries may already be searching for ways into government systems that DOGE engineers may have left exposed.
"When you move fast and break stuff, the opportunity to ride the coattails of authorized access is ridiculously easy to achieve," said Handorf. What he means is that if DOGE engineers left access points to the network open, it would be very easy for spies or criminals to break in and steal data behind DOGE.
He said he could also see foreign adversaries trying to recruit or pay DOGE team members for access to sensitive data. "It would not surprise me if DOGE is accidentally compromised."

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Neil-1936.bsky.social @neil-1936.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

16,000 Federal workers to be summarily fired because the pathetic Supreme Court found an excuse to reverse a lower court decision. The future of America is frightening to imagine. How will it end?

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LoriPica 💙 @loripica.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Thank You David Letterman! My thoughts exactly! #RemoveRumpNow

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Politico @politico.com · 09/04/2025

State governments scramble to keep millions of people from losing health coverage if Congress lets federal funding for Obamacare expire at the end of the year.

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States seek lifeline to protect Obamacare’s federal subsidies

The looming possibility of slashing Medicaid spending and not extending ACA subsidies has prompted a legislative scramble from Sacramento to Annapolis.

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steph @starrysteph.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

!! CALL TO ACTION !! #Booksky please join me in the fight to save our libraries. EveryLibrary is working hard to save the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), which is the federal agency charged with distributing Congressionally approved funds to state libraries and grant recipients.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, in a letter shared with members, has requested a one-on-one debate on the House floor with Speaker Mike Johnson on the budget.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 09/04/2025

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has officially announced that he is running for Senate. So here's everything you need to know about him—if you care about reality. Let's start with the fact that he had to take literal ethics classes after he was indicted for securities fraud. (1/5)

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Ken Paxton is going to take some classes on how to be more ethical

He could use some tips.

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Fight For A Union @fightforaunion.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

The problem is sociopathic corporate greed. 🧐

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 09/04/2025

President Trump is promising that he will balloon the military budget to $1 trillion next year, the highest level of U.S. defense spending since WWII.

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Gerry Joyce-Magladene @deaconbluesky.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

War hero schools a chickenhawk.

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mpenirian.bsky.social @mpenirian.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Steven miller is a Sadistic piece of rat poop🤬

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 05/04/2025

It's midnight in Washington, and in case you're catching up... So far tonight, Republicans have blocked amendments that would: – Remove tariffs hurting families – Protect disaster response and recovery - Secure Social Security benefits - Preserve federal lands (Thread 🧵)

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Brian Cardone @cardonebrian.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Hey @schumer.senate.gov when Donald Trump is praising you that isn't a good thing, it means you fucked up royally. You folded like a cheap suit, and now he is openly mocking you. You still have time to stand on the right side of history. Hold The Damn Line, Do Not Obey In Advance.

Donald Trump praising Chuck Schumer for helping get the CR over the finish line.

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marikosegawa.bsky.social @marikosegawa.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue Despite Sen. Schumer’s remarks, most Democratic Senators declared they’d vote No on the CR. Let’s keep on supporting them. They are listening to you and fighting for you!

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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

By caving on the government funding bill Chuck Schumer fully surrendered to Trump Empowered Elon Musk to fire more federal workers And betrayed Veterans-who lose $23 billion earmarked for medical care House Dems-who completely rejected the bill And the Democratic Party writ large Unacceptable

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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

It’s time for the Democrats in the Senate to take away the leadership role from Chuck Schumer. He’s more interested in his book tour than he is fighting for the people. As his constituent, I am absolutely disgusted in the senator caving to the GOP.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 14/03/2025

Okay so, is Schumer voting for the CR because shutting down the government is worse? If so, why? And does the DNC support it? If not, why not? The problem with all this is that WE DO NOT KNOW.

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marikosegawa.bsky.social @marikosegawa.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue 🗣FL06 Special April 1, 2025 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Fl... Vote for @joshweil.bsky.social He’ll fight for working families against the system-rigging of the rich & mighty. ➡️ joshweil.us 🙏share.

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Stephanie Kennedy @wordswithsteph.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Jasmine Mooney is a Canadian citizen being detained by ICE. She was arrested at the San Ysidro border crossing between Mexico and San Diego — as she was trying to obtain a new visa. Jasmine was kept in a cold room at the border by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) before being arrested…

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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Texas Lawsuit Would Require 'Sex Screening' of Student Athletes: The lawsuit accuses the NCAA of failing to comply with Trump's executive order over its amended transgender eligibility policy.

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Texas Lawsuit Would Require 'Sex Screening' of Student Athletes

The lawsuit accuses the NCAA of failing to comply with Trump's executive order over its amended transgender eligibility policy.

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Larry Tenney @larrytenney.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

#Ohio Reps: • Troy Balderson #OH12 • Mike Carey #OH15 • Mike Turner #OH1 Voted to throw 3M Ohioans off their health care, tossing 6 in 10 nursing home patients to the curb while keeping their own gold level taxpayer funded health insurance program #OHpol #DontCutOurMedicaid

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AlwaysACivilServant @drneuro.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

So. It has officially happened. I have been officially let go from my position at CDC. I wasn’t a probationary employee. I had stellar performance reviews every year. I’ll be ok. But please understand that many worked HARD to get into these positions and were doing great public health work.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

House Republicans who were willing to hold town halls back home this week got an earful. At events from Georgia and Wisconsin to Oklahoma and Oregon, many of them faced hostile crowds furious about the sweeping budget cuts & mass firings of federal workers that Trump and Musk’s DOGE is carrying out.

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At town halls, Republicans feel the heat from Trump and Musk's firing and cutting spree

The White House said the incidents represent just a handful of critics. Others noted similarities to earlier backlash against disruptive moves in Washington.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Medicaid is not for sale. NASA is not for sale. The Post Office is not for sale. America is not for sale. We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

This x10000000000 “In other words: We, the opposition, are the majority. Take heart.” www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-a...

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Lisa Reyna Loe @lisaloe.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Infuriating! 😡 Don’t Cut My Medicaid! The majority of my son’s medical team are in Austin (1.5 hr drive), some in Houston (3 hrs), one in Dallas (5 hrs). Telehealth appts are needed & necessary! My son has extreme car anxiety, not to mention wear and tear on our car, gas! 🤬 And we’re not alone!

Starting April 1st (not an April Fool's joke), Medicare will no longer reimburse for telehealth phone or video visits, forcing seniors and disabled people to travel.

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