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Zora T. Pike @dandel10n27.bsky.social · 5h

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No Kings. No Tyranny.

Still valid revolutionary advice from Thomas Paine

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Stephanie Rewis @stefsull.bsky.social · 10h

Wow, there is something rotten around that Chicago apt building they raided. The more they dig in, the more I think the owners wanted the Feds to help out…

Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 11h

About that building in Chicago that Trump goons repelled into and zip tied children....

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To understand that horrific Chicago apartment raid, go back in time—to Texas

Gov. Greg Abbott's political stunts kicked off a crisis that left immigrant families in a lurch.

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Zora T. Pike @dandel10n27.bsky.social · 10h

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Indicting Political Enemies

I started writing my book, Giving Up Is Unforgivable, around the time of Donald Trump’s second inauguration.

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John Kostyack @kostyack.bsky.social · 16h

@michael-thomas.bsky.social has published a really helpful summary of findings from his proprietary data center tracker. You should read the whole thing - and maybe take him up on the 7-day free trial of the tracker. Here are findings that I find most noteworthy...

These Data Centers Are Getting Really, Really Big

Gigawatt-sized data centers are becoming the new normal

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Reᴛᴡᴇᴇᴛ🗽🌊🎶🇺🇸 @realretweet.bsky.social · 13h

A total disgrace to the Great People of #Pennsylvania. 🤡
LIKE❤️ | #REPOST | Comment

Kat Hartness @kathartness.bsky.social · 13h

Challengers lining up to take out 'Trump's favorite Democrat': report

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Challengers lining up to take out 'Trump's favorite Democrat': report

Midway through his first term as Pennsylvania’s sole Democratic member of the Senate, Sen. John Fetterman could be headed for a rough primary for breaking with his own party on key issues and frequent...

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Ed Hirsch @edhirsch.bsky.social · 14h

"Narco-a-Lago"
Donald Trump made millions from licensing his name to a luxury hellhole development used to launder money from Latin American drug cartels.
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How Trump made millions licensing his name to a development used to launder drug money

YouTube video by Global Witness

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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 21h

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Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D. @drharmony.net · 13h

✊ it is going to be the largest peace protest in human history

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NO KINGS IN AMERICA… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 13h

No, we don't want "free" healthcare.

We want universal healthcare paid for by our taxes that covers everyone and leaves no one bankrupted and sick.

This isn’t difficult to comprehend.

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Ryan Crosswell @ryancroswell.bsky.social · 16d

I'm Ryan Crosswell. I’ve spent my life in service to this country. When Trump tried to get the prosecutors in my section to use the DOJ, I stepped down.

Now, I'm stepping up. I’m running for Congress because it’s time to stand up against a handful of billionaires from taking our money and our data.

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Bruce Coffman @brucecoffman.bsky.social · 13h

Not only yes but fuck yes.

Jersey Craig @jerseycraig.bsky.social · 1d

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 1d

There’s more of us than there are of them. They can’t control us. They can’t stop us from voicing our dissent. Thugs and thuggery is not a winning future, even if they think so. See you at No Kings.

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@ 1HelpAmerica @truthandtrauma.bsky.social · 13h

These morons don't understand that their day is coming.👨🏽

Jack Sprat @jacksprat39.bsky.social · 16h

ICE stormtrooper who brutally assaulted a helpless woman. Make his ugly face go viral.
#TrumpGestapo

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Reset America @reset-america.bsky.social · 17h

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Noel Casler Comedy @noelcaslercomedy.bsky.social · 15h

Brought to you by the network that tried to kill the Weinstein story, allowed Matt Lauer to fester and turned a blind eye to Trump’s use of the ‘n-word’ on set of ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ not to mention his sexual predation, grifting & drug addiction.

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Reset America @reset-america.bsky.social · May 17

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Reset America @reset-america.bsky.social · 13h

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Corey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 13h

Techbros, in particular, lean into the idea that college is just information download because that's the one thing computer-driven education can do well. But, it leaves out the most important aspects of higher education.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16h

If you think that professors exist as repositories of knowledge that students ask for answers, you’re missing the entire point of a college education.

We’re here to teach students how to do research, how to analyze and argue, how to think for themselves — how to find the answers on their own.

Vlad 🐸 Țepeș @porcupunk.bsky.social · 1d

Wow. Just wow.

"Students pay premium prices for information that AI now delivers instantly and for free. A business student can ask ChatGPT to explain supply chain optimization or generate market analysis in seconds. The traditional lecture-and-test model faces its Blockbuster moment."

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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 13h

Extraordinary NEW story: We Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. @nicolefoy.bsky.social w/ photos by @sbmaneyphoto.bsky.social

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

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Antonia 🦋 💙📘🩵Democratic Election Judge, Autism Awareness @antonia2024bsky.bsky.social · 13h

www.palmerreport.com/politics/ame... PsyOps become illegal if the primary intent is to spread terror among the civilian population, including acts or threats of violence, all of which the Trump administration is already in violation.

American PsyOps

Our democracy has been under assault by White Nationalists since the Civil War. The current weapons of choice are executive orders and lawfare, from illegal mass firings and defunding, to weaponizing ...

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Newfie912 @newfie912.bsky.social · 1d

Kevin is going to burn in hell.

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🇲🇽🐸rustbelt rebel🐸🇲🇽 @rustbeltrebel.bsky.social · 14h

Soooo rev Solomon Kinloch Jr, a black minister running for Detroit mayor, said that he’d let trump send national guard into Detroit.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14h

Translation: If Dems vote for the CR, Thune will allow a vote on extending ACA subsidies then Mike Johnson will kill that in the House.

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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 15h

Mary Miller (R-IL) quoted Hitler on the steps of the Capitol on January 5th, the day before a Republican mob attacked the Capitol, one wearing a "Camp Auschwitz" T-shirt and Elon Musk gave Heil Hitler salutes and Donald Trump says he wish he had Hitler's generals. Johnson is good with all of that.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Q: Are you worried about extremist pro-Hitler sentiment among young Republicans?

JOHNSON: No. I don't know who any of these people are. I've never heard of them. Somebody posted a photo of me standing next to these guys wearing tuxedos. It was at the inauguration, people were coming up for selfies

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Chris Mirasola @chrismirasola.bsky.social · 1d

I can’t overstate how entirely untethered to the constitution and past practice this unilateral move to repurpose funds to pay for military pay is. The commander-in-chief clause has precisely 0 bearing on the ability to expend funds. Here’s a list of authorities that do:

National Security Presidential Memorandum/NSPM-8

MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF WAR THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET SUBJECT: Use of

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