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Marcia Hayden Hendrick
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Artist and creative, now painting with acrylics. In the before times: singer/songwriter, maker of custom corsets, photographer, tapestry weaver and technology architect. Progressive Democrat trying to walk a path in harmony with the earth.
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ICE’s facial recognition technology is fueling a surveillance state that targets Black & Brown communities, silences dissent, and chills free speech. I’m demanding ICE stop scanning our faces like barcodes.
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Senator Markey Demands End to ICE's Facial Recogniton Technology
YouTube video by Senator Markey
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November 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Got turned down on a piece about ICE in Chicago for an international news org because they believed I couldn’t be objective about my neighbors getting kidnapped. And well, guilty as charged I guess.
November 12, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
*Larry Summers wondering why the Streisand effect gets to be named for a woman when he’s obviously so much better at it*
November 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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moryan.bsky.social Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 1d
🚨Deadloch heads: S2 of the Aussie crime satire/drama (it's good!) arrives on Amazon Prime March 20. Many chaotic Aussie weirdos return/debut. But HEADS UP they have added a Hemsworth (Luke)! This is not a drill! Kudos to the hair & costume team for this whole deal. www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/st...
Luke Hemsworth in S2 of the Amazon Prime drama Deadloch, with a lot of hair gel and an outdoorsman type of look -- green short sleeve shirt and logo of a croc hunting company Detectives Eddie Redcliffe (Madeleine Sami, left) and Dulcie Collins (Kate Box) are in Australia’s sweltering Top End, aka the Northern Territory, investigating the death of Eddie’s former policing partner, Bushy, in Season 2 of Deadloch. But when the body of a local icon is discovered in a remote town, they are flung into a sweatier, stickier, croc-ier crime case. (Most of this is from the Amazon Prime press release on S2)
November 12, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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deanobeidallah.bsky.social
When Trump says the economy is great he means his personal economy since he has corruptly profited off being in the White House.
November 11, 2025 at 1:34 PM
marciahhendrick.bsky.social
"Hope", 36" x 27", Acrylic on canvas, October 2025.

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Most of the painting is in red and orange with a texture of darker browns running throughout. At the center of the bottom taking up about half the width and a third of the height there is an area of greenish yellow vertical streaks with spots of brighter yellow at the upper tips rising into the red and orange, as hope rises even when circumstances seem overwhelming.
November 10, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
In what amounts to Mark Wolf’s resignation letter from the federal bench in Massachusetts forget more than 40 years—he was already a senior judge, so it creates no vacancy—he says he “intend[s] to advocate for the judges who cannot speak publicly for themselves.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Others who have held positions of authority, including former federal judges and ambassadors, have been opposing this government's efforts to undermine the principled, impartial administration of justice and distort the free and fair functioning of American democracy. They have urged me to work with them. As much as I have treasured being a judge, I can now think of nothing more important than joining them, and doing everything in my power to combat today's existential threat to democracy and the rule of law. When I became a senior judge in 2013, my successor was appointed, so my resignation will not create a vacancy to be filled by the president. My colleagues on the United States District Court in Massachusetts and judges on the lower federal courts throughout the country are admirably deciding a variety of cases generated by Trump's many executive orders and other unprecedented actions. However, the Supreme Court has repeatedly removed the temporary restraints imposed on those actions by lower courts in deciding emergency motions on its "shadow docket" with little, if any, explanation. I doubt that if I remained a judge I would fare any better than my colleagues. I resigned in order to speak out, support litigation, and work with other individuals and organizations dedicated to protecting the rule of law and American democracy. I also intend to advocate for the judges who cannot speak publicly for themselves. I cannot be confident that I will make a difference. I am reminded, however, of what Senator Robert F. Kennedy said in 1966 about ending apartheid in South Africa: "Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope." Enough of these ripples can become a tidal wave.
November 9, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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adamserwer.bsky.social
Went back to the history of the Sicilian Mafia to illustrate something obvious but worth stating explicitly: The Trump administration behaves like an organized crime syndicate running a protection racket, not a representative government www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Elections in democracies determine who administers the government; they do not alter whom the government is for. Under any administration, Republican or Democratic, the United States government exists to serve the people of the United States, regardless of their partisan affiliation. Besides, Americans are not as easily divided as Trump might think. Millions of Republican voters live in New York, just as millions of Democrats live in Texas. He cannot tell whom he is punishing by glancing at an electoral map. But even if he could, Trump’s acts of extortion have no place in a democracy. They belong in a protection racket: If you support Trump, you are protected; if you do not, you are vulnerable. If you donate enough cash to Trump, you may receive favorable treatment, including immunity from the law. If you oppose Trump, you may be prosecuted. This is not how a representative government works. It is how the Mafia works.
November 8, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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davidho.bsky.social
This piece is as good as people say it is. Read it to appreciate that writing isn't just about content, but style. AI can't do this.
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 9, 2025 at 11:10 AM
marciahhendrick.bsky.social
"Last Light", 12" x 12", acrylic on panel.

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Two bare reddish-brown trees stand on the right side of the painting. The color of the sky is fading from a dark greenish yellow to a subdued rusty orange. The ground of blue green takes up about a fifth of the height. All the transitions from one color to the next are blurred, as you might perceive them in the fading light.
November 8, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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edmarkey.bsky.social
You are about to see harrowing footage of a father in Fitchburg, MA being brutalized by masked ICE agents while holding his terrified, crying baby.

The Trump admin and every ICE agent who terrorizes our communities must be held to account for their inhumane, illegal actions.
November 7, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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sifill.bsky.social
Congratulations!
aclaudecase.bsky.social Andrew Case @aclaudecase.bsky.social · 5d
BREAKING: A federal jury in Brooklyn awarded our clients — 674 immigrants unlawfully jailed by the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office — $112 million. Could not be more proud to work at @latinojustice.bsky.social and to partner with the talent of Winston & Strawn.
Jury Awards $112 Million to 674 Immigrants Unlawfully Held by Suffolk County for ICE Handover | LatinoJusticePRLDEF
FOR IMMEDIATE
www.latinojustice.org
November 7, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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netw3rk.bsky.social
One lesson of the Sandwich Guy Case is now more than ever when you are called to jury duty you should go
November 7, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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taniel.bsky.social
This has not gotten much attention, but it should.

Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.

Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
November 7, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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marcelias.bsky.social
Today I wrote about how the message from Tuesday's election can be summed up in two words: No Kings.

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November 7, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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HAPPY FOUR SEASONS TOTAL LANDSCAPING DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE
Rudy press conference at 4 seasons total landscaping
November 7, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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sailorrooscout.bsky.social
Well now, would you look at that?

A massive study of NEARLY 300,000 people in the United States found that receiving an updated 2024-2025 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine REDUCED people’s risk of severe disease AND death in ALL age groups, REGARDLESS of immunity from prior infection or vaccination.
November 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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rincewind.run
abundantly clear that the six monsters currently running the Supreme Court do not think trans people are real and want them to go away

they know what will happen to someone presenting as the other sex when their passport doesn’t match and they want it to happen

their power must be broken
chrisgeidner.bsky.social Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 6d
Honestly one of the worst, most disturbing paragraphs — on the basis of process, substance, and effect — I’ve read in a Supreme Court order or opinion in a very long time.
November 7, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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photos of Trump sleeping through yesterday's Oval Office event via Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 7, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
And, Cornell's president agrees to bow down to Trump each quarter.
10. Cornell's president shall certify under penalty of perjury cach quarter Cornell's 2 full compliance with all the provisions in this Agreement. Such certification will state: President of Cornell University, hereby certify, to the best of my knowledge, and after reasonable review and investigation, that Cornell University has maintained and implemented policies and procedures as well as training programs to ensure material compliance with the Agreement between the United States and Comell University [Effective Date]. The United States may make such inquiries as it deems necessary to verify the accuracy of such certification.
November 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
As Ta-Nehisi Coates said last month:

“.. it’s either one of two things: either you’re cowards or you’re with him. And if you’re with him, you never believed in the things you were talking about to begin with.”
nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · 5d
Breaking News: Cornell University reached an agreement with the Trump administration that would restore hundreds of millions in funding to the university. It's expected to pay a $30 million fine to the government and to invest $30 million in agriculture and farming programs.
Cornell Reaches Deal with Trump Administration to Restore Research Funds
The Ivy League university had warned of layoffs after the Trump administration stripped it of funds this year. The cuts were among the deepest in higher education.
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November 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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You know what? There's actually a tested solution to this! it is brilliantly simple, and it WORKS.

I would love to see @bsky.app and @support.bsky.team test this out.

www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2023/ju...
November 7, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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nameshiv.bsky.social
If they thought they didn't like Woke, they're really gonna hate Woke 2
November 7, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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atrupar.com
Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
November 7, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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marcelias.bsky.social
When Pam Bondi was appointed, Democracy Docket immediately called her out while legacy news outlets like the Washington Post wanted to seem "fair" and gave her a thumbs up.

Reject both sides journalism by subscribing to Democracy Docket today. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
November 7, 2025 at 2:06 AM