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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
73% of mothers with kids under 18 are in the workforce. More than flowers or brunch, working moms need: -Paid family leave -Equal pay -Universal childcare -Universal healthcare (But get your mom flowers, too)
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Justice Elena Kagan Isn't Mincing Words, About The Voting Rights Act........
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Oh, look what I saw on the beach!
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
🚨BREAKING: According to exclusive research by Democracy Docket, the Supreme Court’s ruling will likely derail at least 28 pro-voting lawsuits that aim to stop state legislatures from drawing electoral maps that dilute the voting power of racial minorities. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
Supreme Court ruling derails 28 lawsuits defending minority voting rights, Democracy Docket research finds
The legal cases are primarily concentrated in the South, where America’s legacy of racial discrimination still casts the longest shadow over voting rights.
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Indivisible Colorado @indivisible-co.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
The Worker Protection Act has a shot at passing the State Senate this Friday. Removing Colorado’s second union election would give workers the freedom to unionize fairly and build a better life for themselves and their families. @coloradoworkers.bsky.social invites you to pack the Senate gallery!
The Worker Protection Act can pass this Friday.
May Day 9:00 AM
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European Democrats @europeandemocrats.wsocial.eu · 21/04/2026
After France, Denmark is moving too: its Digitalisation Ministry plans to phase out Microsoft, switching to Linux and LibreOffice in the coming months. The goal is clear—reduce dependence on a handful of global tech giants and strengthen digital sovereignty.
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Econ Analytica @econanalytica.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Cartoon by @markdolk.bsky.social
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Steph K @gnomeledy2.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
This is what we need more of!
Southwest Minnesota board says no to proposed $4 billion data center complex
The CEO of Geronimo Power says the company is looking at alternative options in other communities.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 21/04/2026
For too long, bureaucracy kept 7 child care centers across our city empty — spaces that should have been alive with laughter instead collected dust. We've run through that red tape. This fall, all 7 will open their doors, bringing an additional 240 free 3-K seats & real relief to working families.
Mayor Mamdani and a group of children hold hands while running through red tape in a hallway.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
“Somebody shorted the oil markets today by hundreds of millions of dollars exactly 20 minutes before Trump made his announcement that everything was going to be great. And if you see that once, it could be a coincidence. But that’s happened at least 3x… a pattern.” The most corrupt regime ever.
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The Beethoven Group @beethovengroup.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Wow missed this. “Norway reached 117% renewable electricity use in 2023, producing more than it consumes and exporting the surplus. “
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like.
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Palantir put out a 22-point summary of their CEO's book The Technological Republic. It's pitched as a defence of the West, but if you read it through the VDA framework, verification, deliberation, accountability, what it's actually doing looks rather different. twitter-thread.com/t/2045574398...
Opening text of a thread by Palantir from X
Because we get asked a lot.

The Technological Republic, in brief.

1. Silicon Valley owes a moral debt to the country that made its rise possible. The engineering elite of Silicon Valley has an affirmative obligation to participate in the defense of the nation.

2. We must rebel against the tyranny of the apps. Is the iPhone our greatest creative if not crowning achievement as a civilization? The object has changed our lives, but it may also now be limiting and constraining our sense of the possible.

3. Free email is not enough. The decadence of a culture or civilization, and indeed its ruling class, will be forgiven only if that culture is capable of delivering economic growth and security for the public.

4. The limits of soft power, of soaring rhetoric alone, have been exposed. The ability of free and democratic societies to prevail requires something more than moral appeal. It requires hard power, and hard power in this century will be built on software.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Not a dime of taxpayer money or govt contracts should go to Palantir.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
🚨BREAKING: The Department of Justice is demanding that Wayne County, Michigan turn over its ballots from the 2024 election to investigate voter fraud claims. Michigan’s attorney general and secretary of state have responded saying that’s not going to happen. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
DOJ civil rights chief sends demand letter to Wayne County for 2024 ballots
Michigan's attorney general and secretary of state have responded that they will not comply with DOJ's demands.
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
We Deserve Better Than This….
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 18/04/2026
Israeli Defense Minister Katz said he wants to do in Lebanon what was done in Rafah.

I've seen firsthand how the Netanyahu government razed Rafah to the ground.

No American taxpayer dollars should be used to support this.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 18/04/2026
The FBI Director, the DC US Attorney, and the Secretary of Defense walk into a bar. Apparently like every day.
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Art Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Thank you to the Canadians who showed up to No Kings/No Tyrants in Vancouver! 🇨🇦
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 28/03/2026
Massive no kings rally here in Missoula, Montana.
Large number of people at no kings rally in Missoula.
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Brandon Kingdollar @kingdollar.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Durham’s No Kings protest saw thousands march through the city Saturday morning, condemning the Iran war and the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
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Thousands march in Durham No Kings protest to condemn Trump over Iran war • NC Newsline
Protesters gathered across North Carolina on Saturday in the third wave of No Kings protests, with many most angered by the war with Iran.
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California Nurses Association @calnurses.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
This is what democracy looks like!! Thousands filling the streets of San Francisco today — because when they come for our neighbors, our nurses, and our rights, we don't scroll past it. We SHOW UP. #NoKings
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South Dakota Searchlight @southdakotasearchlight.com · 28/03/2026
#NoKings protesters took to the streets in multiple South Dakota cities, including Pierre, where one protester said, “Gas prices going up, food prices going up, fertilizer prices going up for the farmers. I think people are just getting tired of the chaos.”
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‘Enough of the tyranny’: No Kings protesters take to the streets in South Dakota • South Dakota Searchlight
Nearly 200 people were at the Pierre protest, one of a dozen in the state of South Dakota, and one of thousands across the country.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
To whoever did this at the #NoKings in Boston: Thank you.❤️ It made me tear up. And we must to be reminded of needless damage to humanity that results directly from the careless, bellicose bluster coming from the Pentagon and White House.
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MiBaWi @mibawi.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
#NoKings #NoKings3 #NoKingsIII Good morning from Amsterdam, and happy 'No Kings Day' Note for Republicans: Amsterdam is the capital of the Netherlands and is a country in Europe.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Walz: The president said it's a bunch of radicals. You're damn right we've been radicalized. Radicalized by compassion, radicalized by decency, radicalized by due process, radicalized by democracy.
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IndivisibleTX24❌👑 @indivisibletx-24.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
The Signs of Fascism lead off the March at No Kings Southlake and are perfect for saying why we stand up and scream No I.C.E. No War. No Kings. #NoKingsSouthlakeTX #NoKings
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DemocracySoon! @democracysoon.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
BOSTON, MA today around 2:30pm in Boston Commons Here's a short video dolly shot of the action I took on my Mavic 2 Pro at the No Kings rally this afternoon. #Dronspections #NoKings #Boston
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Clay Nobles @claynobles.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 28/03/2026
Keith Ellison: I want you to know, as your Minnesota Attorney General, that justice is not optional. Accountability is coming.
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Courtney 🗝️ @courtneykey.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
It was a really beautiful day! bsky.app/profile/cour...
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Cocothecat @cocothecat.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Out in the sunshine in Richmond rocking my "Sic Semper Tyrannis" sign and meeting a LOT of committed (and pissed off) Virginians.
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annhuebner.bsky.social @annhuebner.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Charlottesville, VA came out strong!!
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Breezy Babe @grrrin.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
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Zora S @motownmama.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
South Orange/Maplewood New Jersey.
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8647 @dianamc.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Cold and sunny in Ardmore PA, had over 2000 anyway! BE WITH YOUR PEOPLE WHEN YOU CAN!
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George @retiredsurgassist.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
We were all saying that meeting up today was important for our mental welfare. Personally, I think it's going to take general strikes to make the changes we need. Perhaps the results of the midterm elections won't make that necessary. I sure hope so, either way we still have a lot of work to do.
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Greg Barnhisel @gbarnhisel.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
And family togetherness! Today in Pittsburgh
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SMS @snydersm.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
An American Bald Eagle showed up for No Kings in Milwaukee! Honestly- it is oddly uplifting and joyous to be surrounded by people who are enraged at the government.
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Lpeterp @lpeterp.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/03/2026
if nothing else, there is something to be said for spending time outside in the sun with thousands of people who share your anger at the state of things
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 28/03/2026
We are estimating more than 200,000 people at the flagship No Kings rally in the Twin Cities. #NoKings
A screengrab of the huge crowd at the flagship No Kings rally in the Twin Cities.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 27/03/2026
ICE chief Todd Lyons has been hospitalized twice for the stress that comes with ethnic cleansing. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
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‘Visibly upset and struggling’: Acting ICE head hospitalized twice over stress, officials say
Several current and former officials blame intense pressure from the White House.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 27/03/2026
WSJ: An Iranian missile struck the Prince Sultan air base in Saudi Arabia on Friday, wounding 10 American servicemembers, two seriously, and damaging several U.S. refueling aircraft, according to U.S. and Saudi officials familiar with the strike.
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Harry Burton @hbtoons.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
My cartoon in today's @irishexaminer.bsky.social
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/03/2026
Swalwell: "I want to knock out this argument we even need ICE doing what they're doing in the first place. If they are so easily moved from our streets, where they are terrorizing people, to passing out bottles of water in the airport, did we really need them terrorizing people in the first place?"
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
The Pentagon plans to keep National Guard troops deployed through 2029. That’s not a temporary surge. That’s a permanent fixture. Ask yourself why.
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JoanHaskins6 @fusciacat.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Trump pardoned 77 people this week that stole from Medicare. This flew under the radar. I believe Trump is selling pardons which is enough to send Trump away.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
In fairness it’s not like the consequences of having a mad king unilaterally take the country to war on a whim were so incredibly obvious that you could see it coming from the 18th and 19th centuries www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
“Kings had always been involving and impoverishing their people in wars, pretending generally, if not always, that the good of the people was the object,” a young representative named Abraham Lincoln wrote in 1848. This was “understood to be the most oppressive of all Kingly oppressions and they resolved to so frame the Constitution that no one man should hold the power of bringing this oppression upon us.” This quote, incidentally, is immortalized on the House’s website, if any members of Congress are looking for it.
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