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fluxt [née fluxed] @fluxt.bsky.social · 11h

An excellent discussion with Judge Michael Luttig about the precarious state of the judiciary in the United States vis-a-vis Donald Trump, and the ever-widening gap between the federal courts and SCOTUS — judicious notes of optimism tempered by a starker, frank assessment of what we’re up against:

Dahlia Lithwick @dahlialithwick.bsky.social · 17h

always an immense honor to talk with @judgeluttig.bsky.social about what it means for judges to stand up to monarchic power, and then to Rick Woldenberg of Learning Resources who brought the tariffs case to SCOTUS for . . . precisely the same reason. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

The Federal Judiciary Is Trapped

Podcast Episode · Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts · 11/01/2025 · 1h 3m

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fluxt [née fluxed] @fluxt.bsky.social · 13h

“There are a lot more White households receiving SNAP benefits than Black (or Hispanic or Asian) households. Nationally, there are 1.8 White households getting SNAP benefits for every Black one…

[And] more White households than Black households receive SNAP benefits in 44 states.”

A nice overview:

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 13h

Looked at the numbers on this yesterday.
www.pbump.net/o/the-racist...

Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 14h

Let’s be clear, most EBT users are white. The reason he’s specifically lying about “weaves” and we’ve seen so many AI fakes of Black women ranting about food stamps is they need to make BW the face EBT because they know many Americans don’t care if Black people suffer, and some actually wish for it.

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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 14h

Let’s be clear, most EBT users are white. The reason he’s specifically lying about “weaves” and we’ve seen so many AI fakes of Black women ranting about food stamps is they need to make BW the face EBT because they know many Americans don’t care if Black people suffer, and some actually wish for it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

ROB SCHMITT: People are using SNAP benefits to get their nails done, to get their weaves and their hair. This is a really ugly program.

SEN. RON JOHNSON: That program needs to be dramatically reformed.

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Travis Mason-Bushman @snarkranger.bsky.social · 16h

A reminder that this is a sensationalist misleading bullshit Fox headline. The story cites only one small local police department in Barstow (population 25,000) doing this, and yet purports that it is "California police" as if this is some statewide edict.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 3d

California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits

www.foxla.com

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fluxt [née fluxed] @fluxt.bsky.social · 1d

Saudi Arabia is pursuing a pretty realistic goal to derive "50% of its electricity from renewables by 2030."

There's so much irony here as Donald Trump fawns over Middle Eastern leaders, all the while re-upping America's commitment to fossil fuels and attempting to reinvigorate the coal industry.

Juan Cole @jricole.bsky.social · 1d

With China’s Help, Saudi Arabia is Deploying Solar Power Faster than any Country in History

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Jeffrey Beyer and Stephen Gitonga of the UN Development Program present an overview of Saudi Arabia’s full court press to get 50% of its electricity from renewables by 2030. The kingdom is aware that fossil fuels, the source of its fabulous wealth, are on their way out. Its leaders want […]

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fluxt [née fluxed] @fluxt.bsky.social · 1d

“Krupinsk says he voted for President Donald Trump… but no longer believes these operations are being carried out properly.

’I mean, two workers, American citizens, working on my lawn, for them to stop and profile them and ask them for papers, there's no constitutional right for them to do that.’”

Feds allegedly cause crash near Evanston elementary school before arresting 3 US citizens: witnesses

Witnesses say agents slammed on their brakes, causing a car that was following them to crash.

abc7chicago.com

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fluxt [née fluxed] @fluxt.bsky.social · 1d

Not the first time, though:

(Omaha World Herald, Feb. 7, 1993)

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

a true halloween fright

(📸 by adam gray www.instagram.com/agrayphot0?i...)

a close up of andrew cuomo
looking terrifying

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fluxt [née fluxed] @fluxt.bsky.social · 1d

And while Republicans have been working overtime to blame Democrats for the current state of things, the court rulings chastising the Trump administration properly refocus the blame where it belongs.

Senator Martin Heinrich @heinrich.senate.gov · 1d

President Trump already has the money he needs to fund SNAP. And I cosponsored the Republican bill AND the Democratic bill to fund it. Unfortunately, Majority Leader Thune refused to let us take the vote.

Thankfully, a court is now forcing Trump's hand.

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Patrick deHahn @pdehello.bsky.social · 1d

Men shot by the hundreds and others disappeared after Sudanese city falls to RSF paramilitaries, witnesses say www.reuters.com/world/africa...

www.reuters.com

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 1d

Gotta love Private Eye.
Always cuts through the crap.

Minority representation on TV causes outrage

There has been widespread support for prominent Reform MP
Sarah Pochin after she complained about the over-representation of minorities on television.
Said one angry viewer, "She's right. Every time you turn on the telly there's another Reform MP being interviewed by Laura Kuenssberg."
She added, "I respect their way of life and their strange customs, but Reform MPs comprise only 0.7 percent of the House of Commons. Yet Nigel Farage is on Question Time more than Fiona Bruce."
"I'm not prejudiced. Some of my best friends are swivel-eyed loons, but enough is enough.
There are too many people with angry red faces on television.”

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KNinja @khrisnin.bsky.social · 1d

I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.

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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 1d

The Wall Street Journal has run more than four dozen op-eds attacking Zohran Mamdani since June.

www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/local-pape...

Local Paper Opines on Mayor's Race

The Wall Street Journal's incredible Zohran obsession.

www.hamiltonnolan.com

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fluxt [née fluxed] @fluxt.bsky.social · 2d

"It has been more than 20 years since a member of the royal family faced a criminal investigation. Princess Anne was charged with an offence under the Dangerous Dogs Act in 2002, after her dog bit two children in Windsor Great Park."

Prince Andrew is upping the ante quite a bit...

The Independent @the-independent.com · 2d

Could Prince Andrew ever be prosecuted over his links to Jeffrey Epstein?

www.independent.co.uk

fluxt [née fluxed] @fluxt.bsky.social · 2d

"Pulte and leaders at Fannie Mae had grown tired of investigations they viewed as being too tailored toward allegations related to [DEI]...

Pulte in a cryptic social-media post Thursday wrote, 'DEI is DEAD at Fannie Mae!' An [FHFA] spokesperson said the same thing when asked for comment."

Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 2d

“The Trump administration has fired about a dozen officials within Fannie Mae’s ethics and internal investigations unit, removing some guardrails meant to address and head off misconduct, according to people familiar with the matter.”

Exclusive | Trump Administration Fires Fannie Mae Ethics Officials

The dismissals come after the chief ethics officer was recently pushed out, according to people familiar with the matter.

www.wsj.com

fluxt [née fluxed] @fluxt.bsky.social · 2d

And Frederick himself saw Hitler and Mussolini "up close" as a boy (likely hanging out with mom and pops on the job), attended Mussolini's son's birthday party, worked for the CIA (hmm...), met Margaret Thatcher and Ollie North, and ran Ronald Reagan's election campaigns in Broward County, Florida.

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fluxt [née fluxed] @fluxt.bsky.social · 2d

Frederick, the son mentioned in Countess Guardabassi's 1971 obit, was married to Marilyn (Jaspert) Guardabassi, somewhat euphemistically described in her own obit from 2002 with the words "activist, journalist." In 1977, she penned "Homosexuals Want To Take Over Here" for the Fort Lauderdale News:

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fluxt [née fluxed] @fluxt.bsky.social · 2d

Countess Rosalind Guardabassi, widow of Count Francesco, was a financial backer of the Christ of the Ozarks statue in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, a project of white supremacist and ardent fascist Gerald L. K. Smith, the founder of the America First Party (and later, the Christian Nationalist Party)...

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 3d

"Approximately 460 patients and their companions were killed in a horrific massacre at a hospital in el-Fasher, Sudan, on Tuesday."

"They cold-bloodedly killed everyone they found inside."

"1,204 killings of health care workers and patients, since [..] 2023."
#Sudan #UAE #USA #Healthcare #Genocide

460 Killed in Horrific Massacre in Sudan Hospital, WHO Says, Amid RSF Takeover

RSF forces stormed the hospital and killed everyone inside, Sudan Doctors Network said.

truthout.org

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fluxt [née fluxed] @fluxt.bsky.social · 3d

UN agencies say that Israel has "destroyed or damaged 95 percent of Gaza's educational facilities, depriving more than 650,000 children of learning for over two years. UN agencies and rights groups have condemned this systematic destruction as 'scholasticide'—a deliberate annihilation of education."

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fluxt [née fluxed] @fluxt.bsky.social · 3d

"My cherished university is in ruins...

My heart burned as I saw my university engulfed in flames, the dreams I had built there collapsing into ashes...

'Books and doctoral dissertations were scattered on the ground, used by the displaced as kindling.'"

www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/scho... #gaza

Gaza 'scholasticide': We mourn our universities as one mourns an old friend

As students like me try to rebuild our shattered lives, the ruins of our institutions stand as monuments to Israel's assault - not only on Palestinian bodies, but on our learning and future

www.middleeasteye.net

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 3d

what stage of capitalism is this

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 3d

California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits

www.foxla.com

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fluxt [née fluxed] @fluxt.bsky.social · 3d

"Jeff Landry has declared a state of emergency to fund the state’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, better known as food stamps...

Landry, a Republican, also blamed the lack of benefits on Senate Democrats, referring to the ongoing shutdown as the 'Schumer Shutdown' in his declaration."

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 3d

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has declared a state of emergency to fund SNAP.

Landry asked the state legislature to authorize $150 million of state money to subsidize food stamps for children, the elderly, and disabled people for the next month.

The measure is expected to pass.

Gov. Landry declares emergency to fund Louisiana SNAP benefits amid federal shutdown

The move makes Louisiana the only state in the Gulf South attempting to fund SNAP benefits for residents next month amid the ongoing federal government shutdown.

www.wwno.org

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 3d

Yes, Lord of the Rings is about how you must trust the “hard men.” Just as Narnia is about an evil lion. And the New Testament tells a tale of a wimp who wouldn’t fight back. Next week on “fascists read classics,” we’ll meet tech visionary George Orwell…

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fluxt [née fluxed] @fluxt.bsky.social · 3d

With multiple layers of ignorance, indoctrination, scapegoating and deception…

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