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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 4h

"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." –Justice Louis Brandeis

Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today.

We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 4h

The Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations was supposed to be a launchpad for ambitious projects to help America lead the way on cleaner power and manufacturing.

Now it’s been reduced to a shell of itself.

This federal office was meant to ensure America's energy future. Trump aims to kill it.

No unit of the hard-hit Energy Department has been singled out quit like the Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations.

www.motherjones.com

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 7h

NEW: in a hearing where a judge is asking the government why it’s defying her court order about deploying tear gas without warning in Chicago, the government argues ICE isn’t using body cams, and they can’t start using them because the government is shut down.

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 8h

Skedzielewski also cites the shutdown and says "I don't believe that it will be possible, on a short timeline, to roll out a body cam program in the Chicago [area of responsibility] for ICE.

For CBP it "may be more workable."

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 9h

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 8h

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 6h

Definitely not America First.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19h

“Kids”

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 7h

Big news here: the White House has backed down from shutting down I-5 this weekend following our reporting last night.

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 11h

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 8h

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Dr Grace Peng @gspeng.bsky.social · 5h

Los Angeles County developed a publicly-owned voting machine and stress tested it in the county with the most voters in the USA. Not only that, it is multilingual and allows you to vote in any precinct from any machine. No more long lines in minority precincts
www.lavote.gov/docs/rrcc/ne...

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LindaFly @lindafly.bsky.social · 1d

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10h

Mike Johnson has now had the House adjourned for 73 out of the last 85 days.

Epstein Shutdown.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 7h

🚨BREAKING: New York Court of Appeals UNANIMOUSLY UPHOLDS state law moving most county and town elections to even-numbered years. By aligning them with state and federal elections, it will boost voter turnout.

Another victory for voters and defeat for the GOP! www.democracydocket.com/cases/new-yo...

🚨 Onondaga County v. New York

Learn more.

www.democracydocket.com

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 17h

Trump wants to increase ER visits.

A Coal-Processing Plant Closed. Local E.R. Visits Dropped Sharply.

www.nytimes.com

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GrouchyMarkx @grouchymarkx.bsky.social · 1d

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butterflygirl24 @butterflygirl24.bsky.social · 1d

Frog Love among Taco Terror. 🥰 #portland #iceout

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 21h

AOC: You're damn right that it's a Democratic priority to keep people from getting poisoned, from dangerous chemicals

You're damn right that it's a Democratic priority to bring down the cost of housing

If they want to say that that's a Democratic priority, they're right,

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LegalEagle @legaleagle.tv · 1d

Uhhhh, given that the government is shut down and the yearly appropriations have expired, does anyone know where the funds for the Argentina bailout are coming from?

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20h

The propaganda spewing from Trump's departments and agencies blaming Democrats for the government shutdown is blatantly illegal. We have the Hatch Act for a reason. Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-trump-regime-is-wildly-violating

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Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Trump says looking at San Francisco as next target for National Guard.

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 21h

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 21h

AOC: And they are able to radicalize a generation of young boys in particular, away from healthy masculinity and into an insecure masculinity that requires the domination of others who are poorer, browner, darker, or a different gender than them.

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Punk Rock History @punkrockhistory.bsky.social · 20h

No further words needed 👊🏻 ⚡

#punk #punks #punkrock #fucknazis #fightracism #history #punkrockhistory

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R.E.M. @remhq.bsky.social · 1d

With the Radio Free Europe 2025 EP arriving in record stores this Friday (and @RFE.RL's mission still as vital as ever), we’re revisiting our We Are Hope Despite the Times playlist — a collection of songs that offer a little light through the static.

📡 Listen: found.ee/rem-wahdtt

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