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@nkwhit.bsky.social
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Runaway Republican to Democrats. Democrat for 20 yrs. Worked for US Congressman...learned a great deal about workings of government. Still believing in Democracy and this Country! Home base Palm Springs, CA.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 12/06/2025
A DHS spokesperson defended the detainment, accusing Sen. Padilla of failing to properly identify himself during Sec. Kristi Noem's press conference. But multiple videos show Padilla clearly identifying himself as a senator.
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Sen. Padilla pushed to ground, handcuffed for demanding DHS not lie
Forcibly removing a sitting US senator, as they opposed the president's immigration policy, is a part of a broader slide.
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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
my full exclusive interview with Senator Alex Padilla after he was handcuffed at Sec. Noem's press conference today -- first on MSNBC. www.msnbc.com/the-beat-wit...
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'It's all BS coming from Trump': Sen. Padilla gets emotional after forcible ejection from DHS presser
Watch the full interview Sen. Alex Padilla gave FIRST ON MSNBC where he talks about getting forcibly removed and hand-cuffed from a Department of Homeland Security press conference. Padilla breaks dow...
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Body Art by Laura D @handle.invalid · 05/05/2025
Today is National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and Two-Spirit People, also known as Red Dress Day. We honour and remember the women, girls and two-spirit people who have been impacted by violence. We acknowledge their families and communities. #reddressday
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The World @theworld.org · 05/05/2025
Thousands of Nepali-speaking Bhutanese citizens were forced to flee their country in the early 1990s. Today, they remain in limbo without the proper documentation to return or integrate into Nepalese society.
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Bhutanese refugees stuck in Nepal remain in limbo - The World from PRX
Thousands of Nepali-speaking Bhutanese citizens were forced to flee their country in the early 1990s. Today, they remain in limbo without the proper documentation to go back or to integrate into Nepal...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/04/2025
This non-answer is completely incoherent
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 21/04/2025
China sends back new Boeing jet made too expensive by tariffs
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China sends back new Boeing jet made too expensive by tariffs
With estimated $55m price set to balloon by 125%, 737 Max returns to Seattle production hub still wearing the colours of Xiamen Airlines A Boeing jet intended for a Chinese airline landed back at the planemaker’s US production hub on Sunday, a victim of the tit-for-tat bilateral tariffs launched by Donald Trump. The 737 MAX, which was meant for China’s Xiamen Airlines, landed at Seattle’s Boeing Field at 6.11pm, according to a Reuters witness. It was painted with Xiamen livery. Continue reading...
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Indybay @indybay.org · 21/04/2025
American Revolution Recalled and Renewed on 250th Anniversary in SF Protest
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American Revolution Recalled and Renewed on 250th Anniversary in SF Protest
At a time when accomplishments of American revolution under threat, people see the need to rise up once more
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WIRED @wired.com · 18/04/2025
EXCLUSIVE: DOGE is knitting together data from the Department of Homeland Security, Social Security Administration, and IRS that could create a surveillance tool of unprecedented scope.
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DOGE Is Building a Master Database to Surveil and Track Immigrants
DOGE is knitting together data from the Department of Homeland Security, Social Security Administration, and IRS that could create a surveillance tool of unprecedented scope.
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nkwhit.bsky.social @nkwhit.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
What happens when publications lose free spreech? www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
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DOJ questions science journal about bias, triggering free speech concerns
The DOJ sent a letter to journal Chest questioning its editorial policies. The letter has sparked free speech concerns among scientists and First Amendment experts.
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nkwhit.bsky.social @nkwhit.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Haiti’s history has been a sad one for its people…
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 18/04/2025
The Associated Press and the Trump administration faced tough questioning in court Thursday as the White House fights to block a lower court order mandating officials stop denying the wire outlet entry to spaces where other journalists are permitted. buff.ly/i1eX3Pg
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Appeals court hears arguments on Trump restricting AP from White House spaces • Ohio Capital Journal
The Associated Press and the Trump administration faced tough questioning in court Thursday as the White House fights to block a lower court order mandating officials stop denying the wire outlet…
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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 18/04/2025
"Without steady support for scientific research and the academic institutions that generate it, without the rule of law that sustains constant innovation and capital risk-taking, our country’s ability to advance new industries will be greatly diminished." www.liberalcurrents.com/elon-musk-is...
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Elon Musk Is Working His Hardest to Make a Chinese Century
The Ketamine Koup will make America a mediocre backwater.
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nkwhit.bsky.social @nkwhit.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
finance.yahoo.com/news/moody-b... Of doom and gloom Seems like the only thing going up
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Moody’s Boosts Default Forecasts as Global Trade War Heats Up
(Bloomberg) -- Moody’s Ratings is boosting its forecast for defaults this year as escalating trade wars globally are increasingly likely to weigh on economic growth and make financing harder to get.Mo...
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 18/04/2025
President Donald Trump is fighting to end automatic citizenship for children born to parents who are in the country unlawfully or on temporary visas, part of his broader crackdown on immigration and one that would overturn more than a century of court precedent.
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Can Trump Really End Birthright Citizenship?
President Donald Trump is fighting to end automatic citizenship for children born to parents who are in the country unlawfully or on temporary visas, part of his broader crackdown on immigration and one that would overturn more than a century of court precedent.
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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 18/04/2025
The U.S. may impose levies on Chinese vessels docking at U.S. ports, which could further escalate the trade war between the world’s two biggest economies.
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Trump moves to levy Chinese vessels in trade war shakeup
The proposal follows a monthslong investigation ordered by the Biden administration into whether Chinese shipbuilding threatens U.S. national security.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 18/04/2025
The Trump administration is eyeing about $40 billion in cuts to the Department of Health and Human Services’s budget next year, according to a memo obtained by The New York Times.
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Trump Administration Proposes Sharp Budget Cuts for H.H.S.
An internal memo proposes carving out $40 billion from federal health agencies while eliminating dozens of programs. Congress has ultimate appropriation authority.
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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 18/04/2025
Did you know beetles pollinate more flowering plants than any other insect group? They've been at it for over 200 million years, predating bees and butterflies.
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Not just bees and butterflies: beetles and other brilliant bugs are nature’s unsung pollinators
Next time you’re outside, say a silent thanks for the many unsung insect pollinators helping to keep our ecosystems healthy.
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Christine Moretti @christine520.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
We are in the most perilous times, but it is imperative that we not remain silent. We are all at risk. Simply by dissenting we can be targeted. We cannot and will not go silently into the night. Push back with all your might. #StrongerTogether #MomSky www.ft.com/content/4c4b...
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Trump is halfway to making America a police state
The president’s refusal to accept a Supreme Court ruling on illegal deportation is a turning point
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/04/2025
Van Hollen: "I think that the situation for both Trump and the president of El Salvador is unsustainable. SCOTUS ruled 9-0 that the administration has to facilitate his return, and you have the president of El Salvador saying, 'Well, I don't have the power to release him.' Both things are untrue."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/04/2025
Van Hollen: "If the president gets to shred the Constitution and ignore the Supreme Court in this case, it is a very short path to the president ignoring court orders in other cases. So every American should care about this."
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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 15/04/2025
Hackers turn Silicon Valley crosswalks into mockery of Musk, Zuckerberg
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Hackers turn Silicon Valley crosswalks into mockery of Musk, Zuckerberg
Hackers took control of several crosswalks in Palo Alto, Menlo Park and Redwood City, changing their audio signals to forged monologues purporting to come from Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 15/04/2025
News Analysis: President Trump is staking everything on winning by imposing tariffs on China. But the fight threatens to choke off negotiations about other issues like Taiwan, fentanyl, TikTok and more.
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Trump’s Dilemma: A Trade War That Threatens Every Other Negotiation With China
President Trump is staking everything on winning by imposing tariffs on China. But the fight threatens to choke off negotiations about other issues like Taiwan, fentanyl, TikTok and more.
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nkwhit.bsky.social @nkwhit.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
This could be Time Magazine’s picture of the week
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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 15/04/2025
After reaching a preliminary agreement last week, countries hope more than three years of negotiations on battling future pandemics will finally end.
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Pandemic treaty talks inch toward accord
Experts say an accord has become even more crucial with new health threats, ranging from H5N1 bird flu to measles, mpox and Ebola.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 15/04/2025
For years, China has controlled the export of rare earths—metals essential to products like semiconductors and lights. Now, amid a trade war with the U.S., it's tightening that grip, threatening American manufacturing and military power. But what are rare earth metals, and why are they important?
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What Are Rare Earth Metals, the Exports Halted by China?
China’s new restrictions on exports of the metals could have an impact on the production of everything from LED lights to fighter jets.
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HuffPost UK @huffpost.co.uk · 15/04/2025
"Nobody watches you anymore. You have no credibility," Trump snapped at CNN's Kaitlan Collins.
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Trump Is Ramping Up His War With The Press As He Demands Media Praise
"Nobody watches you anymore. You have no credibility," Trump snapped at CNN's Kaitlan Collins.
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nkwhit.bsky.social @nkwhit.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
5.2 earthquake near Julian, (San Diego county)….shaking felt around Palm Springs area….
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 13/04/2025
From the Editorial Board: Our public libraries serve as a great equalizer. Funding them should be a priority.
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Editorial: Leave libraries alone. They more than pay their way.
Our public libraries serve as a great equalizer. Funding them should be a priority.
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Social Security Announces Major Change to Filing Claims twp.ai/4img05
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Social Security announces major change to filing claims
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 12/04/2025
I am proud to join my colleagues in filing an amicus brief standing up to Trump’s unconstitutional and un-American attack on birthright citizenship. Let me be clear: If you’re born on U.S. soil, you are a U.S. citizen. That’s not just common sense—it’s the Constitution.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/03/2025
"Nobody was texting war plans" -- Pete Hegseth
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 12/04/2025
Happy Record Store Day, everybody. Make sure to shop local.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 11/04/2025
Trump’s administration has falsely declared more than 6,300 immigrants dead—adding the names and ss numbers of thousands of living, breathing people to the Social Security Administration’s Death Master File. They will no longer be able to access their bank accounts or use their credit cards.
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Trump Unveils Disgusting New Plan to Force Immigrants to Leave
Donald Trump’s latest plan to kick immigrants out of the country is unbelievably cruel.
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Art Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
An estimated 15,000 people are at the Fighting Oligarchy rally with AOC and Bernie Sanders in Los Angeles today. Amazing!
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nkwhit.bsky.social @nkwhit.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Rep. Ruiz, Health Subcommittee, demand meeting with RFK Jr.
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David Priess @davidpriess.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Apart from … ALL THE THINGS shaking up assumptions about geopolitics right now, this is amazing and would otherwise be headline news: apnews.com/article/japa...
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Japan says it wants to join a NATO command for the support of Ukraine
Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani says Japan wants to participate in a NATO command for its Ukrainian mission as Japan increasingly steps up military ties with the largely European security organ...
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 10/04/2025
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te says his government could eliminate duties on US products if Washington did the same, the latest overture from the self-run democracy as it seeks to placate its main military backer
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Taiwan’s Lai Floats Zero Tariffs on US Goods to Placate Trump
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said his government could eliminate duties on US products if Washington did the same, the latest overture from the self-run democracy as it seeks to placate its main mili...
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California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
He tanks the stock market, and he and his rich buddies buy low… Then he pauses the tariffs, and stocks rise… He and his rich buddies sell high. Rinse and Repeat…over, and over again. It isn’t Rocket Science… It’s actually criminal.
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nkwhit.bsky.social @nkwhit.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
I’ve gotten fake text messages regarding jobs available, which I know they are all scams
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wastrying.bsky.social @wastrying.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Scams Increase What’s happening: More than a third of American adults have been the victim of financial fraud or a scam in the past year, according to a new Bankrate survey.4 The Federal Trade Commission says people who reported being ripped off lost $12.5 billion in 2024—up $2.5 billion from 2023.5
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Po Murray @pomurray.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Martha Stewart went to jail for insider trading. Trump & his buddies should go to jail for this egregious market manipulation & insider trading. #MOMSky
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🟧🌊still-Rusty🗽🟧 @still-rusty.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
It's not his "birth" day we will celebrate.
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nkwhit.bsky.social @nkwhit.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
He doesn’t need this he can go play golf… it cost us taxpayers less money.
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 09/04/2025
As a criminal defense attorney, the vast majority of my cases were NOT immigrants. So let's stop pretending immigrants are the problem when there's a 34-count convicted felon sitting in the White House. The hypocrisy is outrageous.
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Fight For A Union @fightforaunion.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
The problem is sociopathic corporate greed. 🧐
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James E. Clyburn @repjamesclyburn.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Let’s be clear what Trump is saying here: Income taxes are disproportionately paid by the wealthy. Tariffs hit all Americans, disproportionately hurting working people. Trump wants everyday Americans to pay more and the wealthy to pay less.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
We found the voter fraud!!!!!
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nkwhit.bsky.social @nkwhit.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/p.... … why do all Trump cabinet members have shady dealings?
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Tulsi Gabbard declared her residency in Texas. Then she voted in Hawaii | CNN Politics
Election law experts said Gabbard’s vote, coupled with her claiming a homestead tax break on her Texas home, raises questions about whether she properly cast her ballot and illustrates the complexity ...
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 10/04/2025
China’s top leaders are poised to meet to discuss additional economic stimulus after US President Donald Trump ratcheted up tariffs, according to people familiar with the matter
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Top China Leaders to Meet on Stimulus After Trump’s Tariff Shock
China’s top leaders are poised to meet Thursday to discuss additional economic stimulus after US President Donald Trump ratcheted up tariffs, according to people familiar with the matter.
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