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jflem2.bsky.social @jflem2.bsky.social · 9h

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Trump Bankrupted Tons of Crypto Bros and Caused Its Biggest Wipeout Ever With One TruthSocial Post (Splinter)

I’ll admit I’m of two minds on this subject--on the one hand, it is objectively hilarious that the people who supported Trump en masse got their net worths n...

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jflem2.bsky.social @jflem2.bsky.social · 9h

Under the Pentagon’s proposed policy, credentialed reporters would be required to pledge not to solicit or publish any information that has not been explicitly authorized for release — even if unclassified.

jflem2.bsky.social @jflem2.bsky.social · 9h

Journalists at The Washington Post, The New York Times, and several other major news organizations have also announced that they will not sign the Defense Department’s new restrictive press policy by Tuesday afternoon’s deadline.

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jflem2.bsky.social @jflem2.bsky.social · 9h

Conservative network Newsmax has announced it will not sign the Pentagon’s new press-access policy, joining a growing coalition of news organizations rejecting what they describe as unconstitutional constraints on journalism.

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jflem2.bsky.social @jflem2.bsky.social · 9h

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'He’s in trouble': Shock as pro-Trump network refuses to sign controversial policy (AlterNet)

Conservative network Newsmax has announced it will not sign the Pentagon’s new press-access policy, joining a growing coalition of news organizations rejecti...

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jflem2.bsky.social @jflem2.bsky.social · 9h

The terror group's rampage suggests it is trying to preserve its rule over Gaza, rejecting the Trump agreement's requirement that Hamas disarm and stand down.

jflem2.bsky.social @jflem2.bsky.social · 9h

As Israelis celebrated the return of their countrymen from Hamas captivity early Monday, the terror group stormed through the streets of Gaza executing Palestinians they claim collaborated with Israel, graphic videos circulating on social media show.

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jflem2.bsky.social @jflem2.bsky.social · 9h

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Hamas Storms Through Gaza, Executing Opposition Groups in Attempt to Cling to Power (Free Beacon)

As Israelis celebrated the return of their countrymen from Hamas captivity early Monday, the terror group stormed through the streets of Gaza executing Pales...

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jflem2.bsky.social @jflem2.bsky.social · 11h

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As Trump Boosts Coal Industry, Black Lung Miners Say They've Been 'Cast Aside to Die' (Common Dreams)

As the Trump administration moves ahead with a massive bailout for the coal industry as part of its "drill, baby, drill" pro-fossil fuel energy policy, miner...

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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 19h

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Christine Moretti @christine520.bsky.social · 15h

NO KINGS in AMERICA!

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

On this date, Matthew Shephard died 27 years ago. He was beaten, tortured, and left for dead on fence for being gay. Please keep him and his wonderful mother Judy in your thoughts. And let's all work for a world where such horrific things do not happen to anyone. ❤️🏳️‍🌈

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 17h

Wow, wow, wow. This has always been legally possible but the law has virtually never been enforced — and now this is the SECOND case I've heard of in the last month (first involving a person with a green card) of a noncitizen being charged for failure to carry their papers.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 18h

NEWS: ICE gave a Rogers Park man a $130 ticket for not having his papers on him. They rounded him up last week and eventually let him go, but not without a fine that some critics say is un-American. Trump admin enforcing little-used law
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ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: ‘It’s not fair…I’m a resident’

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement fined Rueben Antonio Cruz $130 for not having his papers with him.

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jflem2.bsky.social @jflem2.bsky.social · 11h

The tipping points are critical thresholds identified by climatologists that, once passed, are expected to result in irreversible and dangerous impacts to the planet’s climate with catastrophic implications for humanity.

jflem2.bsky.social @jflem2.bsky.social · 11h

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End of the world as we know it: Damning new report says Earth has reached its first climate ‘tipping point’ (The Independent)

The Earth has reached its first climate tipping point, signalling a bleak new reality for the planet that scientists had once believed was still far away. In...

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jflem2.bsky.social @jflem2.bsky.social · 11h

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Steve Bannon Reportedly Compared Congress Under Trump to the Russian Duma Under Putin (Mediaite)

(AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)Former Trump White House chief strategist and influential far-right commentator Steve Bannonreportedly compared Congress’s role in...

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jflem2.bsky.social @jflem2.bsky.social · 11h

from soon-to-be Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell became one ruling equating money with constitutionally protected speech and another extending personhood rights to corporations," the authors write.

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jflem2.bsky.social @jflem2.bsky.social · 11h

"As we recount in our new book 'Master Plan,' the Citizens United case was the culmination of conservatives’ 50-year master plan to deregulate the campaign finance system and legalize corruption. What started as an incendiary memo.

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jflem2.bsky.social @jflem2.bsky.social · 11h

One of those lawsuits is led by Vice President JD Vance, "aiming to reverse a 2001 Supreme Court ruling and eliminate restrictions on political parties’ coordinated spending with candidates."

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jflem2.bsky.social @jflem2.bsky.social · 11h

Supreme Court could eliminate "the last restrictions on campaign donations and obstructing law enforcement’s efforts to halt bribery."

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jflem2.bsky.social @jflem2.bsky.social · 11h

In a Rolling Stone commentary piece published Monday and adapted by David Sirota and Jared Jacang Maher's upcoming book "Master Plan: The Hidden Plot to Legalize Corruption in America," the authors describe how two lawsuits heading to the

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jflem2.bsky.social @jflem2.bsky.social · 11h

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‘Deep trouble’: The right's secret ‘master plan’ exposed by author (Raw Story)

Two authors are warning that the right has a secret "master plan" to help billionaires buy elections. In a Rolling Stonecommentary piece published Monday and...

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jflem2.bsky.social @jflem2.bsky.social · 11h

In an X post, Miller said her decision amounted to “legal insurrection” and an “organized terrorist attack.”

jflem2.bsky.social @jflem2.bsky.social · 11h

Shortly before the fire at Goodstein’s home, Stephen Miller also went after Trump-appointed U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut for granting a restraining order that blocks the president’s deployment of the Oregon National Guard in Portland.

jflem2.bsky.social @jflem2.bsky.social · 11h

Rep. Daniel Goldman of New York took to social media to accuse Trump and Stephen Miller of “doxxing and threatening judges who rule against Trump, including Judge Goodstein.”

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