Scott66
@66lake.bsky.social
Retired Technology nerd, mobile DJ, city councilman, politically blue through & through
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A judge is demanding answers about the international broadcaster's future from Trump official Kari Lake.
Voice of America director says Trump officials are illegally ousting him
A judge is demanding answers about the international broadcaster's future from Trump official Kari Lake.
n.pr
August 6, 2025 at 1:24 PM
A judge is demanding answers about the international broadcaster's future from Trump official Kari Lake.
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The nation's landmark voting rights law just turned 60. It may not survive Trump.
“That’s the power grab. The long-term game is to repeal the Voting Rights Act.”
“That’s the power grab. The long-term game is to repeal the Voting Rights Act.”
The nation's landmark voting rights law just turned 60. It may not survive Trump.
“The long-term game is to repeal the Voting Rights Act.”
www.motherjones.com
August 6, 2025 at 12:07 PM
The nation's landmark voting rights law just turned 60. It may not survive Trump.
“That’s the power grab. The long-term game is to repeal the Voting Rights Act.”
“That’s the power grab. The long-term game is to repeal the Voting Rights Act.”
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A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from reallocating $4 billion meant to help communities protect against natural disasters.
Trump administration cannot reallocate billions meant for disaster mitigation, federal judge rules
Massachusetts and the other states that brought the lawsuit argued FEMA lacked the authority to end the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program and redirect more than $4 billion of…
to.pbs.org
August 6, 2025 at 1:04 PM
A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from reallocating $4 billion meant to help communities protect against natural disasters.
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Sixty years after the Voting Rights Act became a landmark law against racial discrimination, legal challenges heading to the Supreme Court could curtail its remaining protections for minority voters.
60 years later, Voting Rights Act protections for minority voters face new threats
Sixty years after the Voting Rights Act became a landmark law against racial discrimination, legal challenges heading to the Supreme Court could curtail its remaining protections for minority voters.
n.pr
August 6, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Sixty years after the Voting Rights Act became a landmark law against racial discrimination, legal challenges heading to the Supreme Court could curtail its remaining protections for minority voters.
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A former “Alligator Alcatraz” worker says detainees are subject to “inhumane” conditions — packed by the hundreds into cages without sunlight, with overflowing toilets and limited access to showers.
Former 'Alligator Alcatraz' worker describes 'inhumane' conditions inside
In an exclusive report, NBC6 spoke with a former corrections officer who says she saw hundreds held in cages with no sunlight, backed up toilets and little access to showers.
nbcnews.to
August 6, 2025 at 3:08 PM
A former “Alligator Alcatraz” worker says detainees are subject to “inhumane” conditions — packed by the hundreds into cages without sunlight, with overflowing toilets and limited access to showers.
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“It is also unclear why the Department of Justice — which has no role in administering elections — is so desperately trying to gain access to [voter] information… Whatever the reason, it’s a troubling sign of what’s to come,” @marcelias.bsky.social writes.
What the DOJ Is Doing Behind the Scenes
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
August 6, 2025 at 1:08 PM
“It is also unclear why the Department of Justice — which has no role in administering elections — is so desperately trying to gain access to [voter] information… Whatever the reason, it’s a troubling sign of what’s to come,” @marcelias.bsky.social writes.
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The Department of Health and Human Services will cancel contracts and pull funding for some vaccines that are being developed to fight respiratory viruses like COVID-19 and the flu.
RFK Jr. pulls $500 million in funding for mRNA vaccine contracts
The Department of Health and Human Services will cancel contracts and pull funding for some vaccines that are being developed to fight respiratory viruses like COVID-19 and the flu.
n.pr
August 6, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The Department of Health and Human Services will cancel contracts and pull funding for some vaccines that are being developed to fight respiratory viruses like COVID-19 and the flu.
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Every day, Americans are bombarded with the bad news of Trump 2.0.
It’s an everything-everywhere-all-at-once strategy to reshape America to the fancy of an autocrat who relishes blowing up foundations they regard as liberal, woke, or otherwise at odds with their MAGA theology.
It’s an everything-everywhere-all-at-once strategy to reshape America to the fancy of an autocrat who relishes blowing up foundations they regard as liberal, woke, or otherwise at odds with their MAGA theology.
Donald Trump and the deconstruction of America
Don't let the daily outrages obscure the big picture.
www.motherjones.com
August 6, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Every day, Americans are bombarded with the bad news of Trump 2.0.
It’s an everything-everywhere-all-at-once strategy to reshape America to the fancy of an autocrat who relishes blowing up foundations they regard as liberal, woke, or otherwise at odds with their MAGA theology.
It’s an everything-everywhere-all-at-once strategy to reshape America to the fancy of an autocrat who relishes blowing up foundations they regard as liberal, woke, or otherwise at odds with their MAGA theology.
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NEW: Many of the same Republican lawmakers who have targeted the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for cuts have collectively directed thousands of constituents’ complaints about banks, credit cards, loans and other products to the agency.
By @joeljacobs.bsky.social
By @joeljacobs.bsky.social
These GOP Lawmakers Referred Constituents to the CFPB for Help. Then They Voted to Gut the Agency.
Many of the same Republican lawmakers who have targeted the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for cuts have collectively directed thousands of constituents’ complaints about banks, credit cards,…
www.propublica.org
August 6, 2025 at 12:15 PM
NEW: Many of the same Republican lawmakers who have targeted the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for cuts have collectively directed thousands of constituents’ complaints about banks, credit cards, loans and other products to the agency.
By @joeljacobs.bsky.social
By @joeljacobs.bsky.social
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A new immigrant detention center will be opening in Indiana called the “Speedway Slammer,” modeled after Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz.”
On #playbookpod, Megan Messerly explains why the rhetoric used by the administration to describe these centers is significant.
🎧 Listen here: ow.ly/yY5B50WAzH8
On #playbookpod, Megan Messerly explains why the rhetoric used by the administration to describe these centers is significant.
🎧 Listen here: ow.ly/yY5B50WAzH8
August 6, 2025 at 10:32 AM
A new immigrant detention center will be opening in Indiana called the “Speedway Slammer,” modeled after Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz.”
On #playbookpod, Megan Messerly explains why the rhetoric used by the administration to describe these centers is significant.
🎧 Listen here: ow.ly/yY5B50WAzH8
On #playbookpod, Megan Messerly explains why the rhetoric used by the administration to describe these centers is significant.
🎧 Listen here: ow.ly/yY5B50WAzH8
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Everyone in DC knows that if you want to hide something, announce it on a Friday in August. Better yet, make it nearly impossible to track down.
That's exactly what SCOTUS did last week. But the news is too staggering to hide for long: SCOTUS has decided it's time to destroy the Voting Rights Act.
That's exactly what SCOTUS did last week. But the news is too staggering to hide for long: SCOTUS has decided it's time to destroy the Voting Rights Act.
The Supreme Court prepares to end voting rights as we know it
And they don't want you to notice.
www.motherjones.com
August 6, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Everyone in DC knows that if you want to hide something, announce it on a Friday in August. Better yet, make it nearly impossible to track down.
That's exactly what SCOTUS did last week. But the news is too staggering to hide for long: SCOTUS has decided it's time to destroy the Voting Rights Act.
That's exactly what SCOTUS did last week. But the news is too staggering to hide for long: SCOTUS has decided it's time to destroy the Voting Rights Act.
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A.G.O.L.F. H.I.T.L.E.R.
July 28, 2025 at 12:06 AM
A.G.O.L.F. H.I.T.L.E.R.
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Sadly, they are. And linear thinking petulant intellectually and emotionally stunted participants in our elections are becoming more prominent. Now with public education taking even more hits, the future is very bleak.
July 28, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Sadly, they are. And linear thinking petulant intellectually and emotionally stunted participants in our elections are becoming more prominent. Now with public education taking even more hits, the future is very bleak.
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Looking at you Charlie Kirk. Your audience isn't as stupid as you make them out to be.
@gavinnewsom.bsky.social's message to rightwing influencers who put allegiance to Trump over honesty about Epstein: "Reputations can be destroyed in a moment...Trump has zero loyalty. At least be loyal to your followers on your own. Have the decency to have the back of those that are following you."
July 28, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Looking at you Charlie Kirk. Your audience isn't as stupid as you make them out to be.
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There has been far too little commentary abt how Trump ALREADY dumped millions into a challenge against Massie and Massie's in full DGAF mode.
Maybe Massie loses like the other people Trump took out (Amash, Cheney, etc).
Maybe he has found the thing though.🍿
Maybe Massie loses like the other people Trump took out (Amash, Cheney, etc).
Maybe he has found the thing though.🍿
Massie on Mike Johnson saying he just wants to inflict political pain: "Is the pain he talking about that somebody in our party will be embarrassed by those files? Then that's not a good excuse ... why is it painful for Mike Johnson to call a vote on this?"
July 28, 2025 at 1:55 AM
There has been far too little commentary abt how Trump ALREADY dumped millions into a challenge against Massie and Massie's in full DGAF mode.
Maybe Massie loses like the other people Trump took out (Amash, Cheney, etc).
Maybe he has found the thing though.🍿
Maybe Massie loses like the other people Trump took out (Amash, Cheney, etc).
Maybe he has found the thing though.🍿
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#ResistanceRoots
Norman Lear was born on this day in 1922 in New Haven, Conn. Lear wrote, created, developed or produced more than 100 TV shows, including beloved 1970s sitcoms All in the Family, Maude, Sanford and Son and The Jeffersons, introducing sociopolitical themes into the sitcom format. /1
Norman Lear was born on this day in 1922 in New Haven, Conn. Lear wrote, created, developed or produced more than 100 TV shows, including beloved 1970s sitcoms All in the Family, Maude, Sanford and Son and The Jeffersons, introducing sociopolitical themes into the sitcom format. /1
July 27, 2025 at 11:47 PM
#ResistanceRoots
Norman Lear was born on this day in 1922 in New Haven, Conn. Lear wrote, created, developed or produced more than 100 TV shows, including beloved 1970s sitcoms All in the Family, Maude, Sanford and Son and The Jeffersons, introducing sociopolitical themes into the sitcom format. /1
Norman Lear was born on this day in 1922 in New Haven, Conn. Lear wrote, created, developed or produced more than 100 TV shows, including beloved 1970s sitcoms All in the Family, Maude, Sanford and Son and The Jeffersons, introducing sociopolitical themes into the sitcom format. /1
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A pastor’s message!
July 28, 2025 at 2:08 AM
A pastor’s message!
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Nader was released on 2/6/25 (after sitting for a deposition in the Khawaja case). Khawaja is still staving off extradition from Lithuania. I believe Nader went back to UAE (maybe Trump caught up on the visit?)
July 28, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Nader was released on 2/6/25 (after sitting for a deposition in the Khawaja case). Khawaja is still staving off extradition from Lithuania. I believe Nader went back to UAE (maybe Trump caught up on the visit?)
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Trump is a con a felon, a child, a thief, a liar, evil more than evil itself.
July 27, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Trump is a con a felon, a child, a thief, a liar, evil more than evil itself.
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But, $600 million for detention centers from FEMA.
July 27, 2025 at 8:45 PM
But, $600 million for detention centers from FEMA.
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Rep. Ro Khanna tells MSNBC he intends to subpoena the Epstein estate for the book that Ghislaine Maxwell put together for Epstein's 50th birthday — the book that reportedly included a letter to Epstein bearing Trump's name and an outline of a naked woman.
July 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Rep. Ro Khanna tells MSNBC he intends to subpoena the Epstein estate for the book that Ghislaine Maxwell put together for Epstein's 50th birthday — the book that reportedly included a letter to Epstein bearing Trump's name and an outline of a naked woman.