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Joanna🎃 @rainbowofcrazy.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Thanksgiving, Canadian friends! 🥰

a cat wearing a turkey hat is sitting on a bench and wishing everyone a happy thanksgiving .

Alt: cat wearing a paper crafted turkey around its head. "HAPPY THANKSGIVING!" Cat is delightfully chill and knows they look fuckin majestic while being a little silly at the same time.

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Lise M. Dyckman @lisedyckman.bsky.social · 1h

May have to try this! Do you have any trouble getting others to taste it - if you even care about that?
( got an Australian recipe for pumpkin jam that I adore - it’s flavored with lemon & rosemary instead of ubiquitous pumpkin spice. too many other folks are too weirded out to even try it. )

Lise M. Dyckman @lisedyckman.bsky.social · 2h

It is certainly partisan, MAGA Mike got one word correct.
The vote count has been verified & closed. Who is taking bets on how long they’ll stall, now that they’ve run out of even a scrap of plausibility?

Lise M. Dyckman @lisedyckman.bsky.social · 2h

How long will this Aristotelian ideal of a demagogue be allowed to put off paying his fines?

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Lise M. Dyckman @lisedyckman.bsky.social · 3h

What a… sterling? No, that’s not the word … corrupt? Well, that too… we’ll go with piece of shit individual.
When she moved out after finding out his other girlfriend called the cops on him for a domestic, he threatened to send sex videos of her to others. Oh, there’s more; & then his self-dealing

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 5h

Cory Mills, boy I dunno

www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/10/14/j...

Judge grants ex-girlfriend restraining order against Rep. Cory Mills

A Florida judge said Rep. Cory Mills had cyberstalked an ex-girlfriend and barred the lawmaker from going near her residence or workplace or referencing her on social media.

www.orlandosentinel.com

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Lise M. Dyckman @lisedyckman.bsky.social · 3h

Chronology is often the first to go when you lose hold of consensual reality.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 5h

To no one's surprise, the controversy surrounding Lexipol doesn't stop there. The company has long been scrutinized for creating policies designed to let violent cops off the hook.

This 2020 feature by @msjpauly.bsky.social unpacks its sordid history:

Meet the company that writes the policies that protect cops

Lexipol says its policies keep police departments out of trouble. Critics say they let violent cops off the hook.

www.motherjones.com

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Lise M. Dyckman @lisedyckman.bsky.social · 3h

Good.

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 5h

A new California law will effectively ban officers from questioning the families of people killed by police before alerting them to the news of their loved one's death.

This practice was popularized by Lexipol, the nation’s largest developer of law enforcement policy manuals. 🧵

California cops can no longer conceal police killings while interrogating loved ones for dirt

A Reveal investigation helped spark a crackdown on a disturbing, widespread practice.

www.motherjones.com

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HipCat @arthurcraven.bsky.social · 5h

Crimes against humanity- the chain of command all the way down to those who pull the trigger need to be tried!

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Lise M. Dyckman @lisedyckman.bsky.social · 3h

“The more people who report to MedWatch, the easier it is to identify statistical patterns that lead to non-bioequivalent generics being pulled from the market or coded as ‘your insurance can't insist you use this generic and your pharmacist can't automatically substitute it.’”

rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 4h

Periodic reminder: if you get a generic that is less effective for you, of any medicine, filing a Form 3500 with the FDA's MedWatch if you're able contributes to getting non-bioequivalent generics pulled from the market: www.fda.gov/safety/medic...

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Lise M. Dyckman @lisedyckman.bsky.social · 4h

Is that because all the other things that used to be in the purview of the U.S. State Dept., like trade agreements, are managed by Trump family members instead?

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Lise M. Dyckman @lisedyckman.bsky.social · 4h

So in this administration, statecraft means supporting Nazi DHS/ICE actions? Is that because all the other things that used to be in the purview of the U.S. State Dept., like trade agreements, are managed by Trump family members instead?

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.

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Lise M. Dyckman @lisedyckman.bsky.social · 4h

Sure it does, if they’ve lost a potential customer & you’re resolved not to use it. Give yourself credit for flexing your consumer muscles!

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Lise M. Dyckman @lisedyckman.bsky.social · 8h

Boggles the mind that any adult would think it’s ok to l stockpile his (almost always “his”) sexual fantasies at his workplace. Apparently it’s the scale of his obsession, not the fact that he did it, that was his crime.

I thought Patti Briggs made up that incident in her short story - guess not.

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 11h

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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Lise M. Dyckman @lisedyckman.bsky.social · 8h

& racist, & misogynist wannabe rapist, & kicks fascist boots.

Lise M. Dyckman @lisedyckman.bsky.social · 8h

If this kind of collusion bothers you, it just might be time to delete Spotify.

Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 15h

Spotify is running recruitment ads for ICE and their owner is helping to develop military AI. Maybe hit that "cancel my account" button?

Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 1d

Spotify is now running recruitment ads for ICE.

It’s time to cancel your account.

Lise M. Dyckman @lisedyckman.bsky.social · 8h

Needs a remake of ‘The Internet is for Porn’ from Avenue Q.

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Hannah Levintova @h-lev.bsky.social · 9h

New from me: In March, FHFA director Bill Pulte made himself chairman of the board of Fannie Mae. But after, he did not file a required disclosure form tied to the role with the SEC—the same kind of paperwork error he has used to attack Trump's political foes. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The attack dog targeting Trump opponents over their paperwork hasn’t even filed his own

As chairman of the board of Fannie Mae, Bill Pulte was required to file a disclosure form with the SEC. He didn’t.

www.motherjones.com

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Lise M. Dyckman @lisedyckman.bsky.social · 10h

Ye ghods, this is perfect!

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13h

ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 11h

Just so everyone is clear, the main issue in the Supreme Court voting rights case tomorrow is whether it's racist against white people to enforce the Voting Rights Act.

I'm dead serious. We live in incredibly stupid times.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 14h

Health insurance companies are finalizing their rates RIGHT NOW.

Doesn't matter if you're in a red or blue state, your premium might skyrocket.

And somehow, Republican senators are okay with throwing thousands of their own constituents under the bus.

Republican senators are okay with throwing thousands of their own constituents under the bus.

YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren

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Lise M. Dyckman @lisedyckman.bsky.social · 11h

“And even if the answer is somehow ‘yes’ [that SCOTUS’ shadow docket is legit], does it also extend to the Court doing all of this, not usually explaining what it's doing or why, and nevertheless accusing lower courts who fail to read the justices' minds of ‘defying’ the Court?”

Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 16h

#ICYMI: Yesterday’s “One First” summarized just how weak the defenses of the Supreme Court’s behavior on Trump-related emergency applications have been—and explained what someone would have to do to *actually* defend all that the Court’s majority has been doing:

www.stevevladeck.com/p/183-the-mi...

After all, maybe one can defend the Court granting emergency relief more often than ever before and in cases with far greater real-world (and structural) impacts. And maybe one can defend the Court altering (if not completely scrapping) the traditional balance of the equities in these cases. But does that defense extend to the Court doing so especially in cases in which President Trump is a party-and no others? And does it extend to the Court doing all of this without usually providing written explanations of what it is doing-or why? And even if the answer is somehow "yes," does it also extend to the Court doing all of this, not usually explaining what it's doing or why, and nevertheless accusing lower courts who fail to read the justices' minds of "defying" the Court?

I have a very hard time believing that anyone can genuinely make it through even three of those sentences with a coherent defense of what the Supreme Court has done over the past seven months-let alone all five of them. I'd love to see such an argument, if it exists, but I haven't been-and won't be-holding my breath.

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Lise M. Dyckman @lisedyckman.bsky.social · 11h

Tagging @franklinhabit.bsky.social

Lise M. Dyckman @lisedyckman.bsky.social · 11h

Not seeing this news getting out.

At least 51 people had to be rescued by boat; ~1400 people in shelters so far.

FEMA, what FEMA? That money was all dumped into ICE’s pockets.

alaskapublic.org/news/public-...

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