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Cassandra
@impossiblebird.bsky.social
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Everything is exhausting, but I’m still trying!

Librocubicularist GenXer who digs nature and fancies a fine fabric. Still covid conscious in New England. She/her

Watch ‘Our Flag Means Death’ 🏴‍☠️💖 if u haven’t
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dieworkwear.bsky.social
amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
Matt Walsh tweeted last year: "We've spent the last 25 years bringing "freedom" and "democracy" to countries around the globe while our own country has been systematically invaded and now our largest cities are run by foreigners and communists. If you want to know why I'm so avowedly non-interventionist, this is why." Then he tweeted today: ""This is a war for oil!!!!!" First of all, the "war" lasted like 90 minutes. Second, going to war to secure vital resources for your own people is totally legitimate. Why should we allow some third world communist shithole to control trillions of dollars worth of oil?" Laura Loomer tweeted last year: "I’m America First, I don’t support “Regime Change”. I went on @Bannons_WarRoom to talk about Chinese aggression in Venezuela and why we need to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign Islamic terrorist organization." Then she tweeted yesterday: "Maduro has arrived at the DEA office in Manhattan. He was transported in an armored motorcade after being transported in a blindfold via helicopter & then by plane to New York after his compound in Caracas was raided by US Special Forces. Proud to be an American today! USA 🇺🇸" Catturd tweeted last year: "Name one U.S. inspired regime change that hasn’t ended in absolute disaster." Then he tweeted yesterday: "Venezuela is now more free than New York City." Will Chamberlain tweeted last year: "The Republican Party is no longer the party of regime change and endless wars If you want to be its standard-bearer that is a non-negotiable position" Then he tweeted yesterday: "I can think of few better uses of my tax dollars than black-bagging the head of a foreign narco-trafficking organization that enriches itself by addicting and poisoning my fellow Americans"
January 5, 2026 at 6:50 AM
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npr.org
NPR’s Jan. 6 archive brings together reporting, video, documents and testimony to show what really happened during the Capitol riot. Explore the timeline, cases and evidence behind the attack.
Jan. 6, 2021: A visual archive of the Capitol attack
NPR’s Jan. 6 archive brings together reporting, video, documents and testimony to show what really happened during the Capitol riot. Explore the timeline, cases and evidence behind the attack.
n.pr
January 4, 2026 at 4:13 PM
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axidentaliberal.bsky.social
Jack Smith's deposition must be bigger news

"There is no historical analog for what..Trump did..[H]e was free to say he thought he won..He was even free to say falsely that he won..But..he was not free to..violate federal law and use knowingly false statements..to target lawful government function"
January 2, 2026 at 7:20 PM
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esqueer.net
If you read nothing else this new year, let it be this piece. A former New York Times editor laid out how they're anti trans coverage was directed from the top by AG Sulzberger, Joe Kahn, and Carolyn Ryan. This was a purposeful effort to target trans people.

transnews.network/p/a-directiv...
'A directive from above': Former NYT editor lays out how the paper pushes anti-trans bigotry
In this in-depth interview, former New York Times editor Billie Jean Sweeney details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, how some staff tried to stop it, how it's directe...
transnews.network
January 2, 2026 at 2:43 PM
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karlbode.com
so basically our rich oligarchs launched a racist propaganda media campaign to demonize taxpayer-funded childcare, our garbage oligarch press parroted the attack, and now they're going to steal that money to put into their assorted cryptocurrency grifts
‘Scorched-Earth Attack’: Trump Admin Cuts Off Childcare Funds to All States | Common Dreams
"My team and I are exploring all our legal options to ensure that critical childcare services do not get abruptly slashed based on pretext and grandstanding," said Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ell...
www.commondreams.org
January 2, 2026 at 3:18 PM
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georgetakei.bsky.social
Bill Barr had the reporter who broke the Epstein story surveilled. Nothing to see here, folks.
Screenshot of an X post by journalist Julie K. Brown questioning why her American Airlines flight booking information from July 2019 appears in Epstein-related DOJ files. Below the text is an image of partially redacted government documents showing flight and personal data tables.
December 30, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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thesicktimes.org
In a crisis-filled world, breaking through the noise requires creativity, strategy — and, occasionally, a really good meme. This is why the #JohnVsJonVsME campaign began. bit.ly/4hTwUxa
A black background with neon purple and turquoise gaming-esque framing features photos of John Oliver and Jon Stewart facing off. White text reads, “The Sick Times. The history of ME deserves a late-night spotlight. That’s why we started the #JohnVsJonVsME campaign. by Eliza Charley, Emily Fraser, Julie, Katie Klocksin, Melissa Mazur, María Richardson.” White text inside a neon colored speech bubble reads, "Medical professionals don’t just neglect people with ME but often only offer them harmful treatments like cognitive behavioral therapy or graded exercise therapy. COVID-19 has added millions of new people with ME to the millions already sick, making coverage of this scandal imperative now more than ever." - #JohnVsJonVsME Core Planning Group: Eliza Charley, Emily Fraser, Julie, Katie Klocksin, Melissa Mazur, and María Richardson
April 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM
impossiblebird.bsky.social
Gender-affirming care for me not thee
hannahgais.bsky.social hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · 6d
Decades of the white nationalist movement evolving to adapt to current political trends has brought them to this moment.
KaizerRev @Kaizerrev Clavicular talks to Nick Fuentes about going on steroids, getting double jaw surgery, leg extensions & Looks-Maxxing to ascend as much as possible as a White man. "It's all about going further beyond. It's in our DNA to push the limits & obtain Gigachad." screen grab of fuentes and clavicular talking
December 30, 2025 at 5:29 PM
impossiblebird.bsky.social
I can’t keep up. It’s a hoax started by Obama and Biden to take Trump down but also only democrats are in the files?

Schrödinger’s Files
noturtlesoup17.bsky.social amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 9d
Trump is posting about Epstein again.
Now 1,000,000 more pages on Epstein are found. DOJ is being forced to spend all of its time on this Democrat inspired Hoax. When do they say NO MORE, and work on Election Fraud etc. The Dems are the ones who worked with Epstein, not the Republicans. Release all of their names, embarrass them, and get back to helping our Country! The Radical Left doesn’t want people talking about TRUMP & REPUBLICAN SUCCESS, only a long ago dead Jeffrey Epstein - Just another Witch Hunt!!!
December 28, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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arknet.bsky.social
@marcelias.bsky.social @aclu.org @maya4rights.bsky.social
#Arpx #Arkansas

Check your #registration people.They're gonna pull out all stops to try to win this thing. They're tanking fast and they're in a panic. They'll do anything they're allowed to get away with. #vote
December 27, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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gregggonsalves.bsky.social
More on the continuing purges at #NIH. Now 13 out of 27 institute directors have been gotten rid of. This is not normal. @jonathanwosen.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/12/27/n...
Director of NIH neurological disorders institute is ousted, adding to leadership churn
Walter Koroshetz, director of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, will soon be leaving his role, STAT has learned. His departure
www.statnews.com
December 27, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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leahlitman.bsky.social
A fantastic NYT report: Donors to Trump get pardons, jobs, & access - and benefited from regulatory decisions the Trump admin has made.

SUPER timely as SCOTUS is about to kill agency independence & give POTUS more control over agencies (likely to donors' benefit)

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Hundreds of Big Post-Election Donors Have Benefited From Trump’s Return to Office
Well into his second term, the president and his allies have continued aggressively raising money. Many donors have interests before his administration, The Times found.
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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bubbaprog.xyz
ICE raided a James Beard award winning restaurant & because the chef/owner was prepared, left emptyhanded:
Photo shared by Christina Nguyen on December 04, 2025 tagging @naomi.marie__, @nathanmiller612, @rubyscher, @holaarepa, @birksg, @chefjholig, and @haihaimpls. May be an image of text that says 'AS SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE HEARD, I.C.E. PAID US A VISIT AT AREPA YESTERDAY. OUR GM NAOMI & TEAM MEMBERS FOLLOWED OUR ICE PROTOCOL PERFECTLY, THE AGENTS LEFT & NO ONE WAS DETAINED. tO WHOEVER NEEDS THIS: KNOW YOUR RIGHTS WHEN IT COMES TO I.C.E. (1/5)'. christinanguyenmpls 11h We had an ICE scare yesterday and even though we’re afraid of the repercussions of being vocal, we feel that it’s also important to inform people that this is right at our front door. ICE is not some far away boogeyman. They are here right now, spreading fear in our community. We’re so grateful to our entire staff and their bravery. They did the right things and couldn’t have dealt with this situation in a better way. We are grateful to our community activists that came to support us from @miracmn @litosonlake and Monarcha. We hope that if you find yourself in the same situation, that you find these resources helpful. Peace and take care of each other ❤️ Photo by Christina Nguyen on December 04, 2025. May be an image of text that says 'IF I.C.E. COMES TO YOUR RESTAURANT: UNLESS THE AGENTS HAVE A SIGNED JUDICIAL WARRANT, THEY CANNOT ENTER A PRIVATE AREA LIKE THE KITCHEN WITHOUT YOUR PERMISSION EVEN IF THEY LIE AND SAY THY DON'T NEED A WARRANT, STAND YOUR GROUND AND INSIST THAT YOU NEED PAPERWORK (2/5)'. Photo by Christina Nguyen on December 04, 2025. May be an image of text that says 'IF I.C.E. COMES TO YOUR RESTAURANT: HAVE OTHER STAFF OR PEOPLE PRESENT RECORD THEM AND EVERYTHING THEY ARE SAYING. (PEOPLE DOING UNLAWFUL THINGS HATE BEING CAUGHT IN TH ACT) YOU HAVE THE RIGHT to REFUSE SERVICE & YOU CAN ASK M tO LEAVE YOUR PRIVATE PROPERTY IF THY DON'T HAVE A WARRANT. (3/5)'. WE ARE HEARTBROKEN THAT OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES IN THE TWIN CITIES ARE BEING TARGETED AND TERRORIZED BY THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION. THESE ARE REAL PEOPLE THAT ARE BEING USED AS POLITICAL PAWNS AND IT'S APPALLING. REGARDLESS OF THEIR LEGAL STATUS, THERE ARE SO MANY LATINOS & SOMALIANS WHO ARE AFRAID OF BEING DETAINED DUE TO MISTAKEN IDENTITY BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY MIGHT NOT GET DUE PROCESS & A FAIR TRIAL. THEY WILL JUST END UP IN DETENTION CENTERS & A LEGAL PROCESS THAT HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS A BLACK HOLE. WE STAND IN SUPPORT OF OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY, WHO ARE THE BACKBONE OF THIS COUNTRY. WITHOUT IMMIGRANTS, AMERICA IS NOT THE SAME PLACE. STAY SAFE OUT THERE & TAKE CARE OF YOUR NEIGHBORS. LOVE, HOLA AREPA & HAI HAI (5/5)
December 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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pgourevitch.bsky.social
no foreign enemy has ever done more damage to the USA than this administration — not all of them combined throughout history

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/c...
Trump Halts Five Wind Farms Off the East Coast
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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timcarvell.bsky.social
Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
m.youtube.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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u24.gov.ua
Another beautiful Shchedryk performance amidst ruins.

It was set in what used to be a DTEK thermal power plant — now destroyed by russia.

The contrast between russia’s destructive nature and the Ukrainian will to create beauty even in the darkest times is palpable.
December 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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cwebbonline.com
Have you ever heard someone go off, and their words are so perfectly chosen, so well said in that moment, that you’re in awe? You think, “There’s nothing to add here,” and you applaud in your head.

That’s exactly this. Pure perfection. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
December 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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sifill.bsky.social
“The white supremacist, anti-14th Amendment, post-Brown movement has the complicity or active engagement of all three branches of government as it works to undo the constitutional infrastructure of Reconstruction and the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement.”

open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
Is It Too Late?
No. But We Must Better Understand the Nature of the Battle
open.substack.com
December 21, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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jonwalkerpdx.bsky.social
This is an impeachment offense. One of many but this is a very clear red letter violation of the law.
December 20, 2025 at 10:50 PM
impossiblebird.bsky.social
My friends laughed when I said Roe was history. Rolled their eyes when I said this second term would focus on project 2025; ‘[proven liar] said it won’t.’

That they’d sic doj on anyone they didn’t like. They’d come for birth control/gay marriage.

But now they act like they saw it all along. 🤨
December 18, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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rutgerbregman.com
The BBC censored my line about Trump's corruption, turned off the comment section, and sat on the video versions for three weeks.

Still, I’m genuinely glad to see so many people watching (and commenting on) my Reith Lectures. Here's the first one: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUJ-...
Are we living through the fall of civilisation? | The Reith Lectures 2025
YouTube video by BBC Sounds
www.youtube.com
December 18, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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schwanksta.com
New @propublica.org:

@emsimani.bsky.social analyzed nonprofit tax filings and found that more than 1,000 charities have stripped DEI-related language from their mission statements this year.

www.propublica.org/article/dele...
A screenshot that says “UNICEF USA, which supports the United Nations' humanitarian children's mission, no longer wants a more equitable world for every child - just a better one.” With their mission statement and “more equitable” struck out and replaced with “better.”
December 17, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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acyn.bsky.social
AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.
December 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
impossiblebird.bsky.social
Gosh GOP leaders are pretty clueless for people who are supposed to represent their constituents

They just never seem to know what’s going on.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19d
COLLINS: Do you disagree with Trump's pardon of the former Honduran leader who was also indicted and convicted?

RICK SCOTT: I don't -- I never -- I never met the guy and I don't know anything about it

COLLINS: But do you approve of that pardon?

SCOTT: I don't know much about it

COLLINS: Ok
December 17, 2025 at 3:42 AM