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When we talk about authoritarian oligarchs, Putin is the model. He is worth some $200 billion, kills dissidents and rigs elections.
And he started this horrific war in Ukraine.
We all want peace. But any peace talks must include the Ukrainians. It’s their country.
And he started this horrific war in Ukraine.
We all want peace. But any peace talks must include the Ukrainians. It’s their country.
August 11, 2025 at 8:43 PM
When we talk about authoritarian oligarchs, Putin is the model. He is worth some $200 billion, kills dissidents and rigs elections.
And he started this horrific war in Ukraine.
We all want peace. But any peace talks must include the Ukrainians. It’s their country.
And he started this horrific war in Ukraine.
We all want peace. But any peace talks must include the Ukrainians. It’s their country.
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Carole leaves the stage...
Tapestry Live
Hyde Park, London
Tapestry Live
Hyde Park, London
July 5, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Carole leaves the stage...
Tapestry Live
Hyde Park, London
Tapestry Live
Hyde Park, London
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What a coincidence. Thank you, Trump voters. And Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
There have been more measles cases in the US this year than any other since the disease was declared eliminated a quarter-century ago.
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cori.centerforhealthsecurity.org/resources/me...
July 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
What a coincidence. Thank you, Trump voters. And Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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Breaking News: Brian Wilson has died
The Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson Dies at 82
The beloved musician had been living with a neurocognative disorder akin to dementia
pitchfork.com
June 11, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Breaking News: Brian Wilson has died
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Whatever happened in Boulder is awful and I'm not immediately trusting anything the FBI director says.
June 1, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Whatever happened in Boulder is awful and I'm not immediately trusting anything the FBI director says.
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An 11-year-old autistic boy was cuffed at a birthday dinner after a Tenn. school called cops over a "threat" he didn’t make. The school will now pay $100K and train staff to tell real threats from innocent words. Impact from reporting by @aliyyaswaby.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/tenn...
A Tennessee School Agreed to Pay $100,000 to Family of 11-Year-Old Student Arrested Under School Threats Law
Under the settlement, the Chattanooga charter school also agreed to implement training on how to handle threats of mass violence at school, including differentiating between “clearly innocuous stateme...
www.propublica.org
May 29, 2025 at 6:58 PM
An 11-year-old autistic boy was cuffed at a birthday dinner after a Tenn. school called cops over a "threat" he didn’t make. The school will now pay $100K and train staff to tell real threats from innocent words. Impact from reporting by @aliyyaswaby.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/tenn...
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Trump is pushing for an "Office of Remigration," In Europe, "remigration" has been called "soft-style ethnic cleansing."
The worrying backstory of Trump’s proposed “Office of Remigration”
The State Department is reportedly creating an office for "remigration": a far-right policy that calls for what has been described as "soft-style ethnic cleansing."
www.motherjones.com
May 30, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Trump is pushing for an "Office of Remigration," In Europe, "remigration" has been called "soft-style ethnic cleansing."
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Joni Ernst’s casually cruel remark is an accidental bedrock of Republican politics. Death does not matter, for certain people, if it means a supposed economic boost to the few.
Read @inaeoh.bsky.social on: "Well, we're all going to die."
Read @inaeoh.bsky.social on: "Well, we're all going to die."
"Well, we’re all going to die," says Joni Ernst in defense of Medicaid cuts
Joni Ernst's casual cruelty is an accidental bedrock of GOP politics: Death does not matter, for certain people.
www.motherjones.com
May 30, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Joni Ernst’s casually cruel remark is an accidental bedrock of Republican politics. Death does not matter, for certain people, if it means a supposed economic boost to the few.
Read @inaeoh.bsky.social on: "Well, we're all going to die."
Read @inaeoh.bsky.social on: "Well, we're all going to die."
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US federal court blocks Trump from imposing sweeping tariffs
US federal court blocks Trump from imposing sweeping tariffs
Ruling from court of international trade in New York comes after slew of lawsuits arguing president exceeded authority
A federal trade court on Wednesday blocked Donald Trump from imposing sweeping tariffs on imports under an emergency-powers law.
The ruling from a three-judge panel at the New York-based court of international trade came after several lawsuits arguing Trump has exceeded his authority, left US trade policy dependent on his whims and unleashed economic chaos. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
May 29, 2025 at 12:33 AM
US federal court blocks Trump from imposing sweeping tariffs
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LATEST: The Trump administration is appealing a trade court ruling that blocked its global tariffs, deeming they are illegal.
Trump Global Tariffs Deemed Illegal, Blocked by Trade Court
The bulk of President Donald Trump’s global tariffs were deemed illegal and blocked by the US trade court, dealing a major blow to a pillar of the Republican’s economic agenda.
bloom.bg
May 29, 2025 at 12:44 AM
LATEST: The Trump administration is appealing a trade court ruling that blocked its global tariffs, deeming they are illegal.
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Billionaire Elon Musk said Wednesday that his time as formal adviser to President Donald Trump is coming to a close, raising questions about the future of the Department of Government Efficiency effort he spearheaded.
Musk Departs DOGE, Leaving Cost-Cutting Effort’s Legacy in Doubt
Billionaire Elon Musk said Wednesday that his time as formal adviser to President Donald Trump is coming to a close, raising questions about the future of the Department of Government Efficiency effort he spearheaded.
bloom.bg
May 29, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Billionaire Elon Musk said Wednesday that his time as formal adviser to President Donald Trump is coming to a close, raising questions about the future of the Department of Government Efficiency effort he spearheaded.
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May 28, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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North Carolina’s Lawrence Academy has never reported Black enrollment higher than 3% in a county whose population hovers around 60% Black.
It received $518,240 in vouchers in the 2023-2024 school year to fund 86 of its over 200 students.
(Published Nov. 2024)
It received $518,240 in vouchers in the 2023-2024 school year to fund 86 of its over 200 students.
(Published Nov. 2024)
Segregation Academies Across the South Are Getting Millions in Taxpayer Dollars
North Carolina offers an especially telling window into what is happening across this once legally segregated region where legislatures are now rapidly expanding and adopting controversial…
www.propublica.org
May 29, 2025 at 1:01 AM
North Carolina’s Lawrence Academy has never reported Black enrollment higher than 3% in a county whose population hovers around 60% Black.
It received $518,240 in vouchers in the 2023-2024 school year to fund 86 of its over 200 students.
(Published Nov. 2024)
It received $518,240 in vouchers in the 2023-2024 school year to fund 86 of its over 200 students.
(Published Nov. 2024)
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You can’t say criminals don’t deserve due process when due process is the thing that decides if they're criminals. Otherwise you're just kidnapping people you don't like.
April 26, 2025 at 11:25 PM
You can’t say criminals don’t deserve due process when due process is the thing that decides if they're criminals. Otherwise you're just kidnapping people you don't like.
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SAVE Act just passed House. It is modern-day poll tax that would disenfranchise tens of millions of Americans, end online, mail + voter registration drives & require voters to register in person at election offices, forcing some rural voters to drive 8 hours to register. Total disaster in every way
🚨House voting on SAVE Act today, worst voter suppression bill ever considered by Congress. Could disenfranchise:
-21 million w/out access to citizenship docs
-69 million women who took spouses last name
-ends online + mail registration & voter reg drives
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
-21 million w/out access to citizenship docs
-69 million women who took spouses last name
-ends online + mail registration & voter reg drives
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
House Republicans are set to pass a voter suppression bill that would disenfranchise millions
“It's a five-alarm fire for American voters and for election officials”
www.motherjones.com
April 10, 2025 at 3:36 PM
SAVE Act just passed House. It is modern-day poll tax that would disenfranchise tens of millions of Americans, end online, mail + voter registration drives & require voters to register in person at election offices, forcing some rural voters to drive 8 hours to register. Total disaster in every way
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NEW: Climate experts expressed shock at the Trump administration's plan to stop collecting American polluters’ greenhouse gas emissions.
“Not tracking the data doesn’t make the climate crisis any less real,” one said. “This is just putting our heads in the sand.”
By @fastlerner.bsky.social
“Not tracking the data doesn’t make the climate crisis any less real,” one said. “This is just putting our heads in the sand.”
By @fastlerner.bsky.social
Trump’s EPA Plans to Stop Collecting Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data From Most Polluters
Climate experts expressed shock and dismay at the move. “It would be a bit like unplugging the equipment that monitors the vital signs of a patient that is critically ill,” one said.
propub.li
April 10, 2025 at 5:19 PM
NEW: Climate experts expressed shock at the Trump administration's plan to stop collecting American polluters’ greenhouse gas emissions.
“Not tracking the data doesn’t make the climate crisis any less real,” one said. “This is just putting our heads in the sand.”
By @fastlerner.bsky.social
“Not tracking the data doesn’t make the climate crisis any less real,” one said. “This is just putting our heads in the sand.”
By @fastlerner.bsky.social
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How could anyone believe RFK Jr. is qualified to lead (or even be interested in leading) a robust response to a measles outbreak? See my latest...
SCOOP: During the 2015 measles outbreak, RFK Jr. privately dismissed concern as “hysteria." He also pushed debunked science linking the measles vaccine to autism and spread a conspiracy theory. What might this tell us about his approach to the current outbreak?
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
During a past measles outbreak, RFK Jr. dismissed concern as “hysteria”
He also pushed debunked science and a conspiracy theory.
www.motherjones.com
April 3, 2025 at 9:15 PM
How could anyone believe RFK Jr. is qualified to lead (or even be interested in leading) a robust response to a measles outbreak? See my latest...
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Everyone wants there to be a grand scheme behind all of this but the terrible truth is that extremely stupid people are in charge and they have a fanatical devotion to wrong, childlike concepts of society and economics cooked up by right wing radio hosts in order to sell tainted dietary supplements
April 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Everyone wants there to be a grand scheme behind all of this but the terrible truth is that extremely stupid people are in charge and they have a fanatical devotion to wrong, childlike concepts of society and economics cooked up by right wing radio hosts in order to sell tainted dietary supplements
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R.E.M. Is For Planned Parenthood. What they’re fighting for is pretty simple: the freedom for everyone to control their own bodies, health, & lives. Everyone deserves access to safe, high quality, affordable care. Go to ImForPP.org to get involved
m.youtube.com/watch?v=7y9U...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=7y9U...
Planned Parenthood is for us
YouTube video by Planned Parenthood
m.youtube.com
April 2, 2025 at 12:27 AM
R.E.M. Is For Planned Parenthood. What they’re fighting for is pretty simple: the freedom for everyone to control their own bodies, health, & lives. Everyone deserves access to safe, high quality, affordable care. Go to ImForPP.org to get involved
m.youtube.com/watch?v=7y9U...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=7y9U...
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There should be no exceptions to only using government issued devices for government official business. Letting this become a grey area is only asking for more trouble as messaging evolves.
March 25, 2025 at 4:34 PM
There should be no exceptions to only using government issued devices for government official business. Letting this become a grey area is only asking for more trouble as messaging evolves.
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Yep plus the Biden administration was not full with morons.
March 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Yep plus the Biden administration was not full with morons.
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They broke the #1 law of security! The principle of least privilege - a security concept that restricts users & applications to only the permissions necessary to perform their tasks, minimizing the risk of unauthorized access & potential security breaches. #FireHegseth
March 25, 2025 at 3:31 PM
They broke the #1 law of security! The principle of least privilege - a security concept that restricts users & applications to only the permissions necessary to perform their tasks, minimizing the risk of unauthorized access & potential security breaches. #FireHegseth
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Just to remind people the thing that was most highly classified and Clinton's office email was a 22 message email thread that vague references to the CIA drone program that was publicly acknowledged. Even vague references were considered TS. The messages were deliberately vague because
March 25, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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…Russia’s intelligence services.
March 25, 2025 at 3:26 PM
…Russia’s intelligence services.