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jrriver.bsky.social
@jrriver.bsky.social
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Retired English professor. UT Austin and URI. Currently living in a rural red state and trying to be loud against the fascists. I read history.
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jrriver.bsky.social @jrriver.bsky.social · Apr 12
Class action law suit against this is needed.
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jrriver.bsky.social @jrriver.bsky.social · 1m
That is for damned sure not good enough!
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 4h
In a way, I find the authoritarian takeover of our media system even more disturbing than the authoritarian takeover of our political system.

Our political system has been failing basically my entire adult life. But, the media system provided accountability and sort of worked. Now it’s collapsing.
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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 48m
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.

certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
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jrriver.bsky.social @jrriver.bsky.social · 14m
Terrible news!
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 1h
Pointing a weapon of war at people objecting to ICE.
iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 4h
Albany Park, Chicago
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LA Legault ⚜️ @lalegault.bsky.social · 19h
Prior to America 🇺🇸 joining the second world war there was more than a decade of cultural preparation that primed Germans for Nazism and it would really benefit people to learn about what that looked like. How popular cultural and even activism was used to normalize Nazism.
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OSINTRadar @osintr.bsky.social · 11h
The crypto market just lost $102,000,000,000 in the last 5hrs.
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Prof Nisreen Alwan @nisreenalwan.bsky.social · 12h
“Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. It is the protection of a fundamental human right, the right to dignity and a decent life.”

Nelson Mandela
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 16h
ICE GOONS Rip Clothes Off Woman, Drag Her Across Concrete Fully Exposed.
Portland, Oregon
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💙💙🤔CJ🤨🤣🧐💙💙🇺🇸 @cnice59.bsky.social · 1d
Let that sink in! This never gets old! Ijs ✅
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Congresswoman Sara Jacobs @sarajacobs.house.gov · 1d
Don’t take it from me, listen to Snopes! Speaker Johnson signed a bill to cut $186 billion from SNAP. And again, it’s HIS party that won’t help millions of Americans put food on the table this month.
House Speaker Mike Johnson signed bill cutting $186B from SNAP in July 2025
Users shared this true claim amid uncertainty regarding whether Americans would receive federal food benefits during the 2025 government shutdown.
www.snopes.com
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 12h
The USDA is the fail safe for SNAP.

They have a contingency fund to ensure it’s covered in the event of a shutdown.

They’re refusing.

Grocery stores stepped up to try and help by offering discounts to any SNAP recipients and the USDA told them they had to stop.

Starvation as a policy choice.
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energy9086.bsky.social @energy9086.bsky.social · 1d
TREASON! Lock him up!
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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 22h
study after study after study shows that literally just handing people money and telling them "do what you want with this" reduces homelessness, increases food security for children, makes it more likely people will find and retain jobs.1
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IsThatDonHeath? @donjheath.bsky.social · 16h
Birds of a feather
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 23h
Yes, an important test for the midterms.
deanobeidallah.bsky.social Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 1d
If ICE agents begins harassing voters on the way to vote on Tuesday, we need local prosecutors to charge the ICE officers with state law crimes. We need to send a message for 2026 that they will be swiftly arrested.
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 20h
They know what’s coming
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energy9086.bsky.social @energy9086.bsky.social · 1d
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Blake Emerson @blakeprof.bsky.social · 18h
Bring back personal liability for federal officers for physical injuries. No or limited indemnity.
adrianaperez.bsky.social Adriana Pérez @adrianaperez.bsky.social · 18h
Videos on social media show Ricardo Aguayo Rodriguez struggling on the ground while a federal immigration agent keeps him in a headlock during an arrest in Melrose Park, IL.

“Por favor, amigo,” he pleads as he groans and yells in pain. He has been hospitalized.

w/ @staceywescott.bsky.social:
Man hospitalized after violent federal immigration arrest in Melrose Park, family says
Videos shared on social media show man struggling on the ground while a federal agent keeps him in a headlock.
www.chicagotribune.com
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Truth Tony 📣✌️ @tonyspolitics.bsky.social · 19h
This is in our hands, I'm seeing way too many ICE kidnapping videos of people just filming and letting it happen. Legal remedies are not a thing anymore. Help your neighbor even if its at your own risk
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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 21h
US citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents children would be coming to get bus, lawyers say
U.S. citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents about children gathering at bus stop, lawyers say
Lawyers for Carlos Jimenez said he was in fear after an agent threatened him with chemical spray, then pointed a gun at him.
www.latimes.com
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OSINTRadar @osintr.bsky.social · 12h
🇺🇸🇻🇪 The U.S. has started modernizing the Roosevelt Roads Naval Base in Puerto Rico, upgrading runways and facilities. The presence of F-35 jets and naval forces suggests possible preparations for a combined strike on Venezuela, just 500 miles away.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 17h
Some people waited in line up for 14 hours to receive a food box from a church giveaway.

500 people volunteered to help and they still ran out of food.

Remember for every one person a food bank feeds, SNAP feeds 9.

By turning off food assistance the regime is starving Americans.
Woman sits in car for 14 hours to get food during New Birth Baptist church food giveaway
More than 2,000 people waited in their cars in line Saturday morning in order to receive food.
www.11alive.com
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energy9086.bsky.social @energy9086.bsky.social · 1d
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 1d
The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
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