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Jennifer L Bennett
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(once)Terribly Effective. Exhausted. Feeling weird about combating misinformation when we are eventually no longer allowed to call it misinformation. Now what?
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profsaunders.bsky.social
Justice Jackson nails it, but that this has to be spelled out is so depressing.
joshuajfriedman.com Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 5d
Justice Jackson to Solicitor General Sauer (just now, in Trump v. Slaughter arguments):
"I guess I have a very different view of the dangers and real-world consequences of your position than what you explored with Justice Kavanaugh. My understanding was that independent agencies exist because Congress has decided that some issues, some matters, some areas should be handled in this way by nonpartisan experts—that Congress is saying that expertise matters with respect to aspects of the economy and transportation and the various independent agencies that we have. "So having a president come in and fire all the scientists and the doctors and the economists and the PhDs and replacing them with loyalists and people who don't know anything is actually not in the best interest of the citizens of the United States."
December 8, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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60minutes.bsky.social
“We found over 35 cases in which the judges have specifically said what the government is providing…false information. It might be intentionally false information, including false sworn declarations time and again," says Ryan Goodman, law professor at New York University.
October 19, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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chrislhayes.bsky.social
Probably worth noting that both Vance and Trump have been “joking” about murdering fishermen in these strikes.
nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · Oct 17
The U.S. military has destroyed five boats it has alleged were ferrying drugs into the U.S., killing 27 people. No authority has publicly released the names of any of the dead. One family is believed to be the first to publicly say they believe a relative is among those who were killed.
U.S. Military Killed Venezuelan Fisherman in Suspected Drug Boat Attack, Family Says
For the first time, one of the 27 people killed in U.S. airstrikes on suspected drug vessels has been publicly identified.
nyti.ms
October 17, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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phillewis.bsky.social
Trump says that he is removing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, an unprecedented move and a significant escalation of his attacks on the U.S. central bank
Trump says he is removing Fed Governor Lisa Cook
President Donald Trump's move pushes the Federal Reserve into unchartered territory.
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August 26, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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piperformissouri.bsky.social
I will turn 50 this September. I was born in 1975, and I represent the only generation of American women born with full rights that have been lost in the same lifetime.

open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...
Gen X: The Only Generation of American Women to Live With Rights
My name is Jess and I was a high school Literature teacher for 16 years until I decided to run as a Democrat in a rural, red district in Missouri. I bring you news and politics from Missouri and beyon...
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August 4, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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ndrew.bsky.social
the power of replying to their bull shit calmly with some variation of “no its not” and then just watching them melt
acyn.bsky.social Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Jul 24
Trump: It looks like it’s about $3.1 billion

Powell: I’m not aware of that.

Trump: It just came out

Powell: You just added in a third building

Trump: It’s a building that’s being built

Powell: It was built five years ago.
July 25, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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malcolmkenyatta.bsky.social
The Republicans Big Bullshit Bill is horrific. This is one of the greatest betrayals of working class families in American history.
June 29, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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malcolmkenyatta.bsky.social
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acyn.bsky.social Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Jun 29
Murray: This bill polls like garbage because it is garbage. That's why it should go nowhere except a trash bin
June 29, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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youranoncentral.bsky.social
Canadian victims of the Trump regime have witnessed and documented first hand the inhumane conditions ICE keeps its victims, subjecting them to psychological and mental torture and degrading living standards. Many victims are kept locked up for months and even years. #StopICE
They handed me a mat and a folded-up sheet of aluminum foil. "What is this?" "Your blanket." "I don't understand." I was taken to a tiny, freezing cement cell with bright fluorescent lights and a toilet. There were five other women lying on their mats with the aluminum sheets wrapped over them, looking like dead bodies. The guard locked the door behind me. text There were around 140 of us in our unit. Many women had lived and worked in the US legally for years but had overstayed their visas often after reapplying and being denied. They had all been detained without warning. If someone is a criminal, I agree they should be taken off the streets. But not one of these women had a criminal record. These women acknowledged that they shouldn't have overstayed and took responsibility for their actions. But their frustration wasn't about being held accountable; it was about the endless, bureaucratic limbo they had been trapped in. The real issue was how long it took to get out of the system, with no clear answers, no timeline and no way to move forward. Once deported, many have no choice but to abandon everything they own because the cost of shipping their belongings back is too high. I met a woman who had been on a road trip with her husband. She said they had 10-year work visas. While driving near the San Diego border, they mistakenly got into a lane leading to Mexico. They stopped and told the agent they didn't have their passports on them, expecting to be redirected. Instead, they were detained. They are both pastors. I met a family of three who had been living in the US for 11 years with work authorizations. They paid taxes and were waiting for their green cards. Every year, the mother had to undergo a background check, but this time, she was told to bring her whole family. When they arrived, they were taken into custody and told their status would now be processed from within the detention center. Another woman from Canada had been living in the US with her husband who was detained after a traffic stop. She admitted she had overstayed her visa and accepted that she would be deported. But she had been stuck in the system for almost six weeks because she hadn't had her passport. Who runs casual errands with their passport? One woman had a 10-year visa. When it expired, she moved back to her home country, Venezuela. She admitted she had overstayed by one month before leaving. Later, she returned for a vacation and entered the US without issue. But when she took a domestic flight from Miami to Los Angeles, she was picked up by Ice and detained. She couldn't be deported because Venezuela wasn't accepting deportees. She didn't know when she was getting out. There was a girl from India who had overstayed her student visa for three days before heading back home. She then came back to the US on a new, valid visa to finish her master's degree and was handed over to Ice due to the three days she had overstayed on her previous visa. There were women who had been picked up off the street, from outside their workplaces, from their homes. All of these women told me that they had been detained for time spans ranging from a few weeks to 10 months. One woman's daughter was outside the detention center protesting for her release. When we arrived at our next destination, we were forced to go through the entire intake process all over again, with medical exams, fingerprinting - and pregnancy tests; they lined us up in a filthy cell, squatting over a communal toilet, holding Dixie cups of urine while the nurse dropped pregnancy tests in each of our cups. It was disgusting. We sat in freezing-cold jail cells for hours, waiting for everyone to be processed. Across the room, one of the women suddenly spotted her husband. They had both been detained and were now seeing each other for the first time in weeks. The look on her face - pure love, relief and longing - was something I'll never forget. We were beyond exhausted. I felt like I was hallucinating. The guard tossed us each a blanket: "Find a bed." There were no pillows. The room was ice cold, and one blanket wasn't enough. Around me, women lay curled into themselves, heads covered, looking like a room full of corpses. This place made the last jail feel like the Four Seasons. I kept telling myself: Do not let this break you. Thirty of us shared one room. We were given one Styrofoam cup for water and one plastic spoon that we had to reuse for every meal. I eventually had to start trying to eat and, sure enough, I got sick. None of the uniforms fit, and everyone had men's shoes on. The towels they gave us to shower were hand towels. They wouldn't give us more blankets. The fluorescent lights shined on us 24/7. Everything felt like it was meant to break you. Nothing was explained to us. I wasn't given a phone call. We were locked in a room, no daylight, with no idea when we would get out.
June 27, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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therealjackhopkins.bsky.social
I've made a concerted effort to curb my tendency to speak on the appearance of the most vile of my political foes. Mind you, I did not say I'm going to "quit." I'm not; I'm just reeling it in a bit.

With that said, G'dmanit, having seen Bondi today...it's straining the hell out of my reel.
June 25, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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youranoncentral.bsky.social
Trump regime ICE troopers attacked an elderly woman (legal resident) selling tamales, they manhandled her so violently that she fainted, then threw her on the ground and stripped her, she had to be hospitalized.

She received medical help after US citizens intervened. #StopICE
June 23, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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bgrueskin.bsky.social
Michael Pham fled Vietnam at the age of 13. He was named bishop of San Diego a month ago.

Today, he stood watch at a courthouse: ICE agents were “standing there covered with masks as we walked toward the courtroom. Eventually the agents scattered and went away”

timesofsandiego.com/life/2025/06...
ICE agents scatter as SD Bishop Pham, other clergy visit immigration court
"Our presence made a difference," one priest said, quoting an immigration lawyer saying their client was given more time to prepare for another hearing.
timesofsandiego.com
June 20, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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June 20, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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ronfilipkowski.bsky.social
Obviously Jessica kicked ass tonight.
June 20, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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schiff.senate.gov
I said what I said.
June 18, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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espiers.bsky.social
Oh look I found a waste of taxpayer money, someone notify DOGE
bnonews.com BNO News @bnonews.com · Jun 19
BREAKING: SpaceX Starship explodes during static fire test
June 19, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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ashleyvotesblue.bsky.social
LOL ~ Does MAGA not realize we have eyes? No amount of insane gaslighting will spin this huge flop of a vanity parade.🥴
Picture of Trump’s sparsely attended vanity parade and a tweet from Steven Cheung lying about the attendance numbers. LOL FROM: Brian Tyler Cohen
June 15, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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charlotteclymer.bsky.social
"Again and again, I arrived at the same conclusion without fail: no, my eyes did not deceive me and my standards are not too high and I’m not being unfair. That was, hands down, the worst military parade I’ve ever seen."

charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/the-worst-...
The Worst Military Parade I've Ever Seen
Hands down.
charlotteclymer.substack.com
June 15, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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drjackbrown.bsky.social
No, we're not being invaded. No, there is no rebellion. These are *the only two criteria* for mobilizing the U.S. Armed Forces on U.S. Soil.
thetnholler.bsky.social The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Jun 12
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs says we’re not being invaded
June 16, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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chrismurphyct.bsky.social
The Minnesota assassin appears to be a hate-filled right winger. So can we stop walking on eggshells about MAGA's legitimization of political violence?

Yes, Republicans have also been the target of inexcusable violence, but this isn't a "both sides" issue.

1/ A🧵on the danger.
June 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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karlykingsley.bsky.social
A senator celebrating the murder of political opponents should be expelled. Not debated. Not excused. Expelled.
June 15, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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psychhype.bsky.social
Just an aside but it sure seemed that the feds and media were more passionate about finding the United Healthcare CEO’s gunman than the Minnesota lawmakers’ murderer.
June 15, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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sethabramson.bsky.social
(🧵) I’ve never—in 30 years in journalism—published a report like this: one that could genuinely bring hope. I spent the last 15 hours curating and labeling photos from hundreds of No Kings Day protests. It’s the largest archive of its kind and it has *lots* of Easter eggs (memes, an essay and more).
Over 250 Photos From Around the Nation and the World From the Historic “No Kings Day” Protests
Almost no one showed up to Donald Trump’s surprisingly timid, depressing, and generally lackluster birthday party in Washington, but protests against him were bursting at the seams across the globe.
sethabramson.substack.com
June 15, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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youranoncentral.bsky.social
As the Trump regime continues to push for more fascism, expect more violence and disinformation meant to incite fear and harm from his MAGA loyalists and ICE foot soldiers. Be aware, be alert, stay safe.
Figure 3: General characteristics of a lone-actor terrorist There is no single profile for lone-actor terrorists. The vast majority are men, women only representing around 2-3% of known cases. It is possible for lone-actor terrorists to have one or even two accomplices, and they would still be regarded as lone-actors as long as none of them is directly affiliated with any terrorist group. Mental health problems appear to be more prevalent among lone-actor terrorists than among the general population. Operationally independent, lone-actor terrorists often act in support of terrorist groups, extremist organisations, or broader movements. Sophistication of lone-actor terrorist attacks varies greatly, with most being characterised by relatively low complexity and low lethality. Lone-actor terrorists are very difficult to detect before they actually engage in violence.
June 15, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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gtconway.bsky.social
Terrific 🧵
bunnibytz.bsky.social jen sometimes aph 🌻 @bunnibytz.bsky.social · Jun 15
via @douglandry.bsky.social

"I just got back from the Trump parade and I have to say it was legitimately the worst executed mass attendance event I’ve ever seen

One overarching thought: how do you spend $80 million and fumble the basics?

Many more thoughts..."

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June 15, 2025 at 5:30 PM