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LuciSkyDyme @luciskydyme.bsky.social · 1h

Seeing 'No Kings' Rallies this Saturday in Apex and Cary. What about Raleigh? #NoKings

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LuciSkyDyme @luciskydyme.bsky.social · 19h

How Crypto became a Trump Trade: A vehicle for crony capitalism paulkrugman.substack.com/p/how-crypto...

LuciSkyDyme @luciskydyme.bsky.social · 23h

As if FEMA wasn't already handicapped with the idiots running it...

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NC Stories @ncstories.bsky.social · 1d

In strongly worded order, Judge tells Kristi Noem she cannot bully states seeking FEMA disaster funds.
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Judge Says ICE Barbie Tried to ‘Bully’ States Seeking Disaster Funds in Scathing Ruling

A federal judge blasted leaders inside the Federal Emergency Management Agency for not following his order blocking Donald Trump’s administration

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LuciSkyDyme @luciskydyme.bsky.social · 1d

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Tom Joad™️ @theoriginaltomjoad.bsky.social · Dec 11

5 books every #Resistance member should read.

1.1984 Geo.Orwell

2.The Femine Mystigue.Betty Friedan.

3.A Peoples History of the Uninted States. Howard Zinn

4.The New Jim Crow.Michelle Alexander.

5.The Grapes of Wrath.John Steinbeck.

Please add your own.

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LuciSkyDyme @luciskydyme.bsky.social · 1d

“This is no longer, the Department of Justice, it’s no longer the premier prosecuting office in America. What it is now is a capo regime who goes out and executes hits when directed by the Don to do so. That’s what it is.” -Chris Christie

LuciSkyDyme @luciskydyme.bsky.social · 1d

Couldn't happen to a nicer guy...
Supreme Court rebuffs Alex Jones’ effort to overturn $1.4 billion Sandy Hook judgment www.cnn.com/2025/10/14/p...

Supreme Court rebuffs Alex Jones’ effort to overturn $1.4 billion Sandy Hook judgment | CNN Politics

The Supreme Court declined an appeal from Alex Jones on Tuesday, brushing aside the right-wing conspiracy theorist’s effort to overturn a $1.4 billion libel judgment a lower court ordered against him ...

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Grace Tenkay @gracie28.bsky.social · 1d

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LuciSkyDyme @luciskydyme.bsky.social · 1d

John Oliver burns rabid chipmunk Bari Weiss a new one

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

John Oliver discusses the Paramount Skydance merger, how they’ve named Bari Weiss the new Editor-in-Chief of CBS News, and what her editorial history and perspective mean for the future of U.S.…

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LuciSkyDyme @luciskydyme.bsky.social · 1d

Anyone having problems with CCleaner version 7? The new version locks up my computer and I have to reboot. One more time, and it's gone.

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

In twelve days, New Yorkers will begin to cast their ballots and face a stark choice.

A choice between democracy and oligarchy. Between a city you can afford or more of the same. Between the hope of a brighter future or a broken past.

We will choose the future.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1d

"After the warning, neighbors showed up and formed a human chain outside the church to guide parishioners home. NBC Chicago found more organizers doing the same for the beginning of the 6 p.m. mass..."

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Chicago priest urges parishioners to leave mass with caution after ICE agents reported nearby

Chicago's Rogers Park community remained vigilant after reports of federal agents near a Catholic church during Sunday mass.

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LuciSkyDyme @luciskydyme.bsky.social · 1d

Trump seeks to change the fundamental nature of American democracy
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Trump’s Revolution

Taken together, Trump’s barrage of executive orders represent a sweeping, historic change to American life and the nation's democracy.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 3d

"A future president, even dumber than you, will allow Qatar, the country that harbored Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the architect of the plane attacks in NY, PA, and DC today, and whose royal family will help him escape capture by the US, to build a military base on US soil to train Qataris to fly jets."

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James Aura @jamesaura.bsky.social · 2d

The planet has entered a ‘new reality’ as it hits its first climate tipping point, landmark report finds #climate
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The planet has entered a ‘new reality’ as it hits its first climate tipping point, report finds | CNN

The widespread death of coral reefs is the first in a series of catastrophic and potentially irreversible tipping points the world may hit, according to a landmark report produced by 160 scientists ac...

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NC Stories @ncstories.bsky.social · 1d

A Short-Lived Win in a Never-Ending Fight Over Forever Chemicals #pollution
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A Short-Lived Win in a Never-Ending Fight Over Forever Chemicals - Inside Climate News

For seven years N.C. activists overcame political and scientific hurdles to convince the EPA to enact PFAS regulations in drinking water. Now they’re confronting a Trump administration intent on quash...

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LuciSkyDyme @luciskydyme.bsky.social · 2d

LuciSkyDyme @luciskydyme.bsky.social · 3d

China says 'not afraid of a trade war'
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China 'not afraid of trade war,' accuses U.S. of 'double standard' for rare earths retaliation

U.S. stocks lost $2 trillion after President Trump said he would impose new tariffs on imports from China in retaliation for rare earth export controls.

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LuciSkyDyme @luciskydyme.bsky.social · 3d

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NC Stories @ncstories.bsky.social · 3d

The Nor'easter is bringing winds of over 50 mph to some areas of the NC Coast #ncwx

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LuciSkyDyme @luciskydyme.bsky.social · 3d

Will Trump ever win the Nobel Peace Prize? Don't hold your breath:

Opinion | Peace in Trump’s Time — Except Here (Gift Article)

Peace abroad and war at home — not very America first!

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LuciSkyDyme @luciskydyme.bsky.social · 3d

Trump with devil horns, how appropriate
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 4d

When Fox News lies, people die | We explain on PBS Newshour how the antiscience disinformation spread by the Murdoch media empire and especially Fox News, likely lead to hundreds of thousands of unnecessary deaths in the U.S. And that's just COVID-19. Their fossil fuel disinformation is as deadly.

Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 7d

"Authors of 'Science Under Siege' warn of concerted effort to discredit science" | My #ScienceUnderSiege co-author @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social & I spoke with @wbrangham.bsky.social of the @pbs.org #Newshour:
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Authors of 'Science Under Siege' warn of concerted effort to discredit science

From its embrace of dubious research about autism, its skepticism over vaccines and its wholesale rejection of the consensus about climate change, the Trump administration has set off alarm bells with...

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