msix8.bsky.social
@msix8.bsky.social
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I think trying to deport millions of law-abiding immigrants is morally wrong.

But even if you disagree, you should *still* oppose Trump's approach to enforcement -- so long as you value your own rights as a US citizen www.vox.com/politics/464...
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According to eyewitnesses, armed ICE agents dragged kids out of their beds in the middle of the night, zip tied them and put them in rented vans while raiding an * entire apartment building* on the South Side of Chicago.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOXO...
‘F--- them kids’: ICE agents drag children out of bed, ransack Chicago building
YouTube video by MSNBC
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We have a bit of a natural experiment here. Compare the tone, quantity and duration of Charlie Kirk coverage with that of the two Dem lawmakers gunned down in their homes in Minnesota 6 months ago. May be revealing.
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The president of the United States just declared war, actual military war, not a metaphorical one, on a major American city, and one governed by his political opponents.

In any other period, this would be impeachment-worthy.
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Of all the photos posted by the Strib related to the shooting at Annunciation Church, this was the one that got me the most. Maybe because we cant see the (presumably) mom’s face, so it seems more universal? arc.stimg.co/startribunem...?
"I think many Americans wrongly believe there would be one clear unambiguous moment where we go from “democracy” to “authoritarianism.” Instead, this is exactly how it happens — a blurring here, a norm destroyed there, a presidential diktat unchallenged."
The precise moment when and where in recent weeks America crossed that invisible line from democracy into authoritarianism can and will be debated by future historians, but it’s clear that the line itself has been crossed. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/america-ti...
America Tips Into Fascism
Today is different than before.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
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The risk of Trump’s attacks on mail-in ballots is less that he will succeed in muzzling the franchise and more that the president will—as he did in 2020—kick up enough doubt that many Americans no longer trust election results, @qjurecic.bsky.social argues: https://theatln.tc/fH8oM3eX
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You should be mad about the FBI raiding John Bolton’s house not because you love John Bolton but because you’re opposed to Trump using the FBI to intimidate his critics
"May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view." - Edward Abbey

#EagleCapWilderness
#PNWParadise
#ExploreOregon
#BackpackingLife
#HikingAdventures
#NaturePhotography
#EpicViews
#WanderMore
#GetOutside
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Fox News Reporter Jacqui Heinrich: The way that it felt in the room was not good. It did not seem like things went well. And it seemed like Putin came in and steam rolled, got right into what he wanted to say and got his photo next to the president and then left
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8. This has been a short and honestly rather peevish thread, so if you want read more that has been written in a more equanimous tone, here's a short piece that I coauthored a few years ago, precisely about how we deal with this kind of duplicity.
To Fight Misinformation, We Need to Teach That Science Is Dynamic
Science is a social process, and teaching students how researchers work in tandem to develop facts will make them less likely to be duped by falsehoods
www.scientificamerican.com
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How did 3M’s “forever chemicals” end up in all of us? The inside story of the corporate scientists who discovered—then helped to conceal—the dangers of its chemicals.
How 3M Discovered, Then Concealed, the Dangers of Forever Chemicals
The company found its own toxic compounds in human blood—and kept selling them.
www.newyorker.com
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🚨 🇺🇸 This woman is a damn hero

Outside a #HomeDepot in #Encinitas

“If you’re doing something right,
take your *%#£|*% mask off‼️”

#ICE #HumanTraficking
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Imagine being disappeared in one dictatorship, making it to America, and then being disappeared again
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The Medicaid work requirement “will saddle taxpayers with billions of dollars of new costs and low-income Americans with hundreds of millions of hours of busywork,” @annielowrey.bsky.social argues. An estimated 50,000 people will die each year—many thanks to red tape:
Annoying People to Death
Why the Medicaid work requirement is a terrible idea.
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A top staffer to Sen. Tina Smith emailed Sen. Mike Lee’s top staffers on Monday about “how much additional pain you’ve caused on an unspeakably horrific weekend”

Via Sam Stein on twitter
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Today they have crossed a deep red line.

We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.
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“Be warned: Trump is expecting resistance. You will not be heroes. You will be the pretext,” writes @radiofreetom.bsky.social: https://theatln.tc/ENIOetrF
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When Trump decided to deploy the National Guard to L.A., over the objections of California Governor Gavin Newsom, the president turned long-standing conservative dogma on its head, @dgraham.bsky.social writes in The Atlantic Daily.
Trump vs. California
The president is bullying states when it suits him and ignoring them when it doesn’t.
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