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Reen @reentee.bsky.social · 1h

Hell yes look at that beauty

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 2h

Here's my full breakdown of yesterday's voting rights case, where the Supreme Court will likely say that overrepresntation of whites in Congress is constitutionally mandated.

My latest in @thenation.com

www.thenation.com/article/poli...

The Supreme Court Left No Doubt: It Will Gut the Voting Rights Act

The ruling, when it comes, will be disastrous for Black voters and for Democrats.

www.thenation.com

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Reen @reentee.bsky.social · 2h

There is so much libra energy in the air and idk what that means exactly but I feel good about it

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 6h

Trump confirmed he has green-lit CIA covert operations in Venezuela, and that ground attacks might be next.

Trump approves CIA operations in Venezuela: What we know, and what’s next

Trump confirmed he has green-lit CIA covert operations in Venezuela, and that ground attacks might be next.

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 19h

John Roberts: Eliminating racial discrimination means eliminating all of it.

Brett Kavanaugh: Totes.

*immigrants being profiled by ICE enter the chat*

Roberts Court: Yeah but I didn't mean like that. The cops can definitely still arrest you because you're brown.

Kav: *chugs beer in agreement*

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Reen @reentee.bsky.social · 15h

Cheesy gordita crunch

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 17h

Great piece.

Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 19h

my main takeaways from listening to the Supreme Court oral argument today are

-the writing is on the wall for the Voting Rights Act
-the Republican justices are now throwing racist spaghetti at that wall; they'll pass of whatever sticks as the opinion's rationale
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/calla...

The Conservative Justices Have So Many Ideas For How to Kill the Voting Rights Act

The Republican justices already know where they’re going. They just have to figure out which route they’re going to take to get there.

ballsandstrikes.org

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 1d

So glad we’re burning down rainforests and drying up lakes to help total losers masturbate in an entirely new way

The Verge @theverge.com · 1d

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 1d

Tuesday's strike is the fifth known US attack on a vessel off the Venezuelan coast, bringing the total death toll to 27.

Trump administration carries out lethal strike in Caribbean, killing six

Tuesday's strike is the fifth known US attack on a vessel off the Venezuelan coast, bringing the total death toll to 27.

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Reen @reentee.bsky.social · 1d

Happy birthday!!

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Reen @reentee.bsky.social · 2d

Looks delish

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Reen @reentee.bsky.social · 2d

Hell yeah Lily 😎

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 3d

While Israelis celebrated the return of captives from Gaza, Israel warned Palestinian families against holding celebrations over the return of prisoners – some who had been held for decades. Al Jazeera’s Nour Odeh explains.

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 3d

Chef Boyardee

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 3d

name an italian more worthy of an american holiday than columbus

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Ray Apollo @rayapollo.bsky.social · 7d

Lmao at government being full of MFs like this

Randall from Recess snitchin like a bitch

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Reen @reentee.bsky.social · 2d

What's it called when you're scared to open your emails

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Reen @reentee.bsky.social · 3d

open.spotify.com/track/0Wu48L...

Livin'

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Reen @reentee.bsky.social · 3d

Happy birthday 🎂 🥳

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 6d

Tens of thousands of Palestinians are walking back to Gaza City as the Israeli military begins its withdrawal from the area following the ceasefire agreement.

Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum is there, watching what he described as ‘an endless tide of humans’.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 5d

The storms have caused devastation nationwide as rains are expected to continue through Sunday.

At least 28 killed in heavy flooding caused by tropical storms in Mexico

The storms have caused devastation nationwide as rains are expected to continue through Sunday.

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bort @crushbort.bsky.social · 5d

is it not weird that every day there’s a new video of anonymous masked men having the time of their lives beating/shooting/disappearing people and the dem response from the top down is “republicans want to double your health insurance premiums”

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Reen @reentee.bsky.social · 6d

a dog wearing a birthday hat is walking down the street .

ALT: a dog wearing a birthday hat is walking down the street .

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Reen @reentee.bsky.social · 6d

Lol yeah thanks she asked me what my plans were for the big day ☠️

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 7d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Reen @reentee.bsky.social · 6d

Ugh I know! I should have corrected her right way LOL