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Janine @jpineo.bsky.social · Jun 20

I'm surrounded by fireflies. I'm so happy.

There are scores of them.

This is the field across the road. You can't see how many because the camera can't pick up the ones farther away.

Probably need to turn the video horizontal to see them well.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 2d

The National Trust for Historic Preservation warned that President Trump’s planned 90,000-square-foot ballroom would “overwhelm the White House itself,” which spans just 55,000 square feet. https://wapo.st/4hmL8rC

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Comedy Wildlife Awards 2025 – in pictures

From a red-throated loon touching down on water, to good and bad hair days, and an airborne squirrel, here is a selection of the finalists in this year’s Nikon Comedy Wildlife awards

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

Records obtained by ProPublica indicate that food banks across the country were expecting more than 27 million pounds of chicken, 2 million gallons of milk, 10 million pounds of dried fruit and 60 million eggs that never arrived.

Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.

ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 1d

On one day's notice, thousands of New Yorkers marched in NYC today for immigrants and against ICE.

More photos soon!

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

trump is demolishing our national symbols and selling the country for scrap to his corrupt donors

Antonia Juhasz @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social · 1d

Exclusive: Leaked documents detail Trump's plans to open East and West coasts to offshore oil drilling.

www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Exclusive: Leaked documents detail Trump's plans to open East and West coasts to offshore oil drilling

The Trump administration plans to open whole swaths of the East and West Coasts to offshore drilling, including areas previously protected for environmental reasons, documents show.

www.yahoo.com

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

Trump's ICE is a reckless agency. Collaboration hasn't worked. We need to change our laws—and stand up to Washington.

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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 1d

"Once you elect or appoint someone who has no moral core — who then appoints people with no moral core and fires those who do — nothing else in the system of checks-and-balances turns out to matter."

In Trump's America, good character has no value.
It's a barrier to the pursuit of absolute power.

Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 2d

The destruction of the East Wing is a reminder that America has violated the only check-and-balance that actually ends up mattering: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-only-c...

The only check-and-balance that actually matters

www.doomsdayscenario.co

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Black Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 1d

thicc husband and father @lukeisamazing.bsky.social · 1d

the American century of humiliation is in full swing

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Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 1d

I know we arecanonically 38 here, but I still think it's worth saying, in case younger folks are spying on us:

A *lot* of people knew folks within their community who were killed or lost someone in those attacks.

Even more knew someone who was temporarily unaccounted for.

People REMEMBER that

Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, this exactly. The White House demo photos specifically remind me of images of the 9/11 Pentagon attack

Scarewolf Bar Kochba @dickius.bsky.social · 3d

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1d

Basically all US policy is at this point about indulging Trump’s irrational obsessions, petty grudges, and corrupt grifts, and then taking secondary and tertiary measures to mask the consequences of those policies.

George Pearkes @peark.es · 1d

lol, great, so we're now subsidizing Argentine ranchers at the expense of American ranchers. Seems politically sustainable, no questions from me.

*US SEEKS TO QUADRUPLE BEEF PURCHASES FROM ARGENTINA: POLITICO

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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 1d

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Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 2d

Call me a luddite if you like - but I don't want a bed that stops working when Amazon Web Services goes down.
www.dexerto.com/entertainmen...

AWS crash causes $2,000 Smart Beds to overheat and get stuck upright - Dexerto

The AWS outage caused chaos for owners of Eight Sleep’s Pod3 mattresses as they had no offline mode and were stuck at high temperatures.

www.dexerto.com

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Eric Roston @eroston.bsky.social · 2d

🚨EXCLUSIVE🚨
Many things are changing before our eyes. Others are harder to see

Like the US economy

Americans are spending more 💲 recovering from disasters and preparing for the next one. 36% of US GDP growth since 2000 is related to climate disasters.

Welcome to the Disaster Industrial Complex 🎁🔗

Disaster Recovery Is an $8 Trillion Driver of US Growth

Investors are on the hunt for companies powering the disaster industrial complex, which are fueling US growth and outpacing the S&P 500

www.bloomberg.com

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

Awful: Trump's $230 million shakedown from DOJ can be paid to him confidentially at first, without the public ever finding out about it until later, Rep Jamie Raskin tells me.

Raskin will formally demand full communications between WH and DOJ on this.

New from me:
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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Corey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 1d

There is no difference between Trump destroying the East Wing and using a wrecking ball on the Washington Monument or Smithsonian. Just because he (temporarily) lives there doesn't give him the right to demolish the White House without Congressional approval.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

a live look at the demolition of the White House's East Wing for Trump's ballroom

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 1d

This doesn't sound like doing the fucking news

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 1d

FYI :“Destruction of federal property is a federal crime. 18 U.S. Code § 1361 defines the crime as willfully injuring or committing any depredation against U.S. government property. If the damage exceeds $1k it is a felony with a fine, up to ten years in prison or both.”

Awaiting law enforcement.

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Eos @eos.org · 1d

Good news: A new study suggests that bans and fees on plastic bags are successful in reducing the number of plastic bags that end up on beaches.

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Read more in our October issue: bit.ly/Eos-Oct2025

Policy Success: Fees and Bans on Plastic Bags Reduce Beach Trash - Eos

Regardless of the patchwork of regulations aimed at limiting plastic bag use in the United States, new research indicates that such legislation does, indeed, limit the number of plastic bags found on…

eos.org

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 1d

This is gone now. The East Wing lobby two years ago.

Kim @kimoco.bsky.social · 1d

This is what it used to look like inside the lobby area.

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Jeff Merkley @jeff-merkley.bsky.social · 1d

Just stepped off the Senate floor after almost 23 hours.

The fight isn’t over—we need to keep standing together to resist Trump’s attempts to tighten his authoritarian grip.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

The destruction of the White House is such an ungodly abomination that, of course, the New York Jets are involved.

The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 1d

Alphabet
Altria
Amazon
Apple
Blackstone
Booz Allen Hamilton
Carrier
Caterpillar
Coinbase
Comcast
Google
Hard Rock International
HP Inc.
Lockheed Martin
Meta
Microsoft
New York Jets
OpenAI
Palantir
Reynolds American
Ripple
Roblox
T-Mobile
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Tether
Union Pacific Railroad

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Soraya Nadia McDonald @sorayanadiamcdonald.com · 1d

he was always this horrible part gajillion

When Donald Trump Razed the Bonwit Teller Building, He Promised the Met Its Art Deco Friezes. A New Book Details How He Pulverized Them Instead | Artnet News

Read an excerpt from the book 'Art and Crime: The Fight Against Looters, Forgers, and Fraudsters in the High-Stakes Art World.'

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politiBOO! @politiburb.bsky.social · 1d

Not enough of you believe me right now, but "Rebuild The White House" is going to become one of the most popular slogans in American political history

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 1d

This should be a really fun chat! You can watch live here: www.youtube.com/live/eIXSmhg...

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