@aholsomback.bsky.social
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OTOH, MAGA does believe it is an extreme ideological stance to suggest that all children should:
- feel welcome and safe, especially in the public schools
- be taught to welcoming to others
- not be treated like adults or like parents' property
- be given the rights and protections due children
- feel welcome and safe, especially in the public schools
- be taught to welcoming to others
- not be treated like adults or like parents' property
- be given the rights and protections due children
Who Gets to be a Child?
They all deserve rights and protections
nobody-wants-this.ghost.io
July 1, 2025 at 10:42 AM
OTOH, MAGA does believe it is an extreme ideological stance to suggest that all children should:
- feel welcome and safe, especially in the public schools
- be taught to welcoming to others
- not be treated like adults or like parents' property
- be given the rights and protections due children
- feel welcome and safe, especially in the public schools
- be taught to welcoming to others
- not be treated like adults or like parents' property
- be given the rights and protections due children
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The state AG lying and making shit up to keep this sign out of Idaho schools.
Attorney general: ‘Everyone is Welcome Here’ sign cannot be displayed in Idaho schools
The sign violates a new law that prohibits the display of flags or banners have a political viewpoint, according to an Idaho attorney general’s office opinion obtained by EdNews through a pub…
www.idahoednews.org
July 1, 2025 at 10:42 AM
The state AG lying and making shit up to keep this sign out of Idaho schools.
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Where it starts is never where it starts. The news that DOJ is prioritizing denaturalizations, combined with very vague explanations of who they will prioritize, is deeply concerning. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
July 1, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Where it starts is never where it starts. The news that DOJ is prioritizing denaturalizations, combined with very vague explanations of who they will prioritize, is deeply concerning. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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The sun has risen over the Capitol. We've been voting on amendments to the Big Ugly Bill for 21 hours.
Republicans can't find the votes to pass this monstrosity – so they're wheeling and dealing.
And making a bad bill even worse.
Republicans can't find the votes to pass this monstrosity – so they're wheeling and dealing.
And making a bad bill even worse.
July 1, 2025 at 10:39 AM
The sun has risen over the Capitol. We've been voting on amendments to the Big Ugly Bill for 21 hours.
Republicans can't find the votes to pass this monstrosity – so they're wheeling and dealing.
And making a bad bill even worse.
Republicans can't find the votes to pass this monstrosity – so they're wheeling and dealing.
And making a bad bill even worse.
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“The Department of Homeland Security has formally instituted a new requirement that members of Congress and their staff provide a week of notice before they visit immigration detention facilities, a policy that is at odds with a federal law that allows lawmakers to make unannounced oversight trips.“
ICE to require lawmakers to give a week’s notice before detention visits.
www.nytimes.com
June 30, 2025 at 9:44 PM
“The Department of Homeland Security has formally instituted a new requirement that members of Congress and their staff provide a week of notice before they visit immigration detention facilities, a policy that is at odds with a federal law that allows lawmakers to make unannounced oversight trips.“
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Trickle up economics
The Joint Committee on Taxation is up late and busts out this striking distributional analysis of the Senate bill on taxes:
July 1, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Trickle up economics
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Link for US viewers:
Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
youtu.be
June 30, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Link for US viewers:
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Russia launched its biggest aerial attack on Ukraine yet over the weekend, firing 537 weapons including 477 drones/decoys & 60 missiles. 249 were shot down, 226 more were likely jammed. The attacks killed at least 8, including a Ukrainian fighter pilot, lost with his F-16.-AP
June 30, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Russia launched its biggest aerial attack on Ukraine yet over the weekend, firing 537 weapons including 477 drones/decoys & 60 missiles. 249 were shot down, 226 more were likely jammed. The attacks killed at least 8, including a Ukrainian fighter pilot, lost with his F-16.-AP
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DOJ announces plans to prioritize cases to revoke citizenship
DOJ announces plans to prioritize cases to revoke citizenship
Denaturalization is a tactic heavily used during the McCarthy era and one that was expanded during the Obama administration and grew further during President Trump's first term. It's a tool usually us...
www.npr.org
June 30, 2025 at 12:13 PM
DOJ announces plans to prioritize cases to revoke citizenship
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imagine not finding this combination of words alarming
June 30, 2025 at 12:46 PM
imagine not finding this combination of words alarming
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@mjsdc.bsky.social on Barrett’s personal jabs against Justice Jackson in birthright ruling: “It's very personal and extraordinarily disrespectful and inappropriate from Justice Barrett who touts herself as being collegial… but in this case clearly felt wounded by Justice Jackson’s critiques.”
June 28, 2025 at 11:48 AM
@mjsdc.bsky.social on Barrett’s personal jabs against Justice Jackson in birthright ruling: “It's very personal and extraordinarily disrespectful and inappropriate from Justice Barrett who touts herself as being collegial… but in this case clearly felt wounded by Justice Jackson’s critiques.”
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Last month on Amicus w/ @mjsdc.bsky.social, I said I was so troubled by the Roberts Court’s enabling Trump’s lawlessness, I now worried about the birthright injunctions case.
Afterward I thought I was being paranoid… no way they’d go that far.
Sorry I was right.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
Afterward I thought I was being paranoid… no way they’d go that far.
Sorry I was right.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
This End Of Term At SCOTUS Is Unlike Any Other in History
Podcast Episode · Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts · 05/31/2025 · 1h 8m
podcasts.apple.com
June 27, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Last month on Amicus w/ @mjsdc.bsky.social, I said I was so troubled by the Roberts Court’s enabling Trump’s lawlessness, I now worried about the birthright injunctions case.
Afterward I thought I was being paranoid… no way they’d go that far.
Sorry I was right.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
Afterward I thought I was being paranoid… no way they’d go that far.
Sorry I was right.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
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BREAKING: Trump starts LIFTING sanctions on Russian banks.
Unbelievable. Just after Putin launched Russia's biggest air assault on Ukrainian civilians, Trump lifts restrictions on some of the Russian banks closest to him. And all done while America sleeps.
An Oval Office, Kremlin-compromised.
Unbelievable. Just after Putin launched Russia's biggest air assault on Ukrainian civilians, Trump lifts restrictions on some of the Russian banks closest to him. And all done while America sleeps.
An Oval Office, Kremlin-compromised.
June 30, 2025 at 12:46 PM
BREAKING: Trump starts LIFTING sanctions on Russian banks.
Unbelievable. Just after Putin launched Russia's biggest air assault on Ukrainian civilians, Trump lifts restrictions on some of the Russian banks closest to him. And all done while America sleeps.
An Oval Office, Kremlin-compromised.
Unbelievable. Just after Putin launched Russia's biggest air assault on Ukrainian civilians, Trump lifts restrictions on some of the Russian banks closest to him. And all done while America sleeps.
An Oval Office, Kremlin-compromised.
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The Trump administration is dropping charges against ms-13 gang leaders after the gang leaders agreed to use their power as gang leaders to support Nayib Bukele politically in El Salvador. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/u...
June 30, 2025 at 10:57 AM
The Trump administration is dropping charges against ms-13 gang leaders after the gang leaders agreed to use their power as gang leaders to support Nayib Bukele politically in El Salvador. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/u...
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We have “a chief justice who schizophrenically imagines he can both credibly urge caution toward judges and ignore his own role in contributing to violence against judges and other lawlessness by exacerbating Trump’s power.”
open.substack.com/pub/america/...
open.substack.com/pub/america/...
"A Zone of Lawlessness"
One year after the Supreme Court’s reckless immunity ruling, the Roberts-led supermajority has further expanded Trump’s power to violate the law
open.substack.com
June 30, 2025 at 12:35 PM
We have “a chief justice who schizophrenically imagines he can both credibly urge caution toward judges and ignore his own role in contributing to violence against judges and other lawlessness by exacerbating Trump’s power.”
open.substack.com/pub/america/...
open.substack.com/pub/america/...
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NEW:
Kristi Noem secretly took a cut of political donations and then failed to disclose it
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
w/ @josh-kaplan.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
Kristi Noem secretly took a cut of political donations and then failed to disclose it
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
w/ @josh-kaplan.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations
A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...
www.propublica.org
June 30, 2025 at 12:02 PM
NEW:
Kristi Noem secretly took a cut of political donations and then failed to disclose it
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
w/ @josh-kaplan.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
Kristi Noem secretly took a cut of political donations and then failed to disclose it
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
w/ @josh-kaplan.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
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"General Motors just killed plans to make electric motors at a factory near Buffalo, N.Y., and instead will put $888 million into building V-8 gasoline engines there."
Gift link:
Gift link:
There’s a Race to Power the Future. China Is Pulling Away. (Gift Article)
Beijing is selling clean energy to the world, Washington is pushing oil and gas. Both are driven by national security.
www.nytimes.com
June 30, 2025 at 12:54 PM
"General Motors just killed plans to make electric motors at a factory near Buffalo, N.Y., and instead will put $888 million into building V-8 gasoline engines there."
Gift link:
Gift link:
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@meta banning a reliable source of information like @tnholler presumably because the truth is uncomfortable for a lot of people is peak 2025 American behavior #censorship
June 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
@meta banning a reliable source of information like @tnholler presumably because the truth is uncomfortable for a lot of people is peak 2025 American behavior #censorship
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This is what he looks like... just wanna make sure everyone is on the same page
June 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
This is what he looks like... just wanna make sure everyone is on the same page
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Attorney General Pam Bondi became angry and refused to answer questions from Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) when it came to whether foreign influence is affecting decisions being made by President Donald Trump.
'Not going to tell you': Bondi refuses to answer question on Trump corruption
Attorney General Pam Bondi became angry and refused to answer questions from Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) when it came to whether foreign influence is affecting decisions being made by President Donald Trump. His questioning stemmed from the dinner Trump had for the top holders of the Trump coin.“I k...
bit.ly
June 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Attorney General Pam Bondi became angry and refused to answer questions from Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) when it came to whether foreign influence is affecting decisions being made by President Donald Trump.
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Operation Slime Trail. With the 5% target and unwavering pandering, the Europeans are keeping Donald Trump in NATO for the time being. The US president has long since shot the alliance's fundamental idea to pieces. In addition Trump received special treatment, which was often embarrassing.
(S+) Meinung: Nato-Gipfel: Europas Schleimspur für Donald Trumps Verbleib in der Allianz
Mit dem Fünf-Prozent-Ziel und uneingeschränkter Anbiederung halten die Europäer Donald Trump vorerst in der Nato. Den Grundgedanken der Allianz aber hat der US-Präsident längst sturmreif geschossen.
www.spiegel.de
June 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Operation Slime Trail. With the 5% target and unwavering pandering, the Europeans are keeping Donald Trump in NATO for the time being. The US president has long since shot the alliance's fundamental idea to pieces. In addition Trump received special treatment, which was often embarrassing.
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"it may have been controversial, but people were clearly engaged"
"lighting my house on fire may have had some unintended consequences, but many neighbours gathered to watch!"
"lighting my house on fire may have had some unintended consequences, but many neighbours gathered to watch!"
I just got a batch of internal CBC emails about the Cross-Country Checkup episode (yes, that one).
The thing that stands out is that they knew how mad people were — they received more than a thousand emails, plus the social media pile-on — and yet there is zero self-reflection.
The thing that stands out is that they knew how mad people were — they received more than a thousand emails, plus the social media pile-on — and yet there is zero self-reflection.
June 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
"it may have been controversial, but people were clearly engaged"
"lighting my house on fire may have had some unintended consequences, but many neighbours gathered to watch!"
"lighting my house on fire may have had some unintended consequences, but many neighbours gathered to watch!"
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New York City's homicide rate is lower than the nation's as a whole. In Trump-friendly Alabama, the homicide rate is triple the rate in NYC. But Stephen Miller spreads fear of big cities and immigrants because he's a disgusting racist.
June 25, 2025 at 3:22 PM
New York City's homicide rate is lower than the nation's as a whole. In Trump-friendly Alabama, the homicide rate is triple the rate in NYC. But Stephen Miller spreads fear of big cities and immigrants because he's a disgusting racist.
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One thing to note about Bove’s response re: whistleblower report is that he didn’t explicitly deny making the “fuck you” comment.
Would be interesting to see his response if a senator directly asks him if he denies saying that
bsky.app/profile/anna...
Would be interesting to see his response if a senator directly asks him if he denies saying that
bsky.app/profile/anna...
June 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
One thing to note about Bove’s response re: whistleblower report is that he didn’t explicitly deny making the “fuck you” comment.
Would be interesting to see his response if a senator directly asks him if he denies saying that
bsky.app/profile/anna...
Would be interesting to see his response if a senator directly asks him if he denies saying that
bsky.app/profile/anna...