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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Proud to be one of the 350 rabbis signing this statement — an ad in the NYT today and a declaration of our values. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... For more—and to sign— go to saynotoethniccleansing.org
Jewish people say NO to ethnic cleansing
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k. radke @kradke.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
“Be careful. When a democracy is sick, fascism comes to its bedside, but it is not to inquire about its health.” Albert Camus
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“Be careful. When a democracy is sick, fascism comes to its bedside, but it is not to inquire about its health.” Albert Camus
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BlueElayne 🦢🫘🦢 @elayneoforegon.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
It’s seriously looking like Blue States are going to have to band together and figure out how we survive this crisis without any help from the federal regime. Does anyone out there know how we can do this and what it could look like?
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Protect this law at all costs ! www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
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This obscure law is one reason Trump's agenda keeps losing in court
Lawsuits challenging Trump policies raise big constitutional questions, but they also rely on a law that requires the government to follow the correct procedures when changing course.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 13/02/2025
So basically, the Department of Health and Human Services is finished. If you want to stay safe from food recalls, viruses, and whatever else is coming—better start looking elsewhere for reliable information.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 12/02/2025
The Trump administration revoked Associated Press reporters’ access to a White House event this week after officials demanded that the publication change an editorial standard in compliance with Trump’s Gulf if America order — a chilling instance of censorship.
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White House Revoked Access to AP for Refusing to Comply With Censorship
The move “plainly violates the First Amendment,” AP’s executive editor said.
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California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Never. Forget. Never. Forgive. ✨
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Unbelievable the number of things happening under this administration
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God @thegodshow.com · 13/02/2025
What is it about watching a 4-year-old tell a 78-year-old with the maturity of a 2-year-old to "shut up and go away" that is SO deeply satisfying?
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Pops @pops131.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Love it.😄🤣😄
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.
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Taylor Swift Updates @taylorswiftinfo.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Eagles star Saquon Barkley shows support for Taylor Swift in his latest interview: “I remember that they showed her on the Jumbotron and she got booed. I don't get why she was getting hate there, she is there supporting her significant other and made the game bigger.”
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all-hallows-eve-ison steele, organic human person 🎃 @trulyaliem.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
evergreen sentiment
Kira Nerys from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine with a serious look on her face. The caption indicates she is saying "Nothing justifies genocide."
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Truthout @truthout.org · 13/02/2025
“We should not have to prove our citizenship. We are the original people in this country, but we’re in a scary time right now, and I don’t want any American Indian to get lost in the system. [ICE] ‘lost’ children the last time they did this. It’s just like the boarding school experience.”
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Indigenous Nations Mobilize Against ICE Targeting and Profiling
Many are working to ensure their citizens’ safety amid rising reports of Native people being stopped and questioned.
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
I love this
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Truthout @truthout.org · 13/02/2025
House Republicans have unveiled a draft budget resolution that calls for $4.5 trillion in tax breaks that benefit the rich while proposing $2 trillion in cuts to Medicaid, federal nutrition assistance, and other programs.
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GOP Proposes $4.5T Tax Giveaway to Rich While Slashing Food Stamps, Medicaid
House Republicans’ draft budget calls for $2 trillion in cuts to federal nutrition assistance and other programs.
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olhead.bsky.social @olhead.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
The reason I support the February 28th boycott is because it is a one day event and if enough people commit it could/should lead to planning for a bigger longer protest
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Greg Carr @africanacarr.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Tuesday, February 25. Don’t want to miss this.
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Maya Schenwar @mayaschenwar.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
“We must build robust, independent, social movements and fight to teach the truth — because no executive order, no political intimidation, and no forced ignorance can erase history, so long as we refuse to stop teaching it.” - @jessehagopian.bsky.social truthout.org/articles/tru...
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Trump’s Goal of Burying History Won’t Work If Teachers Refuse to Stop Teaching
Trump wants education to become indoctrination, and the Democratic Party isn’t fighting back. But we can.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 11/02/2025
When SpaceX’s Starship exploded in January, raining debris over the Caribbean, the Federal Aviation Administration temporarily grounded the rocket program and ordered an investigation. The agency had also proposed $633,000 in fines for alleged violations related to two previous launches.
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Agency Tasked With Regulating Commercial Space Flight Braces for Musk’s DOGE
The Office of Commercial Space Transportation has proposed fines and grounded Elon Musk’s SpaceX for numerous incidents.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 12/02/2025
Perfect Victims explores ongoing Palestinian resistance to Israeli occupation and human rights abuses and the “impossible demand made of the Palestinians” to be sympathetic in the eyes of international observers, “curating yourself in a way that is not offensive to the Western gaze.”
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Palestinians Face “Impossible Demand” to Be “Perfect Victims,” New Book Argues
“We should shift our focus and scrutinize the perpetrators, the oppressors, the colonizers,” says Mohammed El-Kurd.
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
This says it all
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SiriusXM Urban View @urbanviewradio.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Project 2025’s Plan to Dismantle Public Education—And Screw Over Disabled Kids @luriedanielfavors.bsky.social #LDFShow www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Project 2025's plan to dismantle public education—and screw over disabled kids
Nearly nine million students rely on DOE-backed disability accommodations.
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SiriusXM Urban View @urbanviewradio.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
The E.P.A. Promotes Toxic Fertilizer. 3M Told It of Risks Years Ago. @luriedanielfavors.bsky.social #LDFShow www.nytimes.com/2024/12/27/c...
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The E.P.A. Promotes Toxic Fertilizer. 3M Told It of Risks Years Ago.
The agency obtained research from 3M in 2003 revealing that sewage sludge, the raw material for the fertilizer, carried toxic “forever chemicals.”
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SiriusXM Urban View @urbanviewradio.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Spread the goodness! Share the free 'Clay Cane Extended' podcast with friends & family who don't have Siriusxm. Featuring best interviews & more from Clay Cane show. Available everywhere! #ClayCaneExtended podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
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Clay Cane Extended!
Society & Culture Podcast · 183 Episodes · Updated Daily
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SiriusXM Urban View @urbanviewradio.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
The most popular independent black comic book publisher in the nation! @luriedanielfavors.bsky.social #LDFShow wefunder.com/black.sands....
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Black Sands Entertainment: The most popular independent black comic book publisher in the nation!
The most popular independent black comic book publisher in the nation!
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Truthout @truthout.org · 12/02/2025
Groups have been unable to access their money despite court orders requiring that the federal government release it. Because grant payments are made through reimbursements, recipients are expected to front the money for any expenses, then submit receipts electronically for reimbursement.
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Trump’s Climate Funding Freeze Leaves Tribes and Community Groups in Limbo
Groups have been unable to access their money despite court orders requiring that the federal government release it.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 12/02/2025
Dozens of religious organizations, representing millions of Christian and Jewish believers across the U.S., have filed a joint lawsuit against the Trump administration over its change in policy relating to detaining immigrants in “sensitive locations” — chiefly, in places of worship.
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Dozens of Religious Groups Are Suing Homeland Security Over Change to Sensitive Locations Rule
The lawsuit involves churches, synagogues, and other religious groups, accounting for millions of American worshippers.
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Morgan Jerkins @mjerkins.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Samuel L. Jackson was an usher at MLK Jr's funeral and that fact will always blow me away.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Kendrick Lamar managed to piss off all the right people. Well done.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.
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Reality Ausetkmt @ausetkmt.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
@karenhunter.bsky.social has hit the bullseye again, and she's not standing back from those who don't get it - she's bringing the light and clarity. it's so important to support pods like hers which emphasize #facts #not-feelings
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How Do We Dismantle the Made-Up Construct of Whiteness?
YouTube video by The Karen Hunter Show
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Dr. Omekongo Dibinga @omekongo.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
I'm launching my next set of online courses specifically for educators. It's called R.E.A.Ch! which stands for "Resilient Educators Amplifying Children." This course is for educators looking to build more culturally competent schools. Presale is live! www.upstanderinternational.com/reach
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REACH | Dr. Omékongo Dibinga
Transform Your School Into a Pro-Equity Community! Join Dr. Omékongo Dibinga in this groundbreaking course designed for educators like you! https://omekongo.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Hero-Video-1...
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SiriusXM Urban View @urbanviewradio.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
The Ominous Legal Logic of Dropping the Eric Adams Case @claycane.bsky.social @omekongo.bsky.social #ClayNation nymag.com/intelligence...
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The Ominous Legal Logic of Dropping the Eric Adams Case
The Department of Justice isn’t even pretending to have good reasons.
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
And of course it will be fun to send the message that bluesky is a better platform for communicating with everyone Thoughts ?
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
I realize it would never even get put up for a vote. But, you send the message that you aren't against reviewing every nickel spent. You are against misleading narratives. And by putting it on social media, even though they are already on gov websites like USAspending.gov, this connects to all
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Dems should propose a law that immediately requires every fed agency to post on @bsky.app account, every outlay with a detailed description, $, and a link to existing gov sites with in depth details Rather than trying to keep Elon out, pre-empt him so he cant miss characterize spending.
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Dr. Omekongo Dibinga @omekongo.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Please share with any educators you know so we can create school communities where our students can be celebrated and not tolerated!
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Dr. Omekongo Dibinga @omekongo.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
We’re live! @claycane.bsky.social show on @urbanviewradio.bsky.social Let’s GO!
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SiriusXM Urban View @urbanviewradio.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Trump says ‘all hell is going to break out’ if Hamas doesn’t release hostages by Saturday at noon @claycane.bsky.social @omekongo.bsky.social #ClayNation www.cnn.com/2025/02/10/p...
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Trump says ‘all hell is going to break out’ if Hamas doesn’t release hostages by Saturday at noon | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump on Monday urged Israel to cancel its ceasefire deal with Hamas and “let all hell break out” if Hamas does not return hostages still being held in Gaza by noon on Saturday.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 11/02/2025
Kristi Noem requested that IRS officers investigate financials relating to human trafficking networks and businesses that employ immigrants. The memo indicated that these officers could be sent to U.S. borders to arrest, detain and transport people.
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Homeland Security Head Kristi Noem Seeks to Enlist IRS Officers to Be Part of Mass Deportation Plan
The IRS includes around 2,100 law enforcement officers.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 11/02/2025
Trump wants education to become indoctrination, and the Democratic Party isn’t fighting back. But we can.
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Trump’s Goal of Burying History Won’t Work If Teachers Refuse to Stop Teaching
Trump wants education to become indoctrination, and the Democratic Party isn’t fighting back. But we can.
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
At least this is smart.
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SiriusXM Urban View @urbanviewradio.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Trump signs order prioritizing US ‘resettlement’ of white South Africans over ‘discrimination’ @luriedanielfavors.bsky.social #LDFShow www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Trump order prioritizes US resettlement of white South Africans
Trump also shut down all South African aid, much of which is used to battle AIDS and HIV
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SiriusXM Urban View @urbanviewradio.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau staff told to 'stand down' from all work @luriedanielfavors.bsky.social #LDFShow www.cnbc.com/2025/02/09/c...
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau staff told to 'stand down' from all work
CFPB employees were told Sunday to work remotely because their Washington, D.C., headquarters would be closed through Feb. 14, according to a memo.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 10/02/2025
Israeli police raided a pair of renowned Palestinian-owned bookstores in illegally occupied East Jerusalem over the weekend, confiscating books they claimed were “inciteful,” and arresting the owners.
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Israel Shuts Down Two Palestinian Bookstores in Occupied East Jerusalem
Human rights advocates and diplomats have condemned the raids and the arrests of the shops’ owners.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 10/02/2025
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has launched an investigation into a San Francisco radio station after it broadcasted details about ICE activity in San Jose, a development that has sounded the alarm for press freedom advocates.
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The FCC Is Investigating California News Station Over Reporting on Immigration Enforcement
Press advocates warn that the investigation could have a chilling effect on reporting on Trump’s mass deportation plans.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 07/02/2025
Three Columbia University graduate students who were suspended last year for attending protests against Israel’s genocide in Gaza filed a lawsuit against the university alleging that they were singled out for unwarranted scrutiny and harassment.
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Students Sue Columbia University Over Suspensions for Pro-Palestine Organizing
“The courts are really our only recourse at this point,” said one plaintiff. “Columbia has left us no alternative.”…
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SiriusXM Urban View @urbanviewradio.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
LeBron James becomes oldest player to score 40 points in NBA history, dropping 42 in Lakers’ victory sports.yahoo.com/lebron-james... @karenhunter.bsky.social #KarenRebels
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LeBron James becomes oldest player to score 40 points in NBA history, dropping 42 in Lakers’ victory
The 40-year-old James became the oldest player to score 40 points in an NBA game Thursday night, putting up a season-high 42 in the Los Angeles Lakers’ 120-112 victory over the Golden State Warriors.
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