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X2Y @x2y.tech · 11h

In just two days on Bluesky, the White House account got blocked by 92,000 users while gaining only 10,000 followers, making it the second most-blocked account second only to JD Vance.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 5h

A nationwide backlash to AI data centers is brewing.

And for good reason: while AI enriches Big Tech CEOs and props up the stock market, data centers are sucking up communities’ water and power.

When the AI bubble bursts, the rest of us will be stuck holding the bag. Be warned.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 3h

So, MAGA, you still think your King, Trump, deserves a Peace Prize for an Israel-Hamas ceasefire that didn't even last a week?

For wanting a war with Venezuela?

For helping Putin occupy Ukraine?

For unleashing ICE against Americans?

Cool, cool.

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Amy K @amyklassen.bsky.social · 14h

The lie of “choice” is how the powerful make poverty sound like a personal failure instead of a political one.
People aren’t “choosing” homelessness, they’re surviving a system designed to keep them there.
Privilege mistakes luck for virtue, then calls compassion naïve.
Happy #socialistSunday ✊🏻

A black-and-white political cartoon by Herblock (1984) shows two wealthy men riding in the back of a limousine, looking out the window at several unhoused people huddled on the street, wrapped in blankets and sleeping bags. One person stands, holding a steaming cup of soup. The limousine passengers look smug as one says, “Strange how some choose to live like that instead of choosing to be rich like us.” The Washington Monument and city buildings appear in the background.

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If you know you know @privatechand.bsky.social · 14h

Omg Pope Leo finally breaking up Opus Dei is the kind of assault on Catholic fascism I never thought I would see in my lifetime and I AM HERE FOR IT.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 2h

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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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 4h

I'm sure that Trump being *obsessed* with undermining Venezuela has NOTHING to do with the fact that it competes with his authoritarian pals in Russia and Saudi Arabia in selling oil.

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 2h

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19h

They use govt accounts, employees & resources to make partisan political messages.

They make partisan political speeches attacking the opposition party to troops routinely.

They get pardoned when they commit crimes.

They ignore the laws.

There is zero congressional oversight.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5h

When this story broke earlier today Republicans claimed it was probably fake news since it was reported by the NYT. Now multiple media outlets have confirmed it, including Fox. Hegseth and Vance are complete morons for pulling this dumb stunt.

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Nancy Thompson @thmpsnnancy.bsky.social · 2h

GOP Vermont State Senator Sam Douglass Resigns Over Hate-Filled Group Chat www.commondreams.org/news/sam-dou...

GOP Vermont State Senator Sam Douglass Resigns Over Hate-Filled Group Chat | Common Dreams

Many social media users had the same reaction to Douglass' resignation: "Good riddance!"

www.commondreams.org

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 4h

OK, so our "Secretary of War" currently has two big priorities: (1) murdering innocent fishermen in the Caribbean, and (2) endangering the lives of commuters in Southern California.

Perhaps, we are seeing one of the downsides to having a drunk TV talk show chatterbox running our military.

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Max’s Dad @djwyszynski.bsky.social · 2h

And you’re telling me there’s no algo here? I saw the pic and instantly thought of Derek Guy and then I scrolled…

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2h

The @nytimes rightly taking heat for burying coverage of the massive protests in tiny pics below the fold on the cover and the story on page 23 — while saying they drew “thousands” (it was millions) and glazing Vance’s marines stunt.

What’s going on in there?

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3h

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Mike the Dog @photochris5511.bsky.social · 2h

This is just the start, I’m very sure of that.

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d

Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...

Nederlandse diensten delen minder informatie met de VS: ‘Soms vertellen we dingen niet meer’

Het aantal dreigingen dat op Nederland afkomt is groot, zien de hoofden van de AIVD en de MIVD elke dag: niet alleen Russische agressie, maar ook de opmars van China als digitale macht en binnenlands ...

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2h

Trump suggests carving up Ukraine’s Donbas region to end war after meeting with Zelenskyy

Trump made the comments after a tense meeting with Zelenskyy in which the Ukraine leader failed to secure supplies of Tomahawk missiles Donald Trump has suggested the best way to end the war in Ukraine would be to “cut up” the country’s Donbas region in a way that would leave most of it under Russian control, after reportedly pushing Volodymyr Zelenskyy at a White House meeting to give up swaths of territory. “Let it be cut the way it is,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on Sunday. “It’s cut up right now,” he said, adding that you can “leave it the way it is right now”. Continue reading...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2h

FIRED DOJ LAWYER: “I responded up the chain of command - that’s a lie. I cannot sign my name to that.”

Erez Reuveni says he was fired by Trump’s DOJ for refusing to lie that KILMAR ABREGO GARCIA was a terrorist & gang member.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 8h

CNN uncovered an audio of RFK Jr comparing Trump to Hitler and saying his supporters are “Nazis” and “cowards”.

This is what makes fascism so dangerous… many people will happily join their ranks if it means they can grasp a tiny bit of power.

We all know they’re fascists & now they’re admitting it

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 3d

The alleged security breaches by John Bolton remind me of security breaches by another ex-government official who kept classified records in his bathroom and evaded justice with the help of a corrupt MAGA judge in Florida.