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bethhope.bsky.social
@bethhope.bsky.social
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Coastal Oregon dweller. College & WNBA basketball fan. Book lover. LEGO builder. Devotee of the Oxford comma. Artist.
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muellershewrote.com
BREAKING: The FBI trainee that was fired for displaying a Pride Flag is SUING the government, saying his removal was illegal www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
An F.B.I. Trainee Hung a Pride Flag Near His Desk. He Says He Was Fired for It.
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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m33gs.bsky.social
seattle
"Neighbor kidnapped here. Abolish ICE" Stencil on the ground seen in Seattle
November 19, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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ratchetwrench.bsky.social
"This isn’t how it usually works when a smoothly running country elects to retire some portion of its currency." 1/
November 19, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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troubledh2o.bsky.social
Daniel Pearl and Jamal Khashoggi shared the same missions in life: Both were murdered for bringing ugly truths light.

Neither name should ever be forgotten. May they both rest in peace.

#DanielPearl #JamalKhashoggi #ReeseWaters
November 19, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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calltoactivism.bsky.social
🚨BREAKING: JB Pritzker, the Governor of Illinois was invited to meet the pope - and he even brought him beer from a Chicago brewery.

Seeing Pritzker represent the United States is a much welcomed difference from our embarrassing President.
November 19, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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dieworkwear.bsky.social
I remember when there was a discussion on Twitter about Shein's manufacturing practices and some apologists invented all sorts of fantastical machinery and technology to avoid facing the more horrifying truth. Reminds me of this comedian's joke.

IG bscomedian
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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dieworkwear.bsky.social
The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
Excerpt from a BBC article: ""We usually work, 10, 11 or 12 hours a day," says a 49-year-old woman from Jiangxi unwilling to give her name. "On Sundays we work around three hours less." She is in an alleyway, where a dozen people are huddled around a row of bulletin boards. They are reading the job ads on the board, while examining the stitching on a pair of chinos draped over it. This is Shein's supply chain. The factories are contracted to make clothes on order - some small, some big. If the chinos are a hit, orders will ramp up and so must production. Factories then hire temporary workers to meet the demand their permanent staff cannot fulfil. The migrant worker from Jiangxi is looking for a short-term contract - and the chinos are an option. "We earn so little. The cost of living is now so high," she says, adding that she hopes to make enough to send back to her two children who are living with their grandparents. "We get paid per piece," she explains. "It depends how difficult the item is. Something simple like a t-shirt is one-two yuan [less than a dollar] per piece and I can make around a dozen in an hour.""
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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rparloff.bsky.social
Good line. Comey case is the "four seasons total landscaping of prosecutions."
wilkins2432.bsky.social wilkins2432.bsky.social @wilkins2432.bsky.social · 9h
I mean, Lemons must understand that at point his license is in jeopardy. I’ve never seen anything close to this.

This is the “four seasons total landscaping” of prosecutions. Except here, there will most certainly be lasting professional consequences, if not criminal.
November 20, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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axidentaliberal.bsky.social
The Congressional Budget Office estimates that-because of the changes mandated by the Big Ugly Bill-approximate 3 million Americans will lose their SNAP benefits

Trump and his MAGA cronies will soon be starving a lot of children and seniors

All so billionaires could get more tax breaks
November 20, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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melissjpeltier.bsky.social
Good move, Harvard.
Larry has a fortune.
He’ll be fine.
After decades of exploitation & sleaze, he’s finally facing some consequences.
November 20, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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ericblanc.bsky.social
Workers from @sbworkersunited.org put their bodies on the line today, shutting down Starbucks' distribution center in York, PA, the largest in the US

Stand in solidarity with these working-class heroes, DON'T BUY STARBUCKS ANYWHERE UNTIL THEY WIN THEIR STRIKE
November 19, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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altcdc.altgov.info
Next they’ll be telling us that hand washing causes autism.
elizabethjacobs.bsky.social Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 6h
It doesn’t matter how much you exercise or how many veggies you eat when it comes to a pandemic.

These things will not stop it, and the shitbirds that Trump has installed in leading public health positions should be fired for even suggesting it would.
RFK Jr.’s Miasma Theory of Health Is Spreading
The NIH is picking up Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s argument that a healthy immune system can keep even pandemic germs at bay.
www.theatlantic.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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annabower.bsky.social
Also: I still don’t understand what’s going on here!

Huh??? 🧐
THE COURT: Okay. I may have another question for you in a minute, but you can have a seat. Thank you. Who's here for the government this evening? MS. HALLIGAN: Lindsey Halligan. THE COURT: Okay. Please come to the podium, please. So this has never happened before. I've been handed two documents that are in the Mr. Comey case that are inconsistent with one another. There seems to be a discrepancy. They're both signed by the foreperson. The one -Diane Salters, B.S., CSR, RPR, RCR Official Court Reporter 5/ -Proceedings that says it's a failure to concur in an indictment, it doesn't say with respect to one count. It looks like they failed to concur across all three counts, so I'm a little confused as to why I was handed two things with the same case number that are inconsistent. MS. HALLIGAN: So I only reviewed the one with the two counts that our office redrafted when we found out about the two -- two counts that were true billed, and I signed that one. I did not see the other one. I don't know where that came from. THE COURT: You didn't see it? MS. HALLIGAN: I did not see that one. THE COURT: So your office didn't prepare the indictment that they -- MS. HALLIGAN: No, no, no -- I -- no, I prepared three counts. I only signed the one -- the two-count. I don't know which one with three counts you have in your hands. THE COURT: Okay. It has your signature on it. MS. HALLIGAN: Okay. Well...
November 20, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
“You don’t think they can handle a reminder about federal law is what I’m hearing.”

@RepJasonCrow pushes back on Fox (+ @MarshaBlackburn) as they throw a fit over Dems reminding the military they can disobey illegal orders. (Turning to Tomi Lahren at the end is also perfect)
November 20, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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propublica.org
Stephen Miller said the Chicago building was “filled with TdA terrorists.”

DOJ prosecutors have not filed criminal charges or shown evidence that anyone arrested in the raid belonged to the Tren de Aragua gang.

With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social & @blockclubchi.bsky.social
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 20, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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theycallmegary.bsky.social
"The next 18 months are going to test people:
psychologically

emotionally

politically

socially

mentally

spiritually

Time is going to feel noisy…compressed, chaotic."

🤔 So True
November 20, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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timothysnyder.bsky.social
Unprincipled and weak. The murder of journalists is perhaps the single most direct violation of the right to freedom of speech. (1/2)
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 20, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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joniaskola.bsky.social
Ukraine does not need Trump’s help to surrender
November 19, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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georgetakei.bsky.social
Astonishing and grotesque statement by Trump.
A tweet from “Republicans against Tr…” quotes Trump saying that Khashoggi was controversial and “things happen,” adding that MBS “knew nothing about it” and that there's no need to embarrass the guest. The image shows Trump seated beside a man wearing traditional Saudi attire in a lavishly decorated room. A tweet from “PoliticsGirl @IAmPoliticsGirl” reads: “‘Things happen’??? Jamal Khashoggi was murdered, chopped into pieces, put into suitcases, and flown out of the country… But we shouldn’t ‘embarrass our guest’??? What are we doing here America?”
November 19, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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urocklive1.bsky.social
IDK about you guys, but I'd choose Canada over the US right now, too.
acyn.bsky.social Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 8h
Swedish Deputy PM: Sweden needs to pick its friends wisely, and we are choosing Canada… So when we come to America, we come to Canada now.
November 19, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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vermontgmg.bsky.social
This is a stunning thing to even have to see Members of Congress say out loud. Absolutely chilling. And inspiring.
slotkin.senate.gov Senator Elissa Slotkin @slotkin.senate.gov · 1d
We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.

The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.

Don’t give up the ship.
November 19, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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rparloff.bsky.social
Judge Boasberg says he will proceed to fact-finding on whether to hold govt in contempt for sending people to El Salvador against his order on 3/15/25. Preliminarily wants to hear from whistleblower Erez Reuveni & DOJ's Drew Ensign. Will let parties advise how to proceed in writing by Monday.
November 19, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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silverpebble2.bsky.social
It would help so much if you could RT my post above about my etsy shop.I confess I've really struggled with pretty severe mental illness this yr which has prevented me from working for much of it. A repost will put my shop in front of a few more eyes.I appreciate your support here so much,thankyou🌿
A collection of small spring flowers I grew in my garden, including a tiny daffodil & primroses on a chipped black enamel background
November 16, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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rparloff.bsky.social Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 9h
From my notes—not a transcript, which doesn't exist yet—this was the exchange between Judge Nachmanoff & AUSA Lemons about the deputy AG telling him not to reveal if there was a declination memo in the Comey case. (A memo on why prosecutors weren't bringing charges.)
November 19, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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dieworkwear.bsky.social
to fix a collar gap on a budget, stick a pin in the collar like this to prevent your head from dropping
A close up photo of a person wearing a jacket. There's a pin sticking upward on the collar. If the person's head drops to low, the pin will stick into their neck
November 18, 2025 at 8:45 AM