12thburkey
@12thburkey.bsky.social
Freedom is a pure idea, it happens spontaneously. Tyranny requires constant effort. Oppression is the mask of fear. Rebellions are made of hope. (Andor) LGBTQ+ 🌈🇨🇦🇺🇸💙
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Do you want to know why Michelle Obama won’t run for president?
Here it is, and she’s not wrong…
Here it is, and she’s not wrong…
This is why we’re in the situation we’re in and dems like @thebulwark.com and @podsaveamerica.crooked.com etc need to take a long hard look at themselves and understand the truth in her words.
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Black Women Are always under attack. That tells you we are the blueprint. #BlackSky #AcademicSky #STEMSky #PHDSky themogulsocialworker on TikTok
November 21, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Black Women Are always under attack. That tells you we are the blueprint. #BlackSky #AcademicSky #STEMSky #PHDSky themogulsocialworker on TikTok
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Apple CEO Tim Cook used to quote MLK and fight for human rights. Today he dines at the White House with MBS, who ordered the death of a journalist. What happened to you, Tim?
November 20, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Apple CEO Tim Cook used to quote MLK and fight for human rights. Today he dines at the White House with MBS, who ordered the death of a journalist. What happened to you, Tim?
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It’s been tough for Canada- our neighbour and former best friend attacked our economy with tariffs and our sovereignty with illegal threats of annexation.
Thanks Prime Minister Carney for the constant good news and thanks to those sharing this news - goodness knows we need this.
#Canada
Thanks Prime Minister Carney for the constant good news and thanks to those sharing this news - goodness knows we need this.
#Canada
November 21, 2025 at 12:03 PM
It’s been tough for Canada- our neighbour and former best friend attacked our economy with tariffs and our sovereignty with illegal threats of annexation.
Thanks Prime Minister Carney for the constant good news and thanks to those sharing this news - goodness knows we need this.
#Canada
Thanks Prime Minister Carney for the constant good news and thanks to those sharing this news - goodness knows we need this.
#Canada
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Whaddaya know? Turns out players don’t actually agree the latest CBA proposal is a “highly lucrative package designed to bring negotiations to a quick conclusion.”
Rather “The WNBPA does not see the WNBA's latest collective bargaining agreement proposal as something that moves negotiations forward.”
Rather “The WNBPA does not see the WNBA's latest collective bargaining agreement proposal as something that moves negotiations forward.”
November 21, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Whaddaya know? Turns out players don’t actually agree the latest CBA proposal is a “highly lucrative package designed to bring negotiations to a quick conclusion.”
Rather “The WNBPA does not see the WNBA's latest collective bargaining agreement proposal as something that moves negotiations forward.”
Rather “The WNBPA does not see the WNBA's latest collective bargaining agreement proposal as something that moves negotiations forward.”
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The WNBPA wants our help!
WNBA Players Deserve a Higher Salary and Better Working Conditions
Last October, WNBA players opted out of their 2020 collective bargaining agreement to demand higher salaries, a more mature revenue share system, better working conditions and improved player benefits...
actionnetwork.org
November 20, 2025 at 10:16 PM
The WNBPA wants our help!
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A heartwrenching story of a woman’s 14-year-old son performing CPR as she died at home after being denied an abortion.
Abortion bans kill. Tierra Walker should have been offered full reproductive care. JJ should still have his mother.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
Abortion bans kill. Tierra Walker should have been offered full reproductive care. JJ should still have his mother.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 6:10 PM
A heartwrenching story of a woman’s 14-year-old son performing CPR as she died at home after being denied an abortion.
Abortion bans kill. Tierra Walker should have been offered full reproductive care. JJ should still have his mother.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
Abortion bans kill. Tierra Walker should have been offered full reproductive care. JJ should still have his mother.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
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“If you’re quiet now, you would’ve been quiet in 1940.”
November 20, 2025 at 4:44 AM
“If you’re quiet now, you would’ve been quiet in 1940.”
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Everyone’s favorite sports economist is back! And he even did the math for us.
“So, if this offer was accepted the WNBA players would be getting a “substantial” increase in pay from less than 7% of revenue to only 17% of revenue.”
“So, if this offer was accepted the WNBA players would be getting a “substantial” increase in pay from less than 7% of revenue to only 17% of revenue.”
The NBA's latest offer to the WNBA players is "highly lucrative". For the NBA owners!!
Really... this deal promises to make the NBA owners millions!!
wagesofwins.substack.com/p/highly-luc...
Really... this deal promises to make the NBA owners millions!!
wagesofwins.substack.com/p/highly-luc...
Highly Lucrative for the NBA!
The latest offer to the WNBA players is a great deal for the owners of the NBA!
wagesofwins.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Everyone’s favorite sports economist is back! And he even did the math for us.
“So, if this offer was accepted the WNBA players would be getting a “substantial” increase in pay from less than 7% of revenue to only 17% of revenue.”
“So, if this offer was accepted the WNBA players would be getting a “substantial” increase in pay from less than 7% of revenue to only 17% of revenue.”
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Don’t give up the ship.
We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
November 19, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Don’t give up the ship.
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Former VP @kamalaharris.com sits down with @timmiller.bsky.social in Nashville to discuss the state of American democracy.
Catch the full interview tomorrow on the Bulwark Podcast.
Catch the full interview tomorrow on the Bulwark Podcast.
November 19, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Former VP @kamalaharris.com sits down with @timmiller.bsky.social in Nashville to discuss the state of American democracy.
Catch the full interview tomorrow on the Bulwark Podcast.
Catch the full interview tomorrow on the Bulwark Podcast.
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
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This is what I think the WNBA players should hold out for. Or something like this.
If WNBA players were to get 50% of of revenue it is estimated that would be about $250,000,000 in 2026, so that could mean (for example): 14 players per team, team salary cap set around $16.7 mil, max salary of $2 mil, vet min of $700,000 and rookie scale starting at $500,000 for 3rd round picks.
November 19, 2025 at 3:09 AM
This is what I think the WNBA players should hold out for. Or something like this.
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Hmm, sounds like the league is working overtime to control the narrative on this CBA offer.
“People familiar with the WNBA’s latest proposal described the plan as a highly lucrative package providing substantial increases over prior years and designed to bring negotiations to a quick conclusion.”
“People familiar with the WNBA’s latest proposal described the plan as a highly lucrative package providing substantial increases over prior years and designed to bring negotiations to a quick conclusion.”
November 19, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Hmm, sounds like the league is working overtime to control the narrative on this CBA offer.
“People familiar with the WNBA’s latest proposal described the plan as a highly lucrative package providing substantial increases over prior years and designed to bring negotiations to a quick conclusion.”
“People familiar with the WNBA’s latest proposal described the plan as a highly lucrative package providing substantial increases over prior years and designed to bring negotiations to a quick conclusion.”
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A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination
Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
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Khanna: "There should be no buildings named after people in this Epstein class. There should be no scholarships named after them. They shouldn't be enjoying perks of being affiliated w/ corporations or universities. Many of the survivors will tell you some of these people still are celebrated"
November 18, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Khanna: "There should be no buildings named after people in this Epstein class. There should be no scholarships named after them. They shouldn't be enjoying perks of being affiliated w/ corporations or universities. Many of the survivors will tell you some of these people still are celebrated"
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Massie: "There are a thousand survivors. They can't open enough investigations to cover up everything that's in these files."
November 18, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Massie: "There are a thousand survivors. They can't open enough investigations to cover up everything that's in these files."
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So you mistakenly dismembered a journalist?
MBS claims the murder of Khashoggi was "a huge mistake and we're our doing our best that this doesn't happen again."
November 18, 2025 at 6:12 PM
So you mistakenly dismembered a journalist?
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mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
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This is the kind of political theatre Canadians are having to deal with. 😡
November 18, 2025 at 3:44 AM
This is the kind of political theatre Canadians are having to deal with. 😡
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If this picture was of Obama, you know @FoxNews would do three weeks solid on why the flag was on the ground.
At least three weeks
At least three weeks
November 18, 2025 at 2:00 AM
If this picture was of Obama, you know @FoxNews would do three weeks solid on why the flag was on the ground.
At least three weeks
At least three weeks
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For @msmagazine.com, I wrote about the WNBA and the issue of pay equity. By the time the WNBA was only two seasons in (1999-2000) the average NBA salary was 58 times higher than the average WNBA salary. Twenty-six years later, the gap has jumped to 116 times higher.
Calling Foul: Breaking Down WNBA Pay and Why It Matters
Breaking Down WNBA Pay for Women Athletes and Why It Matters: a case study in systemic undervaluing of women’s work
msmagazine.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:57 PM
For @msmagazine.com, I wrote about the WNBA and the issue of pay equity. By the time the WNBA was only two seasons in (1999-2000) the average NBA salary was 58 times higher than the average WNBA salary. Twenty-six years later, the gap has jumped to 116 times higher.
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"When did pedophilia become a partisan issue?" - James Talarico (D-TX)
November 16, 2025 at 11:40 PM
"When did pedophilia become a partisan issue?" - James Talarico (D-TX)
