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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 4h

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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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 9h

BREAKING: President Donald Trump’s administration for now must stop firing workers during the government shutdown, a federal judge in San Francisco ordered.

Judge temporarily blocks the Trump administration from firing workers during the government shutdown

A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from firing workers during the government shutdown. U.S.

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Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 9h

BREAKING: US judge blocks Trump's plan to lay off thousands of government workers reut.rs/42KuZXc

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Reuters @reuters.com · 9h

US judge extends block on Trump deploying National Guard in Portland, Oregon reut.rs/4qdPoOa

US judge extends block on Trump deploying National Guard in Portland, Oregon

A federal judge in Oregon on Wednesday extended temporary restraining orders that block President Donald Trump's administration from deploying any National Guard troops to police Portland, Oregon, as part of his campaign to dispatch military forces to a growing number of Democratic-led locales.

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Congressman Eugene Vindman @repvindman.bsky.social · 13h

I’ve directed the U.S. House to withhold my pay during the shutdown.

If federal workers are missing paychecks because of Washington’s dysfunction, Members of Congress certainly shouldn’t be cashing theirs.

My bill with Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick would make that the rule, not the exception.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 1d

Fox News, the former employer of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, has joined a near-unanimous outpouring of news organizations rejecting new rules for journalists based in the Pentagon.

News organizations, including Hegseth's former employer Fox, reject new Pentagon reporting rules

Fox News, the former employer of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, has joined a near-unanimous outpouring of news organizations rejecting new rules for journalists based in the Pentagon.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 1d

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says the Gaza ceasefire will not affect his country’s genocide case against Israel at the ICJ aje.io/mbmr4o

South Africa says ICJ genocide case will continue despite Gaza ceasefire

President Cyril Ramaphosa says progress and healing hinge on the case against Israel being heard.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 1d

Some airports around the country are saying they won’t play a video with a message from Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in which she blames Democrats for the federal government shutdown and its impacts on operations to screen travelers.

Some airports refuse to play Noem video on shutdown impact, saying it's political

Some airports around the country are saying they won’t play a video with a message from Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in which she blames Democrats for the federal government shutdown and its impacts on operations to screen travelers.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 1d

The medication stockpile bill is the bill I had pegged this year as the most important kind of bill to pass given federal threats, with a short time window to make it happen. Washington passed the same bill earlier this year.

It's so shameful for Newsom to veto this bill.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 1d

1. Yesterday, the press gave Gavin Newsom favorable coverage for signing pro-LGBTQ+ bills.

Little noticed, however, was that he vetoed one of the most important ones: a bill allowing trans people 12 month HRT stockpiles, protecting them from federal threats.

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Gavin Newsom Vetoes Important HRT Stockpiling Bill For Trans Californians, Signs Other Pro-LGBTQ+ Bills

The bill would have allowed transgender people to maintain a safe supply of medication in the era of government crackdowns on care.

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Evelyn Primrose @evelynprimrose.bsky.social · 2d

Happy Indigenous People's day 💜 Today will always be about remembering the amazing and diverse cultures of indigenous people, as well as the hardships and attempted genocides they faced at the hands of the American people. Let the genocidal white "explorer" dudes name be lost to the sands of time.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 6d

The Senate has just passed the military NDAA containing 2 anti-trans provisions: a surgery ban using federal funds (dependents too), and a sports ban on military academy spaces.

This will be the STARTING point for negotiations with the House, which has even worse provisions.

Only 20 Dems opposed.

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AltSSA @altssa.altgov.info · 6d

This. All of this. @democrats.senate.gov hold the fucking line. ✊✊✊✊✊

Federal Workers Have A Request Of Democrats As The Shutdown Drags On

Furloughed federal employees are about to start missing paychecks, but they aren't ready to give in yet: "We are willing to take some temporary pain."

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Evelyn Primrose @evelynprimrose.bsky.social · 6d

Gen Z is powerful when united and they're showing it 💜 From Nepal to the US to Madagascar

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 6d

March comes after 'Gen Z' anti-government protesters reject President Andry Rajoelina's attempts to defuse tensions.

Police fire tear gas, rubber bullets as Madagascar protesters rally

March comes after 'Gen Z' anti-government protesters reject President Andry Rajoelina's attempts to defuse tensions.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 6d

Donald Trump is ordering extrajudicial killings of suspected drug smugglers.

He's vilifying his political opponents and threatening to jail them.

His ICE agents are terrorizing immigrants and firing chemical agents at peaceful protestors.

And some people think he deserves a Nobel Peace Prize?

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 6d

New York Attorney General Letitia James calls fraud case "baseless," and decries "weaponization of our justice system."

New York Attorney General Letitia James indicted on fraud charge, AP source says

A grand jury has indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James on a fraud charge, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Thursday.

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Evelyn Primrose @evelynprimrose.bsky.social · 6d

Starting tomorrow I'm going to be taking a mental break from BlueSky until Tuesday. Gonna enjoy the long weekend and give myself a braincation.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 6d

1. A new journal report in the prestigious Medical Journal of Australia eviscerates the Cass review, saying it is filled with fallacies and launders anti-trans disinformation.

It methodically goes through each problem in the review.

The latest from S. Baum.

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New Journal Report: Cass Review “Echoes Fallacies Promoted By Anti-Trans Disinformation”

While American lawyers pushed the anti-trans Cass Review this week, Australia’s top scholars rebuked it.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 6d

1. Anti-trans outrage is losing its bite.

Last week, Elon Musk led a mass boycott campaign to get trans characters removed from shows on the platform.

Major conservatives joined in.

Now, we have the result: the boycott was a fizzle, and Netflix stock is up.

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Netflix Stock Up As Elon Musk's Anti-Trans Boycott Fails To Materialize

Last week, conservatives tried to cancel Netflix to force the carrier to remove transgender characters.

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 6d

The conclusion Leo draws in his first teaching document is that the Catholic Church’s “preferential option for the poor” has existed from the start, is non-negotiable and is the very essence of what it means to be Christian. https://to.pbs.org/4h06dIm

Pope Leo condemns economies that marginalize the poor while the wealthy live in a bubble of luxury

The Vatican released the document, entitled "I have loved you," which Francis had begun to write in his final months but never finished. Leo credited Francis with the text, cited him repeatedly, but s...

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Evelyn Primrose @evelynprimrose.bsky.social · 6d

Israel is not going to stop until some countries wake the fuck up and force them to stop. They've been in a conflict with Palestine for over 70 years in total. 50,000 children dead in two years and the world just sits on their fucking hands and watches this genocide. GENOCIDE.

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 6d

Plumes of smoke from Israeli attacks were seen rising over Gaza hours after Israel and Hamas agreed to the first phase of a ceasefire plan, brokered by Donald Trump.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 7d

Data centers are receiving billions in state tax exemptions.

These centers, many owned by Big Tech giants, are driving up electric bills and sucking up huge amounts of water.

AI is boosting the stock portfolios of the richest Americans while everyone else pays the price.

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Evelyn Primrose @evelynprimrose.bsky.social · 7d

That bipartisan budget needs to protect ALL families and not throw minorities under the bus just to get things up and running.

Congressman Eugene Vindman @repvindman.bsky.social · 7d

While Republicans are on vacation, six million mothers and young children who rely on WIC are at risk of going hungry.

I’m ready to support a bipartisan budget that protects these families — I just wish my Republican colleagues were, too.

Government shutdown threatens food aid program relied on by millions of families

Experts say a food aid program that helps 6 million low-income mothers and young children will run out of federal money unless the government shutdown ends within two weeks. States

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 7d

Remember this as Trump goes on about being "tough on crime."

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 8d

Trump is threatening to withhold back pay for federal workers furloughed during the shutdown — which goes against a law he signed in 2019, by the way.

This should come as no surprise: Trump and his businesses have been accused of stiffing hundreds of their own workers out of pay over the years.

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Evelyn Primrose @evelynprimrose.bsky.social · 8d

Yeah, but only because he can't stall any longer. He got what he wanted by stalling until the shutdown anyway.

PBS News @pbsnews.org · 8d

House Speaker Mike Johnson said Tuesday he’ll schedule the swearing in of the new Arizona Democratic House member “as soon as she wants.” https://to.pbs.org/3VVdijJ

WATCH: Delay swearing in Rep. Grijalva 'has nothing to do' with Epstein petition, Johnson says

House Speaker Mike Johnson said Tuesday he’ll schedule the swearing in of the new Arizona Democratic House member "as soon as she wants."

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