Cyndi ⚖️
@cyndimm.bsky.social
SoCal Native 🤍 Mom. Wife. Sports fanatic. I didn’t vote for the felon. 🇺🇸❤️🤍💙 no DMs #Lakers 🏀 #Dodgers ⚾️#Kings 🏒 #Rams 🏈
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A leaked DOJ memo obtained by @kenklippenstein.bsky.social reveals an effort to build a list of supposedly "anti-American" groups and individuals, an escalation of the administration's crackdown on dissent. The list targets "not just the left" but "anyone who isn't a Trump supporter," he says.
December 8, 2025 at 2:40 PM
A leaked DOJ memo obtained by @kenklippenstein.bsky.social reveals an effort to build a list of supposedly "anti-American" groups and individuals, an escalation of the administration's crackdown on dissent. The list targets "not just the left" but "anyone who isn't a Trump supporter," he says.
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NEW: The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans.
We found that Trump once did the very thing he claimed could be a crime.
We found that Trump once did the very thing he claimed could be a crime.
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing he called “deceitful and potentially criminal.”
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans.
We found that Trump once did the very thing he claimed could be a crime.
We found that Trump once did the very thing he claimed could be a crime.
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Colorado’s Democratic secretary of state vehemently rejected the DOJ’s unprecedented request for her state’s unredacted, private voter data, asserting she would not help Trump “hurt the American people.”
Colorado Tells DOJ ‘Take a Hike’ as It Rejects Demand for Statewide Voter Data
Read more here.
bit.ly
December 5, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Colorado’s Democratic secretary of state vehemently rejected the DOJ’s unprecedented request for her state’s unredacted, private voter data, asserting she would not help Trump “hurt the American people.”
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Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
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...
www.propublica.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
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Leonard Leo is a lawyer, but he's never argued a case in court. He's never held elected office.
But for years he rebuilt the American legal system, resulting in the Supreme Court's right-wing supermajority.
By @andykroll.bsky.social
(Published Oct. 2023)
But for years he rebuilt the American legal system, resulting in the Supreme Court's right-wing supermajority.
By @andykroll.bsky.social
(Published Oct. 2023)
We Don’t Talk About Leonard: The Man Behind the Right’s Supreme Court Supermajority
The inside story of how Leonard Leo built a machine that remade the American legal system — and what he plans to do next.
www.propublica.org
November 17, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Leonard Leo is a lawyer, but he's never argued a case in court. He's never held elected office.
But for years he rebuilt the American legal system, resulting in the Supreme Court's right-wing supermajority.
By @andykroll.bsky.social
(Published Oct. 2023)
But for years he rebuilt the American legal system, resulting in the Supreme Court's right-wing supermajority.
By @andykroll.bsky.social
(Published Oct. 2023)
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As the FBI’s deputy director, Bongino receives some of the country’s most sensitive secrets, including the President’s Daily Brief.
His ascent to that position without passing a standard bureau background check is unprecedented, insiders say.
By @williamturton.bsky.social @chrisbing.bsky.social
His ascent to that position without passing a standard bureau background check is unprecedented, insiders say.
By @williamturton.bsky.social @chrisbing.bsky.social
FBI Director Kash Patel Waived Polygraph Security Screening for Dan Bongino, Two Other Senior Staff
As the FBI’s deputy director, Bongino receives some of the country’s most sensitive secrets, including the President’s Daily Brief. His ascent to that position without passing a standard bureau backgr...
www.propublica.org
November 17, 2025 at 4:00 AM
As the FBI’s deputy director, Bongino receives some of the country’s most sensitive secrets, including the President’s Daily Brief.
His ascent to that position without passing a standard bureau background check is unprecedented, insiders say.
By @williamturton.bsky.social @chrisbing.bsky.social
His ascent to that position without passing a standard bureau background check is unprecedented, insiders say.
By @williamturton.bsky.social @chrisbing.bsky.social
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Se pronostica lluvias en todo el condado de Los Ángeles desde el jueves 13 de noviembre hasta el domingo 16 de noviembre, con la posibilidad de flujos de escombros en las zonas afectadas por incendios recientes. Visite ready.lacounty.gov/rain para obtener consejos de preparación.
November 14, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Se pronostica lluvias en todo el condado de Los Ángeles desde el jueves 13 de noviembre hasta el domingo 16 de noviembre, con la posibilidad de flujos de escombros en las zonas afectadas por incendios recientes. Visite ready.lacounty.gov/rain para obtener consejos de preparación.
#NoKingsLosAngeles #Nothronesnocorwnsnokings We the people rule! See you Saturday 🇺🇸
October 15, 2025 at 5:40 PM
#NoKingsLosAngeles #Nothronesnocorwnsnokings We the people rule! See you Saturday 🇺🇸
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Messaging, Media, and Digital Engagement Training · No Kings
Your No Kings event is in motion. Now it’s time to make sure the world knows about it! (Or at least the world around your community.) Join us for a training on how to talk about your local No Kings mo...
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October 2, 2025 at 1:46 AM
I'm attending No Kings's event, “Messaging, Media, and Digital Engagement Training” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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You can read that story here: www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Leading Election Conspiracy Theorist Appointed to DHS Leadership Position
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
August 27, 2025 at 7:11 PM
You can read that story here: www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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August 17, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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COLLINS: “So you reached out to (Trump’s) Deputy Attorney General Blanche and you haven’t heard back?”
MAXWELL/EPSTEIN SURVIVOR: “Yes.”
COLLINS: “Wow.”
MAXWELL/EPSTEIN SURVIVOR: “Yes.”
COLLINS: “Wow.”
August 8, 2025 at 8:46 PM
COLLINS: “So you reached out to (Trump’s) Deputy Attorney General Blanche and you haven’t heard back?”
MAXWELL/EPSTEIN SURVIVOR: “Yes.”
COLLINS: “Wow.”
MAXWELL/EPSTEIN SURVIVOR: “Yes.”
COLLINS: “Wow.”
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🚨Watch!
Texas Rep @jamestalarico.bsky.social lays out the threats aimed at him at his TX Dem colleagues in this short 43 second clip.
Please keep supporting our @texasdemocrats.bsky.social who are standing up to fascism on behalf of the entire country!
#MessWithTexas
youtube.com/shorts/5-teW...
Texas Rep @jamestalarico.bsky.social lays out the threats aimed at him at his TX Dem colleagues in this short 43 second clip.
Please keep supporting our @texasdemocrats.bsky.social who are standing up to fascism on behalf of the entire country!
#MessWithTexas
youtube.com/shorts/5-teW...
We will not be deterred
YouTube video by James Talarico
youtube.com
August 8, 2025 at 8:41 PM
🚨Watch!
Texas Rep @jamestalarico.bsky.social lays out the threats aimed at him at his TX Dem colleagues in this short 43 second clip.
Please keep supporting our @texasdemocrats.bsky.social who are standing up to fascism on behalf of the entire country!
#MessWithTexas
youtube.com/shorts/5-teW...
Texas Rep @jamestalarico.bsky.social lays out the threats aimed at him at his TX Dem colleagues in this short 43 second clip.
Please keep supporting our @texasdemocrats.bsky.social who are standing up to fascism on behalf of the entire country!
#MessWithTexas
youtube.com/shorts/5-teW...
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Funding for FEMA's disaster survivor hotline lapsed the day after the Texas floods, federal records show. It took DHS Secretary Kristi Noem five days to approve more money.
DHS took 5 days to fund Texas flooding hotline, federal records show
Funding for FEMA's disaster survivor hotline lapsed the day after the Texas floods, federal records show. It took DHS Secretary Kristi Noem five days to approve more money.
n.pr
August 7, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Funding for FEMA's disaster survivor hotline lapsed the day after the Texas floods, federal records show. It took DHS Secretary Kristi Noem five days to approve more money.
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Phone calls to local Social Security offices are currently being rerouted to other field offices — often to staff who don't have jurisdiction over the caller's case, employees say.
Your call to a local Social Security office may be picked up by someone who can't help
Phone calls to local Social Security offices are currently being rerouted to other field offices — often to staff who don't have jurisdiction over the caller's case, employees say.
n.pr
August 5, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Phone calls to local Social Security offices are currently being rerouted to other field offices — often to staff who don't have jurisdiction over the caller's case, employees say.
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Meiselas: Donald Trump is being protested all across Scotland... You saw a protest in Edinburgh. There are protests in communities across Scotland...Let me show you this, where the speaker says, “As for Mr. Trump, we could smell your stink the moment that you landed”...
July 26, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Meiselas: Donald Trump is being protested all across Scotland... You saw a protest in Edinburgh. There are protests in communities across Scotland...Let me show you this, where the speaker says, “As for Mr. Trump, we could smell your stink the moment that you landed”...
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1/Many thanks to @peterbakernyt.bsky.social for giving Trump’s stumbling efforts to deflect criticism over the Epstein files away from himself, with a ridiculous spree of conspiracy theory nonsense, the level of seriousness they deserve, which is to say, none. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/u...
Competing Conspiracy Theories Consume Trump’s Washington
www.nytimes.com
July 26, 2025 at 11:48 PM
1/Many thanks to @peterbakernyt.bsky.social for giving Trump’s stumbling efforts to deflect criticism over the Epstein files away from himself, with a ridiculous spree of conspiracy theory nonsense, the level of seriousness they deserve, which is to say, none. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/u...
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The Mississippi Free Press is looking for new Voices writers. Submit opinion columns to the MFP at [email protected].
July 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The Mississippi Free Press is looking for new Voices writers. Submit opinion columns to the MFP at [email protected].
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The Americans with Disabilities Act — passed 35 years ago — was not a gift. It was the result of a powerful movement led by people who demanded to be seen, heard and treated with dignity.
The fight for equality is far from over. In fact, it is more urgent now than ever.
The fight for equality is far from over. In fact, it is more urgent now than ever.
July 26, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The Americans with Disabilities Act — passed 35 years ago — was not a gift. It was the result of a powerful movement led by people who demanded to be seen, heard and treated with dignity.
The fight for equality is far from over. In fact, it is more urgent now than ever.
The fight for equality is far from over. In fact, it is more urgent now than ever.
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Sharing this GIFT LINK so people can’t say they didn’t know what’s been happening in our name.
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U.S. deportees, freed from Salvadoran prison, describe ‘horror movie’
Three Venezuelans, released last week from the Terrorism Confinement Center, said they were repeatedly beaten and denied access to lawyers.
wapo.st
July 23, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Sharing this GIFT LINK so people can’t say they didn’t know what’s been happening in our name.
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NEW: Indigenous activists opposed to Nevada’s Thacker Pass lithium mine have for years been surveilled by law enforcement agencies and the company behind the mine, records show.
“They treat us like we’re domestic terrorists,” an organizer said.
“They treat us like we’re domestic terrorists,” an organizer said.
“Under the Microscope”: Activists Opposing a Nevada Lithium Mine Were Surveilled for Years, Records Show
Law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, have collaborated with private security to surveil largely peaceful protesters opposed to the Thacker Pass mine, according to a ProPublica review of thousa...
www.propublica.org
July 23, 2025 at 1:01 PM
NEW: Indigenous activists opposed to Nevada’s Thacker Pass lithium mine have for years been surveilled by law enforcement agencies and the company behind the mine, records show.
“They treat us like we’re domestic terrorists,” an organizer said.
“They treat us like we’re domestic terrorists,” an organizer said.
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"In the letter, the signatories warned that National Science Foundation grants now underwent a 'covert and ideologically driven secondary review process'...”
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/s...
Amid Fear of Retaliation, N.S.F. Workers Sign Letter of Dissent
www.nytimes.com
July 23, 2025 at 1:29 AM
"In the letter, the signatories warned that National Science Foundation grants now underwent a 'covert and ideologically driven secondary review process'...”
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/s...
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There is a lot of partisan outrage over the Stephen Colbert cancellation and it seems pretty clear that it was a financial decision. Does it mean the end of late night TV as we know it? Yup. Expect to see Colbert in the podcast sphere next summer!
July 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
There is a lot of partisan outrage over the Stephen Colbert cancellation and it seems pretty clear that it was a financial decision. Does it mean the end of late night TV as we know it? Yup. Expect to see Colbert in the podcast sphere next summer!
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Talarico speaking on Rogan: I'm a Christian, and I think there is no more dangerous form of government than theocracy—because the only thing worse than a tyrant is a tyrant who thinks they’re on a mission from God.
July 18, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Talarico speaking on Rogan: I'm a Christian, and I think there is no more dangerous form of government than theocracy—because the only thing worse than a tyrant is a tyrant who thinks they’re on a mission from God.
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JUST IN: President Donald Trump is diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency, a common condition impacting the veins in his legs, the White House says. cnn.it/4o9mPAK
July 17, 2025 at 7:16 PM
JUST IN: President Donald Trump is diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency, a common condition impacting the veins in his legs, the White House says. cnn.it/4o9mPAK