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Miss Aja @brat2381.bsky.social · 21h

This was always the plan.

That’s why Black Folks begged people to pay attention to voting rights.

Folks ignored us and now the demographic that ALWAYS stands in the gap and puts up huge numbers for progressive legislation to get passed is going to have our vote diluted.

The regressives on the

Bear Jewess 🟦🎗️ @388shark.bsky.social · 22h

Understand.

This country is on track to make sure Black people can never vote or be represented again. It’s happening.

Voting Rights is the root of EVERYTHING. Voting rights are about to END.

I know there’s a lot going on. But without Voting Rights… this country ENDS.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2d

ICE has been deployed to *provoke* civilians, not to protect them. They want to throw tear gas canisters and get people on the streets riled up, all to create footage for Fox News and Newsmax, et al., that will be used as a pretext for imposing martial law to lower voting rates in Democratic cities.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 3d

The only violence I’ve been seeing in Portland is from the so-called Feds!!!

Keep sharing these videos; it’s evidence.

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snarkyduck.bsky.social @snarkyduck.bsky.social · 3d

Are you saying the guy who got the job because everyone else took one step backward and left him standing alone was a bad choice?

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IwillNeverBeSilent @ctraveler.bsky.social · 3d

"Terrible things are happening outside. At any time of night and day, poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes."
-Anne Frank, 1/13/43

And it just happened in Chicago. 😔

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NPR @npr.org · 3d

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.

This 4-year-old's heart is failing. A federal grant that might help him was canceled

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.

n.pr

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 3d

"Hundreds of Catholic priests, nuns and lay people led a march from a Catholic church in Maywood to the ICE detention center in Broadview..."

www.fox32chicago.com/news/faith-l...

Faith leaders blocked from sharing Communion with detainees at Broadview ICE center

A large group of Chicago area Catholics marched to the ICE detention center in Broadview Saturday, hoping to share Communion with detainees.

www.fox32chicago.com

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snarkyduck.bsky.social @snarkyduck.bsky.social · 4d

My queendom for ONE msm Sunday news show “journalist” to ask: in 2024 your party won the White House, the house and the senate. You control scotus. Why does it appear Schumer has more power than all of you combined? Why are you so impotent?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 4d

Every time someone makes me read something Peter Thiel said it’s like “Scrooge McDuck is Jesus Christ and Huey, Dewey, and Louie are Gabriel, Raphael, and Uriel and Daisy is Mary Magdalene and that’s why women voting has lowered American sperm count.”

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Chris Murphy: "Republicans are boycotting negotiations to reopen the govt bc they're desperate to raise premiums on people by 75% in order to finance their tax cut for the wealthy. The other reason House isn't in town? They're about to have enough votes to mandate the release of the Epstein files."

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 4d

The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has launched investigations against school districts for teaching lessons on systemic racism and hosting empowerment gatherings for students of color.

Five Ways the Department of Education Is Upending Public Schools

The Trump administration has made a rapid succession of hires and decisions at the Department of Education that could spur profound changes in how schools operate and children learn. Here’s what to kn...

www.propublica.org

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snarkyduck.bsky.social @snarkyduck.bsky.social · 4d

Pay no attention to the demented fascist behind the curtain

a man in a suit is standing in front of a green curtain .

ALT: a man in a suit is standing in front of a green curtain .

media.tenor.com

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snarkyduck.bsky.social @snarkyduck.bsky.social · 4d

Why would Biden foment a coup on the day he was taking power legitimately. Cry more, grandpa

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GrouchyMarkx @grouchymarkx.bsky.social · 4d

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Charles Ghoul-ba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 4d

FINALLY, here's the most extreme, batshit edge case I was able to come up with: A 64-yr old couple living in Cabell County, West Virginia.

At full price, the benchmark Silver plan would cost them $5,298/month, or $63,576/year.

If they earn $85,000/year, that would be 75% of their gross income.

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snarkyduck.bsky.social @snarkyduck.bsky.social · 4d

Put this way, this is also my answer

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snarkyduck.bsky.social @snarkyduck.bsky.social · 4d

So the MRI you mentioned when you explained it all this week

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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 4d

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 5d

The nation’s largest private prison company is asking the Supreme Court to give federal contractors blanket immunity from lawsuits — including human trafficking claims.

If they win, private contractors could operate with even less accountability than they do now.

The Human Trafficking Case That Could Hand Government Contractors Blanket Immunity

In a little-noticed Supreme Court case, the country’s largest private prison operator argues companies should be shielded from lawsuits when doing the government’s dirty work.

www.levernews.com

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 4d

🐀 Mike Johnson caught lying using the receipts he directed us to use. Jen Psaki for the 🎯

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 5d

Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job

US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board

www.telegraph.co.uk

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jen sometimes aph 🌻 @bunnibytz.bsky.social · 4d

A food bank lined up with military members who didn’t receive a paycheck this week:

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 4d

Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.

A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 4d

Should the New York Times be sold to Pennysaver and its editors sent to work in Amazon warehouses? It depends on who you ask.

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 4d

Only Nixon can go to China and only Marjorie Taylor Greene, for some reason, can say from the right that your access to your medicine shouldn’t only be possible if you encounter the genie from Aladdin

JonZoidberg @jonzoidberg.xyz · 7d

How fucked is it in the year 2025, Marjorie Batshit Greene is the lone voice of reason in the Dipshit party?

www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

Once a loyal foot soldier for Trump, Marjorie Taylor Greene is increasingly bucking her party

From the Gaza war to the Epstein files to the government shutdown, the MAGA-aligned congresswoman has grown critical of her fellow Republicans.

www.nbcnews.com

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 5d

🚨🚨🚨Fake ICE reporting site reports to ICE. Be warned:

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