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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 1d

Cleve Jones gave a riveting, rousing speech at San Francisco's No Kings rally yesterday, and he's graciously allowing me to publish it. He began: "The pronouns I use the most are the ones probably understood the least by those in the White House today. They are WE, US and OURS."

Cleve Jones: "This Is Our Country"

This is the first guest essay at Meditations in an Emergency. I'm proud to bring you yesterday's speech by the great Cleve Jones, who has for nearly half a century been a key organizer for the global ...

www.meditationsinanemergency.com

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"There Are" Bot @diogeneslamp.bsky.social · 6h

I don't know which guy you mean

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.

They’ve had their necks kneeled on.

They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.

At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.

By @nicolefoy.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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TVMoJoe @tvmojoe.bsky.social · 1d

Scott Pelley got a big scoop with the Trump DOJ whistleblower that almost surely was going to be the top story on 60 Minutes this week. But per the NYT, Bari Weiss personally booked Jared Kushner on 60–letting him take a victory lap for the Gaza deal. Pelley’s story was pushed to second position.

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TVMoJoe @tvmojoe.bsky.social · 1d

Moreover, even though the whistleblower story contains real news—he hasn’t talked before and he’s making his case publicly—here’s how the CBS News website is playing the two stories at this hour: Kushner leads, whistleblower story is below 10 other stories under “more news.”

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Witkoff, Kushner reveal turning points in Israel-Hamas negotiations
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CBS NEWS

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DOJ whistleblower says he refused to lie in the Abrego Garcia case
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The enigma of Tim Curry.
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Painter Amy Sherald on portraits and politics
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1d

He murdered a Colombian citizen in violation of domestic and international law. He’s now promising to illegally impose tariffs on Colombia because its president had the temerity to publicly criticize him for murdering one of that country’s citizens.

Yes, we are the baddies.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump says he's imposing new tariffs on Colombia but won't say what the rate will be

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"There Are" Bot @diogeneslamp.bsky.social · 6h

Yikes

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 1d

Noah Smith seems to now believe that accusing Israel of committing genocide in Gaza, something which is now the consensus of all major human rights organizations on the planet as well as the International Association of Genocide Scholars, is comparable to the 2020 election denialism of the GOP.

KKK member Noah Smith has a stroke on Twitter for the seven thousandth time

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Ken Stone @kenstonemedia.bsky.social · 16h

Basement of courthouse horror stories: “One immigrant got her period during the meeting in which she was detained, and was forced to wear that same underwear for days.”
timesofsandiego.com/politics/202...

Asylum-seekers now held for days – in a downtown San Diego basement

Migrants held in makeshift conditions in basement offices say they slept in the cold, used the restroom without privacy and went without medical attention.

timesofsandiego.com

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 15h

Still appalled at how paltry and terrible the NYT coverage of the protests were and how nobody there feels any responsibility to address the criticism. This was not something that caught them off guard. This was many levels of decisions.

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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 16h

In 1925, Congress felt it needed to pass a joint resolution to authorize Grace Coolidge to accept gifts of furniture

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 17h

The White House keeps making a big deal of the fact that the ballroom is privately funded but that’s one of the worst things about it.

These people and companies are buying influence. None of this is okay.

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A lot of FAKE OUTRAGE over construction of the big, beautiful (and privately funded) White House Ballroom.
FACT: Presidents have been renovating and expanding the White House for more than 100 years.
In 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt built the West Wing.
In 1909, President William Howard Taft added the first Oval Office during a West Wing expansion.

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Cameron @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 1d

lol apparently despite getting there an hour late and leaving early i attended my local No Kings rally for longer than the biggest leftist political streamer on the internet

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"There Are" Bot @diogeneslamp.bsky.social · 7h

Let me show you my book, "To Serve ICE".

IT'S A COOKBOOK

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LESams @lsam22.bsky.social · 23h

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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 1d

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CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 21h

The phone number for the U.S. Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121. #epstein

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15h

Making Argentina Great Again

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The Chaser @chaser.com.au · 1d

“Sure, it was disappointing to lose the 'Duke of York' title, but it turns out in one of the former colonies, America, I can finally be King!" chaser.com.au/world/epstei...

Epstein connection disqualifies Prince Andrew from royal titles, qualifies him for US Presidency

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Hans Noel @profhansnoel.bsky.social · 1d

The "it's a republic not a democracy" crowd is really leaning into "he won an election so he can't be doing anything wrong."

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 19h

NEW: Four years after GOP lawmakers in Georgia enacted one of the most aggressive anti-voting laws in the country, new evidence filed in federal court shows that Senate Bill 202 has drastically deepened racial inequalities in voting access in the state. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Georgia’s Sweeping Anti-Voting Law Suppressed Black Votes, New Data Shows