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Transman, former public school teacher. My blog : livingthroughstrangetimes.blogspot.…

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Stacey Burns @wentrogue.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
His student visa was suddenly revoked but he wasn’t notified—“they don’t want ICE to lose the advantage of surprise” (!!!)—and four days later he was arrested at the hospital where he works.
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Indonesian man details surprise ICE arrest in Minnesota hospital
Critics condemn the “silent” nature of his arrest as part of an aggressive new trend in immigration enforcement.
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🌵Mojave~63 🏳️‍⚧️✨ 🏴‍☠️✨🏳️‍🌈 @mojavegreen63.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
This 82 year old Superstar gets my vote for best protest sign
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ian bremmer @ianbremmer.com · 04/04/2025
flippers up
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
📌So for the fuck of it, I tuned into Fox and Newmax the past hour to get their take on this financial suicide today, and neither of them had their market tickers on. I swear to God, you'd think everybody struck gold today. NONE of this would have happened to America without this hideous propaganda.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Is this who we are? Never mind, don’t answer that. 🇺🇸 😕 www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/new...
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 05/04/2025
The National Weather Service has paused automated services that provide severe weather alerts in languages other than English after the government contract for those services expired, the agency confirmed to PBS News.
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National Weather Service pauses severe weather alerts in Spanish and other languages
The contract for artificial intelligence modeling used to send emergency alerts in different languages is among the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) contracts that lapsed this…
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kharolinaslim.bsky.social @kharolinaslim.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
They coming #tariffs
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
1) Fox News is for real not showing stock-market ticker during this week's collapse. 2) Its economic news is "strong jobs report." 3) Every time I've checked in today, the coverage has been "illegal immigrants committing new crimes." This is state propaganda, on a par with North Korea or PRC.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 04/04/2025
A Chinese woman detained by U.S. border officers for overstaying a visitor visa died by suicide while being held at a border patrol station in Arizona, said Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington, who is a ranking member of the House subcommittee overseeing immigration.
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Chinese Woman Detained in Arizona Border Station Dies by Suicide
A woman detained by U.S. border officers for overstaying a visitor visa died by suicide while in custody, according to a Democratic congresswoman.
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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
There's a lot going on, God knows, but don't miss that the President of the United States is using the full force of the Federal government, as well as tax dollars, to punish a state because its Governor... refused to do as he instructed. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/u...
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U.S.D.A. Freezes Funding for Maine Amid Battle Over Transgender Athletes
The administration concluded last month that Maine had violated federal law by allowing transgender athletes to play on girls’ or women’s teams.
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@Peg33 @peg33.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
👇🏽 🎯 the point is to force the world to beg him for carve outs (and pay him off) Mafia-style Government
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Dan O’Sullivan @osullyville.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
I have to be honest. I think the people in power are so stupid, sheltered and insane that there's no real overriding goal or strategy to any of this.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Maybe everyone can see it now, but the world's richest people have tanked it all to restock assets and get liquid after years of illegally playing with funny money. They used "the wokeness" as a cudgel and it worked. The next Disney princess WILL be white, as we all eat beans under the highway.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 02/04/2025
"You have to throw trans people under the bus to win elections as a Democrat, trans political ads work, the public is reacting to trans people poorly" Meanwhile in Wisconsin after tens of millions in anti-trans ads against WI-SC candidate who did not flinch:
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Ben Wikler @benwikler.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
The Department of Government Efficiency, for example
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
The richest man in the world spent more money than most of us will see in our lifetimes to lose a state Supreme Court race by 10 points. And the fact his $25 million was a drop in the bucket compared to what he's spent on other elections is exactly why we must overturn Citizens United.
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ULTRA💀BLAST @ultrakillblast.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
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Living Through These Strange Times @robertmilktimes.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
The original throuple. Thanks Canada.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
CARTOON OF THE DAY #2 🇺🇸 (From @adamzyglis.bsky.social )
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Yep
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
“The Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccine official, Dr. Peter Marks, abruptly resigned Friday, saying in a searing letter that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s aggressive stance on vaccines was irresponsible and posed a danger to the public.”
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Top FDA Vaccine Official Resigns, Citing Kennedy’s ‘Misinformation and Lies’
Dr. Peter Marks, a veteran of the agency, wrote that undermining confidence in vaccines is irresponsible and a danger to public health.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 27/03/2025
The Montana Bathroom ban is signed into law. Gianforte thanked the Alliance Defending Freedom and Riley Gaines in his address. This makes it against the law for trans people to use the bathroom in the airport, parks, the capitol building, and more. It also impacts me and my wife Zooey personally.
Governor Greg Gianforte
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Standing alongside our partners in Montana and across the country, I am proud to safeguard privacy and security for women and girls – because a man shouldn’t be in a women’s restroom, shouldn’t be in a women’s shower room, and shouldn’t be housed in a women’s prison.
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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Freedom of speech and the right of due process - unless you "create a ruckus," then you'll be disappeared by masked agents of the state. Fundamental constitutional protections - officially suspended for foreign nationals. They'll remain in place for US citizens until the regime decides otherwise.
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Joaquin Castro @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Donald Trump nominated and put into place the most unqualified cabinet in American history. They are threatening our national security, putting servicemembers at risk, and insulting the American people.
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Living Through These Strange Times @robertmilktimes.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
People on social security… #socialsecurity #doge
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
The most maddening aspect of the campaign was that A) The high cost of living was clearly the number one issue for voters, particularly persuadable voters B) Trump was running on an explicit set of promises to raise everyone’s prices. C) this somehow never got through Now here we are!
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Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Between 2016 and 2024, Trump officials included in the Signal group chat where detailed war plans were shared with a journalist appeared on Fox and declared that “if at the very top there's no accountability,” then we have “two tiers of justice”
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On Fox, Trump officials previously stressed care and caution with classified information. They're now facing criticism for sharing detailed war plans with a journalist.
Reports that top Trump administration national security officials shared plans for recent military strikes in an insecure group chat — where a journalist was also mistakenly added — come after years o...
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
NEW from Senator Elizabeth Warren on the arrest of Rumeysa Ozturk: "The Trump administration is targeting students with legal status and ripping people out of their communities without due process. This is an attack on our Constitution and basic freedoms — and we will push back."
Sen. Elizabeth Warren on arrest of Rumeysa Ozturk:

“This arrest is the latest in an alarming pattern to stifle civil liberties. The Trump administration is targeting students with legal status and ripping people out of their communities without due process. This is an attack on our Constitution and basic freedoms — and we will push back."
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Living Through These Strange Times @robertmilktimes.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
They clearly don’t care whether they’re gang members or not.
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Living Through These Strange Times @robertmilktimes.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
We’re seeing a lot of ICE agents and immigration folks hiding their faces behind masks. this it may be to hide their identity to protect them from retribution BUT it is a psychological fact that people find it easier to commit acts they might other wise not when they feel anonymous. #immigration
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Who Is That? The Study of Anonymity and Behavior
A rich body of research has suggested that people have a tendency to behave rudely and abusively when their identities are concealed, but recent studies have identified the positive features of anonym...
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 26/03/2025
"Angry, disappointed, frustrated"--Scientists were making progress on vaccines and antivirals for the next pandemic--until this week, when the Trump administration abruptly told them to stop. Here's my story with @apoorvanyt.bsky.social Gift link: nyti.ms/43Xz77q
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H.H.S. Scraps Studies of Vaccines and Treatments for Future Pandemics (Gift Article)
Federal officials cited the end of the Covid-19 pandemic in halting the research. But much of the work was focused on preventing outbreaks of other pathogens.
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Working Families Party 🐺 @workingfamilies.org · 26/03/2025
literally just a thread of people at town halls across the country who are pissed off at Trump, Elon, and the Republican Party for sacrificing working people to put more money into their own pockets
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Republicans and DOGE are attacking public broadcasting, claiming it's "wasteful" and promotes an "agenda." But spending on public broadcasting is just 0.01% of the federal budget — and funding has bipartisan support. This is part of Trump's bigger war on an educated public.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 24/03/2025
Elon bought the White House, now he's trying to buy the Wisconsin Supreme Court. This is exactly what oligarchy looks like. Wisconsin, on April 1st vote against him by voting Judge Crawford.
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He's Not Like Us
YouTube video by The Lincoln Project
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
“Thank you for defunding Medicaid and social security… those grandmothers don’t need all that money…” @waltermasterson and others disrupt an @repmikelawler fundraiser
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/03/2025
Trump says he's looking at setting up some sort of government "compensation fund" for the January 6 criminals that he pardoned
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Living Through These Strange Times @robertmilktimes.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Definitely didn’t think “thank Kier” as I finished creating the company end of year award recipient video today.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 23/03/2025
This should INFURIATE you
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Madz @madz123.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
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cornish person girl @gemma.transwrites.world · 12/02/2025
heard some crap about UK polls about trans people and in 2022 I wrote this for Huff Post www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/yougov... Tldr: don't despair. it sucks but it costs them millions in propaganda and we can break it by simply being active and good participants in our communities.
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Brits Were Surveyed On Trans Rights. Here's How Trans People Feel About It
"We are just normal people trying to live our lives."
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 11/02/2025
I've met with many cabinet nominees across many admins, and my meeting with RFK Jr. was by far the most troubling. He rattled off debunked conspiracy theories & lied to my face—denying his own statements he'd made on record. We cannot confirm an anti-vaxxer as Secretary of Health.
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TransLash Media @translash.org · 11/02/2025
No amount of fear, legislation, or hate will erase trans kids or their futures. Photo credit: @sweatermuppets on ig
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 10/02/2025
During President Donald Trump’s first term, the Education Department held DEI training. Now, in the opening days of Trump’s second term, dozens of employees who attended that diversity program have been placed on leave because of it.
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They trained on diversity under Trump. Now he’s punishing them for it.
During President Donald Trump’s first term, the Education Department held diversity trainings. Many who participated were put on administrative leave under new rules.
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