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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 15h

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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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 13h

Mockler: We saw this Nazi group chat which I’m sure you condemn right?

Kolvet: We can talk about it

Mockler: Do you condemn it?

Kolvet: I want to talk about it

Mockler: So, you’re like JD Vance? You won’t condemn this?

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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 13h

A potentially “catastrophic” breach of US-based cybersecurity provider F5 has been blamed on state-backed hackers from China bloom.bg/3WG36Mk

📷: Chris Ratcliffe

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Stardust 🌏🎬 @stardustbluepr.com · 21h

Great question!

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 14h

Donald Trump and JD Vance can find money to launch missiles over the I-5 during a government shutdown, but not a dime for Americans’ health care.

I-5 may be shut down due to concerns over live-fire military event at Camp Pendleton

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office is weighing whether to close parts of Interstate 5 beginning Friday amid concerns over what it says is a White House-directed plan to use live ordnance during a military ann...

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 1d

Emerging from the darkness of this era will require us to acknowledge that the previous status quo, including many institutions that may have served us well in another era, have been failing for my entire lifetime.

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 16h

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Robin Resists @robinresists.bsky.social · 16h

Charlie Kirk was assassinated in the prime of his life for speaking hate, manipulating faith, & for relentlessly fighting for America to be what his xenophobic, racist, misogynistic, faith-twisting self wanted it to be.

There. Fixed it for you.

#DemsUnited

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Eddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · 1d

Make no mistake about it.

This is damage control mode.

They're acting like they didn't know what was going on.

Young Republicans.🙄

We know where they got their racism from.

*sip*🔥☕️

#ProudBlue
#ResistanceUnited
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory

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Young Republicans call for immediate resignations of leaders who made racist texts in chat

Young Republicans called for the immediate resignations of leaders exposed in a recent Politico story to have sent racist and vile text messages.

www.usatoday.com

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 13h

On a sunny day, my ex came to the hair salon where I worked – and shot me at close range

Rachel Williams says domestic violence is a ‘national emergency’. After she survived her ex’s final attack, her traumatised teenage son took his own life, and she began campaigning to end the terrible cycle of abuse

www.theguardian.com

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Shelley Fritz @shelleyfritz.bsky.social · 16h

progressive.org/op-eds/the-r...

The Role of Race in Trump’s Authoritarianism

Black people have a rich tradition of collective organizing and action. We’re good at this. I wish we didn’t have to be.

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Shelley Fritz @shelleyfritz.bsky.social · 16h

progressive.org/latest/the-a...

‘The Alabama Solution’ Takes No Prisoners as Incarcerated Workers Struggle for Their Humanity

Cellmates use cellphones to uncover ‘America’s deadliest prison system.’

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Shelley Fritz @shelleyfritz.bsky.social · 16h

progressive.org/magazine/zoh...

Zohran Mamdani and ‘Trump-Proofing’ Our Cities

The New York City mayoral candidate has a plan for assuring that his city and others do ‘more than simply survive.’

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 18h

BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: Trump may launch missiles from warships into California this Friday and Saturday as part of what is being described as a “vanity parade” and shut down portions of the I-5 during the No Kings protests meidasnews.com/news/exclusi...

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 17h

“Not going to be great” is quite the understatement by Fox here.

Tweet by FactPost (@factpostnews) reading: “Fox: The tariffs, 10% for lumber, 25% for cabinets, vanities, upholstered furniture. On January 1st, the tariff for cabinets and vanities increase to 50%, all the rest of the furniture to 30%. The cost of building materials has increased 34%. There is a concern that this is not going to be great for the home buying industry.” Below is a Fox Business screenshot showing a reporter in a lumber workshop with the headline “New tariffs on furniture & lumber take effect.”

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 17h

Andrew, we're voting you off the island and back to the suburbs.

Our new ad just aired during Survivor.

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 16h

🚨Jim Carrey’s fresh out of fucks, and we are here for it!

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 16h

Sorry, MAGA, America Will Never Be a White Nation

A racist Trump Administration is abusing all of its power to make America white again, but the majority belongs to a multiracial nation that opposes white supremacy and wannabe Kings.

thelefthook.substack.com/p/sorry-maga...

Sorry, MAGA, America Will Never Be White

A racist Trump Administration is abusing all of its power to make America white again, but the majority belongs to a multiracial nation that opposes white supremacy and wannabe Kings.

thelefthook.substack.com

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 17h

Revealed: Leave.EU campaign met Russian officials as many as 11 times around Brexit

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018...

Revealed: Leave.EU campaign met Russian officials as many as 11 times

Founder Arron Banks was offered lucrative deals in talks with the ambassador

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 1d

ICE are Chump's Homegrown
Terrorist Police Force......

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 20h

Indeed. One of the great moments in recent television.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 21h

Feels like this will be a useful meme for the next few years

Peacemaker looks at a mural embedding Hitler into American symbols

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 21h

Fun Fact: Stephen Miller, before he was a top commander in Trump’s MAGA army, once asked @davidcorn.bsky.social out to coffee and tried to recruit him to an anti-immigration crusade.

Corn writes about the decade-old encounter in his latest:

My coffee with Stephen Miller

He tried to recruit me for an anti-immigration crusade. Little did I know what he would become.

www.motherjones.com

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 19h

Our friends at @lighthousereports.com uncovered a massive archive of phone numbers and geolocation data.

It led them on an 18-month odyssey to expose a shadowy surveillance firm whose phone-tracking tech has been used by repressive regimes, corporate spooks, and Vatican leak hunters.

The surveillance empire that tracked world leaders, a Vatican enemy, and maybe you

Inside the hidden world of First Wap, whose untraceable tech has targeted politicians, journalists, celebrities, and activists around the globe.

www.motherjones.com

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 18h

This is happening even quicker than I could have foreseen: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 17h

Two months ago, U.S. Border Patrol posted a hype video, featuring the “banned” version of Michael Jackson’s 1995 song “They Don’t Care About Us,” including its infamous antisemitic slurs.

While Border Patrol remained silent, antisemitic accounts on Twitter celebrated the government’s post.

Border Patrol won’t say why it used a Michael Jackson song with antisemitic lyrics

The video was live on Facebook and Instagram for two months.

www.motherjones.com

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