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@hrlatinam.bsky.social
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Interested in politics and human rights.
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thefred.bsky.social
This is Miller, btw. The boss does not know the word "seditious."
jakelahut.writes.news Jake Lahut @jakelahut.writes.news · 12h
This has escalated
November 20, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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proptermalone.bsky.social
Cook? *Cook* is starting to believe?
carlquintanilla.bsky.social Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4h
COOK POLITICAL: “.. Texas Democrats have the rare chance to take advantage of a potentially damaged GOP nominee next year and flip a Senate seat blue for the first time in nearly four decades.”

@cookpolitical.com #TXsen
www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/sen...
November 20, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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peggystuart.bsky.social
When Border Patrol showed up across Charlotte, parents and neighbors rushed to Berryhill to meet kids at the bus stop. They stood watch, linked arms, and made one thing clear: if the city gets targeted, its children will not face it alone.
This is what community looks like.💙
November 20, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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mementomori4950.bsky.social
www.mediaite.com/media/news/r...
Rep. Cory Mills Just Got Busted for Yet Another Sex Scandal: Report
No stranger to scandal, Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) just got his name in the headlines again, this time for reportedly getting caught with sex workers during a 2021 rescue mission to help evacuate American...
www.mediaite.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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rieckhoff.bsky.social
🚨Is what the Dem lawmakers did “sedition”?

Just to clarify for anyone that might be confused.

Former FBI Special Agent and Legal Expert @asharangappa.bsky.social joined me on @indyamericans.bsky.social to break it down.

Watch on YouTube now: youtu.be/zr-RIZXBKP8?...
November 21, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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mementomori4950.bsky.social
Pedo Piggy
November 21, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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washingtonpost.com
Exclusive: The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the Confederate flag as hate symbols.

The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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joshuaholland.bsky.social
You feel so lucky when dolphins swing by and say hey #marinelife 🤿
November 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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unavaleable.bsky.social
I support general secretary Martin
democrats.org Democrats @democrats.org · 6h
We’re going all-in with a bilingual organizing blitz to elect Eileen Higgins in the Miami mayoral runoff on December 9.

Miami families deserve to have a champion who’ll fight for them and work to lower costs.
Photo of Eileen Higgins smiling and standing outdoors with trees in the background, with a caption that says, "DNC all in for Democrat in Miami mayor's race against Trump-backed candidate."
November 21, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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keunghui.bsky.social
3 GOP-appointed federal judges rule groups failed to prove lawmakers drew congressional districts in 2024 election w/ “the discriminatory purpose of minimizing or canceling out the voting potential of Black North Carolinians.” (Via @kyleingram.bsky.social) www.newsobserver.com/news/politic... #ncpol
Judges uphold NC districts used in 2024 election, but wait to rule on new map
The judges wrote that plaintiffs failed to prove lawmakers drew maps “with the discriminatory purpose of minimizing or canceling out the voting potential of Black North Carolinians.”
www.newsobserver.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.

I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
II. Credibility The Court next addresses the credibility of the parties’ evidence and witnesses. After reviewing all the evidence submitted to the Court and listening to the testimony elicited at the preliminary injunction hearing, during depositions, and in other court proceedings, the Court finds Defendants’ evidence simply not credible. [FN 6] Plaintiffs submitted a mountain of evidence, providing the Court with over eighty declarations, numerous videos and articles, and other evidence. Defendants did not rebut anything that Plaintiffs set forth in their declarations or testimony, even with BWC footage. [FN 6] In another case considering some of the same evidence presented to this Court, another court in this district also found that the perceptions of certain of Defendants’ declarants, such as Hott and Parra, were not reliable. See Illinois v. Trump, No. 25-cv-12174, 2025 WL 2886645, at *5 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 10, 2025) (noting a “troubling trend of Defendants’ declarants equating protests with riots and a lack of appreciation for the wide spectrum that exists between citizens who are observing, questioning, and criticizing their government, and those who are obstructing, assaulting, or doing violence”), motion to stay denied in part, 155 F.4th 929 (7th Cir. 2025).
November 20, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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jwmason.bsky.social
Even at Harvard, the kids are all right.
daniloc.xyz Dr. Platano 🇵🇷 @daniloc.xyz · 1h
Larry Summers’s co-teacher at Harvard:

“We will miss his insights and his wisdom”

Student:

“NO WE WON’T”

dude pretends he doesn’t hear, then intros Tony Blair lmao
November 21, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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macdeford.bsky.social
Gerrymandering is a cancer to our republic. South Carolinians deserve fair maps, not political schemes cooked up to silence voters.
November 20, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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boltsmag.org
A group in San Diego is patrolling neighborhoods to identify potential ICE presence. They keep watch for vehicles that may belong to federal agencies, and use livestreams, radios, and social media to keep communities informed.
How Volunteer Patrols Are Working to Protect San Diego Immigrant Communities From ICE
In response to mass deportation threats and mixed messages from county leaders on federal cooperation, San Diego organizers are taking action to inform residents of ICE activity.
boltsmag.org
November 20, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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taniel.bsky.social
This part of the bill was blocked.

Most of the organizers I talked to in Arkansas this spring were really worried about this part.

boltsmag.org/new-rules-fr...
Like other Arkansans who talked to Bolts for this article, Miller focused her criticism on the proposed requirement that petitioners read a proposal in its entirety or have it read to them by the canvasser. Under current law, canvassers already show prospective signers the text of the measure. Requiring a full reading would balloon the interaction time since measures tend to be very lengthy and full of legalese. In testing the rule, it took this reporter nearly four minutes to silently read last year’s marijuana initiative; it took nearly six minutes to read it outloud. “It’s quite ridiculous, I cannot even logistically imagine doing it,” said Miller. “It’s already so difficult to collect signatures. When you’re out there in the heat, in the cold, you’re talking to people—it’s all you can do to be able to get a few moments of their time to explain the measure.” “We are to require folks to stand outside for ten minutes to read a ballot title? We don’t even have these requirements to sign a candidate’s petition,” she said. Miller is nervous about the fact that Arkansans will now be making decisions about whether to volunteer for an initiative under the fear of criminal penalties. She worries that state officials may turn technical errors into full-blown police investigations. “What if the potential signer appeared to merely skim through the language?” Miller asked. “Are you supposed to question them? If you don’t and someone is watching/recording then you’re on the hook for a crime.” With the new bills, she said, prospective canvassers will “be afraid to even engage in this work.” Other advocates told Bolts that passersby will be similarly scared off from signing petitions once they’re told by canvassers that there’s any risk of criminal charges.
November 20, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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taniel.bsky.social
A win for democracy advocates in Arkansas:

This spring, I wrote the GOP had passed a real barrage of laws there to effectively kill the ballot initiative process. See below.

A federal judge yesterday granted a preliminary injunction against many of the laws: arkansasadvocate.com/2025/11/19/j...
“It Just Feels Like Death”: Barrage of New Rules Target Arkansas Ballot Initiatives - Bolts
It’s a familiar sight in Arkansas: Canvassers stop passersby in front of a local grocery store or town library and ask them if they’d be willing to sign a petition... Read More
boltsmag.org
November 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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51st.news
Two shootings over the span of a month highlight how federal agents patrolling in D.C. don’t follow the same protocols that MPD officers do, @maustermuhle.bsky.social reports.
When federal agents shoot people in D.C., there are few details – and little accountability
D.C. police officers are held to one standard, federal agents another.
51st.news
November 20, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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taniel.bsky.social
Bolts reported in August on some of what it could mean for immigration if the consent decree ends: boltsmag.org/new-orleans-...
The NOPD is currently constrained from asking about immigration status or partaking in almost all immigration enforcement activities by a federal consent decree, which supersedes state law. But the decree is not long for this world: A judge in January granted a joint request by New Orleans officials and Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill for a “sustainment period” that would wind down federal monitoring over two years. The protections may end even sooner; the city and Murrill are currently asking a federal appeals court to terminate the consent decree immediately. That’d remove a core bulwark against data-sharing, which has some advocates very nervous about the facial recognition ordinance. “If they approve this, it’s going to be catastrophic,” Edith Romero, an organizer with the groups Union Migrante and Eye on Surveillance, told Bolts.
November 20, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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taniel.bsky.social
big news out of New Orleans this week:
boltsmag.org Bolts @boltsmag.org · 6h
A judge yesterday ended a federal consent decree that placed the New Orleans Police Department under DOJ oversight, reports Verite News. The decree limited the ability of NOPD personnel to assist in federal immigration enforcement.
Judge ends long-running NOPD consent decree - Verite News New Orleans
The decision to end the consent decree, after the Trump Justice Department moved for its termination, comes more than a earlier than previously expected.
veritenews.org
November 20, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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taniel.bsky.social
Nydia M. Velázquez, a prominent New York Democrat, announces she's retiring from Congress after 16 terms: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/n...
Nydia Velázquez, a New York Trailblazer in Congress, to Retire Next Year
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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jaxyacks.bsky.social
I feel like the more important takeaway from this article is the need to stop building new prisons and start getting rid of old ones rather than just where new prisons are built
boltsmag.org Bolts @boltsmag.org · 4h
The construction of prisons in rural areas can create relationships in which residents ultimately become engulfed by incarceration. “The prison almost begins to imprison the community in a way,” says a prison researcher.
The Prison Next Door
How Arkansas’ secretive plan for a new state lockup angered people in a deep red corner of rural America—and changed how some see incarceration.
boltsmag.org
November 20, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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ryanjreilly.com
Been ranting to folks for a year now about how fucking obvious it’s been forever that the only way for Dems to break through in this media environment is to curse more and — how bout that! — this broke through the noise.
chrismurphyct.bsky.social Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 11h
The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.

If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
November 20, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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sarahposner.bsky.social
AYFKM

(also attacking the judge in the NYPost and on X won't do what Halligan and DOJ are hoping, I suspect)

abcnews.go.com/US/doj-halli...
In reversal, DOJ says Comey indictment was reviewed by full grand jury
In a reversal from what the DOJ represented in court Wednesday, prosecutors said Thursday that the full grand jury reviewed the indictment of ex-FBI Director James Comey.
abcnews.go.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
“Trump criticized the new kickoff rules. What’s your reaction?”

Chiefs special teams coordinator Dave Toub: “He doesn’t even know what he’s looking at. He has no idea what’s going on with the kickoff rule… and I hope he hears it.”
November 20, 2025 at 11:48 PM