@brieroland.bsky.social
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This story has it all: aquaculture, Black Flag, Bernie Sanders, Star Trek as policy, John Hodgman, male tears, and a candidate citing Luthen’s monologue from Andor.
Meet Graham Platner, the Maine oysterman trying to crack the senate. @grahamformaine.bsky.social
newrepublic.com/article/1996...
Meet Graham Platner, the Maine oysterman trying to crack the senate. @grahamformaine.bsky.social
newrepublic.com/article/1996...
The Political Awakening of the Oyster Farmer Gunning for Susan Collins
Graham Platner’s campaign launch has been a sudden sensation. But what he’s building now is rooted in the work of a lifetime.
newrepublic.com
August 29, 2025 at 11:52 AM
This story has it all: aquaculture, Black Flag, Bernie Sanders, Star Trek as policy, John Hodgman, male tears, and a candidate citing Luthen’s monologue from Andor.
Meet Graham Platner, the Maine oysterman trying to crack the senate. @grahamformaine.bsky.social
newrepublic.com/article/1996...
Meet Graham Platner, the Maine oysterman trying to crack the senate. @grahamformaine.bsky.social
newrepublic.com/article/1996...
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I wrote about the disappearance of Andry José Hernández Romero, who hasn’t been seen or heard from in more than four months. www.salon.com/2025/07/16/t...
Trump admin "disappeared" a gay stylist for propaganda. He hasn't been heard from since
Asylum-seeker Andry José Hernández Romero hasn't been heard from in 4 months despite never being accused of a crime.
www.salon.com
July 16, 2025 at 11:00 AM
I wrote about the disappearance of Andry José Hernández Romero, who hasn’t been seen or heard from in more than four months. www.salon.com/2025/07/16/t...
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A young Jewish American woman born and raised in Israel speaks out about the slander by both sides about Zohran Mamdani.
Politicians have accused him of antisemitism and have been proven wrong.
Listen to this incredible young woman explain it.
Politicians have accused him of antisemitism and have been proven wrong.
Listen to this incredible young woman explain it.
July 5, 2025 at 7:11 PM
A young Jewish American woman born and raised in Israel speaks out about the slander by both sides about Zohran Mamdani.
Politicians have accused him of antisemitism and have been proven wrong.
Listen to this incredible young woman explain it.
Politicians have accused him of antisemitism and have been proven wrong.
Listen to this incredible young woman explain it.
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But “we’re broke”, right? We can’t afford health care, housing, education, etc right?
A budget is a moral document. 🇺🇸
A budget is a moral document. 🇺🇸
July 3, 2025 at 3:06 AM
But “we’re broke”, right? We can’t afford health care, housing, education, etc right?
A budget is a moral document. 🇺🇸
A budget is a moral document. 🇺🇸
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The people want trains. Folks should be able to take a high speed train from Binghamton to Bowling Green. From Mobile to Madison. From Pittsburgh to Portland. Don’t build detention camps. Build trains.
Build it
July 3, 2025 at 3:06 AM
The people want trains. Folks should be able to take a high speed train from Binghamton to Bowling Green. From Mobile to Madison. From Pittsburgh to Portland. Don’t build detention camps. Build trains.
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"Alligator Alcatraz" is wrong and media should not use it. It's propaganda. Alcatraz held people convicted of crimes, particularly violent crimes.
The Florida camp holds people *not* convicted of any crime. If they had been, they'd be in prison elsewhere.
The site is a textbook concentration camp.
The Florida camp holds people *not* convicted of any crime. If they had been, they'd be in prison elsewhere.
The site is a textbook concentration camp.
I know the media is going to unthinkingly start using “Alligator Alcatraz,” but it’s disgusting and sadistic and I intend to call it what it is, a fucking concentration camp, and fuck those people who are doing this and giving it a cutesy name.
July 2, 2025 at 12:31 AM
"Alligator Alcatraz" is wrong and media should not use it. It's propaganda. Alcatraz held people convicted of crimes, particularly violent crimes.
The Florida camp holds people *not* convicted of any crime. If they had been, they'd be in prison elsewhere.
The site is a textbook concentration camp.
The Florida camp holds people *not* convicted of any crime. If they had been, they'd be in prison elsewhere.
The site is a textbook concentration camp.
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I’ll be honest. I have a sick feeling in my stomach about this. About ICE’s new budget. About the citizenship database. I just have a really sick feeling. The only way we survive this is together. We need to work together. In ways we never have before. Collective action is the way.
Trump calls for deporting US citizens: "We also have a lot of bad people that have been here for a long time ... many of them were born in our country. I think we ought to get them the hell out of here too, if you want to know the truth. So maybe that'll be the next job."
July 2, 2025 at 2:54 AM
I’ll be honest. I have a sick feeling in my stomach about this. About ICE’s new budget. About the citizenship database. I just have a really sick feeling. The only way we survive this is together. We need to work together. In ways we never have before. Collective action is the way.
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This @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social video is absolutely INCREDIBLE. The numbers he cites, the strategy and results they produced — it’s the future. When have you heard *any* campaign talk about this, ever? (Video split in 2 to fit in Bluesky’s limits)
July 1, 2025 at 4:45 PM
This @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social video is absolutely INCREDIBLE. The numbers he cites, the strategy and results they produced — it’s the future. When have you heard *any* campaign talk about this, ever? (Video split in 2 to fit in Bluesky’s limits)
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Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL): "Again, these inner-city rats, they live off the federal government. And that’s one reason we’re $37 trillion in debt. And it’s time we find these rats and we send them back home, that are living off the American taxpayers, that are working very hard every week”
Tuberville says ‘inner city rats’ live off the American taxpayers: Trump should send them ‘back home’
"These inner city rats, they live on the federal government," Tuberville said in the interview.
www.al.com
June 29, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL): "Again, these inner-city rats, they live off the federal government. And that’s one reason we’re $37 trillion in debt. And it’s time we find these rats and we send them back home, that are living off the American taxpayers, that are working very hard every week”
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Food pantries have been getting slammed for the last 2 or 3 years, and they’re getting ready to cut SNAP
June 29, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Food pantries have been getting slammed for the last 2 or 3 years, and they’re getting ready to cut SNAP
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👀 MICHIGAN: “You don’t wanna know what ‘daddy’ means in my community.”
When Senator Lindsey tries to get his colleagues to call Trump ‘daddy’ like NATO leader did — openly gay senate president pro tempore Jeremy Allen Moss has some news for him… 🏳️🌈 (h/t @heartlandsignal.bsky.social )
When Senator Lindsey tries to get his colleagues to call Trump ‘daddy’ like NATO leader did — openly gay senate president pro tempore Jeremy Allen Moss has some news for him… 🏳️🌈 (h/t @heartlandsignal.bsky.social )
June 26, 2025 at 3:18 AM
👀 MICHIGAN: “You don’t wanna know what ‘daddy’ means in my community.”
When Senator Lindsey tries to get his colleagues to call Trump ‘daddy’ like NATO leader did — openly gay senate president pro tempore Jeremy Allen Moss has some news for him… 🏳️🌈 (h/t @heartlandsignal.bsky.social )
When Senator Lindsey tries to get his colleagues to call Trump ‘daddy’ like NATO leader did — openly gay senate president pro tempore Jeremy Allen Moss has some news for him… 🏳️🌈 (h/t @heartlandsignal.bsky.social )
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You have the power to change this. 😉
as a school kid, i really thought paper maché would be a bigger part of my life than it is
June 26, 2025 at 2:53 AM
You have the power to change this. 😉
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Term limits for SCOTUS. No president should be able to create such an Extreme Court and have it last for decades.
June 24, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Term limits for SCOTUS. No president should be able to create such an Extreme Court and have it last for decades.
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Please read and share this statement from Sophie and Colin Hortman, children of Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark.
(via WCCO reporter Caroline Cummings on X)
(via WCCO reporter Caroline Cummings on X)
June 17, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Please read and share this statement from Sophie and Colin Hortman, children of Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark.
(via WCCO reporter Caroline Cummings on X)
(via WCCO reporter Caroline Cummings on X)
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This assassination makes the Minnesota house even. I'm waiting for the first Republican Minnesota state legislator to commit to sit out votes until Rep. Hortman is replaced - otherwise Republicans are hugely benefiting from and complicit in this sort of political violence.
This was a targeted political assassination. Every single Republican needs to condemn this violence before more people end up dead.
Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman killed, State Sen. John Hoffman wounded in 'targeted political violence'
A manhunt is now underway for the gunman who was impersonating a police officer.
abcnews.go.com
June 14, 2025 at 11:39 PM
This assassination makes the Minnesota house even. I'm waiting for the first Republican Minnesota state legislator to commit to sit out votes until Rep. Hortman is replaced - otherwise Republicans are hugely benefiting from and complicit in this sort of political violence.
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"her wit is awakening others to the danger of fascism." 🥰
June 17, 2025 at 12:10 AM
"her wit is awakening others to the danger of fascism." 🥰
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Doctors, psychologists, dentists, and other occupations at VA hospitals nationwide can now refuse to treat unmarried veterans and Democrats under new guidelines imposed after an executive order by Trump.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Extremely disturbing and unethical’: new rules allow VA doctors to refuse to treat Democrats, unmarried veterans
Trump order allows VA staff to decline providing healthcare to patients based on political affiliation or marital status
www.theguardian.com
June 16, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Doctors, psychologists, dentists, and other occupations at VA hospitals nationwide can now refuse to treat unmarried veterans and Democrats under new guidelines imposed after an executive order by Trump.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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If the time comes, be like South Korea…
June 10, 2025 at 3:22 AM
If the time comes, be like South Korea…
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I think we’ve reached a boiling point when it comes to ICE.
Today in Minneapolis, a militarized task force raided the beloved Lake Street taqueria, Las Cuatro Milpas—and the community was not having it.
Agents from ICE, the DEA, FBI, ATF, IRS and HHS rolled up looking like they were ready for war.
Today in Minneapolis, a militarized task force raided the beloved Lake Street taqueria, Las Cuatro Milpas—and the community was not having it.
Agents from ICE, the DEA, FBI, ATF, IRS and HHS rolled up looking like they were ready for war.
June 4, 2025 at 2:54 AM
I think we’ve reached a boiling point when it comes to ICE.
Today in Minneapolis, a militarized task force raided the beloved Lake Street taqueria, Las Cuatro Milpas—and the community was not having it.
Agents from ICE, the DEA, FBI, ATF, IRS and HHS rolled up looking like they were ready for war.
Today in Minneapolis, a militarized task force raided the beloved Lake Street taqueria, Las Cuatro Milpas—and the community was not having it.
Agents from ICE, the DEA, FBI, ATF, IRS and HHS rolled up looking like they were ready for war.
@katerosebee.bsky.social I heard you on @thefinalstrawradio.bsky.social talking about the slides you used for a community convo around LPRs. Could you share them with me?! Thanks a million!!
May 29, 2025 at 10:10 PM
@katerosebee.bsky.social I heard you on @thefinalstrawradio.bsky.social talking about the slides you used for a community convo around LPRs. Could you share them with me?! Thanks a million!!
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"As Trump hordes white privilege for a smaller and smaller circle, Democrats can create a larger coalition based not on whiteness, but on solidarity for everyone targeted by fascism. Which, Trump is making clear, will soon be just about everyone." — @nberlat.bsky.social
Trump is withdrawing whiteness from white immigrants
He believes America is only for citizens who are white and whites who are citizens.
www.publicnotice.co
May 27, 2025 at 8:35 PM
"As Trump hordes white privilege for a smaller and smaller circle, Democrats can create a larger coalition based not on whiteness, but on solidarity for everyone targeted by fascism. Which, Trump is making clear, will soon be just about everyone." — @nberlat.bsky.social
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More details are emerging as Rep. Joaquin Castro meets with the deported family of the 11yo U.S. citizen girl in Mexico.
CBP agents *confiscated her seizure meds.*
That’s not law enforcement—it’s abuse.
Keep reposting.
Keep raising hell.
Be a voice for the voiceless.
#OnYourSide
CBP agents *confiscated her seizure meds.*
That’s not law enforcement—it’s abuse.
Keep reposting.
Keep raising hell.
Be a voice for the voiceless.
#OnYourSide
May 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
More details are emerging as Rep. Joaquin Castro meets with the deported family of the 11yo U.S. citizen girl in Mexico.
CBP agents *confiscated her seizure meds.*
That’s not law enforcement—it’s abuse.
Keep reposting.
Keep raising hell.
Be a voice for the voiceless.
#OnYourSide
CBP agents *confiscated her seizure meds.*
That’s not law enforcement—it’s abuse.
Keep reposting.
Keep raising hell.
Be a voice for the voiceless.
#OnYourSide
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This, from @kyledcheney.bsky.social, is how you cover Stephen Miller's set up comment about habeas corpus: buried in ¶10 after framing it correctly as an effort to undercut the judges who are warning of real threat to due process.
www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
May 10, 2025 at 12:12 PM
This, from @kyledcheney.bsky.social, is how you cover Stephen Miller's set up comment about habeas corpus: buried in ¶10 after framing it correctly as an effort to undercut the judges who are warning of real threat to due process.
www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
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🇬🇧 Conservative MP Mark Pritchard: “I have supported Israel at all costs - today I want to say I got it wrong. I condemn Israel for what it is doing to the Palestinian people in Gaza and indeed in the West Bank… the life of a Palestinian child is as precious as the life of a Jewish child."
May 8, 2025 at 3:14 AM
🇬🇧 Conservative MP Mark Pritchard: “I have supported Israel at all costs - today I want to say I got it wrong. I condemn Israel for what it is doing to the Palestinian people in Gaza and indeed in the West Bank… the life of a Palestinian child is as precious as the life of a Jewish child."
This whole thread is *chef’s kiss*.
May 7, 2025 at 12:31 PM
This whole thread is *chef’s kiss*.