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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27m

Meta has removed a Chicago ICE-tracking Facebook page.

The move follows Apple and Google removing ICE activity tracking apps from their app stores.

The removals came after a demand from Trump’s DOJ.

Once again, Big Tech is bending the knee to our tyrant-in-chief to protect its bottom line.

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jbshakerman.bsky.social @jbshakerman.bsky.social · 1h

Bad apples? They’re the cream of the crop! This little media kerfuffle is going on their Koch Foundation job application.

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jbshakerman.bsky.social @jbshakerman.bsky.social · 1h

There are no commas in the flow of the mind.

There’s not much in the flow they’ll pay to publish either.

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Jane Rosenzweig @janerosenzweig.bsky.social · 23h

Indeed. (Although I'd say it without the comma!) www.verizon.com/about/parent...

Text that says "Writing is hard because thinking is hard" Jane Rosenzweig Director

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Rowdy Rebel @rowdyrebel.bsky.social · 20h

This can’t be good. 🤨

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 6h

One of the biggest issues in democratic politics is how the consultants everyone hires sees voters as just a cash machine and they pummel them with messages asking for money instead of activating them for politics. It rightfully makes people extremely cynical.

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Ray Beckerman @raybeckerman.bsky.social · 1d

ICE Detains U.S. Citizen After Saying She Doesn’t “Look” American newrepublic.com/post/201745/...

ICE Detains U.S. Citizen After Saying She Doesn’t “Look” American

She even had her U.S. passport on her.

newrepublic.com

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 5h

Linus is right. Release the Epstein files!

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AZ Attorney General Kris Mayes @azagmayes.bsky.social · 23h

It’s way past time for Mike Johnson to stop the political games and seat Adelita without delay. Today, my office is sending a letter to Speaker Johnson demanding he do so.

Press Release: www.azag.gov/press-releas...

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 4h

"We do ultimately depend on the common sense and common courage of the people. “No Kings” is an expression of protest. But it is also an affirmation of responsibility. We the people ordained and established our free government. It’s up to us to keep it."

www.thebulwark.com/p/its-gettin...

It’s Getting Worse.

The Trump administration’s assault on the rest of us is intensifying.

www.thebulwark.com

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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 2h

I feel like it should be a bigger deal that the Vice President of the United States rose to the defense of Republican operatives who openly talk about how much they like Hitler, slavery, and rape.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 6h

By allowing for the dismantling of minority districts held by Democrats, a ruling against the VRA could give President Donald Trump and the GOP enough additional seats to lock in the party’s control of the House for a generation. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Fair Elections — and Perhaps Control of Congress — at Stake as SCOTUS Hears Challenge to VRA

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 4h

"This is what you get after a decade of Trumpism’s ascendance: a young-activist base that has self-selected for the most amoral and psychotic political strivers, and has held them up as a professional ideal for the young people coming up behind them to emulate." www.thebulwark.com/p/its-gettin...

It’s Getting Worse.

The Trump administration’s assault on the rest of us is intensifying.

www.thebulwark.com

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 3h

John Solomon didn’t stumble onto a secret — he recycled one. The Jan 6 committee’s phone-metadata subpoenas were public and reported years ago. This is how the right keeps the outrage machine humming: rename oversight as spying, erase timelines, and sell déjà vu.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

The Right’s Favorite Magic Trick: Turning Old News Into New Scandal

John Solomon’s “discovery” about Jan 6 phone records isn’t a scoop — it’s a rerun dressed as revelation.

open.substack.com

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 1d

Farmers grow what they grow because of farm policy.

We don’t need all the soy and corn that we grow, but those are the commodities that receive subsidies and markets.

If we want something better, if we want to heal the Earth and grow food, now is the time to do it.

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Sparky MD/PhD @neurospark.bsky.social · 1d

If you’re afraid to go to a No Kings rally in defense of you’re first amendment rights; then you have given away you’re first amendment rights. Stand up for your rights, with your community, stronger together, the marches are for us to feel strong because we are.

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jbshakerman.bsky.social @jbshakerman.bsky.social · 4h

Sounds like Bessent is declaring a monarchy and that we are all subjects no matter what we call ourselves.

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 5h

"The rest of us are in a panic. I think I may have been fired and I don’t have a way to find out. They sent the RIF notices to our official government emails which we don’t have access to.”

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Panic as US federal workers scramble to find out if they’ve been fired: ‘I don’t have email access’

Education department staff say they can’t access work emails amid the shutdown to check for layoff notices

www.theguardian.com

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Pink Floyd Larson @pinkfloydlarson.bsky.social · 5h

Not complicated at all 🤔

The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 5h

He would rather shut down our government than have you see the truth. It's not complicated.

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Bruce Bourgoine @brucebourgoine.bsky.social · 5h

I completely agree…

“An absurd amount of energy is spent trying to avoid primaries, when, in fact, #Democrats should want more of them.”

The candidate winning a robust contested primary on issues (not DSCC $) will be a nominee who can end Susan Collins career.

#MESen #mepolitics #resist #VoteBlue

Opinion | Dems want to play it safe in Maine’s white-hot Senate race. That’s a mistake.

An absurd amount of energy is spent trying to avoid primaries, when, in fact, Democrats should want more of them.

www.msnbc.com

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jbshakerman.bsky.social @jbshakerman.bsky.social · 5h

Next, Trump will martial the entire US federal government to aggressively push Norway to create a Nobel Prize for Photo-ops.

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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 16h

Netanyahu announces Israel will not abide by the terms of facilitating humanitarian aid, despite it being a key ceasefire agreement clause.

Didn't take long, did it?

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 1d

My quote of the day

This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes.

Hannah Arendt

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 17h

Tomorrow the Supreme Court will hear arguments in the most important redistricting and voting rights case of the term. Democracy Docket isn't just covering it for the day. It has been covering this case for years.

Support its vital work to help keep you informed. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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Copper Sturgeon 🏴‍☠️🇵🇭🇺🇸🇵🇹🇬🇧🗿🫚🦜 @tantzu.bsky.social · 8h

Arrest that guy!

Our Common Defense @ourcommondefense.bsky.social · 8h

Sending your former defense lawyer, to coerce a witness, is Obstruction of Justice.

Conspiring with Congress, to bury investigations into your actions, is Criminal Conspiracy.

Conspiring with your Cabinet, to coordinate obstruction of damaging events, is Racketeering.

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