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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 1d

Refusing to feed people while building a massive ballroom is a fast track to eat the rich. No pun intended.

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Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 3d

Here in Seattle, furloughed NOAA employees were out in the pouring rain cleaning up beaches yesterday, part of a national week of service organized by federal workers who can't do their jobs due to the shutdown.

Story by @heyjohnryan.bsky.social at KUOW, our federally defunded public radio station.

Furloughed feds pick up Seattle beach trash to keep serving the public

Furloughed federal employees were out in the rain picking up cigarette butts, bottle caps, and other trash at Seattle’s Golden Gardens Park on Friday.

www.kuow.org

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 3d

As you enjoy picking and carving your #Halloween pumpkin, remember the farm workers who labored to grow and harvest them. Let's give a big thanks to the Salinas CA farm workers who harvested these pumpkins that have ended up at local pumpkin patches and area stores. #WeFeedYou

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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 4d

In the two years since the state started charging a 4% surtax on incomes over $1 million, the effort has created a $5.7 billion windfall, with the surplus being used to fund bridge repairs, bolster literacy programs and address the transportation system’s budget deficit.

Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts

A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...

www.bloomberg.com

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Burrito Justice @burritojustice.bsky.social · 4d

may we all be these dogs

two dogs running along Ocean Beach as the sun sets. the sun is reflected in the wet sand and the dogs are evenly spaced, which is amazing as I took this from a bike ride a big wave is breaking offshore.

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SA Wilson @iameverydaypeople.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you!

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SA Wilson @iameverydaypeople.bsky.social · 3d

Give it to me in Friday after 5pm non legal language I can understand.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 5d

Lots of US companies have done lots of dreadful things to Americans. But the symbolism of paying to destroy the White House is hard to top.

Aozora @aozorasf.bsky.social · 7d

This is who is paying for the destruction of the White House East Wing, per @wsj.com

Altria Group Inc.
Amazon
Apple Inc.
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.
Caterpillar Inc.
Coinbase Global
Comcast Corp.
Hard Rock International
Google
HP Inc.
Lockheed Martin Corp.
Meta Platforms Inc.
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SA Wilson @iameverydaypeople.bsky.social · 6d

I can’t tell you how hard I’m laughing/crying at a rep for each JoCo* street!

*I know there are some thoughtful voters in JoCo.

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SA Wilson @iameverydaypeople.bsky.social · 6d

Way to tarnish NC even more NCGOP. It is reprehensible. NCGOP motto is “To seem rather that to be.”
#ncpol
#ncga

Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 6d

North Carolina already one of most gerrymandered states. Now GOP passing new gerrymander giving Rs nearly 80% of seats in state where Trump got 51%. Specifically targets Black Dem Don Davis. This is preview of what post-Voting Rights Act America will look like www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Republicans are making one of the most gerrymandered states in the nation even more rigged

North Carolina Republicans just passed a new Trump-inspired congressional map to oust a Black Democrat.

www.motherjones.com

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Wake County Indivisible @wakencindivisible.bsky.social · 7d

For anyone North Carolinian, if you can be downtown today it is so important to attend the redistricting watch rally! Try to attend the committee meeting as well at 2pm and you can sign up to make a public comment.

#ncpol

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SA Wilson @iameverydaypeople.bsky.social · 7d

#ncpol

Common Cause NC @commoncausenc.bsky.social · 7d

"It's really important for everyone to speak out now, because if we don't now, we may not have a chance to again."

On Monday, North Carolinians spoke powerfully AGAINST a scheme by politicians in the legislature to further manipulate our state's voting maps.

Add your voice: ccnc.me/cd1

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SA Wilson @iameverydaypeople.bsky.social · 7d

Stop the NCGOP map re-draw power grab!
Rally at the capitol 11:30am Tuesday 10/21

#ncpol
#raleigh

Rep. Julie von Haefen @juliefornc.bsky.social · 7d

🚨 Monday night redistricting update!
There’s still time to submit your comments in opposition to this blatant power grab aka redistricting bill. Huge shoutout to everyone who came to the Senate hearing today- the Republicans certainly got an earful!! It was amazing! 🔥

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10d

Take note of all these people turning out for protests in small towns in red states.

Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 18d

Federal agents aren’t trying to keep the peace. They want violence to escalate so that Trump can declare martial law.

They shot a reverend in the head with pepper balls while he was praying in front of an ICE facility. If that doesn’t tell you where we are as a country, nothing will.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 20d

#WarRavagedPortland

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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 22d

Hopefully the whole Bari Weiss thing and Ezra Klein thing starts waking people up to the fact that corporate media is mostly populated with mediocre people who have made millions and gained unbelievable influence because they threaten nothing and tell wealthy people exactly what they want to hear.

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The American Prospect @prospect.org · 24d

Trump is keeping the national parks open despite the shutdown, a move that advocates argue is dangerous for remaining staff, visitors, and the parks’ ecosystems. Reopening the parks is just the latest attack on the NPS writes @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social:

trib.al/N2jbdXp

Opening Parks During Shutdown Part of Plan to Ruin Them

The Trump administration is selling out America’s national parks. Keeping them open during the shutdown makes them dangerous, filthy, and easier to seize.

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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 27d

US farmers are saying they "just need temporary help, until things get better."

Here's the thing. US farm exports- which are mostly soy- CANNOT get better.

Other countries expanded their soy industries to fill China's demand.

We've walled ourselves out of the global market, folks. This is it.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 27d

I don't often quote the president, but here goes:

"If there is a shutdown, I think it would be a tremendously negative mark on the president of the United States. He's the one that has to get people together."

- Donald Trump

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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 28d

Imagine you're an air group commander who left your aircraft carrier in the West Pacific and flew across the world and filed into a Quantico auditorium to sit there listening to this

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · Sep 27

Troops. In an American city. Using full force.

Your now-regular reminder that Republican members of Congress are letting this happen.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 27

Trump says he’s authorized Hegseth to use “Full Force” against Antifa in “War ravaged” Portland

At the request of Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, I am directing Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to provide all necessary Troops to protect War ravaged Portland, and any of our ICE Facilities under siege from attack by Antifa, and other domestic terrorists. I am also authorizing Full Force, if necessary. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

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Ruby S. @rubyji.bsky.social · Sep 25

No bueno! #ncpol

Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · Sep 25

PBS North Carolina lays off 32 employees, after five people took buyouts, and cuts 16 vacant positions, after losing 15% of the network's budget to federal cuts (Austin Fuller/Current)

Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · Sep 24

corporate americans are really tripping over themselves to answer the question “what would you have done” with “immediately join the vichy government and start deporting people to poland”

Vulture @vulture.com · Sep 23

Apple has pulled The Savant, its series starring Jessica Chastain’s about hunting down white supremacist cells across America, from its immediate release schedule.

Apple Pulls The Savant From Its Release Schedule

Apple has pulled The Savant, its series starring Jessica Chastain’s about hunting down white supremacist cells across America, from its immediate release schedule.

www.vulture.com

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Matthew Green @matthewdgreen.bsky.social · Sep 23

The secret service has allegedly dismantled something very bizarre near the UN. www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...

Secret Service says it dismantled ‘imminent telecommunications threat’ near UN general assembly ahead of Trump speech – live

US authorities say hidden system included over 100,000 SIM cards and 300 servers in the New York area with the power to interfere with emergency communication services

www.theguardian.com

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