Vegas O.G.
@vegasog.bsky.social
Free-Range Christian Democratic Socialist, Undaunted Father of 3 Daughters, Retired Court Rat, Peacetime Military Veteran, Lyrical Poet and Semi-Tuneful Songwriter, Unrepentant Old Yippie, and all-round sweetheart of a guy (if you believe the rumors.)
Tell Your Democratic Senator(s) to Make Sure Schumer Doesn't Hand Trump a Blank Check act.indivisible.org/sign/funding...
Tell Your Democratic Senator(s) to Make Sure Schumer Doesn't Hand Trump a Blank Check
Federal government funding runs out on September 30—and Republicans need Democratic votes to clear the filibuster and avoid a government shutdown. Democrats have a strong hand to play. They must use i...
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September 23, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Tell Your Democratic Senator(s) to Make Sure Schumer Doesn't Hand Trump a Blank Check act.indivisible.org/sign/funding...
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Starbucks workers sue over the company's new dress code
Starbucks workers sue over the company's new dress code
Starbucks workers sue over company's new dress code
Starbucks workers are taking legal action against the coffee giant, saying it violated the law when it changed its dress code but refused to reimburse employees who had to buy new clothes.
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September 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Starbucks workers sue over the company's new dress code
Starbucks workers sue over the company's new dress code
The Democratic Party Must Change If It Wants to Defeat Trumpism www.commondreams.org/opinion/how-...
The Democratic Party Must Change If It Wants to Defeat Trumpism | Common Dreams
The old mid-century world is gone. If the Democratic Party, and the country, want to survive, they need to wake up and choose what they want the next world to look like. Then they need to start fighti...
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August 16, 2025 at 2:49 PM
The Democratic Party Must Change If It Wants to Defeat Trumpism www.commondreams.org/opinion/how-...
ICE Said They Were Being Flown to Louisiana. Their Flight Landed in Africa.
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ICE Said They Were Being Flown to Louisiana. Their Flight Landed in Africa.
An investigation by The Intercept reveals that ICE officials deceived eight men now expelled to South Sudan.
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July 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
ICE Said They Were Being Flown to Louisiana. Their Flight Landed in Africa.
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apnews.com/article/npr-... sues Trump administration over executive order to cut federal funding to public media
NPR sues Trump administration over executive order to cut federal funding to public media
National Public Radio and three local stations are suing President Donald Trump, arguing that an executive order aimed at cutting federal funding for the organization is illegal.
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May 27, 2025 at 7:08 PM
apnews.com/article/npr-... sues Trump administration over executive order to cut federal funding to public media
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Trump Is Building a Global Gulag for Immigrants Captured by ICE
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Trump Is Building a Global Gulag for Immigrants Captured by ICE
The U.S. is in talks with 19 nations, including Libya, Kosovo, Rwanda, and Moldova, to accept deportees from other countries.
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May 19, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Trump Is Building a Global Gulag for Immigrants Captured by ICE
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ICE Duped a Federal Judge Into Allowing Raid on Columbia Student Dorms by @shawnmusgrave.bsky.social
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ICE Duped a Federal Judge Into Allowing Raid on Columbia Student Dorms
The Intercept helped unseal an affidavit revealing how ICE got a “judicial fig leaf” to search two Columbia students’ dorm rooms.
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May 16, 2025 at 3:54 PM
ICE Duped a Federal Judge Into Allowing Raid on Columbia Student Dorms by @shawnmusgrave.bsky.social
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NEW: The 11th Circuit is hearing a case today in Georgia that could expose MAGA’s voter suppression machine. @maxflugrath.bsky.social of Fair Fight explains how right-wing groups are targeting Black and brown voters with mass challenges and bad data.
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🚨 New Filing in Fair Fight v. True the Vote
Read the latest filing in Fair Fight v. True the Vote.
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May 13, 2025 at 1:03 PM
NEW: The 11th Circuit is hearing a case today in Georgia that could expose MAGA’s voter suppression machine. @maxflugrath.bsky.social of Fair Fight explains how right-wing groups are targeting Black and brown voters with mass challenges and bad data.
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/the-...
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/the-...
apnews.com/article/publ... Republicans push to sell thousands of acres of public lands in the West
House Republicans push to sell thousands of acres of public lands in the West
House Republicans have added a provision to their sweeping tax cut package that would authorize the sale of thousands of acres of public lands in Nevada and Utah.
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May 7, 2025 at 7:56 PM
apnews.com/article/publ... Republicans push to sell thousands of acres of public lands in the West
Nikole Hannah-Jones says Trump is erasing Black history www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Nikole Hannah-Jones says Trump is erasing Black history
The Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and creator of “The 1619 Project” argues that Trump’s civil rights rollback is returning the US to the 19th century.
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May 7, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Nikole Hannah-Jones says Trump is erasing Black history www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Why Maxwell Frost wants Democrats to "get caught fighting" www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Why Maxwell Frost wants Democrats to "get caught fighting"
The youngest member of Congress is showing his older colleagues how to punch back in the age of Trump.
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May 7, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Why Maxwell Frost wants Democrats to "get caught fighting" www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
apnews.com/article/trum... intelligence memo contradicts Trump's claims linking gang to Venezuelan government
Declassified intelligence memo contradicts Trump's claims linking gang to Venezuelan government
A newly declassified U.S. intelligence assessment finds no evidence of coordination between the Tren de Aragua gang and senior Venezuelan officials.
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May 7, 2025 at 12:37 PM
apnews.com/article/trum... intelligence memo contradicts Trump's claims linking gang to Venezuelan government
Prediction: Expect all Hell to break loose when Tourette Syndrome Awareness Month coincides with National Etiquette Week on May 11 through the 17th.
May 4, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Prediction: Expect all Hell to break loose when Tourette Syndrome Awareness Month coincides with National Etiquette Week on May 11 through the 17th.
apnews.com/article/chri.... Chris Murphy's 'emergency' message about Trump is connecting with Democratic voters
Sen. Chris Murphy's 'emergency' message about Trump is connecting with Democratic voters
Chris Murphy has been touring the country talking to voters, and some people are starting to view the Democratic senator from Connecticut as worthy of the national spotlight.
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April 27, 2025 at 4:42 PM
apnews.com/article/chri.... Chris Murphy's 'emergency' message about Trump is connecting with Democratic voters
apnews.com/article/viet... end of the Vietnam War was also a turning point for protest songs
The end of the Vietnam War was also a turning point for protest songs
The departure in 1975 of the last Americans from Vietnam didn't only end a tragic chapter in the history of the two countries.
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April 27, 2025 at 4:36 PM
apnews.com/article/viet... end of the Vietnam War was also a turning point for protest songs