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Anupam Bhakta
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Progressive from the Deep South. Here for civics, history, legal news, culture, traveling, music, space, and sports - namely LFC, Auburn, Hockey, and Baseball.
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bhaktab.bsky.social
Lmao they put a crown on the bloody snake www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Rightwing group backed by Koch and Leo sues to stop Trump tariffs
New Civil Liberties Alliance says president’s invocation of emergency powers to impose tariffs is unlawful
www.theguardian.com
April 8, 2025 at 4:07 AM
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georgetakei.bsky.social
I know this first hand. When I was a child, my entire community was branded as spies and sabateurs, justifying our internment inside barbed wire camps for years without due process, trial or charge.
X post by Timothy Snyder (@TimothyD ...), posted 6 hours ago. The post reads, "The people Attorney General Bondi is calling 'terrorists' have had no trial and no chance to defend them. We do not know they are. Ignoring the Constitution does not make us safe. It puts us all in peril."
March 17, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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brooklynmarie.bsky.social
Covered a pro-Ukraine protest today and this was definitely my favorite sign
A woman in a crowd is holding a sign that says, "JD: Did you ever even thank that couch??"
March 3, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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karenho.bsky.social
Things hurting the US economy:
-mass layoffs of federal workers
-funding cuts to every federal dept
-corporate layoffs
-measles and tuberculosis outbreaks
-high flu rates
-$8/dozen eggs
-new tariffs raising the cost of everything
-Canada boycotts US travel and goods
-concerns about airplane safety
michellelprice.bsky.social Michelle L. Price @michellelprice.bsky.social · Feb 21
NEW YORK (AP) — Dow tumbles 748 points, and S&P 500 has worst drop in 2 months after discouraging reports on the US economy.
February 21, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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sifill.bsky.social
This. Share this.
newseye.bsky.social News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · Feb 7
US farmers sold $2 billion of food to USAID. Not any more.

- US farmers provided 41% of food delivered by USAID
- $340M of purchases/shipments are now paused. Over 680,000 tonnes.
- Food stranded in Houston
- Aid stopped in transit.

The world’s poor starving, food rotting & US farmers screwed.
Gutting USAID threatens billions of dollars for U.S. farms, businesses
U.S. businesses that sold goods and services to USAID are in limbo, including American farms dealing in rice, wheat and soybeans.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 8, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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vermontgmg.bsky.social
Not for nothing, but announcing that the US is taking over Gaza the same week you’re neutering the FBI’s entire counterterrorism program isn’t that smart from a security perspective.
February 5, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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hunterw.bsky.social
"We'll own it. ... Level the site. ... Level it out."
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Feb 5
Trump: "The US will take over the Gaza Strip."
February 5, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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rothschildmd.bsky.social
He's actually insane. This isn't "long rambling story that doesn't go anywhere" territory. He's seriously talking about forcibly buying other countries and using economic or military pressure to expel or assimilate their populations. And we're all just shrugging.
acyn.bsky.social Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Feb 5
Trump: The US will take over the Gaza Strip… we’ll own it
February 5, 2025 at 12:25 AM
bhaktab.bsky.social
How many Americans want this?
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Feb 5
Trump: "The US will take over the Gaza Strip."
February 5, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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nycsouthpaw.bsky.social
Just reminding myself of something for future reference. Don’t mind me. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/17p...
38 TRUMP v. HAWAII Opinion of the Court Finally, the dissent invokes Korematsu v. United States, 323 U. S. 214 (1944). Whatever rhetorical advantage the dissent may sen doing so, Korematsu has nothing to do with this case. T'he forcible relocation of U. S. citizens to concentration camps, solely and explicitly on the basis of race, is objectively unlawful and outside the scope of Presidential authority But it is wholly inapt to liken that morally repugna order to a facially neutral policy denying certain foreign nationals the privilege of admission. See post, at 26-28. The entry suspension is an act that is well within executive authority and could have been taken by any other President—the only question is evaluating the actions of this particular President in promulgating an otherwise valid Proclamation. The dissent's reference to Korematsu, however, affords this Court the opportunity to make express what is already obvious: Korematsu was gravely wrong the day it was decided, has been overruled in the court of history, and-to be clear-"has no place in law under the Constitu-tion." 323 U.S., at 248 (Jackson, J., dissenting). * *
January 24, 2025 at 5:24 AM
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johnnyborgan.bsky.social
All the Bob Dylan bits in "Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President" (2020) youtu.be/t952lJyh6hs?...
All the Bob Dylan bits in "Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President" (2020)
YouTube video by Painted Passport
youtu.be
December 29, 2024 at 9:22 PM
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coachfinstock.bsky.social
To put this in perspective, he paid $250M for the Washington Post. Lmao.
otsumamiboy.bsky.social Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.bsky.social · Dec 22
Walking lick.
December 22, 2024 at 1:24 PM
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matthewjdowd.bsky.social
happy bday Indian writer/Yoga teacher B. K. S. Iyengar, b.1918.

“Action is movement with intelligence. The world is filled with movement. What the world needs is more conscious movement, more action.”

“Do not aim low, you will miss the mark. Aim high and you will be on a threshold of bliss.”
December 14, 2024 at 1:10 PM
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bencollins.bsky.social
I am hearing word that Alex Jones, in true Alex Jones fashion, is reading the press release from our fictitious CEO as fact.
November 14, 2024 at 2:32 PM
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notalawyer.bsky.social
trump will be the next reagan in the sense that in 30 years every time you notice some horrible defect in society you'll do some quick research and trace it back to trump
November 11, 2024 at 1:40 PM
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emmaroller.bsky.social
Texting a friend who’s hanging out with my crush
August 23, 2024 at 3:16 AM
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mbkplus.bsky.social
the best people you know are outraged, outraged at the mention of Charlottesville.
Stephen Miller: Biden leaning fully into the Charlottesville Hoax at the convention — the most debunked, disproven and discredited hoax in existence — deliberately stirring up hatred weeks after the attempted assassination, is beyond vile. It’s psychotic. It’s their pretext for authoritarianism. Elon Musk: !
August 20, 2024 at 3:57 AM
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hammancheez.bsky.social
Pink Freud
downwithdan.bsky.social Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · Aug 16
Name this band
LUKE BARNETT @LukeBarnett The crew Trump has enlisted to get the Gen Z vote. This is the funniest thing I've ever seen Five men in ill-fitted suits trying to look cool
August 16, 2024 at 11:34 PM
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winnerbowzer.bsky.social
August 15, 2024 at 10:08 PM
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randalljstephens.bsky.social
Brendan Loper in the New Yorker
August 13, 2024 at 6:23 PM
bhaktab.bsky.social
Babble in the Wind
radosh.bsky.social Daniel Radosh @radosh.bsky.social · Jul 23
Most Likely You Go Your Way (And l’ll Go Minecraft)
July 23, 2024 at 12:10 PM
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radosh.bsky.social
Best RNC recap
zipphusky.bsky.social Disc Dog 🐺🎶 @zipphusky.bsky.social · Jul 19
“And now people just get uglier
And I have no sense of time”
Bob Dylan “Blonde On Blonde”
July 19, 2024 at 4:46 AM
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nycsouthpaw.bsky.social
Trump proposed an explicit quid pro quo to oil and gas executives. wapo.st/3UBf4Fy
Trump's response stunned several of the executives in the room overlooking the ocean: You all are wealthy enough, he said, that you should raise $1 billion to return me to the White House. At the dinner, he vowed to immediately reverse dozens of President Biden's environmental rules and policies and stop new ones from being enacted, according to people with knowledge of the meeting, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe a private conversation. Giving $1 billion would be a "deal," Trump said, because of the taxation and regulation they would avoid thanks to him, according to the people.
May 9, 2024 at 3:01 PM
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joshuaerlich.bsky.social
hey buddy, you're pretty smart. you must have come from a huge vagina.
Elon Musk @elonmusk There are certainly other factors at play, but heavy use of c-sections allows for a larger brain, as brain size has historically been limited by birth canal diameter
January 3, 2024 at 10:58 PM