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Vicar Tim Owen @vicartimowen.bsky.social · 31m

Voting Rights Act: SCOTUS Poised to Gut Law & Weaken Electoral Power of Black Americans

The Supreme Court appears ready to strike down Section 2 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, threatening the equal representation of Black voters, and potentially greenlighting Republican gerrymandering ah...

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Vicar Tim Owen @vicartimowen.bsky.social · 31m

Why Is Trump Bailing Out Argentina’s President Javier Milei?

We speak to Argentine journalist Pablo Calvi about the U.S. government’s multibillion-dollar bailout for Argentina, which could grow from $20 billion to $40 billion as Argentina is rocked by an ongoin...

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Vicar Tim Owen @vicartimowen.bsky.social · 31m

Palestinian Prisoners “Taken Hostage” by Israel Describe Widespread Torture

Palestinians who have been released from Israeli prisons as part of the hostage exchange with Hamas are describing physical and psychological torture, medical neglect, deprivation and more. Moureen Ka...

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Vicar Tim Owen @vicartimowen.bsky.social · 32m

Israel Severely Restricts Gaza Aid Despite Ceasefire

We get an update from Gaza as the ceasefire there concludes its first week. Despite the agreed-upon cessation of hostilities, the Israeli military has continued its deadly attacks on Palestinians. Isr...

Cartoon: Tom the Dancing Bug's Billy Dare, Boy Adventurer, finds himself in a strange country

Vicar Tim Owen @vicartimowen.bsky.social · 42m

Cartoon: Tom the Dancing Bug's Billy Dare, Boy Adventurer, finds himself in a strange country www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Please join the team that makes it possible for your friendly neighborhood comic strip Tom the Dancing Bug to exist in this world: JOIN THE INNER HIVE ! Coming soon! Volumes 1 and 2 of The Complete ....

Trump's bajillion-dollar fantasy

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 49m

Trump is bailing out Argentina with $40 billion while leaving American farmers twisting in the wind. At this point, it’s obvious he doesn’t want them to succeed.

I’m calling it now: this is going to turn into a land grab for pennies on the dollar.

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Vicar Tim Owen @vicartimowen.bsky.social · 44m

Trump's bajillion-dollar fantasy www.dailykos.com/stories/2025... China played Trump then, and the rest of the world is playing him now. But even after being humiliated on the global stage for years, he still can’t resist inflating his own fantasies into something more absurd.

Who’s the clown now?

The United States’ gross domestic product is about $30 trillion —roughly a quarter of the world’s total. China’s second, with a GDP of around $19 trillion, followed by a steep drop: Germany ...

Trump and Musk made up—so now some rich schmuck might land his dream job

Vicar Tim Owen @vicartimowen.bsky.social · 47m

Trump and Musk made up—so now some rich schmuck might land his dream job www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Former NASA nominee Jared Isaacman is getting another shot at running the space agency—and it’s no coincidence that it comes just as President Donald Trump and Elon Musk have kissed and made up .

What the heil? Swastika found in House Republican's office.

Vicar Tim Owen @vicartimowen.bsky.social · 48m

What the heil? Swastika found in House Republican's office. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Republican lawmakers have been screaming for weeks that anyone who calls their party fascist is responsible for political violence across the country. And yet, on Wednesday, a GOP lawmaker from Ohio w...

Cartoon: Won't be needing these

Vicar Tim Owen @vicartimowen.bsky.social · 48m

Cartoon: Won't be needing these www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

A cartoon by Clay Bennett. Related |� Trump’s ICE goons get even more creative—and heinous—with ...

Australia, how dare you besmirch right-wing crackpot Candace Owens

Vicar Tim Owen @vicartimowen.bsky.social · 49m

Australia, how dare you besmirch right-wing crackpot Candace Owens www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Conservative influencer Candace Owens really wants to bring her unhinged melange of hate to Australia, but Australia is extremely not interested.� The country’s High Court turned away the ...

The GOP's Nazi problem has the House speaker flustered

Vicar Tim Owen @vicartimowen.bsky.social · 51m

The GOP's Nazi problem has the House speaker flustered www.dailykos.com/stories/2025... House Speaker Mike Johnson held his daily GOP shutdown press conference Thursday, where he was asked about Young Republicans’ leaked racist group chat and whether the GOP supports these Nazi assholes.

House Speaker Mike Johnson held his daily GOP shutdown press conference Thursday, where he was asked about Young Republicans’ leaked racist group chat �and whether the GOP supports these Nazi ...

Trump team claims national parks are 'thriving' amid GOP shutdown

Vicar Tim Owen @vicartimowen.bsky.social · 54m

Trump team claims national parks are 'thriving' amid GOP shutdown www.dailykos.com/stories/2025... National Parks Bureau Ashley Harrell - SFGate revealed people are recklessly hiking dangerous trails and even BASE jumping from Yosemite’s El Capitan without the oversight of national park staffers.

In the latest episode of “The Real Housewives: White House Edition,” Doug Burgum’s Interior Department is picking a fight with a reporter for telling the truth about understaffing in the National Park...

Trump plans to open door to more terror attacks in blue states

Vicar Tim Owen @vicartimowen.bsky.social · 57m

Trump plans to open door to more terror attacks in blue states www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

President Donald Trump is proposing a cut to anti-terrorism funds being used to protect regions of the country that are among the biggest targets of international terrorism, including Washington, D.C.

John Fetterman faces party plot to kick him to the curb

Vicar Tim Owen @vicartimowen.bsky.social · 58m

John Fetterman faces party plot to kick him to the curb www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Top Pennsylvania Democrats are quietly gearing up for a political showdown three years out. According to a new report, party officials are laying the groundwork to challenge Sen. John Fetterman in a 2...

Protesting ICE may get you killed, says Tom Homan

Vicar Tim Owen @vicartimowen.bsky.social · 59m

Protesting ICE may get you killed, says Tom Homan www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

President Donald Trump’s “border czar” Tom Homan took to Fox News Thursday, where he threatened "bloodshed" over anti-ICE rhetoric.� “I said back in March, if the hateful rhetoric continues,

White House spews pathetic lie about Pentagon media walkout

Vicar Tim Owen @vicartimowen.bsky.social · 1h

White House spews pathetic lie about Pentagon media walkout www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

After Pentagon reporters chose to turn in their credentials instead of complying with new rules that would censor their reporting, the White House claimed Thursday—without evidence—that some ...

Egypt peace summit showed that Donald Trump’s Gaza deal is more showbiz extravaganza than the ‘dawn of a new Middle East’

Vicar Tim Owen @vicartimowen.bsky.social · 1h

theconversation.com/egypt-peace-... Like everything Trump does or says - Bullshit!

Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron and the other world leaders were there as bit players to Trump’s leading man.

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Vicar Tim Owen @vicartimowen.bsky.social · 1h

Israel is still not allowing international media back into Gaza, despite the ceasefire

Israel has blocked international journalists from entering Gaza since the start of the war.

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Vicar Tim Owen @vicartimowen.bsky.social · 1h

grist.org/language/str... Trump said. “The Green New Deal that doesn’t work. It’s a Green New Scam. Let’s call it, from now on, the ‘Green New Scam.'” Trump does not give a shit about our planet our children or our future only his stinking pocketbook. Those are the facts.

The strategy behind Trump's climate catchphrase, the 'Green New Scam'

The slogan may sound like a joke, but it’s part of a broader campaign to undermine public trust in climate action.

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Vicar Tim Owen @vicartimowen.bsky.social · 1h

www.propublica.org/article/immi... The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer.

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

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