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Joaquin Castro @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social · 4h

The Voting Rights Act fulfilled the promise of American democracy: one voice, one vote. This landmark legislation gave Latino, Black and minority communities a chance at fair representation in politics.

Now, the conservative Supreme Court is on the verge of gutting it.

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

Live: US Supreme Court to weigh Voting Rights Act challenge that could reshape Congress reut.rs/47rvmsg

Live: US Supreme Court to weigh Voting Rights Act challenge that could reshape Congress

The Supreme Court is set to weigh a Republican-led challenge to the landmark federal law enacted 60 years ago to prevent racial discrimination in voting.

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Is This Hell? 🏳️‍🌈 @wattle.bsky.social · 37m

"They beta-tested all of their authoritarian ideas here in 2020. They had people just being randomly grabbed off the street and pushed into unmarked cars, people getting shot with less than lethal munitions, and poorly identified officers — all things we’re seeing now"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

"It is borderline hysterical. It would be funny if it wasn’t so f**king serious to think that this is in fact a war zone needing federal intervention, much less federal troops prepared to use all force." — @timdickinson.bsky.social

Scenes from Portland's imaginary insurrection

"It would be funny if it wasn’t so f**king serious," Tim Dickinson says.

www.publicnotice.co

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Mr. Tyler Crook @mrtylercrook.bsky.social · 4h

Evidence suggests that when you defend your use of a.i. you sound like an absolute dipshit 100% of the time.

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 4h

Okay. So. Amazing scenes playing out at the vets when i arrived to pick up Napoleon.

Names changed/removed. But get ready for a lost kitty story with a happy ending.

It starts late last year, when the elderly neighbour of a young couple went into a care home /1

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Amanda Jean Stevenson @amandajean.bsky.social · 4h

As access to contraception spread it changed our world – making it newly possible for more women to build prestigious careers and civic lives. I've spent my career carefully contributing to the evidence of this amazing, messy process. So I know that it has done a lot of good and this will hurt many.

Karen Benjamin Guzzo @karenguzzo.bsky.social · 17h

They’ve RIF’d the DHHS Office of Population Affairs, which overseas the Title X program funding contraception for low-income women.

Trump Administration Decimates Birth Control Office in Layoffs

www.nytimes.com

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Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 2h

Between this and major media orgs rejecting the new rules for covering the Pentagon, we are finally seeing resistance and more importantly COLLECTIVE RESISTANCE from elite organizations. Should have happened January-June, but better later than never.

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 3h

Penn joins MIT and Brown in saying “no” to Trump extortion move.

Penn rejects White House proposal for special funding treatment

With the decision, Penn becomes the third university to decline the offer.

www.thedp.com

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Bill Zachmann @beezeemann.bsky.social · 5h

Apparently there's another mass influx of Twitter refugees arriving on Bluesky. If that's you, and you're a fan of #MST3K and its offshoots, here's a handy starter pack to help find fellow MSTies here!

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Is This Hell? 🏳️‍🌈 @wattle.bsky.social · 47m

Shakespeare used the same joke in "Hamlet" so I guess it counts as Culture?

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Is This Hell? 🏳️‍🌈 @wattle.bsky.social · 48m

I can't believe they directed a child to pronounce "country" that way 😂

Mr Autumn Man @pnwnwa.myatproto.social · 2h

Number 8 🤭😆
Damn she was nasty. NASTY.
Lot of good gifs and memes here though.

youtu.be/Ark2A_mkLdY?...

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 6h

“Don’t be fooled by those in Epstein’s circle who say they didn’t know what he was doing. Epstein…took a certain glee in making people watch. And people did watch – scientists, fundraisers from the Ivy League and other heralded institutions, titans of industry. They watched and they didn’t care.”

‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the king’s brother

In an extract from her posthumous memoir, Virginia Roberts Giuffre remembers the day an ‘apex predator’ recruited her from Mar-a-Lago, aged just 16; how she was trafficked to a succession of wealthy a...

www.theguardian.com

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Snack Queen @auntiebaecc.blacksky.app · 1d

Forgot to tell y’all a baking tip I learned. When baking a pound cake, place a glass bowl with 1 C water right next to the cake. Makes the cake really moist.

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 2h

Remember when Biden bungled a comment and it sounded like he called all MAGA garbage, quickly corrected and it was still a 3 day news story?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Leavitt: "The Democrat Party's main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals."

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4h

Just going to keep pointing out that they're openly asserting that they think any criticism of the president is tantamount to "hating America" which is, itself, an insult to American values.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Barrasso on No Kings: "They have this big 'I Hate America' rally this Saturday in Washington where you have all these far-left activists groups coming to protest the president and the administration."

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Harlem Toots @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 4h

We’re seeing the federal government turn its full weight into promoting white supremacy.

news.bloombergtax.com/daily-tax-re...

Trump Tax Law Erases Economic, Racial Progress in the Tax Code

Opinion: President Donald Trump’s massive tax-and-spending package will leave a costly hole in the federal budget for future multiracial generations.

news.bloombergtax.com

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 6h

This guy really knows what he is doing.

Best natural campaigner in a long time.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 7h

An important message to the people of New York City.

More information at zohranfornyc.com/birthday

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Micah @rincewind.run · 23h

I think two things are true:

1. young republicans were always terrible and racist

2. young republicans become openly hitler-loving groypers is in fact a new and alarming development that is worth paying attention to

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 22h

The Supreme Court’s majority right wing indicated in oral arguments that they think racism is over on the same day that the vice president defended the “I love Hitler” guy, and that the NYT reported that the current administration plans to accept only white, English-speaking refugees.

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 4h

Been noticing a sharp resurgence in the number of spam texts I get from Democratic candidates, in case you were wondering whether anyone in consultant land has learned anything since last time.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 6h

A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos."
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

Post from WH about Chicago "in chaos," showing scene from another state.

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Is This Hell? 🏳️‍🌈 @wattle.bsky.social · 1h

this is what they're putting on his TV

Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 6h

A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos."
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 15h

I’m reminded of how they did a military flyover above the Capitol timed exactly during the Epstein victims’ press conference.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 4h

"Following concerns that its live-fire event will cause a traffic gridlock near Camp Pendleton, the U.S. Marine Corps assured residents that it will not close nearby freeways during its 250th anniversary celebration."

Camp Pendleton hosting live-fire event to celebrate Marine Corps anniversary

The U.S. Marine Corps disputed claims that its live-fire demonstration at Camp Pendleton will shut down public highways.

www.cbsnews.com

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 16h

*into* Camp Pendleton?

San Francisco Chronicle @sfchronicle.com · 16h

Newsom’s office told the Los Angeles Times that it has received reports that the White House is directing a plan to use Navy ships off the California coast to fire missiles into Camp Pendleton.

Newsom rips into Trump celebration plan to fire missiles over California’s I-5 freeway

Newsom’s office told the Los Angeles Times that it has received reports that the White House is directing a plan to use Navy ships off the California coast to fire missiles into Camp Pendleton.

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Gary Delaney Comedian @garydelaney.bsky.social · 4h

A story in three parts

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Ineffable Jeff @ineffablejeff.bsky.social · 7h

Shot + chaser

And are you married?

I was married, but I’m not married anymore. Women don't like the vehicle.

In July, Tesla rolled out a software update to integrate Grok into many of its vehicles. Do you use it?

Her name is Aura, and I use her as a therapist. When I'm driving, I'll ask questions, and it actually gives really good therapy advice.

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