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joyritr @joyritr.bsky.social · Jun 14

#nokings #50501 Lansing, MI

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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · Jun 6

I don't know if the addlebrained authoritarian going to war with the ketamine-fueled fugue state zillionaire is going to end without bystanders harmed. But shit is hard and this is funny so I'm willing to take a beat to enjoy it.

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Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · May 29

As the FBI assigns hundreds of additional agents to focus on arresting people for deportation, agents "have been told by supervisors not to document moving resources away from high-priority cases toward immigration-related work."
www.cnn.com/2025/05/29/p...

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · May 29

SCOOP: The State Department's new reorganization plan includes the opening of an "Office for Remigration," a term popularized by far right extremists and neo-Nazis in Europe. The office will coordinate directly with DHS "to advance the President’s immigration agenda."

My report:

State Department set to launch ‘Office of Remigration’

The concept of remigration has explicitly neo-Nazi roots and has been popularized in Europe.

www.thehandbasket.co

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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · May 18

"Tucked deep in the thousand-plus pages of the multitrillion-dollar budget bill making its way through the Republican-controlled U.S. House is a paragraph curtailing a court’s greatest tool for forcing the government to obey its rulings: the power to enforce contempt findings."

Trump’s clash with the courts raises prospect of showdown over separation of powers

The Trump administration has been pushing back against certain court rulings it doesn't like in the hundreds of cases filed against it in the past few months

abcnews.go.com

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ProPublica @propublica.org · May 17

“Historically, when left to their own devices, states don’t necessarily do the right thing for kids with disabilities and their families,” a former director at the federal Office of Special Education Programs said.

With @idahostatesman.com

The Department of Education Forced Idaho to Stop Denying Disabled Students an Education. Then Trump Gutted Its Staff.

For years, the Education Department was the only agency that could ensure states would improve conditions for disabled children. Now, Trump’s cuts threaten to hamper its oversight.

www.propublica.org

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WIRED @wired.com · May 18

Russell Vought, acting head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has canceled plans to introduce new rules designed to limit the ability of US data brokers to sell Americans’ most sensitive data, credit history, and Social Security numbers.

CFPB Quietly Kills Rule to Shield Americans From Data Brokers

Russell Vought, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has canceled plans to more tightly regulate the sale of Americans’ sensitive personal data.

wrd.cm

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joyritr @joyritr.bsky.social · May 18

He was diagnosed last week. He hasn’t been president since January. What does this have to do with anything?

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joyritr @joyritr.bsky.social · Apr 30

Maybe a #grittytigs hot take: the resurrection of Javy Baez as center fielder/clutch hitter is delightful. #detroittigers

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Jackie Llanos @llanosjackie.bsky.social · Apr 17

Juan Carlos Lopez Gomez will be held in jail for the next 48 hours because he is under an ICE hold. Again, he is a U.S. citizen born in Georgia.

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joyritr @joyritr.bsky.social · Apr 2

My favorite!

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🎃 Fiona "Fi" Webster 🎃 @fiona-webster22.bsky.social · Mar 13

A professor of environmental sciences gives a quick punchy take on the "eye-popping" numbers re. how clean air promotes economic growth.

An EPA analysis of 20 years of the Clean Air Act (1970-90) found the economic benefits of the regulations were about 42X greater than the costs.

No pay wall.

America’s clean air rules boost health and the economy − here’s what EPA’s new deregulation plans ignore

Clean air has become one of America’s best investments, returning $10 for every $1 spent on regulations, by one estimate.

theconversation.com

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joyritr @joyritr.bsky.social · Mar 5

www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwat...

Claremont Institute Wants Trump to Order Civil Servants to Undergo ‘Deprogramming’

The far-right Claremont Institute wants to force federal workers to undergo "reprogramming"--presumably into the cult of authoritarian Trumpism.

www.peoplefor.org

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joyritr @joyritr.bsky.social · Feb 25

Try Appendix III.

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joyritr @joyritr.bsky.social · Feb 25

You can find the indirect cost rate agreement requirements for IHEs in the index.

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joyritr @joyritr.bsky.social · Feb 25

Go into the Code of Federal Regulations and look it up: www.ecfr.gov/current/titl...

eCFR :: 45 CFR Part 75 -- Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for HHS Awards

www.ecfr.gov

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CALL TO ACTIVISM @calltoactivism.bsky.social · Feb 10

This is going to be EPIC: All your favorite Democratic creators (and a few huge surprise guests) are coming together for a MASSIVE zoom Tuesday.

This is going to be one of the most important conversations of the Trump presidency.

Will you repost and join us? 🧵

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joyritr @joyritr.bsky.social · Jan 28

Hey Chuck, could you maybe say something about freezing funds, during civil servants, prohibiting communications…anything? At all? Congress’ power is being siphoned off and you’re skeeting platitudes?

joyritr @joyritr.bsky.social · Dec 10

I love Jack & Annie’s products:

www.jackandannies.com

Homepage - Jack & Annie's

MeetJack. Jack, short for Jackfruit, is a big tropical plant with a lot to offer. It can mimic your favorite meaty foods with it’s naturally meaty texture and ability to take on any flavor in your spi...

www.jackandannies.com

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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · Dec 10

If you want to understand why healthcare pricing is horrific, the first thing to know is that our system puts 100% of the credit risk for deductibles, copays and co-insurance on hospitals and doctors. That's insane.

We have turned them into Sub Prime Lenders 🧵

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Michael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social · Dec 2

For five years, I have been covering what is unquestionably the biggest criminal justice scandal in American history.

Today it ended when the most corrupt cop in history took his life.

But it's not over.

A thread.

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joyritr @joyritr.bsky.social · Nov 19

“It’s not personal, we just hate everyone.” #DetroitLions #GreenLightPodcast 🏈😎

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Jay in Kyiv @jayinkyiv.bsky.social · Nov 18

Russia is now severing the internet cables on which the US and Europe rely for global communications, two in one day.

Probably no coincidence that Musk has the "solution" via his starlink.

Naive western folks still has no idea what's coming.

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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · Nov 18

johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/no-the-dem...

No, the Democratic Party Can't "Message Better" to Racism, Misogyny, and Ignorance

Let's stop pretending

johnpavlovitz.substack.com

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