aelse.bsky.social
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Donald Trump signed a bunch of executive orders rolling back abortion protections in the middle of the night, hoping that no one would notice.

This is — and always has been — about controlling women’s bodies. I’m fighting back.
February 16, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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Though the Trump Administration renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, the U.S. only lays claim to 46% of the gulf. Learn more about who controls what and why here: nyti.ms/41czLfw
February 13, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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February 14, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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“Be careful. When a democracy is sick, fascism comes to its bedside, but it is not to inquire about its health.”

Albert Camus
February 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Happy Valentine's Day, especially to anyone who might identify with one of the letters in LGBTQ, particularly the day after someone Trumpy stripped the letter T and then the letter Q from the National Park Service website for Stonewall in New York City.
February 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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We will not let ANYONE cover up history, divide us, or force our trans, nonbinary, and gender-expansive community back into the closet.

Our community has always been here, will always be here, and will keep leading the fight for equality every step of the way. 🏳️‍⚧️
February 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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reupping this from the wall street journal -- oct 25 2024:

www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Exclusive | Elon Musk’s Secret Conversations With Vladimir Putin
Regular contacts between world’s richest man and America’s chief antagonist raise security concerns. Topics include geopolitics, business and personal matters.
www.wsj.com
February 3, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Dictators need the masses to be misinformed, uneducated and gullible. Fuck. We knew it was coming but within two effing weeks??
February 3, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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FBI officials sent out a questionnaire over the weekend to determine the involvement of thousands of FBI personnel in cases related to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, according to multiple people who reviewed the document.
As DOJ probes FBI’s Jan. 6 work and weighs firings, agents told to detail roles
FBI employees must explain in a questionnaire by Monday whether they were involved in the surveillance, arrest or trial of a Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot suspect.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 3, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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February 2, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Hope is never futile - it is one of the greatest forms of resistance we have.
February 2, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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I know they're outnumbered and possibly in disarray and, you know, it's the weekend, but it would be nice to hear some fightin' words from our reps on the left.

Now is the time for all good people to come to the aid of their country.
February 1, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Elon Musk has infiltrated the U.S. Treasury Office to identify ways to cut off funding for various projects, prompting the abrupt retirement of the Treasury official responsible for overseeing the government’s vast payment system.
January 31, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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Thank you, Senator! Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden demanded answers from Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent after reports surfaced that personnel affiliated with Elon Musk have sought access to a highly sensitive Treasury Department payment system.
February 1, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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February 1, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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January 31, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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A U.S. airliner collided with a Blackhawk helicopter just days after Trump dismantled a key aviation safety advisory committee, leaving it without members previously responsible for examining airline and airport safety issues.
January 30, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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‘The Peace of Wild Things’ - Wendell Berry (2018)
January 29, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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January 29, 2025 at 10:25 AM
January 28, 2025 at 8:24 PM