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My profile pic is from one of my thin places- Columba's chapel on Iona. Here for good trouble
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What exactly is gerrymandering, anyway? Here's the explainer you didn't know you needed about the escalating feud between Democrats and Republicans in Texas and California.
This is "The Redistricting Song," pulled deep from the ProPublica archive.
This is "The Redistricting Song," pulled deep from the ProPublica archive.
How Secret Money and Powerful Interests Are Drawing You Out of a Vote | “The Redistricting Song”
YouTube video by ProPublica
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August 15, 2025 at 10:00 PM
What exactly is gerrymandering, anyway? Here's the explainer you didn't know you needed about the escalating feud between Democrats and Republicans in Texas and California.
This is "The Redistricting Song," pulled deep from the ProPublica archive.
This is "The Redistricting Song," pulled deep from the ProPublica archive.
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In light of Tulsi’s recent ridiculous claims, a friend just posted this old explainer from 6 years ago about the scope of the Russia investigation that I’d completely forgotten about! 😂 youtu.be/o-CCxLmkn-w?...
How the Mueller Report is Like a Pizza
YouTube video by MSW Media
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July 25, 2025 at 4:19 AM
In light of Tulsi’s recent ridiculous claims, a friend just posted this old explainer from 6 years ago about the scope of the Russia investigation that I’d completely forgotten about! 😂 youtu.be/o-CCxLmkn-w?...
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This Fourth of July, I am taking a moment to reflect. Things are hard right now. They are probably going to get worse before they get better.
But I love our country — and when you love something, you fight for it. Together, we will continue to fight for the ideals of our nation.
But I love our country — and when you love something, you fight for it. Together, we will continue to fight for the ideals of our nation.
July 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM
This Fourth of July, I am taking a moment to reflect. Things are hard right now. They are probably going to get worse before they get better.
But I love our country — and when you love something, you fight for it. Together, we will continue to fight for the ideals of our nation.
But I love our country — and when you love something, you fight for it. Together, we will continue to fight for the ideals of our nation.
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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
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@governor.ca.gov @tinakotek.bsky.social
@anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social @governorferguson.bsky.social
@charlieangus104.bsky.social @elizabethemay.bsky.social
@mark-carney.bsky.social #Canadaplusbluestates A peek at how the US gov. is working right now. Mixing water and electricity .......
@anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social @governorferguson.bsky.social
@charlieangus104.bsky.social @elizabethemay.bsky.social
@mark-carney.bsky.social #Canadaplusbluestates A peek at how the US gov. is working right now. Mixing water and electricity .......
Crocodile Concentration Camp flooding already… that was fast…
July 3, 2025 at 12:53 AM
@governor.ca.gov @tinakotek.bsky.social
@anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social @governorferguson.bsky.social
@charlieangus104.bsky.social @elizabethemay.bsky.social
@mark-carney.bsky.social #Canadaplusbluestates A peek at how the US gov. is working right now. Mixing water and electricity .......
@anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social @governorferguson.bsky.social
@charlieangus104.bsky.social @elizabethemay.bsky.social
@mark-carney.bsky.social #Canadaplusbluestates A peek at how the US gov. is working right now. Mixing water and electricity .......
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NEW: Read Mr Abrego's account of unthinkable torture inside CECOT prison in El Salvador. My latest: content warning: www.muellershewrote.com/p/mr-abregos...
Mr. Abrego's Account of Torture at CECOT in El Salvador
Mr. Abrego has filed an amended complaint asking the court to declare the government's actions unlawful and to order his release. He describes his torture in El Salvador in the complaint.
www.muellershewrote.com
July 2, 2025 at 10:05 PM
NEW: Read Mr Abrego's account of unthinkable torture inside CECOT prison in El Salvador. My latest: content warning: www.muellershewrote.com/p/mr-abregos...
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Where is he? If we stop asking, stop demanding his return, we are complicit in his disappearance.
Andry José Hernández Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government.
No one has heard from you in 109 days.
As vigil, I’m posting a photo or video of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.
No one has heard from you in 109 days.
As vigil, I’m posting a photo or video of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.
July 2, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Where is he? If we stop asking, stop demanding his return, we are complicit in his disappearance.
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Marco Rubio needs to be asked whether he believes his grandfather who remained in the U.S. after receiving a deportation order from our govt should have been treated the way the father of 3 Marines was treated by ICE this weekend in California.
ASK HIM. Make him confront his lack of character.
ASK HIM. Make him confront his lack of character.
So video of this 2012 interview is popping up on other sites. Feels super relevant at the moment. Wait for the moment Rubio gets pinned to the wall about his grandfather’s deportation order…
(h/t @reuben_reyñoso)
(h/t @reuben_reyñoso)
June 23, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Marco Rubio needs to be asked whether he believes his grandfather who remained in the U.S. after receiving a deportation order from our govt should have been treated the way the father of 3 Marines was treated by ICE this weekend in California.
ASK HIM. Make him confront his lack of character.
ASK HIM. Make him confront his lack of character.
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Make this go viral.
Genuine Question because I Do not understand… so if these men roll up in plain clothes and masks, grab a human being… even a child, and throw them in an unmarked vehicle I am just supposed to look the other way and say nothing ?? Ask Nothing ?
June 18, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Make this go viral.
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Happy Barack Obama Appreciation Day!
June 14, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Happy Barack Obama Appreciation Day!
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June 13, 2025
June 13, 2025
Two hundred and fifty years ago, on June 14, 1775, the Second Continental Congress resolved “That six companies of expert riflemen, be immediately raised in Pennsylvania, two in Maryland, and two in V...
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June 14, 2025 at 4:47 AM
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Today they have crossed a deep red line.
We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.
We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.
June 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Today they have crossed a deep red line.
We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.
We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.
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If you know about the very hands-on forced expulsion of U.S. Senator Alex Padilla from DHS press conference you need to watch it. Sure, a knucklehead standing on a burning car is a scary image. This is MUCH scarier. www.youtube.com/watch?v=R42v...
Senator Alex Padilla removed from Sec. Noem press conference
YouTube video by KSBW Action News 8
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June 12, 2025 at 6:54 PM
If you know about the very hands-on forced expulsion of U.S. Senator Alex Padilla from DHS press conference you need to watch it. Sure, a knucklehead standing on a burning car is a scary image. This is MUCH scarier. www.youtube.com/watch?v=R42v...
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This is disgusting.
If this is how they treat Alex Padilla, a United States Senator, how do you think they’ll treat you?
If this is how they treat Alex Padilla, a United States Senator, how do you think they’ll treat you?
June 12, 2025 at 6:39 PM
This is disgusting.
If this is how they treat Alex Padilla, a United States Senator, how do you think they’ll treat you?
If this is how they treat Alex Padilla, a United States Senator, how do you think they’ll treat you?
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UPDATE: David Huerta was just released from custody!
June 9, 2025 at 9:50 PM
UPDATE: David Huerta was just released from custody!
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Every now and then I just pause and think that … we could have just elected Kamala Harris, and we’d still have an economy that was the strongest in the world; we’d still have an American-led trans-Atlantic order; we’d be assured that our universities would remain the envy of the world; … (1/x)
April 30, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Every now and then I just pause and think that … we could have just elected Kamala Harris, and we’d still have an economy that was the strongest in the world; we’d still have an American-led trans-Atlantic order; we’d be assured that our universities would remain the envy of the world; … (1/x)
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"This is a lesson into the lengths that President Bukele will go to deceive people about what's going on. And it also shows the lengths Trump will go to" -- Van Hollen details how the photos appearing to show him and Abrego Garcia with margaritas were staged by the government of El Salvador
April 18, 2025 at 8:38 PM
"This is a lesson into the lengths that President Bukele will go to deceive people about what's going on. And it also shows the lengths Trump will go to" -- Van Hollen details how the photos appearing to show him and Abrego Garcia with margaritas were staged by the government of El Salvador
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Paying taxes with tears in my eyes knowing what they're paying for - disappearing innocent people to a concentration camp in El Salvador. What have we become?
April 15, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Paying taxes with tears in my eyes knowing what they're paying for - disappearing innocent people to a concentration camp in El Salvador. What have we become?
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This is Utah in case anyone’s wondering how pissed off people are. I have never seen anything like this.
April 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
This is Utah in case anyone’s wondering how pissed off people are. I have never seen anything like this.
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If you're one of those "where are the protests" because the news has been ignoring them the past two months, there are 25,000 people gathered in DC today, and 20+ blocks full of people in Manhattan, and that's just two cities.
The protests have been happening; you're just being lied to again.
The protests have been happening; you're just being lied to again.
April 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
If you're one of those "where are the protests" because the news has been ignoring them the past two months, there are 25,000 people gathered in DC today, and 20+ blocks full of people in Manhattan, and that's just two cities.
The protests have been happening; you're just being lied to again.
The protests have been happening; you're just being lied to again.
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This is a United States Senator
MACK: I was laid off from HHS and now people aren’t getting social services, especially people with disabilities
BANKS: You probably deserved it
MACK: Why did I deserve it?
BANKS: Because you look like a clown
MACK: I was laid off from HHS and now people aren’t getting social services, especially people with disabilities
BANKS: You probably deserved it
MACK: Why did I deserve it?
BANKS: Because you look like a clown
April 2, 2025 at 2:32 PM
This is a United States Senator
MACK: I was laid off from HHS and now people aren’t getting social services, especially people with disabilities
BANKS: You probably deserved it
MACK: Why did I deserve it?
BANKS: Because you look like a clown
MACK: I was laid off from HHS and now people aren’t getting social services, especially people with disabilities
BANKS: You probably deserved it
MACK: Why did I deserve it?
BANKS: Because you look like a clown
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This is what happens when people speak up.
April 3, 2025 at 1:34 AM
This is what happens when people speak up.