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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · Jun 16

this woman single-handedly has more courage than the entirety of the gop

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · Jun 15

AOC during Zohran for Mayor rally: "There are people out there who say, 'If you go out and make this endorsement, your political career will be over.' And to that I say: I don't care. We will never get to a better place if everyone is just worried about themselves. If it's over, so be it."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jun 16

"Trump has made clear over and over that he approves of violence done in his name, and that he believes that his enemies deserve to be physically harmed. That creates a permission structure in which MAGA supporters may feel that they can aid the cause through threats and violence."

MAGA political violence claims more victims

Trump’s movement relies on terror.

www.publicnotice.co

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · Jun 16

America Is at a Terrifying Turning Point — and There’s No Going Back

Why the events of this past weekend should worry everyone who wants a peaceful democracy.

America Is at a Terrifying Turning Point—and There’s No Going Back

Why the events of this past weekend should worry everyone who wants a peaceful democracy

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · Jun 16

the "made in USA" lie didn't even last two hours

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jun 16

Eric Trump: "Eventually all the phones can be built in the USA."

(so Trump phones are not actually being built in the USA lol ... )

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · Jun 16

Stephen Miller’s wife — who is just as despicable as he is — wanted the Social Security Administration to keep falsely claiming that 40% of all calls to the agency were fraudulent. THAT IS A BLATANT LIE.

Stephen Miller’s Wife Ordered Social Security Boss to Push Musk’s BS

Katie Miler wanted the Social Security Administration to keep falsely claiming that 40 percent of all calls to the agency were fraudulent.

www.thedailybeast.com

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · Jun 16

TOMORROW: Former FBI agent and current lawyer and Assistant Dean of Admissions at Yale, @asharangappa.bsky.social discusses the reality for our courts with Trump in office and what can be done. Subscribe to our YouTube and catch it tomorrow: www.youtube.com/@TheLincolnP...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · Jun 13

The coin-operated presidency.

@financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/5481...

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Scott Galloway @profgalloway.com · Jun 13

When you upload the tax bill to ChatGPT and ask for a summary…

@karaswisher.bsky.social @pivotpod.bsky.social

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · Jun 13

Yes, just imagine.

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ian bremmer @ianbremmer.com · Jun 13

“unprovoked military strikes against a sovereign member state of the united nations, against its citizens, peaceful cities and critical nuclear energy infrastructure facilities are totally unacceptable."

- russia’s foreign ministry, three years late, apparently ashamed at what they’ve done

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Zeteo @zeteo.com · Jun 13

BREAKING: Judge Denies Mahmoud Khalil Release, Siding with Trump Admin’s 11th Hour Argument

The development punctures hopes of Khalil’s release after three months in ICE detention.

@premthakker.bsky.social reports. Read the latest:
zeteo.com/p/breaking-j...

BREAKING: Judge Denies Mahmoud Khalil Release, Siding with Trump Admin’s 11th Hour Argument

The development punctures hopes of Khalil’s release after three months in ICE detention.

zeteo.com

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Hansi Lo Wang (he/him) @hansilowang.bsky.social · Jun 13

NEW: In a letter to the Senate, the U.S. Postal Service says a proposal to auction off 7,200 USPS electric vehicles and rescind Inflation Reduction Act funding for more EVs would hurt its ability to deliver mail and "waste crucial funds for no reasonable purpose"
about.usps.com/who/governme...

Dear Senators:
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee is currently considering a proposal as part of the budget reconciliation process that would make major and damaging changes to the U.S. Postal Service’s vehicle fleet program, potentially impacting our ability to deliver to millions of Americans. Specifically, the committee is considering a proposal that would require the General Services Administration (GSA) to take possession of all of our electric vehicles and all of those vehicles’ supporting infrastructure and then put it all up for auction. Further, the proposal would rescind any unobligated funds made available by the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 for the Postal Service to acquire zero-emission vehicles and infrastructure.
As a self-supporting federal establishment working to achieve financial sustainability, the Postal Service appreciates far more than most federal agencies the importance of fiscal responsibility and achieving real returns for every dollar expended. Consequently, I am writing today to alert the Congress to the real and foreseeable damage that would be caused by arbitrarily scrapping one part of our long-term vehicle strategy. Summarily removing all electric vehicles and charging
infrastructure would hobble our ability to deliver to the American people, it would directly harm our ability to serve your constituents, and it would waste crucial funds for no reasonable purpose.
Presently, the Postal Service has approximately 7,200 Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs), which are a mix of Ford e-Transit vehicles and the specially built (uniquely right-hand drive) Next Generation Delivery Vehicles (NGDV) procured from Oshkosh Defense and manufactured in South Carolina. As the NGDV production ramps up, the number of BEVs in our fleet will increase, and over the ten-year procurement cycle we currently plan to acquire approximately 66,000.

 Replacing the current 7,200 BEVs would directly cost the Postal Service $450 million,…

Removing these vehicles from our delivery would serve no purpose. The direct and accounting costs to the Postal Service to replace its BEVs would be approximately $1 billion, with another $500 million in infrastructure rendered useless.
It is also important to realize that the BEV component of the NGDV program has been carefully considered from a business perspective. We are deploying BEVs to routes and delivery units where the BEVs will save us money when compared to internal combustion engines. Removing that option will make it harder over the medium and long term for the Postal Service to cost effectively serve its customers.
This is a significant and costly change that will undo more than 10 years of planning and work on our delivery fleet replacement. It will cost the Postal Service $1.5 billion of funds that we desperately need in order to serve the American people, and it will seriously cripple our ability to replace an aging and obsolete delivery fleet. We urge the Senate and the committee to pause and consider the substantial harm this proposal would cause to the Postal Service and our
customers, your constituents.
Sincerely,
Peter R. Pastre

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psychicfortunes.bsky.social @psychicfortunes.bsky.social · Jun 13

Not Creatively satisfying at all. Brings no relief to the heart no joy to the soul. Its dead and uninspired.

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Laurence H. Tribe @tribelaw.bsky.social · Jun 13

On 6/12, DHS Sec’y Kristi Noem said “We are staying here to liberate [LA] from the socialists and the burdensome leadership this governor and mayor have placed on this country and this city.” This use of military force to displace a democratically elected is the very definition of a coup.

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kcole0.bsky.social @kcole0.bsky.social · Jun 13

I'm shocked, shocked....

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · Jun 13

The suggestion that Kristi Noem, a white woman, is the "delicate, beautiful, tiny" victim after a Latino man is physically dragged out of a room fits into the admin's pretext of criminality it attaches to people who are not white.

Like Rep. LaMonica McIver.

The "delicate, beautiful, tiny" fascism of Kristi Noem

The right thinks Noem is the victim of Sen. Padilla's assault. But what about Rep. McIver?

www.motherjones.com

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · Jun 13

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On the left:

June 12, Judge Breyer writing that THE test for whether the US Marines/Guard violate Posse Comitatus will be whether they've engaged in "detaining" civilians.

On the right:

June 13: See for yourself.

Note: The DoD has confirmed the detention of civilian to Reuters.

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Jamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · Jun 13

wait I'm sorry is Stephen A. Smith criticizing someone for shouting questions

Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · Jun 13

"Could you have waited until she finished to ask your questions? To shout your questions? You’re a senator, right? You couldn’t wait? That was just you out of control because you were just losing it."

There are clowns in DC/NY who pitched this blowhard as a potential Dem presidential for 2028.

Department of Homeland Security endorses Stephen A. Smith's Alex Padilla critique

Stephen A. Smith criticized Alex Padilla over his confrontation with Kristi Noem, and the Department of Homeland Security endorsed his take.

awfulannouncing.com

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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · Jun 13

Feds offered a deal — if I confessed to something I didn’t do: Congresswoman https://twp.ai/4iobg1

www.rawstory.com

Feds offered a deal — if I confessed to something I didn’t do: Congresswoman

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · Jun 13

EXCLUSIVE: @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social just spoke to @padilla.senate.gov about what happened at the Kristi Noem presser — and what comes next

EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Padilla Shoots Back at Critics, Calls on Dems to Fight

YouTube video by The Bulwark

www.youtube.com

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · Jun 13

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/o...

Opinion | I Ran the L.A.P.D. I Know What Happens When Troops Are Sent to American Cities.

www.nytimes.com

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kate conger @kateconger.com · Jun 13

the US military detained a civilian, who just so happens to be a veteran www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

Exclusive: US Marines carry out first known detention of civilian in Los Angeles, video shows

Marines deployed to Los Angeles carried out the detention of a civilian on Friday, the U.S. military confirmed after being presented with Reuters images, in the first known detention by active-duty troops deployed there by President Donald Trump.

www.reuters.com

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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · Jun 13

Why is Kristi Noem’s bone-chilling pledge of a “regime change” in Calif not getting media coverage?! Noem’s speech yesterday called for "liberating" Calif from Gov Newsom and Mayor Bass. Trump wants to remove elected officials who defy him. My new article: deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/why-is-kri...

Why is Kristi Noem’s bone-chilling pledge of a “regime change” in Calif not getting media coverage?!

Trump wants to remove Democrats from office

deanobeidallah.substack.com

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Susan McPherson @susanmcp.bsky.social · Jun 13

This is America now.

"We will kill you" says the sheriff.

www.cnn.com/2025/06/13/u...

‘We will kill you’: Florida sheriff issues stern warning to protesters | CNN

As protests over the Trump administration’s immigration raids continue in Los Angeles and other cities, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier and law enforcement officials warned that demonstrators ...

www.cnn.com

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

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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