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allyhartwell.bsky.social
Ally to Democracy
@allyhartwell.bsky.social
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Just a Mom who believes in equality, social justice, healthy democracy & the power of science to change humanity The Amur Leopard is the rarest cat on earth, found in a small area within Russia and China, the world's largest autocracies. For now.
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Ally to Democracy @allyhartwell.bsky.social · 5d
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Criticize what I'm "selling" & I will label you as a monster to try and silence you

Peter Thiel : Anti-AI = Antichrist
Mike Johnson : Protest Congress capitulation = America Hater
Trump : Anti-fascist = Terrorist

Pseudo-christianity used as a cover for pure greed
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Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction
In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 3h
Trump is DOUBLING the amount of the Argentina bailout, to $40 billion. Nothing's been done to lower your cost of living right here, in America. America last.
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Ally to Democracy @allyhartwell.bsky.social · 20m
Well said 🎯
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 3h
NBC News has reportedly eliminated its NBC BLK, NBC Asian America, NBC Latino and NBC OUT teams
NBC News’ 150 Layoffs Gut Black, Latino, Asian American and LGBTQ+ Diversity Teams
The cuts affected teams across the NBC News operation and came as the network no longer needed to support two different news operations. MSNBC has begun growing its own newsroom, hiring swaths of tale...
www.thewrap.com
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Ally to Democracy @allyhartwell.bsky.social · 18h
It's not by George Orwell, but it's a great quote nonetheless and certainly holds true under Trump
Quotations
George Orwell quotations on Wikiquote "Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic Socialism, as I un...
orwellsociety.com
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Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 22h
Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?
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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 23h
NEW: Adrian Fontes has CERTIFIED the results of the AZ-07 election of Adelita Grijalva. Mike Johnson is OUT of EXCUSES and should swear her in.
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Ilya Somin @ilyasomin.bsky.social · 1d
Profs. Josh Braver & John Dehn (leading experts on legal issues involving domestic use of military) have @VolokhC guest post on why courts should NOT defer to Trump's invocations of emergency powers to use National Guard for domestic law enforcement: reason.com/volokh/2025/...
Deference Due? Trump, the National Guard, and the Misuse of Martin v. Mott
President Donald Trump's attempts to federalize the National Guard and use it for domestic law enforcement are the subject…
reason.com
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Ally to Democracy @allyhartwell.bsky.social · 23h
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Your Local Epidemiologist @ylepidemiologist.bsky.social · 1d
1/ Bird flu is back, and more than 4.4 million birds have been sick in the past month. The uptick has been detected among backyard flocks, commercial farms, and wild birds. Katelyn here, Your Local Epidemiologist, and here’s what you need to know about this and other #publichealth news this week 👇
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 1d
The Trump-Vance Administration getting rid of biodefense personnel is, to state the blindingly obvious, a very bad choice.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d
Nearly all the staff in the Office of Special Education have been fired as part of Trump’s sweeping layoffs.

These are the people responsible for protecting the civil rights of students with disabilities and ensuring they receive an equal education.

More needless cruelty on display.
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 1d
California, this November 4th, the whole country is counting on you.

Prop 50 puts our elections back on a level playing field, preserves independent redistricting over the long term, and lets the people decide.

So return your ballot today. Vote yes on 50.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d
Vaccines are safe and effective.

Autism isn't caused by vaccines, and autistic people and their families deserve our support.

When you want information, ask your doctor.

It's more important than ever for all of us to speak plainly, truthfully, and directly about public health.
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Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 1d
Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year
We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right. Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases. In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing). In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d
Far too many institutions are bending the knee to Trump and preemptively giving in to his demands. It’s encouraging to see these airports refuse to entertain this administration’s lawlessness. Kudos to them — hopefully their courage inspires others to follow suit. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US airports refuse to air Kristi Noem video blaming Democrats for shutdown
Airports in Phoenix, Las Vegas, Seattle and elsewhere cite laws barring partisan political content at TSA checkpoints
www.theguardian.com
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Eric Swalwell @ericswalwell.bsky.social · 1d
Why aren’t the Republicans working?
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 1d
BREAKING: James Comey is filing a motion to dismiss his case based on United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, Lindsey Halligan, being appointed illegally.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1d
Good. Even if this doesn’t work, it’s time to go on offense.

www.newsweek.com/jb-pritzker-...
JB Pritzker looking at prosecuting ICE agents in Chicago
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has suggested that state prosecutors might examine the conduct of ICE agents.
www.newsweek.com
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 1d
Trump WH says its prepared to “ride out” the shut down. That translates to: This was planned. It was never meant to be short…and…oh yeah…we are going to f**k things up even worse during this period of time.
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Ally to Democracy @allyhartwell.bsky.social · 1d
"Trump WH says its prepared to 'ride out' the shut down. That translates to: This was planned."

It was all planned - but no-one is talking about it
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 1d
We’ve lived 15 years under Citizens United, watching billionaires and corporations shape democracy with their wallets. Reform once seemed impossible. But now, a group in Montana is asking a radical question: What if states simply stopped granting corporations the power to spend in politics?
Could We End Corporate Money In Politics?
Backers of a referendum before Montana voters next year believe they’ve found a vulnerability on Citizen United
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 1d
Major news outlets are standing together and refusing to sign. ABC News, CBS News, CNN, Fox News, and NBC News have all rejected a new Pentagon policy that would impose unprecedented restrictions on news gathering.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Trump ignores a question from a woman reporter but says, "I just like to watch her talk. Good job. Thank you darling."
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 1d
"We always think about America’s postwar role in Europe as an act of great generosity, the defense of allies from Soviet aggression. But by putting democracy at the center of our international identity, we also helped strengthen our own political system"
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
The Beacon of Democracy Goes Dark
For nearly 250 years, America promoted freedom and equality abroad, even when it failed to live up to those ideals itself. Not anymore.
www.theatlantic.com
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NPR @npr.org · 1d
Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says. n.pr/4q87Jwb
Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass
Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says.
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