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Renee Tajima-Peña

@rtajimapena.bsky.social
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Filmmaker PBS Asian Americans, Who Killed Vincent Chin?, May 19th Project, No Más Bebés, Calavera Highway & more Professor at UCLA

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This is what a rigged economy looks like.
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 05/09/2026
Damning new allegations have surfaced about Ryan Fournier, a rising star in MAGA circles, accused of violently assaulting his girlfriend.
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'You're going to die': Rising MAGA star accused in violent attack on girlfriend
Damning new allegations have surfaced about Ryan Fournier, a rising star in MAGA circles, accused of violently assaulting his girlfriend.According to a Friday article by The Daily Mail, Fournier allegedly began punching his girlfriend when she tried to wake him up after a night of drinking in May. H...
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Owen From Ohio @owenfromohio.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Vote like your life depends on it, or the life of a friend, relative, or neighbor. Because it does. We’re the decoys now.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
"FOR THE FIRST TIME" www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
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FDA travels to Mexico a month after linking Taylor Farms to cyclospora outbreak
Senior FDA official confirms that inspectors were on-site at the Taylor Farms processing facility and plan to be in the fields next.
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 15/08/2026
I sat down with Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, presiding over the city's lowest homicide numbers in 60 years—a story corporate media has largely ignored. The throughline of Johnson's tenure: safety comes from investment, not intimidation, and moral clarity doesn't wait for permission. Tune in now.
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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on Fewer Guns, More Jobs, Higher Taxes on the Rich
I interview Mayor Johnson on the city's historic drop in violence, taxing billionaires, and why he still stands by his 2024 ceasefire vote
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vanresia.bsky.social @vanresia.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
There’s nothing between a complete cover up and this? bsky.app/profile/keta...
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 14/08/2026
Apple: ~$2.2 billion Nike: $986 million FedEx: ~$800 million Amazon: $640 million General Motors: $500 million Giant corporations are raking in millions in tariff refunds and getting even richer. But remember: corporations passed tariff costs on to you. Where's YOUR refund?
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Both Haley Stevens and Francesca Hong lost close races. Both had tough campaigns. Both were the target of some very harsh criticism. From opposite sides of the Democratic divide.

And both didn’t wait a day to dust themselves off and get to work supporting their former opponent. Pure team player energy.

I’d like to see more male candidates have this kinda energy.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Put a sociopath in the White House and he’ll not think twice about using his own staff and other humans as decoys/potential collateral damage when he learns that HIS safety could be at risk if he flies on the ill-equipped Qatari bribe/lux AIr Force One. Not surprising, but utterly disgusting.
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God @thegodshow.com · 09/08/2026
Can I get an amen?
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
“.. The president’s recent financial disclosure form shows that he collected $1.4 billion from his crypto businesses last year, the majority of it from anonymous sources.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/08/09/u...
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Mark your calendars: August 13 at 1 p.m. ET. The public can call in and listen as a federal court holds a hearing over the Justice Department’s compliance with court orders involving the Epstein files.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Look at this graph. The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened. This is why we must build back union power.
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 06/08/2026
By supporting Republican Mike Rogers, AIPAC is supporting ICE atrocities, the end of birthright citizenship, explosive diarrhea, anti-trans attacks, criminalizing abortion, white supremacy, and every single other evil Trump policy. That's who they are and what they support.
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Renee Tajima-Peña @rtajimapena.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
A historically corrupt and incompetent government - White House, Senate and Congress - was elected under the watch of centrist Dems. And they’re lecturing us about electability?
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Bruce Little @brucedlittle.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
A 60 Minutes probe into Epstein's banking, with Wyden already interviewed, vanished right after Sharyn Alfonsi got pushed out under Bari Weiss. Wyden released a sweeping Senate report alleging several of the largest banks of having “been willing to turn a blind eye” to Epstein’s financial activity.
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60 Minutes Epstein Banking Story Didn’t Air After Sharyn Alfonsi Exit, Dem Senator Claims
Wyden revealed he was interviewed for the show in a Senate report alleging the country's largest banks turned “a blind eye” to Epstein's financial activity
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AW Sylwester @aw-sylwester.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Six congressmen bought between $83,000 to $245,000 in SpaceX stock just before its IPO: -Jared Moskowitz -Gil Cisneros -Dan Meuser -John McGuire -William Timmons -John James Five serve on committees whose work impacts SpaceX's business. We must ban members of Congress from trading stock.
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Owen From Ohio @owenfromohio.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 30/07/2026
One of America's most elite law firms just asked the Supreme Court to wipe out E. Jean Carroll's $83.3 million verdict — one day before its partner was sworn in as Trump's top federal prosecutor in New York.
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'My goodness': Jaws drop as Trump nominee's law firm joins attack on E. Jean Carroll
Lawyers are reacting with shock after a white-shoe law firm officially joined the fight against an $83.3 million verdict writer E. Jean Carroll won against President Donald Trump.Sullivan & Cromwell — whose partner Jamie McDonald was sworn in Wednesday as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of N...
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Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
FYI there is no "real" reason why Rome "fell." Its power waned for the usual, mundane reasons: widening gap between rich and poor, inability to maintain infrastructure, incompetent leadership, pointless wars, endless persecution of marginalized groups who performed vital labor, etc.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 26/07/2026
After these six House Democrats betrayed their constituents by voting with Republicans, we now need to turn up the pressure on the Senate. Email your senators and demand they reject right-wing plans to hand over our military decisions and data to Netanyahu: act.indivisible.org/sign/tell-yo...
(above images of Reps. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, Vicente Gonzalez, Adam Gray, Jared Golden, Henry Cuellar, and Don Davis) INEXCUSABLE
These six Democrats voted with House Republicans to pass the NDAA — with the SAVE Act and a US-Israeli military merger attached to it.
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
There it is. RFK Jr’s son, “Finn” Kennedy recently launched his own investment fund focused on AI in healthcare. It should surprise no one that he worked at 8VC—the investment fund launched by Peter Thiel’s Palantir co-founder (Joe Lonsdale)—in 2025. 4/24/26 … 1/ www.facebook.com/financialtim...
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US health secretary's son launches investment fund tied to health movement
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US health secretary's son launches investment fund tied to health movement
Child of Robert F Kennedy Jr seeks $100mn in capital raise...
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Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 22/07/2026
A reminder that UC _faculty_ and Faculty Associations — not the universities themselves nor their administrators — are waging this battle in court, demonstrating great bravery and moral clarity.
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White House admits it used keywords to kill billions worth of California research grants
Federal agencies that terminated more than a thousand research grants at the University of California last year admitted that they used keywords related to diversity, gender, vaccine hesitancy and COV...
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
I took a hard look at the financial donors to ICE’s biggest supporters in Congress. These are people who want to significantly expand ICE’s power and have sponsored or co-sponsored legislation to do so. Here are the top 25 consumer brands bankrolling the biggest ICE supporters in Congress:
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Consumer brands bankrolling the biggest ICE supporters in Congress (2025-2026): SpaceX — $589,000 Home Depot — $536,500 Charter (Spectrum) — $407,000 UPS — $353,500 Chevron — $352,500 Walmart — $308,000 Valero — $297,500 New York Life — $295,500 Altria (Marlboro) — $279,000 Aflac — $278,000 (1/3)
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Todd Moye @moye.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Pathetic and shameful move by the third-rate president of my grad school alma mater. I appreciate this reporter pointing out that the same institution awarded the third-rate president tenure despite never having taught a class or done any research.
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Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · 17/07/2026
The Taco Bell finger pointing is a psyop to redirect attention from the real culprit, the deregulation and lack of oversight in our food supply
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Renee Tajima-Peña @rtajimapena.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Dear Dodger & Laker fans, reminder that owner Mark Walter was a major investor in Geo Group until recently; also invested in Palantir. Profiting from immigrant fans and detainees
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
A report on the ground from the ICE shooting in Biddeford that should make every parent in this country lose their minds:
Cecelia Humiston, 22, lives on Chapel Street. She was asleep with her two-year-old son when she woke up to the sounds of a commotion on surrounding streets.

When she went to investigate, she saw what appeared to be a person lying on the ground on Pool Street.

She remembers hearing an older woman with a distressed family, yelling, “You took her dad, you took her dad!”

“They were with a little girl, she couldn't have been older than three,” Humiston said. “She was still in her Bluey pajamas.”

Humiston described law enforcement as “rude,” and said they barricaded family’s car from leaving. Another yelled at the little girl, who was trying to smell flowers.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 10/07/2026
Now heading to Minneapolis, Jenny Yang's comedy tour turns immigrant supermarkets into comedy clubs. And she's donating funds to nonprofits that serve immigrant communities.
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Comedian Jenny Yang: Coming soon to a grocery aisle near you
Now heading to Minneapolis, the Good Egg Immigrant Grocery Store Standup Comedy Tour turns immigrant supermarkets into comedy clubs.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Of course it looks like a fucking Reichsadler. Why wouldn’t it 🤦‍♂️
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Grace Hwang Lynch @gracehwanglynch.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Preorder my memoir HOW TO COOK RICE: ON THE CARE AND FEEDING OF AN IMMIGRANT FAMILY amzn.to/4oUpcIp
Book cover showing white rice cooker in front of a window with apricot and lemon trees and the words HOW TO COOK RICE by Grace Hwang Lynch
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 29/06/2026
President Trump’s major construction projects in Washington could cost taxpayers and donors more than $1 billion, a New York Times analysis shows.
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Funding for Trump’s Construction Spree Is Murky. Here’s What We Found Out.
The cost of the president’s D.C. renovation projects could surpass $1 billion, with taxpayers and secret donors footing the bill.
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Renee Tajima-Peña @rtajimapena.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Mr. Abrego Garcia deserves million$ from Tr*mp’s slush fund for victims of weaponized fed prosecutions
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Cartoon by @deadder.bsky.social.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 17/05/2026
this is such a great encapsulation of what the various factions of the reactionary right want. i might add that they envision themselves as slave masters and the rest of us, in one way or another, as their slaves. betterdonkey.substack.com/p/the-vra-wa...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/05/2026
brutal meme via the official Democratic Party X account
Trump: "I don't think about Americans' financial situation"
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Dilma Resistente @dilmaresiste.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Os pobres e a classe média pagam impostos. Os ricos pagam contadores. Os muito ricos pagam advogados. E os ultrarricos pagam políticos. Siga nosso novo Instagram, que a Meta derrubou sem motivos com mais de 80K. Conto com sua força! >> www.instagram.com/dilmaresiste1/
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Articles about Jared Kushner's diplomatic role with Iran that mention Kushner has received billions from the Saudi government (2/28-4/19): NYT: 5 of 58 WashPost: 1 of 43 WSJ: 0 of 40 AP: 0 of 26 CNN Wire: 0 of 18 NY Post: 0 of 17 Chicago Tribune: 0 of 4 LA Times: 0 of 4 Boston Globe: 0 of 2
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Renee Tajima-Peña @rtajimapena.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
MAGA will likely invoke Chavez to normalize Trump et al when/if the Epstein files are fully revealed. Center the stories on justice and the survivors. Not on the predators. And justice means calling out and consequences for the predators.
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Tyler Walpole ➡️ NYCC @tylerwalpole.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 17/03/2026
DHS bought a warehouse in a city called Social Circle, GA, then refused to answer questions on how they'd use it. So, the city cut off water and sewer services, put a lock on the water meter, and said that services will remain off “until ICE answers their questions." This is how we stop fascism.❤️✊🏽
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Oh. “We have agreed” — how nice of them! Surely they’re doing this work pro bono right?
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Holy shit. It’s time to subpoena Trump! 😡
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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
It's a Republican tradition.
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