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Anti-ableist, anti-conservative. Always was for Hillary, lifelong registered Dem. Thank you for the good you do.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 01/05/2026
The Voting Rights Act “was born of the literal blood of Union soldiers and civil rights marchers,” Justice Elena Kagan wrote in her dissent. “Only [the American people] have the right to say it is no longer needed—not the members of this Court.” trib.al/bChcU7j
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The Supreme Court Lands Its Fatal Blow on the Voting Rights Act
The conservative bloc has dismantled the law that ensures that Black Americans can fully participate in American electoral politics.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Re the Voting Rights Act: I've used this graph a lot to illustrate how the VRA largely ended the historic pattern of blocking and burdening Black voters in the south. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
graph shows a dramatic increase in black registration after the voting right act
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BrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
I support the hell out of people showing their power to defy and strike at the oligarchy on May Day. But a lot of folks can’t afford to lose a day’s pay right now, and that’s exactly the problem. Do what you can. Speak up. Show up however you’re able. That still counts. #MayDay
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 01/05/2026
TODAY: Americans are walking out of school and work to wield our power as workers, consumers, and students. Join us for the nationwide day of economic disruption: survey.alchemer.com/s3/8705046/i... Find one of the more than 3,000 events planned for May Day: www.mobilize.us/mayday/map/?... #MayDay
MAY DAY 2026

NO WORK
NO SCHOOL
NO SHOPPING
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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
BREAKING: Activists have shut down multiple intersections throughout downtown Washington DC in opposition to Trump's attacks on workers, DC Home Rule, climate, and international peace. The actions kick off #MayDay events across the country.
Activists hold a banner across an intersection that reads "Fight Fascism, Free DC"Activists hold a banner across a street that reads "Healthcarae not warfare." Additional signs read "No War, No ICE, Free Palestine" and "No War for Israel," and "No War on Iran."Activists hold a large banner across a street that reads "Fund People & Planet NOT WAR" and "Free Palestine, Free DC, Free Us All!"Activists hold a banner across an intersection with the U.S. Capitol in the background. Banner reads "Workers Over Billionaires"
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Progressive @very.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
In celebration of #MayDay, 'protests [are] under way. In Manhattan, [protests] demand that Amazon cut its contracts with ICE and DHS. In DC, [protests] shut down intersections across the city, banners reading “Workers over billionaires” & “Healthcare not warfare”' www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Thousands in US to join ‘no school, no work, no shopping’ May Day protest in economic blackout
Walkouts, marches and other gatherings planned for ‘May Day Strong’ demonstrations across the country
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Elias law Group is currently litigating 85 voting and election cases across 37 states and DC.
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Andrea Devon @andreadevon.sheshed.rocks · 07/04/2026
Redistricting has already been used across the country to tilt the map. Virginia is one of the last places voters still have a say in how those lines are drawn. If you’re there… this matters. #VirginiaVoteYes
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Maggie Smith @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
So pro-life means jailing women who miscarry but shrugging when the deranged president says “a whole civilization will die tonight.” Do I have that right?
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Jay @pescado70.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
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Vance says he's 'here to help' Orbán's election campaign during Hungary visit
U.S. Vice President JD Vance says he is in Hungary to support Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's reelection bid.
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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
NPR: Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump www.npr.org/2026/02/24/n...
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Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump
An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump.
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Julz 🦋 🇨🇦🇱🇷🚨 @julzsaveusa.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Mohsen Mahdawi, a student at Columbia with a green card, was arrested during his citizenship interview. He’d waited a decade. “Is this a trap?” he thought, after U.S.C.I.S. called him in; masked ICE agents took him away after he signed the Pledge of Allegiance. www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
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How Legal Immigration Became a Deportation Trap
Under Trump, the Homeland Security agency responsible for processing visas and green cards has become a site for easy arrests.
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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
In this thread, U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro says 2-month-old baby Juan Nicolás was sent back to Dilley — the main immigration detention facility for families in the U.S. — just hours after he was “unresponsive” while hospitalized for bronchitis
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Scott Smith @canaansdad1987.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Tom Brady said Bad Bunny's halftime show was "amazing". #USDemocracy www.mandatory.com/news/1727790...
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Tom Brady Has One Word Response to Bad Bunny's Halftime Show
Tom Brady reacted to Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl LX halftime show with Lady Gaga, sharing a brief message on Instagram.
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Ben Phillips @benphillips76.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
In a normal government, this results in the resignation of multiple cabinet officials (Transportation, Defense, and Homeland Security), and the closure or (at least!) radical reorg of the cartoonishly incompetent agency at the center of it: CBP. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
A Trumpkin stealth candidate for governor in California lists himself as a Democrat and is being funded by the tech bros behind Trump.
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Conservative heads San Jose mayor's governor campaign - San José Spotlight
San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan has bristled at being labeled right-leaning while stressing he's a lifelong Democrat. His hiring of a self-described conservative to run his California governor campaign coul...
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Progressive @very.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
The agent who shot Marimar Martinez 5 times and "joked about it afterward... says he was being boxed in" but video shows him "pulling his steering wheel to the left and into Martinez's car... [with] no one in front of him, contradicting the claim of being boxed in..." www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
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New Marimar Martinez shooting evidence shows Border Patrol agent joked in aftermath, praised by Bovino
As the Chicago woman shot five times by a Border Patrol agent last fall fights for all evidence in her case to be released, new documents show the agent texted jokes to fellow officers and was praised...
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Rep. Shontel Brown @repshontelbrown.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Trump has got his back against the wall.   That's the only reason why he is willing to go to extreme lengths to distract and deflect from the Epstein files.   But here's the thing- The DOJ STILL hasn't released all the files...   Release ALL the files NOW. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Jeffrey Epstein files: don’t be fooled. Millions of files are still unreleased | Moira Donegan
Federal prosecutors had identified 6 million files that were ‘potentially responsive’ to the law, but only released 3.5. Why?
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Maher Tarabishi, who has been detained by ICE since October, was the primary caretaker of his disabled adult child, Wael. On Jan. 23, Wael died from complications related to Pompe disease, a rare genetic condition. ICE has now denied Maher’s request to attend his funeral, his attorney says.
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ICE Denies Detainee's Request to Attend His Son's Funeral, Attorney Says
Maher Tarabishi was the primary caretaker of his son, Wael Tarabishi, 30, who died on Friday, Jan. 23, from complications related to Pompe disease.
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Progressive @very.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
"Share of detained immigrants who have criminal charges or convictions has fallen rapidly... pending charges may never be convicted; the charges could be dismissed, or they could be found innocent. Many will miss their day in a U.S. court because they were deported". www.poynter.org/fact-checkin...
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Kristi Noem said most immigrants in ICE detention are violent criminals. The data says otherwise. - Poynter
ICE’s own data shows about half of detainees have criminal records. Independent analysis suggests roughly 5% were convicted of violent crimes.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
In Minnesota, scores of ordinary people are bravely looking out for their neighbors, defending their communities, and protesting lawless violence. They are the best of America. Here's how to stand with them. www.standwithminnesota.com
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Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory
Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/01/2026
WELKER: Look at these images. A protester on the ground being pepper sprayed. A 5-year-old being detained. A citizen being pulled out of his home half naked, later released upon determination he was wrongly detained. Are federal agents acting humanely? BLANCHE: Yes. Our agents are acting humanely
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David J. Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
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carpenter22.bsky.social @carpenter22.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
CDC moves to end telework for employees, including those with medical needs www.statnews.com/2025/11/21/c... via @statnews.com
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CDC moves to end telework for employees, including those with medical needs
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has ended full-time telework agreements for reasonable accommodations, employees say.
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
37 days in jail for a Facebook post that merely quoted Trump saying, “We have to get over it” following a school shooting in January 2024, posted after the Charlie Kirk killing. A US citizens spent37 days in prison for exercising his 1st amendment rights. www.ms.now/opinion/tenn...
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Opinion | He spent 37 days in jail for a Facebook post. Larry Bushart’s story is a warning to us all.
Daniel Burnett: A 61-year-old Tennessee man was arrested for sharing a meme during the moral panic following Charlie Kirk's assassination.
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Progressive @very.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Vicente Ventura, detained by ICE, missing for 6+ weeks after medical emergency. "Disappearance underscores how much harder it has become for friends & family to keep track of those detained in what immigration lawyers & advocates call a disorienting, hostile environment". www.ms.now/news/immigra...
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A man missing for weeks and the immigration system that lost him
Vicente Ventura Aguilar got picked up last month, but his family doesn’t know if he’s dead or alive. ICE says he’s not in their system, so they say they can’t help.
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U.S. Press Freedom Tracker @pressfreedomtracker.us · 30/10/2025
More assaults of journalists this year than the last two years combined, our interview with deported journalist Mario Guevara, and more in this month’s Tracker newsletter by managing editor @kamccudden.bsky.social:
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‘They see the media as the enemy.’ A lesson from a deported journalist
Dear Friend of Press Freedom,I’m starting this month with a roundup of notable incidents and updates — and there have …
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Progressive @very.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
79 yr-old US citizen with heart condition, Rafie Shouhed, "violently slammed... onto pavement" held in detention "for nearly 12 hours without medical attention" had to temporarily close "business after employees, incl' US citizens, became too afraid to return to work". abcnews.go.com/US/79-year-u...
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Progressive @very.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Vetted immigrant reporter with "no criminal history and has been issued a work permit.. still in ICE detention and faces removal.. to silence him." ICE argues he "presents danger to the community because he livestreams, records and publishes" his reporting of ICE. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Ice’s detention of Atlanta reporter seeks to ‘silence him’, ACLU petition says
Continued detention of Mario Guevara is retaliation for his reporting and violates his first amendment rights, filing says
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Progressive @very.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Bride traveling back home from honeymoon "shackled by the hands and legs as she walked through the airport... not given a reason for her detention" and would have "been taken to the Israel border" although she's never been there and arrived to the USA at 8 years old. abcnews.go.com/US/newlywed-...
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Newlywed bride's honeymoon ends with months of ICE detention and the prospect of deportation
The government attempted to deport Ward Sakeik, a stateless Palestinian woman, to Israel hours before it attacked Iran, according to her husband.
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Progressive @very.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Job-creating, award-winning immigrant considered a "fixture" of community is put in chains and taken away. A week before "another employee was also taken" by masked men who "didn’t identify themselves.. didn’t even say anything.. started trying to open the doors". www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Ice’s ‘inhumane’ arrest of well-known vineyard manager shakes Oregon wine industry
Friends and family of Moises Sotelo ‘disappointed and disgusted’ after respected fixture detained outside church
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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Virginia! It's time to re-elect Delegate Michael Feggans. He's served Virginia's 97th House District well, protecting women's rights, supporting teachers and public schools, protecting the environment, and more. Let's keep the momentum going! Re-Elect Michael Feggans Virginia's 97th House District
Graphic supporting Michael Feggans for re-election to Virginia's 97th House District.
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doreengarfield WAR ZONE SURVIVOR @doreengarfield.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
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Luca Migo @victinibcn.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Amazing overview of the LA No Kings protest, this is huge! They even brought the baby Trump inflatable balloon. 😂
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Lyn @lynia80.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
👀PHILLY SHOWIN UP!!!!! #NoKings
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
From Sen. @padilla.senate.gov's office: Padilla “is currently in Los Angeles exercising his duty to perform Congressional oversight of the federal government’s operations … He tried to ask the Secretary a question, and was forcibly removed by federal agents, forced to the ground and handcuffed.”
Statement on Sen. Padilla’s Forcible Removal from DHS Press Conference in Los Angeles
 
LOS ANGELES, CA — Today, the Office of U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee, released the following statement after Padilla was forcibly removed from Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem’s press conference while performing Congressional oversight in Los Angeles:
 
“Senator Padilla is currently in Los Angeles exercising his duty to perform Congressional oversight of the federal government’s operations in Los Angeles and across California. He was in the federal building to receive a briefing with General Guillot and was listening to Secretary Noem’s press conference. He tried to ask the Secretary a question, and was forcibly removed by federal agents, forced to the ground and handcuffed. He is not currently detained, and we are working to get additional information.”
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Progressive @very.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
By "handpicking soldiers for the audience based on political leanings" a routine speech turned into an apparent political rally rife with "partisan invective, goading jeers..." demonizing "perceived political opponents". www.military.com/daily-news/2...
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Bragg Soldiers Who Cheered Trump's Political Attacks While in Uniform Were Checked for Allegiance, Appearance
As President Donald Trump viciously attacked his perceived political foes, he whipped up boos from the gathered troops directed at California leaders, including Gov. Gavin Newsom.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
🚨NEW: @cbsnews.com reports ICE is arresting people who can't even legally be deported and holding them without enough food or water in a federal building BASEMENT in Los Angeles. Families dutifully attending check-ins with ICE are being arrested and held for days, forced to sleep on the floor.
One attorney, Lizbeth Mateo, said ICE officials slated several of her clients for check-ins at the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building in downtown L.A. but when they showed up on Tuesday, they were detained and immediately escorted to the basement.

Mateo said a couple and their two children, one of whom is a U.S. citizen, spent the night in a room with no beds and limited access to food and water. Mateo said the father had previously been issued a stay of removal, barring him from deportation but he and his family were detained anyway. His wife was released Wednesday evening along with their children since she needed medical attention due to a high-risk pregnancy. He was still being detained early Friday, Mateo said.
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Progressive @very.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Immigration officers "arresting unsuspecting asylum seekers trying to follow the law... creates perverse incentive," not to "go to court... get picked up and kicked out". www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
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Progressive @very.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Sanctioned groups linked to terror pay X for verification, "several" regained access, giving them more visibility, for "amplification of propaganda" and fundraising capability. futurism.com/elon-musk-tw...
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Roy Manterfield @mumblingnerd.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Former Uruguayan president José ‘Pepe’ Mujica, the quiet revolutionary, dies at 89. The former guerrilla fighter and symbol of the Latin American left has died after a long battle with cancer. He captivated the world with his steadfast commitment to frugality and simplicity. ►
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Former Uruguayan president José ‘Pepe’ Mujica, the quiet revolutionary, dies at 89
The former guerrilla fighter and symbol of the Latin American left has died after a long battle with cancer. He captivated the world with his steadfast commitment to frugality and simplicity
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka has been released after he was arrested for allegedly trespassing at an ICE facility in New Jersey pix11.com/news/local-n...
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka wearing a brown jacket, black hat, red tie
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 09/05/2025
A federal judge in Vermont released Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish Tufts University student who was detained in a Louisiana immigration center more than six weeks after she was arrested while walking along a street in a Boston suburb.
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Judge releases on bail the Turkish Tufts University student who was detained by ICE
A federal judge in Vermont has released on bail a Turkish Tufts University student detained in a Louisiana immigration center more than six weeks after she was arrested while walking along a street in a Boston suburb.
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eneipris.bsky.social @eneipris.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Hundreds showed up for a #TeslaTakedown with @riseandresist.bsky.social at a Manhattan Tesla showroom. ✊🏽 Eight people were arrested, who have since been released. Keep RESISTING in every way you can! Join the resistance! Every voice matters. Every action counts. #stopthecoup #weresist
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Peggy Giegucz @pagg13.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
#attention Pittsburgh Rally, May 3 2025 Indivisible.
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Bruce Little @brucedlittle.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
The 52-46 vote delivers a key victory to the fossil fuel & petrochemical sectors that had lobbied against the regulation. It also marks the 1st time in the Clean Air Act’s 55-year history that Congress has scaled back protections under the landmark law. Beat the paywall => archive.ph/Pu14v
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Senate overturns EPA rule on seven highly toxic air pollutants
If also passed by the House as expected, the action will be the first time Congress has weakened protections under the Clean Air Act.
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