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Detroit Diva

@thedetroitdiva.bsky.social
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Cat of PredictIt Anti-Zionist since the 1970s, eco-warrior, anti-capitalist (capitalism = Love of money, "root of all evils," as highest goal), atheist (not agnostic about it either)

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Detroit Diva @thedetroitdiva.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Not sure why this doesn't post. I've added a screencapture and link x.com/David_J_Bier...
ICE beat up two kids who were US citizens, but the relevant fact is that they weren't doing anything that should have caused law enforcement to stop them: they were enlisting in the Marines
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Detroit Diva @thedetroitdiva.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Strategic Petroleum Reserves: 300mb: withdrawal limit before irreversible damage to the salt caverns begins 285.36mb: status as of 9/4 (reported today) 243mb: DOD cuts off access -- remainder is reserved for last-resort use in defense of the nation 150mb: Physical withdrawal limit
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Detroit Diva @thedetroitdiva.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Mike Rogers out with his first campaign ad blaming 9/11 on Abdul El-Sayed x.com/NewsWire_US/...
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NewsWire (@NewsWire_US) on X
9/11 Ad Hits El-Sayed in Detroit, Accuses Democrat of Banking on ‘Same Hatred’
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Detroit Diva @thedetroitdiva.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The way I vote, I get my ballot by mail. Instead of mailing it back, I hand-deliver it to the Secretary of State office on W. Grand Blvd. If you're in Detroit, use the main entrance and tell security in the lobby (they're on your side) you're there to hand-deliver your filled-out mail ballot
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Detroit Diva @thedetroitdiva.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Oil trade coming?
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sundene 🇳🇴 📎 @sundene.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Good grief. Have a look at this. Also, see here: www.jurist.org/commentary/2...
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No Congressional Approval Needed: The President’s Unchecked Power Over US Communications
A recent article in the Washington Post concerning widespread internet shutdowns in Russia for alleged wartime defense purposes got me thinking: How hard would it be for this to happen in the US? It t...
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Hope Himars 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🇬🇪 🇪🇺 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇩🇰 🇵🇦 🇬🇱 🇻🇪 @hopehimars.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
USA TODAY
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Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 05/09/2026
Under the second Trump admin, the EPA has focused on expanding all the things it cannot do for the people of the US: "The standards it cannot set, the deadlines it cannot hold, the public it cannot consult, the experts it cannot employ, the grants it cannot fund, the enforcement it cannot conduct."
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As Data Centers Drive Boom in Fossil Power Generation, EPA is Slashing Pollution Standards to Clear their Path
Under the second Trump administration, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has focused its energies on examining and expanding all the things it cannot do for the people of the United States. The standards it cannot set, the deadlines it cannot hold, the public it cannot consult, the expe
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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
3/ If you live in a red state, do not wait for anyone to notify you that you are still registered. Assume the purge may have already reached your name. Go check your voter registration status right now, today. Do not hand that job to hope. You do it.
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Detroit Diva @thedetroitdiva.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
www.cbsnews.com/news/fired-s...
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Fired Stars and Stripes journalists sue Hegseth and Pentagon spokesperson
The plaintiffs say the Trump administration is trying to fire them as a part of its "extraordinary censorship efforts."
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 21/08/2026
The verdict is in. The decision is made. We will protect this place.
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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
GOLD OVERTAKES U.S. TREASURIES AS THE WORLD’S TOP CENTRAL-BANK RESERVE ASSET — GOLD NOW 26.3% VS TREASURIES 20.2%, FIRST TIME SINCE 1996.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 21/08/2026
Conservative education activists such as Moms for Liberty co-founder Tiffany Justice now have access to the top levers of the government. “If America’s public schools cease to exist tomorrow, America would be a better place,” Justice told ProPublica. (Published Oct. 2025)
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These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.
Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 03/08/2026
“The Trump administration opened the floodgates for these predatory companies to come in and profit off of detaining human beings.”
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As for-profit companies battle over ICE contracts, immigrants are caught in the middle
"There is so much money right now in detaining people."
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
The Trump administration has weakened protections for 1.5 million acres of protected wetlands, endangering the habitat of ducks and other migratory birds.
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
More: ourpubliclandsandwaters.substack.com/p/a-quiet-ru...
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A Quiet Rule Review Could Drain the Prairie Pothole Region, America’s “Duck Factory”
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service rule revision would drain thousands of tiny-but-vital wetlands across the northern Great Plains
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Detroit Diva @thedetroitdiva.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Lots of bits transmitted about how AI sucks. Not as much about what AI does well. One thing AI is very good at is hacking. We should probably be asking to what extent hacking into and through is the driver behind AI development
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Detroit Diva @thedetroitdiva.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Republicans hate "socialism" and "communism" more than anything. Yet the type of society they want to create is exactly the type of society where communist revolutions have *succeeded*
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Detroit Diva @thedetroitdiva.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
The U.S. war on Iran is hiding inflation that is not due solely to oil-supply shock (e.g., water shortages, grid build-outs, ag-worker shortages, tariffs, etc). Since oil is used in and/or for everything, all price increases can be attributed to this conflict and handwaved away as "temporary"
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Big AI corporations like OpenAI, Google, and Meta are giving millions to state Attorneys General on both sides of the aisle to block efforts to regulate and investigate the industry. Call this what it is: legalized bribery.
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AI Companies Are Funding the AGs Investigating Them
OpenAI, Google, Meta, and others sent a wave of donations to both parties’ attorney general groups as AGs move to regula
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Rep. Mike Levin @levin.house.gov · 20/06/2026
The Trump DOJ is now arguing in federal court that Elon Musk’s AI company should be allowed to run dozens of unpermitted gas turbines polluting a Black community in Mississippi. They also argued the federal government should have the power to shut down citizen lawsuits like this one entirely.
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Detroit Diva @thedetroitdiva.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Someone is eventually going to ask: Was it coincidence that just as Bill Gates testified to Congress about how Epstein had tried to blackmail him ... just then is when Donnie jumped back into War with Iran?
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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
“Producers in Texas are being pressured NOT TO REPORT potential cases” of screwworm
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Detroit Diva @thedetroitdiva.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Why didn't they schedule the revolution for 1775? Would make these round-number anniversaries so much more intuitive. Also the 4y king wouldn't have a year and a half lead time for fascist military parades and gold-painted monuments to himself
Crossed American flags
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Detroit Diva @thedetroitdiva.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
My pick for top news of the day www.upworthy.com/pn-archaeolo...
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Archaeology student found a lost Maya city on page 16 of a Google search
How a PhD student accidentally discovered a lost Mayan city.
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Detroit Diva @thedetroitdiva.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Donnie wants to rename the Strait of Hormuz (named for a god) to the Strait of Trump So Iran can own him harder...
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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
TRUMP BELIEVES A DEAL TO SETTLE UKRAINE CONFLICT IS CLOSE, KREMLIN AIDE SAYS AFTER PUTIN'S CALL WITH PUTIN
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Detroit Diva @thedetroitdiva.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
More than half expecting Cole Allen to commit suicide in prison
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Just Kevin @kevinleecaster.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Okay, due underwhelming demand here's a thread providing a few of the reasons that more climate action advocates should be clamoring for more people to encourage more biochar production and use 1/6 This 1st one is nice and neat but not sure how exciting because...AI biochartoday.com/news/environ...
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Environmental Business Council of New England Integrates Super Biochar to Advance AI-Driven Soil Remediation
The Environmental Business Council of New England has welcomed Super Biochar to its network. Super Biochar utilizes artificial intelligence and diagnostic technology to produce customized SuperChar…
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Detroit Diva @thedetroitdiva.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Silence really *is* consent in this case (spread the word)
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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
TUCKER CARLSON SAYS OFFICIALS SHOULD SAY NO TO TRUMP ORDERS: WSJ
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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
IRAN'S FARS NEWS AGENCY IDENTIFIED MULTIPLE BRIDGES IN KUWAIT, SAUDI ARABIA, ABU DHABI, AND JORDAN AS POSSIBLE TARGETS FOR IRANIAN MILITARY ACTION.
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Detroit Diva @thedetroitdiva.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Context: scotus hearing on birthright citizenship
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(T) Baby Driver @riseupwarrior.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
FFS! They don’t hide it. Down 11k so far. Afraid to look again.
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Detroit Diva @thedetroitdiva.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
The admin's attack on Iran has turned into a boondoggle for big oil. Like tariffs, it's a regressive tax on U.S. consumers, except with carnage thrown in A government looking out for its citizens would prohibit oil exports at minimum. This is war profiteering by and for GOP donors
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G-Lau 🇨🇦 @g-lau.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
You guys are governed by a bunch of teenagers jacked up with energy drinks and coke.
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Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
NEW: A Democratic candidate in the primary in Eric Swalwell’s district raised $2M in the first two weeks of her campaign from unknown donors. Rakhi Israni’s personal political donations have gone to over 10 MAGA and far right candidates including Laura Loomer. theintercept.com/2026/03/04/c...
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Dem Candidate for Rep. Eric Swalwell’s Seat Donated to Far-Right Republicans — Including Laura Loomer
Democratic primary hopeful Rakhi Israni, who is running for Rep. Eric Swalwell’s seat, gave to MAGA figures — including Laura Loomer.
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Elizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Chinese investors are funneling millions of dollars into SpaceX while keeping their identities a secret. As a defense contractor, SpaceX is a major part of the U.S. military and reconnaissance architecture. I’m pushing for answers on this potential national security risk.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 04/02/2026
“You don’t have to torture people. They’re not going anywhere—they’re on a plane.” A private equity–owned airline is profiting from Trump’s migrant crackdown. Now, ICE deportation flights are getting longer and crueler as a result.
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ICE deportation flights are getting longer and crueler
A private equity–owned airline profits off Trump’s migrant crackdown.
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Jay Lionel @jaylionel.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Little by little the cracks in the dam are growing. A bit of resistance here and there. The fear of Trump amongst republicans is diminishing. Not because they are brave, but because Trump is so fucking awful the public are uniting against him.
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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
22 states just sent a scathing memo to Pam Bondi, slamming her demand for Minnesota voter rolls and policy changes. - reports
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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 28/01/2026
Featured story, from @josephinelee.bsky.social: 92% of private schools already enrolled in Texas’ voucher programs serving kids beyond kindergarten are religious. Our investigation found many of these exclude non-Christian and LGBTQ+ kids.
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Texas Taxpayers Will Fund Dozens of Private Schools that Openly Discriminate
The state has signed off on voucher funds for schools that exclude non-Christian and LGBTQ+ kids.
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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
BIG TECH LED BY NVIDIA IS POURING A RECORD $109 MILLION INTO LOBBYING, AGGRESSIVELY COURTING TRUMP TO SECURE AI, CHIP EXPORT, AND REGULATORY WINS.
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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
*JUDGE SAYS DOMINION ENERGY CAN RESUME WIND PROJECT TRUMP HALTED
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Detroit Diva @thedetroitdiva.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Da fuq???
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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 14/01/2026
I know people on Bsky know this but I hope it filters out: The feds are OCCUPYING the Twin Cities. This is a blockade, a siege. They are shutting down economic and civic activity. They are conducting "papers please" stops. They are criminalizing being a bystander/witness. You could be next.
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Detroit Diva @thedetroitdiva.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
The entire DOJ would need to be replaced. This may also be the case with other core federal agencies The entire military would need to be scrutinized DOGE appears to have transmitted the entire Social Security and IRS databases to Russia We're $38 trillion in debt U.S. may already be dead
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Detroit Diva @thedetroitdiva.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Maybe thinks (at some level) he's still in Iraq www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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The ICE officer who killed a Minnesota woman is a war veteran who spent over a decade at DHS
Jonathan Ross shot and killed 37-year-old U.S. citizen Renee Nicole Good during a confrontation in Minneapolis earlier this week.
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Detroit Diva @thedetroitdiva.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
"Admin admits there is no fentanyl coming from Venezuela. There is cocaine, but it's going to Europe"
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