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Kat Hartness @kathartness.bsky.social · 5h

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MAGA Mike GETS SUED as SHUTDOWN STUNT goes WRONG

YouTube video by MeidasTouch

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🏴 J.C. @dpointinmylife.bsky.social · 6h

ICE sports a fucking swastika tattoo while attempting an abduction. Of course normally federal agents are not allowed to have Nazi tattoos.

I can't believe I just made this post. Am I concussed and dreaming?

Black Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 14h

It looks like orange shades has a swastika on his chest.

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Stephen Wolf @stephenwolf.bsky.social · 6h

Republicans already gerrymandered far more House seats than Dems did after 2020.

But between the Supreme Court gutting the Voting Rights Act & the GOP passing more extreme maps in states they already drew, the national map could get much worse in 2026.

Dems have no choice but to respond in kind

Stephen Wolf @stephenwolf.bsky.social · Apr 24

Republicans drew 3 times as many congressional districts as Democrats did, which is a big reason why the median district has a pro-Trump bias.

Without the GOP's gerrymandering advantage, Democrats likely would have won at least the 3 additional seats needed for a majority in 2024

A cartogram showing the partisan intent behind congressional redistricting in every state, with each state’s size corresponding to how many districts it has. The graphic illustrates how Republicans gerrymandered states with 42% of districts in red, which is three times as many as the 14% of districts that Democrats gerrymandered in blue. The remaining 43% of districts are in yellow states where a court, commission, or divided legislature drew a relatively neutral map.

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 7h

The president freely admits he's using your tax money to repress you and interfere with your free choice of representatives. He's looking into the camera and telling you he's a tyrant bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump and Bessent clarify that they will only help out Argentina as long as Milei is in power. Trump adds that the same thing goes with NYC, where the White House will hold up funds if Mamdani wins.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 7h

Almost like we founded the entire country on opposing this exact sentence.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Bessent: "No kings equals no paychecks"

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Sean Masterson @seanmasterson.bsky.social · 7h

Bessent had failed hedge fund that lost everyone’s money.
Not hard to see how.
He’s a fool.

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 18h

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 2d

Respect to those who got here first.

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AnnieForTruth @anniefortruth1.bsky.social · 2d

Pay attention to what they do NOT what they say! As a RN, I’m disgusted RFK Jr, a whacko, anti-vaxxer, heroin addict, brain worm infested idiot is over our health. 😡 There are 153 unvaccinated children quarantined in SC because of a measles outbreak, when there is a safe and effective vaccine. 😡

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · Dec 5

I've been researching the idea of Unconditional Universal Basic Income since 2013. Here's a collection of findings I've compiled from various UBI experiments and studies of cash transfer programs around the world.

This will be a VERY LONG and ongoing thread focused entirely on empirical evidence. 🧵

OBSERVED EFFECTS OF UBI

No significant reduction in labor supply (38 studies meta-analysis)

Increased self-employment (301%) and part-time employment (17%)

Slight decrease in alcohol and tobacco use (31 studies meta-analysis)

New mothers extend their maternity leaves

Birth weights improve due to better maternal nutrition

Graduation rates and educational outcomes improve

Hospitalization rates decline (8.5%)

Crime goes down (15%–42%) especially illegal hunting (95%)

Domestic violence decreases (30%–51%)

Trust increases (13% in politicians | 6% in other people)

Home ownership rates increase (17%–26%)

Food security increases as does consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables

Improved cognitive functioning (43%) and personality traits (31%)

Savings go up, debts go down

Source: scottsantens

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Trump’s threat to invoke the Insurrection Act isn’t new, but it’s getting louder and from all directions!

We had years of warnings.
He told us what he’d do. Project 2025 laid it out, but too many shrugged.

How much is “enough” for everyone to start getting loud with one voice before it’s too late?

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 1d

Hey Mike Johnson, why are you protecting pedophiles and childhood sex traffickers?

Give his offices a call and ask him.

DC office: (202) 225-2777 and (202) 225-4000
Leesville office: (337) 423-4232
DeRidder office: (337) 226-6385
Bossier City office: (318) 840-0309

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert

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Emergrn @rknight0415.bsky.social · 1d

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Little Spkr Johnson prev was Dean of Judge Paul Pressler School Of Law for 2yrs-it never opened. Pressler allegedly faced s*xual assault of 14yr old boy for yrs+more-the LGBTQ+ for Little Mike allegedly weaves through his life-& Grindr? Hmm-Lady Doth Protest Too Much?🌈?🤫🤥

Longtime Southern Baptist leader Paul Pressler, who was accused of sexual abuse, dies at 94

Paul Pressler, a leading figure of the Southern Baptist Convention who was accused of sexual abuse and later settled a lawsuit over the allegations, has died.

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Sean Masterson @seanmasterson.bsky.social · 1d

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The United States Is Buying Stocks (China’s Playbook 2.0)

YouTube video by Andrei Jikh

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Mark Thompson @sonofathomp.bsky.social · 1d

Chaos as a governing style will eventually end in disaster. That not even the oligarch owned media can cover up or ignore.

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Sean Masterson @seanmasterson.bsky.social · 1d

AI DRAMATIZATION:
There is no protected class. In Russia filthy rich oligarchs die mysteriously and consistently. Fascists eventually come for everyone.

Sean Masterson @seanmasterson.bsky.social · 1d

When you lose Newsmax…

a woman in a floral shirt is laughing with the fox logo in the background

ALT: a woman in a floral shirt is laughing with the fox logo in the background

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 1d

1/Stop everything and read/watch/bookmark this massive investigation between @motherjones.com @lighthousereports.com Le Monde, Der Spiegel, Paper Trail Media a vast global surveillance empire used to target politicians, journalists, tech CEOs, and... Jared Leto.
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The surveillance empire that tracked world leaders, a Vatican enemy, and maybe you

We uncovered a massive data trove. It revealed the hidden world of First Wap, whose untraceable tech has targeted politicians, journalists, celebrities, and activists around the globe.

ow.ly

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Sean Masterson @seanmasterson.bsky.social · 1d

😔🙏
The Best
#RIPDrewStruzan

io9 @io9dotcom.bsky.social · 1d

Drew Struzan, the King of the Movie Poster, Has Died

The beloved artist, who illustrated iconic posters for 'Star Wars', 'Indiana Jones', 'Back to the Future', and more, was 78.

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Sean Masterson @seanmasterson.bsky.social · 1d

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Monica @softtail65.bsky.social · 2d

Yep...😬😅

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Sean Masterson @seanmasterson.bsky.social · 1d

The incompetence and cruel disregard for people is truly staggering. 😔😡

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

They also cancelled government data collection about hunger to minimize evidence about their policies

José Sepúlveda @josesepulveda.bsky.social · 2d

ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the 94 million pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the #Trump administration’s cuts to The Emergency Food Assistance Program.

My latest video for @propublica.org.

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 2d

Yeah it's that simple: OpenAI needs to build 3GW of data center capacity, which will cost over $100bn, and they need to do so in around a year. All three of these deals are based on unreleased chips too. Where the hell is the press on this?
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Ichabod Crane's Horse Knuckler @horseknuckler.bsky.social · 2d

Eventually somebody has to actually get paid with these endless IOUs circulating, right? All these companies are being paid in fake scrip, but like, the rest of the world deals in real money, not Altman Farts. When does this stop?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

"There is, however, one big difference between Trump’s trade policy and China’s. Namely, the Chinese appear to know what they’re doing."

How Trump Is Making China Great

Why we’re going to lose the trade war, and much more besides

paulkrugman.substack.com

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