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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 21h

Good. Even if this doesn’t work, it’s time to go on offense.

www.newsweek.com/jb-pritzker-...

JB Pritzker looking at prosecuting ICE agents in Chicago

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has suggested that state prosecutors might examine the conduct of ICE agents.

www.newsweek.com

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Liat @loinbrooklyn.bsky.social · 20h

My 3 year old today sat down in our lobby and said “I’m sit down tired so I’m going to sit down.” And I think this is a phrase that we should all make use of.

Liat @loinbrooklyn.bsky.social · 20h

Someone tell the pro-Israel religious republican Jews who their bedfellows are

Rachel Bitecofer @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social · 20h

I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
x.com/politico/sta...

POLITICO on X: "EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat. Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇 https://t.co/yvz8Jwbrmf" / X

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat. Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇 https://t.co/yvz8Jwbrmf

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

It’s amazing how all the reporting is just memory-holing this part

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Liat @loinbrooklyn.bsky.social · 20h

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

we’ll see how his mayoral tenure shakes out but i am convinced that Mamdani has the juice. not just the charisma to win an election but the temperament to govern and the measured pragmatism of someone who genuinely believes what they’re saying and wants to accomplish real things.

Inside the Improbable, Audacious and (So Far) Unstoppable Rise of Zohran Mamdani

www.nytimes.com

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Truth Social(ist) @twitterrefugeeog.bsky.social · 1d

This idiot keeps bragging about the 20 hostages being released in another country while he's kidnapping thousands of people a day here in America.

Fuck him and the fascism he rode in on.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 1d

If men with guns and masks tried to pull me out of my car, I'd fight back. Courts should reject any claims by the government that this is aggression by the person being detained, resisting arrest, or that they're a flight risk.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert

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Liat @loinbrooklyn.bsky.social · 1d

It’s all a grift

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 3d

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Liat @loinbrooklyn.bsky.social · 1d

Tell your kids AI is theft.

Stealing their water, their air, their futures, their art, their private lives, their joy, their ability to think, to fuel oligarchs ceaseless desire for wealth power.

Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · Aug 30

Once "adults thought young kids should use iPads because it would give them a competitive advantage in a screen-based workplace. So embarrassing. We shit the bed and kids are paying the price. It feels like we’re on the verge of doing it again. What if we didn’t?"

ht: @hypervisible.blacksky.app

How Are We Supposed to Talk to Our Kids About AI?

We adopted social media with the critical thinking of a toddler putting a LEGO in their mouth. Let’s not make that mistake again.

www.thecut.com

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Liat @loinbrooklyn.bsky.social · 1d

Ran into the Mayor at the Gaza 5k (actually I definitely walked, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social ran)

Woman in orange sweatshirt standing with Zohran Mamdani at the Gaza 5k

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Liat @loinbrooklyn.bsky.social · 1d

Zohran is uniting progressives and socialists, bc I think at this point, most progressives are socialists

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Big roar for AG Letitia James at the ZOHRAN rally👇🏽

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

"We have an economy where a handful of modern-day robber barons wield extraordinary power. They hold enormous control over our paychecks, our bills, our time, and our futures.

...But the good news is that nothing about any of this is inevitable." - Lina Khan

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 2d

The Dem establishment is going to back Mills over the absolute phenom outsider Platner in Maine, which tells you everything you need to know about how well they understand the current moment & how prepared they are to meet it.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Living a moral life in an age of bullies requires collective action; it cannot be done alone. Each of us must organize and participate in a vast network of moral resistance. From this solidarity we will grow stronger. This is what our current moment requires.

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Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 2d

This is pretty great www.youtube.com/watch?v=4A5G...

Weekend Update: Concerned New Yorker Rhonda LaCenzo on Zohran Mamdani - SNL

YouTube video by Saturday Night Live

www.youtube.com

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 3d

New levels of hell: just got an email from our local AYSO cancelling today’s youth soccer games because ICE is at the Home Depot across from the soccer fields at James Park in Evanston.

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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 3d

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 4d

They have fired the staff of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and 70 Epidemic Intelligence Service officers, who are disease detectives that respond to outbreaks around the world.

I cannot emphasize enough how dangerous it is to dismantle our disease surveillance infrastructure.

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Liat @loinbrooklyn.bsky.social · 3d

I will buy a Levar Burton shirt immediately

Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 3d

I’m not trying to give @pbs.org ideas for raising money—but I am. I would buy women’s fit T-shirts of all my favorite childhood shows. Reading rainbow, 321 contact, square one, zoobiliee zoo. I feel like two generations will run to donate even more money for shirts with Levar Burton on them…

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 4d

“We can give $20 billion to Argentina but we can’t afford the CDC’s measles experts” is a hell of an argument

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Climate Families NYC @climatefamsnyc.bsky.social · 4d

Wanna know a number one parenting tip?

Fight fossil fuel dictators so your kid can grow up with free speech, clean air, food and water.

Oct 18: bit.ly/NYCFamiliesNoKings

NO KINGS: Families - Climate Families NY

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 4d

in 2011, the president of antifa hired me to give fashion consultancy to the organization. i recommended everyone wear navy suits with tan shoes, dress sneakers, and golf polos with slim chinos. if you arrested everyone today wearing these things, you'd destroy antifa

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jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 5d

This is enough carbon-free energy to power maybe two thirds of Vegas btw

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 5d

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

heatmap.news

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Liat @loinbrooklyn.bsky.social · 5d

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jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 5d

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

heatmap.news

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