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thebulwark.com
"This is deadly serious."

@saletan.bsky.social digs in on how big a threat Trump's war on free speech is
September 25, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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nicknehamas.bsky.social
NEW: Social Security’s chief data officer, Charles Borges, has resigned, three days after submitting a whistle-blower complaint that alleged members of DOGE had uploaded the confidential personal information of hundreds of millions of Americans to an insecure cloud server.
August 29, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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johnbrownstan.bsky.social
Our country has some problems that, taking the law at face value and refusing to engage in chicanery, require constitutional amendments to fix. But this is absolutely not one of them.
August 3, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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adamparkhomenko.bsky.social
Ocean Beach per SFGate.com drone footage
June 15, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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sdonziger.bsky.social
🧵: One of the most inspiring medical doctors in the U.S. @rupamarya.bsky.social just sued the hell out of the largest hospital system in San Francisco for violating her free speech rights after she condemned Israel over its atrocities in Gaza. This is a major test for free speech & academic freedom.
June 8, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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adamkinzinger.substack.com
Big point that is being missed: without the insurrection act, the activated Guard troops are now federal army and cannot
Do law enforcement.

Period
June 8, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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victoryrenfrew.bsky.social
www.wsj.com/video/series...
Video Investigation: Proud Boys Were Key Instigators in Capitol Riot
The Proud Boys, a far-right group, have tried to downplay their role in the Capitol riot. A WSJ investigation in 2021 showed that at many of the day’s key moments, Proud Boys were at the forefront. Il...
www.wsj.com
June 3, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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raders.bsky.social
Today, the CA Senate will vote on a huge housing bill: @scottwiener.bsky.social’s #SB79. Before the vote, legislators should take a walk—because the City of Sacramento has done a lot of it locally, and it’s going great! @evancragin.bsky.social & me in @sacbee.com www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-e...
Legislators should look to Sacramento as a test case on housing reform | Opinion
“Our infill and transit-oriented housing strategy is working extremely well for Sacramento’s affordability and climate goals.”
www.sacbee.com
June 3, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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atrupar.com
WELKER: Your secretary of state says everyone who's here, citizens and non-citizens, deserve due process. Do you agree?

TRUMP: I don't know. I'm not a lawyer. I don't know.

WELKER: Don't you need to uphold the Constitution?

TRUMP: I don't know
May 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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karlaarcher.bsky.social
This is someone who has a better grasp of who Elon is👇🏼
December 20, 2024 at 11:12 PM
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mollyjongfast.bsky.social
This is really bad

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/15/b...
December 16, 2024 at 2:43 AM
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tribelaw.bsky.social
Letting a president “combine with one house of Congress to suppress the other in a regular session would undermine the legislative branch’s ability to check the executive.” It would make presidents all-powerful.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | How a long-ago fight over a dormant constitutional weapon echoes today
Controversies over presidential power and recessing Congress aren’t new. See: Andrew Jackson.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 16, 2024 at 8:11 PM
Not surprising but important to have evidence

www.ama.org/2024/12/09/s...
Study: Republicans Respond to Political Polarization by Spreading Misinformation, Democrats Don't
This Journal of Marketing study finds Republicans react to political polarization by sharing misinformation. The study calls for stronger fact-checking, media literacy education, and less polarizing r...
www.ama.org
December 11, 2024 at 11:11 PM
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mcuban.bsky.social
If we all find 100 posts to like every day, engagement and good will on @bsky.app grows exponentially.

Is it worth a few minutes to make the platform stronger ?
December 10, 2024 at 2:11 PM
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gtconway.bsky.social
maybe we’ve tricked him
December 10, 2024 at 12:57 AM
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georgetakei.bsky.social
This is the energy we will need!!
December 3, 2024 at 9:02 PM
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radiofreetom.bsky.social
My piece on Patel is up. (Gifted here. Thanks, Bluesky folks.)
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Kash Patel Principle
Trump’s choice for FBI director speaks volumes about his real second-term agenda
www.theatlantic.com
December 1, 2024 at 3:07 AM
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radiofreetom.bsky.social
Read this story - which is bonkers in places - about Patel from my colleague @epcalabro.bsky.social

www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
The Man Who Will Do Anything for Trump
Why Kash Patel is exactly the kind of person who would serve in a second Trump administration
www.theatlantic.com
December 1, 2024 at 5:29 AM
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nickknudsenus.bsky.social
Just a reminder that land doesn’t vote.

People do.
December 1, 2024 at 12:56 PM
I’ve never been, nor will I ever be someone’s bitch. I’ll never understand this aspect of MAGA
November 29, 2024 at 7:28 AM
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boricuabc2.bsky.social
FACT right here:

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November 26, 2024 at 1:38 PM
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timothysnyder.bsky.social
Quite a few Americans like the idea of strongman rule. Essential to it is the idea that a strongman will be your strongman. He won't.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-strong...
The Strongman Fantasy (updated 11/24)
And dictatorship in real life
snyder.substack.com
November 27, 2024 at 5:09 PM