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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 3h
Glad ICE is getting called out for plate swapping in Illinois, but this has been happening in California from the jump.
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 2h
Good point made my Jamie Raskin and @gregsargent.bsky.social here: Trump is asking his officials every day to break the law, with the implicit promise to pardon them later, and that provides him leverage for all kinds of extortion. newrepublic.com/article/2021...
Trump’s Vile New $230 Million Shakedown of DOJ Just Got Even Worse
It’s bad enough that Trump wants—and DOJ will likely fork over—this tribute payment. Now, get this: It can probably be done at first without even being revealed publicly.
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gailofficial.bsky.social @gailofficial.bsky.social · 18h
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gailofficial.bsky.social @gailofficial.bsky.social · 20h
History repeats itself
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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d
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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 2d
How to Join ICE

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The Onion: How to Join ICE STEP 1 Be born with something just…missing STEP 2 Try deporting a few neighbors without the constitutional authority to do so, to see if it’s for you STEP 3 Unlearn any secondary languages you may know STEP 4 If filling out the application form presents a challenge, candidates may instead demonstrate how hard they can punch a dog
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CajunBlue 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 3d
🚨 Give this man a microphone. Speaking truth to power! ✊🏼
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NPR @npr.org · 2d
Three high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.
When books were being pulled from Iowa classrooms, these teens started an after-school club to read them
Three Iowa City West high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.
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Tori Foote @toriatheisttori.bsky.social · 3d
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 3d
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gailofficial.bsky.social @gailofficial.bsky.social · 2d
That’s a lot of money to sit on. Interest income on the reserves alone would cover that gap and then some. Starbucks has $2billion in gift card money that sits in accounts and sbux uses it to generate millions in interest income
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Nancy Levine Stearns 🌎 @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 2d
🔥 Mount Holyoke College Prez: "DEI is not separate from excellence. It is the engine of it."

"Mount Holyoke was forged in dissent, against exclusion and against complacency; not to mention, against the belief that only some people deserve a seat at the table."

www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
I’m a college president. Universities can’t retreat as Trump attacks DEI programs
OPINION: President Trump’s attacks on DEI programs threaten to reverse decades of progress for women, people of color, disabled people, LGBTQ+ communities and immigrants.
www.sfchronicle.com
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Simon Gosden @simongosden.bsky.social · 3d
Just a gentle reminder why my old man and my grandad went to war.
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Leia🇨🇴🇺🇸 @theswprincess.bsky.social · 3d
Fired DOJ lawyer Erez Reuveni says hewas fired after refusing to lie & call Kilmar Abrego Garcia a terrorist, & says the DOJ ordered 100+ Venezuelans deported without hearings, saying, “Those planes take off - no matter what.”
www.cbsnews.com/news/erez-re...
Fired Justice Department lawyer says he refused to lie in the Abrego Garcia case
Former Justice Department lawyer Erez Reuveni is speaking out about a pattern of troubling behavior he says he witnessed inside the DOJ that undermined the rule of law.
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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 2d
News in Colombia reports that Alejandro Carranza, a career fisherman pictured below, was one of the people Trump killed when he blew up his boat.
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gailofficial.bsky.social @gailofficial.bsky.social · 2d
Mikey shoveling shit daily
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 3d
In the UK: "new species and overwintering birds are more than curiosities – they are climate change made visible," writes Jenny Rhodes. See which species are regularly taking the risk to stay put and what the pros and cons are.

@eastangliabylines.co.uk @jennyrhodes42.bsky.social
The truth about migratory birds and the climate emergency
Both the warming climate and wilder weather systems are disrupting birds’ natural migration patterns
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🦋 Carmen G., PhD 🐸(🪖"Prima" to One)🌻 @tcrg2012.bsky.social · 4d
"It is imperative that we make it clear that war powers reside with Congress, not the president."

--- Rand Paul

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#Pinks 🌸
#Voices4Victory
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d
KARL: “Why haven’t you sworn in Adelita Grijalva?”

SPEAKER JOHNSON: “I’m following the Pelosi precedent with Letlow.”

KARL: “But that was the date Letlow requested.”

SPEAKER JOHNSON: 🤷🏼

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Genie Lauren @moreandagain.social · 7d
Telemundo, you in DANJA, girl
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 7d
Cory tried it and that white lady said “oh, absolutely not!” And read him DOWN. I had to watch it twice.
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Maya @mayitapepita.bsky.social · 6d
“And how, when black men—famous and everyday guys alike—die at any age, ‘he was so young’ is actually an acknowledgement of theft. It’s the same reason Miss Major living to 78 was miracle because it was a miracle she endured as long as she did in a country built on theft of black and queer life.”
theferocity.bsky.social Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 6d
“The question of who gets to live as long as they should isn’t moral but systemic.

We often say that death is the great unifier as it’s the one thing that we all have in common. But sometimes, I look around and wonder if even the after-life is segregated.”
Diane Keaton, Miss Major, D'Angelo...
Who gets to live a "long" life in America?
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Sarah Iannarone @sarahforpdx.bsky.social · 5d
I, too, was gobsmacked by the news of D'Angelo's death at age 52. As with Phife Dawg, 45, from complications from diabetes, these men were in middle-age, not geriatric.

There is most certainly systemic and institutional racism at play. www.propublica.org/article/blac...
Black Men Have the Shortest Lifespans of Any Americans. This Theory Helps Explain Why.
The unrelenting stress of fighting systemic racism can alter a body’s normal functioning until it starts to wear down. The theory, known as John Henryism, helps explain racial health disparities.
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 5d
“When a Salesforce account executive posted in the company’s Slack channel dedicated to discussing “sales and business development for ICE” that this document was “out the door,” her colleagues responded with fire emojis and the word “amazing,” according to a screenshot of the conversation.”
Salesforce Offers Its Services to Boost Trump’s Immigration Force
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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 5d
A 200-person homeless encampment in Gainesville, GA, is being cleared this week. Many of those living in tents have jobs but can't afford rent.

One woman estimated she's been forced to move 20 times. "There's a lot of people who get checks that don't have enough money to get places," she said.
200-person homeless camp on community soccer field to be cleared
Many work full time but still can't afford housing.
www.wsbtv.com
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