Pinned
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“Spyware manufacturers that participate in the persecution of journalists shouldn’t be able to operate with impunity,” said @knightcolumbia.org's @carriedecell.bsky.social.
Appeals Court Revives Journalists’ Case Against Spyware Manufacturer NSO Group
knightcolumbia.org
July 10, 2025 at 8:46 PM
“Spyware manufacturers that participate in the persecution of journalists shouldn’t be able to operate with impunity,” said @knightcolumbia.org's @carriedecell.bsky.social.
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After first being teased back in May, Alberta's new school library standards are here.
An outright ban on "sexually explicit" books from school libraries, restrictions on "non-explicit sexual content" for student under Grade 10 ... plus a lot more.
@melwoods.me breaks down what you need to know.
An outright ban on "sexually explicit" books from school libraries, restrictions on "non-explicit sexual content" for student under Grade 10 ... plus a lot more.
@melwoods.me breaks down what you need to know.
New Alberta school library standards ban ‘sexually explicit’ books | Xtra Magazine
After previously flagging several LGBTQ2S+ titles as “inappropriate,” the province says schools must removed “sexually explicit” books by Oct. 1
xtramagazine.com
July 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
After first being teased back in May, Alberta's new school library standards are here.
An outright ban on "sexually explicit" books from school libraries, restrictions on "non-explicit sexual content" for student under Grade 10 ... plus a lot more.
@melwoods.me breaks down what you need to know.
An outright ban on "sexually explicit" books from school libraries, restrictions on "non-explicit sexual content" for student under Grade 10 ... plus a lot more.
@melwoods.me breaks down what you need to know.
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“At stake is nearly $20 billion to fight climate change.”
What on earth is going on with the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund? Let @emilypont.bsky.social walk you through the latest developments.
What on earth is going on with the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund? Let @emilypont.bsky.social walk you through the latest developments.
EPA Claims Congress Killed the Green Bank
The saga of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund takes another turn.
heatmap.news
July 10, 2025 at 8:50 PM
“At stake is nearly $20 billion to fight climate change.”
What on earth is going on with the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund? Let @emilypont.bsky.social walk you through the latest developments.
What on earth is going on with the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund? Let @emilypont.bsky.social walk you through the latest developments.
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NDAs used to gag victims of abuse are set to be banned in the UK. Zelda Perkins explains why this is a global turning point.
Zelda Perkins, Harvey Weinstein's ex-assistant, applauds UK's proposed NDA ban
www.bigissue.com
July 10, 2025 at 8:51 PM
NDAs used to gag victims of abuse are set to be banned in the UK. Zelda Perkins explains why this is a global turning point.
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⚡️Trump to send weapons to Ukraine for first time via presidential power, sources tell Reuters.
Until now, the Trump administration's military aid to Ukraine had only consisted of weapons authorized by former President Joe Biden.
Until now, the Trump administration's military aid to Ukraine had only consisted of weapons authorized by former President Joe Biden.
Trump to send weapons to Ukraine for first time via presidential power, sources tell Reuters
Until now, the Trump administration's military aid to Ukraine had only consisted of weapons authorized by former President Joe Biden. The Presidential Drawdown Authority allows the president to direct...
kyivindependent.com
July 10, 2025 at 8:52 PM
⚡️Trump to send weapons to Ukraine for first time via presidential power, sources tell Reuters.
Until now, the Trump administration's military aid to Ukraine had only consisted of weapons authorized by former President Joe Biden.
Until now, the Trump administration's military aid to Ukraine had only consisted of weapons authorized by former President Joe Biden.
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When Gov. Gavin Newsom last week signed the biggest effort in years to undo red tape for housing development, he singled out one group for credit. cal.news/44DtM45
📸 Camille Cohen
📸 Camille Cohen
July 10, 2025 at 8:54 PM
When Gov. Gavin Newsom last week signed the biggest effort in years to undo red tape for housing development, he singled out one group for credit. cal.news/44DtM45
📸 Camille Cohen
📸 Camille Cohen
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Cartoon: Terms for our times
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July 9, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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From one who gets physically ill looking at the barren landscape that passes for the Fourth Estate in these here fucked up United States of America:
If you aren't reading @gregpalast.bsky.social, you're missing some of the best journalism on the planet today.
No hyperbole.
www.gregpalast.com
If you aren't reading @gregpalast.bsky.social, you're missing some of the best journalism on the planet today.
No hyperbole.
www.gregpalast.com
Greg Palast
Greg Palast is known for his investigative reports for The Guardian, BBC Television, Rolling Stone and his string of New York Times bestsellers.
www.gregpalast.com
July 9, 2025 at 1:22 PM
From one who gets physically ill looking at the barren landscape that passes for the Fourth Estate in these here fucked up United States of America:
If you aren't reading @gregpalast.bsky.social, you're missing some of the best journalism on the planet today.
No hyperbole.
www.gregpalast.com
If you aren't reading @gregpalast.bsky.social, you're missing some of the best journalism on the planet today.
No hyperbole.
www.gregpalast.com
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"There are no other providers who can fill the gap if the ‘defunding’ of Planned Parenthood is allowed to stand. The fight is just beginning, and we look forward to our day in court."
Court swiftly halts Trump administration's one-year Planned Parenthood funding ban | Arizona Mirror
The federal government cannot withhold Medicaid funding from Planned Parenthood for at least the next two weeks, after a district court judge issued a temporary restraining order the same day the orga...
azmirror.com
July 8, 2025 at 5:52 PM
"There are no other providers who can fill the gap if the ‘defunding’ of Planned Parenthood is allowed to stand. The fight is just beginning, and we look forward to our day in court."
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President Donald Trump said he's imposing a new 50% tariff on all copper. However, it's unclear when the new tariff would take effect. cnn.it/4lmLEas
July 8, 2025 at 5:56 PM
President Donald Trump said he's imposing a new 50% tariff on all copper. However, it's unclear when the new tariff would take effect. cnn.it/4lmLEas
Lawrence O'Donnell Calls Out Melania Trump's Immigration Status
www.thedailypoliticususa.com/p/lawrence-o...
www.thedailypoliticususa.com/p/lawrence-o...
Lawrence O'Donnell Calls Out Melania Trump's Immigration Status
Lawrence O'Donnell said that people are being arrested and deported for using the same way that Melania Trump came into the United States.
www.thedailypoliticususa.com
July 8, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Lawrence O'Donnell Calls Out Melania Trump's Immigration Status
www.thedailypoliticususa.com/p/lawrence-o...
www.thedailypoliticususa.com/p/lawrence-o...
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Yes, authoritarian regimes curtail civil liberties and target supposed enemies of the state. But they share one more endemic characteristic: Their leaders enrich their already rich friends—and most of all, themselves and their families. https://trib.al/eLWApMJ
Donald Trump’s Dirty Self-Dealing: The Audacity of His Rapacity
The first term was historically corrupt. But this time Trump has grabbed billions already—and by the time he’s done, he may make off with tens of billions.
trib.al
July 5, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Yes, authoritarian regimes curtail civil liberties and target supposed enemies of the state. But they share one more endemic characteristic: Their leaders enrich their already rich friends—and most of all, themselves and their families. https://trib.al/eLWApMJ
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Letter: All of this happened in the 1930s. And we know how that ended.
Letter: All of this happened in the 1930s. And we know how that ended.
Letter: All of this happened in the 1930s. And we know how that ended.
www.sltrib.com
July 5, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Letter: All of this happened in the 1930s. And we know how that ended.
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The Plus Pool, New York City's version of Springfield's monorail, was given a huge boost by Governor Kathy Hochul in 2024 when she gave the project $12 million and said it would open in 2025. BUT LO AND BEHOLD, it is now going to open a (very tiny) section in 2027.
The Plus Pool Is Delayed to 2027, Also Is Now Shaped Like a Minus Sign
Plus Pool adds 2 years to opening date, subtracts 3 Pools.
hellgatenyc.com
July 5, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The Plus Pool, New York City's version of Springfield's monorail, was given a huge boost by Governor Kathy Hochul in 2024 when she gave the project $12 million and said it would open in 2025. BUT LO AND BEHOLD, it is now going to open a (very tiny) section in 2027.
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SCOTUS’s recent ruling restricted one of the most effective tools for challenging Trump’s unconstitutional policies. But legal experts say other, slower paths still exist. Here’s how advocates are adjusting.
www.democracydocket.com/analysis/sup...
www.democracydocket.com/analysis/sup...
Explained: Where SCOTUS' Nationwide Injunctions Ruling Leaves the Cases Against Trump
Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.
www.democracydocket.com
July 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
SCOTUS’s recent ruling restricted one of the most effective tools for challenging Trump’s unconstitutional policies. But legal experts say other, slower paths still exist. Here’s how advocates are adjusting.
www.democracydocket.com/analysis/sup...
www.democracydocket.com/analysis/sup...
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Can’t believe we as a society are allowing LITERAL DEATH CAMPS for brown people and political opponents like it’s no big deal. We need to get out there IN PERSON AND PUT A STOP TO IT
July 5, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Can’t believe we as a society are allowing LITERAL DEATH CAMPS for brown people and political opponents like it’s no big deal. We need to get out there IN PERSON AND PUT A STOP TO IT
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If the DNC had any nerve, they'd put up billboards with a picture of Trump and the words "Alligator Auschwitz".
July 5, 2025 at 7:39 PM
If the DNC had any nerve, they'd put up billboards with a picture of Trump and the words "Alligator Auschwitz".
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At the newly constructed ICE detention camp in the Everglades, mosquitoes and hurricanes are more likely to harm the expected 3,000-plus detainees and 100-member staff than are alligators and Burmese pythons. wapo.st/3Gk9eW9
July 5, 2025 at 7:36 PM
At the newly constructed ICE detention camp in the Everglades, mosquitoes and hurricanes are more likely to harm the expected 3,000-plus detainees and 100-member staff than are alligators and Burmese pythons. wapo.st/3Gk9eW9
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Inside the Freedom Caucus’ final surrender.
Inside the Freedom Caucus’ final surrender
Thursday's megabill vote cemented the hard-liners' reputation for capitulation.
www.politico.com
July 3, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Inside the Freedom Caucus’ final surrender.
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Alligator Alcatraz is more than a prison. It’s a demonstration project.
Read the latest from @therickwilson.bsky.social :
Read the latest from @therickwilson.bsky.social :
Build Alligator Alcatraz: A Modest Proposal
Come for the cruelty...stay for the...well, you'll see.
therickwilson.substack.com
July 3, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Alligator Alcatraz is more than a prison. It’s a demonstration project.
Read the latest from @therickwilson.bsky.social :
Read the latest from @therickwilson.bsky.social :
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The first in a long list of rural hospitals closing due to Trump's bill. This hospital is in Don Bacon's district.
He voted for Trump's bill this week, and he voted for this. nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/news/news...
He voted for Trump's bill this week, and he voted for this. nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/news/news...
Southwest Nebraska hospital announces plans to close, blames uncertainty over funding
Community Hospital in McCook announced Wednesday that it will close Curtis Medical Center in Curtis, winding down its services over the next several months.
nebraskapublicmedia.org
July 3, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The first in a long list of rural hospitals closing due to Trump's bill. This hospital is in Don Bacon's district.
He voted for Trump's bill this week, and he voted for this. nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/news/news...
He voted for Trump's bill this week, and he voted for this. nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/news/news...
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This is what oligarchy looks like. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRNl...
Golden Circle
YouTube video by The Lincoln Project
www.youtube.com
July 3, 2025 at 12:00 PM
This is what oligarchy looks like. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRNl...
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Katherine Legge is set to make Chicago Street Race debut on Sunday in her first NASCAR Cup Series. Legge is the first female driver since Danica Patrick in 2018.
https://trib.al/x6WfnqE
https://trib.al/x6WfnqE
Katherine Legge set to make Chicago Street Race debut
“It's bringing racing to the people, right?” Legge said. “They can literally watch the car go by their faces, so it's a whole different animal. You have to be precise. You've got concrete walls.The atmosphere is the most unique thing about street-course racing.”
trib.al
July 3, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Katherine Legge is set to make Chicago Street Race debut on Sunday in her first NASCAR Cup Series. Legge is the first female driver since Danica Patrick in 2018.
https://trib.al/x6WfnqE
https://trib.al/x6WfnqE
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Kansans lament passage of Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ | via @crazeywriter.bsky.social #ksleg
Kansans lament passage of Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ • Kansas Reflector
Trump’s spending and tax cut bill, which will add billions to the country’s budget, generated a tidal wave of predictions.
kansasreflector.com
July 3, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Kansans lament passage of Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ | via @crazeywriter.bsky.social #ksleg
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The bill will strip close to one trillion dollars from federal Medicaid funding across a decade—an attack expected to cause tens of thousands of preventable deaths each year, disproportionately affecting the disabled community.
Disability advocates tell @juliametraux.bsky.social what this means 🧵
Disability advocates tell @juliametraux.bsky.social what this means 🧵
"An absolute moral failure": Disability advocates react to Trump's Medicaid cuts
"At the end of the day, this Congress lacks the courage to do the right thing."
www.motherjones.com
July 3, 2025 at 8:17 PM
The bill will strip close to one trillion dollars from federal Medicaid funding across a decade—an attack expected to cause tens of thousands of preventable deaths each year, disproportionately affecting the disabled community.
Disability advocates tell @juliametraux.bsky.social what this means 🧵
Disability advocates tell @juliametraux.bsky.social what this means 🧵