Plushie Seagull
@coifdujour.bsky.social
The rubber chicken of the family.
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Among academics, political scientists rank up there with economists as those most likely to kiss the toes of power, most likely to wear suits, most likely to talk about the politicians they know, and least likely to ripple the waters with visible #dissent. [1/4]
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...
Opinion | No One Has Ever Defeated Autocracy From the Sidelines
www.nytimes.com
May 8, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Among academics, political scientists rank up there with economists as those most likely to kiss the toes of power, most likely to wear suits, most likely to talk about the politicians they know, and least likely to ripple the waters with visible #dissent. [1/4]
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...
🫡 Alberto Carvalho
April 18, 2025 at 2:20 AM
🫡 Alberto Carvalho
...and my wife's.
April 6, 2025 at 12:36 AM
...and my wife's.
My humble contribution to today's protest in Brunswick.
April 6, 2025 at 12:27 AM
My humble contribution to today's protest in Brunswick.
They're already being punished. Must they be tortured too?
Bureau of Prisons to move trans inmates as early as next week www.npr.org/2025/02/21/n...
Bureau of Prisons to move trans inmates as early as next week www.npr.org/2025/02/21/n...
Federal prisons prep to move trans inmates as early as next week
The Bureau of Prisons is moving forward with plans to move transgender inmates out of prisons that align with their gender identity and into facilities that align with their assigned sex at birth.
www.npr.org
February 22, 2025 at 11:59 PM
They're already being punished. Must they be tortured too?
Bureau of Prisons to move trans inmates as early as next week www.npr.org/2025/02/21/n...
Bureau of Prisons to move trans inmates as early as next week www.npr.org/2025/02/21/n...
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👇🏻👇🏻
Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.
February 15, 2025 at 7:26 PM
👇🏻👇🏻
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Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.
February 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.
Channel the fear - we can still resist.
February 14, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Channel the fear - we can still resist.
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no no we don't say "empty carbs" anymore. the preferred term is "emotional support carbs"
February 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
no no we don't say "empty carbs" anymore. the preferred term is "emotional support carbs"
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“Despite the demands of Trump, Leavitt, and Big Brother, the AP is not changing their style to suit the whims of a would-be tinpot dictator. And by defying Trump, the AP has created a rallying point for other organizations and individuals to find their spines and defy him as well.”
The AP provides a model of effective press resistance
Credibility is more important than access.
www.publicnotice.co
February 14, 2025 at 3:44 PM
“Despite the demands of Trump, Leavitt, and Big Brother, the AP is not changing their style to suit the whims of a would-be tinpot dictator. And by defying Trump, the AP has created a rallying point for other organizations and individuals to find their spines and defy him as well.”
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The wonderful Mike Luckovich
February 11, 2025 at 8:53 PM
The wonderful Mike Luckovich
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This is just one of thousands of harrowing stories told about the U.S. Government abandoning Americans abroad in the USAID shutdown. This is Benghazi times a million. 1/
February 12, 2025 at 4:58 PM
This is just one of thousands of harrowing stories told about the U.S. Government abandoning Americans abroad in the USAID shutdown. This is Benghazi times a million. 1/
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Everyone should be pointing out what is happening at CFPB. There is zero argument to be made here that this is being done to provide taxpayer value. The agency's budget is minuscule, averaging like $600 million/year, yet it has obtained $20 billion in payments from corporations to Americans
Exclusive | Russell Vought Taking Over as New Acting Head of CFPB
Trump fired the CFPB’s Biden-era leader earlier this week, putting in place Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who froze the agency’s work.
www.wsj.com
February 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Everyone should be pointing out what is happening at CFPB. There is zero argument to be made here that this is being done to provide taxpayer value. The agency's budget is minuscule, averaging like $600 million/year, yet it has obtained $20 billion in payments from corporations to Americans
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This. A thousand times this.
February 7, 2025 at 10:13 PM
This. A thousand times this.
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I'll give the current administration this. Not until they came into office the first time did I ever read a court complaint in it's entirety. Comforting to read in black and white how bald-facedly illegal his stupidity is. The judicial branch can still hold its weight.
clearinghouse.net/doc/154677/
clearinghouse.net/doc/154677/
Complaint | Doe v. McHenry D.D.C. | Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse
Civil Rights Litigation Clearninghouse document Complaint of Doe v. McHenry
clearinghouse.net
February 9, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I'll give the current administration this. Not until they came into office the first time did I ever read a court complaint in it's entirety. Comforting to read in black and white how bald-facedly illegal his stupidity is. The judicial branch can still hold its weight.
clearinghouse.net/doc/154677/
clearinghouse.net/doc/154677/
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Anyone else feel right now like you’re in that dream where you see an absolute disaster coming and you’re trying to shout to the people around you to alert them so they can get to safety but no one can hear you no matter how hard you try? Do you feel like you’re in that dream? Anyone?
January 23, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Anyone else feel right now like you’re in that dream where you see an absolute disaster coming and you’re trying to shout to the people around you to alert them so they can get to safety but no one can hear you no matter how hard you try? Do you feel like you’re in that dream? Anyone?
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ADL: “awkward gesture.”
January 21, 2025 at 1:59 AM
ADL: “awkward gesture.”
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Remember, it’s not okay to talk about gun control after a mass shooting because that’s ’politicizing it.’
But it IS okay for conservatives to lie about a climate change catastrophe as it’s happening and blame it on ‘DEI.’
Hey, I don’t make up these rules. They do.
But it IS okay for conservatives to lie about a climate change catastrophe as it’s happening and blame it on ‘DEI.’
Hey, I don’t make up these rules. They do.
January 11, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Remember, it’s not okay to talk about gun control after a mass shooting because that’s ’politicizing it.’
But it IS okay for conservatives to lie about a climate change catastrophe as it’s happening and blame it on ‘DEI.’
Hey, I don’t make up these rules. They do.
But it IS okay for conservatives to lie about a climate change catastrophe as it’s happening and blame it on ‘DEI.’
Hey, I don’t make up these rules. They do.
Nancy Mace is bullshit.
November 22, 2024 at 1:52 AM
Nancy Mace is bullshit.
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Re-upping for Transgender Day of Remembrance.
November 21, 2024 at 1:34 AM
Re-upping for Transgender Day of Remembrance.
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each other, and we mustn’t blame the victims of discrimination, and the prejudice the other side has wielded, as the cause of our electoral defeat. Those who do so are cowards who cannot see the forest from the trees.
We must stand united. No exceptions. We must stand with the trans community. /end
We must stand united. No exceptions. We must stand with the trans community. /end
November 17, 2024 at 6:33 PM
each other, and we mustn’t blame the victims of discrimination, and the prejudice the other side has wielded, as the cause of our electoral defeat. Those who do so are cowards who cannot see the forest from the trees.
We must stand united. No exceptions. We must stand with the trans community. /end
We must stand united. No exceptions. We must stand with the trans community. /end