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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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It really is better to be rich and guilty than, poor and innocent in this criminal justice system.
July 2, 2025 at 6:44 PM
It really is better to be rich and guilty than, poor and innocent in this criminal justice system.
For goodness sake. It's 5 pocket pants. I hope Costco gets ALL their costs and then some. people.com/lululemon-fi...
July 1, 2025 at 2:23 PM
For goodness sake. It's 5 pocket pants. I hope Costco gets ALL their costs and then some. people.com/lululemon-fi...
PLEASE tell me some of the evangelical MAGAs get it now. Mount Sinai...Golden Calf...ring any bells?? www.cnn.com/2025/07/01/p...
Trump’s new product comes with a gold statue of him | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump is promoting a new line of fragrances for men and women that bear his name and image.
www.cnn.com
July 1, 2025 at 1:18 PM
PLEASE tell me some of the evangelical MAGAs get it now. Mount Sinai...Golden Calf...ring any bells?? www.cnn.com/2025/07/01/p...
Reminder that Bezos's first wife (and Princeton grad), novelist MacKenzie Scott, has spent the years since her divorce committed giving away BILLIONS of dollars of her estate to community-focused nonprofits. A true icon.
www.nytimes.com/2020/12/20/b...
www.nytimes.com/2020/12/20/b...
Giving Billions Fast, MacKenzie Scott Upends Philanthropy (Published 2020)
www.nytimes.com
June 30, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Reminder that Bezos's first wife (and Princeton grad), novelist MacKenzie Scott, has spent the years since her divorce committed giving away BILLIONS of dollars of her estate to community-focused nonprofits. A true icon.
www.nytimes.com/2020/12/20/b...
www.nytimes.com/2020/12/20/b...
Lovely. Pentagon Sends Hurricane Forecasters Scrambling After Suddenly Announcing Shutdown of Key Satellites share.google/u5Xgqi6dH6eK...
Pentagon Sends Hurricane Forecasters Scrambling After Suddenly Announcing Shutdown of Key Satellites
“I've never seen anything like this,” a former NOAA administrator said of the surprise announcement.
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June 27, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Lovely. Pentagon Sends Hurricane Forecasters Scrambling After Suddenly Announcing Shutdown of Key Satellites share.google/u5Xgqi6dH6eK...
Impressive Congressional candidate, District currently represented by an R in an even District. Would love to see a blue wave bring him to DC.
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www.mannyforcolorado.com
#MannyRutinel #CO8th
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#MannyRutinel #CO8th
Endorsements — Manny for Colorado
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June 25, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Impressive Congressional candidate, District currently represented by an R in an even District. Would love to see a blue wave bring him to DC.
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www.mannyforcolorado.com
#MannyRutinel #CO8th
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#MannyRutinel #CO8th
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So you’re telling me it’s illegal in certain places to hand out a bottle of water to people waiting in line to vote but perfectly fine for people with assault rifles to stand there and stare people down. 😵💫
What kind of shit hole third world country have we become?!?
What kind of shit hole third world country have we become?!?
June 21, 2025 at 8:03 PM
So you’re telling me it’s illegal in certain places to hand out a bottle of water to people waiting in line to vote but perfectly fine for people with assault rifles to stand there and stare people down. 😵💫
What kind of shit hole third world country have we become?!?
What kind of shit hole third world country have we become?!?
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And these are the same snowflakes who couldn’t handle wearing a mask during the pandemic.
June 22, 2025 at 10:03 AM
And these are the same snowflakes who couldn’t handle wearing a mask during the pandemic.
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We supposedly don’t have money to feed the hungry but we have money for billionaire tax cuts, wars, and pointless parades. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/n...
‘An Existential Threat’: Food Banks Brace for Fallout From Trump Cuts
www.nytimes.com
June 22, 2025 at 10:51 AM
We supposedly don’t have money to feed the hungry but we have money for billionaire tax cuts, wars, and pointless parades. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/n...
The idea that we could perish, and the world could be populated by the buffoons on this plane...
www.ndtv.com/world-news/u...
www.ndtv.com/world-news/u...
US "Doomsday Plane" That Can Withstand Nuclear Blast Lands In Washington As Trump Mulls Iran Strike
As US President Donald Trump considers a potential strike on Iran's nuclear facilities, one of America's "doomsday planes" made a flight to Joint Base Andrews in Washington on Tuesday night.
www.ndtv.com
June 19, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The idea that we could perish, and the world could be populated by the buffoons on this plane...
www.ndtv.com/world-news/u...
www.ndtv.com/world-news/u...
YIKES. $280 an hour is not very high, but this is a really bad look for the HHA and law firm.
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
Houston Housing Authority files legal brief filled with fake quotes
A brief, submitted by a firm that often represents cities and agencies in the Houston area, cited over a dozen cases. The only problem? Almost none of the quotes actually exist.
www.houstonchronicle.com
June 16, 2025 at 3:47 PM
YIKES. $280 an hour is not very high, but this is a really bad look for the HHA and law firm.
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
It was the highlight of my week to be able to talk with these smart, talented folks for a bit. With news moving so fast, it's good to be able to take a minute to process the consequences for Houston. Take a listen! @raflemaitre.bsky.social @laurahtx.bsky.social
houston.citycast.fm/podcasts/abb...
houston.citycast.fm/podcasts/abb...
Abbott Tells Protestors 'FAFO,' Astrodome Break-In, & Goodbye FEMA?! - City Cast Houston
It’s Friday so we’re recapping the week that was in Houston. Host Raheel Ramzanali is joined by attorney and education a...
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June 14, 2025 at 7:42 PM
It was the highlight of my week to be able to talk with these smart, talented folks for a bit. With news moving so fast, it's good to be able to take a minute to process the consequences for Houston. Take a listen! @raflemaitre.bsky.social @laurahtx.bsky.social
houston.citycast.fm/podcasts/abb...
houston.citycast.fm/podcasts/abb...
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Politicians are not responsible for the violence committed by their supporters *only* when they have sought to avoid and discourage that violence.
Donald Trump has failed to meet that bar.
Donald Trump has failed to meet that bar.
June 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Politicians are not responsible for the violence committed by their supporters *only* when they have sought to avoid and discourage that violence.
Donald Trump has failed to meet that bar.
Donald Trump has failed to meet that bar.
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This is the last post that Representative Hortman made before she was assassinated.
Next Monday, we will finish the work of the 2025 legislative session.
In addition to balancing the budget, DFLers successfully protected nearly all of our 2023 accomplishments, and we will continue to fight for a future where everyone can get ahead – not just billionaires and big corporations.
In addition to balancing the budget, DFLers successfully protected nearly all of our 2023 accomplishments, and we will continue to fight for a future where everyone can get ahead – not just billionaires and big corporations.
June 14, 2025 at 4:02 PM
This is the last post that Representative Hortman made before she was assassinated.
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You probably don’t care what random Bluesky leftists think of you
But ever think about how your grandkids will one day read about this era, see you fawning over Trump or sneering about protesters, and just disown you in embarrassment?
But ever think about how your grandkids will one day read about this era, see you fawning over Trump or sneering about protesters, and just disown you in embarrassment?
June 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
You probably don’t care what random Bluesky leftists think of you
But ever think about how your grandkids will one day read about this era, see you fawning over Trump or sneering about protesters, and just disown you in embarrassment?
But ever think about how your grandkids will one day read about this era, see you fawning over Trump or sneering about protesters, and just disown you in embarrassment?
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A reminder to reporters, when historians look back on this moment with the president throwing himself a military parade and the people throwing No Kings rallies across America, the media sources raving about the former and sneering at the latter are going to be quoted by name.
This is your legacy!
This is your legacy!
June 14, 2025 at 4:32 PM
A reminder to reporters, when historians look back on this moment with the president throwing himself a military parade and the people throwing No Kings rallies across America, the media sources raving about the former and sneering at the latter are going to be quoted by name.
This is your legacy!
This is your legacy!
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NEWSOM: "It's a vulgar display. It's the kind of thing you see with Kim Jong Un, Putin, dictators that are weak… How weak do you have to be to commandeer the military for your birthday?“
June 13, 2025 at 2:07 AM
NEWSOM: "It's a vulgar display. It's the kind of thing you see with Kim Jong Un, Putin, dictators that are weak… How weak do you have to be to commandeer the military for your birthday?“
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NEW: U.S. agents suspected Trump ally Bukele and some in his inner circle of diverting USAID funds to MS-13 leaders.
Agents sought to review any U.S. bank accounts held by 15 Salvadoran political figures including Bukele, other senior officials and their relatives.
@propublica.org
Agents sought to review any U.S. bank accounts held by 15 Salvadoran political figures including Bukele, other senior officials and their relatives.
@propublica.org
“Delay, Interfere, Undermine”
President Donald Trump has praised Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele as a crime fighter, but new reporting based on interviews and documents reveals how senior Salvadoran officials have impeded a U.S....
www.propublica.org
June 12, 2025 at 9:03 AM
NEW: U.S. agents suspected Trump ally Bukele and some in his inner circle of diverting USAID funds to MS-13 leaders.
Agents sought to review any U.S. bank accounts held by 15 Salvadoran political figures including Bukele, other senior officials and their relatives.
@propublica.org
Agents sought to review any U.S. bank accounts held by 15 Salvadoran political figures including Bukele, other senior officials and their relatives.
@propublica.org
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Oh man, this is nuts reporting. “Federal agents came to suspect that Bukele…had diverted U.S. aid funds to the gang as part of the alleged deal to provide it with money and power in exchange for votes…”
Breaking @propublica.org: Bukele of El Salvador has become one of Trump’s favorite authoritarians, and Trump touts him as a foe of MS-13. But a US investigation has found evidence he has colluded with the gang, even paying it for votes.
www.propublica.org/article/buke...
www.propublica.org/article/buke...
“Delay, Interfere, Undermine”
President Donald Trump has praised Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele as a crime fighter, but new reporting based on interviews and documents reveals how senior Salvadoran officials have impeded a U.S....
www.propublica.org
June 12, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Oh man, this is nuts reporting. “Federal agents came to suspect that Bukele…had diverted U.S. aid funds to the gang as part of the alleged deal to provide it with money and power in exchange for votes…”
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BREAKING: A few minutes ago, a vehicle of three people was rammed by a truck belonging to federal immigration authorities in Boyle Heights, CA. According to security footage shown to me, they deployed chemical munitions & detained the driver at gunpoint. All are US citizens according to the wife.
June 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
BREAKING: A few minutes ago, a vehicle of three people was rammed by a truck belonging to federal immigration authorities in Boyle Heights, CA. According to security footage shown to me, they deployed chemical munitions & detained the driver at gunpoint. All are US citizens according to the wife.
It has been decided.
Pope Leo XIV, a Chicago native, stuns in a White Sox cap.
June 11, 2025 at 6:25 PM
It has been decided.
We don't get nearly enough cultural representation in our local paper given that Latinos make up over 44% of our community, but this piece is a great read by @joysewing.bsky.social
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
Casa Ramirez brought Mexico to Houston in an unforgettable way
The store in the Heights, which has been in business for 40 years and has become a hub of Mexican culture, will close in March.
www.houstonchronicle.com
June 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
We don't get nearly enough cultural representation in our local paper given that Latinos make up over 44% of our community, but this piece is a great read by @joysewing.bsky.social
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
Now this is funny.
www.newsweek.com/russia-offer...
www.newsweek.com/russia-offer...
Russia offers political asylum to Elon Musk over Trump feud
Elon Musk and Donald Trump clashed in a series of fiery exchanges.
www.newsweek.com
June 6, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Now this is funny.
www.newsweek.com/russia-offer...
www.newsweek.com/russia-offer...
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In the ACA fight, Pelosi noted there were so many rumors that "we have to pass the bill, so that you can find out what is in it."
Republicans lied and pretended she'd said "so WE can find out what's in it" and then acted outraged.
And yet now they're doing the thing they falsely accused her of.
Republicans lied and pretended she'd said "so WE can find out what's in it" and then acted outraged.
And yet now they're doing the thing they falsely accused her of.
Amazing that these people will admit to not knowing what was in the bill they voted for. That's, like, their only job.
June 3, 2025 at 7:51 PM
In the ACA fight, Pelosi noted there were so many rumors that "we have to pass the bill, so that you can find out what is in it."
Republicans lied and pretended she'd said "so WE can find out what's in it" and then acted outraged.
And yet now they're doing the thing they falsely accused her of.
Republicans lied and pretended she'd said "so WE can find out what's in it" and then acted outraged.
And yet now they're doing the thing they falsely accused her of.