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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

This is misleading. Here's how much the MA Millionaire Tax raised vs the most generous possible assumption of how much combined revenue was lost from millionaire movers.

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ScotchBot5000 (he/him) @scotchbot5000.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Just sat through an entirely depressing work meeting about Caesar Chavez. I appreciate the attempt to make space for this, but as an abuse survivor myself, this was Not the way I wanted to start my Friday. Now I feel like I need counseling and to vent, but expected to work, lol.

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Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

This is astonishing—a rhetoric steeped so deeply in New York's ethnic history, in grass-roots urban progressivism, in the immigrant experience in the United States. It's not "you should be in solidarity with others," it's "you always have been, we all always have been."

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ScotchBot5000 (he/him) @scotchbot5000.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

far too few Ds being unequivocal here

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

They either didn't know Iran would shut down the Strait of Hormuz or they knew and didn't have a plan. Either way - just totally clear they don't give a damn about what this war means for hardworking Americans.

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ScotchBot5000 (he/him) @scotchbot5000.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

what a colossal waste, and betrayal by MAGA as a 'peace movement'

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 12/03/2026

NEW: Hundreds of mental health professionals have left the Department of Veterans Affairs since President Donald Trump took office, leaving staff “at a breaking point” and some veterans waiting as long as six months for help.

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Veterans Who Depend on Mental Health Care Keep Losing Their Therapists Under Trump

Hundreds of mental health professionals have left the Department of Veterans Affairs since President Donald Trump took office, leaving staff “at a breaking point” and some veterans waiting as long as ...

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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

The Senate GOP posted an AI deepfake of Texas Senate candidate James Talarico. Using this tech isn't just a profound threat to our democracy - it's a disgraceful attempt to intentionally deceive voters. Congress must swiftly pass federal AI protections.

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Blue Axeman @blueaxeman.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 12/03/2026

The cure to male loneliness:

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

NEW info on shipwreck attack. It gets worse. The 2 survivors climbed atop wreckage and waved to overhead. "Some of the people viewing the video thought ... could have been an attempt to surrender" Others "said the most logical explanation was ... signaling for a rescue." 1/

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Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Two independent studies found that AI chatbots were better at persuading voters than political ads. The most persuasive bots also lied the most. This is something that humans working in psyops have known for decades. AI is psyops at scale. www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/04/1...

This is a quote from the article summing up both studies in Technology Review: "A multi-university team of researchers has found that chatting with a politically biased AI model was more effective than political advertisements at nudging both Democrats and Republicans to support presidential candidates of the opposing party. The chatbots swayed opinions by citing facts and evidence, but they were not always accurate—in fact, the researchers found, the most persuasive models said the most untrue things."

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

“What have I done!” 🤡

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ScotchBot5000 (he/him) @scotchbot5000.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

weird how when I go to my 'following' tab i look at a ton of one-liner reposts sans any context....

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ScotchBot5000 (he/him) @scotchbot5000.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

I was there. Interestingly they regularly have workers and allies arrested for blockading stores. The CEO lets his managers do it but lacked the gonads to be seen doing so himself. Keep the pressure on.

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ScotchBot5000 (he/him) @scotchbot5000.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

“The perception of this is that it’s about politics,” U.S. Judge Jeffrey Brown, a Trump appointee, wrote in the ruling striking down the new lines. “politics played a role, but it was much more than just politics. Substantial evidence shows that Texas racially gerrymandered the 2025 Map.”

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Federal court blocks new Texas congressional map for 2026

The decision is a major blow for Republicans, in Texas and nationally, who pushed through the mid-decade redistricting at the behest of President Donald Trump. Attorney General Ken Paxton said he woul...

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Tyler Kingkade @tktk.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Over 20,000 students stayed home from school Monday in Charlotte amid ICE raids, representing 15% of enrollment The district is nearly one-third Hispanic, per WBTV www.wbtv.com/2025/11/18/n...

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Nearly 21,000 Charlotte-Mecklenburg students absent from school on Monday, officials say

Officials did not make it clear if the absences were connected to the on-going immigration operation in the city.

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Truthout @truthout.org · 11/11/2025

“Private equity is using its newfound control over utilities to socialize costs for the expansion of data centers,” said one critic.

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Data Centers Devour Electricity. Private Equity Is Buying Utilities to Cash In.

The seizure of public utilities for the sake of profit may lead to a disaster for consumers — and the planet.

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WIRED @wired.com · 02/10/2025

“The Department unilaterally and without staff knowledge or consent, went in and changed the messages to include partisan language,” claims a DOE employee. This is particularly problematic because experts have alleged that the partisan language could be a violation of the Hatch Act.

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Government Workers Say Their Out-of-Office Replies Were Forcibly Changed to Blame Democrats for Shutdown

Some employees at the Department of Education changed their responses back to the more neutral language, only to have it changed yet again to the partisan response, multiple sources tell WIRED.

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ScotchBot5000 (he/him) @scotchbot5000.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

the planned and continued assaults on trans folk should be deeply disturbing to us all; we'll be next

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ScotchBot5000 (he/him) @scotchbot5000.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

These for-profit concentration camps are built with a mind the 13th amendment saying slavery is legal in prison. Of course they are specifically targeting the trans community, with immigrants, 1st. Fascism ALWAYS has to target scapegoats, and the abuses never stop with the first victims.

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ICE Warden Put Transgender Detainees into Forced Labor Program: Complaint

A federal complaint accuses the warden of creating an ad hoc work program used to demean trans detainees.

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Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

lmao. see, people hate on "defund the police" because both political parties dragged it, but they still support what it actually means

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Micah @rincewind.run · 22/09/2025

regardless of the details I think it’s important to spin the Kimmel thing as a win Trump is weak, he’s unpopular, he massively overreached and inspired enough of a revolt that Disney had to backtrack immediately he wants to paint himself as an all-powerful dictator, paint him as a loser who sucks

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Portia A Boulger @portiaaboulger.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

POWER TO THE PEOPLE! "ABC said on Monday that “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” would return to its airwaves on Tuesday, ending an impasse that began last week." #JimmyKimmel www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/b...

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Jimmy Kimmel’s Show to Return to ABC on Tuesday Night

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Phil Williams @philinvestigates.com · 15/09/2025

Interesting polling data: Those with unfavorable views of Donald Trump are the LEAST LIKELY to support political violence.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15/09/2025

what this sounds like to me is the administration is cutting money for efforts to support integration and sending some of the cash over to HCBUs, under the view that this is where black students ought to go www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/u...

The Trump administration on Monday announced that it would inject nearly $500 million into historically Black colleges and tribal universities, a windfall funded largely by cuts to programs elsewhere for minority students.

The administration will also redirect money to other political priorities for President Trump, including an extra $137 million for American history and civics education and $60 million more for charter schools.

The increases follow a White House request for a 15 percent budget cut to the Education Department next year, as President Trump seeks support to permanently shutter the agency. History programs will now receive about seven times their expected funding for this year, and charter schools will see a 13 percent increase.

To pay for the changes, the administration cut money from other parts of the education budget The details of the changes were described by three people familiar with the department’s plans who insisted on anonymity to speak about private discussions.

The biggest cut, announced by the department last week, is a $350 million hit to programs that support minority students in science and engineering programs, schools with significant Hispanic enrollment, and other federal grants at minority-serving institutions.

The administration also cut money from gifted and talented programs, which it said use racial targeting in recruitment in some cases, and from magnet schools, which have been used as a tool for combating school segregation.

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ÉZÈ @ezetheigwe.blacksky.app · 10/09/2025

UVU parents need to sue TPUSA for exposing their children to gun violence.

Article titled Charlie Kirk Says Gun Deaths
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ScotchBot5000 (he/him) @scotchbot5000.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

with Confederate troops invading Union cities, now is the Perfect time to Defund the government; lets see if those ICE agents and Guardspersons will do their racism for free....

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Truthout @truthout.org · 09/09/2025

A Gaza aid flotilla’s main boat was hit by an explosive while docked in Tunisia; organizers claim it was a drone attack, but authorities blame an onboard accident. Greta Thunberg had been on the boat earlier—all crew are safe.

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Flotilla Sailing to Gaza Attacked, With Footage Showing Large Explosion

The group said the boat is a main one in the fleet, and was carrying Greta Thunberg at one point prior to the strike.

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SEIU_ORG @seiu.org · 09/09/2025

Breaking: 800,000 CA rideshare drivers are on the verge of winning their union with #AB1340. Workers are building power and making history. #SolidaritySeason

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Brooke @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Which is profoundly anti-American (note that I don't call it unAmerican) and should be considered invalid. This should invalidate the entire court really but alas, we have useless or actively hostile leaders

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God @thegodshow.com · 04/09/2025

Trump DOJ is now looking at ways to ban transgender Americans from owning guns. Worth noting that the Nazis did the exact same thing to the Jews. Also worth noting they have no plans to ban right wing white supremacists from owning guns, even though they commit a vast majority of all mass shootings.

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Nobody who voted to confirm RFK is fit to hold public office

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Fight For A Union @fightforaunion.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

BREAKING: There are now more unemployed people than job openings for the first time since COVID. Buckle up. The trajectory ain’t good.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Where are all the “don’t tread on me” people? Just so you know, this is how it always starts. With a marginalized group… www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

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DOJ considering banning trans people from gun ownership: report

Justice Department reportedly mulling restrictions in threat to Second Amendment rights fueled by anti-trans rhetoric

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

The Trump administration has canceled the Biden era rule where airlines would have to compensate passengers for flight disruptions.

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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 18/08/2025

“The Voting Rights Act is functionally dead in a vast part of our country,” warns Samantha Blencke, an attorney with the Native American Rights Fund.

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“A Law Without a Way to Enforce It”

In North Dakota as elsewhere, Native groups face a triple threat on voting rights: judges targeting the VRA, Trump officials hostile to enforcing it, and a funding crunch depleting their work.

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 31/07/2025

The Trump administration’s new policy requiring applicants for student and exchange visas to set social media accounts to “public” for government review is a dangerous expansion of existing social media collection efforts. This policy gravely chills free expression.

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You Shouldn’t Have to Make Your Social Media Public to Get a Visa

The Trump administration is continuing its dangerous push to surveil and suppress foreign students’ social media activity. The State Department recently announced an unprecedented new requirement that...

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