@j78.bsky.social
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Voted for Trump, now have buyer’s remorse? The Trump philosophy seems to be his version of FAFO. Don’t buy anything on the 28th unless you absolutely have to.
#Resist
#Resist
February 26, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Voted for Trump, now have buyer’s remorse? The Trump philosophy seems to be his version of FAFO. Don’t buy anything on the 28th unless you absolutely have to.
#Resist
#Resist
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I'm hearing now that *every* technologist CFPB hired to investigate Big Tech was fired this evening. That's somewhere between 70-100 people.
wired.com/story/dozens-of-cfpb-workers-terminated-in-after-hours-firing-blitz/
wired.com/story/dozens-of-cfpb-workers-terminated-in-after-hours-firing-blitz/
Dozens of CFPB Workers Fired in After-Hours Blitz
Some affected employees of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau were notified with an email that addressed them as [EmployeeFirstName][EmployeeLastName], [Job Title], [Division].
wired.com
February 14, 2025 at 12:51 AM
I'm hearing now that *every* technologist CFPB hired to investigate Big Tech was fired this evening. That's somewhere between 70-100 people.
wired.com/story/dozens-of-cfpb-workers-terminated-in-after-hours-firing-blitz/
wired.com/story/dozens-of-cfpb-workers-terminated-in-after-hours-firing-blitz/
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At what point do we call this a constitutional crisis?!
Russell Vought is Trump’s path to authoritarianism.
“He was so clear to us that he believes that it’s a President’s power to ignore the laws as written, that it’s a President’s power to ignore the Constitution.” - @jeff-merkley.bsky.social
Russell Vought is Trump’s path to authoritarianism.
“He was so clear to us that he believes that it’s a President’s power to ignore the laws as written, that it’s a President’s power to ignore the Constitution.” - @jeff-merkley.bsky.social
February 7, 2025 at 4:12 AM
At what point do we call this a constitutional crisis?!
Russell Vought is Trump’s path to authoritarianism.
“He was so clear to us that he believes that it’s a President’s power to ignore the laws as written, that it’s a President’s power to ignore the Constitution.” - @jeff-merkley.bsky.social
Russell Vought is Trump’s path to authoritarianism.
“He was so clear to us that he believes that it’s a President’s power to ignore the laws as written, that it’s a President’s power to ignore the Constitution.” - @jeff-merkley.bsky.social
Musk's reaction to yesterday's protests at Treasury showed power of protesting.
It's great to see that there are new protests today
It's great to see that there are new protests today
Rally for USAID outside Congress today. Chants of ‘shut down the Senate’
February 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Musk's reaction to yesterday's protests at Treasury showed power of protesting.
It's great to see that there are new protests today
It's great to see that there are new protests today
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If you don’t stand up for rule of law, nothing else matters. It’s the mechanism of accountability in democracies. If Trump can do anything he wants with shutting down agencies, it’s naive to imagine he will follow the rules in elections and beyond. Preserving rule of law is existential to democracy.
February 5, 2025 at 5:11 AM
If you don’t stand up for rule of law, nothing else matters. It’s the mechanism of accountability in democracies. If Trump can do anything he wants with shutting down agencies, it’s naive to imagine he will follow the rules in elections and beyond. Preserving rule of law is existential to democracy.
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“WE. ARE. AT. WAR. And it echoes in the silence of legacy media, who would rather look away from the crumbling edges of democracy. Trump sold the government to a tech billionaire who has his sights on dismantling federal agencies to enrich himself”—yes, the Nazi salute billionaire.
I am very tired, but wrote this, quickly, to capture what I could since we live in the days of media erasure. Tonight there was a #protest at the #treasury and most #news did not see fit to cover it while it unfolded. I captured posts, video, and quotes as I could--I linked to @indivisible.org
We Are At War
And legacy media asks you not to pay attention
brandy-schillace.medium.com
February 5, 2025 at 1:30 AM
“WE. ARE. AT. WAR. And it echoes in the silence of legacy media, who would rather look away from the crumbling edges of democracy. Trump sold the government to a tech billionaire who has his sights on dismantling federal agencies to enrich himself”—yes, the Nazi salute billionaire.
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My staff is hearing reports from Head Start programs in Oregon that they're still locked out of federal funds. My office is doing everything it can to get more info and get funds flowing before providers have to start closing their doors.
February 4, 2025 at 8:43 PM
My staff is hearing reports from Head Start programs in Oregon that they're still locked out of federal funds. My office is doing everything it can to get more info and get funds flowing before providers have to start closing their doors.
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This @washingtonpost.com story is so important that I'm gifting it. These people appear to be operating totally illegally and outside the Constitution -- and they know it. wapo.st/40LVERn
U.S. government officials privately warn Musk’s blitz appears illegal
The billionaire’s DOGE team has launched an all-out assault on federal agencies, triggering numerous legal objections.
wapo.st
February 4, 2025 at 10:30 PM
This @washingtonpost.com story is so important that I'm gifting it. These people appear to be operating totally illegally and outside the Constitution -- and they know it. wapo.st/40LVERn
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6. Follow independent news outlets and local news outlets instead of the big billionaire owned national political press outlets. Less outrage bait, more actual, usable, actionable info. Here's a starter pack of local outlets: go.bsky.app/FzSc9z
December 18, 2024 at 1:01 AM
6. Follow independent news outlets and local news outlets instead of the big billionaire owned national political press outlets. Less outrage bait, more actual, usable, actionable info. Here's a starter pack of local outlets: go.bsky.app/FzSc9z
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This is how you do it, America.
Celebrations in South Korea as the President is impeached for attempting a coup d'état. Democracy has been protected.
(📹/imyour_space)
(📹/imyour_space)
December 14, 2024 at 2:23 PM
This is how you do it, America.
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I agree w your 3 points. I also see a few lessons for Americans:
1. Public mass resistance and participation can be powerful and effective, even if disorganized, unplanned and chaotic. Koreans know this from the mass demonstrations in 1980s.
1. Public mass resistance and participation can be powerful and effective, even if disorganized, unplanned and chaotic. Koreans know this from the mass demonstrations in 1980s.
December 4, 2024 at 12:17 AM
I agree w your 3 points. I also see a few lessons for Americans:
1. Public mass resistance and participation can be powerful and effective, even if disorganized, unplanned and chaotic. Koreans know this from the mass demonstrations in 1980s.
1. Public mass resistance and participation can be powerful and effective, even if disorganized, unplanned and chaotic. Koreans know this from the mass demonstrations in 1980s.
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F*CK CITIZENS UNITED
Next time Dems are in power, we need to have a bill like this here.
📌 Australia’s Labor Party has proposed capping political donations at $20,000 per candidate to prevent billionaires from buying elections.
Next time Dems are in power, we need to have a bill like this here.
📌 Australia’s Labor Party has proposed capping political donations at $20,000 per candidate to prevent billionaires from buying elections.
December 12, 2024 at 12:20 AM
F*CK CITIZENS UNITED
Next time Dems are in power, we need to have a bill like this here.
📌 Australia’s Labor Party has proposed capping political donations at $20,000 per candidate to prevent billionaires from buying elections.
Next time Dems are in power, we need to have a bill like this here.
📌 Australia’s Labor Party has proposed capping political donations at $20,000 per candidate to prevent billionaires from buying elections.
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Now is the time to get your documents changed if you need to, countless trans people have already started so they can get ahead of this upcoming administration.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
‘Time Is Now.’ Document Updates Become Pressing for Trans People — Assigned
Transgender people are scrambling to update names, IDs, passports, and other documents out of fear of what a second Trump administration may bring. LGBTQ+ organizations have rushed to help in whatever...
www.assignedmedia.org
December 10, 2024 at 2:59 PM
Now is the time to get your documents changed if you need to, countless trans people have already started so they can get ahead of this upcoming administration.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Nex Benedict's grandmother: "Nex had a light in them that was so big, they had so many dreams. I want their light to keep shining for everyone. That light was so big and bright and beautiful, and I want everyone to remember Nex that way.”
December 10, 2024 at 2:36 AM
Nex Benedict's grandmother: "Nex had a light in them that was so big, they had so many dreams. I want their light to keep shining for everyone. That light was so big and bright and beautiful, and I want everyone to remember Nex that way.”
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Alice is one of the smartest people I know generally but specific to my interests, maybe the smartest person I know who understands digital media without working in it www.niemanlab.org/2024/12/the-...
The mainstream media will lose its last grip on relevancy
"The gap between mainstream media readers, people who get most of their news through influencers or partisan social media, and people who barely think about news at all will create a fundamental schis...
www.niemanlab.org
December 9, 2024 at 11:27 PM
Alice is one of the smartest people I know generally but specific to my interests, maybe the smartest person I know who understands digital media without working in it www.niemanlab.org/2024/12/the-...
Good read. Tne lessons to learn from South Korea are especially important for Americans now,
bc many of failed policies & approaches of Yoon Presidency, which *led to his desperate imposition of martial law,
exactly mirror policies & approaches that Trumph has said he intends to pursue.
bc many of failed policies & approaches of Yoon Presidency, which *led to his desperate imposition of martial law,
exactly mirror policies & approaches that Trumph has said he intends to pursue.
"South Korea’s overnight struggle has reminded the world of a stark truth: democracy is not self-sustaining. It demands vigilance. It requires collective action."
An updated version of my piece has been published on Zeteo.com. Thank you @mehdirhasan.bsky.social for sharing. #SouthKorea #Democracy
An updated version of my piece has been published on Zeteo.com. Thank you @mehdirhasan.bsky.social for sharing. #SouthKorea #Democracy
"South Korea: The Deeper Story Behind the Unrest"
UMass Amherst's Heesoo Jang writes for Zeteo about how President Yoon's surprise martial law declaration was a culmination of longstanding tensions – and offers lessons on democracy to the rest of the world.
UMass Amherst's Heesoo Jang writes for Zeteo about how President Yoon's surprise martial law declaration was a culmination of longstanding tensions – and offers lessons on democracy to the rest of the world.
December 6, 2024 at 3:28 PM
Good read. Tne lessons to learn from South Korea are especially important for Americans now,
bc many of failed policies & approaches of Yoon Presidency, which *led to his desperate imposition of martial law,
exactly mirror policies & approaches that Trumph has said he intends to pursue.
bc many of failed policies & approaches of Yoon Presidency, which *led to his desperate imposition of martial law,
exactly mirror policies & approaches that Trumph has said he intends to pursue.
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free speech assumes everyone is on a level playing field. That's not the case. let's discuss the drivers making that impossible.
1) Citizens United (2010) allowed limitless dark money to pollute our democracy, not just during campaigns. PACs are impacting all of the media we consume 24 x 7 now
1) Citizens United (2010) allowed limitless dark money to pollute our democracy, not just during campaigns. PACs are impacting all of the media we consume 24 x 7 now
November 17, 2024 at 10:31 AM
free speech assumes everyone is on a level playing field. That's not the case. let's discuss the drivers making that impossible.
1) Citizens United (2010) allowed limitless dark money to pollute our democracy, not just during campaigns. PACs are impacting all of the media we consume 24 x 7 now
1) Citizens United (2010) allowed limitless dark money to pollute our democracy, not just during campaigns. PACs are impacting all of the media we consume 24 x 7 now
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There needs to be a lot more discussion on this topic on bsky. We're just catching up with the problem and it goes way deeper than Musk.
Lest we all forget how much effort Colbert put into trying to get everyone to understand how bad citizens united really was.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colbert...
Lest we all forget how much effort Colbert put into trying to get everyone to understand how bad citizens united really was.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colbert...
December 6, 2024 at 8:35 AM
There needs to be a lot more discussion on this topic on bsky. We're just catching up with the problem and it goes way deeper than Musk.
Lest we all forget how much effort Colbert put into trying to get everyone to understand how bad citizens united really was.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colbert...
Lest we all forget how much effort Colbert put into trying to get everyone to understand how bad citizens united really was.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colbert...
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File under "It's evangelicals, stupid!": Trump won the overall working-class vote only because 86% of non-college evangelicals supported him. NON-evangelicals without college went for Harris! www.brookings.edu/articles/the...
The 4 working-class votes
Trump added to growing Republican working-class gains in 2024, but can Democrat's reverse the current trends to stay competitive?
www.brookings.edu
December 5, 2024 at 2:19 AM
File under "It's evangelicals, stupid!": Trump won the overall working-class vote only because 86% of non-college evangelicals supported him. NON-evangelicals without college went for Harris! www.brookings.edu/articles/the...
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It’s after midnight in Tbilisi now. If anything the crowds have got bigger.
Rustaveli Avenue is a sea of protest.
Amazing resilience and defiance from the Georgian people after a day of police intimidation, violence, raids and arrests.
🇬🇪🇪🇺
(📸Michal Szczerba)
Rustaveli Avenue is a sea of protest.
Amazing resilience and defiance from the Georgian people after a day of police intimidation, violence, raids and arrests.
🇬🇪🇪🇺
(📸Michal Szczerba)
December 4, 2024 at 8:51 PM
It’s after midnight in Tbilisi now. If anything the crowds have got bigger.
Rustaveli Avenue is a sea of protest.
Amazing resilience and defiance from the Georgian people after a day of police intimidation, violence, raids and arrests.
🇬🇪🇪🇺
(📸Michal Szczerba)
Rustaveli Avenue is a sea of protest.
Amazing resilience and defiance from the Georgian people after a day of police intimidation, violence, raids and arrests.
🇬🇪🇪🇺
(📸Michal Szczerba)
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did a little survey of my socials this morning. the news from South Korea was all over Bluesky, nothing on Threads, only one post on X, a little commentary on TikTok and (surprisingly) at the top of my Instagram feed. feels like news orgs are trying to figure out where to invest for breaking news.
December 3, 2024 at 5:13 PM
did a little survey of my socials this morning. the news from South Korea was all over Bluesky, nothing on Threads, only one post on X, a little commentary on TikTok and (surprisingly) at the top of my Instagram feed. feels like news orgs are trying to figure out where to invest for breaking news.
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listen. I do not report on Korean politics. I'm out here because my (drunk) freelancer requests received a "can't do" so I just set off on my own. this is genuinely the most clumsy scene report possible. I really want to be honest about that.
Is an impeachment vote likely?
December 3, 2024 at 4:22 PM
listen. I do not report on Korean politics. I'm out here because my (drunk) freelancer requests received a "can't do" so I just set off on my own. this is genuinely the most clumsy scene report possible. I really want to be honest about that.
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This is the correct response from a union leader when the president does a crazy thing. FYI to American unions
December 3, 2024 at 6:57 PM
This is the correct response from a union leader when the president does a crazy thing. FYI to American unions
Strong recommend
It's not just that the folks in Mina Kimes' pack are smart and know they're business. what seals it for me is that they are also very funny & quick. You will thank me on Sundays.
It's not just that the folks in Mina Kimes' pack are smart and know they're business. what seals it for me is that they are also very funny & quick. You will thank me on Sundays.
Good morning Bluesky!!
I updated my starter pack of NFL follows—if you’ve already subscribed, there are new names: go.bsky.app/8RH6KbH
Also, I made a LIST featuring those voices + some others that you can use as an NFL timeline. Just pin it to your home: bsky.app/profile/did:...
Please share!
I updated my starter pack of NFL follows—if you’ve already subscribed, there are new names: go.bsky.app/8RH6KbH
Also, I made a LIST featuring those voices + some others that you can use as an NFL timeline. Just pin it to your home: bsky.app/profile/did:...
Please share!
December 2, 2024 at 9:00 PM
Strong recommend
It's not just that the folks in Mina Kimes' pack are smart and know they're business. what seals it for me is that they are also very funny & quick. You will thank me on Sundays.
It's not just that the folks in Mina Kimes' pack are smart and know they're business. what seals it for me is that they are also very funny & quick. You will thank me on Sundays.