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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
On the 52nd anniversary of Roe v. Wade, here's your reminder that there's nothing "pro-life" about abortion bans.
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Why Abortion Bans Aren’t Pro-Life | Robert Reich
YouTube video by Robert Reich
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The Daily Beans Podcast @dailybeanspod.com · 22/01/2025
Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde Hero.
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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
These emails, sent across agencies, compel all federal employees to snitch on any colleague whose work might have some vague DEIA inflection. Those who refuse to snitch will be disciplined. Seems designed to put all workers who aren’t white men under a cloud of suspicion. Truly vile stuff.
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mysticluminary.bsky.social @mysticluminary.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Even — and especially — when you feel alone, continue to be the star in the darkness; your brightness can will keep the sky blue even at night.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Trump's Day One executive orders: -Ended recognition of birthright citizenship -Withdrew from WHO and Paris Climate Accord -Rescinded Biden's EO to lower Rx costs -Pardoned Jan 6 rioters -Renamed the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America So much for helping working families.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Hm......
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Trump's New Portrait Was Unveiled—And People Think One Side Of His Face Looks Like Biden
What in the world?
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 21/01/2025
Attorneys general from 18 states sued to block an executive order by President Trump that seeks to deny citizenship to babies born to unauthorized immigrants in the U.S. The states view Trump’s attempt to limit birthright citizenship as “extraordinary and extreme.” nyti.ms/3E2qr53
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Reminder that Amazon, Meta, Apple, and Google are each facing federal antitrust lawsuits. They each gave cash hand over fist to Trump’s inaugural fund, which raked in a record $250 million. When I say money in politics corrupts our system, this is what I’m talking about.
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Donald Trump's inauguration sets fundraising record: $250 million and counting. Who are the top donors?
Donald Trump inauguration: US President-elect Donald Trump brought in record-breaking $250 million for inaugural fundraising. Apple, Meta, Google, Amazon, Microsoft and other top tech companies in…
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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
🚨Trump issues executive order purporting to deny birthright citizenship to the children of undocumented immigrants. (This is unconstitutional.) Starts in 30 days but will be challenged in court. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Sec. 2. Policy. (a) It is the policy of the United States that no department or agency of the United States government shall issue documents recognizing United States citizenship, or accept documents issued by State, local, or other governments or authorities purporting to recognize United States citizenship, to persons: (1) when that person's mother was unlawfully present in the United States and the person's father was not a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident at the time of said person's birth, or (2) when that person's mother's presence in the United States was lawful but temporary, and the person's father was not a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident at the time of said person's birth.
(b) Subsection (a) of this section shall apply only to persons who are born within the United States after 30 days from the date of this order.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Hello Tulsi Gabbard, how are ya. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXWa...
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Rachel Maddow on Tulsi Gabbard: Six things about Trump's pick for director of national intelligence
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 21/01/2025
NEW: The U.S. Supreme Court won't review a lawsuit alleging that Pennsylvania is violating federal law by rejecting mail-in ballots missing a correct hand-written date from voters on the return envelope. But the Pennsylvania Supreme Court will decide if these rejections violate the PA Constitution.
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Pennsylvania Supreme Court to Revisit Mail-In Ballot Date Dispute; SCOTUS Declines Case
Read more here.
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mysticluminary.bsky.social @mysticluminary.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
It’s officially the Sun-Pluto cazimi, y’all. Pluto literally represents plutocracy in this context, and the Sun is the collective body & being. You might not see a way out now, but remember that so many who have successfully broken from oppression have been in your place before. Stay strong.
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Remember to log off sometimes. You can't rage post for four years straight without losing your mind
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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
I dedicated years of my life to reporting on January 6 and exposing what happened. I was there that day, co-wrote a book, and published a series of major stories on my own, for Rolling Stone, and for TPM. I hope it mattered. I hope history will remember and understand what happened.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 20/01/2025
President Trump's inaugural address was a misleading assessment of the U.S. It has a growing economy, falling inflation, slowing illegal immigration, a record-breaking stock market, the lowest levels of violent crime in years and a military that has limited engagement in conflicts around the world.
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Trump’s inaugural address centers on pledge to lift a country in ‘decline’
In his second Inaugural Address, the president reprised dark themes from his first and laid out an expansive policy agenda.
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Protect Democracy @protectdemocracy.org · 20/01/2025
What we’re listening to: Martin Luther King Jr.’s final speech, “I've Been to the Mountaintop,” this and more in our latest briefing as we ground ourselves for the work ahead. open.substack.com/pub/protectd...
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How to pay attention
Tricks for parsing Trump’s noise; plus, a new poll on January 6 pardons
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 20/01/2025
In his Inaugural Address, President Trump made inaccurate claims about the state of the economy, immigration, world affairs and federal and local investigations into his own conduct. Here’s a fact-check.
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Trump Repeats Inaccurate Claims in Inaugural Remarks
In his Inaugural Address, President Trump delivered a more tempered version of election talking points. But in remarks afterward, he reprised his grievances about the 2020 election.
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Just have to say that the $Trump meme coin is a gift to all of us who are not fans of his. It’s just a matter of time until a lot of people lose money from this. I’m a crypto fan. This is not crypto any more than Madoff was just buying and selling shares of stock
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mysticluminary.bsky.social @mysticluminary.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Remember to celebrate the man and true historic figure who deserves to be celebrated today. Honor him and the upcoming Black History Month by not giving DJT your energy as much as you can possibly help it. #MLKDay
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kate conger @kateconger.com · 20/01/2025
If you Google "inauguration day," you're greeted with an animation of fireworks forming the shape of the American flag. Google has never done something like this for the inauguration, sources told me, out of fear of appearing partisan. But that's changed now, with Sergey and Sundar attending.
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mysticluminary.bsky.social @mysticluminary.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Speaking as an Aquarius Saturn Rx at the 29th degree in the 7th house: never obey (especially in advance) unless your life depends on it.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 20/01/2025
On Monday, America will observe both the birth of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., whose vision of pluralism, democracy and racial justice made him the most revered civil rights leader of the last century, and the return to office of President-elect Donald Trump.
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The Search for Lessons in Trump’s Return on Martin Luther King Day
The dual celebrations of a second Trump inauguration and the civil rights leader’s birth raise profound questions about Black leadership and progress toward the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream...
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mysticluminary.bsky.social @mysticluminary.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Pluto conjunct Sun at 00’ Aquarius for Inauguration Day is a first-time event in American history. This is only the first step in a global revolution on politics and human rights. Don’t expect to understand the full story immediately — it will take a while. Stay vigilant, clear-minded, and detached.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Oligarchy (noun): A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 20/01/2025
Trump promises ‘historic’ day one with barrage of executive orders
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Trump promises ‘historic’ day one with barrage of executive orders
President-elect tells thousands of supporters at rally: ‘You’re gonna have a lot of fun watching television’ An exultant Donald Trump has promised to act with “historic speed and strength” when he returns to the White House on Monday, teeing up a barrage…
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 20/01/2025
Going into Inauguration Day, remember that there were no false claims of fraud, no frivolous lawsuits, no violent insurrection, no threats and a peaceful transfer of power — but only because Donald Trump won. Otherwise, things would be a lot different.
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In Trump’s America, There’s Democracy Only When He Wins
From Marc | It is the day that Trump praises us that we should worry and ask what we have done to capitulate.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 20/01/2025
One thing is for certain over the next 4 years: advocacy groups will file hundreds of lawsuits to hold the Trump administration accountable for violating civil rights. Democracy Docket will cover these lawsuits. Subscribe for free:
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 20/01/2025
As TikTok fights a federal law that bans it in the U.S. unless it is sold, it publicly referenced and thanked President-elect Donald Trump for his support in statements and videos since Friday. It even built its flattery directly into the app so its 170 million American users could see it.
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TikTok Butters Up Trump as It Navigates a Ban in the U.S.
The app has repeatedly name checked the president-elect in pop-up messages and statements, as it navigates a ban in the United States unless it is sold to a non-Chinese owner.
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Bluesky @bsky.app · 20/01/2025
We had to get in on the video action too — Bluesky now has custom feeds for video! Like any other feed, you can choose to pin these or not. Bluesky is yours to customize.
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Glen Jackson @glenjackson.bsky.social · 09/05/2024
In USA they are simply named Republicans. #suntzu
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John Lackland @johnlackland.bsky.social · 28/03/2024
"The art of war teaches us to rely not on the likelihood of the enemy's not coming, but on our own readiness to receive him; not on the chance of his not attacking, but rather on the fact that we have made our position unassailable." - "The Art Of War" #SunTzu
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mysticluminary.bsky.social @mysticluminary.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Putting this out there… see www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/u...
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mysticluminary.bsky.social @mysticluminary.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Nov 19 — Issuing in a fresh and advancing Aquarian cycle filled with innovation, upleveling, and reinvention. Let the old transform and the new arise 💙
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SF Said @whatsfsaid.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Never forget: READING FOR PLEASURE has the biggest positive impact of any factor on children's life chances. So never stop sharing books with kids. Never stop reading to them, and helping them to read. Never stop changing lives. #literacy #kidlit #books
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Jessica Denson @jessicadenson07.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Many of us are echoing @timothysnyder.bsky.social's lesson in On Tyranny, "Do not obey in advance.” A no less vital admonition that deserves attn: STAND OUT “...without that unease, there is no freedom. The moment you set an example, the spell of the status quo is broken, and others will follow."
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