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Regina Waynes Joseph
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Attorney, Arbitrator, Mediator - Legal Solutions and Dispute Resolution Metro New York rwjosephlaw.com
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Regina Waynes Joseph @rjcaliente.bsky.social · Jan 27
It was not the "afterglow" in which my parents returned.In the North,my parents built a wonderful life for us.But USA has always been consumed by race.My late father was in segregated US Navy in WWII,William Daniels Waynes.My late mother was in segregated @The_USO in WWII,Mrs. Kathleen Yanes Waynes
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Jesse Dollemore @dollemore.com · 3h
She also spent a considerable amount of time on Donald Trump’s Truth Social account and on Rapid Response 47 on Twitter.

NOT shocking that the staffer of guy who DMd classified war plans to a journalist is wildly careless with her “important work” in public.
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Jesse Dollemore @dollemore.com · 3h
Currently on a flight to Japan watching a Pentagon Assistant Press Secretary (Riley Podleski) work on a document in the open on her laptop. She spent the last hour copy and pasting headlines from articles critical of the Administration’s hostility toward the 1st amendment.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 23m
They’re freaking out!!!

Trump’s cabinet secretaries falsely claim Dems are keeping the government closed because of the “No Kings” mass protests, and Mike Johnson calls it the “hate America rally.”

The truth is: we love America, but we hate tyrants. That’s why we’re doing this.

See you Saturday.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 3h
NEW: A federal judge refused to dismiss a lawsuit challenging Indiana’s student ID voting ban — a major procedural win for young voters and pro-voting advocates who say the GOP-backed law was designed to suppress student voting. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Federal Court Deals Major Blow to Indiana GOP’s Student ID Ban
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 9h
If Mike Johnson is refusing to call the House back into session during the shutdown, then we’ll do the work right here the Bronx.

The New York Essential plan is being eliminated entirely next year due to the GOP healthcare cuts. People’s lives are at stake.

And that’s why we’re fighting back.
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Tal Kopan @talkopan.bsky.social · 6h
Harvard says majority of research funding canceled by Trump has been restored
by @aidanryan.bsky.social and Jonathan Saltzman
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/14/m...
Harvard says majority of research funding canceled by Trump has been restored - The Boston Globe
A federal judge ruled last month that the Trump administration's cuts were illegal. But the administration has vowed to appeal the ruling and declared Harvard ineligible for future grants.
www.bostonglobe.com
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1h
The Reconstruction Amendments were adopted to end slavery and provide Black people with equal rights, including the right to vote.

To use those same amendments as weapons of white supremacy today is not just legally incorrect—it is a tragedy.
Voting rights are on the Supreme Court’s chopping block
Tuesday's case pits fanciful claims of racial harmony against the reality of ongoing discrimination.
www.motherjones.com
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 2h
Good. Even if this doesn’t work, it’s time to go on offense.

www.newsweek.com/jb-pritzker-...
JB Pritzker looking at prosecuting ICE agents in Chicago
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has suggested that state prosecutors might examine the conduct of ICE agents.
www.newsweek.com
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 3h
Tuesday, October 14 designated George Floyd Day in Pittsburgh
Tuesday designated George Floyd Day in Pittsburgh
Several advocacy groups came together to honor George Floyd. Oct. 14 would have been Floyd's birthday.
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NewsCurrentNow @newscurrentnow.com · 4h
🚨BREAKING: Arizona’s 7th District is certified — Adelita Grijalva is now U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson’s last excuse is gone. No more lies. No more delays. Swear her in NOW so she can do her job. They can delay, lie, and hide—but the Epstein files aren’t going anywhere. The cover-up is cracking.
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Congressman André Carson @carson.house.gov · 4h
D'Angelo's music leaves behind a powerful legacy, one that will endure for years to come. 

Tragically, he was taken far too soon by pancreatic cancer.

Black Americans face the highest risk of developing this deadly disease.
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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 5h
That's twenty-seven flat-out murders. That's twenty-seven lives taken without even a semblance of a legal justification under domestic or international law.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...
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judithbolyard.bsky.social @judithbolyard.bsky.social · 17h
Exactly
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Democracy Action Network @democracyactionnet.bsky.social · 4h
This is why we can’t have nice things. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is among the most successful laws in US history. And it is one of the most morally rig...
The uncomfortable problem with America’s greatest civil rights law
Maybe we don’t want to centralize power over elections in this particular federal government?
www.vox.com
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Politico @politico.com · 4h
Arizona's attorney general threatened legal action against Mike Johnson for failing to seat Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva.
Arizona attorney general threatens legal action against Mike Johnson for failing to seat Adelita Grijalva
The Democrat accused Johnson of playing “political games” by delaying the swearing-in ceremony.
www.politico.com
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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 4h
Trump just bombed six more people in the Caribbean, for a total of 27 civilians who have been killed so far by the US military. It’s illegal for the military to target civilians who do not pose an immediate threat. This is murder.
U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says In a social media post, the president said the people aboard a boat were suspected of smuggling drugs for an unspecified group his team had labeled terrorists.
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Rep. LaMonica McIver @replamonica.bsky.social · 5h
Jersey, it’s the last day to register to vote before our November elections! Head to nj.gov/vote to get registered.
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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 5h
Also why do white people act like if they didn’t notice racism or know it was racism it doesn’t exist? Any self reflection on why they wouldn’t notice?
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The Democratic Coalition @thedemcoalition.bsky.social · 5h
CORRUPT AF: JD Vance is quietly spearheading a Supreme Court case to expand Citizens United and eliminate remaining anti-corruption laws in the campaign finance system.

Another case could soon kill off all anti-bribery laws.

Read more here: https://bit.ly/3KNyHZX

#ResistTrump
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 1d
Folks: The loaner AUSAs from "North Carolian" on the Jim Comey case still haven't fixed their signature block. (Several other filings today fixed it, but w/o full signature.)

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Lindsey Halligan United States Attorney _______/S/_________________________ N. Tyler Lemons Assistant United States Attorney North Carolian Bar No. 46199 Gabriel J. Diaz Assistant United States Attorney North Carolian Bar N
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 10h
This isn't new, by the way. Trump and his minions wanted an "antifa" Black Bloc to show up and fight with cops on Jan. 6, 2021. If that had happened, he would have then called out the National Guard to a) arrest leftists and b) shut down the Capitol and prevent the election from being certified
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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 13h
one of the reasons they're so mad at "no kings" is that they thought they were going to get a different kind of protest. they *want* the black bloc to be out there fighting with the cops. those are the images they've been trying to generate from "go." instead--

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MAGA Rage at “No Kings” Boils Over—and It Quickly Backfires on Trump
As Trump allies smear the coming protests, a good writer on MAGA skewers the absurdity of these attacks on large swaths of Americans—and explains why our best recourse will be to turn out in force.
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Bailey McCann @baileymcc.bsky.social · 7h
These people are not going to magically become normal if they lose an election
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 7h
POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 5h
The USC Thornton School of Music has appointed Solange as the school’s first scholar in residence

She will she will teach a course on music curation, host student-focused workshops and more
Solange to build programming and teach course at USC Thornton School of Music
Grammy winner Solange Knowles is bringing her expertise to the USC Thornton School of Music, where she has been named the school's first all-school scholar in residence.
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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 5h
This is the FIFTH time Trump has carried out an illegal bombing in the Caribbean.

Using the military to execute alleged criminals with no due process or input from Congress is brazenly unconstitutional and damaging to our democracy.

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US strikes another boat accused of carrying drugs in waters off Venezuela, killing 6, Trump says
President Donald Trump says the U.S. has struck another boat accused of carrying drugs in the waters off Venezuela.
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 7h
Further premeditated, lawless killing in the Caribbean.

Making at least five such US strikes.

Against unidentified "narcoterrorists" affiliated w/ an unspecified "designated terrorist organization" allegedly trafficking unspecified narcotics.

POTUS is asserting a license to kill outside the law.
Under my Standing Authorities as Commander-in-Chief, this morning, the Secretary of War, ordered a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization (DTO) conducting narcotrafficking in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility — just off the Coast of Venezuela. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was trafficking narcotics, was associated with illicit narcoterrorist networks, and was transiting along a known DTO route. The strike was conducted in International Waters, and six male narcoterrorists aboard the vessel were killed in the strike. No U.S. Forces were harmed. Thank you for your attention to this matter!!!!!!
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