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@freedomsutra.bsky.social
O’Brien: How does one man assert his power over another, Winston?
Winston: By making him suffer.
1984, George Orwell
Winston: By making him suffer.
1984, George Orwell
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Roman Surovtsev was prompt in picking up his two daughters from school every afternoon.
It’s important to him to be there for his smiley 3- and 5-year-old girls, peppering them with questions about what they learned and who they played with.
It’s important to him to be there for his smiley 3- and 5-year-old girls, peppering them with questions about what they learned and who they played with.
Former Soviet Union refugee in the US has been detained and is facing deportation to Ukraine | CNN
Roman Surovtsev was prompt in picking up his two daughters from school every afternoon.
www.cnn.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Roman Surovtsev was prompt in picking up his two daughters from school every afternoon.
It’s important to him to be there for his smiley 3- and 5-year-old girls, peppering them with questions about what they learned and who they played with.
It’s important to him to be there for his smiley 3- and 5-year-old girls, peppering them with questions about what they learned and who they played with.
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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"It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 members of the United States Senate over $1,000,000 a piece and we are robbing people of their food assistance and healthcare to pay for it. How is this even on the floor!?"
Rep. AOC
Rep. AOC
November 12, 2025 at 11:26 PM
"It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 members of the United States Senate over $1,000,000 a piece and we are robbing people of their food assistance and healthcare to pay for it. How is this even on the floor!?"
Rep. AOC
Rep. AOC
Man, every single member of the Trump regime should die painful deaths. Even if it is means waiting for decades.
"They will kill me in Iran. Please don’t send me back." For decades, Iranians fleeing persecution have found protection in the U.S. But this fall, the Trump administration deported a planeload of people to Iran after making a deal with Tehran. nyti.ms/3JRCLYR
‘It Feels Like I’m in a Nightmare’: Inside the First Deportation Flight to Iran
For decades, Iranians fleeing persecution have found protection in the United States. But this fall, the Trump administration deported a planeload of people to Iran after making a deal with Tehran.
nyti.ms
November 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Man, every single member of the Trump regime should die painful deaths. Even if it is means waiting for decades.
@democrats.org this is for you. Are you paying attention to what your base feels?
"It may not be much comfort for those bitter about what they see as a needless surrender. But there’s at least a chance that we’ll look back at this moment as a key turning point, one that produced a Democratic Party less willing to live on its knees." — @paulwaldman.bsky.social
Cue the rebellion
The Democratic base is enraged at their party's capitulation — and that's a good thing.
www.publicnotice.co
November 11, 2025 at 5:13 PM
@democrats.org this is for you. Are you paying attention to what your base feels?
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@TheRickWilson : "The Republicans cannot believe their luck. They get to end the shutdown, blame it on Democrats, and go back to the MAGA base and say, “We killed Obamacare at last!”" https://open.substack.com/pub/therickwilson/p/schumer-and-the-hateful-eight-betray?r=2lckc&utm_medium=ios
Schumer and the Hateful Eight Betray America
A new low for the Democratic Senate
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
@TheRickWilson : "The Republicans cannot believe their luck. They get to end the shutdown, blame it on Democrats, and go back to the MAGA base and say, “We killed Obamacare at last!”" https://open.substack.com/pub/therickwilson/p/schumer-and-the-hateful-eight-betray?r=2lckc&utm_medium=ios
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BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Remember when they said the reason they caved in March was so they could get a better deal in September lmao
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Remember when they said the reason they caved in March was so they could get a better deal in September lmao
A picture that captures my state of mind right now perfectly. Wish had the energy to add the quisling 8 and @schumer.senate.gov to this pic!
November 10, 2025 at 6:56 AM
A picture that captures my state of mind right now perfectly. Wish had the energy to add the quisling 8 and @schumer.senate.gov to this pic!
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Every single person in Little Village fighting ICE/BP this week, each one of those people had more courage than the entire party leadership put together. Every single person in the street resisting in LA, Portland, Chicago, they're ALL showing more backbone than useless top tiers of Dem apparatus
I keep seeing regular Americans taking more risks every day to fight tyranny, want, and cynicism than I see from the opposition party, and I imagine many of those regular Americans are asking themselves what the value proposition of such an opposition party is, really
November 10, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Every single person in Little Village fighting ICE/BP this week, each one of those people had more courage than the entire party leadership put together. Every single person in the street resisting in LA, Portland, Chicago, they're ALL showing more backbone than useless top tiers of Dem apparatus
Go to hell @schumer.senate.gov
President Trump has issued pardons for Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, Mark Meadows, Christina Bobb, Boris Epshteyn, and dozens of GOP electors and others tied to efforts to overturn the 2020 election, according to pardon attorney Ed Martin.
November 10, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Go to hell @schumer.senate.gov
I am so jealous of Americans skeeting about sports tonight.
November 10, 2025 at 6:14 AM
I am so jealous of Americans skeeting about sports tonight.
If #ACA subsidies are not passed, approximately 22 MILLION people who currently have Marketplace coverage cld see an UNAFFORDABLE spikes in their premium. Dems sold the American ppl. to the fascist regime. Truly an inflection point.
November 10, 2025 at 4:52 AM
If #ACA subsidies are not passed, approximately 22 MILLION people who currently have Marketplace coverage cld see an UNAFFORDABLE spikes in their premium. Dems sold the American ppl. to the fascist regime. Truly an inflection point.
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"Using Grok is like believing what your farting uncle says at Christmas" - Stewart Lee
Elon Musk’s AI chatbot is so drunkenly, transparently biased, it would be funny – but it's a mortal threat to democracy.
"Basically, Musk’s AI service has been programmed to be as much of an arsehole as he is."
Elon Musk’s AI chatbot is so drunkenly, transparently biased, it would be funny – but it's a mortal threat to democracy.
"Basically, Musk’s AI service has been programmed to be as much of an arsehole as he is."
Stewart Lee: Using Grok is like believing what your farting uncle says at Christmas
Elon Musk’s AI service is so drunkenly, transparently biased that it would be funny – if it weren’t a mortal threat to democracy
www.thenerve.news
November 9, 2025 at 5:56 AM
"Using Grok is like believing what your farting uncle says at Christmas" - Stewart Lee
Elon Musk’s AI chatbot is so drunkenly, transparently biased, it would be funny – but it's a mortal threat to democracy.
"Basically, Musk’s AI service has been programmed to be as much of an arsehole as he is."
Elon Musk’s AI chatbot is so drunkenly, transparently biased, it would be funny – but it's a mortal threat to democracy.
"Basically, Musk’s AI service has been programmed to be as much of an arsehole as he is."
@washingtonpost.com had gone full fascist!
November 9, 2025 at 6:59 PM
@washingtonpost.com had gone full fascist!
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It is the responsibility of all of us to return the nation to a path that is morally sustainable.
Trump is threatening the basic needs of poor Americans. How low he has sunk | Robert Reich
The president has put Snap benefits in jeopardy amid a fight over Medicaid. The nation has lost its moral authority
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM
It is the responsibility of all of us to return the nation to a path that is morally sustainable.
TRIGGER WARNING. 40 of the men sent to an El Salvadoran prison without due process, speaks up.
Our reporters interviewed 40 of the men the Trump administration sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador: They described being beaten, sexually assaulted by guards and driven to the brink of suicide. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:43 AM
TRIGGER WARNING. 40 of the men sent to an El Salvadoran prison without due process, speaks up.
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A teenager’s survival in 1945 is the guidebook for how citizens resist authoritarian power in 2025.👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:43 AM
A teenager’s survival in 1945 is the guidebook for how citizens resist authoritarian power in 2025.👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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As I mentioned at my talk today for the @stanfordaaup.bsky.social teach-in, over 4,500 federal grants have been terminated at over 600 institutions. Those grants are valued at~$8B, with ~$3.5B being stolen from universities when those grants were terminated. The type of grants terminated varies +
November 7, 2025 at 9:18 PM
As I mentioned at my talk today for the @stanfordaaup.bsky.social teach-in, over 4,500 federal grants have been terminated at over 600 institutions. Those grants are valued at~$8B, with ~$3.5B being stolen from universities when those grants were terminated. The type of grants terminated varies +
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So Elon Musk came in after a rigged election with a fully illegitimate DOGE, dismantled our government, stole our money, sold our data, gave himself government contracts, and now he’ll become a trillionaire. See how that works?
November 7, 2025 at 11:54 PM
So Elon Musk came in after a rigged election with a fully illegitimate DOGE, dismantled our government, stole our money, sold our data, gave himself government contracts, and now he’ll become a trillionaire. See how that works?
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This is an all hands on deck moment to save health care.
If you got a notice this month that your health insurance premium is going up by $500 or maybe even $1,000, send me your story: www.warren.senate.gov/health-care-...
If you got a notice this month that your health insurance premium is going up by $500 or maybe even $1,000, send me your story: www.warren.senate.gov/health-care-...
Is Your Health Care Premium Going Up? Share Your Story | U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts
The Official U.S. Senate website of Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts
www.warren.senate.gov
November 8, 2025 at 3:51 PM
This is an all hands on deck moment to save health care.
If you got a notice this month that your health insurance premium is going up by $500 or maybe even $1,000, send me your story: www.warren.senate.gov/health-care-...
If you got a notice this month that your health insurance premium is going up by $500 or maybe even $1,000, send me your story: www.warren.senate.gov/health-care-...
November 8, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Pets are a lifeline in these dark times.
November 8, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Pets are a lifeline in these dark times.
Q. In which country does nominal and basic food aid become such a Charlie Foxtrot?
Ans. USA
Ans. USA
Read about WHY Ketanji Brown Jackson stayed the SNAP order. Her move is probably the best solution for getting SNAP benefits approved quickly. open.substack.com/pub/stevevla...
190. SNAP WTF?
A very quick explainer on what (and why) Justice Jackson issued an "administrative stay" in the SNAP case late on Friday night, and on what's likely to happen next
open.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Q. In which country does nominal and basic food aid become such a Charlie Foxtrot?
Ans. USA
Ans. USA