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pragprog.bsky.social @pragprog.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Hey @mta.info @mayor.nyc.gov Major water leak at Jay St station on the A line.
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pragprog.bsky.social @pragprog.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
El-Sayed is a good candidate. But the idea that the left has some secret sauce to win voters is proving false in this race. He is only appealing to the “elite” voters the left purports to challenge. There’s lots of multi-racial coalition building to do if progressives want to win nationally.
washingtonpost.com
Haley Stevens polls ahead of Abdul El-Sayed in key Michigan Senate test
A new poll shows Haley Stevens ahead of Abdul El-Sayed in the Michigan Senate primary.
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pragprog.bsky.social @pragprog.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Tell Your Members of Congress: Halt the ICE Terror Machine act.indivisible.org/sign/ice-out...
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Tell Your Members of Congress: Halt the ICE Terror Machine
On January 24, federal forces with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. This was just over two weeks after the killing of Renee Good. These killings are a direc...
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pragprog.bsky.social @pragprog.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
@mta.info Thanks for just skipping the 6:51 AM 3 train at Harlem-148. I go here three minutes ahead, a train came into the station and they announce the next train is 20 minutes away, with no irony. Your trip planner also said there was a 6:51.
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pragprog.bsky.social @pragprog.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
VOTE NO on the “Genius Act”! @bluntrochester.senate.gov @andykimnj.bsky.social @lujan.senate.gov @schiff.senate.gov @slotkin.senate.gov @cortezmasto.senate.gov @warnock.senate.gov
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pragprog.bsky.social @pragprog.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
He’s obsessed with how many dolls kids have. But sure, it’s Democrats who government to dictate your life, right? www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
washingtonpost.com
Trump says, ‘I don’t know,’ when asked if he’s required to uphold Constitution
The president also downplayed fears of a recession and spoke of potential successors when his four-year term ends in an NBC interview.
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pragprog.bsky.social @pragprog.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
I feel someone out there should make tee shirts with “Mark Carney is my President”. C’mon, we all think that at least a little right now.
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pragprog.bsky.social @pragprog.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
“I don’t need a vaccine. I don’t get sick.” “It’s measles. It’s been around forever. I don’t think it’s a big deal.” “It’s God’s will.” Since I’m the lefty liberal, I’m supposed to work harder to change attitudes like this? When a cult couldn’t care less? How? www.propublica.org/article/whoo...
propublica.org
“Not Just Measles”: Whooping Cough Cases Are Soaring as Vaccine Rates Decline
While much of the country is focused on the spiraling measles outbreak, experts warn that whooping cough and other preventable diseases could get much worse with falling vaccination rates and Trump’s ...
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Patrick Meyers @pmeyers7.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
I'm sorry, but isn't this just the Cultural Revolution 2.0? Why on earth would fired aid workers and NIH medical researchers go to work on assembly lines for worse salaries in jobs they don't know how to do? Why are they getting their economic policy from Mao?
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pragprog.bsky.social @pragprog.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
WTF Kristin Welker? What kind of question was that?? apple.news/AeaIyaQ62TJa...
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Trump suggests ‘methods’ exist for bid for unconstitutional third term — The Washington Post
President Donald Trump again raised the idea of running for a third term in office, an unconstitutional idea that would run afoul of the 22nd Amendment.
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pragprog.bsky.social @pragprog.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
The lesson here, and I hope French and all other European companies follow, is to push back and/or not do business with the US. This is bullshit and everyone knows it. apple.news/AvsbOlVKjS9-...
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US warns French companies they must comply with Trump's diversity ban — Reuters
The Trump administration has ordered some French companies with U.S. government contracts to comply with his executive order banning diversity, equity, and inclusion programmes, highlighting the extra...
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pragprog.bsky.social @pragprog.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
So the confederate generals are coming back…. apple.news/AS411Hxt-Rp6...
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Trump signs order aiming to eliminate 'anti-American ideology' from Smithsonian institutions — Reuters
President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order directing Vice President JD Vance - a member of the Smithsonian Board of Regents - to eliminate
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 19/03/2025
Read the whole article. And ponder this:
Companies like CoreCivic and GEO Group receive government funding based on the number of people they detain, which is why they lobby for stricter immigration policies. It’s a lucrative business: CoreCivic made over $560m from Ice contracts in a single year. In 2024, GEO Group made more than $763m from Ice contracts.

The more detainees, the more money they make. It stands to reason that these companies have no incentive to release people quickly. What I had experienced was finally starting to make sense.
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pragprog.bsky.social @pragprog.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
It’s not the economy, stupid, and never was.
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pragprog.bsky.social @pragprog.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Everything in this piece is direct and implores us to focus. For example: “To save institutions, it’s important not to fall into the trap of being divided by policy. Unite with people who disagree with you on everything, so long as they agree with you that democracy is worth saving.”
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
The people Attorney General Bondi is calling “terrorists” have had no trial and no chance to defend themselves. We do not know who they are. Ignoring the Constitution does not make us safe. It puts us all in peril.
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pragprog.bsky.social @pragprog.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
When @schumer.senate.gov is reduced to congratulating himself for his “courage” it is time for Chuck to go. www.rawstory.com/government-s...
rawstory.com
'Proud I did it': Chuck Schumer touts Dem-breaking vote on GOP bill 'act of courage'
A defiant Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) defended his decision Friday to vote in favor of cloture for a Republican-backed funding bill that would avert a looming government shutdown – and...
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pragprog.bsky.social @pragprog.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Yes, @schatz.bsky.social is unusually quiet. Tough to explain your vote, senator? It should be.
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pragprog.bsky.social @pragprog.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
It would be a shame if protesters showed up.
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pragprog.bsky.social @pragprog.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
@schumer.senate.gov I am disappointed and furious with your capitulation when Democrats needed you to fight. I am ashamed you are my senator and that you are the titular minority leader. You deserve neither of those positions and I will do everything I can to make sure your remaining tenure is hell.
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pragprog.bsky.social @pragprog.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
@shaheen.senate.gov Shame on you for your cloture vote today. Since you’re retiring you had no political reason for doing this and for helping a fascist regime solidify its power. NH deserves better.
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pragprog.bsky.social @pragprog.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
@peters.senate.gov Shame on you for voting to advance the Republican CR. There is no mandate from the American people for anything in it and you caved. This is your parting gift to Michigan? Good riddance.
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pragprog.bsky.social @pragprog.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
@schatz.bsky.social Your cloture vote today was disgraceful. Hawaii needs a new senator and I will work with every fiber I have to make sure that happens.
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pragprog.bsky.social @pragprog.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
@markwarner.bsky.social @senatorheinrich.bsky.social @gallego.senate.gov Vote NO on the CR! This is the power you have so use it. Do not capitulate.
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pragprog.bsky.social @pragprog.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Notice the language used here: giving “power back to the people” = the WH taking control of media access. Even beyond the “unitary executive theory,” Trump is positioning himself as a unitary embodiment of “the people.” apple.news/AWibRzhWjSzW...
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Trump administration to take control of media access at White House — AFP News
The White House announced Tuesday that it would decide which journalists get access to President Donald Trump's events -- removing the power from an independent association of media outlets that has d...
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pragprog.bsky.social @pragprog.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
How clever of Simon Jenkins to say Russia has “no plans to invade Western Europe” while it is in the midst of its Ukraine invasion. After all, the latter isn’t Western Europe, right? It’s just a “fantasy” according to him. How absurd. apple.news/A-6QqHb95S2y...
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Opinion | No matter how distasteful we find Trump and Vance over Europe, they speak a blunt truth — Guardian US
The US has chosen the worst possible moment and the worst possible way to say it, but it is right to call for a realignment, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
This is why you fight these cowards. The moment you stand up to them, they crumble. Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights. He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.
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Keith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine has rejected Trump's offer to relinquish half of the country’s mineral resources in exchange for U.S. support.
nytimes.com
Ukraine Rejects U.S. Demand for Half of Its Mineral Resources
President Volodymyr Zelensky publicly faulted the American offer, which is tied to continued aid, because it did not include security guarantees.
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pragprog.bsky.social @pragprog.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Know your rights!
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pragprog.bsky.social @pragprog.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Thank you @britannica.com
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pragprog.bsky.social @pragprog.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Stay strong DOJ lawyers!
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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Remember NIH leaders: except for IC directors, you cannot be fired by law. Make them put you on leave, and call a federal employment attorney.
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pragprog.bsky.social @pragprog.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Per usual, @chrislhayes.bsky.social identifies the through line in Trump/Republicans’ radically reorienting America’s role in the world. It’s easy and somewhat lazy of us to just say Trump is stupid or incompetent. That may be true but it ignores his fundamentally nefarious goals.
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Hayes: Trump’s Putin call proves he hates our allies and loves our enemies
YouTube video by MSNBC
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pragprog.bsky.social @pragprog.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
“The Democrats could have solved this problem back in the summer.” No, they could not have. Netanyahu was all-in on the long game waiting for Trump to return. I would expect them to know this better than anyone.
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After Trump’s remarks on Gaza, some in Dearborn, Michigan ‘think we screwed up’ — POLITICO
Trump’s plan to “take over” Gaza was met with outrage in Dearborn, Michigan, an Arab American enclave.
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pragprog.bsky.social @pragprog.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Another policy example that there is no “duopoly.” apple.news/AS9-ox0KLTEu...
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Trump signs executive order banning transgender athletes from women's sports — ABC News
The order is titled
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pragprog.bsky.social @pragprog.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
@schumer.senate.gov @warren.senate.gov @amyklobuchar.com @booker.senate.gov @sanders.senate.gov @markwarner.bsky.social @schatz.bsky.social @chrismurphyct.bsky.social
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pragprog.bsky.social @pragprog.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
How is it possible for someone off the street to take things this far? Should we not be questioning if MTA personnel were involved or enabling? gothamist.com/news/police-...
gothamist.com
Police bust 2 teens in Queens subway joyride, MTA chief says 'hooligan games' must stop
The incident marked the third time in just over a year where a group of vandals took a subway train for a joyride.
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pragprog.bsky.social @pragprog.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
We want to know why “so many Black men” voted for Trump in 2024, so we’re interviewing a Black man who voted for Trump in 2016 and voted libertarian in 2020. Some expert analysis there, Hill. 🤦🏻‍♂️ apple.news/AlQzjAMVsRYS...
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What I learned on my post-election trip to Trump Country — The Hill
There has been a softening of views on Trump, even among Democrats.
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pragprog.bsky.social @pragprog.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Curious if China’s limited response is due to their rather large footprint in US consumer markets. Clothing, for example. Might they be figuring “go ahead, let Americans pay 10% more for clothes. See how that works for you.” apple.news/A5aUjk6yTRli...
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China hits back as Trump’s tariffs go into effect — CNN
Beijing announced tariffs on Tuesday on some American imports including crude oil, agricultural machinery and liquefied natural gas, in retaliation for the Trump administration’s imposition of 10% tar...
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
BREAKING: Federal judge in D.C. blocks Trump administration from implementing the Office of Management and Budget memo ordering a government-wide freeze on grants and loans as to all current awards. Judge Loren AliKhan also blocks agencies from implementing the order "under a different name."
lawdork.com
Law Dork | Chris Geidner | Substack
The Supreme Court, law, politics, and more. Click to read Law Dork, by Chris Geidner, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/02/2025
Raskin: "Elon Musk, you may have illegally seized power over the financial payments systems of the Treasury, but you don't control the money of the American people. The US Congress does that under Article 1 of the Constitution ... we don't have a fourth branch of government called 'Elon Musk'"
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pragprog.bsky.social @pragprog.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Not unfair to say they’re acting criminally if they’re accessing classified information or sensitive information on any American.
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pragprog.bsky.social @pragprog.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
@democrats.org @schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social this needs to stop.
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pragprog.bsky.social @pragprog.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
@schumer.senate.gov @schatz.bsky.social @warren.senate.gov @aoc.bsky.social @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
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pragprog.bsky.social @pragprog.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Thank you! Great idea to keep up with public health updates and resources.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Hello federal civil servants!! READ THIS if you’ve received an OPM “Fork in the Road” email: www.civilservicestrong.org/resource/opm...
civilservicestrong.org
OPM Fork in the Road: Advice for federal employees | Civil Service Strong
Federal employees have received a mass email offering paid resignation until September 2025, but legal and budgetary concerns raise red flags. Learn why caution is advised before considering this offe...
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pragprog.bsky.social @pragprog.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
J6 thugs’ records live on.
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pragprog.bsky.social @pragprog.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov any oversight of this?
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