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Not Your Sharona @shar34.bsky.social · 3h

When we just focus on the day today, demise of democracy, we failed to notice the cumulative impact of what is happening.

Just Security @justsecurity.org · 1d

Now updated: The 'Presumption of Regularity' study.

1. Noncompliance with judicial orders: 20 cases
2. Courts’ distrust of DOJ information: 43+ cases
3. Courts’ findings of “arbitrary and capricious” conduct: 58 cases

www.justsecurity.org/120547/presu...

The “Presumption of Regularity” in Trump Administration Litigation

Comprehensive study of court cases involving Trump administration and the basis for courts no longer giving a "presumption of regularity."

www.justsecurity.org

Not Your Sharona @shar34.bsky.social · 3h

This is well done and reminds us of how we got here. Hey frogs, the water is boiling!

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d

Trump’s threat to invoke the Insurrection Act isn’t new, but it’s getting louder and from all directions!

We had years of warnings.
He told us what he’d do. Project 2025 laid it out, but too many shrugged.

How much is “enough” for everyone to start getting loud with one voice before it’s too late?

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Boycott Citizens Bank @boycottcitizens.bsky.social · 23h

If you're anything like me, when you think about the groups suffering the most from unjust discrimination in America today, you think of the crypto, fossil fuels, private prisons, and gun industries.

LittleSis @mapthepower.bsky.social · 1d

Crypto, fossil fuels, private prisons and gun manufacturers are pushing for banking deregulation under the guise of fighting against discriminatory "de-banking."

Full story: littlesis.org/news/crypto-...

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3d

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 2d

That @JoeBiden put out this magnanimous & gracious statement AFTER all the horrible, dishonest things Trump said about Biden today, says so much about who Joe Biden is as a person. And reminds us all once again of what an utterly horrible, small, bad, & insecure person Trump is.

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Not Your Sharona @shar34.bsky.social · 2d

I hope they stand together and all refuse to sign. I read yesterday that OAN was the only one that had signed so far.

Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 2d

If anyone wonders why we call them wannabe authoritarians, here you go.

They’re now shitting on the Bill of Rights.

Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 2d

“Policy says reporters cannot obtain or solicit any information the Defense Department does not explicitly authorize. Any media who does not sign by 5 p.m. Tuesday has 24 hours to turn in their media credentials and clear out.”

Absolute fucking abomination.

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Not Your Sharona @shar34.bsky.social · 2d

I’m in!

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 2d

Really can’t stress how scary it is to hear that nearly 2 out of every 3 (61%) species of bird on the entire planet is in a measurable population decline. A 50% increase in 9 years. The implications are terrifying.

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Not Your Sharona @shar34.bsky.social · 2d

Step by step.... by step.... we descend into an authoritarian regime where the non-white non-christians must carry papers at all times.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 3d

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 · 3d

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
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/i...

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 3d

I’m sure the people who were *pissed* that Hunter Biden sold paintings are equally furious about Barron Trump reportedly being tapped for the TikTok board.

Right?

…right?

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Not Your Sharona @shar34.bsky.social · 3d

WTF Now somehow the protest is linked to the shutdown?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Bessent: "No Kings means no paychecks. No paychecks and no government."

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Not Your Sharona @shar34.bsky.social · 3d

The thing I think we often overlook is that when we stand up for “having healthcare” we’re not even talking about the systems other countries use, we’re just asking for the right (it should not be a privilege) to *purchase* healthcare at a price that won’t bankrupt us.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

"If they could snap their fingers and eliminate the ACA marketplaces altogether, they would. And they haven’t arrived at a consensus on what the insurance system would look like in their preferred world, beyond a bunch of vacuous bromides about 'choice' and 'patient-centered care.'"

Republicans are completely full of it on healthcare

And it becomes more obvious every time they talk about it.

www.publicnotice.co

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Not Your Sharona @shar34.bsky.social · 3d

Must read. No one taught us this part in school.

Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 3d

Conservative columnist Jeff Jacoby on Christopher Columbus:
jeffjacoby.com/27260/i-used...

I used to defend Columbus as 'magnificent.' I don't anymore.

IN 1997 I wrote a column for Columbus Day weekend that opened on a smart-alecky note: "Say," I asked, "is it OK to admire Christopher Columbus again?" Ever since the quincentennial of Columbus's first...

jeffjacoby.com

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America's Voice @americasvoice.bsky.social · 3d

Today, we honor Indigenous Peoples’ Day.

It’s a day to celebrate the immense contributions, vibrant cultures, and resilience of Native American and the indigenous communities.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 3d

Quick question: If the Republicans are right, and someone is paying millions and millions of us to protest, and has done it hundreds of other times, and they STILL can't figure out who's funding us, aren't they way too stupid to hold office?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Sean Duffy: "The No Kings protest, Maria, really frustrating. This is part of antifa, paid protesters. It begs the question who's funding it."

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Not Your Sharona @shar34.bsky.social · 3d

This didn’t need to happen. Humans failed the most important test they ever faced. And most of them don’t know it, or refuse to admit it.

David Tomkins @davidctomkins.bsky.social · 3d

Researchers in Leeds have joined experts from across the world in warning that Earth is reaching the first of many climate tipping points that will cause catastrophic harm without urgent action.
#climatecrisis #tippingpoint #auspol www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article...

‘New reality’ as world reaches first climate tipping point

Researchers in Leeds have joined experts from across the world in warning that Earth is reaching the first of many climate tipping points that will cause catastrophic harm without urgent action.

www.leeds.ac.uk

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 3d

🚨🚨🚨WA Governor Bob Ferguson responds to a letter he received from AG Pam Bondi in which she threatened to place him in jail. 🧯He is on fire! 1/2

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Not Your Sharona @shar34.bsky.social · 3d

He is so awesome! He looks like mild mannered, Clark Kent, but you don’t wanna F with him!

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Not Your Sharona @shar34.bsky.social · 3d

Exactly.

Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 3d

So Kilmer Abrego-Garcia will not challenge a deportation to Costa Rica, who has agreed to for him residency, but DHS won’t agree to send him there because it’s not cruel enough.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

For weeks, Mr. Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national who is married to a U.S. citizen, has made clear that he would not challenge his deportation if he were sent to Costa Rica, which has promised him legal residency and guaranteed that he would not be sent back to El Salvador.

But the Trump administration has refused to deport him to Costa Rica, and in an earlier hearing this week, Judge Xinis pressed the administration to consider the option or clarify why it was unacceptable.

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Stephen Moran. @moranstephen1000.bsky.social · 4d

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Andreas 🇨🇦 Fella 💙 @andreasor.bsky.social · 5d

persianbee: #Portland #warzone BTW #fdt

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Not Your Sharona @shar34.bsky.social · 5d

If anti-christianity is domestic terrorism I am now a terrorist.

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MantaHunk 🌎🏳️‍🌈☮️🟧 @mantahunk.bsky.social · 5d

Trump says Democrats hate America.

Speaker Porno-Mikey says Democrats hate America.

Fox says Democrats hate America.

Gop Congress says Democrats hate America.

In reality, Democrats hate the fascist, white supremacist, racist America that MAGA, the GOP Congress, and Trump are creating.

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Not Your Sharona @shar34.bsky.social · 5d

I’m in love.

Not Your Sharona @shar34.bsky.social · 5d

That was freaking crazy!