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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 7h

Reggie Williams was walking to a corner store when armed authorities aggressively asked him if he was from Ethiopia or Ghana, he said

He and other Black Memphis residents have been reporting harassment by Trump’s police task force: "I don't feel safe"

“I Don’t Feel Safe”: Black Memphis Residents Report Harassment by Trump’s Police Task Force

A pastor was pulled over for looking lost. A 72-year-old was marched out in his bathrobe due to mistaken identity. Memphis’ mayor welcomed the federal law enforcement surge, but some residents say the...

www.propublica.org

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 3h

Texas I know there’s a lot on all of us right now but these sweet girls need a hero — forward to anybody you know who might be able to take them in, even on a temporary basis? ABTCR pays for foster hounds’ vet bills, and we’ll even deliver the dogs to you!

www.coonhoundrescue.com/FOSTER.html

Screenshot of a Facebook post from American Black and Tan Coonhound Rescue by
Kathy Harden with the following text:
ABTCR has been asked to take in these 2 gorgeous Bluetick girls that are owner surrenders. Ages 9 & 6, spayed, up to date on vaccinations & good with other dogs & kids. They are located in Houston & we really could use help for a foster volunteer in Texas. If anyone can help rescue with these sweet girls, please let me know. Thanks for everything you all do in loving & supporting these hounds!

Followed by several photos of two bluetick hounds

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Jenny Staff Johnson @htownjenny.bsky.social · 3h

Propaganda by constitutional amendment

jen rice @jenrice.bsky.social · 4h

It is so deeply unserious that TX is like "we need to get voter approval on a constitutional amendment to ban noncitizens from voting, which we know is already illegal" but it *doesn't* think it needs to get voter approval to gerrymander its congressional map. Anyway have a happy election.

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 6h

thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.

now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 4h

"It’s the least believable schtick in Washington, D.C."

Commentary: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/mike-johnson-trump-news-1235458884/

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Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 7h

Hey! Listen!

Our November Poll is up! We need y’all to vote for your Sicko teams of the month!

Vote here: forms.gle/8xSiVdtKQj48...

Explainer is in our pinned skeet.

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The Sickos CBB Committee @sickoscbb.bsky.social · 7h

in women's hoops Arkansas Pine Bluff upset Memphis and any excuse to post the majestic UAPB Golden Lions logo is a good one

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Ted Lieu @tedlieu.bsky.social · 12h

Today is Day 34 of the Republican shutdown. Your regular reminders:

1. Republicans control the White House, Senate and House.

2. GOP making deep cuts to Medicaid, Medicare and ACA.

3. Democrats are fighting to lower costs, cancel the cuts and save healthcare for Americans.

Rep. Ted Lieu @reptedlieu.bsky.social · 1d

It’s worth repeating:

Republicans control the White House, the Senate, and the House.

If Donald Trump said end this shutdown today, Republicans would do it.

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Jay @johnathanperk.bsky.social · Mar 5

And get this. Current Supreme Court Justices Roberts, Coney Barrett, and Kavanaugh were ALL lawyers W. Bush, during the Florida recount fiasco in 2000.

I kid you not. Now you know.

🪆✨ Black Matryoshka ✨ 🪆 @a-lady-knows.bsky.social · Mar 5

No. This began in 2000 when GW stole the election and Americans did nothing. There were various attacks on liberties happening in Spain, France, England, Greece, and Ireland. But they were ALL FIGHTING BACK. We had our White House taken and did nothing. That’s when they knew they had us.

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The Democratic Governors Association @demgovs.org · 17h

Tomorrow’s the day — Election Day!

Let’s get it done for @mikiesherrill.bsky.social and @abigailspanberger.com 💪💙

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max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 12h

NYMag blew up its story about ICE's increased presence at 26 Federal Plaza, and pasted it on a wall a few blocks away on Broadway

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Paul Frazee @pfrazee.com · 10h

Sharing some personal thoughts and feelings about the last weekend on the world's number one baseball app

100% cooked

Some reflections on the product design discussions from the last weekend

pfrazee.leaflet.pub

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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.bsky.social · 10h

Bush International is absolute hell on earth (and a huge government extortion scam if you ask me cause aint no way you got an airport under endless NEVERENDING construction. NOLA built a brand new airport and interstate & Bush International STILL under construction)

Sugar Maven @mochene.bsky.social · 10h

While there is no alt text, the photo description is in the post.

As someone who used to fly in and out of Houston and knows this airport well, yikes.

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 10h

Air travel during the Trump administration:

"Photos from Houston's Bush Intercontinental airport show TSA lines at Terminal E extending outside the building and down the sidewalk Sunday night.

At 6:15PM, new photos showed the same long lines hours later..."

www.click2houston.com/news/local/2...

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 10h

better

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Jeffries: "The Trump administration and Mike Johnson are running a pedophile protection program. That's the reason they refuse to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva."

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 10h

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Ed @ed3d.net · 11h

....nice.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 11h

Cuomo Makes 11th-Hour Pass At Female New Yorkers

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Politico @politico.com · 11h

California owns dozens of vacant houses in Los Angeles County. It's paying millions to guard them from protesters.

The California Department of Transportation has spent more than $17 million since 2020 to guard the homes, which it purchased to make way for a freeway that was never completed.

dlvr.it

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Rob DenBleyker @robdenbleyker.com · 11h

i think they should do it. the government should shut down all air travel. my reasoning is that it would be very funny.

Raw Story @rawstory.com · 12h

Transportation chief Sean Duffy threatened to ground all U.S. flights amid the ongoing shutdown, warning "we'll shut the whole airspace down."

Trump official threatens to ground all flights before Thanksgiving in shutdown standoff

Transportation chief Sean Duffy threatened to ground all U.S. flights amid the ongoing shutdown, warning "we'll shut the whole airspace down." As the stalemate drags into the second month, it's adding more potential risk to the aviation system and putting a further strain on air traffic control staf...

bit.ly

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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 11h

At the direction of Gov. Greg Abbott, state transportation officials told local leaders to remove crosswalk art often used to mark historically LGBTQ+ neighborhoods or risk losing millions in funding.

Texas cities grapple with order to remove rainbow crosswalks

At the direction of Gov. Greg Abbott, state transportation officials told local leaders to remove crosswalk art often used to mark historically LGBTQ+ neighborhoods or risk losing millions in funding.

www.texastribune.org

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Top 10 US billionaires’ collective wealth grew by $698bn in past year – report

Oxfam warns Trump policies risk driving inequality to new heights – but Democrats have also exacerbated wealth gap The collective wealth of the top 10 US billionaires has soared by $698bn in the past year, according to a new report from Oxfam America published on Monday on the growing wealth divide. The report warns that Trump administration policies risk driving US inequality to new heights, but points out that both Republican and Democratic administrations have exacerbated the US’s growing wealth gap. Continue reading...

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NBA @nba.com · 1d

🏀 SUNDAY'S FINAL SCORES 🏀

SGA records his 79th consecutive 20+ point game to lead the Thunder to their 7th straight win!

Isaiah Hartenstein: 14 PTS, 14 REB, 8 AST, 6-7 FGM
Aaron Wiggins: 15 PTS, 3-6 3PM
Zion Williamson: 20 PTS, 9 REB, 6 AST
Trey Murphy III: 19 PTS, 5 3PM

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

Congratulations, Andrew Cuomo!

I know how hard you worked for this.

Red Trump-style graphic with images of Donald Trump and Andrew Cuomo.

At the top it says, "I'm going to pick [Cuomo]." - Donald Trump, 60 Minutes Interview, 11-2-25

Then beneath it

TRUMP ENDORSES CUOMO

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Dave Wasserman (unofficial bot) @redistrict.bluesky.bot · 1d

NEW: as expected, TX Republicans unveil a 30R-8D gerrymander (up from 25R-13D today) that puts Reps. Henry Cuellar (D) and Vicente Gonzalez (D) in double-digit Trump districts and axes one Dem seat each in DFW, Houston & Austin/San Antonio.

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Harry @harry.bsky.team · 1d

If you think there was a lot of baseball talk last night, that’s because there was A LOT of baseball talk last night

Green line below shows activity during the game, vs. the day before (yellow) and last week (blue). The peaks are 66% higher than normal

We have the juice

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